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THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIOISSUE 1955 MAY 21 1993
Album Adult Alternative
The new Ace formattracking the Boomer generation
and doing it right.
This WeekThe focus is firmly on an excit-ing new format which is helpingto lead album radio out of stag-nation. While some stations arecaught in revolving Doors or
seem stuck ona never-endingStairway ToHeaven, across-sectionof adventurousstations isseeking out
Baby Boomer adults with a freshalternative. As a natural develop-ment Gavin is introducing weeklycoverage of Album AdultAlternative from this issue.Pioneers of the format, such asDennis Constantine (above) helpto plot this new direction in anextended feature,while the Gavin A'Boomer Grid pro-vides a uniqueapproach to track-ing airplay. Newsolo artist AimeeMann (right) fitsthe A' bill and isprofiled inside. New trends alsocome to life in the Gavin GoChart and on the Gavin ChartConnections page. Al Cafaro(below) has strident views aboutthe future direction of the musicbusiness. "You hear a lot aboutdiversification, about digitaldelivery, cable etc," he says.
"The fact is, it'sall about thesoftware. It'sall about themusic. Countryand rap are
1/4 here to stay.so They willcontinue to thrive and grow. Liverock n roll bands from grunge tohard rock to industrial will con-tinue to proliferate. Pop musicwill still be here, but fewer purepop acts will break through,rather a new kind of pop musicwill continue to define itself -
pop music coming to themarketplace from a strong`genre -based' success." TheA&M President/CEO is featuredas our Friends Of Radio #4.
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AFTER 7Truly Something Special (Virgin)
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KOOL G RAP & D.J. POLOOn The Run (Cold Chillin')
URBAN
SHAIBaby, I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
TAILOR BAYNECan't Get Enough Of Your Love (Arista)
COUNTRY
LITTLE TEXASWhat Might Hove Been (Warner Bros.)
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TAB BENOITNice & Warm Oustice)
JAZZ
SUSANNAH McCORKLEFrom Bessie To Brazil (Concord Jazz)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
ZAP MAMAAdventures In Afropea 1 (Luke Bop/Warner
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ALTERNATIVE
THE MUFFSLucky Guy (Warner Bros.)
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BROTHER CANE(Virgin)
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TAYLOR DAYNECan't Get Enough Of Your Love (Arista)
10,000 MANIACSFew And Far Between (Elektra)
RAP
*ONYXSlam (JMURAL/Chaos)
*NAUGHTY BY NATUREIt's 0 o (Tommy Boy)
URBAN
SILKGirl U For Me (Keia/Elektra)
PORTRAITDay By Day (Capitol)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
LISA FISCHERColors Of Love (Elektra)
ROSANNE CASHThe Wheel (Columbia)
COUNTRY
CARLENE CARTEREvery Little Thing (Giant)
RESTLESS HEARTWe Got The Love (RCA)
AAA
DONALD FAGENTomorrow's Girls (Reprise)
PETE TOWNSHENDEnglish Boy (Atlantic)
JAZZ
MILT JACKSONReverence And Compassion (Qwest/Reprise)
ROY HARGROVE
Of Kindred Souls (Novus/RCA)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
JOHN BOSWELLFestival of The Heart (Hearts Of Space)
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANTBudapest (Unity)
ALTERNATIVE
THE FALLInfotainment Scan (Matador/Atlantic)
DRAMARAMAWill Work For Food (Chameleon/Elektra)
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PAT BENA1AREverybody Lay Down (Chrysalis/ERG)
DONALD FAGENTomorrow's Girls (Reprise)
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KENNY G with PEABO BRYSONBy The Time This Night Is Over (Arista)
RAP
ONYXSlam (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
URBAN
LEVERTABC -123 (Atlantic)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
MARC COHNWalk Through The World (Atlantic)
COUNTRY
RESTLESS HEARTWe Got The Love (RCA)
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DARDEN SMITHLittle Victories (Chaos)
JAZZ
DAVE VALENTINRed Sun (GRP)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
DAN SIEGELThe Getaway (Sin-Drome)
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THE POSIESFrosting On The Beater (Geffen)
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"Radio is not like war, it is war,and leaving your competitor
alone is not an option."- Critical Mass Media chairman/CEO Randy Michaels
at the Hitmakers' seminar.
Record Labels Give CDSystem Cold ShoulderMajor labels reacted quickly,and almost uniformly in thenegative, to last week's newsthat IBM and BlockbusterEntertainment were develop-ing in-store, instant -duplicat-ing computer systems.
Typical of the reactionwas the view expressed byWarner Music Group, whoissued this statement: "TheBlockbuster/IBM ventureinto music distribution asdescribed in media accountsdoes not have the support ofthe Warner Music Group."
The new technology would
allow record stores to dial upan instant database thatwould draw music onto ablank disc. Consumers wouldhave their album -of -choicewithin minutes and since themusic would be stored on adigital database, titles wouldnever be out of stock.
Aside from the copyrightissue, labels are clearly per-turbed that they weren'tadvised about the venturebefore IBM and Blockbustermade the announcement lastweek. Only top officials atPolyGram were notified.
ThomasSacked
Power 106 (KPWR)-LosAngeles morning personalityJay Thomas was released onFriday, May 14, after servinga three-day suspension.Emmis and Power officialsdeclined comment except tosay he was "terminated dueto contractual issues."
Thomas has been the sta-tion's morning star since
1986. He's held various act-ing jobs during that time,including his Emmy-winningrole as talk -show host JerryGold on TV's MurphyBrown. Currently, he's star-ring in CBS' Love and War.Outside speculation is thatThomas' acting career wastaking its toll on his radioshow. The station is cur-rently tied for 8th place inthe Los Angeles market(Arbitron), and Thomas,once part of a three-waymorning battle with RickDees (KIIS) and Mark &Brian (KLOS), has watchedhis ratings dip.
The fallout from Thomas'firing claimed his partner,Monica Brooks, whose con-tract hasn't been renewed.Interim morning host is part-timer Joe Servantez.
PolyGram's parent company,Philips, is one of Block-buster's investors.
"The arrogance, and I
underline that word, of peo-ple who want to establish abasis in a business withoutthe courtesy of talking to thepeople on whom they willdepend amazes me," saidWarner Music Group chair-man Robert Morgado."Neither Blockbuster nor IBMcontacted Sony Music regard-ing this concept for in-storereplication," said a Sony rep-resentative. "We had heardrumors from analysts that thecompanies were consideringsuch a concept, but werenever given the courtesy of aphone call from these com-panies."
Copyrighting is a stickypoint with in-store duplica-tion. Under current law,record companies wouldhave to give permission toduplicate copyrighted works.
Older music is licensed rightout of their catalogues, butfor creative and financial rea-sons, labels keep an iron gripon new and big -sellingartists.
"The law requires the con-sent of the copyright ownerfor the commercial copyingof any copyrighted recordingor composition," saidWarner. "No one represent-ing either Blockbuster orIBM has approached WMGto discuss obtaining our per-mission to reproduce ourcopyrighted works."
Sony took a more serioustack: "The RIAA has putBlockbuster and IBM onnotice that their concept istantamount to piracy andtheft."
RIAA president JasonBerman acknowledged thatwhen he first read that IBMand Blockbuster were work-ing on the new system hesent them a letter notifying
them, "they might requirelicenses from the recordcompanies." The reactionfrom the companies was areturn communique that,according to Berman, said,"Thank you for your lettter."
For all the negative reac-tions, labels have said thatthey may come to supportsuch ventures once thekinks are ironed out.
"MCA is developing itsown technology for elec-tronic delivery...which itintends to make available tothe entire industry," said thatlabel's chairman, Al Teller.
"The fact of the matter istechnology is here and com-ing at us in waves," saidA&M CEO Al Cafaro."Things like this are going tohave to be dealt with andexperimented with to see ifthey can work."
Executives from IBM andBlockbusters did not returnphone calls.
Bill Graham's RockEmpire To Be Sold.Pending probate courtapproval, the two sons andfifteen employees of the laterock impresario Bill Grahamwill buy his business empirevalued at $4.75 million.David Graham andAlexander Graham will con-trol ten percent of the com-pany, with the remaining 90percent going to longtimestaffers, including GreggPerloff and Danny Scher.According to terms ofGraham's will, his sons,
aged 24 and 16, will havethe opportunity to buy up to10 percent more of BillGraham Productions (BGP).
Bill Graham died in anOctober, 1991 helicoptercrash, leaving behind hisrock concert, booking, pro-duction and managementcompany, which has sincebeen run efficiently by hisemployees. At a time whenconcert business is struggle-ing, it's business as usual atBGP.
According to a petitionfiled in Marin (County)Superior Court by Graham'sexecutor and one of theprospective buyers, NicholasClainos, Graham's estate has"has accepted an offer topurchase the business by anewly formed corporation."Clainos himself has beenwith BGP for over seventeenyears.
Because the will is still inprobate, all involveddeclined comment.
GAVIN MAY 21, 1993 5
NEWS
Radio Fines ProcedureOK Says Federal Court
The FCC's procedure forfining radio and televisionstations that violate decencystandards was upheld by afederal judge this week.
The case involved a claimby Infinity Broadcasting,various consumer groupsand the ACLU who said theFCC's threat of forfeiture
causes self -censorship. Itrevolves around $606,000 infines the FCC slappedInfinity with last Decemberfor remarks Howard Sternmade over WXRK-NewYork City, WXBP-Philadel-phia and WJFK-Washington.Greater Media, which car-ries Stern's show in the
morning over KLSX-LosAngeles, was fined $105,000.
After finding that variousconsumer groups and theACLU have no real "inter-est" at stake, the courtlooked at Infinity's claimthat the FCC's proceduresare unconstitutional censor-ship and prior restraint. It
came to the conclusion thatthe FCC ruling that prohibitsairing "indecent" materialfrom 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. isnot "complete suppression."
Both Infinity and GreaterMedia are contesting thefines. Infinity president/CEO Mel Karmazin wasunavailable for comment.
NAB to FCC: Reject DoctrineThe Fairness Doctrine, unen-forced since 1987 and mak-ing a possible comebackwith the change in the FCC'smakeup, came under fire
from broadcast groups whofear it would, in the wordsof the NAB, "inhibit themfrom airing robust examina-tions of certain issues."
Bottoms upand on tourInstead of taking it on thechin, everybody's favoriteband of authors, the Rock
San Francisco mediaescort Kathi Goldmark is thereal Dr. Frankenstein behind
Bottom Remainders, are this monster. While shut -taking it on the road. tling authors aroundThe eight -city "3 ocK BOTTOM she discoveredChords And An 71 that many ofAttitude" tour -it-c. V them had musi-features 1.\--'''' cal leanings andRemainders envisioned ainclAing writer .14 0'S's'l}hl N i3 band composedStephen King
'MAINDe",..06 of wordsmiths.
(rhythm guitar), Taking their namecolumnist Dave Barry from the bookstore(lead guitar), writer Amy Tan practice of offering last(vocals), and a host of other year's best sellers at cutliterati. rates, the Remainders
Last spring, the band treat- wowed the SRO crowd ated audience members to a the Booksellers Convention.performance of oldies sta- A review by ex -Eagle Donpies at the American Henley likened their soundBooksellers Convention in to an "aural root canal."Anaheim. True to form, The event was capturedStephen King sought to res- on video and critic Daveurrect a seemingly dead enti- Marsh will edit Midlifety, and came up with the Confidential, a book chroni-idea for the current tour, cling the current tour. Thewhich kicked off Thursday slew of writers converged inMay 20 at Shooter's Boston earlier this week toWaterfront Cafe in rehearse, and though noneProvidence, RI. The band is were available for comment,hitting venues in cities such Gavin learned that vocalistas Washington, DC, Amy Tan has been honingPhiladelphia, Atlanta and her skills at a local Bay AreaNashville with its original karaoke bar.lineup intact. -DAVID BERAN
The FCC has asked theU.S. Appeals Court to senddocuments from ArkansasAFL-CIO v. FCC. It stemsfrom the union requestingthat KRAK/TV-Little Rockgive them free time torespond to paid ads for aballot issue. When KRAKrefused to give the uniontime, saying the FairnessDoctrine no longer appliedto ballot issues, the FCCdenied the AFL-CIO's com-plaint, the union went to thecourt. The Radio andTelevision News DirectorsAssociation (RTNDA) alsourged a U.S. Appeals Courtnot to refer the case back tothe FCC for reconsideration.
Broadcasters fear that ifthe doctrine is re -instated,
views of personalities suchas conservative talk -showhost Rush Limbaugh willcause constant requests forfree air time for rebuttals.
"There is simply no validpurpose for a remand - nonew record to be assembled,no new standard to beapplied nor new findings tobe made," said broadcastersthrough the NAB. They saidthe FCC's decision to reviewthe case, and their leaningtoward the doctrine's rein-statement, "appears to bedriven by the changing com-position of the Commission,caused by the departures oftwo commissioners (AlfredSikes and Sherrie Marshall)and the temporary vacancyof their seats."
ELMA GREER RETIRESGavin stalwart Elma Greer has decided to retire from the com-pany after a distinguished career devoted to radio and musicand, more recently, the coverage of both through her work forthis magazine. Elma was a key figure in Bay Area radio formore than two decades as music director of leading stationKSFO, then owned by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters,and was feted by the promotion chiefs of the day.
Elma knew this magazine's founder, Bill Gavin, from theearly days of his publishing the "blue pages" as an essentialprogramming guide for radio and after several spells ofhelping out during vacations, she joined the growing Gavinstaff as Country editor, more recent scaling down her com-mitment to become Country consultant.
"While Elma's love of music and great affinity for radioand radio people will sadly be lost from the day-to-dayoperation of Gavin, the good news is that she has agreed tohelp coordinate a 35th anniversary special issue," saysGavin CEO David Dalton. "She is the perfect person forsuch a role as she has made such a substantial contributionover many years to maintaining the trust and respect for theGavin name. She will be missed at Gavin and by her manyfriends in the business."
Rockin'The PollsRock the Vote scored a deci-sive victory last week whenthe Senate passed theNational Voter RegistrationAct of 1993, popularlyknown as the Motor VoterBill. The law calls for voterregistration to be set up atDepartment of MotorVehicles offices, so thatwhen driver's licenses areissued, prospective voterscan register at the same time.
According to the new bill,states can designate specificsites as registration areas.These include, according toRTV, "public assistance,unemployment and relatedservices agencies, and alloffices that provide state -funded programming primar-ily engaged in providing ser-vices to persons with disabil-ities." Other agencies statesmay designate include publiclibraries and public schools
Proponents of the MotorVoter Bill argued that theregistration process was out-dated, and was ultimately toblame for low voter turnout.Easier access to the rolls,they felt, meant that moreyoung people would registerand stay registered. One ofthe bill's major opponentswas Republican Senator BobDole.
"Rock the Vote absolutelypushed the envelope on theMotor Voter Bill," said R.E.M.lead singer Michael Stipe."The privilege of voting isnow within everyone's reach- no American is left standingoutside the door."
For the past three years,the Beverly Hills -based Rockthe Vote has enlisted thehelp of MTV, theLollapalooza tour, recordstores and artists such asR.E.M. to get their messageacross. R.E.M. included a"Dear Senator" postcard onthe back of the longbox fortheir Out Of Time album,and it generated close to150,000 postcards. Postcardsgathered at other venuesbrought the total numberdelivered to the Senate up to250,000.
This past election year,43% of 18-24 year oldsvoted, as opposed to 36% in1988. The new bill must befully implemented byJanuary 1, 1996.
6 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
NEWS
WKBQ jocks suspended for slursWKBQ morning team SteveShannon and D.C. Chymeswere suspended withoutpay last week, and orderedto enroll in a racial sensitivi-ty class as local clamor overrepeated racial slurs heatedto the boiling point. Theirsuspension followed thedefection of at least six ofthe station's advertisers.
Until last Wednesday(5/12), Shannon andChymes escaped anythingmore serious than a repri-mand from WKBQ manage-ment after on Monday, May10, they called a womancaller a "nigger" and won-dered why Jesse Jacksonhadn't been shot instead ofMartin Luther King. Sixteencomplaints had alreadybeen lodged with the FCCagainst the two, includingthree protesting a gameshow called "Who's TheJew?"
On Tuesday (5/11) stationmanagement apologized forits morning team, but ontheir show and at a pressconference, Shannon andChymes stood by theirwords, saying they weretaken out of context. Their
show, Shannon said, "wastypical of the show we do.We talk about what it's liketo be a white middle-classmale, because as whitemales we feel looked overand left out."
Suspension came afterthe incident involving listen-er Nicole Hammond didn'trest. Executives from the St.Louis branches of theNAACP and the UrbanLeague called for a boycottof the station and askedadvertisers to pull their ads.
The incident also dis-cussed during congressionalhearings. Missouri SenatorJohn Danforth told a senatecommittee. "I just wanted toexpress to you my totalcontempt and disgust forthat radio station." NABpresident and chief execu-tive officer, Eddie Fritts, wasalso at the meeting, testify-ing against proposed legis-lation requiring healthwarnings on ads for beerand wine. "I share thatcontempt," he said.
"In principle, the manage-ment of WKBQ supportsSteve and D.C., eventhough it does not always
Hill Leads Cook InletBen Hill, currently vice presi-dent and general manager ofCook Inlet Radio Partners -owned WPGC-Washington,D.C. has been promoted topresident of the company.He succeeds Dan Mason,who two weeks ago accept-ed the presidency of GroupW Radio.
"Ben Hill is one of themost talented managers in
the industry," said Cook Inletchairman Roy M. Huhndorf."His accomplishments atWPGC over the last fiveyears have been phenome-nal. I have no doubt thatunder Ben's leadership, CIRPwill grow to new heights."
Hill will continue to runWPGC. Michael O'Shearemains as Cook Inlet execu-tive vice president.
Gershwatch, Week 2Geffen Records A&R execGary Gersh resigned onMonday (17), adding gas tothe rumor that he'll soon hemoving into the president'soffice at Capitol, currentlyoccupied by Hale Milgrim.
"His (Gersh's) contractwas due to expire inDecember and we gave hima release to explore otheravenues of interest," saidGeffen president EdRosenblatt in a preparedstatement. "Gary joined us
more than seven years agoand has made some terrificcontributions to our ros-ter...we wish him well in hisnew pursuits."
Key sources say that adeal between Gersh andEMIRG chairman CharlesKoppelman is less than twoweeks away. Gersh hasalready worked at EMIRG(when it was EMI), and isgiven credit for signingDavid Bowie and Stray Catsto the label.
agree with their point ofview," said general managerMichael Frischling in aninterview with the St. LouisPost -Dispatch. "However,in reviewing the content ofthe Steve and D.C. showMonday morning, WKBQmanagement feels its morn-ing team made several com-ments that it finds to beinexcusable and totallyunacceptable."
St. Louis NAACP andUrban League leaders aresaid to he confident thatShannon and Chymes willhe fired.
Although the FCC isinvestigating complaints, itessentially can't act againstracially offensive comments.According to Chuck Kelly,who is chief of the MassMedia Bureau's Enforce-ment Division, "There is
specific language in theCommunications Act thatprevents the Commissionfrom preventing freespeech." However, suspen-sion isn't a violation of FirstAmendment Rights, as man-agement can suspend a per-sonality if they don't likethe content of their shows.
Neither WKBQ programdirector, Cruze, norFrischling returned phone
Top 40WindyOver 350 music and radioindustry professionalsflocked to Chicago for1993's first of threeHitmakers' Seminars, May14-15. The two days werededicated to Top 40 radioand how to keep it aliveand healthy in these days ofproliferating media choices.
Friday's sessions kickedoff with a luncheon spon-sored by RCA, featuring aperformance by Warren Hilland special guest MitchMalloy. Five -year -old inter-national sensation,Columbia's Jordy, borrowedthe stage to perform hisU.S. debut single, Dur DurD'Etre Bebe!
Other Friday afternoonhighlights included a ses-sion with Randy Michaels,Chairman/CEO of CriticalMass Media and JohnMartin, president of CMMwho hosted a session on"Hi -Tech Guerilla Warfare."In Michaels' words, "Radiois not like war-it is warand leaving your competitoralone is not an option." Hestressed that Top 40's keyingredients are highinvolvement, high impactand that it be fun andtrendy. He couldn't haveillustrated this better thanwhen CMM's Haz Montanaposed as a disgruntledQ105 -Tampa ex -employeeand opened fire onMichaels with a toy gun.
Based on the success ofhis presentation at thisyear's Gavin Seminar, JeffMcClusky and Associatesonce again sponsored Joe
Radio takesCity by stormCalhoon of the CoveyLeadership Center and hispresentation on the SevenHabits Of Highly EffectivePeople.
Saturday was the moreintense of the two days, asseminar attendees spent themorning in the ever -popularSounds Of The Regionaircheck session that fea-tured presentations fromWPXY Rochester, N.Y.;KQKQ Omaha; WZPLIndianapolis; POWER PIG(WFLZ) Tampa; Z104(WZEE) Madison, Wis.;KMEL San Francisco; Q102(WKRQ) Cincinnati andmany more. However, the"Most Creative AircheckAward" goes to Wayne Coyand the staff of WNVZNorfolk, Va., who kept allof us laughing with his"Retirement Home For OldTop 40 PDs" tape.
The afternoon brought akeynote session from well-known consultant JerryClifton, who along with his
vice president of marketing,Paige Nienaber, illustratedthe importance of brain-storming in keeping yourproduct fresh.
Other music showcasesincluded Chaos' DardenSmith, EMIRG's WendyMoten and Mercury's BrianMcKnight.
The closing session andperhaps the best of thewhole weekend was theFace To Face session featur-ing star programmers MarkBolke (KDWB), Jimmy Steal(Q102), Don London (ex-WZPL), Dave Robbins(WNCI), Mike Preston(WPLJ), Steve Rivers(WXKS/FM), Keith Naftaly(KMEL), Gary Hoffman(WZPL), Ken Benson(KKRZ) and Casey Keating(KPLZ).
The other two Hitmakersseminars will be held inNew York City (October)and Atlanta (November) thisyear.
-ANNE I I h M. LAI
Mary Johnson dies; hecreated "Motown" sound
Mary Johnson, the singer who along with Berry Gordy, Jr.created the Motown sound, died at a concert on Sunday,May 16, after suffering a stroke. Johnson was 54.
Johnson and Gordy met in 1959 when Johnson was work-ing in a record store. The two put together a black soundthat appealed to white listeners. His hits include You'veGot What It Takes and All The Love I Got. Johnson contin-ued touring after he stopped recording. He died after a per-formance in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mary Johnson is survived by three children.
7GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
AT'S gOiN ACCORDING TODAVE SHOLIN
$ H 0- B I T Z
RickBisceglia(left) hasre -uppedwithArista,keeping hissr. veep
title and probably getting ahefty pay boost. He's beenwith the label 13 years.Look for some other positivechanges to follow...Power-ful move: Power 99(WUSL)-Philadelphia musicdirector/air personalityLadonna Monet has beenupped to assistant programdirector, and personalityGlenn "The Golden Boy"Cooper is now assistantmusic director...At CEMADistribution, JoeMcFadden has been pro-moted to senior vice presi-dent, marketing/sales, upfrom vice president of mar-keting/sales...Not content tobe just president of Sony,Noria Ohga guest -conductssymphonies around theworld. Last week he was inNew York waving the batonin front of members of theMetropolitan Orchestraand his program includedselections from Schubert,Beethoven and Strauss.Nope, no MichaelJackson...Josh Zieman
(left) hasbeen ele-vated toseniordirectormarketingat Merc-ury. He
was director of marketing...Former Set To Run directorof West Coast operations,Susan Mainzer, is nowWest Coast publicity directorat Island Records...Motown CEO/presidentJheryl Busby (below) is the
honorarychairper-son for theSonyMusicEntertain-mentmusical
television event, Celebrate
the Soul of AmericanMusic, which will be tapedJune 6. Proceeds will bene-fit Cities In School, Inc.(CIS), America's largest non-profit organization devotedto school dropout preven-tion. Sony senior vice presi-dent LeBaron Taylor is co-chair...MD Rob Ryan atKBUS-Paris, Texas exits tomove to a station inBryan/College Station...Salvador Perez has beenappointed managing direc-tor, PolyGram Latino U.S.effective immediately. Hewas promoted from thedirector, Latin artists market-ing...On June 5, KISS 108FM (WXKS)-Boston willhold its 14th annual KISSConcert to benefit TheGenesis Fund, which ishome to the JeffreyOsborne -KISS 108 Hearingand Language DisorderClinic. Artists slated toappear are Duran Duran,P.M. Dawn, Chris Isaak,Neneh Cherry and the BeeGees...Inner CityBroadcasting, owners ofWBLS/FM-WLIB/AM-NewYork and KBLX/FM&AM-Berkeley/San Franciscoranks #51 in BlackEnterprise's recent rating ofthe nation's top 100 black -owned companies. In 1992the company made $28mil..And while we're rating:Premiere Radio was namedby Business Week as one ofthe Top 100 Hot GrowthSmall Companies...Don'tleave home without it (andhere's a mouthful): Aportable radio frequencyradiation (RFR) monitor willbe available through theNAB's services departmentin June. The wallet -sizedgizmo is geared for thosewho work at transmitters,lets the wearer know if thebroadcast site he or she isworking at RF radiationabove safe levels. Call (800)368-5644...Scratch anyrumors about l0000ngtimeWBCN-Boston morning guruCharles Laquidara chang-ing shifts, or even moving toparent -co. Infinity duopolypartner WZLX, to make wayfor Howard Stern. Sources
at both stations say it won'thappen...At MCA, PaulKremen, (below) previously
director,A&R, WestCoast, hasbeen pro-moted tovice presi-dent,A&R...
Steve Janas has exited99KG (KSKG)-Salinas, andnight personality Jerry Libyis holding down the fort inthe interim. Liby's beenbumped up to afternoondrive...Lucy Sabin', (below)
formerlypublicitymanagerfor Atco,segues toeastwestrecordsamerica
and is promoted to director,East Coast publicity...InBemidji, Minn. at KKBJ/FM,Brian Maas officially getsthe PD nod. In as his MD isJodi St. John, ..Windle Jayis leaving Top 40 Power 99(WACQ)-Tallassee, Ala. formornings at more Country -formatted WMCZ-Montgomery, Ala. Replacinghim as MD at WACQ is AMDKyle Washington.. JoeBosso (below) has been
upped todirector,A&R frommanager,A&R atPolydorRecords...At FM102-
Sacramento the new musiccoordinator is Joey "Mix It"Muzz, replacing RickyLeigh who has exited thestation...Top 40 Mix 93.1(KZLE)-Batesville, Ark hasdonned a pair of boots anda ten-gallon hat and goneCountry...After three yearsaway, Jon McHugh re -joins
A&M asMarketingandOperationsManager.He wasdirector ofnational
promotion at Elektra..
Lots of head scratching about the reason behind the sus-
pension and eventual termination of POWER 106
(KPWR) Los Angeles morning mainstay Jay Thomaslast Friday (5/14). Management is being tight-lipped, but
insiders point to Thomas' late arrivals to prep his show.
Will big dollars be offered to his replacement?
Any truth to those rumors of a new label being formed by
Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss and Chris Blackwell?Some say no way buuut.
After 10 years of morning madness in the San
Francisco Bay Area (KWSS, X100, HOT 97.7), Billand Al-better known as Kelly & Kline-point them-selves east, taking up residence at WTIC/FM Hartford,
Conn. HOT 97.7 (KHQT) San Jose PD John
Christian says, "I consider it a privilege to have worked
with them," and now has to fill "a gaping hole" in HOT
97.7's presentation. John is only interested in finding the
best replacement or replacements, but get those T&Rs in
fast. Might one of several contenders be a star player
from the east who recently relocated to S.F.?
Speaking of HOT 97.7, after being wined and dined by
San Francisco's WILD 107 (KSOL), MD/late nighter
Victor Zaragoza has chosen to stay put.
Erroneous reports of a format change at WNVZ Norfolk.
PD Wayne Coy is doing just fine.
Winner for slogan of the week goes to new Country BOB
FM (WBOB) Minneapolis: "Turn Your Knob To BOB."
-1111111mr-Creek closing up snop -11-ttirmusic divi-
sion? "No, says prez Jim Mazza, who admits to some
downsizing at the label and possible interest on the part
of outside investors. He's excited about Morgan Creek's
release schedule, which includes new music from Janis
Ian (her first since 1981). Shelby Lynn and the sound-
ack to the new Brad Pitt/Val Kilmer/Christian-out in September.
More changes in the Emmis fold as HOT 97 (WONT)
New York midday personality Al Bandiero departs
with future plans as yet unannounced. Fred Buggs, for-
mer WBLS MD and most recently in the record biz at
Def Jam, comes on board.
Condolences to family and friends of Wayne Shockley
aka Wayne Shayne aka Sundance. During his 30 -
year career, Wayne worked on air and programmed with
many of the legendary names in Top 40. He passed away
recently in Kansas City due to complications from a
bleeding ulcer.
8 GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993
VOICES?
What the blues is to Bonnie Raitt,folk music is to
Griffith - a personal passion anda musical foundation.
-Los Angeles Times
...to seek out mislaid wordsand breathe new possibilities into
them, as Griffith has doneis a sublimely generous gesture.
-Rolling Stone
in her treatment of thesevenerable songs, Nanci Griffith
proves herself yet againto be one of this generation's
most importantand talented voices.
-NME
You need this music in your life.-Music Row
NANCI GRIFFITHACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
the new single from
OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS
Two months of sold out concert halls, limitlesscritical praise, 300,00 albums sold-What began
as Nanci Griffith's personal celebrationof the singer/songwriter tradition is growing into
a popular rediscovery of important writersand their vital, joyous music.
Executive Producer: Nanci Griffith Producer: Jim Rooney
Management: Ken Levitan/Vector Management
4 On Elektra Compact Discs and airin Cassettes'II 1993 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. A Time Warner Company
THAT'S SHO-BIZ
It appears Jack DaWack gets his official PD stripes at
99.9KHI (WKHI) Ocean City, Md., with DannyOcean, last at 92Q (WERQ) Baltimore, signing on as
MD. Official word is coming down as you read this.
Could there be a future new alliance at K-101 San
Francisco? Stay tuned.
WPST Trenton, N.J. APD/MD Alex Valentine hasbeen tapped as the new MD at KISF Kansas City.
replacing HOT 97.7 San Jose APD Trevor Carey.
'PST PD Michelle Stevens is looking for her next
killer MD/nighttime talent. T&Rs to: P.O. Box 9750,
Trenton, N.J. 08607
Steve Janas, PD at 99KG (KSKG) Salina, Kansas,
exits due to "philosophical differences." Willing to relo-
cate, contact him at (913) 823-1683. 99KG interim PD
is Jerry Liby.
Last week, the moniker to KS104 (KQKS) Denver's
new morning show was Stevens and Stevens. But no
longer-it's gone back to being The Rich Stevens
Yes, Oliver Stone did create a character named Gavin
for last week's heavily hyped mini-series Wild Palms, as
well as looking for that mysterious "GO" chip. Plot
twists still can't compare to those coming out of th
411111111100"Why has consultant Bob Mitchell been Makin
those trips to the Midwest?
Manager Herbie Herbert commenting on the apparent
sale of Bill Graham's varied entertainment concerns to
15 key members of the Graham organization: "It's like
the North Pole over there. Santa Claus dies and the
elves are working away to keep the shop going."
"Where's the talent?," asks KPLZ Seattle OM/PD
Casey Keating. After reviewing scores of applicants,
he still hasn't found the right one for his prime night-
time opening. Try impressing him with your T&R. Send
them to: 1809 7th Avenue; Tower Building; Suite 200;
Seattle 98101. Women are encouraged to apply.
Mark this date on your calendar: May 1, 1994. Shortly
after, expect the return of Paul Drew to the program-
ming wars. Between now and then Paul says, "I'm doing
my homework and formulating my moves-one of
which will definitely be the Top Forty of the nineties."
Why did the proctologist use
two fingers?
uogndo puo3as e peplum ail
GAVIN MAY 21,1993
SHO-TALK
Three years ago, JerryPompeii (below) had just
taken over the responsibilityfor the Bill GrahamPresents archives. A NewYorker, Pompeli was thelate Bill Graham's righthand man and houseannouncer over a twenty-five year span. While chat-ting over barbeque with hislongtime friend HenryJacobson, whoseMulberry Neckwear wasselling a small line of hand -loomed silk ties fromThailand, the two hatchedan idea. After several years,all the red tape has beencleared and today you canwalk into better departmentand men's specialty storeshand buy a tie that sports acopy of posters designedand commissioned by thelate Bill Graham toannounce and advertise late'60s and early '70s rockshows. Through Graham'svision, local San Franciscoartists such as Wes Wilson,Stanley Mouse, AltonKelley and VictorMoscoso created a newform of poster art. The firstseries of 14 ties, includes anadvertisement for a Fillmoreshow featuring LeonRussell and Miles Davis, a
WHO AM I?In my younger days Iworked as a pin boy in abowling alley before theyhad automation and Idreamed of being either asinger or a cowboy. Someof my other interestsInclude writing poetry,weightlifting and watchingAll My Children. I felt downand out when I had a num-ber two record on thecharts and wasn't gettingpaid for it. If I wasn't amusical artist I'd probablybe working on the docksas a longshoreman. Whoam I? See next page
Jefferson Airplane tie witha white bird and one adver-tising a Grateful Dead NewYear's Eve Show entitledSkull And Roses. Othersinclude ads for Pink Floyd,Jimi Hendrix, Crosby,Stills, Nash & Young andReggae at the Fillmore; youcan get a tie emblazonedwith Big Brother & theHolding Company's chal-ice -like torch and heart andone with It's A BeautifulDay's angelic white bird.Plans are going forward tomake one of the RollingStones poster with the tum-bling dice, and various LedZeppelin, and Whoposters. The beautifullycrafted handmade ties sellfor about $37.50...
Capitol recording artistsCrowded House recentlywon "Best AustralianGroup" honors at the presti-gious Aria Awards, DownUnder's equivalent to ourGrammy Awards. The triobeat out some stiff competi-tion for the prize, includingINXS, Midnight Oil andHunters & Collectors. CHis currently in the studio(Ken Keri Beach, NewZealand and Melbourne,Australia) with BobClearmountain, mixingtracks for a September 1993release. Youth, the bassistfrom Killing Joke, pro-duced the album which isthe band's fourth release.Youth's resume includeswork with U2, P.M. Dawn,The Orb, Maria McKeeand Siouxie & theBanshees. There wasn't .tworking title available atpress time, but you cancount on their humor torule...
Bits & Pieces: R.E.M. hasbeen working with DebbieHarry on the title track ofher next album,Communion. Yes, there willbe some spoken lines fromthe Catholic sacrament...More tales from Pearl Jam.They're recording in theBay Area and have been sit-ting in at various shows.The most recent outing fea-tured bassist Jeff Amentand guitarist MikeMcCready showing up atSlim's in San Franciscowhere they jammed withAmerican Music Club onAC/DC's anthem "HighwayTo Hell"...
Fiendsoof Radio
(0110Presiders/CEO.A&MRecords.Los
Angeles
What radio stations inyour area do you listeno regularly?
KCRW Santa Monica. theLos Angeles PBS a iliate,KROQ, KKBT.
hat is your proudeaccomplishment andwhy?Managing AGM Recordsthrough the sale toPolyGram and subsequenttransition period whilemaintaining our traditionof rice.
hat is the first recordand who is the firstdeejay you rememberhearing?
Diamonds ;"Big Dan"Ingram and CousinBrucie on WABC-NewYork
What is your favoritesport? Favorite team?
ball, the New York
Yankees.
If I owned a radiostation I would...
al
announcers I could find.They would program ablend of music across allgenres. They would notonly backannounce,they'd talk about themusic. They wouldin'volve the listener. Iwould hire a great newsdepartment and devote agood amount of timeinforming and talkingabout the issues. Wait aminute-it's 1971 all over
Who is an artist, notassociated with theA&M/PolyGram family,that you wished youhad produced origned?
Guns N' Roses (for themusic and the money).
THAT'S SHO-BIZ
MCA Records superstarBobby Brown drew 15,000fans to an Australian in-store appearance. Brown'scurrent "Bobby's Back"world tour is headed for thePhilippines, Malaysia,Singapore, Indonesia, Taipeiand Hong Kong. The Asianleg of the tour will concludein late May with two weeksin Japan, including fivenights at the famousBudokan. All through JuneBobby will tour Europe...
The San Francisco ArtExchange is in the processof organizing a series ofgallery shows ofsinger/songwriter StevieNicks' paintings that willcoincide with her upcomingnational tour. Nicks' workhas already been displayedat AMFAR auctions forWYSP in Philadelphiawhere she donated herpainting, Glenda, and forKSLX in Los Angeles wherelast year her painting,Rhiannon, complete withaccompanying lyrics,helped raise over$100,000...
Ozzy Osbourne is in aLos Angeles studio workingon an album of all -newmaterial that's projected fora fall release. While youwait, you can check out anin -concert home video-auniquely packaged doublelive disc that documents hissold -out "Theatre OfMadness" and "No MoreTours" worldwide touring in'91 and '92. The disc will beissued June 15 and thelong -form video will be instores by May 25. Oz toldMTV that he's trying some-thing else but that he stillmight be going out on aBlack Sabbath reuniontour.
Our CONGRATULATIONS to MARK
ouzo, soon -to -be VP of A/C Promotion
for Arista Records, and his wife,
MARIANNE, on tre birth of twins. Born
May 15, AMANDA JILUAN at 12:25
, weighing 6 Its., 9 oz., 20 inches in
length and at 12:5" a m
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW, weighing
7 lbs , 11 oz. and 201/2 inches in
length.
CONGRATULATIONS to RICHARD
SANDERS, VP of Mist Development for
Arista Records, and his wife, KAY, on
the birth of their daughter, LILY
MAME. Born May 7 at 11:59 p.m.
and weighing 8 lbs , 13 oz.
SHO-PIECES
ROD STEWARTIn 1982 Rod Stewart per-formed a song for thesoundtrack to the film NightShift. The song, That's WhatFriends Are For, was laterrecorded by DionneWarwick and Friends (EltonJohn, Gladys Knight andStevie Wonder) and becamea song whose royalties havenow raised millions of dol-lars for AIDS related chari-ties.
DOLLY PARTONHyper -kinetic Dolly Partonis not only working on herautobiography Dolly: MyLife and Other UnfinishedBusiness, but she's negotiat-ing with unnamed televisionnetworks for a weekly TVsitcom about a singer whobridges the gap betweenmusic and the ministry.
DEBBIE GIBSONDebbie Gibson has begunrehearsals for a nine -monthrun as Sandy in a Londonstage production of themusical Grease.
HARRY CONNICKJR.Next month Harry ConnickJr. will release his thirdhome video. This live per-formance set titled The NewYork Big Band Concert wastaped during "The BigApple" portion of his '91-'92World tour and it's "direct-ed" by Jill Goodacre,Harry's fiance.
DAVID CROSBYBesides getting his musiccareer back on track thepast few years, DavidCrosby has been taking atry at acting and hasappeared in the moviesBackdraft, Hook andThunderheart as well as thesitcom Roseanne.
STEREO MC'SThe Stereo MC's, currentlyon tour opening for JesusJones, were formed morethan a decade ago by twoguys from Nottingham,England; Nick Hallam, bet-ter known as Head and RobBirch who's better knownsimply as Rob B.
BILLY JOELThe next Billy Joel album,River Of Dreams, will fea-ture cover art painted bywife Christie Brinkley.
BOX OFFICEIt's probably no accident that two ofthe biggest singles of the decadecome from soundtracks to hitmovies. As a matter of fact inEngland there have only been twomillion -selling singles in the decadeand they are: Bryan Adams' Everything I Do (I Do It ForYou) from Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and WhitneyHouston's I Will Always Love You from The Bodyguard.
TINA TURNERDirector Brian Gibson,who's completing the TinaTurner auto -biopic, What'sLove Got To Do With It,hopes to end the film witha cameo from Ms. Turner,even though Angela Bassettportrays Tina in the film.Gibson apparently wouldlike to include footage ofTurner singing the titlesong.
BARBRASTREISANDBack To Broadway, the50th album of BarbraStreisand's thirty yearcareer, is set for release theend of June. Among thetracks on the album will beduets with Johnny Mathisand Phantom Of The Operastar Michael Crawford.
UB4ONatives of the WestMidlands area of England,The guys in UB40 weremostly unemployed whenthe got together to form thegroup. They took their
name from a form used bythe unemployed to applyfor government benefits.
BRYAN FERRYBryan Ferry is worriedabout having once againdone an album consisting ofcover versions of hits byother artists. Says Ferry,"Elvis Presley and FrankSinatra didn't write songsand they were the biggestsingers of the 20th century."
BRUCE HORNSBYSince his last album withThe Range, Bruce Hornsbyhas kept busy appearing onstage with The GratefulDead at at least 100 Deadshows.
AEROSMITHIn an early 1970 version ofAerosmith Steve Tyler wasthe band's drummer. Hewas quickly replaced byBrad Whitford.
JOHNNY CLEGG &SAVUKASouth African Johnny Cleggis a long-time crusaderagainst Apartheid and he'sproficient in the languageand the musical instrumentsof the Zulu.
Sho-Bitz: Beverly MireSho-Talk: Sheila ReneWho Am I: David BeranFriends Of Radio #4:D. Sholin/A.M. LaiSho-Pieces: Ron FellSho-Dates: Diane Rufer
Sho-Dates
Our Best Wishes and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY To:
Jim Asker WFLS-Fredericksburg,
VA 5/23
Buddy Owens KNIX-Phoenix, AZ5/23
Dave Roble KFMI-Arcata, CA 5/23Dave Merkel KLZY-Powell, WY 5/23
David SextonWJVO-Jacksonville, IL 5/23
Kelly (Mojo) FordWJVO-Jacksonville IL 5/23
EMZ lnterscope Records 5/23
Bob Brown Manager of HueyLewis & News 5/23
Betty Breneman 5/23Tiffany Amber Rufer 5/23Tom Miller KOAI-Dallas, TX 5/24Dana Hall WILD -Boston, MA 5/24
Rene Roberts KOPW-FresnoCA 5/24
Rosanne Cash, PattiLaBelle, Bob Dylan,Tommy Page 5/24Dave ComstockWJVO-Jacksonville IL 5/25
J.D. KKFA-Jefferson City, MO 5/25
Michael Martin WILD107-SanFrancisco 5/25
Jessi Colter,Tom T. Hall 5/25Tim Brough MAC Report 5/26Dave RobbinsWNCI/FM-Columbus, OH 5/26
Sean Coakley 5/26Stevie Nicks,Levon Helm, HankWilliams Jr 5/26John Laspina 5/27Brian Talley WSMI-Litchfield, IL 5/27
Wade Carter KXXY-Oklahoma City, OK 5/27
Brian Douglas 0102 -Cincinnati, OH 5/27
Jill Otto KNEN-Norfolk NE 5/27
Frank Pierce 5/27Don Williams, RamseyLewis 5/27Scot Finck A&M Records 5/28Julia Trainor,RCA Records 5/28
Lee Michaels WOL/WMMJ-Washington D.C. 5/28
Matt Pinfield WHTG-AsburyPark, NJ 5/28
Dwight Mulder KDMA-Montevideo, MN 5/28
Joey Arbagey KMEL-San Francisco 5/28
Geoff Davis KKFA-Jefferson City
MO 5/28
Dave Moss Profile Records 5/28Gladys Knight, BillyVera, John Fogerty,Wendy 0. Williams 5/28Faith HenschelElektra Entertainment 5/29
Mike Duitsman 5/29Ben Lai 5/29Rebbie Jackson, DannyElfman (Dingo Boingo) 5/29
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ASSOCIATEEDITOR:DAVE SHOLIN
EDITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI
DURAN DURAN - Come Undone (Capitol)
JANET JACKSON - That's The Way Love Goes (Virgin)
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P.M. DAWN - Looking Through Patient Eyes (Gee Street/Island/PLG)
AEROSMITH - Livin' On The Edge (Geffen)
GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - Somebody To Love (Hollywood)
ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Have I Told You Lately (Warner Bros.)
