$5.50 (U.S.), $6.50 (CAN.), £4.50 (U.K.) IN MUSIC NEWS 908 Jonatha 1r8XNCCVR *** * * *** 3 -DIGIT 0675 000 1GEE4EM740M0990744 002 BI MAR 2396 1 03 Brooke MONTY GREENLY 3740 ELM AVE APT A .+.r_ REACH, CA 90807 -3402 Tells Her Story On Blue Thumb SEE PAGE 7 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT AUGUST 12, 1995 ADVERT I-.f MENTS Marsalis To Trumpet Music Magnatone's Shelby Lynne Holly Cole Fundamentals On PBS Series `Restless' For Radio Success BY JIM MACNIE tional broadcast, the program will be BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE on Vince Gill's tour this fall. made available on home video by Sony and TERRI HORAK Such stints aren't surprising, con- Clarinets have wings, hulls change Classical Film & Video beginning sidering that Lynne's recording ca- shape, and batons are magic wands. Sept. 19. In addition, an accompanying NASHVILLE -Ask anyone in the reer began when legendary Nashville Almost anything book written by country music in- producer Billy seems possible in Marsalis and pub- dustry to name Sherrill paired Wynton Marsalis' lished by Norton some of the most her with George latest project, will be packaged impressive vocal- Jones for her first "Marsalis On Mu- with a music CD ists in the genre, single in 1988. sic." that illustrates the and Magnatone Further, Willie The celebrated program's plat- recording artist Nelson is a fan jazz trumpeter, forms. Shelby Lynne will and supporter along with quite a The show was surface regularly. who frequently in- few teammates, conceived by the Recent proof of vites her to his has formalized his trumpeter and Lynne's most -fa- Texas studio, long- standing hob- produced by vored- singer sta- where they have by of teaching in a Emmy- winners tus includes guest recorded a trea- ON TOUR: four -part series WYNTON MARSALIS Peter Gelb and appearances on al- SHELBY LYNNE sure trove of un- NEW YORK 8/16 scheduled to begin Pat Jaffe of PBS bums from Faith released songs. DETROIT 8/20 Oct. 9 on PBS. Channel Thirteen/WNET New York. Hill, Lari White, and the Mavericks, W'.th a jazz -inflected voice equally CHICAGO 8/21 In addition to the prime -time na- (Continued ou page 92) and she will open a number of dates (Continued on. page 89) MINNEAPOLIS 8/2.: Parks, Wilson's WB `Crate' German Retail Completes A 30-Year Wait Sees Growth Spurt BY BRETT ATWOOD Capitol Records in 1967. Despite Tax Burdens Wilson calls his collaboration with LOS ANGELES- Almost 30 years Parks "a good formula." BY WOLFGANG SPAHR after their aborted "Smile" collabora- "He's producing, and I'm singing," tion, Beach Boys mastermind Brian says Wilson. "A certain degree of HAMBURG -A growth spurt in Wilson has reunited with acclaimed magic happens when we work togeth- June helped the German music mar- songwriter /pro- er." ducer Van Dyke The new mater- Parks for the new ial will debut album "Orange worldwide in ear- A Band For All Occasions: Crate Art," due ly September on Mavericks' Set Surprises for worldwide re- Paul McCartney's lease Oct. 24 on syndicated radio SEE PAGE 27 Warner Bros. program, "Oobu Records. Joobu." "San The album WILSON PARKS Francisco" and WESTERNHAGEN BON JOVI marks an anx- the title track will iously anticipated reunion between premiere on the show, which is syndi- ket to achieve a 6% increase in mar- AUDIOBOOKS the two artists, after Wilson aban- cated to more than 200 stations in the ket value in the first six months of 81 SPOKEN WOE doned the now -infamous "Smile" ses- U.S. by Westwood One. 1995, compared to the same period a S MASTERING sions amid ago. WORLD C L AS personal troubles, cre- In addition to the broadcast of year H D L L Y W O D D aTHE BILLBOARD SPOTLIGHT ative differences with the Beach those two cuts, "Oobu Joobu" also will The growth was fueled by such ma- 7 8 7 3 1 3 I B 6 Boys, and legal wranglings with (Continued on page 88) jor international acts as Bon Jovi, SEE PAGE 43 (Continued on page 87) Continental Dritt e Q Q o w j a °,s no Kathleen Turner Overdrive dreamland There pQace Qihe home. There °4 no pQace Qihe homes There's no p9ace pike home. 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W 0 R D D S I 9 9 5 0 M U S I C Y O U C A N B E L E V E IN. o www.americanradiohistory.com No. 1 IN BILLBOARD á VOLUME 107 NO. 32 V Arista Ends Most Successful Fiscal Year THE BILLBOARD 200 90 Alternative To Be Next Focus Area For Growth * E. 1999 ETERNAL BONE THUGS N HARMONY RUTHLESS BY ED CHRISTMAN ous B.I.G., which has passed the 1.5 million - diversification of A &R and genres of mu- unit mark, according to Davis, and Faith, sic is contributing to our ability to have CLASSICAL 31 NEW YORK- Arista Records closed out currently tearing it up at No. 6 on the Hot success." * IMMORTAL BELOVED SOUNDTRACK SONY CLASSICAL its most successful fiscal year with a bang R &B Singles chart and at No. 29 on the Hot And even as diversification pays off for June 30 when TLC, Monica, and the Notori- 100 Singles chart. Arista, the company is moving to the next CLASSICAL CROSSOVER 31 ous B.I.G. copped the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots level. In Nashville, DuBois has started two * PAVAROTTI & FRIENDS 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS LONDON on the Hot 100 Singles chart. The label new labels, Career and Arista Texas. Re- started its new year with those same artists union, the Christian label recently acquired T COUNTRY 30 holding down the top three spots for the by BMG, has also been placed under his do- * THE WOMAN IN ME SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY NASHVILLE first four weeks. main. According to compa- So far in 1995, Arista and its labels P ny executives, the fiscal have six albums that have each sold more HEATSEEKERS 17 * YOU'D PREFER AN ASTRONAUT HUM RCA year that ended June 30 than 500,000 units, according to Sound - was the best in the la- Scan. A JAZZ bel's history, with U.S. They are TLC's "CrazySexyCool," near- L * THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 23 sales exceeding $300 ly 2.5 million units; Annie Lennox's B SOUNDTRACK MALPASo million. Company exec- "Medusa," more than 850,000; the Notori- utives decline to break ous B.I.G.'s "Ready To Die," approximately u JAZZ / CONTEMPORARY 23 out profit and world- 675,000; Ace Of Base's "Sign," 575,000; and M BREATHLESS KENNY G ARISTA * DAVIS wide sales, but they Roy Lott, Arista's executive VP /GM, the "Boys On The Side" soundtrack, more point out mar- says the label's hold on 500,000. S that the that recent the top than POP CATALOG ket share for Arista labels, as surveyed by three spots on the Hot 100 Singles chart In calendar 1994, which included the first 62 * LEGEND BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS TUFF GONG SoundScan, remains strong. Thus far this shows that Arista's diversification strate- half of Arista's fiscal year, the label's year, Arista, which is celebrating its 20th gy has paid dividends. "None of the three biggest -selling albums were from Ace Of anniversary, claims to be the top label in records are pop records, and each is from Base, Kenny G, Tony Braxton, Test R &B Crash 19 * E. 1 999 ETERNAL BONE THUGS N HARMONY RUTHLESS current singles market share, with a a different product source," he says.