ush Box JANUARY 4, 1964 !I \ :. rA/AArAAA!,..: a \^ V// \ /eeeee; \ z .;^ ., a \ Ulthough the Beach Boys (Brian, Dennis the and Carl Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine) have only been recording together for two years, they are currently one of hottest groups in the industry. The quintet is currently well represented with a double -sided hit, "Be LP's on the best seller True To Your School" and "In My Room," and four list. The five versatile youngsters also are responsible for composing and arranging all material heard on their records. Brian leader of the group, and his cousin, Mike Love, have collaborated on every hit the group has Wilson, 'Surfer Girl," "Surfin' had for Capitol, which includes such smashes as "Surfin' U.S.A.," Safari," "Little Deuce Coupe," and "Shut Down." Greatly responsible for making the surfing craze a national phenomenon, Boys were also among the first in the driver's seat for the current hot-rod craze. the Beach www.americanradiohistory.com A Tremendous Record! 233,800 Sold in the First 2 Weeks! Andy Williams k Fool Never Learnsi-i295O 0 E A HOI ER TAI 1 SCA: FRA. 1 AUS BEL MEg 1 CAN, B ARGF 5; PA M 1UB ate 88 oe 'o www.americanradiohistory.com %li1\ eq\e. :mutt JI/rie1a' 1119 1,1 rash..................... Box !i !; ',¡ iieI 17 Box :':::: CashVol. XXV-Number 4, 1964 January FOUNDED BY BILL GERSH Cash Box (Publication Office) 1780 Broadway New York 19, N. Y.-10019 (Phone: JUdson 6-2640) CABLE ADDRESS: CASHBOX, N. Y. )E ORLECK, President and Publisher 1963 ORMAN ORLECK, VP and Managing Director EORGE ALBERT, VP and Treasurer DITORIAL-Music MARTY OSTROW, Editor -in -Chief 1963 probably won't be considered Left field honors belong entirely to IRA HOWARD, Editor one of the record industry's most ex- the Singing Nun, prob- IRV LICHTMAN, Editor Soeur Sourire, DICK ZIMMERMAN, Editorial Assistant citing years. Especially not from the ably the most charming addition the BOB ETTINGER, Editorial Assistant MIKE MARTUCCI, Editorial Assistant profit aspect. But it certainly was any- pop musical spectrum has witnessed JERRY ORLECK, Editorial Assistant thing but a dull year. in years. Comeback -Of -The -Year hon- DVERTISING BOB AUSTIN, National Director, Music The biggest to-do of the 1963 rec- ors must go to Al Martino. MARTY TOOHEY, Nat'l. Dir.-Coin Machine year took place behind the scenes as calls JERRY SHIFRIN, N.Y.C., Music ord "Good Music," the industry BOB McKEAGE, N.Y.C., Music -away from the public's eyes and ears. the sweet song, also made a solid show- LEE BROOKS, Manager, Chicago JACK DEVANEY, Manager, Los Angeles During the past year the industry ing last year thanks to Tony Bennett, GEORGE GOLDMAN, Art Director awakened to the fact that it was selling Nat Cole, Andy Williams and a hand- DVERTISING: INTERNATIONAL See List of International Representatives price and not product. And the first ful of others. Comedy -wise the year Below concrete steps to stem the tide were belonged to Allan Sherman and the ANAGERS MARTY TOOHEY, Coin Machine Dept. taken. "Profitless Prosperity" became Smothers Bros. T. TORTOSA, Circulation a household phrase in the trade, as did New teen idols were headed by: NEVILLE MARTEN, European Director "Price Stabilization" and "Age of Bobby Vinton and Leslie Gore. The Reason." unanimous adult idol was Barbra CHICAGO LEE BROOKS Chaotic, Dual Distribution, Soft Streisand whom everyone discovered 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 2, Ill. (All Phones: Flnancial 6-7272) Market, Trade Practices Conference, in '63. The idols of %the indie pro- FTC, Illegalities, Robinson-Patman ducers were Phil Spector and Berry HOLLYWOOD and Sherman Anti -Trust were other Gordy. JACK DEVANEY well-worn words during '63. 