MICHAEL JACKSON - Who Is It (Epic) 10 139 0 64
DAMN YANKEES - Silence Is Broken (Warner Bros.) 10 143 0 41
TASMIN ARCHER - Sleeping Satellite (SBK/ERG) 10 169 1 27
BON JOVI - In These Arms (Jambco/Mercury) 6 185 3 4
STEREO MC'S - Connected (4th & Broadway/Island/PLG) 11 129 3 37
VANESSA WILLIAMS with BRIAN McKNIGHT - Love Is (Giant/Reprise) 18 77 0 35
EXPOSE - I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) (Arista) 17 109 6 27
DAVID CROSBY & PHIL COLLINS - Hero (Atlantic) 6 152 7 4
SILK - Freak Me (Keia/Elektra) 16 93 0 55
JOEY LAWRENCE - Nothin' My Love Can't Fix (Impact/MCA) 14 84 0 37
INNER CIRCLE - Bad Boys (Theme From COPS) (Big Beat/Atlantic) 6 141 14 12
SWV - I'm So Into You (RCA) 16 93 0 32
PRINCE AND THE N.P.G. - The Morning Papers (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) 10 72 0 21
NEW ORDER - Regret (Owest/Warner Bros.) 4 152 13 2
4 NON BLONDES - What's Up? (Interscope/Atlantic) 15 128 14 15
KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista) 3 177 16 0
POISON - Until You Sutter Some (Fire & Ice) (Capitol) 6 132 1 1
JEREMY JORDAN - Wannagirl (Giant/Reprise) 7 125 14 1
BOBBY BROWN - That's The Way Love Is (MCA) 7 114 1 2
SONIA DADA - You Don't Treat Me No Good (Chameleon/Elektra) 7 124 9 12
THE JEFF HEALEY BAND - Lost In Your Eyes (Arista) 9 73 0 18
RESTLESS HEART with WARREN HILL - Tell Me What You Dream (RCA) 13 54 0 25
EN VOGUE - Love Don't Love You (eastwest) 12 53 0 11
AARON NEVILLE - Don't Take Away My Heaven (A&M) 6 129 3 0
BOY KRAZY - Good Times With Bad Boys (Next Plateau/London/PLG) 4 129 9 0
NEI& STING - Fields Of Gold (A&M) 3 163 48 0
NEW TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin) 3 151 11 0
- 37 REGINA BELLE - Il I Could (Columbia) 5 128 4 0
36 34 CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) (Reprise) 8 86 1 3
NEW CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT - More & More (Imago) 9 95 7 2
35 33 BELLY - Feed The Tree (4-AD/Sire/Reprise) 12 80 3 4
6 17 WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Have Nothing (Arista) 15 36 0 17
NEW ROXETTE - Almost Unreal (Capitol) 3 120 18 0
17 24 DEF LEPPARD - Tonight (Mercury) 11 36 0 12
Chartboune Reports Adds On Chart Factor
*TAYLOR DAYNE - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (Arista) 129 128 - 1 1%
PENNY FORD - Daydreaming (Columbia) 111 13 69 29 4%
PATTY SMYTH - I Should Be Laughing (MCA) 98 39 45 14 0%
Total Reports This Week 239 Last Week 235.Hit Factor is a percentage of stations playing a record which also have it Top 20. ie:
100 stations playing the record - 60 stations have it in their Top 20 - Hit Factor = 60%Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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RECORD TO WATCH
AFTER 7Truly Something Special
(Virgin)Something special is goin' onat a handful of stations on this
slow jam, as it generates a15% HIT FACTOR.
Most AddedTAYLOR DAYNE (128)
10,000 MANIACS (78)
STING (48)
R.E.M. (43)
DEPECHE MODE (42)
Top New troy
STING
Fields Of Gold
(A&M)
Hot
KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON
By The Time This Night Is Over(Arista)
Top lip
swvWeak
(RCA)
Inside Top 40Anyone remember Top 40 radio'sreaction when Album radio begancutting into some of its audience,especially 18-24 and 18-34 duringthe early '70s? Some stations, in mar-kets big and small, took to playingcuts off the biggest -selling albums.Decisions about which songs to playoften came from people who eitherdidn't know much about the musicand the artists, or had little apprecia-tion for it.
Whatever route a station choosesto take musically, it's best directedby those who are genuine fans.Nowhere is that truer right now thanat outlets who more and more areintegrating music by so-called alter-native artists.
A little after two months at 99X(WNNX) Atlanta, PD Brian Philipshas gotten quite an education aboutthe music and his listeners. Forstarters, he's alarmed that the whole"Generation X" frenzy is way out
12 GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993
TOP 40
& ComingReports Adds On Chart
84 3 38 43 PAUL McCARTNEY - Off The Ground (Capitol)
84 33 41 10 UGLY KID JOE - Busy Bee (Stardog/Mercury)
82 18 40 24 JUDE COLE - Worlds Apart (Reprise)
80 25 47 8 GIN BLOSSOMS - Hey Jealousy (A&M)
80 78 2 - *10,000 MANIACS - Few & Far Between (Elektra)
72 12 21 39 SNOW - Girl, I've Been Hurt (eastwest)
72 4 39 29 MARC COHN - Walk Through The World (Atlantic)
71 2 33 36 GREEN JELLY - Three Little Pigs (Zoo)
66 22 26 18 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin)
58 28 1 29 SWV - Weak (RCA)
53 11 36 6 LUTHER VANDROSS - Lithe Miracles (Happen Every Day) (LV/Epic)
50 43 3 4 * R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Warner Bros.)
49 3 18 28 VAN HALER - Dreams (Warner Bros.)
49 6 21 22 MARY JAIME - Love No Limit (Uptown/MCA)
46 5 30 11 JUDYBATS - Being Simple (Sire/Reprise)
46 42 - 4 * DEPECHE MODE - Walking In My Shoes (Sire/Reprise)
45 8 4 33 ROBIN S - Show Me Love (Big Beat/Atlantic)
44 13 18 13 JADE - One Woman (Giant/Reprise)
44 14 22 8 BAD COMPANY - Little Angel (atco/eastwest)
42 1 20 21 UNDSEY BUCKINGHAM - Don't Look Down (Reprise)
42 18 16 8 BAD BOYS BLUE - I Totally Miss You (Zoo)
41 - 9 32 RAY CHARLES - A Song For You (Warner Bros.)
40 35 4 1 * DAN BAIRD - Look At What You Started (Def American/Reprise)
39 38 - 1 * FREEDOM WILLIAMS - Voice Of Freedom (Columbia)
33 2 5 26 BIG MOUNTAIN - Touch My Light (Quality)
33 6 3 24 II -TOWN - Knockin' Da Boots (Luke)
33 - 12 21 BRIAN MAY - Driven By You (Hollywood)
32 1 3 28 R.KELLY and PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - Dedicated (Jive)
29 27 2 - *SHAT - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
26 3 14 9 TREY LORENZ - Just To Be Close To You (Epic)
25 - 12 13 DR. ALBAN - It's My Life (Arista)
21 10 9 2 JORDY - Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe! (Columbia)
20 - 12 8 GREAT WHITE - Love Is A Lie (Capitol)
19 - 5 14 BOBBY ROSS AVILA - La La Love (Perspective/A&M)
19 3 3 13 DR. ORE - Dre Day (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/Atl)
18 3 8 7 SHINEHEAD - Jamaican In New York (Elektra)
17 11 2 4 *STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush (Atlantic)
17 6 5 6 JOHNNY GILL - The Floor (Motown)
16 1 - 15 LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way (Virgin)
16 1 8 7 YELLO - Jungle Bill (Smash/Island)
16 10 5 1 *WAILING SOULS - Shark Attack (Chaos)
14 3 1 10 DUICE - Dazzey Duks (TMR/Bellmark)
13 - - 13 PRINCE MARKIE DEE & THE SOUL CONVENTION - Typical Reason (Columbia
13 - 2 11 ICE CUBE - It Was A Good Day (Priority)
13 - 5 8 BRUCE HORNSBY - Harbor Lights (RCA)
13 1 7 5 110 EXTREME - Cry No More (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
13 6 1 6 * AFTER 7 - Truly Something Special (Virgin)
12 1 4 7 BIZARRE, INC. - I'm Gonna Get You (Columbia)
12 1 3 8 TOO DOWN - The Oceanfront (Danzalot)
10 2 1 7 * THE GETO BOYS - Six Feet Deep (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
Dropped: 119 -Boy George, #29-Neneh Cherry, #38 -Sting (If I Ever), #40 -Spin Doctors, David Bowie, Jesus Jon
. ' loved, Pretenders.
of control. What he's picking up is,"Uh oh, we're getting way toocaught up in this label. Let it go."
In fact, Brian cites letters in arecent issue of Details magazinefrom people complaining about thelabeling of a generation saying, "Calloff the dogs. You found us andwe're nobody's target demo-that'sthe cry of this age group."
Brian says that the new wisdom is,"Everybody shut up about 'em forawhile because it's getting too loudand too contrived. Our efforts haveto be pretty covert to reach thesepeople anyway. One commonthread is their cynicism."
Stereotyping this generation, hesays, is just as foolish as doing thesame thing with hippies years ago.The danger now, he says, is the"negative kickback from trying todefine the target." Brian's fear is that"a lot of stations are getting into thisformat for all the wrong reasons. Ihate to see people moving into itout of desperation." To get what heviews as a "fair trial," it can't "bedone on the cheap-without theright marketing or an inferior signal.The format deserves better thanthat."
Philips warns, "Unless you'reready to completely immerse your-self in this music, you're better offdoing Country because these listen-ers are so knowledgeable, they'll cutyou no slack." He admits, "Evenafter spending days getting to knowpeople, going through reams andreams of information, asking ques-tions about the history of certainsongs in the market, talking to momand pop outlets in areas where 99Xhas heavy partisanship, I'm still notat the point where I'm comfortablemaking sweeping changes."
Brian heaps praise on his staff."Sean (Demery-MD), Leslie (Fram-APD) and all the deejays have opin-ions about the music that are real,not forced," he said. "They're a greathelp and are having an impact onshaping my view. It's best to movethings a little bit at a time as I cometo understand what a record meansto this station."
Currently re -clocking, Brian says99X has reminded him, "There areno rules because this is a toddlerformat. It's gonna tip over and fall atleast a dozen times until it finds itsfeet."
More of Brian's thoughts on theaudience, the music and the formatnext week.
In one word, R. Charles Snydersums up what just about everyone iscalling Inner Circle-"monster."Top five requests, which he saidstarted teen, has now spread "acrossthe board" as is jumps 25-14. Otherhuge gains at WZOU 27-14, KISS108 25-17, WQGN 25-13, WQMZ 24-15, WYAV/FM 19-9, Q102 17-9,TOWER 98 30-19, WIFC 22-15,
ARTIST PROFILE
INNER CIRCLEFROM: Kingston, Jamaica
FORMED: in 1975 by broth-
ers Ian and Roger Lewis.
OTHER IVIEMBERS: Touter
Harvey, Lancelot Hall, lead
vocalist Calton Coffie.
L A Big Beat/Atlantic
VICE PRESIDEr
GENERAL MANAGER:
Heidi Jo Spiegel
VICE PRESIDENT, POP
PROMOTION-ATLANTIC:
Joe lanello
LAATEST RELEASE Bad
Boys (Theme From COPS)
VIAJOR
A CCOMPLISHME Their
single, Sweat, stayed at #1
for 13 weeks in Germany,
eight weeks in Sweden and
sold over one million copies
throughout Europe.
Dili OlitAllAppearing at 1978's Jamaican
Peace Festival (the reggae
world's version of Woodstock)
with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,
Jimmy Cliff and others.
"We were
never a big -headed group of
pretentious people going
around saying that we're
stars. We just worked hard
and wished for the best."
"To everyone
out there who thinks Inner
Circle's 'Bad Boys' is a novel-
ty, wait until you hear the fol-
low-up 'Sweat' that's already
been number one in nearly
every European country and is
currently Top Five and contin-
uing to rise on the chart in the
U.K." Heidi Jo Spiegel, vice
president/general manager,
Big Beat Entertainment
GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993 13
TOP 40
GAVIN GO CHARTT40 GO
DURAN DURAN - Come Undone (Capitol)
*4 AEROSMITH - Livin' On The Edge (Geffen)
*5 GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - Somebody To Love (Hollywood)
*2 JANET JACKSON - That's The Way Love Goes (Virgin)
8 DAMN YANKEES - Silence Is Broken (Warner Bros.)
*6 ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Have I Told You Lately (Warner Bros.)
*9TASMIN ARCHER - Sleeping Satellite (SBK/ERG)
*10 BON JOVI - In These Arms (Jambco/Mercury)
7 MICHAEL JACKSON - Who Is It (Epic)
3 P.M. DAWN - Looking Through Patient Eyes (Gee Street/lsland/PLG)
*14 DAVID CROSBY & PHIL COLLINS - Hero (Atlantic)
*26 SONIA DADA - You Don't Treat Me No Good (Chameleon/Elektra)
*23 POISON - Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice) (Capitol)
27 THE JEFF HEALEY BAND - Lost In Your Eyes (Arista)
*22 KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista)
19 PRINCE AND THE N.P.G. - The Morning Papers (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
*30 AARON NEVILLE - Don't Take Away My Heaven (A&M)
*34 REGINA BELLE - If I Could (Columbia)
35 CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) (Reprise)
*11 STEREO MC'S - Connected (4th & Broadway/Island/PLG)
*21 4 NON BLONDES - What's Up? (Interscope/Atlantic)
*33 TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin)
*13 EXPOSE - I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) (Arista)
*32 STING - Fields Of Gold (A&M)
*20 NEW ORDER - Regret (Owest/Warner Bros.)
25 BOBBY BROWN - That's The Way Love Is (MCA)
*17 INNER CIRCLE - Bad Boys (Theme From COPS) (Big Beat/Atlantic)
*31 BOY KRAZY - Good Times With Bad Boys (Next Plateau/London/PLG)
*39 ROXETTE - Almost Unreal (Capitol)
28 RESTLESS HEART with WARREN HILL - Tell Me What You Dream (RCA)
12 VANESSA WILLIAMS with BRIAN McKNIGHT - Love Is (Giant/Reprise)
37 BELLY - Feed The Tree (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
ll&C PAUL McCARTNEY - Off The Ground (Capitol)
16 JOEY LAWRENCE - Nothin' My Love Can't Fix (Impact/MCA)
15 SILK - Freak Me (Keia/Elektra)
CB PENNY FORD - Daydreaming (Columbia)
*24 JEREMY JORDAN - Wannagirl (Giant/Reprise)
U&C GIN BLOSSOMS - Hey Jealousy (A&M)
40 DEF LEPPARD - Tonight (Mercury)
18 SWV - I'm So Into You (RCA) * Indicates Top 40 Chart Underline
Inside Top 40KYYY 11-4, KGOT 22-14, KLYK 23-9, WMME/FM 27-19, WRCK 30-18,Q100 23-16, 99.9KHI 27-15, etc.Check out the group's profile on theprevious page and if you think thisone's hot, wait `til their follow-up,Sweat, hits.
Big gainer of the week at KDLKDel Rio, Texas is Kenny G withPeabo Bryson's By The Time This
Night Is Over, moving 39-29. PD/MDDave Allyn says, "adult females havethe phones roarin' for this track."Charts top thirty at WYAV/FM 33-24,WCGQ 32-21, WKHQ 31-24, KKCK31-25, WZOQ 33-26, KHOK 35-26and KRRG 38-28.
4 Non Blondes' What's Up? con-tinues to roll up those HIT FACTORstats, increasing 29% to 43% with 14ADDs including: WYHY, KEGL, MIX107.9, WTBX, WMQT/FM, WNKO,
GO STATION PANEL: The GO Chart is based on reports by 142 Gavincorrespondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboards. Underlines onthe GO Chart highlight a stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart.
KYEE, KLAZ, KSKU, KAFX,WYNU92FM, WYAV/FM, WWFX and
KC101Rex Holiday, PD at WHHT
Bowling Green, Ky. reports a surgein requests over the weekend forTina Turner's IDon't WannaFight, racing ahead40-26. Solid growthat WXMK 32-24,K96 27-22, WIFX23-15, WRKY 26-19, WHZR 27-18,102Z00 27-18,WQCY/FM 26-19,KJLS 26-19, KWYR37-23, ZFUN 35-26,etc.
It isn't takinglong for PennyFord'sDaydreaming tokick in at KLYVDubuque, Iowa,where it enters thetop twenty 26-19.Also hot atWMQT/FM 23-17,WXTQ 25-18 andWZOU 28-16. Newon: WBPM, 99KG,WHHT, Y104, MANY Ci
KHOK, KMGZ, Q99FM, ZFUN,KTMT and KDON.
High debut for J.T. Stevens,APD/MD at KRBL Albuquerque,is Roxette's Almost Unreal at#20. J.T. says, "It's very hot onthe phones battling Janet fornumber one on New Mexico'sFive Most Wanted.'" New on:KGLI, WYHT, WHAJ, WINN,WYKS, WTNY/FM, WDEK,WTCF/FM, KKYS, KSKU,102KISS, KQKY, WHZR, KCCQand WKBQ.
Want a safe bet for what isshaping up to be not simply ahit, but one of the year'sbiggest? Try SWV's Weak,which remains at #1 on KMEL.WPGC and BOSS 97. Top tensinclude KKFR 16-7, POWER 94.5 19-8, KSTN 9-4, Q96 7-3, WHYT 4-3,etc. ADDs at: WZPL, KQCR, B96,KISS 108, WZOU, CF 11t, KLYV,WAOA, KYYA, KIXY, KHKS, KDUK,
KGOT, KONG, WQCY/FM andKQLA.
1Stew Schantz, PD of WSPK
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., makes H-TOWN's Knockin' Da Bootstheir high debut at #29 andreports, "It got top five night-time calls after only two daysplay -definitely leaning teen,but could grow and appeal toolder demos too." Top Tenagain with 50 plays on HOT97 New York trending 20-9-7.Flit status is confirmed byTony Dee and Krazy KidStevenz at B95 Fresno, whereit's #1 for a second week andnumber one requested"around the clock." Theyscream "smash." Top Ten as
well at KJYK, KHTN/FM, KKFR,WPGC, KPLZ, POWER 102, KSTN,KMEL, BOSS 97, etc. New on: B96,KS104, WAOA, CFTR, WZOU and
KONG.First to ADD
After 7's TrulySomething Specialas an albumtrack, KMEL SanFrancisco charts itTop Three 4-3and it's taking offat FM102Sacramento 18-16,BOSS 97 debut#21, MIX 93.5 28-22 and KHTN/FMdebut #28. ADDsinclude: KDON,POWER 102,KWIN, KJYK,HOT 97.7 andB95.
One of thesongs that echoesin your brain afterseeing IndecentProposal is Sade'sNo Ordinary Love.Tony Novia and
Lee Chesnut take it 23-9 at STAR 94Atlanta and KHKS Dallas' J.J. McKayand Sean Phillips take it 33-6.
AVER 7
One more reminder aboutMemorial Day, Monday, May 31.Gavin offices will be closed, but we'dlove to hear from everyone as earlyas possible on June 1. Thanks inadvance.
14 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
The first single and video 'rom The Original Motion Picture SoundtrackProduced by ClcrRice Ofwerm3o and written ly Per Gessle. Soundtrack album produced by Peter Afterman and Tirn Devine.
Thanks to the avin nly stations fortaking us en a 10 point ride from 39* -29*Debut on Gavin Top 40 Chart 39*Rosette appears courtesy EMI Svenska AB sod EMI !Records Grow. North America
SUPERMARIO BROS.,.
On Capitol LNIf11101IIE, Nintendo THIS AIN'T NO CAME.
GAVIN RAP EDITOR: KELLY WOO
2 1 DA YOUNGSTA'S - Crewz Pop (eastwest/atlantic group)
1 2 PHARCYDE - Passin' Me By (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
3 3 FLAVOR UNIT MC's - Roll Wit Tha Flava (Flavor Unit/Epic)
4 4 RUN-D.M.C. - Down With The King, Can I Get It, Yo (Profile)
5 5 DIGABLE PLANETS - Where I'm From (Pendulum/Elektra)
6 6 BIG DADDY KANE - How U Get A Record Deal? (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)
7 7 ILLEGAL - Head Or Gut, We Getz Buzy (Rowdy)
8 8 INTELLIGENT HOODLUM - The Posse (A&M)
12 9 BEATNUTS - Reign Of The Tec (Violator/Relativity)
10 10 BOSS - Deeper (DJ West/Columbia)
- 22 11 DR. ORE - Dre Day (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
- 13 12 TRENDS OF CULTURE - Off & On (Mad Sounds/Motown)
- 18 13 HOUSE OF PAIN - Who's The Man? (Tommy Boy)
- 14 14 FUNKMASTER FLEX - Six Million Ways To Die, Sad And Blue (Wreck/Nervous)
15 15 MASTA ACE - Saturday Nite Live, Jeep Ass Niguh (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
9 16 CB4 - Soundtrack (MCA)
- 28 17 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic)
$ 19 18 ERICK SERMON - Hittin' Switches (Uptown/MCA)
- 23 19 CAPITAL TAX - I Can't Believe It (Primate/MCA)
- 20 20 MOBB DEEP - Hit It From The Back (4th & Broadway/Island/PLG)
- 30 21 YO-YO - IBWin' Wit My Crewin' (eastwest/atlantic group)
- 40 22 ONYX - Slam (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
- 37 23 JA72MATAll - Loungin' (Chrysalis/ERG)
$ 16 24 PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - Lots Of Lovin/It's Not A Game (Elektra)
$ 11 25 L.L.COOL J - How I'm Comin', (NFA), Buckin' Em (Def Jam/Columbia)
- 26 26 DA LENCH MOB - Ain't Got No Class (Street Knowledge/eastwest)
- 27 27 FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - Hot Potato (4th & Broadway/Island/PLG)
- 32 28 WU-TANG CLAN - Method Man, Protect Ya Neck (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA)
- 29 29 PARIS - Assata's Song, Coffee, Donuts & Death, Guerillas (Scartace)
$ 17 30 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Funky Child (Pendulum/Elektra)
- 34 31 TALL SO STUPID - Van Full Of Pakistans (Rowdy)
- 35 32 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - That's When Ya Lost (Jive)
- 39 33 RUMPLETILSKINZ - Attitudes (RCA)
- 24 34 POSITIVE K - Ain't No Crime (Island/PLG)
- 33 35 SHOWBIZ & A.G. - Bounce Ta This (London/PLG)
- 38 36 REDMAN - Tonight's Da Night, Rated 11" (Def Jam/RAI/Chaos)
21 37 BRAND NUBIAN - Love Me Or Leave Me Alone/Travel Jam (Elektra)
25 38 FUNKDOOBIEST - Bow Wow Wow (Immortal)
31 39 NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Hip Hop Hooray (Tommy Boy)
NEW 40 THE GETO BOYS - Six Feet Deep (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
$
Say What?Whazzup!?! Did everyone read B-Nice's column in The One NutNetwork this month? If you didn't, Isuggest you do. If you don't have it,give me a call and I'll fax you acopy...A1TENTION UNSIGNED RAPARTISTS: A tape of unsigned talent
Reports accepted:
Thursday Only 9am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
is being compiled and will be dis-tributed to over 4,000 industry pro-fessionals. If you know of someoneshopping for a contract, this couldbe the opportunity they've beenwaiting for. For more information,contact Shauna Hoodes at (212)387-7914...Several hip -hop produc-ers have joined forces to give backto their communities. Housinghomeless families, providing careeropportunities to urban youth, send-ing children to school and educatingthem with a emphasis on culturalawareness are just some of the itemson the agenda for the Hip Hop
Most Added
*ONYX
Slam
(JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
*NAUGHTY BY NATURE
It's On
(Tommy Boy)
ICE -T
I Ain't New Ta This(Rhyme Syndicate/Priority)
Top lip
AKINYELE
Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?(I nterscope/Atlantic)
RECORD TO WATCH
KOOL G RAP AND
D.J. POLOOn The Run
(Cold Chillin')G Rap's got D -Ask -Q at
KNON-Dallas and Icy D atWIZF-Cincinnati on the run
this week.
ChartbounaSHABBA RANKS featuring QUEEN LATIFAH -
What 'Cha Gonnc Do? (Epic)
* JUNGLE BROS. - 40 Below Trooper (Warner Bros.)
