.:. t Salsa JUL 79 08120 9002!>> JTfs*009 1331 52 67 312 313270141214 PUt? BB . SIì, SÍUTtiL_ BLVD NEWSPAPER 6'32 2 NWLYW.,Ct.J CA 9J. 2 L'-1) ;."``J_L.ïS A Billboard Publication The International Music -Record -Tape Newsweekly June 12, 1976 $1.50 Indie Production In ONE MAN GRABS $52,000 Union Musicians Slicing I ¡Country Mart Rising By GERRY WOOD $10 Million Recording Pie NASHVILLE -With independ- U.K. Labels' TV By IS HOROWIIZ ent producers accounting for an un- precedented 64;; of the songs on NEW YORK An all -time high of sion musicians, however, will fall musicians union futtd spokesman. IN Usage Increases Billboard's Hot Country Singles $ 10,391.949 was funneled into the some $276,000 under last year's His take will be the heftiest ever paid chart, the trend toward independent AFM's Special Payments Fund by record payout of $9.915.620. an individual from this source. By PETER JONES production continues in country record manufacturers for the year But one player will receive a lump At the same time, it was learned LONDON -Trying to combat music -one of the last bastions of in- ending April 30. payment of "about $52.000" when that combined U.S. and Canadian fear be a what they could bleak, house production. Actual distribution to AFM se- checks go out Aug. 1. according to a recording session wages to union poor sales summer. Britain's major musicians rose about 14`i to a new That's a remarkable surge in a record companies are going for big field of music historically known for summit of $23,826,860 in 1975. The television advertising campaigns its strong in -house recording tradi- figure in 1974 was approximately over the next few months. Second Disco Forum Sept. 28 In N.Y. tion that at one time saw MCA's $20.8 million. Already involved in booking Terence took place in New York last Owen Bradlee producing some 40 LOS ANGELES Billboard will Wage figures- derive from reports prime -time viewing are albums from acts. present a second International Disco January. to the AFM & Employers Pension EMI, Phonogram, Polydor and Forum in New York, this time at the Opening the business portion of Welfare Fund. They show that for Competition, growing rosters, RCA -and this in addition to antici- Americana Hotel Sept. 28 -Oct. 1. the event will be a keynote speech on 1975, $22,735,460 went to musicians with certain artists, variety pated activity from K -Tel and Ar- rapport Fourteen topics dealing with ev- "Discos, A Multi- Billion Dollar in the States, with scale wages total- and new ideas are some of the rea- cade, the tv merchandisers. ery facet of the disco industry have Business Today." ing $1,091,400 going to Canadian sons given for the increase in the The action puts at an unprece- been selected for the four -day con- Session topics will include: "Spe- sidemen playing record dates. (Continued on page 64) (Continued on page 50) ference. Billboard's initial disco con- (Continued on page 52) (Continued on page 23) Chappell Maps Substantial Expansion Into New Areas By. STEPHEN'fRAINIAN NEW YORK -Fully equipped Vegas Dinner Shows 16 -track recording studios here and in Los Angeles, the first music pub- Face a Bleak Future lisher with its own racks in Sears, more hardback book entries and a By HANFORD SEARL joint venture soft cover series on top LAS VEGAS -Hotel dinner pop stars with Sire /Passport are just shows are an endangered species, a few gambits in gear at Chappell hotel and entertainment industry Music. figures here predict off- the -record. "We've been creating a contem- Officially, the business community porary company without hurting - expresses guarded optimism that actually building -our standard main showroom dinner shows will catalog," president Norman Weiser remain along the Strip. emphasizes on the eve of Chappell's Some hotels are also raising prices second international professional as a direct result of the month -long Cu nmg Soon! THE BEATLES! [heir ROCK'N'ROLL MLSIC Album chronicles Everybody's saying a giant #1 summer hit! That's Sonny James' fast meeting to be held here June 14 -15. strike by four unions last March. he rocking side of the Beatles with classic songs from their early caree . climbing Columbia single When Something Is Wrong With My Baby." The studios are expected to pay These attitudes, expressed by en- Of the 28 songs, on 2 records, only 3 have been repackaged before (but His great album "200 Years of Country Music" is one of Columbia's hottest for themselves "within 18 months," tertainment directors, publicity di- what Rock'N'Roll album would be complete without "Get Back" and "Back sellers. Dealers stock heavy on both single and album.