VOL. LVIII, NO. 5 Newspaper $3.95 MAGAZINE TRADE GASH MUSIC THE Superior Mix Of O.G.s, Young Lions Pace Rap's 4th Quarter Steely Dan Resurrects; Elton John Still Connects 1st Annual Playboy Jazz Film Festival Hal Ketchum: Doing It His Way \ VOL. LVIII, NO. 5 October 1, 1994 STAFF GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher KEITH ALBERT Exec. V.PVOeneral Manager MARK WAGNER Diector, Nashville Operations RICH NIECIECKI Managng Edtor EDITORIAL Los Angdes MICHAEL MARTINEZ JOHN GOFF STEVE BALTIN Nashville RICHARD McVEY INSIDE THE BOX GARY KEPLINGER New York TED WILLIAMS CHART RESEARCH Los Angeles DANI FRIEDMAN COVER STORY NICOLA RAE RONCO BRIAN PARMELLY ANGIE LAIACONA Nashville GARY KEPLINGER Superior Mix Of O.G.s, Young Lions Pace MARKETINQ/ADVERTISING New York STAN LEWIS Rap's 4th Quarter Los Angeles MATTHEW SAVALAS EMI/Pendulum’s Digable Planets, as well as Jive’s Fu Schnickens and RCA’s PMD, are among the cream of DAWN HARRIS CIRCULATION the 4th quarter crop when it comes to rap and hip-hop product coming down the industry pipeline, so say Cash NINA TREGUB, Manager Box's Dr. Bayyan and Mike Martinez. PASHA SANTOS O PRODUCTION see pages 16-19 — SHARON CHAMBLISS-TRAYLOR Steely Dan Resurrects; Elton John Still Connects PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK Donald Fagen and Walter Becker “do it again” as Steely Dan tour the country for the second time in two 345 W 581h Street Sute 15W NewYork, NY 10019 this years, while Elton John tours for the umpteenth time, but time with a refreshingly pared-down approach. Phone: (212) 2464224 —see page 5 Fax: (212)245-4226 HOLLYWOOD 6464 Smset Blvd (Sute 605) 1st Annual Playboy Jazz Film Festival Hollywood, CA 90028 Phone: (213) 464-8241 Leave it to Playboy to come up with a film festival devoted to classic jazz films like Bix and A Great Day In Fax: (213) 464-3235 NASHVILLE Harlem... no, no—just leave it to Playboy—they’ll get it right. 50 Muse Square Wfest (Sute 804) —see page 10 Nashville, TN 372036212 Phone (615) 329-2898 Fax: (615)320-5120 Hal Ketchum: Doing It His Way CHICAGO rector, Coin Operations Artist Hal Ketchum remains true to himself and his fans by maintaining his own set of standards in relation to CAMILLE COMPASIO his work, which includes his latest Curb release, Every Little Word. 1442 S. 61 St. Ave. Cicero, IL 60650 —see page 29 Phone (708) 863-7440 UNITED KINGDOM rector of Operations DAVID COURTNEY Kinetic Business Centre Theobald Street, Borehamwood, RAP SINGLE Herts, VVD6 4SE Errand CONTENTS NUMBER Phone 44-81-953-3961 Juicy/Unbelievable Fax: 44-81-346-4403 COLUMNS ONES I BRAZIL The Notorious B G. Country Music 24 (Bad Boy/Arista) CHRISTOPHER PICKARD East/West 4 Est. da Gavea, 611/BL.2/304 Rhyme/Rap 15 Rio de Janaro - RJ 22.610 - Brazil Rhythm 14 POP SINGLE R&B ALBUM Phone/Fax: (55-21)322-2290 Media 10 I'll Make Love To You n ITALY MARIO DE LUIGI Boyz II Men Boyz II Men "Music e Dischi" CHARTS (Motown) (Motown) Via De Arnids 47 201233 Top 25 Rap Singles 15 Milan, Italy Top 75 R&B LPs 14 Phone (902) 839-18-37/832-79-37 Top 100 R&B Singles POP ALBUM COUNTRY ALBUM 12 JAPAN Top 100 Pop LPs 8 From The Cradle Not A Moment Too Soon SACHIO SAITO Top 100 Pop Singles 6 Eric Clapton Tim McGraw 2-F Fi|ishiro-Bldg. Top 100 Country Singles .24 (Reprise) (Curb) 4-Chome, 30-4, Shinbashi Top 75 Country LPs 26 Minato-ku Top Positive Country LPs 32 Tokyo, Japan 105 Contemporary Christian 31 COUNTRY SINGLE CONT. CHRISTIAN Phone: 03 (5401)2065 Down On The Farm Watch And Pray Fax. 03 (5401)2067 DEPARTMENTS Tim McGraw Twila Paris News 3 (Curb) (Star Song) CASH BOX (ISSN 0008 7289) is pub- Country 22 lished weekly (except Christmas holi- Positive Country 32 days) by Cush Box , 345 W. 58th Street Coin Machine 34 RAP SINGLE POSITIVE CNTRY. Suite 15W, New York, NY 10019 for Juicy/Unbeiievable For Pete's Sake $180 first class. Copyright 1994 by George Albert. All rights reserved. The Notorious B I G. Susie Luchsinger Copyright under Universal Copyright (Bad Boy/Arista) (Integrity) Convention. POSTMASTER: Send ad- dress changes to Cash Box, 345 W. 58th St. Suite 15W, New York, NY 10019. CASH BOX OCTOBER 1, 1994 3 NEWS DAWN HARRIS CASHES IN: Dawn Harris ON has been appointed marketing representative at Cash Box magazine. With years of expertise in THE media marketing and promotions, Harris will Capitol Records has ap- prove to be an invaluable asset. MOVE pointed Cathy Watson to “Dawn is a very unique addition to our director, publicity & media staff,” said president and publisher George relations; she is currently Albert. “Not only will she be coordinating our working on Capitol/Revolu- advertising, she will also provide the magazine tion act Big Chief, whom she previously represented greater exposure through her editorial contribu- Watson