* ICE -T - I Ain't New Ta This
(Rhyme Syndicate/Priority)
* Li. COOL J - Pink Cookies... (Def Jam/Columbia)
* RAAZDA RUCKUS - Da Chronic Asmatic
(London/PLG)
* NAUGHTY BY NATURE - It's On (Tommy Boy)
Producers Affiance or H.H.P.A.For more information call (310) 289-3139...Aware and concerned aboutthe lack of ownership and participa-tion that Black people have in thearts, Suzanne Cooke, RhondaMann, Karen Taylor and LaTanyaWhite have combined their effortsto create an entertainment entityknown as Strangephruit. Its pur-pose: "to create an atmospherewhich promotes artistic, cultural andprofessional exchange influencedand defined by hip -hop culture." Itsmotto: "Keepers of the Culture."For more information, call (212) 629-
1875...CONTEST ALERT: G -Man ofFlavor Unit Records hasannounced the "Badd Boyz BaddMbot" contest. Flavor Unit Records,in association with the Epic rapdepartment, are looking for thedopest remix of The AlmightyR.S.O.'s latest single, Badd Boyz.All entries must be submitted toFlavor Unit Records, 155 MorganStreet, Jersey City, New Jersey,07302 by June 18. Prizes are $500for first place, $300 for second placeand $100 for third place. The finalproduct must be on a cassette tapeand no longer than six minutes. Formore details, contact G -Man at (201)333-4883...The 1993 Battle ForWorld Supremacy is well on itsway to being one of the most antici-pated events at the New MusicSeminar this year. Headed by DJClark Kent's Supermen, Inc., thisyear's competition will include theDJ battle as well as bringing backthe MC battle. The event will takeplace in the Sheraton Hotel &Towers, along with the rest of theNew Music Seminar, rather than atan outside venue. For more infor-mation or an application, call (212)473-4343, ext. 290...Converse, inassociation with Pay UpPromotions, have started a grassroots campaign to give back to theurban youth who have been vital insupporting its line of athletic wear.Mick Bentson of Pay Up will be
grounds in the Bronx and Mahattanto select the elite few who will rep-resent Converse as the ConverseAll Stars. For more information,call (718) 409-0432. `huff said.
-K -Woo
New ReleasesNAUGHTY BY NATURE It's On
(Tommy Boy)This dope new single has all themakings of another Naughty ByNature hit. Their usual mix ofstrong kicks and snares and the phatDonald Byrd sample in the begin-ning adds a pleasurable twist. Vinnyshows artistic growth, while,towards the end, Treach tosses it upwith a sing -song rhyme that proves,once again, that he's versatile and isone of today's best rappers. Thetwelve inch features remixes by KayGee and The Beatnuts as well as aPete Rock remix of Hip HopHooray. An a capella version of It'sOn is provided if you want to doyour own remix. Contact JamiesonGrillo at (212) 388-8356.
-JAN1EN D. HARRISON
3RD EYE & THE GROUPHOME Ease Up (Uptown/MCA)Here's another hit from the Who'sThe Man? soundtrack, but unfortu-nately it's being overshadowed by
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RUN-D.M.C. - Down With The King (Profile)
BOSS - Deeper (DJ West/Columbia)
ICE CUBE - It Was A Good Day (Priority)
PHARCYDE - Passin' Me By (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
L.L.COOL J - How I'm Comin' (Def Jam/Columbia)
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Funky Child (Pendulum/Elektra)
THE GETO BOYS - Six Feet Deep (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
DR. DRE - Nuthin' But A G Thang (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
DA YOUNGSTA'S - Crewz Pop (eastwest)
FLAVOR UNIT MC's - Roll Wit Tha Flava (Flavor Unit/Epic)
95 SOUTH - Whoot, There It Is (WRAP/Ichiban)
INTELLIGENT HOODLUM - The Posse (A&M)
SPICE 1- Trigga Gots No Heart (Jive)
PRINCE MARKIE DEE & THE SOUL CONVENTION - Typical Reason (Columbia)
BIG DADDY KANE - How U Get A Record Deal? (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)
DIGABLE PLANETS - Where I'm From (Pendulum/Elektra)
HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Truthful (Uptown/MCA)
ERICK SERMON - Hittin' Switches (Uptown/MCA)
NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Hip Hop Hooray (Tommy Boy)
FUNKDOOBIEST - Bow Wow Wow (Immortal)
DUICE - Dazzey Duks (TMR/Bellmark)
PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - Lots Of Lovin (Elektra)
ILLEGAL - Head Or Gut (Rowdy)
BRAND NUBIAN - Love Me Or Leave Me Alone/Travel Jam (Elektra)
PAPER BOY - Ditty (Next Plateau/PLG)
DR. ORE - The Chronic (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
RUND.M.C. - Down With The King (Profile)
ONYX - Bacdafucup (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
L.L.COOL J - 14 Shots To The Dome (Def Jam/Columbia)
THE GETO BOYS - Till Death Do Us Part (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Here Come The Lords (Pendulum/Elektra)
NAUGHTY BY NATURE -19 Naughty III (Tommy Boy)
WHO'S THE MAN? - Soundtrack (Uptown/MCA)
PHARCYDE - Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
ICE CUBE - Predator (Priority)
DIGABLE PLANETS - Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space) (Pendulum/Elektra)
DA YOUNGSTA'S - The Aftermath (eastwest/atlantic group)
2 PAC - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (Interscope/Atlantic)
FUNKDOOBIEST - Which Doobie U B? (Immortal)
HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Blue Funk (Uptown/MCA)
MASTA ACE - Slaughta House (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
ANT BANKS - On Somethin' Phat (Dangerous Music/Jive)
M.C. BREED - The New Breed (SDEG/Ichiban)
CB4 - Soundtrack (MCA)
95 SOUTH - Quad City Knock (WRAP/Ichiban)
BLOODS & CRIPS - Bangin On Wax (Dangerous/Pump/Quality)
ICE -T - Home Invasion (Rhyme Syndicate/Priority)
SNOW - 12 Inches Of Snow (eastwest/atlantic group)
TIM DOG - Do Or Die (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
PAPER BOY - The Nine Yards (Next Plateau/PLG)
other cuts. Wake up! 3rd Eye has alyrical style that's funky enough tocompete with Dan Small's five -year -old -worn -out -hand -me -down -Korean -made Timberlands.Produced by Jesse West and LordFinesse, this track has everythinggoing for it-beats, rhymes andstyle. What more could you ask for?Give Dan Small a call at (212) 768-6434 and tell him Gavin sent `cha.
-K-Woo
L.L. COOL J Funkadelic Relic
(Def Jam/Columbia)Here are shots number two andthree from Uncle L, and they are areminder to those who doubt hisskills. Pulling out a few of the manyhits that provided him with fourplatinum -plus albums, L.L. chroni-cles his rap career with the produc-tion help of Marley Marl. Backed bya catchy horn loop and steadybassline, this single should glide upthe chart in no time. For a morecommercial flavor, drop the needleon Pink Cookies In A Plastic BagGetting Crushed By Buildings.Contact Kevin Mitchell at (212) 420-0790. -K -Woo
LIN QUE This Is It(Ruffhouse/Columbia)Most of us know her as Isis, but thatwas then and this is now.Ruffhouse's first female emcee haschanged her name, but her seriousand hardcore image is as strong asever. Lin Que's lyrical flow is set onfully -automatic and is taking outnon -believers with the squeeze of atrigger. Produced by Backspin, whohas worked with Leaders Of TheNew School, Lin Que is making itknown that she is back and here tomake her mark in the world of hip -hop. Hit the B-side Rip It Up formore flavor. Contact Dave J at (215)754-1742.
-K -Woo
5TH WARD BOYZThanks For The Blessing
(Rap-A-Lot/Priority)The Fifth Ward has the reputation ofbeing one of the roughest neighbor-hoods in Houston, and with a namelike the 5th Ward Boyz, there's nodoubt where they're from, literallyand lyrically. The Boyz' debut sin-gle, Thanks For The Blessing, is asmooth and insightful cut about howlife used to be before they startedrapping, and what they might bedoing now if they weren't workingbehind the microphone. Backed bytheir version of Earth, Wind & Fire's1975 smash, That's The Way Of TheWorld and a verse from BushwickBill, this single is starting to create amajor buzz in Houston. ContactLeslie Wyatt at (713) 890-8486.
-K-Woo
GETO BOYS
AMC
Scarface, Bushwick
Bill and Big Mike
Houston (Scarface),
Jamaica (Bushwick Bill) and
New Orleans (Big Mike)
LABEL: Rap -A -Lot
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Leslie Wyatt/Mel Smith
LATEST RELEASE:
Six Feet Deep
LATEST ALBUM:
Til Death Do Us Part
"This (Til Death
Do Us Part) has got to be the
tightest projects I've ever
worked on, musically and lyri-
cally." - Big Mike
"I'd rather be hated for what I
am then loved for what I'm
not." - Bushwick Bill
"Fuck you-you know who you
are. From Scarface."
- Mr. Scarface
"Those guys must be crazy!"
(in reference to the We Can't
Be Stopped album cover) -
Digital Underground
HOBBIES: Bushwick Bill:
watching movies; Scarface:
playing basketball; Big Mike:
writing rhymes.
Scarface
will be starting his own label,
Face II Face.
OL1AtL :F. 7 Will begin
a national tour in July.
GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993 17
R1115 COUNTRY ASSOCIATEEDITOR:LISA SMITH
EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLE
8 5 1 TOBY KEITH - Should've Been A Cowboy (Mercury) 14 217 0 210 7 0 100%
6 3 2 WYNONNA - Tell Me Why (Curb/MCA) 9 217 0 209 7 1 1000/0
5 2 3 DWIGHT YOAKAM - Ain't That Lonely Yet (Reprise) 12 216 0 212 2 2 99%
7 6 4 LARRY STEWART - Alright Already (RCA) 13 216 1 206 9 1 100%
11 8 5 ALABAMA - Hometown Honeymoon (RCA) 8 217 0 197 20 0 1000/0
12 10 6 PATTY LOVELESS - Blame It On Your Heart (Epic) 11 217 0 194 22 1 100%
9 7 7 JOE DIFFIE - Honky Tonk Attitude (Epic) 12 217 0 189 24 4 98%
10 9 8 SAWYER BROWN - Trouble On The Line (Curb) 10 215 0 192 20 3 99%
14 12 9 DIAMOND RIO - Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby (Arista) 10 217 1 130 83 4 98%
16 13 10 VINCE GILL - No Future In The Past (MCA) 8 217 2 103 106 8 96%
13 11 11 TRAVIS TRITT - t -r -o -u -b -l -e (Warner Bros.) 11 205 0 123 75 7 97%
17 14 12 SUZY BOGGUSS - Heartache (Liberty) 10 212 2 87 114 11 95%
18 16 13 COLLIN RAYE - Somebody Else's Moon (Epic) 9 215 2 57 151 7 97%
21 17 14 McBRIDE & THE RIDE - Love On The Loose,Heart On The Run (MCA) 10 216 2 47 156 13 940/0
26 19 15 GARTH BROOKS - That Summer (Liberty) 4 217 0 37 173 7 97%
20 18 16 TANYA TUCKER with DELBERT McCLINTON - Tell Me About It (Liberty) 7 217 0 36 167 14 94%
28 22 17 JOHN ANDERSON - Money In The Bank (BNA Entertainment) 5 217 20 175 22 90%
22 21 18 BILLY DEAN - I Wanna Take Care Of You (Liberty!SBK) 9 213 2 25 166 22 90%
23 20 19 RANDY TRAVIS - An Old Pair Of Shoes (Warner Bros.) 8 214 1 23 167 24 89%
25 24 20 MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER - The Hard Way (Columbia) 7 216 3 15 164 37 83%
24 23 21 RICKY LYNN GREGG - If I Had A Cheatin' Heart (Liberty) 13 198 2 51 113 34 83%
27 26 22 LORRIE MORGAN - Guess You Had To Be There (BNA Entertainment) 9 211 3 15 151 45 79%
2 1 23 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - I Love The Way You Love Me (Atlantic) 12 165 0 119 33 13 92%
30 27 24 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back (Atlantic) 9 211 7 156 48 77%
31 28 25 GEORGE STRAIT - When Did You Stop Loving Me (MCA) 5 210 4 150 56 730/0
40 32 26 CLINT BLACK w/WYNONNA -A Bad Goodbye (RCA) 3 217 9 2 143 72 67°/a
34 30 27 PAM TILLIS - Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial (Arista) 5 212 4 4 118 90 58%
32 31 28 MARTY STUART - Hey Baby (MCA) 7 197 3 2 120 75 62%
- 36 29 REBA McENTIRE - It's Your Call (MCA) 3 211 18 3 96 112 47%
4 4 30 DOUG STONE - Made For Lovin' You (Epic) 14 145 0 100 32 13 91%
33 33 31 DEBORAH ALLEN - i You're Not Gonna Love Me (Giant/Nashville) 8 197 2 4 108 85 57%
38 34 32 SAMMY KERSHAW - Haunted Heart (Mercury) 4 203 10 2 92 109 46°/0
- 38 33 BROOKS AND DUNN - We'll Burn That Bridge (Arista) 3 209 35 0 67 142 32%
36 35 34 BILLY RAY CYRUS - Some Gave All (Mercury) 6 181 4 1 78 102 44%
35 MARK CHESNUTT - It Sure Is Monday (MCA) 2 200 60 0 46 154 23%
- 37 36 LARI WHITE - Lead Me Not (RCA) 4 174 7 3 67 104 400/0
15 15 37 RICKY VAN SHELTON - Just As I Am (Columbia) 12 131 0 46 64 21 84°/s
NEW 38 DOLLY PARTON - More Where That Came From (Columbia) 5 157 17 0 51 106 32%
- 40 39 PEARL RIVER - Fool To Fall (Liberty) 6 145 3 3 59 83 43%
NEW 40 RESTLESS HEART - We Got The Love (RCA) 2 168 67 0 21 147 13%
Chartbound Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
KATHY MATTEA Seeds (Mercury) 151 48 22 129 15% 2
DOUG SUPERNAW Reno (BNA Entertainment) 132 58 13 119 100/0 2
*CARLENE CARTER Every Little Thing (Giant) 131 119 2 2 127 3% 1
RICK VINCENT - Ain't Been A Train Through Here In Years (Curb) 114 5 32 82 28% 6
Album CutsBROOKS & DUNN - Rock My World (Little Country Girl)WYNONNA - Rock Bottom/Girls With GuitarsTRACY LAWRENCE - If The Good Die YoungDWIGHT YOAKAM - Fast As YouGEORGE STRAIT - Overnight Male
Total Reports: This Week 217 Last Week 217Hit Factor is a percentage of stations which will have it in Heavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted: Monday at 9am through 3pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
#1 ONE YEAR AGO TODAYBILLY RAY CYRUS -
Achy Breaky Heart#1 FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
RANDY TRAVIS -
I Told You So#1 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
CRYSTAL GAYLE -Our Love Is On The Faultline
OFILE
LARI WHITL
FROM: Dunedin, FL
LABEL: RCA
PROMOTION VP:
Dale Turner
LATEST RELEASE:
"Lead Me Not"
"At age four I
started performing in a trio
with my parents. Both my par-
ents were public school teach-
ers, but music was such a part
of the family that I was proba-
biy singing harmony out of the
womb! And it was all different
kinds of music; we had classi-
cal records and atonal modern
music right next to Ray Charles
and John Denver albums. So I
have a really varied musical
background.
SHE SAYS (ABOUT "LEAD
ME NOT"): "Musicallythere's a lot of Southern
Baptist gospel there, and lyri-
cally it's about those times
when your brain is saying, 'No,
I think I'll pass' even while the
rest of you is plunging head-
long into some bad idea."
"Lari White...
hmm...strong, talented, funny,
bright, eloquent, smart, insight-
ful, beautiful, self-reliant,
ambitious, spiritual, sincere,
focused, hip, empathetic, intel-
ligent, charismatic, poised,
resourceful, stubborn, sweet,
sensual and literate...in short,
a BIG star." -Rodney Crowell
18 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
K CKSUANUVIER NTO
GEAR
HAL KETCHUM'S NEW HIT SINGLE
MAMA KNOWS THE HIGHWAYFROM THE ALBUM "SURE LOVE"
GOING FOR ADDS JUNE 7CURB
MANGEMENT: FITZGERALD HARTLEY COMPANY (805) 641.6441
COUNTRY
New Releases RECORD TO WATCH
Reports Adds Weeks
97 7 4 TIM RYAN - Love On The Rocks (BNA Entertainment)
92 2 5 CLEVE FRANCIS - Walkin' (Liberty)
87 12 3 PALOMINO ROAD - The Best That You Can Do (Liberty)
86 12 3 KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS - Dixiefried (Mercury)
82 31 2 JOY WHITE - Cold Day In July (Columbia)
78 3 6 MARTY BROWN - It Must Be The Rain (MCA)
76 17 3 DEAN DILLON - Hot, Country, and Single (Atlantic)
69 64 1 * LITTLE TEXAS - What Might Have Been (Warner Bros.)
62 28 2 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - Walk Outside The Lines (Cabin Fever)
58 55 1 * ALAN JACKSON - Chattahoochee (Arista)
55 48 1 * WILLIE NELSON - Graceland (Columbia)
55 50 1 * JOHN BERRY - A Mind Of Her Own (Liberty)
46 18 2 CLINTON GREGORY - Standing On The Edge Of Love (Step One)
44 3 4 BRIAN JAMES - One Single Night (Warner Bros.)
33 2 4 DAVID GREY - 1-900-2 Lonely (BFE/BMG)
33 33 1 * JOHN BRANNEN - Never Say Never Again (Mercury)
33 2 5 LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Lines Around Your Eyes (Chameleon/Elektra)
28 27 1 * GIBSON MILLER BAND - Texas Tattoo (Epic)
'
27 26 1 * BOY HOWDY - A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart (Curb)
Dropped: #25 -Robert Ellis Orrall, #29 -Lee Roy Parnell, #39 -Hal Ketchum,-
Hank Williams Jr., Cimmaron
BROOKS & DUNN - Hard Workin' Man (Arista)DWIGHT YOAKAM - This Time (Reprise)JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Life's A Dance (Atlantic)TRACY LAWRENCE - Alibis (Atlantic)WYNONNA - Tell Me Why (Curb/MCA)GEORGE STRAIT - Pure Country Soundtrack (MCA)REBA McENTIRE - It's Your Call (MCA)MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER - Come On, Come On (Columbia)BILLY RAY CYRUS - Some Gave All (Mercury)GARTH BROOKS - The Chase (Liberty)
Top Ten VideosJOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - I Love The Way ... (Atlantic)DWIGHT YOAKAM - Ain't That Lonely Yet (Reprise)LARRY STEWART - Alright Already (RCA)TRAVIS TRITT - t -r -o -u -b -l -e (Warner Bros.)
JOE DIFFIE - Honky Tonk Attitude (Epic)TOBY KEITH - Should've Been A Cowboy (Mercury)PATTY LOVELESS - Blame It On Your Heart (Epic)DOUG STONE - Made For Loving You (Epic)LEE ROY PARNELL - Tender Moment (Arista)SUZY BOGGUSS - Heartache (Liberty)
Courtesy of Country Music Television :111
Inside CountryThe Country Crew will never be thesame. After sixteen years at Gavin-over ten of those as Country edi-tor-Elma Greer has decided toretire. Last week her tenure hereofficially ended. She said to tell youall that she kept it a secret becauseshe hates goodbyes. Elma has been
the heart of the Country Crew and,like you, we'll miss her a lot. All thebest Elma-we love you!
COUNTRY HAPPENINGSGavin will be closed on Monday,May 31 for the Memorial Day holi-day. Our fax machine will still beworking, though, so please fax yourreports to us on Friday (5/28) andMonday (5/31). We'll be back takingphone reports on Tuesday June 1.
CARLENE CARTEREvery Little Thing (Giant)You can't hold back Carlene sGiant debut-she practically jumpsout of the speakers. It's been along time between records forCarlene, but you have to admit it'sbeen worth the wait. She wrote thesong with NRBQ's Big AlAnderson.ALAN JACKSONChattahoochee (Arista)Long tall Jackson releases one ofthe gems from A Lot About Livin'(And A Little About Love). It'ssongs like these that have madethat album platinum -plus, and asAlan says, "If you make them wantto hear the song again, that's suc-cess."LITTLE TEXAS What MightHave Been (Warner Bros.)Little Texas continue their hit strat-egy with this longing ballad.JOHN BERRYA Mind Of Her Own (liberty)
was one of the surprise hitsat this year's Gavin seminar show-case. This Georgia boy has beenknockin"em dead in Athens,Georgia, and selling his songs onthe road opening for the Judds,Alabama and Randy Travis.
WILE TEXASWhat Might Have Been
(Warner Bros.)Sixty-four adds this weekincluding KFMS, WDEZ,
KKAT, WITL, KOKK, WSTH,KYQQ, KTEX, etc.
Most Added
CARLENE CARTER (119)
RESTLESS HEART (67)
LITTLE TEXAS (64)
MARK CHESNUTT (60)
DOUG SUPERNAW (58)
Top Requests
WYNONNA
TOBY KEITH
DWIGHT YOAKAM
JOHN MICHAEL
MONTGOMERY
ALABAMA
DAVID GREY
...one of the 10 most requested songs
at KMDL. Stand up and take note.
David Grey is happening!"
--David Michael
RIDL
"1-900-2LONELY is getting requests.
We like it!"
--Gene Davis
nterstate Radio Network
"1-900-2LONTLY"
from the Davd Grey album Signature
BFE Records - Manufactured & Distributed
by BMG Distribution
afil.111.11111111111120 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
V
Grou
TRACY LAWRENCEAcademy of Country
Best New Malle'uilcOACwacirlsd;
ALIBISThe Latest Gold Album
Sales Of 900,000Produced by James Stroud
Music Matters gement
"Ccoming May
CONFEDERATAcademy of Country Music Award
Best New VocaiThe SeP-Titled Debut Album Now Gold
Sales Over 500,000 Produced by Barry BeckettManagement:
International Management Services
If
JOHN MICHAELMONTGOMERY"I Love The Way You Love Me"single #1 at R&R, Gavin, Ma: Report,#1 for two weeks in Billboard, video #1 at CMT
LIFE'S A DANCEThe Already Gold Debut AlbumSales Over 700,000Management: Estill Sowards and John Dorris,Hallmark Direction Co.Produced by Doug Johnson; sterling
THE ATLANTIC GROUP © 1993 Atlantic Recording Corp. A Time Warner Compory
GAVIN AlC ASSOCIATEEDITOR:RON FELL
EDITOR:DIANE RUFER
Most Added
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ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Have I Told You Lately (Warner Bros.)
DAVID CROSBY & PHIL COLLINS - Hero (Atlantic)
PETER CETERA - Even A Fool Can See (Warner Bros.)
RAY CHARLES - A Song For You (Warner Bros.)