(Advertisement) Weiser says. echoed by Dick Ander- rectors and booking agents, are the In The U.S.S.R. " ?). The Capitol Records package, produced by George son, finance vice president, who results of a Billboard survey cov- Martin. will be backed with a fullscale advertising, merchandising and (Continued on page on page 14) 23) (Continued promotional campaign! (SKB0.11531) (Advertisement) Advertisement I The co- writer of such hits as "Baby Love," "Heat Wave," "This Old Heart of Mine" and "How Sweet. It Is," Lamont Dozier was the writer- performer of "Fish Ain't Bitin' " and "Let Me Start Tonite." 1 411111 /111 Dozier has made an exceptional al4Ur+t called Rigid '111(1 .6:.,. It's available now on Warner Bros. recorda and tapes. www.americanradiohistory.com This is Graham Central And Station: so is this: And so is t GRAHAM CENTRAL STATIC Graham Central Station's MIRROR BS 2937 Featuring the single LOVE WBS 8205 Eight new ways of looking at things on Warner Bros. records and tapes Graham Central Station Release Yourself Ain't No 'Bout -A -Doubt It www.americanradiohistory.com 3 General News HOWS & EXPLORED Beechwood, WHYS Theaters Eye Cap Becoming Talent Forum a Peppery Politicians, `Cohesive' Gathering Of Influentials Fear a Strike By JOE X. PRICE By RADCLIFFE JOE LOS ANGELES - Beechwood By JIM FISHEL NEW YORK -The legitimate Music and Capitol Records, both Broadway theater is joining the in- owned by EMI, are functioning as LOS ANGELES - Exclusivity ings featuring some of the prime - right of Weintraub and Concerts creasing number of New York busi- cohesive entities, according to Ron on halls, the presence of the profes- movers in the talent business. West to have exclusivity on their nesses angling for a piece of the poli- Kramer, Beechwood vice president sional promoter on campus, meth- The recurring topic during the halls, as well as booking and pro- tician's dollar that will be spent here and Rupert Perry, the label's a &r ods of tour support and the alleged first three days of discussion was moting the entire tours of "super during the Democratic National vice president. "stranglehold" by Jerry Weintraub the Weintraub and Concerts West groups." Convention scheduled for July 12- Kramer, who assumed the Beech- and Concerts West on promoters, situation. During a panel opening Graham said it's unfair that a 15 at Madison Square Garden. wood post last Jan. 1, going there were a few of the explosive topics day hosted by personal manager promoter should lose a super Under the aegis of the League of from Dick James Music's Holly- discussed at Billboard's second In- Dee Anthony, talent agent Frank group after helping them to grow, N.Y. Theatres & Producers, the wood outpost, has made a concerted ternational Talent Forum June 1 -4 Barsalona and promoter Bill Gra- just because Weintraub has an ex- managements of most Broadway effort to accomplish this organiza- at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. ham, a number of prominent pro- clusive agreement with the hall. houses are not only allocating siz- tional realignment from the onset More than 400 participants from moters voiced concern on this sub- According to Barsalona, Wein- able blocks of tickets for the antici- and has gotten it to the point where all areas of the live talent business ject. traub is attempting to secure as pated influx of more than 25,000 the a &r department in the Tower has attended 19 action -packed meet- Most of them questioned the (Continued on page 80) conventioners, but also planning to recently switched to offices adjacent run more matinees to attract the po- to Beechwood's on the same floor. liticos and their families who will be "Today the business is different," tied up in night -time sessions at the Kramer says. "I have to be just as Garden. much an a &r man now as I am a 13,000 Invade Nashville For Fair If the strategy works, the coffers of publisher. What every publisher Broadway theater houses are ex- should be trying to do these days is `Hungry' Legion Of Fans Exceeds 1975 By 3,500 pected to bulge during convention to develop his own Carole Kings or week, with the additional revenue Neil Diamonds. A publisher cannot By GERRY WOOD giving an early boost to Broadway's exist today simply by publishing NASHVILLE -The town that Fan Fair unfolds Wednesday -Sun- Hall of Fame and admission to the drive to top its record -breaking box - songs and pitching them to artists." country music helped build braces day (9 -13). auditorium exhibit area. office grosses of the 1975 -76 sea- Kramer has also duplicated this fans has son, just ended. for an invasion of 13,000 country The attendance at the fifth annual The influx of saturated realignment plan in Canada -i.e., market within However, Broadway's anticipated music fans -hungry for shows, stars version of the popular event reaches the accommodations establishing greater and more direct and songs -as a record -breaking a new peak, and surpasses last year's (Continued on page 80) (Continued on page 24) (Continued on page 4) 1 976 International Country Music figures by approximately 3,500 reg- istrants.