NEWSPAPER $2.75 The Oak Ridge Boys V THIS SUMMER’S MAJOR ASSETS: MAZE featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY: LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS Feel the love come alive on this specially priced two-record set. Features solid gold Maze favorites plus four new numbers including the chart-topping hit “RUNNING AWAY.” DONNA WASHINGTON: GOING FOR THE GLOW Sassy and soulful Donna Washington radiates energy and excitement with alluring style. “ Features the hit single SCUSE ME WHILE I FALL IN LOVE: ^ i , ri ^ ^CONNECTION: tM EVERYTHING IS COOL Plug into the tuneful tempos of T-Connection H whose rhythmic groove is guaranteed to make you move. Features the hit singles “EVERYTHING IS COOL” and “GROOVE CITY. EVERYTHING IS COOL I k: L. J. REYNOLDS FormerDramatics star L. J. Reynolds makes a sensational debut as a solo performer. Features the sublimely sexy “AIN’T NO WOMAN LIKE MY BAB Y! THE BOTTOM LINE IS BEAUTIFUL WITH CAPITOL RECORDS AND CASSETTES. tlMl CWTCX RECORDS INC VOLUME XLIII — NUMBER 8 — July 11, 1981 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY GISH BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MEL ALBERT Executive Vice President and Genera! Manager EDITORIAL A Logical Choice NICK ALBARANO Vice President As costs continually increase everywhere, it is (NARM), the system offers the possibility of totally ALAN SUTTON clear that situations that cause unnecessary waste centralized inventory control, plus more efficient Vice President and Editor In Chief should be immediately rectified. If something can be and accurate methodologies for the day-to-day J.B. CARMICLE found to save and improve efficiency, it operation of retail stores. Vice President and General Manager, East Coast money would be foolish to ignore it. With the chance to save “millions of dollars,” (ac- JIM SHARP Vice President, Nashville But such has been the case with bar coding. cording to some estimates) relatively painlessly, the RICHARD IMAMURA Already a fact of life in a host of retail industries, the industry should seriously examine across the board Managing Editor bar coding process has proven itself under fire in the adoption of bar coding. If all manufacturers par- East Coast Editorial FRED GOODMAN — DAVE SCHULPS areas of cost cutting and inventory control. ticipate, the system will work for everyone. In a time DAN NOOGER The beauty of the system is that it helps manufac- of inflation and recession, it doesn’t make sense to West Coast Editorial MARK ALBERT, Radio Editor turers and retailers — it can save significant dealy on something as potentially bar MARC CETNER — MICHAEL GLYNN rewarding as MICHAEL MARTINEZ amounts of money for both. As promoted by the coding. Research KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager National Assn, of Recording Merchandisers BILL FEASTER — LEN CHODOSH MIKE PLACHETKA — JEFF LAINE HARALD TAUBENREUTHER Nashville Editorial/Research JENNIFER BOHLER, Nashville Editor JUANITA BUTLER — TIM STICHNOTH TOM ROLAND Art Director LARRY CRAYCRAFT ews highlight Circulation THERESA TORTOSA, Manager N S PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK 1775 Broadway. New York NY 10019 • NARM retailers committee seeks closer ties with manufacturers Phone: (212) 586-2640 Cable Address: Cash Box NY (page 5). Telex: 666123 HOLLYWOOD 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) • New Meat Loaf and Rickie Lee Jones LPs highlight summer Hollywood CA 90028 Phone: (213) 464-8241 label releases (page 5). 