BRUCE HORNSBY - Harbor Lights (RCA)
GO WEST - What You Won't Do For Love (EMI/ERG)
EXPOSE - I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) (Arista)
CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) (Reprise)
AARON NEVILLE - Don't Take Away My Heaven (A&M)
RESTLESS HEART with WARREN HILL - Tell Me What You Dream (RCA)
CELINE DION - Water From The Moon (Epic)
STING - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (A&M)
REGINA BELLE - If I Could (Columbia)
TASMIN ARCHER - Sleeping Satellite (SBK/ERG)
VANESSA WILLIAMS with BRIAN McKNIGHT - Love Is (Giant/Reprise)
THE JEFF HEALEY BAND - Lost In Your Eyes (Arista)
MARC COHN - Walk Through The World (Atlantic)
BOY GEORGE - The Crying Game (SBK/ERG)
CATHY DENNIS - Moments Of Love (Polydor/PLG)
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - Don't Look Down (Reprise)
MAIA AMADA - What's A Heart To Do (Word/Epic)
KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista)
TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin)
JANET JACKSON - That's The Way Love Goes (Virgin)
SONIA DADA - You Don't Treat Me No Good (Chameleon/Elektra)
HUEY LEWIS - It's Alright (Shanachie)
KURT HOWELL - I'm Over You (Reprise)
LAUREN CHRISTY - You Read Me Wrong (Mercury)
WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Have Nothing (Arista)
BRYAN DUNCAN - Love Takes Time (Word/Epic)
PAUL McCARTNEY - Off The Ground (Capitol)
DURAN DURAN - Come Undone (Capitol)
GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - Somebody To Love (Hollywood)
JON SECADA - Angel (SBK/ERG)
KIRK WHALUM featuring JEVETTA STEELE - Love Is A Losing Game (Columbia)
ELTON JOHN - Simple Life (MCA)
SADE - Kiss Of Life (Epic)
WENDY MOTEN - Come In Out Of The Rain (EMI/ERG)
GLORIA ESTEFAN - I See Your Smile (Epic)
JUDE COLE - Worlds Apart (Reprise)
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Chartbound Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
BERNARD OATTES Freeze This Moment (Sin-Drome)
0.C. SMITH - After All Is Said And Done (Triune)
PATTY SMYTH - I Should Be Laughing (MCA)
LEE RITENOUR featuring MAXI PRIEST - Waiting In Vain (GRP)
* ROSANNE CASH The Wheel (Columbia)
* LISA FISCHER - Colors Of Love (Elektra)
Total Reports:This Week 235 Last Week 234Hit Factor is a percentage of stations which will hax cit in Heavy or Medium rotation.
Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
69 11 4 23 31 39% 4
56 8 3 19 26 39% 4
54 10 2 19 23 39% 4
51 17 2 8 24 20% 2
50 49 1
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Gavin A/C #1 Hits From:5/24/91 Love Is A Wonderful Thing - MICHAEL BOLTON (Columbia)5/23/86 Live To Tell - MADONNA (Virgin)5/25/84 Time After Time - CYNDI LAUPER (Epic)
JAMES INGRAM (40)
KENNY G & PEABO BRYSON (38)
TINA TURNER (32)
Top Tip
BERNARD OATTES
Freeze This Moment(Sin-Drome)
RECORD TO WATCH
TAYLOR DAYNECan't Get Enough
Of Your Love(Arista)
Inside A/C
Meeting up at KOST-Los AngelesTina Turner and Chris Isaak talkup their forthcoming tour ofAmerica, in which Chris will openfor Tina on the latter half of hertour.
A very confusing chart this weekas Rod Stewart takes the #1 slotthanks to a 65 -station increase inHEAVY rotation reports. Rodreplaces the David Crosby/PhilCollins which has nearly as manyHEAVY reports and nearly as manystations. We're underliningCrosby/Collins because its growthcan put it hack on top.
Marc Cohn's two-week climbfrom #37 to #17 is the format'slargest gain, coming as it does with41 ADDs and a 43% increase in HITFACTOR. Count among the newCohn -heads WOBM/FM, KMXL,WKSQ, WBDX/FM and KIIK.
Another big week for Kenny Gand Peabo Bryson as their By TheTime This Night Is Over leaps from#37 to #22 and now shows a 151station total in three weeks, while68% of all stations on it before thisweek are HIT FACTORing. New atWZNY, KSSK, KKLD, KWAV/FM,WKWK/FM, KVIL, JOY99 etc.
22 GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993
anyone who knows wha
has experienced
ONE LAST CRY
Listen to the passionate follow-up to LOVE IS,Brian McKnight's #1 multi format duet with Vanessa Williams.
Share in the heartfelt experience of those who have lovedand lost as Brian bares his soul in ONE LAST CRY.
From his self -titled debut album.
11116Co-Hpsting VH-1 Top 21 Countdown on June 16th.A favorite on The Arsenio Hall Show.Currently producing Boyz II Men and CeCe Peniston.
Produced & Arrangec by 3rian McKnight and E-endo-1 BarnesExecutive Producer: Ed Ez:kstine!Managed by Herb Trawick/The Trawick Cow-a-iy
PolyGram company
A/C
Up 'St ComingReports Adds
49 21 K.T. OSUN - New Way Home (RCA)
45 4 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN - Go There With You (Sparrow)
40 40 * JAMES INGRAM - Someone Like You (Warner Bros.)
37 4 PROJECT PARADISE - When I'm With You (Sun Paradise)
37 14 JOSHUA KADISON - Jessie (SBK/ERG)
34 15 * LUTHER VANDROSS - Little Miracles (Happen Every Day) (LV/Epic)
33 2 JOHN PAGANO - Best I Ever Was (MCA)
29 26 * THE REMBRANDTS - Chase The Clouds Away (atco/eastwest)
28 10 * UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin)
27 21 * STING - Fields Of GoldjA&M)
23 23 * TAYLOR DAYNE - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (Arista)
Dropped: Jenneifer Warnes, Jack Wagner, The Cages, The Rankin Family. ates Debut
Plus Factor LW PN toe
HUEY LEWIS - It's Alright (Shanachie) 25
34
50
47
55
68
22%
210/0
18°/0
DURAN DURAN - Come Undone (Capitol)
MARC COHN - Walk Through The World (Atlantic)
KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista) 33 51 18°/0
TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin) 31 49 18%
JUDE COLE Worlds Apart (Reprise) 22 40 18%
TASMIN ARCHER - Sleeping Satellite (SBK/ERG) 70 83 13%
PAUL McCARTNEY - Off The Ground (Capitol) 44 57 13%
BERNARD OATTES - Freeze This Moment (Sin-Drome) 26 39 13%
JOSHUA KADISON - Jessie (SBK/ERG) 9 22 130/0
JANET JACKSON That's The Way Love Goes (Virgin) 62 74 12%
GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - Somebody To Love (Hollywood) 65 76 11%
Records which receive the greatest increase in Hit Factor
Last week's TOP TIP for a format -leading debut was Huey Lewis &The News' tribute to CurtisMayfield, It's Alright. Opening at#26 it boasts 144 players and a fast47% HIT FACTOR. New at B100,WAHR, KRNO/FM, WIVY/FM,WEIM, K9FM, WRBA/FM etc.
Duran Duran's Come Undone iswinding "up" with a #39 to #32jump and a 21% rise in HIT FACTOR(second only to Huey's 22%). Solidrotations in from CKFM, WGRG,KVYN/FM, WRQX, Q104, WCKQ,KCRE and WGMT .
Only other chart debut to run withHuey is Jude Cole's Worlds Apartwhich opens at #40 with a 40% HITFACTOR and 21 ADDs likeKMXV/FM, KKOR, WTTR, WJER,
WVMX, WHIZ and KLWN.TOP TIP this issue is Bernard
Oattes' Freeze This Moment with 69players and a 39% HIT FACTORfrom the assembled stations. New atKVYN/FM, KGY, KLZY, KSAL,WMVA, KIIK, KRDI/FM, WRJC,KKSI, WRGR and KWNG.
At the topof UP &COM-INGsits lastweek'sRECORDTOWATCH,K.T.Oslin'sNew WayHome, with49 A/Csplaying.Among the
21 ADDs are WNYR, WMSQ, KAYL,KFML, KIIK, KOEL, KYMN, WJER,KKOR and KBMG.
Moving to RECORD TO WATCHthis issue is Taylor Dayne's versionof Can't Get Enough Of Your Lovewhich debuts in UP & COMINGwith 23 stations. Included in thoseADDs are WBMX, WCKQ,WIVY/FM, WLMX, WMXB, KSCB,WFPS, K99, KLZY, KIDX/FM, KXYQand B100.
REMINDER: Because of theMemorial Day holiday, we will betaking A/C reports on Friday, May 28until 2 pm and then on Tuesday,
June 1 until 3 pm.
New Releases
STINGFields Of Gold (A&M)Amber waves of grain set to abrilliant melody. This is Sting at hisbest - a man outstanding in his field.
DONALD FAGENTomorrow's Girls (Reprise)Mr. Fagen teams up with Steely Dancohort Walter Becker for a veryDan-ish pastry that recalls the bestof a legendary association, even ifMr. Becker is "only" Fagen's"producer."WYNONNATell Me Why (Curb/MCA)A hot new track from WynonnaJudd originally written and recordedin 1988 by Karla Bonoff. This newversion is amazingly faithful to thearrangement.BRIAN McKNIGHTOne Last Cry (Mercury)This artist was brought to ourattention when he sang backingvocals on Vanessa Williams' withLove Is. After one listen to thisrelease from his self -titled debutalbum, you'll know that Brian canstand tall as a solo.
ARTIST PROFILE
LAURENCHRISTYLABEL: Mercury
PROMOTION VP:
Kerry Wood
CLRRENT SINGLE'
You Read Me Wrong
BIRTHDAY/PLACE:
11/19/67, London
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Los Angeles
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush,
Public Enemy, Bach
FAVORITE RECORD: InYour Eyes by Peter Gabriel
FAVORITE LIKES:
Chocolate
DISLIKE s: Spiders, cold
weather
FAVORITE PASTIME:
Ballet, tennis, watching old
musicals
IF NOT A SINGER/SONG-
WRITER, WHAT WOULD
YOU BE: Choreographer
LALREN SAYS: "I don't
want to write 'weepy victim'
songs. I am a woman of the
ninties, and even though I'm
very opinionated and career
minded, I don't feel I have to
forsake any of my femininity."
KERRY WOOD AND BILL
CASON, MERCURY
RECORDS SAY: "Lauren is
a gifted multi -talented artist
who can do it all. She is a fan-
tastic singer, songwriter and
live performer. She is a perfect
adull appeal artist who is
already top thirteen at Adult
Alternative and 28* at A/C.
She is a star."
24 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
When blue-eyed soul sensation Bryan Duncanfirst crossed your desk, all he had was a
00 unit sales base and a great song.cos got xx stations, great phones, and
plenty of thumbs -up reviews!"Bryan's Spring release will
blossom into a hit, as will he.
He will not be a one -hitter."
- Ron Donovan, WSTU
"Immediate phones from
listeners looking for a strong
new vocalist . .. we've had no
problem keeping this one
climbing despite a lot of proven
competition ... now a 'Heavy'
with no sign of slowing down"
- Ken Dillon, KLRQ
"Bryan Duncan sings with the
majesty and power of the
convictions of his heart. 'Love
Takes Time' is not only relevant,
but a classy example of what
good AC programming
should be."
- Sean Bonniwell, K100
YAN DUNCAN
Management: Ray Ware Artist Management
W.WORD
GAVIN CHART CONNECTIONSTOP 40 A/C URBAN
11' DURAN DURAN Come Undone (Capitol) 32T
21' JANET JACKSON - That's The Way Love Goes (Virgin) 241' 2
5 T GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - Somebody To Love (Hollywood) 33
61' ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Have I Told You Lately (Warner Bros.) 1 1'
7 MICHAEL JACKSON - Who Is It (Epic) 7
91' TASMIN ARCHER - Sleeping Satellite (SBK/ERG) 141'
12 VANESSA WILLIAMS with BRIAN McKNIGHT - Love Is (Giant/Reprise) 15
131' EXPOSE - I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) (Arista) 7
141' DAVID CROSBY & PHIL COLLINS - Hero (Atlantic) 2
15 SILK l'reak Me (Keia/Elektra) 33
221' KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista) 221' 351'
251' BOBBY BROWN - That's The Way Love Is (MCA) 51'
261' SONIA DADA - You Don't Treat Me No Good (Chameleon/Elektra) 251'
27 THE JEFF HEALEY BAND - Lost In Your Eyes (Arista) 161'
28 RESTLESS HEART with WARREN HILL -Tell Me What You Dream (RCA) 10
29 EN VOGUE Love Don t Love You (eastwest) 26
301' AARON NEVILLE - Doni Take Away My Heaven (A&M) 91'
331' TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin) 231'
341' REGINA BELLE - If I Could (Columbia) 131' 20
35 CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) (Reprise) 81'
38 WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Have Nothing (Arista) 29 40
KIRK WHALUM featuring JEVETTA STEELE - Love Is A Losing Game (Columbia) 351' 251'
Inside ConnectionsFor the first time in its briefhistory, the GavinConnections chart has fourtracks with universal chartappeal. Leading the four-some is Janet Jackson'sThat's The Way Love Goeswhich is at #2 on both Top40 and Urban, while laggingat #24 at A/C. ReginaBelle's If I Could is now toptwenty at A/C and Urbanwhile showing an under-lined #34 on the regularTop 40 chart and a #18 onthe new GO chart. Thencomes Kenny G & PeaboB's By The Time This NightIs Over with a pair of under-lined #22sfrom Top40 and A/Cand anUrbandebut at35.
Top Addshonors goto TaylorDayne'scover ofBarryWhite'sCan't GetEnough Of Your Love,(Baby)with an opening 151 men-tions from a research uni-verse of a possible 533 sta-
SONIA DADA
tions reporting this week.No other record came closeto Dayne's total, but Sting'scombination of Top 40 andearly A/C on Fields Of Goldtallied 69 new for secondbest.
Tasmin Archer'sSleeping Satellite is double -lined and top twenty atboth A/C, where it's at #14and Top 40, where it's at#9. on the regular top 40chart and #7 on the GOchart. Airplay is now overthe 300 -station mark at 301.
Other big news from theGO chart includes the phe-nomenal start for Sonia
Dada compared with itsOK start on the full chart.Check out the #12 rankingversus the regular chart'srespectable #26.
Still nothing new to reporton Country product crossingto pop except thatCurb/MCA has launched aA/C campaign onWynonna's Tell Me Why andTop 40 is soon to follow.Could there be a new Mary -Chapin Carpenter for A/C?
Debuting this issue onpage #36 is our new AlbumAdult Alternative chart onpage 36. Leading the firstchart is Chris Isaak, whonot so coincidentally is at #8on the Adult Contemporarychart and at #35 on Top 40.Ranking just under Chris aretwo other household names
in A/Cradio,Sting andBruceHornsby.
Thisnew for-mat, eventhough itis analbum-research-ed unit
rather than a singles -basedformat, should provide otherprogrammers with a newand valid source of freshresearch. - RON FELL
first we gave you Iternative
Then we gave you Adult Alternative
Now the time is right for J um Adult Alternativ'
Tracking the homer generation
and fining it right.
Check it out on page 36
26 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
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somecome fromthe heart.from the forthcomingdebut albumMARIA CHRISTENSEN
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H -TOWN - Knockin' Da Boots (Luke)
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS - Every Little Thing U Do (Uptown/MCA)
BOBBY BROWN - That's The Way Love Is (MCA)
JADE - One Woman (Giant/Reprise)
MICHAEL JACKSON - Who Is It (Epic)
LUTHER VANDROSS - Little Miracles (Happen Every Day) (LV/Epic)
BLACKSTREET Featuring TEDDY RILEY - Baby Be Mine (MCA)
ALEXANDER O'NEAL - In The Middle (Tabu/A&M)
JOHNNY GILL - The Floor (Motown)
CHANTE MOORE - It's Alright (Silas/MCA)
TENE WILLIAMS - Give Him A Love He Can Feel (Pendulum/Elektra)
WALTER & SCOTTY - I Want To Know Your Name (Capitol)
MARY J. BLIGE - Love No Limit (Uptown/MCA)
PENNY FORD - Daydreaming (Columbia)
LEVERT - ABC -123 (Atlantic)
U.N.V. - Something's Goin' On (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
JODECI - Let's Go Through The Motions (Uptown/MCA)
REGINA BELLE - If I Could (Columbia)
MICHAEL COOPER - So Good (Reprise)
MEN AT LARGE - Um Um Good (eastwest)
TREY LORENZ - Just To Be Close To You (Epic)
NONA GAYE - The Things That We All Do For Love (Third Stone/Atlantic)
KIRK WHALUM featuring JEVETTA STEELE - Love Is A Losing Game (Columbia)
EN VOGUE - Love Don't Love You (eastwest)
LEVERT - Good OI'Days (Atlantic)
NIKITA GERMAINE - Sweet As It Comes (Motown)
T.C.F. CREW - I Ain't The One (Cold Chillin'JWarner Bros.)
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VERTICAL HOLD - Seems You're Much Too Busy (A&M)
II D EXTREME - Cry No More (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
SILK - Freak Me (Keia/Elektra)
EDDIE MURPHY - Whatzupwitu (Motown)
KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista)
RODNEY MANNSFIELD - Wanna Make Luv 2 U (A&M)
COLIN ENGLAND - Come Over, Baby (Motown)
ROBIN S - Show Me Love (Big Beat/Atlantic)
DIGABLE PLANET$ - Where I'm From (Pendulum/Elektra)
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Chartbounc Reports Adds Heavy Medium LigM Hit Factor Weeks
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Album CutsSILK - Lose Control
CHANTE MOORE - I Wanna Love (Like That Again)
SIMPLE PLEASURE - Voice Inside My Dream
PRINCE AND THE N.P.G. - Sweet Baby
Total Reports: This Week 59 Last Week 59Hit Factor is a percentage of stations which will have it in Heavy or Medium rotation.
Reports accepted: Monday at 8am through 3pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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SHAIBaby I'm Yours
(Gasoline Alley/MCA)The harmonies keep coming.
Hot
LEVERT
ABC -123
(Atlantic)
Top lip
PORTRAITDay By Day
(Capitol)
Inside UrbanJust a reminder: We're coming upon the Memorial Day holiday andthe Gavin offices will be closed onMonday, May 31st. You can fax yourreport on Friday, May 28 or Monday,May 31st. We're expecting a lot ofcalls on Tueday, June 1, so if youwait until then, call as early as possi-ble. As a last resort, you can trackme down in Washington, D.C. atBRE's 1993 Conference (May 28-29)and hand me your playlist in person.The top four positions remain thesame, Janet, H -Town andChristopher Williams are dukingit out for the #1 spot SWV's beenholding for the past three weeks.Actually we have solid underlines allthe way to #11 where Johnny Gill'sThe Floor ends up after jumpinganother nine places. Mary J. Blige'sLove No Limit moves 22-15 with sixnew stations including KRUS-Ruston, La., WPEG-Charlotte andWKKV-Milwaukee. Picking uptwelve new stations and leapinghalfway up the chart (36-17) isLevert's ABC -123, which more thandoubled their Hit Factor from lastweek, ending with 43%. It got anadd at WVKO-Columbus, Ohiowhere Michael Anderson said, "Even
GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
THE NEXT SOUNDS YOU HEARTHE ATLANTIC GROUPDIVISION OF ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATIONID 1993 ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP.A 1IME WARNER COMPANY
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YOU BEPRODUCEXECUTIVE
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Up & ComingReports Adds
21 1 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Natural (Chrysalis/ERG)
21 - NU COLOURS - Fallin Down (Polydor/PLG)
21 4 *SHAI - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
21 19 *PORTRAIT - Day By Day (Capitol)
20 2 SHABBA RANKS - What 'cha Gonna Do? (Columbia)
20 2 *THE GETO BOYS - Six Feet Deep (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
19 - BOSS - Deeper (DJ West/Columbia)
Dropped: #18 -Big Bub, 125 -Prince Markie Dee, 128 -Portrait (Honey), #29 -Gerald Alston, #32-Run-D.M.C., #34
Sade, #38-I1, Tisha Campbell, Chante Savage, Heavy D & Boyz. De
though has a 'hooked on phonics'title, the song is very smooth andI'm sure it will become a favoritewith the female audience." StanBoston at WHNC-New Haven,Conn. agreed saying he's seeing therequests pick up. Feeling goodabout a 31-21 move is MichaelCooper's So Good. His slow jamnabs KXZZ-Lake Charles andKARW-Longview, Texas after threeweeks on the chart. Men At Largesees another good week as Urn UrnGood (#22) is able to woo eightmore adds, among them KKBT andKJLH-Los Angeles, WJMI-Jackson,Miss. and WXYV/FM-Baltimore.From Chartbound to Top New Entry,T.C.F. Crew's I Ain't The Onedebuts on the chart at #29 with fouradds and the majority of the stationson the single playing it in light rota-tion. It should start kicking in nextweek. Everyone must have beendoing some spring cleaning becauseeight new tracks debuted on thechart. Last week's Top Tip andRecord To Watch is up against stiffercompetition as Vertical Hold'sSeems You're Much Too Busy debutsat #31 with a total of 34 stations 10adds. While debuting at #32 II DExtreme's Cry No More picks upWOWI-Norfolk and WUSL/FM-Philadelphia, among their four adds.Keep an eye on Shai as they enterUp & Coming with the intent of hit-ting the chart with their third single,Baby, I'm Yours. Until next week.Peace, John
New ReleasesREGINA BELLEQuiet Time (Columbia)Everybody needs to spend somequiet time with their special some-one, and Regina rolls out her vel-vety vocals to create the spark tostart the romantic flame. ProducerNick Martinelli obviously wanted tostart an inferno, so he brought thebaritone vocals of Mr. Barry White,and the result is a three -alarm track.LISA FISCHERColors Of Love (Elektra)It's about time, Lisa! - I've almostworn out my So Intense album! LisaFischer warms our hearts with this
song from the upcoming WhoopiGoldberg/Ted Danson film, MadeIn America. Co -written by JamesIngram, Carol Bayer Sager andBruce Roberts and produced byDavid Foster, Colors Of Love hasthe making of a multi -format hit.BILLY OCEANEverything's So Different
Without You (Jive)Ironically Billy Ocean is out with anew single the same week as LisaFischer. It will be five years thisJune, that Billy debuted on thecharts with The Colour of Love.Once again, he does a ballad and afully -orchestrated Everything's SoDifferent Without You finds himpleading for reconciliation.MICA PARISI Wanna Hold On To You
(Island/PLG)This new release is from Mica'sforthcoming album, Whisper APrayer. I Wanna Hold On To You isnot coming to you in a whisper -rather, Mica demonstratesher Chaka-like wail on thisone. From start to finish,Mica's vocals neverfalter as they bustout around thefunky shufflebeat and theinfectious hornsample.FREEDOMWILLIAMSVoice Of Freedom
(Columbia)Freedom fromC + C MusicFactoryseems to MONIE LOVEagreewithWilliams, as the group's formerfront man returns to the street withhis first solo project. He's lookingto incorporate his rap/dance flairwith his blend of Rock & Roll, Funk& Soul and a George Michael sam-rBRIAN McKNIGHTOne Last Cry (Mercury)Over the past couple months Brianhas been riding high on the chartswith Love Is (duet with Vanessa
Williams), from the Beverly Hills90210 soundtrack. One Last Cry,co -written and co -produced byMcKnight, is a tender love -lostsong that's reviving his self -titledalbum that spawned a couple ofhits in '92. Our local power stationKMEL, has been behind his trackfor the past three weeks, and theresponse has been great!CHERYL "PEPSII"RILEYGimme (Reprise)The bubbly "Pepsil Riley is back!Cheryl and Full Force team up onthe writing and production of herReprise debut. Along with dolingout phat beats, Cheryl's ready toteach an old dog a new trick aboutrelationships, let's just say Gimmeis her pet peeve.JODECI Lately(Uptown/MCA)For those who think this groupisn't good enough to even considersinging anything ever made by thelegends of soul music and shouldstick to their own material, thinkagain. Recorded earlier this year atthe Uptown Unplugged concert,this cover of Stevie Wonder's clas-sic that the fellas put together isfilled with deep feelings, and it willhave the same effect upon your lis-teners. It won't be long before peo-ple start mentioning Jodeci amongthe upper crust of soul music per-formers - bet on it. Rod EdwardsMONIE LOVE
In A Word Or 2
(Warner Bros.)Continuing thepositive focus ofher sophomorealbum, on this
mid- tempo singlemonie describes the feel-
ings that goes into say-ing "I Love You" tothat special someone.Monie's rhyme deliv-ery remains strong,and it's evident thather maturity andfamily -orientedlifestyle plays amajor role in the
production of hermusic. -REHI -FIVEUnconditional
Love (Jive)This release from the motion pic-ture soundtrack Menace H Societyfeatures this quintet blending per-fect harmony, and should be a treatnot only for their fans, but alsogood music lovers. The notorietyHi -Five has gained in two shortyears is attributed to their catchyballads, and this is no exception.Listen for it in the movie later thissummer.- RE
ARTIST PR E
T.C.F. CREW(THE CHOSEN FEW CREW)
NAMES: 00 -Chile (Fola Bell),
Big Shawn B. (Shawn Bailey),
K.O. (Nicola Bailey) and Non-
Chalant (Kenny Nealy).
