T TRADE MAGAZINE 52791 19359 . VOL. LVIII, NO. 47 AUGUST 5, 1995 NUMBER ONES STAFF GEORGE ALBERT POP SINGLE President and Publisher Waterfalls KEITH ALBERT TLC Exec. V.PJOeneral Manager M.R. MARTINEZ (La Face/Arista) Managing Editor EDITORIAL Los Angeles URBAN SINGLE JOHN GOFF Waterfalls Cover Story STEVE BALTIN GIL ROBERTSON IV TLC HECTOR RESENDEZ, Latin Edtor (LaFace/Arista) Jodeci: Buckwild and Going Platinum Nashville WENDY NEWCOMER Uptown/MCA recording quartet Jodeci seem determine to prove that they are New York J S GAER RAP SINGLE on the crest of new jack R&B male vocalizing with their current album The Show, CHART RESEARCH One More Chance The After Party and The Hotel The cohecti on houses the single “Freak ’N You.” Los Angeles NICK) RAE RONCO The Nortorlous B.l G. The company seems determined to push this group to new levels of exposure and BRIAN PARMELLY (Bad Boy/Arista) ZIV with a variety of marketing ploys that will leave an impression a sales among Nashville number of consumers. Cash Box urban editor Gil Robertson IV talked with GAIL FRANCESCHI MARKETINO/ADVERTISING COUNTRY SINGLE of the group and people at the label to analyze just how far these funky members Los Angeles And Still poltergeists might go. GARY YOUNGER KAREN SIDLOW Reba McEntire —see page 5 Nashvlle (MCA) TED RANDALL New York Adios, Ramones NOEL ALBERT Latn Consultant POP ALBUM EDDIE RODRIGUEZ They were punk before members of Greenday stopped spitting up Gerber’s split Cracked RearView (213) 845-9770 pea baby food over their bibs. 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Based in Virgin’s Los Groups Will Jointly Angeles headquarters, Bo- lan’s new job calls for her to oversee development of comprehensive marketing strate- Respond to U.S. Bill gies for Virgin’s entire roster, she will directly supervise activities of the company’s publicity, creative services, THE THREE LARGEST PERFORMING RIGHTS organizations have product management, advertising & merchandising and been given permission by the U.S. Dept, of Justice to jointly discuss video production departments. She joins Virgin following a year stint at IRS Records, responses to a congressional measure that would create sweeping changes in 14 where she started as West Coast sales director and left as as the label's general the music copyright universe and further impact the already beseiged fortunes manager. I Michael Pollack has been named sr. vp/gen- of songwriters and music publishers. ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, the eral counsel for the Elektra Entertainment Group Pol- primary performing rights societies representing songwriters and their pub- lack was most recently vp/sr. counsel for Sony Music lishers, applauded the justice departments decision to permit the organizations Entertainment and served in similar capacity at Arista to jointly discuss and develop lobbying efforts against 789, the measure HR Records. In another move at EEG, Darryl Williams was introduced by James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). named vp of A&R. He was previously director of A&R His bill, sponsored by the restaurant industry and other music licensees, and came to Elektra in 1993 from Capitol Records where would alter federal copyright laws and create broad new exemptions to he was associate director of A&R. Williams began his copyright liability. The proposed legislation would also seeks to change career as a creative manager in 1989 at Virgin Music. certain business practices by the performing rights groups MCA Concerts, Inc. has named Adam Friedman vp of business affairs. his Opposed to the legislation, Frances W. Preston, president/CEO of In new job. Friedman, previously director of business and legal affairs, will focus on new ASCAP; Marilyn Bergman, president/chairman of BMI; and Vincent business developments and oversee negotiation and ad- Candilora, vice chairman of SESAC released a joint statement expressing ministration of contracts with artists, venues and produc- their organizations’ elation over the government’s decision. “We are pleased tion companies, as well as legal affairs for MCA Concerts. with the Justice Department’s decision. The issues raised by this legislation H David McDonagh has been named vp of international are critical for America’s songwriters and music publishers and important marketing for PolyGram Records, Inc. His new job calls for our many licensees. for him to oversee international marketing of the Mercury. Friedman “We have always believed that almost all of the issues raised by the Def Jam and Island labels. Under the arrangement, each proposed legislation are essentially business issues, not copyright issues, and label will have its own designated international staff, which should not be dealt with through governmentintervention, but in the market- will report to the president of their labels and file a functional report to McDonagh. He was previously director of int’l marketing for Mercury Nashville, Verve. Def place thorugh good faith negotiations between interested parties,” the state- ment further said. Jam and PRI. H There have been a series of appointments at the Warner Bros, and Reprise labels. Tom “Grover” Biery has been named vp of alternative At the request of Congressman Carlos Moorehead, chair of the House promotion for Warner Bros. He previously served as promotion manager for the subcommittee on intellectual properties, the performing rights groups have label in Chicago and Cleveland, beginning in 1990. He began his career in 1979 been in negotiations with the restaurant industry and others sponsoring HR in Youngstown, OH working at a variety of local stations and retail outlets Alisse 789 since May, and last Friday were scheduled to resume talks. Kingsley has been named vp of publicity for special projects for Warner Bros, and Reprise. Her new job will require her to direct all publicity efforts within the areas of multimedia, TV, home video, children’s and spoken word projects. Kingsley started her career in entertainment at MGM Studios before becoming a Hendrix’s Gets product manager at Media Home Entertainment. Jim Baltutis and Anne Dad have national directors relations Donoghue been named of media for Reprise Records. Baltutis joined Warner Bros, media relations department in 1989 as an Rights After 25 Years assistant, becoming a publicist in 1993. He most recently was assoc director of publicity at the company prior to his appointment. Donoghue began her career in 1987 at a pair of management firms before joining the Warner Bros, media TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS SON’S DEATH, James A1 Hen- relations department in 1989, subsequently moving to product management in drix, father of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, has regained financial control of 1990. MCA Records has named Allyson Winkler director of advertising and his son’s legacy. merchandising. In her new job, Winkler will be responsible for implementing all As a result of the settlement of a suit brought in 1993 by Seattle-based advertising and merchandising for MCA Records and its family of associated attorney O.