at the independent publicity firm Shattered. B Sony tions and promotion savvy. She’s risen to great Music announced the following appointments; Mi- heights in all areas of media, so we’re happy to chael Schwerdtman has been appointed vice presi- Harris have her aboard.” dent, finance for Sony Music; he most recently served as vice president and controller. Patricia Bock has a A graduate of the University of Southern i been promoted to director, singles promotion for Epic California, Harris worked for former Los Angeles rap station KDAY before Records; Bock served as Epic’s local promotion man- making her move to television at KCBS. She climbed the ladder in news, Vi ager for Los Angeles since 1988. Wendy Glickman working her way from a country station in Brian, TX to the urban-formatted Schwerdtman has been promoted to telemarketing manager, spe- KDLZ in Dallas/Ft. Worth and then back to L.A., this time at KGFJ. As cialty markets for Sony Music Distribution; she pre- the media coordinator for the 1984 Olympics, Harris disseminated up-to-the- viously held similar responsibilities as assistant minute information to thousands of media outlets across the world. In addition, marketing manager, Sony Video Software (SVS). B Harris has used her on-air talent as well as her sales and marketing experience Susan Geisenheimer will join EMI Records Group to the advantage of a number of CHR and urban stations across the South, North America as senior vice president, human re- including Power 99/ Atlanta and cable network BET. sources. Prior to her appointment, Geisenheimer Prior to joining Cash Box, Harris was an associate in minority marketing served as vice president of Time Inc., Time Warner’s Taylor with the Rydder Marketing Group, as well as a sales associate at urban publishing division. B Peter Rauh has been named trade BRE. product manager for Warner Bros. Records; he joins the label from Gold Mountain Entertainment. B MTV PLANTS AND PAGES: MTV: Music Television will present a Nancy Taylor has been named director, business and televised reunion of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page October 12. The legal affairs, MCA Records; Taylor was previously 90-minute special, Jimmy Page/Roberl Plant ( Unledded), was taped in August associate director. B PolyGram has appointed Marc during performances from London, Morocco and Wales and a final phase Meyer to the newly created role of senior vice presi- over two evening performances at a London TV studio before live audiences. dent, strategic planning and business development; The two former Led Zeppelin members are joined by an array of most recently Meyer was president and COO of SY musicians representing a global spectrum of styles and cultures, including MAH, a start-up company specializing in new tech- Egyptian string and percussion ensembles, local Moroccan musicians, Euro- nologies for the cable and satellite media. Alice pean string and brass sections and other Western and non-Western instrumen- Brinkerhoff has been named manager, A&R admini talists. The core rhythm section for the concerts consist of Charlie Jones stration, PolyGram Holding Inc. (PHI); she held the (basses) and Michael Lee (drums, percussion) from Plant's band. position of coordinator of A&R administration from March 1991 through July 1994 after joining PolyGram STIPE AND NEW LINE IN SINGLE CELL: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Tallman in April 1990 as new release coordinator. I Michael and New Line Cinema have joined forces to form Single Cell Pictures as an Pontecorvo has been appointed tour marketing man- outlet for Stipe to develop and produce Film projects. ager for Elektra Entertainment; he was previously a The company will be based in Los Angeles, CA and Stipe reportedly is concert promoter at Metropolitan Entertainment. looking for youth-oriented Films with an edge and plans to cultivate new talent. A&M Records has named Beth Tallman to the posi- In a statement Stipe said Single Cell is looking for “smart and irreverent tion of director of product management; she joined material” and that they are “open to developing a broad spectrum of feature A&M in 1989 as promotion manager. Karen Walker has been appointed designer for A&M Records; she projects, both dramas and comedies.” He also attributed to New Line Shults has worked for select design firms in L.A. and has executives a “desire to develop unique and visually challenging projects” and reported they have “given him the freedom to seek out non-traditional avenues freelanced for Warner Bros. Records. B l^ou Robin- son has been appointed director, video promotion, RCA Records Label. to explore the medium.” Prior to joining RCA, he was director of video and A&R promotion for Juliette Capretta.