August 19. 1978 E-45519. A NEW SINGLE FROM HER FORTHCOMING - ALBUM:Il>i#l^ ### tii€> USA ( 6 E 1 5 5 ) — 14 — August 19, 197 I VOLUME XL NUMBER i^^^N^ERNATIONA^MUSIC^iECORCMWEEKU^ C4SHBCK GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher EDITORIAL MEL ALBERT President and General Manager Flesh And Blood Vice STAN MONTEIRO of Marketing is Director It’s not just a piece of vinyl — it’s flesh and blood. outlet for an artist, although profit intended and DAVE FULTON With the abundance of records being produced expected. Editor In Chief and distributed these days, there is a detachment Physically, a record album is almost always black J.B. CARMICLE between the artistic endeavors and the sale of the and reveals little about what is imprinted in its General Manager, East Coast actual product. People are quick to label a slow- grooves. But many people invested part of them- JIM FOLLIS. Account Executive, West Coast selling album or little-programmed single as stiffs. selves in this effort to be recorded, manufactured East Coast Editorial KEN TERRY. Easf Coast Editor But someone believed in that record or it would not and sold. Songwriters, musicians, engineers, CHARLES PAIKERT LEO SACKS have been produced. producers and many others are necessary for this AARON FUCHS All kinds of music are not for all kinds of people. fantastic creative process to unfold. West Coast Editorial work and sometimes they ALAN SUTTON. West Coast Editor Some albums do reach a broader base, and conse- Sometimes records RANDY LEWIS should not don’t, but in every case there are throbbing minds JEFF CROSSAN quently sales rise accordingly. But sales CARITA SPENCER of a record’s success. Many and energetic people behind those discs. PETER HARTZ be the only gauge JOEY BERLIN albums have been made primarily as a creative RAY TERRACE DALE KAWASHIMA Research KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager MARK ALDERMAN BILL FEASTER LEN CHODOSH HARALD TAUBENREUTHER MARK ALBERT J. PATRICK FAULSTICH EWS HIGHLIGHT Coin Machine Chicago CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager Art Director LINDSAY BOLYARD • Barrie Bergman predicts $43 million in sales, announces new Circulation THERESA TORTOSA, Manager label at Record Bar annual convention. PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK • RSO has four albums in Top 10; Boston single debuts at #43 119 West 57th, N.Y., N.Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 bullet. Cable Address: Cash Box N.Y. Telex: 666123 • billing for “Sgt. Pepper.” CALIFORNIA Dee Anthony files suit over 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) Hollywood. Ca. 90028 • Programming Conference expecting 750-900 in Phone: (213) 464-8241 NAB Radio NASHVILLE Chicago August 20-23. JIM SHARP TIM WILLIAMS BOB CAMPBELL • CBS names Al DeMarino, A! Bergamo and Ron Oberman to vice DONNA BARHAM 21 Music Circle East. Nashville. Tenn. 37203 president positions. Phone: (615) 244-2898 CHICAGO • quality, selection in cutout CAMILLE COMPASIO Retailers welcome increasing 1424 S. 61st Ct., Cicero IL 60650 Phone: (312) 863-7440 product. WASHINGTON, D.C. JOANNE OSTROW 4201 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20016 