1963 was also a big year for: the 6290 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. (Phone H011ywood 5-2129) Record distribution faced its rough- message song; the LP which depended est shakedown in more than a decade. upon the single; Dynagroove; Suki- - ENGLAND And "Consolidation," another key yaki; Frank Fontaine; Nashville and NEVILLE MARTEN word of '63, meant closing -up of many the Nashville Dorris Land Sound; Dion; Arthur 9a New Bond St. distribution points across the U.S. Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orch. on London, W1, Eng. Tel: Hyde Park 2868 There was also a noticeable lack of the pop LP charts; the "West Side OLLAND: PAUL ACKET, Theresiastraat 81a, new indie labels entering the business Story" LP; Joan Sutherland; Bossa The Hague, Holland, Tel: 070-722546 ERMANY: MAL SONDOCK, Amailenstrasse and "making it" during '63. (We can't Nova; the Four Seasons; Robert Gou- 28, Munich, Germany, Tel: 220197 think of one that did it with any con- let; Nancy Wilson; and duets such as _ CALY: MARIO PANVINI ROSATI, Viale Legioni Romane 5, Milan, Tel: 4078963 sistency.) Most producers of strong Nino & April, Paul & Paula, Steve & CANDINAVIA: SVEN G. WINQUIST, Kagge- disks chose to turn their masters over Eydie, Dale & Grace, Getz & Byrd and holmsvagen 48, Stockholm-Enskede, Sweden, Tel: 69-46-86 to established companies that could Los Indios Tabajaros. It was also a big RANCE: ROGER SELLAM, 36 rue de Moscou, Paris, France, Tel: Laborde 8523 handle the financial problems (better year for Cash Box which published the .USTRALIA: RON TUDOR, 6 Francis St., known as collections). record world's biggest issue ever-The Heathmont, Victoria, Tel: 87-6677 ELGIUM: FRANS ROMEYNS, But moving from behind the scenes 21st Annual Directory Edition. Paul Hymanslaan, 8, Brussels 15, Tel: 71.57.51 to center stage, the most dominant And it was another year in which [ERICO: ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Insurgentes Sur musical factor of the '63 pop record the million selling single was hard to - 1870 Mexico 20, D. F., Tel: 24-65-57 world was "Folk Music." It was a big come by. 1ANADA: JOHN MURPHY, CKOY Radio, P.O. Box 8180, Station C, Ottawa, Ont., Canada year for Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan There was also a tragic touch of .RGENTINA: MIGUEL SMIRNOFF, Rafaela Baez, Dylan and a host 8978, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 69-1538 Bob of other irony in the '63 record year. The year PAN: Mgr. SHOICHI KUSANO; Adv. Mgr. folk veterans and newcomers. opened with the public laughing at Morihiro Nagata, 448 Higashi-oizum' Neri- maku, Tokyo Surfin' Music had a solid fling in Vaughn Meader and his impersonation UBSCRIPTION RATES $15 per year any - '63 and brought forth the Beach Boys of the head of the nation's "First Fam- ere in the U. S. A. Published weekly. Second s postage paid at Bristol, Conn. and Jan & Dean. Hot Rod Music also ily"-President Kennedy. And it pyright 1968 by The Cash Box Publishing became a fad. A dance called the Mon- closed with the public listening to LP Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under