FROM: Queens, New York
LABEL: Cold Chillin'
CURRENT SINGLE: I Ain't
The One
CURRENT ALBUM: COMB
And Play With Me
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Michael Jackson, Prince, Rick
James, Sade, Cheryl Lynn,
Phyllis Hyman, Miki Howard,
Anita Baker, BeBe and CeCe
Winans.
WHO T.C.F. CREW IS
CURRENTLY LISTENING
T 0 : Intro, Boyz II Men, Regina
Belle, Whitney Houston, Aretha
Franklin and Kool G Rap & DJ
Polo.
UPCOMING TOUR
DETAILS: Promotional tour
will kick-off in a couple of
weeks.
FUTURE PLANS: "To start
our own management, Home
production team and Record
Company."
T.C.F. CREW SAYS:"Stay true to the game and
gain your fame."
30 GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993
Thursday evening j np IU 1993 the National Kidney Foundationof New York/New Jersey will be holding its Annual Awards Banquet at
the New York Hilton.
erri Santisi. Executive Vice President and
General Manager of EMI Records Group North America,
will be honored at this gala dinner as "Woman of the fearfor her support and dedication to the
Foundation and its programs.
The evening's entertainment will feature
ERG recording artist Wendy Moten.
ors you can join us!
(For more information contact the Foundation at 212-629-9770.)
EMI Records GroupCongratulations Terri, from all of us atIf you cannot join us, please send your donation, to The National Kidney Foundation of New York/New Jersey,
1250 Broadway , Suite 2001, NYC, NY 10001, or call in your pledge to Murray Brower at 212-629-9770.
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(11JAZZEDITORS:K ENT/KEITH
JOSHUA REDMAN - Joshua Redman (Warner Bros.)
VINCENT HERRING - Secret Love (Music Masters)
VANESSA RUBIN - Pastiche (Novus/RCA)
MULGREW MILLER - Hand In Hand (Novus/RCA)
JOE HENDERSON - so near, so far (Musings For Miles) (Verve/PolyGram)
JOE SAMPLE - Invitation (Warner Bros.)
BIRELI LAGRENE - Standards (Blue Note)
RENEE ROSNES - Without Words (Blue Note)
LYLE MAYS w/M. JOHNSON & J. DeJOHNETTE - Fictionary (Geffen)
CECIL BRIDGEWATER - I Love Your Smile (Bluemoon)
LEE RITENOUR - Wes Bound (GRP)
KERMIT RUFFINS - World On A String (Justice)
RACHEL Z - Trust The Universe (Columbia)
JAE SINNETT - Blue Jae (J -Nett)
LEWIS NASH - Rhythm Is My Business (Evidence)
MARK WHITFIELD - Mark Whitfield (Warner Bros.)
HENRY JOHNSON - New Beginnings (Heads Up)
EDDIE DANIELS - Under The Influence (GRP)
DANILO PEREZ - Danilo Perez (Novus/RCA)
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND - Jelly (Columbia)
KENNY DREW, JR. - A Look Inside (Antilles/PolyGram)
MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - Promenade With Duke (Blue Note)
LAVERNE BUTLER - No Looking Back (Chesky)
HANK CRAWFORD - South -Central (Milestone)
KENNY BARRON - Sambao (Verve/PolyGram)
BOBBY WATSON - Tailor Made (Columbia)
SPIKE ROBINSON - Reminiscin (Capri)
JAMES SPAULCING - Songs Of Courage (Muse)
FRED HERSCH GROUP - Dancing In The Dark (Chesky)
CHARLES EARLAND - Unforgettable (Muse)
DAVE VALENTIN - Red Sun (GRP)
COURTNEY PINE - To The Eyes Of Creation (4th & Broadway/Island/PLC)
PETER ERSKINE - You Never Know (ECM)
MICHELE ROSEWOMAN TRIO - Occasion To Rise (Evidence)
JAMES WILLIAMS - Meets The Saxophone Masters (DIW/Columbia)
HUBERT LAWS - My Time Will Come (Music Masters)
MICHAEL FRANKS - Dragonfly Summer (Reprise)
GIL GOLDSTEIN & ROMERO LUBAMBO - Infinite Love (Big World)
HAL MELIA - Waduyathink? (Positive Music)
MIKE CARSON - The Oxnard Sessions Volume Two (Reference Recordings)
ABRAHAM LABORIEL - Dear Friends (Bluemoon)
BILLY ROGERS - The Guitar Artistry Of Billy Rogers (Stash)
WILTON FELDER - Forever, Always (PAR)
TERUMASA HIND - Unforgettable (Blue Note)
JEFF BEAL - Three Graces (Triloka)
VINNY VALENTINO - Here No Evil (PAR)
STEVE TURRE - Sanctified Shells (Antilles/PolyGram)
STEPHEN SCOTT - Aminah's Dream (Verve/PolyGram)
TERENCE BLANCHARD - The Malcolm X Jazz Suite (Columbia)
ZACHARY BREAUX - Groovin' (NYC)
Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most Added
MILT JACKSON (56)
ROY HARGROVE (52)
SUSANNAH McCORKLE (29)
MICHEL CAMILO (25)
RYAN KISOR (25)
ARTURO SANDOVAL (21)
Top Tip
HAL MELIA
Waduyathink?(Positive Music)
BILLY ROGERS
The Guitar Artistry Of Billy Rogers(Stash)It's an independent label week withMelia and Rogers debut at #39 and#42 respectively.
RECORD TO WATCH
SUSANNAH
McCORKLEFrom Bessie To Brazil
(Concord Jazz)From seemingly out of
nowhere, vocalist McCorklegathers twenty-nine adds
this week.
-...usartbounch* MILT JACKSON (QWEST/REPRISE)
* ROY HARGROVE (NOVUS/RCA)
PHIL WILSON i CAPRI)
SIGNATURE/BILL O'CONNELL (BLUEMOON)
DIANA ROSS (MOTOWN)
SONYA JASON (DISCOVERY)
* JOE LOVANO1BLUE NOTE)
* SUSANNAH McCORKLE CONCORD JAll)
* ARTURO SANDOVAL GRP)
* DAVE SAMUELS (GRP)
TONY WILLIAMS (BLUE NOTE)
* JIMMY SMITH MILESTONE)
* RYAN KISOR COLUMBIA)
* DIANE SCHUUR (GRP)
* MICHEL CAMILO (COLUMBIA)
* AL DI MEOLA TOMATO/MESA/BLUEMOON)
Dropped: .).43 Eric Leeds, #44 Marlon Jordan,
-4_ :aymmi,146 Johnny Griffin Quartet + 3,
#47 Jim DeJulio, #50 Earl Klugh Trio, Patti Dunham.
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JAZZ/ADULT ALTERNATIVE
Jazz/Adult Alternative
New Releases
MICHEL CAMILORendezvous (Columbia)The times, they are a changin', andMichel Camilo is not about to bestanding alone at the bus stop look-ing at his watch. During a recenttour through Japan, Michel sensed atransformation brewing on the dis-tant horizon. Are listeners starting toperceive bop revisionism as theeasy out? Besides his lively side,perhaps acquired from hisDominican Republic roots, MichelCamilo's artistry has always emittedblazing energy and new approach-es. Rendezvous is just that squared.Working with super -drummer DaveWeckl and electric contrabassistAnthony Jackson was a blast fromCamilo's past, but the compositionson Rendezvous are innovative inthat they signal a more churningswell of energy. There's more"thunk" and "whack" here, morethunderous, vicious purpose. True,Camilo's sound has always beenaggressive, but these arrangements,along with a more cavernous roomsound, provide extra TNT. Live wiretracks like Tropical Jam, Blacky andAs One sting, and Albertina andCamilo's unique remake of Caravan
possess a poise all their own. Butthe expansive production bodeswell with the more pensive strainsof Remembrance, which proves tohe the set's emotional milestone.
ROY HARGROVEOf Kindred Souls (Novus/RCA)
With a staggering fifty-two adds itsfirst week out, this fourth recordingby Roy Hargrove ices him as anautomatic Gavin Jazz chart -buster.Hargrove is no longer just a gifted
horn player, Of Kindred Souls spot-lights him as a highly capable band-leader. Live recordings tell no liesand Hargrove, with three discsworth of material under his belt,realizes that as his band grows, sodoes Roy. He's not content to tread
water, so thislive packagecontains allnew material.Antonio Harthas beenreplaced bytenor/sopranosax playerRon Blake,and the shiftfrom alto totenor sidekickresults in afuller sound.A moody bal-lad like ForRockelle dis-plays theband's moreweightedfoundation.Hargrove feelsconfident withpianist Marc
Cary and the swing factor is securewith bassist Rodney Whitaker anddrummer Gregory Hutchinson, astalwart player somewhere betweenElvin Jones and Art Blakey.
Homelife Revisited is a fluid mid -tempo piece that features someburning cameos by Hargrove andhis new tenor partner. As thesoloists lay in and out, the unrelent-ing groove is constant. Make nomistake, things can still get wired.The Left Side begins with a slow,bluesy Hargrove serenade thenambushes the crowd with a thump-ing, quick -paced beat. Check outthe intriguing contrast betweenBlake's liquid soprano and Roy'sbrutal trumpet runs.
MICHELE ROSEWOMANTRIOOccasion To Rise (Evidence)In formulating her own style of pianoconversation, Michele Rosewomanhas probed many important juncturesin jazz history. She's fluent in Monk,Bill Evans and Bud Powell, but herinfluences don't end there. Duringthe early seventies, Rosewoman wasprofoundly affected by the free jazzmovements, spearheaded by forceslike the BAG (Black Artists Group)and free form sax players like OliverLake and Julius Hemphill. During thatera, Cecil Taylor's unrelenting pound-ing clusters and dense rhythms gath-ered momentum and put the finalzap on Rosewoman's style. Whilemany players bask in the comfortableglow of fifties retro bop, Rose -womanadopts the more inclusive vision ofsubsequent turbulent decades. OTR is
Going
Top 10
Jeff lorberWorth Waiting For
Contact: Rachel Lewis (212) 333.8119 Jennifer Phelps (212) 333.8347
Laura FygiBewitched
"After 2 top charting records in ;`it was hard not to take notice
of her captivating voice. Good Morning Heartache has been one of
est reaction records to date."-Mike Fisher, WNUA
GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
JAZZ/ADULT ALTERNATIVE
POST -BOP2W LW TW
3 3 1 JOSHUA REDMAN - Joshua Redman (Warner Bros.)
2 2 2 JOE HENDERSON - so near, so far (Musings For Miles) (Verve/PolyGram)
9 6 3 VINCENT HERRING - Secret Love (Music Masters)
16 4 4 MULGREW MILLER - Hand In Hand (Novus/RCA)
1 1 5 VANESSA RUBIN - Pastiche (Novus/RCA)
10 5 6 LYLE MAYS w/M. JOHNSON & J. DeJOHNETTE - Fictionary (Geffen)
17 8 7 BIRELI LAGRENE - Standards (Blue Note)
26 9 8 LEWIS NASH - Rhythm Is My Business (Evidence)
8 7 9 RACHEL Z - Trust The Universe (Columbia)
15 12 10 CECIL BRIDGEWATER - I Love Your Smile (Bluemoon)
14 11 11 RENEE ROSNES - Without Words (Blue Note)
22 16 12 EDDIE DANIELS - Under The Influence (GRP)
- 19 13 BOBBY WATSON - Tailor Made (Columbia)
21 17 14 JAE SINNETT - Blue Jae (J -Nett)
6 10 15 LEE RITENOUR - Wes Bound (GRP)
18 13 16 LAVERNE BUTLER - No Looking Back (Chesky)
27 24 17 HANK CRAWFORD - South -Central (Milestone)
- 27 18 DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND - Jelly (Columbia)
NEV, 19 MARK WHITFIELD - Mark Whitfield (Warner Bros.)
23 23 20 JOE SAMPLE - Invitation (Warner Bros.)
20 22 21 KERMIT RUFFINS - World On A String (Justice)
29 26 22 PETER ERSKINE - You Never Know (ECM)
4 14 23 DANILO PEREZ - Danilo Perez (Novus/RCA)
30 29 24 MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - Promenade With Duke (Blue Note)
5 21 25 KENNY DREW, JR. - A Look Inside (Antilles/PolyGram)
7 15 26 JAMES WILLIAMS - Meets The Saxophone Masters (DIW/Columbia)
- 28 27 FRED HERSCH GROUP - Dancing In The Dark (Chesky)
13 20 28 CHARLES EAPLAND - Unforgettable (Muse)
NEW 29 KENNY BARRON - Sambao (Verve/PolyGram)
NEW 30 MICHELE ROSEWOMAN TRIO - Occasion To Rise (Evidence)
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5 2 2 LEE RITENOUR - Wes Bound (GRP)
4 1 3 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - The New Edge (GRP)
7 7 4 SPECIAL EFX - Play (JVC)
24 16 5 JEFF LORBER - Worth Waiting For (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
20 11 6 MICHAEL FRANKS - Dragonfly Summer (Reprise)
3 3 7 STEVE LAURY - Keepin' The Faith (Denon)
1 5 8 STING - Ten Summoners Tales (A&M)
11 9 9 KILAUEA - Spring Break (Brainchild)
15 10 10 KIRK WHALUM - Cache (Columbia)
- 25 11 PAUL JACKSON. JR. - A River In The Desert (Atlantic)
8 13 12 BRIAN BROMBERG - Brian Bromberg (Nova)
9 14 13 RAY OBIEDO - Sticks And Stones (Windham Hill Jazz)
14 19 14 MARS LASAR - The Eleventh Hour (Real Music)
NEW 15 TOWER OF POWER - TOP (Epic)
10 8 16 THE JAllMASTERS feat. PAUL HARDCASTLE - Jazzmasters (JVC)
6 6 17 RICHARD ELLIOT - Soul Embrace (Manhattan)
16 18 18 LAUREN CHRISTY - Lauren Christy (Mercury)
- 20 19 ABRAHAM LABORIEL - Dear Friends (Bluemoon)
12 12 20 CHUCK LOEB - Mediterranean (DMP)
19 22 21 OYSTEIN SEVAG - Link (Windham Hill)
27 24 22 YANNI - In My Time (Private Music)
28 28 23 FOWLER AND BRANCA - Etched In Stone (Silver Wave)
13 23 24 BLUE KNIGHTS - Cool Groove Styles (IC/DA)
NEW_ 25 DAN SIEGEL - The Getaway (Sin-Drome)
18 17 26 KENNY G - Breathless (Arista)
22 30 27 JOE SAMPLE - Invitation (Warner Bros.)
23 - 28 YUTAKA - Another Sun (GRP)
21 21 29 POCKET CHANGE feat. DAVID PATT - Mediterranean Affair (Brainchild)
- 26 30 ZACHARY BREAUX - Groovin' (NYC)
Post -Bop complied by a sample of Jazz intensive reportsCommercial Adult compiled by a sample of Adult Intensive reports
an important nineties recordingbecause it spotlights Rosewoman'sheavier and bolder touch, signifyingan expansive new edge that manyfans search for in new recordings.Ralph Peterson and Rufus Reidanswer the rhythmic call toRosewoman's explosive activism.Like pianist Geri Allen, Rosewomanis a modern day lightning rod tothe innovations of the past and thetense uncertainties of today. Checkout West Africa, First Trip, LeeMorgan's Nite Flite and Coltrane'sLazy Bird.
HAL MELIAWaduyathink? (Positive Music)First with trumpeter BobbyMilitello, and now with frenziedsaxman Hal Melia, Positive Musicagain lands in the good graces ofacoustic bop. This disc begins witha one -two -three punch sequence,poised for a knockout. Tracks likeBlues For Hoonie, Invitation andWaduyathink? twist and turn withMelia's tenor fury. Bassist BobBowen whittles his fingers to bonekeeping up with the demandingtempos, and pianists Kenny Drew,Jr. and Jeff Hufnagle jockeybetween blinding rhythm andrazored solo attacks. Other sweep-ing entries include the standardsWhat Is This Thing Called Love?and In Walked Bud. Hal Melia'sdebut is filled with high -wire per-formances, having just made itsGavin Jazz chart debut and surgingupward.
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANTBUDAPEST (UNITY)
Having recorded a few sides withGRP Records during the AA reign ofAndreas Vollenweider, harpistDeborah Henson -Conant took sometime off and relocated to the UnityLabel group. Budapest is chiefly anunpretentious collaboration withSpecial EFX's Chieli Minucci andGeorge Jinda. Together with Jinda'svast array of exotic percussion,Henson-Conant's latest is almostentirely acoustic performances.Adult Alternative will bask in thesunny arrangements of Fool Of TheWorld and Coqueta. Many of theremaining tracks are intimate duetsbetween harp and Jinda's organicAfro -Brazilian percussion arsenal.The title track, another worthwhileAA airplay piece, starts off sparebut gravitates toward a skillfulblend of percussion, bass, sopranosax and overdubbed guitars andsynths. Henson-Conant's harp andscatting vocals mesh in and out ofthis engaging musical mosaic. Untilnow, Henson-Conant's releaseshave drawn considerable compar-isons to other harp players. Withthe more individualistic Budapest,hopefully that's all behind her.
MARS LASAR
FROM: Sydney, Australia
LABEL: Real Music
CONTACT: Kenny Altman
(415) 331.8273
ATEST RELEASE: The
Eleventh Hour
"I tend to think
of music as a sound story-a
vision picture. The power of
creation exists in all of us."
Classically
trained synthesist/key-
boardist joined Fairlight
Computer Musical
Instruments as staff compos-
er and held an R&D post. He
trained Alan Parsons and Kate
Bush on the keyboard's func-
tions. Lasar also did program-
ming and arranging for Seal's
first album. "The Eleventh
Hour, my second solo disc,"
says Mars "is my most
focused and accessible
recording to date."
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Early Tangerine Dream, Alan
Parsons, Kraftwerk
FAVORITE RECORD: Pink
Floyd - Animals (Columbia)
UTURE PLANS: Exploring
interactive music, as in CD
ROM Interactive; Long form
vioeo for The Eleventh Hour;
Motion picture soundtrack for
Cyborg III to be recorded this
summer in Africa.
Surrealistic art
Supermarket
music
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ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - The New Edge (GRP)
LEE RITENOUR - Wes Bound (GRP)
TOM GRANT - The View From Here (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
MICHAEL FRANKS - Dragonfly Summer (Reprise)
SPECIAL EFX - Play (JVC)
KILAUEA - Spring Break (Brainchild)
STING - Ten Summoner's Tales (A&M)
ABRAHAM LABORIEL - Dear Friends (Bluemoon)
HENRY JOHNSON - New Beginnings (Heads Up)
THE JAllMASTERS feat. PAUL HARDCASTLE - Jai/masters (JVC)
JEFF LORBER - Worth Waiting For (Verve Forec,ast/PolyGram)
BRIAN BROMBERG - Brian Bromberg (Nova)
LAUREN CHRISTY - Lauren Christy (Mercury)
MARS LASAR - The Eleventh Hour (Real Music)
OYSTEIN SEVAG - Link (Windham Hill)
RAY OBIEDO - Sticks And Stones (Windham Hill Jazz)
FOWLER AND BRANCA - Etched In Stone (Silver Wave)
KIRK WHALUM - Cache (Columbia)
CHUCK LOEB - Mediterranean (DMP)
MARK WHITFIELD - Mark Whitfield (Warner Bros.)
STEVE LAURY - Keepin' The Faith (Denon)
JOE SAMPLE - Invitation (Warner Bros.)
DAN SIEGEL - The Getaway (Sin-Drome)
TOWER OF POWER - TOP (Epic)
STEVE BACH - City Magic (Valley Vue)
YUTAKA - Another Sun (GRP)
WILTON FELDER - Forever, Always (PAR)
YANNI - In My Time (Private Music)
BRUCE HORNSBY - Harbor Lights (RCA)
PAUL JACKSON, JR. - A River In The Desert (Atlantic)
SONYA JASON - Tigress (Discovery)
ERIC LEEDS - Things Left Unsaid (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
POCKET CHANGE feat. DAVID PATT - Mediterranean Affair (Brainchild)
CLANNAD - Anam (Atlantic)
BLUE KNIGHTS - Cool Groove Styles (IC/DA)
RICHARD ELLIOT - Soul Embrace (Manhattan)
ZACHARY BREAUX - Groovin' (NYC)
JOHN TESH - Monterey Nights (GTS)
KIM PENSYL - Eyes Of Wonder (GRP)
DAVE VALENTIN - Red Sun (GRP)
HUBERT LAWS - My Time Will Come (Music Masters)
RAY KELLEY - From The Heart (Resort)
BOY ON A DOLPHIN - Boy On A Dolphin (Modern/Atlantic)
GIL GOLDSTEIN & ROMERO LUBAMBO - Infinite Love (Big World)
INCOGNITO - Tribes, Vibes And Scribes (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
DAVE SAMUELS - Del Sol (GRP)
KENNY G - Breathless (Arista)
CHRIS ISAAK - San Francisco Days (Reprise)
THE SOTO KOTO BAND - The Soto Koto Band (Higher Octave)
COURTNEY PINE - To The Eyes Of Creation (4th & Broadway/Island/PLG)
Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
Most AddedJOHN BOSWELL (8)
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT (7)
DAN SIEGEL (7)
JEFF LORBER (6)
DAVE GRUSIN (5)
Top Tip
KIM PENSYL
Eyes Of Wonder(GRP)
DAVE VALENTIN
Red Sun
(GRP)Our two highest arrived in the samebox. Kim Pensyl's sketches enter at#39 while Dave Valentin is rightbehind him at #40!