ENGLAND — JON DONALDSON NICK UNDERWOOD 25 Denmark St.. London WC 2 1fOP POP DEBUTS Phone: 01-834-2455 - SMIRNOFF ARGENTINA MIGUEL DON’T LOOK BACK — Boston — Epic Belgrano 3252. Piso 4 "B” SINGLES 43 Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: 89-6796 BRAZIL — H. GANDELMAN 89 WHO DO YA (LOVE) — KC and The Sunshine Band — TK Av. Rio Branco, 156 Sala 627 ALBUMS Rio de Janeiro RJ Phone: 231-3231 Cable: COPiGAN CANADA — KIRK LaPOINTE NUMBER POP ALBUM 56 Brown's Line POP SINGLE Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8W 359 Phone: (416) 251-1283 HOLLAND — PAUL ACKET THREE TIMES A LADY GREASE Artists — RSO P.O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3) Commodores — Motown Various The Hague Phone: (70) 624621, Telex: 33083 ITALY — GUIDO HARARI via Solari, 19 R&B ALBUM 20144 Milan, Italy R&B SINGLE — ETIENNE SMET ONES BELGIUM Postbus 56, B-2700 Sint-Niklaas LIFE IS WORTH SINGING Phone: (03) 76-54-39 THREE TIMES A LADY A SONG AUSTRALIA — JOCK VEITCH Commodores — Motown Teddy Pendergrass — Phila. Int’l. 4/58 Ramsgate Avenue Bondi, Sydney. NSW Australia JAPAN — Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO Editorial Mgr.. FUMIYO TACHIBANA ALBUM 3rd Floor of Chuo-Tatemono bldg. COUNTRY SINGLE COUNTRY 2-chome, 1 1-1, Shinbashi, Minato-ku. Tokyo Japan, 105 Phone: 504-1651 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP WHEN I DREAM FRANCE. - Cl AUDI EM MONNE1 Crystal Gayle — UA Crystal Gayle — UA 262 bis Rue des Pyrenees Paris, France 75020 Phone: 361-8534 Telex: 612787F WEST GERMANY — GERHARD AUGUSTIN JAZZ GOSPEL Herzog Rudolf Str. 3 8 Munich 22 Phone: 221363 — 294761 Telex: 5-29378 LOVE ALIVE SOUNDS . AND STUFF LIKE THAT!! Walter Hawkins & The Love Center SUBSCRIPTION RATES $70 per year anywhere in Quincy Jones — A&M Choir — Light the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX, 1 19 West 57th St., New York. N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., and ad- Crystal Gayle ditional mailing offices. Copyright ©1978 by the Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX, 119 West 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019. August 19, 1978 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 8/5 Chart 8/12 8/5 Chart 8/12 8/5 Chan 1 THREE TIMES A LADY 35 YOU’RE A PART OF ME 68 SHE LOVES TO BE IN LOVE COMMODORES (Motown M1433F) CPP 1 3 9 GENE COTTON (Ariola 7704) CH 38 39 11 CHARLIE (Janus J-276) 72 81 4 2 GREASE 36 JUST WHAT I NEEDED 69 SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN FRANKIE VALLI (RSO 897) WB 2 2 13 CARS (Elektra E-45491-A) WB 42 49 9 BILLYJOEL (Columbia 3-10788; 79 88 3 3 MISS YOU 37 STILL THE SAME 70 FLYIN’ ROLLING STONES (RS-19307) WB 3 1 13 BOB SEGER (Capitol 4581) WB 21 10 15 PRISM (Ariola 7714; 74 82 5 4 HOT BLOODED 38 STAY/LOAD OUT 71 I WILL STILL LOVE YOU FOREIGNER (Atlantic 3488) WB 7 11 8 JACKSON BROWNE (Asylum E-45485-A) STONEBOLT (Parachute RR 512) WB 73 79 4 HAN/WB 22 24 11 5 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY 72 ALL I SEE IS YOUR FACE PABLO CRUISE (A&M 2048) ALM 5 7 13 39 WHENEVER I CALL YOU DAN HILL (20th Century TC-2378 81 - 2 6 LIFE’S BEEN GOOD “FRIEND” 73 ON THE STRIP JOE WALSH (Asylum E-45493-A) WB 