September 9, 1991 Volume 6 Issue 258 $6.00 e 17e' R.E.M. ITSBOUND i EARPICe S BREAKOUTS. WILDCARD •. BRYAN ADAMS A NICKS Mod M BRYAN ADAM &M BOB SEGER Cap R. SYNDICATE Impact R. SYNDItATE rilpoo.,t DDIE MONEY Col EDDIE MON I BAD ENGLISH Epic See Page 12 CURTIS S11(3 ERRY Epic RUSS IR K RANDY AVIS WB RUSS IR DEVOE MCA ZIGGY Vir MAR A Col LOGIC A. OFIPVEFS BLUE TRAI ROSES Rose Colored... My Army Of Lovers All Need is Yo n't Cry M-13826 Gian14-19321 Zoo 72445-14018- M 1 19027 ‘`ee -tfen D. BLANDO COMMITMENTS DIVINYLS MC SKAT KAT T. SPENCER Boy Try A Little... - I'm On Your Side Skat Strut Tender Kisses ic Assoc 351-73920 MCA 1626 Virgin 98719 Virgin 98770 Capitol 44680 CHRIS CUEVAS R. FLACK REMBRANDTS L. LOUIE VEGA You Are The One Set The Night... Save Me Ride On The... Atlantic N/A Atlantic 4-87607 1 Atoo 98799 Atlantic 4-87626 gr A NIMAL LOGIC THE MULTI-FORMAT DEBUT SINGLE ROSE COLORED GLASSES AN UP-TEMPO ADULT SMASH •:OING FOR ADDS SEPTEMBER 9! EARLY RETAIL ACTION: Deborah Holland 198-35 Sound Warehouse/Nat'l #3 Sound Futures/Dallas Stewart Copeland #32 Harvard Coop/Boston dtu, s #49 Face The Music/Mpls The new album produced by Animal Logic and Tony Berg 141 X2/4-13106 X25G-13826 YOU LI ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD "MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU" 54 OUT OF THE BOX ! TO 40 MOST ADDED! WHYT EA ICKS VVINNERI1 WPHR Q106 KOY WN CI HOT94.9 Y107 KRBE WTI C INTRODUCING A N EXTRAORDINARY N EW A RTIST L! ELÇ71 I. 1.7£ \1\! N. "MY \CL!" THE DEBUT SING LE PRODUCED BY PHIL RAMONE 2, 1991 SBK Records _BTRA521e•- `rEHdA 111 LIZ RFT4I1 #8 SELLING SINGLE IN SPOKANE! SOLD OUT AND REORDERED AT SOUND OFF'S SALT LAKE CITY! RADIO RESEARCH KDWB Z102 34-28(H) CALL-OUT RESEARCH PUT THIS SONG ON KDWB! "Angel' is agreat pop record. Z102 -#4 REQUESTS ADULTS 18+ It is pulling requests and is starting to happen." "Top 10 phones and excellent retail" — Jeff McCartney WAPE 28-26 — Tom Sherman, WNYP TOP PHONES AT Z102, WAPE & WOMP KJ103 27-24 G105 31-28 WPST 39-35 WOMP 13-11 (i•Inâ'go)m The Imago Recording Company •152 W. 57th St. •New York •NY 10019 irlItair first car-earAsir- -1.01a Was Gold and /01 irle arecl F1ic, 8Inac arc's. 4 heir first vi gbit I>C1r:,«11SLJr cri MT/ and their new video in povver rotaltion_ Their <let:but 2iItuJm , Li he rt !Dip s ric:rvy I FIL) PLATINUM Their new si Iread • at alternative racl S_ The expo II if 'new single a rt ci etc) fr -c) Inn ENO • • Abbe, Bedlam Mambo.» rod .Aced by; Pibig. 7e1 'iriáéipriel . anagarniarent Lireetta -• -; ...6541-4; e..... ..,....e...40: • •.. • ... ... • ;badger- . .dr.. I A. THE NEW SINGLE "RING Mir BELL" Watch the WORLD VIDEO PREMIER on the "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air' NBC 8pm/7'pm Central & the DEBUT LIVE PERFORMANCE on "The Arsenio Hall Show" UNIVERSAL 9 11:30pm/1 0:30 Central both on MON DAY SEPT. 16 The follow up to the #1 Urban, #1 Rap, Top 5 Pop smash Platinum single,"Summertime". From the Platinum album, "HOMEBASE" CHR/Urban Report Date: 9/23 Direction/Management:i JaRoLa Management & Camelot Entertainment Produced by J Townes for A Touch Of Jazz, Inc Special Remixes /Production by: Hula & Fingers, Mr. Lee, D.J. Jazzy Jeff foi. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince on Letterman, Saturday Night Live, Soul Train & the Tonight Sho .4111111 "HOMEBASE" THE ALBUM "RING September 9, 1991 Volume 6 Issue 258 $6.00 DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher SINGLES Abbey's Road LENNY BEER The reign of Bryan Adams continues, but we're bet- Editor In Chief ting it ends next week with aGiant coup. TONI PROFERA Executive Editor DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing Editor MIKE MURPHY DIALOGUE Senior Broadcast Editor Grammy winner Bonnie Rain sings the blues upon ROY TRAKIN realizing she has to spend time with HITS' resident 40 Senior Editor Hebrew honkie shouter, "Blind Willie" Trakin. ANITA WEBB Operations Manager •KAREN GLAUBER HEFTS' radio redneck Mike Murphy tallies up the Post Modem Editor latest numbers to figure out who's hot and who's not. 44 GRAHAM ARMSTRONG Everybody'll be laughing at his Jams Editor jokes and perfecting their DANNY OSTROW Broadcast Editor JAMS strokes, because this week, DARRYL LINDSEY Reprise's Ex-Girlfriend ask "Why Can't You Come MTV's Sr. VP of Music and Talent Rap Editor Home," while JAMS Editor Graham "Ber Waves of 53 Abbey Konowitch is the nebbish TODD HENSLEY Grain" Armstrong's ex-girlfriend wishes he would CONNIE BREEZE in the news, having helped ADRIAN MILLER just stay away. organize yet another boffo Research Editors awards show, featuring MARK PEARSON perfonnances by the likes of Research Coordinator TERRY MOSER POST MODERN Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey, Guns NICK BULL B.A.D. is H.O.T. as they climb to the top of Ivana's N' Roses, Metallic& Prince and ANGELA GARCIA peak. 63 Van Halen. The guy may be a KANDACE TAYLOR schlemiel, but at least he's your LLOYD STARK RUSTY STAGGERS schlemiel. Unfortunately, this BETSY ALTOMARE ALBUMS Contents nod is alittle too late to Research Assistants Elektra continues to hold court at one and two, while improve our seats — which just FRANCIS LAMBERT Bob Seger debuts big at #15. 78 happen to be In the last row of MICHAEL ALLEN the "Miami Vice" set Computer Operations KEITH MACLEOD Art Director Hitsbound 29 HEATHER LOSE Adams strikes again. Editorial Design Top Tens 73 36 Metallica rules. BRIAN LINDSEY Requests ELLIE LEACOCK R.E.M debuts at #14. VAN ARNO Breakouts 76 Art & Design Bob Seger returns. DANNY FIELDS Earpicks 46 NEIL HARRIS Adams by amile. Contributing Editors MICHAEL FLYNN 13 Wheels & Deals 68 Facility Manager Front Page On The Cover Letters 22 New Artists 68 R.E.M. mark MTV Video COLOR WEST Music Awards week with a Lithography Near Truths 24 Beat's Me 70 special return appearance on 14958 Ventura Blvd. Far Truths 27 Rerap 72 our cover, but not nearly in Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 63 Wavelength 82 time to get us into the show. (818) 501-7900 Post Toasted HITS TOP _FIFTY SINTG 2 L Bryan Adams stays in the #1 spot for the 8th consecutive sales! The new Bryan Adams is #1 Most Added and the A week as other #1 contenders begin to weaken. Mariah highest debut of the week at #39. Soon he'll be battling him- W S K T Carey moves from #26 to #16 with lots of new Top 10 phone self for the #1 slot. Also debuting this week are Bob Seger at S reports. Metallica continues upward to #33 with Top 10 single #40, Siouxsie at #49 and Bell Biv Devoe at #50. A E ARTIST G E TITLE LABEL COMMENTS BRYAN ADAMS (EVERYTHING I DO) A&M/M. Creek 1567 Ei ht weeks in a ro 2 BOYZ ll MEN MOTOWNPHILLY Motown 2090 From #4 Lp 12._1 131 C & C MUSIC FACTORY THINGS THAT MAKE... Columbia 73687 Smash 7 6 COLOR ME BADD IADORE MI AMOR Giant 4-19204 From #6 Lp 151 u PAULA ABDUL THE PROMISE... CaptNirgin 4-98752 Lp#11 15 1 PI MARKY MARK GOOD VIBRATIONS Inter/EW 98764 All over MN 6 5 u HI-FIVE CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER.. Jive/RCA 1445 Peaked „ . • 8 u THE KLF 3AM ETERNAL Arista 2231 Lp #29 , 10 hi 31 MICHAEL BOLTON TIME, LOVE... Columbia 73889 Leading Top 10 Lp 14 10 SEAL CRAZY Sire/WB 19298 Lp selling 17 ROD STEWART THE MOTOWN SONG Warner Bros 19322 Hot tour, hot video 19 HEAVY D & THE BOYZ NOW THAT WE FOUND... Uptown/MCA 54088 #8 RAP video 9 12 SCORPIONS WIND OF CHANGE Mercury 868-180 From #30 Lp 12 14 [13j CATHY DENNIS TOO MANY WALLS Poly/PLG 867134-4 Peaking 20 FIREHOUSE LOVE OF A LIFETIME Epic 73771 Hot single seller 36 [26] 16 MARIAH CAREY EMOTIONS Columbia 38T-73977 From upcoming Lp 22 R.E.M. SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE Warner Bros 19242 From smash Lp 22 132 I KARYN WHITE ROMANTIC Warner Bros 19319 Multi-format smash 2 171 AMY GRANT EVERY HEARTBEAT A&M 1557-4 Peaked 29 [2_3] 20 NATURAL SELECTION DO ANYTHING East West 98724 Smash 13 1161 NATALIE COLE UNFORGETTABLE Ea Elektra 64875 #2 ROXETTE FADING LIKE A FLOWER EMI 50355 Peaked 1271 BONNIE RAITT SOMETHING TO TALK... Capitol 44724 From #3 Lp 16 24 JJEFF & FPRINCE f01 SUMMERTIME Jive 1465 New single shipping 33 1291 EXTREME HOLE HEARTED A&M 1564 Hot on MN (Based on a combination of sales and airplay) 8 HITS September 9, 1991 ; • BALLAD OF YOUTH THE PREMIER SINGLE FROM THE M ERCURY SOLO DEBUT ALBUM "STRANGER IN THIS TOWN" CD PRO WITH INTERVIEW ON YOUR DESK THIS WEEK. MANAGEMENT Doc MCGHEE FOR MCGHEE ENTERTAINMENT. PRODUCED BY NEIL DOIRFSMAN AND RICHIE SAM A.; •e.v.ans arrow, • M. IKKRINI•011%0011• nicbny heaven in the back seat EARPICKS WINNER! 60 OUT OF THE BOX KKBQ KISN 102 0995 94 195 kWPHR ht His winning streak continues with Heaven In The Back Seat, the first single track from his forthcoming album, "Right Here." Written by R.J. "Mutt" Lange and C. Joiner. Produced by Keith Olsen for Pogolog Corp. & Eddie Money. Management: Bill Graham Management it's 13 ti sure bet.