RECORD TO WATCH
ZAP MAMAAdventures In
Afropea 1(Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.)
A unique blend of African andEuropean roots gives Zap
Mama the zap!
CPATSY MOORE (Warner Bros.)
MICHAEL GETTEL ilarada)
CUSCO [Higher Octave)
* JOHN BOSWELL (Hearts Of Space)
VIVIANNE McKONE (London/PolyGram)
RACHEL Z (Columbia)
AARON NEVILLE (A&M)
* AL DiMEOLA iTomato/Meas Bluemoon)
* SUNNY WILKINSON (Positive Music)
* PETE BARDENS (Miramar)
* SIGNATURE/BILL O'CONNELL (Bluemoon)
* ZAP MAMA Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.)
BRUCE DUNLAP (Chesky)
Dropped: #35 Raif Illenberger, #41 Porcupine,
#46 Roberto Perera, #47 Earl Klugh,
Norman Connors.
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"Already anestablished composer,Beal charts inventive
new directions onThree Graces."Gary Vercelli, KXJZ,
Sacramento
"This is music of substancewell rooted in the ja27 tradition
with a modern edge."Dr. Brad Stone, KSJS, San Jose
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Susan B. LevinMarco Cutrone Bob Ruttenberg212-603-8732 805-376-2505New York Los Angeles
I et o oloThe Rise Of Album Adult Alternative And
Its Place In The Adult Radio Revolution
BY KENT ZIMNIERMAN
"We need to protectwhat it is we'vebuilt. We can't let itslip away this time."Jim Trapp is calling from KZON's
production room in Phoenix.Naturally he's in an up mood.Station billing has hit the roof, mostof the day parts are sold out. Yet asone of the new breed of broadcast-ers trying to lure adults back to rockn roll music radio, he's well awareof the battle that still lies ahead.
"We're certainly not done.Nothing's been proven yet."What the hell happened to Album
Radio? Founded on a free form plat-form, that sense of open road free-dom became its undoing. After anear -lethal dose of self-indulgenceduring the seventies, the birth of theLee Abrams Superstar format turnedAlbum Radio predictable and stale.Album Radio became not only acollection of pre -determined corpo-rate currents, it became victim of itsown legacy of the same Who andLed Zeppelin songs over and overand over ad nauseam.The good news lies with a group
of some forty -odd radio stations thatare determined to lure boomersback to their portion of the dial."I hate describing WWCD, but here
it is," says music director JaneWang. "Quality music for peoplewho grew up on rock n roll but aretired of the same 200 songs overand over."It's being done-and done differ-
ently in each market-from Seattleto San Francisco to Austin toMartha's Vineyard. But it's no easytask. Radio knows first hand howhard it is to lure listeners back after
they've left the fold. But optimismprevails."I see a wide path for KMTT [The
Mountain] in terms of available cur-rent music to program," says ChrisMays from Seattle. "In fact, you candrive a Mack truck through it.
"In choosing our artists, the divid-ing line is often whether or not theyhave roots during the FM under-ground era of radio, whether or notthey may be A/C. We like artistslike James Taylor, Tina Turner andRobert Palmer, all being shunnedby AOR."We don't need to be the fourth
station playing Queensryche whenno one else is playing Marc Cohn.""Look at it simplistically," says
Dennis Constantine, a veteran ofsixteen years at KBCO-Boulder,"Over -thirty year -olds grew up withTop Forty and Album Radio. TopForty has A/C for their listeners togrow into. Album Radio has had nosuch equivalent. All we have is clas-sic rock. Perhaps this new format isour version of A/C's role."Constantine, who con-
sults some of the keyAlbum Adult Alternativestations, like Trapp'sKZON, KQPT-Sacramento, KGSR-Austin, KBCO-Boulderand more, sees a contin-uation of the adult radiorevolution that startedand lingered for sixteenyears at KBCO and wassparked four years agowith AA and NAC.This brand of Album Adult
Alternative is called a lot of things,from Triple A to PAR. What itamounts to is a new breed ofAlbum Adult Alternative, a mind -setthat's much more rock -oriented thanthe Gavin Adult Alternative and Jazzsections started four year ago on a
similar pretext-that is, regainingthe trust of the boomers."Technically you guys [Gavin] tried
to do this four years ago with AdultAlternative," says WMVY's JeffDamon, "Except it veered moretoward Jazz and instrumental. Thishas to do with rock n roll andsinger/songwriters."As with Alternative and AA, the
signals may be both commercial ornon-commercial. At KERA in Dallas,Jeff Luchinger inherited a new NPRmomentum."Our biggest listening draw is still
news shows like Morning Editionand All Things Considered. Inselecting a musical direction, wewent for what would appeal to thatsame listener."Three years ago we received a
research grant to find out whatmusic appealed to NPR listeners.That led us to singer/songwriterslike John Gorka, Joe Henry, ShawnColvin, David Wilcox and otherswho were lost in the radio shuffle.
"We're not killing anybody in theratings with our 2.0 share in metro-politan Dallas [which, according toLuchsinger, has a median age of justunder forty], but it's an ongoingthing. Then again, WXRT's NormWiner never set out to kill anybodyin the ratings. He strived for listenerloyalty, so that's our formula."
"Radio is basically a
11mood service," citesConstantine, "Button -pushers have becometheir own program direc-tors. Each station catersto a specific mooddepending on whetherthe listener wants torelax or party. If theycan depend on you for aset mood, a loyalty willdevelop. Deviate, andthe listener may loose
faith in your station."What "it" is depends on where you
are. And "viva la difference" say alot of programmers.
"Record companies need to learnthat each market represents a differ-ent approach," says Wang, "Whenwe play Porno For Pyros yet don't
play Radiohead, please don't argue.We like to feel like we know whatwe're doing."If you move from Columbus, Ohio
to Corpus Christi, Texas, the feelingis the same. Different locales breeddifferent approaches.
"Since Corpus Christi is predomi-nantly a blue collar town with alarge percentage of Hispanics, wewere perceived as too mellow whenwe played a lot of instrumentalmusic," says KWVS' Jane St. John."Historically, Corpus has been
resistant to change, so the toughest
road for us is breaking new musicand educating our listeners toLeonard Cohen or the GinBlossoms."In dealing with our station, you
have to remember that CorpusChristi isn't Austin or Minneapolis.Since we're a coastal, beach -orient-ed city, reggae bands like BlackUhuru go down well. Yet our mixcan include things as diverse asTragically Hip, Symon Asher, 4 NonBlondes as well as requests forLenny Kravitz."Blending songwriters, rock n roll,
reggae and blues with Alternativemusic, again, varies depending onwho you talk to and where theylive."We're the kind of station for the
person who still reads RollingStone's record reviews. R.E.M.,Television and Chris Isaak are rightup our gumbo. That's what sepa-rates us-eclectic variety." saysKTHX's Bruce Van Dyke in Reno,Nevada.Yet KZON's Jim Trapp suggests
extreme caution in dealing with thewrong Alternative bands."Just because there's a vocal young
38 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
audience behind a band doesn'tnecessarily mean we have to followthem. This format has to be heart-beat driven, rhythmic and metabolicin feel. Once you find your rhythm,don't deviate because of the hype."
Still, Gary Wolter at KIOT in SantaFe sees incorporating Alternativebands as a natural evolution, pro-vided it's a slow one.
"Our evolution from world musicto more vocal band wasn't that radi-cal since we were already playingbands like R.E.M. and XTC. Byweeding out some of the ""wimpy"fusion music and offering commer-cial consistency, our clients feelmore up front. It was beginning tobecome a matter of, 'If you're per-ceived as background music, thenwhere's my spot?' Now we're morein -your -face with the music."Ironically, Columbia's Todd Bisson,
a longtime supporter of deviatedalbum and Alternative radio, seescertain key Country acts as a "secretweapon.""I see artists-and I know they
happen to be mine-like WillieNelson, Rosanne Cash and evenRodney Crowell as important. Yet itseems that some programmers havethe same aversion toCountry that Alternativeonce had for metalbands-an aversion thatproved to be unfoundedwith the Alternative suc-cess of bands likeAnthrax and Alice InChains."But what of the elusive
adult listener? This isn'tthe first time they'vebeen courted then jiltedat the altar for the likes ofPrince and Madonna."As far as adults are concerned,
radio has betrayed them," statesDennis Constantine, "Getting backtheir trust is going to be hard. Auniverse of adults have stopped lis-tening to radio. Radio is now justone listening opportunity. We needto get people back from their tapesand CDs."Besides fighting off controlled lis-
tening environments, sometimes
your local environment can be yourbiggest ally, as is the case withsongwriter -rich Austin, Texas.
"Some disenfranchisementoccurred when free -form wasreplaced by formats," admits KGSR'sJody Denberg, "However it's notnecessarily a radio vendetta againstthe people.
"I see a return to regional radio asopposed to cookie cutter formats.We have a strong Austin flavor withbands like the Thunderbirds, AsleepAt The Wheel and Poi DogPondering. Our music and promo-tions have become Austin -oriented."Denberg also incorporates-and
day parts-lots of hard Alternativemusic."It's not hard to incorporate. We've
always dabbled in the mainstreamwith R.E.M., U2 and Sinead. Theharder stuff like Frank Black,American Music Club, Midnight Oiland bits of the Waterboys can beheard at night as well the occasion-al daytime shot.
"Otherwise our core consists ofartists like Chris Isaak, ShawnColvin, Paul Simon and Sting."And-by the way-ratings and
sales at KGSR have doubled overthe last two years, which isn't along time to shape a new radio
direction."I distinctly remember
Alternative radio havinga much slower growthpattern, which is bothgood and bad," saysRadioActive's HarryLevy, "Since comingfrom Alternative anddoing this [Album AdultAlternative] for a year,it's grown rapidly onlyover the last six months.In fact, one major mar-
ket radio guy said, `If you weren'tcalling me before the GavinSeminar meeting, forget it! I don'thave time for you."The Gavin Seminar "meeting" was
what shaped Gavin's entry into theAlbum Adult Alternative arena. Afterfour years of nurturing AA and Jazz,the viability of attracting adults witha special portion of rock n rollbecame inevitable. It's already beentested by some of the AOR specialty
trades, but Gavin took the betterpart of eight months to determinethe right sample and methods. Thekey ideas came during GavinSeminar '93 when a high-poweredassembly of radio, music, retail andmanagement folk crammed twomeeting rooms."The feel in that room
afterward was tremen-dous," remembers Trapp."The great part is the
untapped non -radio lis-tening audience outthere," says Levy, "I havethis theory. Nobody likesto feel old. When theywalk into a Tower andfeel weird, it's notbecause they're old, it'sbecause they're intimi-dated."There's such a thing as a loyalty
factor in promotion as well as withradio securing listeners. People likeJim Trapp or [WWCD's1 Tom Tueberwant to hear about "formatics' more
Big Head Todd & The Monsters,"Howarth says alluding to GiantRecord's latest Album AdultAlternative conquest from Colorado.Since their association with John
Bradley's SBR Consultancy, KFOG-San Francisco has returned to thestation's original vision, as seen by
then -PD Dave Logan."Callers are excited
about a radio stationagain," says Howarth,"People who have givenup on radio are cominghack. They may notknow all the groups, buthey, they're certainlyinterested and willing tolearn.""It makes me feel good
to see that I'm dealingwith a section that fea-
tures artists like Rosanne Cash andDarden Smith," says KTAO's BradHockmeyer, another radio veteranof numerous trends living in sereneTaos, New Mexico.
"I've always felt like a weird station."Frankly, it's not all that new.
Stations like KBCO and what we'redoing here isn't much different fromwhat I was doing in radio in 1977.
"We get the best feedback from lis-teners. In essence Taos has becomea suburb of Los Angeles. We getcalls from tourists who wish wewere in LA."Next stop should be the major
markets. Like programmers of earlyAA pioneers The Wave, KLSK (nowKIOT), KIFM, KBLX and WNUAmany displaced adult broadcastersfound America's cities huge bastionsof the disenfranchised and radio -disappointed. Still, stations will riseand unique adult format attemptswill fall. That's a given. But inputting together this section, we atGavin see the long range potentialnot merely in not putting together asimple music chart so much asbuilding a new music -based Gavinadult radio community that stillbelieves in the on -going power of
rock n roll. A new, com-puter -literate power -basegeneration, if you will.Combine our AJC, AAand Jazz and it stacks upto the strongest adultcommitment in theindustry."Our demographic isn't
going away," cites thirty-nine year -old Jim Trapp,"We'll always be the rollof fat in terms of the
MI Hoau n
than just what record you're work-ing."Accessing the record industry's
current confusion over how to han-dle this "emerging beast," Levyoffers,"All areas of a record company
need to be hip to this. That includespromotion, sales, A&R and market-ing.""I think you're going to see record
companies respondingon the marketing andA&R level first," predictsLevy, "Someone like aSteve Ralbovsky atElektra signs a NanciGriffith and is smartenough to know that heneeds a place to go forradio play."But what of the retail
beach fronts? Is it timeyet to storm?"We get about twenty
calls a day for Sonia Dada," saysKFOG-San Francisco's RosalieHowarth."I see lots of music -hungry con-
sumers not wedded to just thesuperstars and certainly not afraidof bands with silly names. They'requite willing to memorize the name
American population.Mark my words, when we get old,social security will still be working.We've learned a lot over the longhaul, and with due respectto the Generation Xers, Ithink the Boomers will beholding th it power basefor a ver )ng time."
GAVIN MAY 2 1 , 1993 39
ALBUM ADULT ALTERNATIVE
Most Added
DONALD FAGEN (26)
PETE TOWNSHEND (9)
DIESEL (6)
COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON
(6)
AZTEC CAMERA (5)
DIRE STRAITS (5)
Top Tip
BOY ON A DOLPHIN
(Modern/Atlantic)
THE DEVLINS
(Capitol)Gavin history-our first AlbumAdult Alternative Top Tips! SplendidBritish songwriter band Boy On ADolphin debuts at #31 followedclosely by the Devlins' super fineIrish rock n roll at #32.
RECORD TO WATCH
TAB BENOITNice & Warm
(Justice)
Our first Record To Watch tip comes
from KFOG's Rosalie Howarth who
reports hot retail response once stores
are stocked.
* DIESEL (Giant/Warner Bros.)
* COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON
(Capricorn/Warner Bros.)
" ROI STEWART FROM MTV'S UNPLUGEED
(Warner Bros.)
JOHN + MARY (Ryko)
KINSEY REPORT (Point Blank Virgin)
DIRE STRAITS (Warner Bros.)
TAB BENOIT (Justice)
NEW ORDER (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
10,000 MANIACS (Elektra)
AZTEC CAMERA (Reprise)
AARON NEVILLE (A&M)
Dropped: None! Debut week!
Welcome A'Welcome to Gavin's latest expan-sion into adult radio. We hope youlike this week's premiere. We wishwe could take credit for how thesection evolved, but truly can't.Most of what you're holding inyour hand is a result of eightmonths of intensive radio andmusic industry feedback. Youspoke. We listened.
Being a Gavin Album AdultAlternative reporter won't only beabout reporting and cranking outcharts. It'll be about building apower base of people gung-hoabout changing the face of rock nroll radio, which means dedicatedhours of listening to music, fieldingphone calls, huddling together insweaty seminar meeting roomsand charting a course for the musicwe love. Please read this week'scover story. It explains the spiritbehind this new section. If youweren't included in the article,don't panic. Gavin will be profilingyour unique approach to broad-casting, promotion and marketingin the weeks to come, so get thosehead shots ready. You may be ournext call.
There was considerable discus-sion as to whether or not weshould include a chart. Since you'reaccustomed to tracking sheets andratings books, you should feel rightat home here. The Gavin A3Boomer Grid is designed to bework -functional, so get out thoseyellow highlighters and mark thissucker up. Behold the information!
Next, the name. For four yearswe've used the phrase AdultAlternative. Again, the consensuswas to stay "in the pocket" insteadof forging yet another cute name orconfusing set of initials. Keep itsimple and get on with the music.So we did.
One favor, please. Bear in mind,this is just the beginning. In theyears to come, we hope to accom-plish what we've seen happen infour years working with Gavin Jazzand Adult Alternative. That is,sparks, controversy, intensity, dis-cussion and-ultimately-unity.
Thanks to all of you who madethis section a reality. Those of youwho made "the trek" know whoyou are. The rest of ya, climbaboard!
A3 New Releases
DANNY GATTONCruisin' Deuces (Elektra)If instrumental music is a provenadult radio ingredient, this is a god-send. Danny Gatton's principal chal-lenge has always been fitting theonstage pyrotechnics onto a fiveinch digital biscuit. Since you can'tplay guitar with a beer bottle oralight your guitar on CD (not yet,anyway), you record a stunner likethis. Not since Lonnie Mack's WhamOf The Memphis Man has hillbillyelectric guitar sounded so jumpin'.While Danny and his band jumpsthrough hoops of fire, they can alsopull off melodic wonders like myfave, Sky King. Check out So Good,the Sun Medley (starring DelbertMcClinton), Tragedy and that oldchestnut Harlem Nocturne. Yes,that's Rodney Crowell singing BuddyHolly's It Doesn't Matter Anymore.
FREEDY JOHNSTONunlucky (Bar/None)This EP was probably rushed out tocoincide with Freedy Johnston'sunplugged tour with Johnny Cleggand David Baerwald. If you're aren'tfriends with the The Lucky One offhis last album Can You Fly, here's asecond chance. Also included is askeletal cover of Glen Campbell'sWichita Lineman. Fans of NeilYoung and Paul Westerberg willtake quickly to Freedy, one ofAmerica's latest flames.
IAIN MATTHEWSSkeleton Keys (Mesa)There's not enough ink on God'searth to transmit my feelings forsuch Ian (as he was called then)Matthews albums as If You SawThrough My Eyes, Amelia Earhartand Valley High. His is the voicethat is pure and unfaltering andjudging from Skeleton Keys, he stillwears it well. A story/song likeJumping Off The Roof is still puttyin his hands. God's Empty Chair is ateary, folky homage to Miles Davis.Always aware of conducive environ-ments, this one was recorded inAustin, and the playing is assparkling as the singing. Once a styl-ist, lain now writes most of histunes. Old friends and new fans willlove this latest dozen. Note: If YouSaw Through My Eyes and TigersWill Survive are now on one importCD on the Vertigo label. Call yourpusher today. Meanwhile cherishthis one.
DARDEN SMITH
F ROM: Brenham,Texas
LATEST RELEASE:
Little Victories
LABEL: Chaos
HE SAYS: "It takes me so
long to write a record. I had to
stop touring, get my life
together and write songs for a
year. I went through a really
hard period in 1991. Over the
course of touring for two
years, you get disjointed,
which threw my personal life
into a tizzy. 1 couldn't get a
grip. It took me forty songs to
get ten good ones."
IT'S SAID Little Victories,
his fifth record, is Darden's phi-
losophy of life. The core song
is "Dream's A Dream," whose
chorus-"I knew what I was
doing/I'd do it all over"-sig-
na's any lack of regret. "Little
Victories," explains Darden, "is
all about the little decisions
that we make day-to-day that
shape us as people."
TOUR DETAILS:
Currently on Shawn Colvin's
Fat City tour.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Woody Guthrie, Chip Taylor and
Paul Kelly.
LIKES: "I love a certain
amount of tension and chaos,
no pun intended. 1 love walking
through a crowded market-
place in London, or New York's
Chinatown or Little Italy, feel-
ing anonymous among the ten-
sion -filled masses. That's how I
like to move through life."
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MIDNIGHT OIL - Truganini, Drums Of Heaven, In The Valley (Columbia)
PORNO FOR PYROS - Cursed Female, Pets (Warner Bros.)
NEW ORDER - Regret, World, Liar, Chemical, Everyone (Owest/Warner Bros.)
FRANK BLACK - Los Angeles, Hang Onto Your Ego, I Heard Ramona (4-AD/Elektra)
RADIOHEAD - Creep, Vegetable, Stop Whispering, Anyone Can Play (Capitol)
PRIMUS - My Name Is Mud (Interscope/Atlantic)
CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing, San Francisco, Solitary (Reprise)
DEPECHE MODE - I Feel You, Walking, Mercy, Caress, Judas, Condemnation (Sire/Reprise)
WORLD PARTY - Is It Like Today, All I Gave (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)
POSIES - Dream All Day, Solar Sister, Flavor, Love Letter (DGC)
SUEDE - Metal Mickey, Drowners, She's Not Dead, Animal Nitrate (Nude/Columbia)
P.J. HARVEY - 50 Ft. Queenie, Highway 61, Rid Of Me, Man -Size (Island/PLG)
DAVID BOWIE - Jump They Say, I Know It's Gonna, Miracle (Savage/BMG)
PERE UBU - Sleepwalk, Kathleen (Imago)
LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way, Efeutheria (Virgin)
X - Country At War (Mercury)
BELLY - Slow Dog, Feed The Tree, Gepetto, Angel (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
VELOCITY GIRL - Audrey's Eyes, Crazy Town, Pop Loser (Sub Pop)
JUDYBATS - Being Simple, Ugly On The Outside, Incredible (Sire/Warner Bros.)
ELEVENTH OREAMDAY - Makin' Like A Rug, After This, Figure (Atlantic)
THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger (Island/PLG)
BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Who Was In My Room, Chewin' (Capitol)
TRASH CAN SINATRAS - Hayfever, Bloodrush (Go!/London/PLG)
SEBADOH - Soul & Fire, Two Years, Fantastic, Emma (Sub Pop)
STING - Fields Of Gold, Faith, Seven Days, Love Is Stronger (A&M)
WATERBOYS - The Return Of Pan (Geffen)
THE THE - Slow Emotion, Love Is Stronger, Dogs Of Lust (Epic)
AIMEE MANN - I Should've Known (Imago)
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Over And Done, Johnny Mathis' Feet (Reprise)
ADORABLE - Sunshine Smile, Favourite, Sistine, Glorious (SBK/ERG)
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - She Kissed Me (Columbia)
MADDER ROSE - Beautiful John, Swim (Seed)
LIVING COLOUR - Nothingness, Leave It Alone, Ignorance, Mind Your Own (Epic)
SUGAR - Come Around, JC Auto (Rykodisc)
DANIEL LANOIS - Latta Love To Give, Still Learning (Warner Bros.)