6 8 12 KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia 3-10794) WB 53 67 4 PAUL NICHOLAS (RSO RS 887 75 75 5 7 LAST DANCE 40 IT’S A HEARTACHE 74 RAISE A LITTLE HELL DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca 926) WB 4 4 15 BONNIE TYLER (RCA PB-1 1249) CPP 33 22 22 82 - 2 8|HOPELESSLY DEVOTED 41 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T 75 IF YOU WANNA DO A TO YOU BAD DANCE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (RSO RS 903) WB 14 21 7 MEAT LOAF SPINNERS (Atlai 78 83 3 (Cleve. Int'l. /Epic 8-50513) BEL/MCA 31 16 22 9 MAGNET AND STEEL 76 WALTER EGAN (Columbia 3-10719) WB 12 15 14 42 TIME FOR ME TO FLY RUNAWAY 70 71 5 10 COPACABANA (AT THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP (Grunt 11274) CPP 25 14 13 43 DON’T LOOK BACK 77 SWEET LIFE COPA) BOSTON (Epic 8-50590) PAUL DAVIS (Bang B-738; 85 - 2 BARRY MANILOW (Arista 0339) B-3 10 12 11 44 HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS 78 FM (NO STATIC AT ALL) 11 MY ANGEL BABY BOB SEGER (Capitol P-4618) TOBY BEAU (RCA PB-11250) ALM 11 13 13 STEELY DAN (MCA-40894) WB 48 35 12 12 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE 45 YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I 79 BRANDY TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol 4565) CPP 13 17 9 WANT O'JAYS (Phila. Int'l./CBS ZS8-3652 84 - 2 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/JOHN TRAVOLTA 13 SHAME (RSO 891) WB 36 26 21 80 BLUER THAN BLUE EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE'' KING (RCA PB 11122) MICHAEL JOHNSON (EMI P-8001) CPP 40 25 18 15 20 13 46 SONGBIRD BARBRA STREISAND (Columbia 3-10756) B-3 41 33 11 81 5.7.05 14 AN EVERLASTING LOVE CITY BOY (Mercury/Phonogram 73999) 86 91 6 ANDY GIBB (RSO RS 904) WB 17 23 6 47 CAN WESTILLBEFRIENDS 15 SHADOW DANCING TODD RUNDGREN (Bearsville BSS 0324) ALM 47 38 12 82 ALMOST LIKE BEING IN ANDY GIBB (RSO 893) WB 8 5 19 48 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE LOVE GERRY RAFFERTY (United Artists X-1233-Y) 61 - 16 I’M NOT GONNA LET IT E 2 MICHAEL JOHNSON (EMI 8004] 87 2 49 A ROCK'N’ROLL FANTASY 83 SURRENDER BOTHER ME TONIGHT THE KINKS (Arista AS 0342) WB 55 68 6 ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION CHEAP TRICK (Epic 8-50570) 88 93 5 (Polydor PD 14484) CPP 16 19 11 50 I’VE HAD ENOUGH 84 LOVEOR LIKE WINGS (Capitol 4594) WB 44 28 10 SOMETHING 17 FOOL (IF YOU THINK IT’S IT 51 THE GROOVE LINE 50 46 12 OVER) HEATWAVE (Epic 8-50524) ALM 46 36 19 CHRIS REA (Magnet/United Artists UA-X1198-Y) 20 27 8 52 THINK IT OVER 85 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE — - 18 BAKER STREET CHERYL LADD (Capitol P-4599) 60 66 5 MICK JACKSON (Atco 7091) 1 GERRY RAFFERTY (UA 1192) CPP 9 6 19 53 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP 86 HE’S SO FINE 19 KISS YOU ALL OVER CRYSTAL GAYLE KRISTY & JIMMY McNICHOL (RCA PB-1 1271) 83 86 4 EXILE (Warner/Curb WBS 8589) CPP 23 34 7 (United Artists UA-X1214-Y) CPP 57 52 13 87 SHAKE AND DANCE WITH 20 YOU 54 STEPPIN’IN A SLIDE ZONE RITA COOLIDGE (A&M 2058) CPP 24 30 9 THE MOODY BLUES (London 5N-270) 65 78 4 ME CON FUNK SHUN (Mercury 74008) 92 95 4 21 KING TUT 55 COME TOGETHER STEVE MARTIN (Warner Bros.