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C4SH BOXTOPIOO3NGLE3 July 11, 1981 Weeks Weeks On On 6/4 Chart 6/4 Chart 1 BETTE DAVIS EYES 34 STRONGER THAN BEFORE 66 YOU ARE FOREVER KIM CARNES (EMI-America 8077) 1 16 CAROLE BAYER SAGER SMOKEY ROBINSON (Boardwalk WS8 02054) 36 9 (Tamia/Motown T54327F) 221THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE AIR SUPPLY (Arista AS 0604) 4 9 35 A LIFE OF ILLUSION THE KID IS HOT TONITE JOE WALSH (Asylum E-47144) 35 8 LOVERBOY (Columbia 11-02068) 3 STARS ON 45 — MEDLEY STARS ON 45 36 LADY (YOU BRING ME UP) YOU’RE MY GIRL (Radio Records/Atlantic RR 3810) 2 14 COMMODORES (Motown M1514F) 46 4 FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS (Millennium JH-11808) 4 ELVIRA 37 THE BREAKUP SONG (THEY THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (MCA-51084) 5 10 DON’T WRITE ’EM) THE REAL THING THE BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M 2343) 5 JESSIE’S GIRL GREG KIHN BAND RICK SPRINGFIELD (RCA JH12201) 6 16 (Beserkley/Elektra B-47149) 42 8 SOME CHANGES ARE FOR 6 THEME FROM “THE GREATEST 38 DOUBLE DUTCH BUS GOOD AMERICAN HERO” FRANKIE SMITH (WMOT 4W85351) 41 7 DIONNE WARWICK (Arista AS 0602) JOEY SCARBURY (Elektra E-47147) 8 9 39 (THERE’S) NO GETTIN’ OVER ME 71 NICOLE RONNIE MILSAP (RCA PB-12264) 49 3 POINT BLANK (MCA-51132) 7 ALL THOSE YEARS AGO GEORGE HARRISON 40 GIVE IT TO ME BABY 72 SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY (Dark Horse/Warner Bros. DRC 49726) 3 8 RICK JAMES (Gordy/Motown G 7197 FI) 44 8 ROBERT GORDON (RCA PB-12239) 8 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS 41 BEING WITH YOU 73 NIGHTWALKER DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES SMOKEY ROBINSON GINO VANNELLI (Arista AS 0613) (RCA PB-12217) 9 11 (Tamia/Motown T54321) 28 21 i 74 DON’T GIVE IT UP 9 I DON’T NEED YOU 42 ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS ROBBIE PATTON (Liberty P-A1420) KENNY ROGERS (Liberty 1415) 11 5 COME THROUGH 75 REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU 10 THIS LITTLE GIRL JIM STEINMAN GARY WRIGHT (Warner Bros. WBS 49769) GARY U.S. BONDS (EMI-America 8079) 7 12 (Epic/Cleveland Int i. AE7 1232) 47 7 76 WALK RIGHT NOW 11 A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (JUST 43 ANGEL OF THE MORNING THE JACKSONS (Epic 19-02132) JUICE NEWTON (Capitol 4976) 31 21 LIKE YOU DO) 77 DON’T LET GO THE COAT RAY PARKER, JR. & RAYDIO 44 IT’S NOW OR NEVER THE WHO (Warner Bros. WBS 49743) (Arista 10 19 ©« JOHN SCHNEIDER AS 0592) (Scotti Bros./CBSZS6 02105) 50 7 78 TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS 12 SLOW HAND STYX (A&M 2323) POINTER SISTERS 45 TWO HEARTS Stephanie mills 79 FLYAWAY (Planet/Elektra P-47929) 20 7 (20th Century-Fox/RCA TC-2492) 45 10 BLACKFOOT (Atco/ Atlantic 7331) 13 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY 46 TAKE IT ON THE RUN 80 IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE MANHATTAN TRANSFER REO SPEEDWAGON (Epic 19-01054) 32 17 (Atlantic 3816) 19 8 DAN HARTMAN (Blue Sky/CBS ZS6 02115) 47 ENDLESS LOVE 81 ’BOUT 14 AMERICA DIANA ROSS and LIONEL RICHIE HOW US 12 ©o CHAMPAIGN (Columbia 11-11433) NEIL DIAMOND (Capitol P-4994) 12 (Motown M 1519F) 71 2 82 THE 15 WINNING 48 URGENT WATCHING WHEELS SANTANA (Columbia 11-01050) 16 14 JOHN LENNON (Geffen GEF 49695) © FOREIGNER (Atlantic 3831) 63 2 83 NOTHING EVER AS 16 HEARTS 49 DON’T WANT TO WAIT GOES MARTY BALIN (EMI-America 8084) 18 8 PLANNED ANYMORE STYX (A&M 2348) 17 IS IT YOU TUBES (Capitol P-A5007) 58 4 LEE RITENOUR (Elektra E-47124) 17 13 84 BREAKING AWAY 50 IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG BALANCE (Portrait/CBS 24-02177) 18 I LOVE YOU SPIDER (Dreamland/RSO DL 111) 55 7 CLIMAX BLUES BAND 85 JUST THE TWO OF US 13 22 51 JONES VS.