versal Copyright Convention. key made Major Lance a name artist. tributes to the assassinated leader. www.americanradiohistory.com PIN-UP SHEET Cash Box TOP 100 JANUARY 4, 1964 12/28 12/21 12/28 12/21 12/28 12/21 1 THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAIN 35 THE BOY NEXT DOOR IT'S ALL IN THE GAME 28 36 (Remick-ASCAP) 85 (Valiont-ASCAP) 1 34 (Merioda-BMI) 78 *BOBBY VINTON-Epic-9638 *SECRETS -Philips -40146 *CLIFF RICHARD -Epic -9633 2 DOMINIQUE 36 WONDERFUL SUMMER 69 CHARADE (Southdale & Northern-ASCAP)77 (General Music-ASCAP) 1 1 (Rock-BMI) 32 20 -Philips -40163 ;ROBIN WARD -Dot -16530 *HENRY MANCINI -RCA -8256 *SINGING NUN (SOEUR SOURIRE) 70 PAIN IN MY HEART 3 LOUIE, LOUIE 37 WALKING THE DOG (Jarb-BMI) 74 80 (Limax-BMI) 2 2 (East-BMI ) 33 22 *RUFUS THOMAS-Stax-140 *OTIS-REDDING-Volt-1 12 *KINGSMEN-Wand-143 71 WATCH YOUR PAUL REVERE/RAIDERS-Columbia-42814 38 STEWBALL STEP (Ludix-BMI) 76 83 4 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU (Papamar-ASCAP) 44 46 *BROOKS O'DELL-Gold-214 (Advance-ASCAP) 4 5 *PETER, PAUL & MARY -Warner Bros. -5399 WHAT KIND OF FOOL (DO YOU *LENNY WELCH -Cadence -1439 RED 39 LITTLE ROOSTER THINK I AM) 5 POPSICLES AND ICICLES (Arc-BMI) 35 26 *SAM COOKE-RCA-8247 ( Low-Twi-BM I ) 94 (Dragonwick-BMI) 7 11 TAMS -ABC -10502 *MURMA I DS-Chattaoochee-628 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 73 PLEASE 6 FORGET HIM (U. S. Songs-ASCAP) 50 73 (Famous-ASCAP) 73 76 (Leeds-ASCAP) 9 12 '' SAM WARWICK -Scepter -1262 FRANK !FIELD -Capitol -5089 *BOBBY RYDELL-Cameo-280 FOR YOU I CAN'T STOP TALKING 7 TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS (M. Witmark & Sons-ASCAP) 71 - ABOUT YOU (Acuff-Rose-BMI) 8 10 *RICK NELSON -Decca -31574 -,'JOHNNY TILLOTSON-MGM-13181 (Screen Gems, Columbia-BMI) 87 42 IT'S ALL RIGHT *STEVE & EYDIE-Columbia-42932 8 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A (Curtom-BMI) 34 22 75 HOOKA TOOKA *IMPRESSIONS -ABC -10487 BABY TO CRY (Evanston, Woodcrest-BMI) 83 96 (R F.D-ASCAP) 6 6 BON-DOO-WAH CHUBBY CHECKER -Parkway -890 *CARA V ELLES -Smash -1852 (Kaimann-BMI) 57 69 76 DUMB HEAD 9 DRIP DROP ;`.ORLONS -Cameo -287 (Maurice-ASCAP) 84 89 *GINNY ARNELL-MGM-13177 (Progressive Quintet-BMI) 5 7 44 TRA LA LA LA SUZY DiMUCI-Columbia-42917 77 THE *DION (Just-BMI) 45 45 GREASY SPOON *DEAN /J EAN-Rust-5067 (Avenue-BMI) 85 MIDNIGHT MARY *HANK MARR-Federal-12508 (Jimskip-BMI) 13 16 45 IN MY ROOM *JOEY POWERS -892 78 WE BELONG TOGETHER -Army (Sea Of Tunes-BMI) 46 49 BEACH BOYS-Capitol -5069 (NOM-BMI) 86 THE NITTY GRITTY *JIMMY VELVET -ABC -10488 (Go'lico-BMI) 16 21 46 FOR YOUR PRECIOUS 79 BE *SHIRLEY ELLIS-Congress-202 LOVE MAD LITTLE GIRL (Gladstone-ASCAP) 42 44 (T.M.-BMI) 75 12 WIVES AND LOVERS *GARNET MIMMS/ENCHANTERS- *BOBBY DARIN-Copitol-5079 74 United Artists -658 (Famous-ASCAP) 12 13 HARLEM SHUFFLE *JA*JACK JONES -Ka pp 51 47 I HAVE A BOYFRIEND (Marc Jean, Keymon-BMI) 91 - SURFIN' BIRD (Trio-BMI) 44 46 -zBOB & EARL -Marc -104 *CH I FFONS-Laurie-3212 (Long-BMI) 19 33 81 I WONDER WHAT SHE'S *TRASHMEN-Garrett-4002 48 I GOTTA DANCE TO KEEP DOING TONIGHT AS USUAL FROM CRYING (Shermon, DeVorzon-BMI) 53 42 (Somos Island-BMI) 17 25 (Jobete-BMI) r.; BARRY/TAMERLANES-Voliant-6034 *BRENDA 49 51 LEE -Decca -31570 *WRACRAC LES -Tam la -54089 82 THE SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS 15 QUICKSAND 49 BAD GIRL (Pride-ASCAP) 95 91 (Jobete-BMI) 15 *SAMMY DAVIS JR.