BRYAN FERRY - I Put A Spell On You, Will You, Just One (Reprise)
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin)
FLUID - Mr. Blameshifter (Hollywood)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Driving Aloud, Yip Song, Arms Of Love, Serpent (A&M)
HIS NAME IS ALIVE - In Every Ford (4 -AD)
HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Thing Of Beauty, This Is It, Your Nature (London/PLG)
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - Someday I Suppose, Simmer Down (Mercury)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush, (Atlantic)
PAW - Jessie (A&M)
THE BELOVED - Sweet Harmony (Atlantic)
DINOSAUR JR. - Start Choppin', Out There, What Else (Sire/Warner Bros.)
COP SHOOT COP - Surprise Surprise, Got No Soul, Seattle (Interscope/Atlantic)
AN EMOTIONAL FISH - Rain (Atlantic)
REV HORTON HEAT - Lonesome, Wiggle, Cocaine (Sub Pop)
NEGATIVLAND - I Am God, National, Harmonica (Seeland)
Most AddedTHE FALL
DRAMARAMA
UNREST
DEACON BLUE
THE BOSSTONES
Top lip
HIS NAME IS ALIVE
Mouth By Mouth(4 -AD)Mouth By Mouth is spreading stationby station! Debuts this week #40.
RECORD TO WATCH
THE MUFFSLUCKY GUY
(WARNER BROS.)This L.A. band is gettin' lucky
on KLZR, Live 105, KALX,WNUR, WXCI, etc.
Top Requests
RADIOHEAD
PORNO FOR PYROS
PRIMUS
NEW ORDER
BUTTHOLE SURFERS
11.0,11114011
ETHYL MEATPLOW - ''Devil's Johnson"
(C hameleon/Elektra)
POLVO - Today's Active... (Merge)
BOB GELDOF - The Happy Club (PolyGram/PLG)
CRANES Forever (Dedicated/RCA)
JOHNNY CLEGG - Heat, Dust And Dreams (Capitol)
Dropped: n34 Murray Attaway, #45 Grant Lee
Buffalo, #47 The Cows, #48 Widespread Panic.
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1 1 1 MIDNIGHT OIL - Truganini, Drums Of Heaven, In The Valley (Columbia)
4 6 2 NEW ORDER - Regret, World, Liar, Chemical, Everyone (QwestlWarner Bros.)
8 3 3 STING - Fields Of Gold, Faith, Seven Days, Love Is Stronger (A&M)
5 4 4 CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing, San Francisco, Solitary (Reprise)
6 5 5 DEPECHE MODE - I Feel You, Walking, Mercy, Caress, Judas, Condemnation (Sire/Reprise)
2 2 6 WORLD PARTY - Is It Like Today, All I Gave (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)
9 7 7 JUDYBATS - Being Simple, Ugly On The Outside, Incredible (Sire/Warner Bros.)
10 8 8 THE THE - Slow Emotion, Love Is Stronger, Dogs Of Lust (Epic)
15 10 9 RADIOHEAD - Creep, Vegetable, Stop Whispering, Anyone Can Play (Capitol)
- 18 10 POSIES - Dream All Day, Solar Sister, Flavor, Love Letter (DGC)
18 16 11 SUEDE - Metal Mickey, Drowners, She's Not Dead, Animal Nitrate (Nude/Columbia)
7 11 12 LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way, Eleutheria (Virgin)
21 21 13 PRIMUS - My Name Is Mud (Interscope/Atlantic)
11 13 14 BELLY - Slow Dog, Feed The Tree, Gepetto, Angel (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
- 15 15 WATERBOYS - The Return Of Pan (Geffen)
22 20 16 FRANK BLACK - Los Angeles, Hang Onto Your Ego, I Heard Ramona (4-AD/Elektra)
3 9 17 DAVID BOWIE - Jump They Say, I Know It's Gonna, Miracle (Savage/BMG)
30 19 18 X - Country At War (Mercury)
14 29 19 PORNO FOR PYROS - Cursed Female, Pets (Warner Bros.)
16 17 20 LIVING COLOUR - Nothingness, Leave It Alone, Ignorance, Mind Your Own (Epic)
26 25 21 PERE UBU - Sleepwalk, Kathleen (Imago)
- 22 22 AIMEE MANN - I Should've Known (Imago)
NEW 23 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - She Kissed Me (Columbia)
12 12 24 HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Thing Of Beauty, This Is It, Your Nature (London/PLG)
13 14 25 BRYAN FERRY - I Put A Spell On You, Will You, Just One (Reprise)
- 28 26 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin)
8 3 27 STING - Fields Of Gold, Faith, Seven Days, Love Is Stronger (A&M)
NEW 28 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger (Island/PLG)
NEW 29 TRASH CAN SINATRAS - Hayfever, Bloodrush (Go!/London/PLG)
NIA,f 30 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush. (Atlantic)
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20 4 1 P.J. HARVEY - 50 Ft. Weenie, Highway 61, Rid Of Me, Man -Size (Island/PLG)
12 2 2 SEBADOH - Soul & Fire, Two Years, Fantastic, Emma (Sub Pop)
8 8 3 PRIMUS - My Name Is Mud (Interscope/Atlantic)
1 1 4 FRANK BLACK - Los Angeles, Hang Onto Your Ego, I Heard Ramona (4-AD/Elektra)
10 9 5 ELEVENTH DREAMDAY - Makin' Like A Rug, After This, Figure (Atlantic)
5 5 6 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Over And Done, Johnny Mathis' Feet (Reprise)
11 7 7 PORNO FOR PYROS - Cursed Female, Pets (Warner Bros.)
4 6 8 VELOCITY GIRL - Audrey's Eyes, Crazy Town, Pop Loser (Sub Pop)
NEW 9 POSIES - Dream All Day, Solar Sister, Flavor, Love Letter (DGC)
18 16 10 MIDNIGHT OIL - Truganini, Drums Of Heaven, In The Valley (Columbia)
6 11 11 MADDER ROSE - Beautiful John, Swim (Seed)
19 12 12 MONSTER MAGNET - Twin Earth, Face Down (A&M)
- 13 13 NEGATIVLAND - I Am God, National, Harmonica (Seeland)
2 3 14 BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Who Was In My Room, Chewin' (Capitol)
15 15 15 POLVO - Time Isn't, Shishka (Merge)
27 25 16 SUEDE - Metal Mickey, Drowners, She's Not Dead, Animal Nitrate (Nude/Columbia)
17 17 17 HIS NAME IS ALIVE - In Every Ford (4 -AD)
3 10 18 SUGAR - Come Around, JC Auto (Rykodisc)
7 14 19 THE COWS - Sexy Pee, Blown, Lashes (Amphetamine Reptile)
28 20 20 FLUID - Mr. Blameshifter (Hollywood)
- 22 21 REV. HORTON HEAT - Lonesome, Wiggle, Cocaine (Sub Pop)
14 21 22 ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Driving Aloud, Yip Song, Arms Of Love, Serpent (A&M)
NEW 23 PERE UBU - Sleepwalk, Kathleen (Imago)
24 24 24 CHRIS ISAAK - Can't Do A Thing, San Francisco, Solitary (Reprise)
- 30 25 X - Country At War (Mercury)
29 29 26 RADIOHEAD - Creep, Vegetable, Stop Whispering, Anyone Can Play (Capitol)
NEW 27 ADORABLE - Sunshine Smile, Favourite, Sistine, Glorious (SBK/ERG)
26 28 28 WORLD PARTY - Is It Like Today, All I Gave (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)
NEW 29 PAVEMENT - Texas, Frontwards, Feeding, Shoot (Matador)
13 18 30 COP SHOOT COP - Surprise Surprise, Got No Soul, Seattle (Interscope/Atlantic)
The Edge's Sat Bisla was in SanFran last week checking out TheStereo MC's and Jesus Jones show.I don't know about Sat (he gets outmore than I do), but I haven't hadthat much fun at a show in quitesome time. When the bands passthrough your town, check them out.And be sure to congratulatefrontman Mike Edwards on hisimpending fatherdom.
And speaking of special events,KROQ announces plans for aWeenie Roast And Sing -A -Long onSaturday, June 12. Musical guests atthis all-star gala include BettieServeert, Terrence Trent D'Arby,Dramarama, Lemonheads, StoneTemple Pilots, Suede, The The,Gin Blossoms and The Posies. I'mthere!
Did I mention what a fab time Ihad in Los Angeles last week? Thegood folks at MCA (thanks, Sherri!)flew me down to check out a verycool new signing, Kinky Machine.I know a handful of stations havefound import copies of the GoingOut With God and/or SupernaturalGiver singles. Glad to say, the ratherglamourous tunes don't stop there.Look for a domestic release shortly.And before I forget, Kinky Machine'sguitarist, John Bull, is cousin tonone other than RCA's Nick Bull. Isthat weird or what?
KUSF announces Chris Schwarzas their new program coordinator.Give Chris a "welcome aboard" callat (415) 386-5873.
Quality vs. quantity: Instead ofmany smallish promotions, KRZQ isconcentrating on one big one-sending two listeners to London,England to see Depeche Mode.Now that's what I call a contest! Ihave my passport and can travel atthe drop of a dime. Uh, Max-canwe talk?
Mammoth Records is pleased toannounce two additions to theiralready nifty staff: Jill Tomlinsoncomes on as national director ofpublicity and Josh Whittman asnational director of retailpromotions. Congratulations.
As you see, Midnight Oil is ournew number one, unseating FrankBlack in the process. Currently,Porno For Pyros are less thanfifteen points away from the top ofthe chart, and may have enoughmomentum to capture it as theband's Pets single is embracedwhole-heartedly by commercialradio.
A huge jump this week from ThePosies, who catapult 23-10. There'sa good mix of college andcommercial radio supportingFrosting On The Beater includingHeavy reports from KRZQ, WICB,WEQX, KUKQ, WVFS, KTCL to
ARTIST PROFILE
PROM: Los Angeles
NEW RELEASE: Hey Zeus!
LABEL: Big Life (Mercury)
UPCOMING TOURING: A
few June dates and a club
tour beginning in mid -July.
ON THE BAND'S
REFORMATION: "Some
promoters asked us if we
wanted to do some shows,
then it was the holiday time
at the end of 1990 and every-
one was home and off the
road. So we talked about it
and got back together." -
Exene Cervenka
:./N PLAYING GRAD
NIGHTS: "I remember see-
ing Gene Taylor from the
Blasters, this big, roly poly
guy who always wore dark
glasses and a hat, tripping his
brains out in the underbelly of
Disneyland. Really frighten-
ing." -John Doe
SHE SAYS: "I have this
punk girl image. Maybe I
should go get some drugs and
shave my head and be a real
asshole. Then people will
think I'm more interesting.
Basically, I think the intelli-
gence and kind of wisdom we
have now means we're still a
really great band. That's all
that superficial kind of stuff
that only a fool would fall in
love with." -Exene Cervenka
IT'S SAID: "X...pUTS their
message across by the
strength of their sincerity.
These people with the funny
names display their
souls...with everything they
do.' -Trouser Press
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ALTERNATIVEname a few. And guitarist/singerKen Stringfellow is getting marriedshortly to Kim of The Fastbacks.
Strolling up 41-23 is Scotland'sTrashcan Sinatras, who, as youcan see in this picture with brand
new daddy Steve Masters, were ona quick promotional tour this pastweek. A half dozen stations come tothe party: Q101, KUKQ, KRCK,KCRW, KDGE and KGAY. A tourwith The Cranberries is currentlyin the works.
Our highest debut/Top Tip thisweek is 4 -AD recording artist HisName Is Alive, who enter the chartat 40. Heavy action at KALX, KSJS,WRUV, WUOG, KZSC and WUNHamong many others.
New ReleasesTHE WATERBOYSDREAM HARDER (GEFFEN)
"A change of scenery will do yougood." How many times have weheard that one? It's the first "remedy"that comes to mind when our heartshave been broken, when we're tiredof our jobs or the place that we callhome. It also seems to be MikeScott's philosophy, as he's followedhis muse from place to place, rein-venting his sound with his travels.With that in mind, it's a hit worryingto hear that Scott now calls the con-crete jungle of New York home. Thegood news is the songs on DreamHarder are as spiritual and romanticas ever-a little tougher perhaps,
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but not at all cold and hard like hisnew environment. And Scott stillsings (sometimes with a sly wink) ofPan, sacred places and new begin-nings-not murder, muggings andmayhem (next album?). Among themany musical highlights on DreamHarder: Glastonbury Song, LoveAnd Death and the Beatle-esque,Preparing To Fly. Dream Harder. It'smagic.DOG SOCIETYWhen You're Dead (eastwest)Going in the opposite direction arenewcomers Dog Society, who havea heavily grooved, semi -psychedelicsound. That's not to imply that DogSociety are grunge-sters, becauseWhen You're Dead is way toomelodic to pigeonhole them in thatcategory. Bottom line: they knowhow to rock. And the 'who cares'attitude of the refrain will probalybecome an anthem of sorts for thetwentysomething slacker generation,but I'll leave that kind of analysis tothe anthropologists. When You'reDead is a super -tight rocker with akiller chorus. Pound it!CRANESForever (Dedicated/RCA)The brilliant gold that tinctures thisCD's cover spills over into the realmof the music. Everywhere escorts usinto the world of Forever with a lan-guid, shuffling rhythm and a brood-ing cello as Alison Shaw muses in aspectral, child -like voice. From theoutset, it's clear that the Cranes aredevout believers in their specialcombination of stringed instru-ments-distorted guitar and strikingpiano-and it's a revelation to wit-ness a band straying from the pathand gracefully avoiding soundinglike others. Jewel and Clear incorpo-rate guitars that drink contentedlyfrom clotted pools of distortion, andClear rocks something fierce. FarAway's piano pierces with a memo-rably, scarring high end as Shawlaments, "there she goes...and every-thing she was." Revel in the pres-ence of a double -secret hidden CDwith two previously unreleasedtracks, and know that if you're hear-ing the Cranes for the first time,you're hearing something special.
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Import IndioSHRIMP BOATCavale (Bar\None, P.O. Box 1704,
Hoboken 07030)\\ bile ,t I tcrnative" has often beenloosely defined in terms of what itis not (as an alternative to every-thing else on the dial) or as musicthat has otherwise been ghet-toized, in its evolved state it'savailable on almost every frequen-cy and rarely offers any kind ofcross-cultural or truly eclecticappeal. Enter Shrimp Boat. Onthese Chicagoans' second disc forBar \ None, Cavale, the hand blendtheir myriad influences-skewedfolk, jazzy improv, smooth souland hyper-meloic pop (to namejust a few)-in the most gentleand effective of manners, therebynudging aside the musical restric-tions that reinforce our genre/cul-tural ones. In short, they breathenew life into alternative's tiredlungs while simultaneously pro-moting world peace. (Okay,maybe I'm carried away a little,but allow the jaded reviewer herinfrequent overexcitement). Reallythough, in the halls of departmen-talized Gavin, Shrimp Boat wonfans all 'round, particularly inRap-Rodney asked me to try toget him an extra; Ivan said thedrums were "phat"-and Country.Every track on Cavale is abonafide treat, but I still recom-mend Free Love Overdrive andSmall Wonder from last year's AjaxEP, and suggest Blue Green Miseryand What Do You Think Of Loveas well. Rock the 'Boat.RED HOUSE PAINTERS(4 -AD, 8533 Melrose Ave., Suite B,
Los Angeles 90069)The RedHousePainters'debut
*4"11ri 4 -AD
full-lengtharriveson justone slab
of plastic/vinyl, so I'm wonderingwhat happened to plans for a dou-ble CD and a triple album. Not thatit matters, really, because thiseponymous effort seems quitecomplete; indeed, more mightdilute its impact. You've probablyheard the lore (American MusicClub's Mark Eitzel indirectlybrought the band to the attentionof 4 -AD), and you've probablyread the incredibly bi-polar pressthe band has generated (the like ofwhich hasn't been seen since
AMC's first couple of records), sonow try to give an unbiased listento the disc. Both bands will cringe,but at least one more AMC/RHPcomparison is in order here: likeEitzel, House Painters' frontmanMark Kozelek is pretty damnunhappy, but in a sense he's tran-scended his misery. Kozelek existsin that sort of Demerol -dosed,unearthly realm that comes whenthe pain exceeds personal capacity.Appropriately, RHP's material isoften slow to a point near stalling,and dreamy in a I -feel -like -I'm -watching -myself -move -through -dense -fluid kind of way. Start withsomething un-epic, like the singleMistress, which clocks in at 4:04, orDown Through (2:39), and as youget more involved and adventur-ous, check Strawberry Hill (7:35)and Mother (13:07).THE MEICESGreatest Bible Stories Ever Told(eMpTy, P.O. Box 12034, Seattle 98102)
A Bible -notstory:someWednes-daysago, TheMeicesthrew arecord
release party. After the Mr. TExperience the crowd gave a littlegasp/surge forward as the Meicesplunked down twelve packs at thefront of the stage and began tochuck them out to the faithful.Boats may be christened withchampagne, but this little baby,The Greatest Bible Stories EverTold, was baptised with 'weiser,Budweiser, in cheaper, moreappropriate, throw -friendly cans.With a smattering of cheeseballand just enough garage -boy noise,this disc (the first full-length theband has put out on a label otherthan their own) downrightpop/rocks. There's the infectious,ever -pounding beat, thewailing/riffy guitar and the punk-angstolerence vocals of foundingmember Joe Reineke. Favorites-here and live-include the previ-ously -released Alex Put SomethingIn His Pocket (it rocks) and Don'tLet The Soap Run Out. Check outPush You Down ('cause itgrowls), This Way's great har-monies/chorus, Pissin' In The Sinkand Hey Little Punker for lyrics,and the Dinosaur Jr.-ish Didn'tWanna. And hey, live happily everafter.... -BLAKE M. MALL
By Seana Baruth
4 6 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
RD. NOTEBOOK BY ERIC NORBERG
RE -SEEDING TOP 40received a note from TomShovan, vice president and man-ager of operations at CD Mediain New York and Los Angeles.At this year's Gavin Seminar,
Tom noted a lack of passion in Top40. "If we're going to forget every-one under 25 we're going tobecome obsolete," he said.In his note Tom says, "We really
do need to recognize the impor-tance of reforesting the Top 40 for-mat and preserving its cutting edgethrough the young listeners! While25-49 may be perceived as the mostlucrative demos of the moment, thatcan't be the whole core."Tom's right. In fact, in my opin-
ion it really can't be the corebecause the adult appeal of Top40, not to mention its youth appeal,comes from its faithful reflection ofpop culture's cutting edge.
tion providing our listeners withnews, sports, weather and otherinformation, it seems only fittingthat we do the same with the music!
"The only negative feeling I haveabout identifying all the music con-cerns how to go about it withoutmaking it sound like 'the music isover and it's time now for a ton ofcommercials.' For example, if youhave just played three -in -a -row,and you then come out of the lastsong and recite the last three songsplayed.. for me as a listener, thatseems to be a cue for me to flip thedial because it's commercial breaktime. But you wouldn't want topre -announce all the songs...wouldyou?
"But to conclude a set with a lot ofback -announcing seems to bealmost as bad as radio personalitiesstarting a break with 'and that
"...the adult appeal of Top 40, notto mention its youth appeal, comesfrom its faithful reflection of pop
culture's cutting edge."Those who conclude that Top 40
must be dead because the 25-49demo has to be obtained shouldremember that a station can deliverbig 25-54 numbers by zeroing in on12-17. The big mistake is trying toget the 18-24s because when yousucceed with them you usuallymake the station unpalatable forthe 25+ audience, and often theteens too.If you relentlessly and predictably
play the most popular music of theday, eschewing pseudo hipness tojust mirror the teens (that's whatTop 40 is), you do well with adults,too, in my experience.Another interesting letter was from
John Carr, music director of KFMO,Flat River, Missouri, who talkedabout the positive reasons for play-ing new records.
"We have always played both newand familiar music, and havealways made it a point to pre -announce and back -announcenew songs. We're kind of undecid-ed about the value of announcingthe more familiar music, but whenwe do, it's always after the song hasbeen played. Our program directorfeels that it's always important tomention the song title and artist. Infact, since we are a full -service sta-
wraps up thirty minutes of non-stopmusic on...' If that's not a blatantinvitation to change stations, Idon't know what is! Can anyoneshow us the best way? Or at least abetter way!"There's your invitation to write!
There are always many ways to dothe same thing, and depending onyour priorities, any of them couldbe right. I personally have alwaysfavored announcing all the music,for and aft, because I believe thatidentifying the songs not onlykeeps the listener os;'oh`orwinterested in the music, but
implicitly demonstrates that the sta-tion feels its music is important. I
have suggested very publicly, andhave never yet had anyone expressan opposite view that, "nobodyever tuned out because you identi-fy the music."And, if your station regularly plays
three in a row, the listener knowsthat after the spots you'll do itagain-which should keep themtuned in if you're playing the rightmusic. Plus, adults are lessinclined to tune around than teensare-or than radio people are!That's how I feel about it-howabout you? Write or FAX me c/oGavin.
JITTERSI first met Bill Gavin as a voice onthe long distance telephone in1958. We shared a love for themusic. We became good friends,trusting and respecting each other.One day, not too long ago, Billdecided it was time to retire andwe talked about the future of TheGavin Report.When I received and read the firstnew Gavin with the words: "TheMost Trusted Name In Radio"above his name, I knew Bill'sname, Bill's reputation and Bill'spublication all live on, in a way hehad hoped they would.Paul DrewUSA Japan CompanyLos Angeles
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GAVIN AR111 EDITOR: KENT
ZIMMERMAN
1 1 1 AEROSMITH Eat The Rich, Edge, Cryin', Get A Grip, Fever (Geffen)
3 2 2 MIDNIGHT OIL - Truganini, Drums Of Heaven, In The Valley (Columbia)
4 4 3 PAUL RODGERS - The Hunter (Victory Music/PLG)
26 12 4 ROD STEWART / "MTV's Unplugged" - Uplugged, Cut Across ...,Have I Told (Warner Bros.)
48 19 5 ROBERT PLANT - Calling To You (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
2 3 6 LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way, Eleutheria (Virgin)
7 5 7 COVERDALE*PAGE - Shake My Tree, Pride & Joy (Geffen)
6 9 8 SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train, Black Gold, Somebody, Without (Columbia)
8 8 9 BLUES TRAVELER - Conquer Me (A&M)
5 6 10 BRUCE HORNSBY - Harbor Lights (RCA)
10 11 11 STING - Fields Of Gold, Faith, Seven Days, Love Is Stronger (A&M)
9 7 12 BIG HEAD TODD - Bittersweet, Broken Hearted Saviour (Giant/Reprise)
13 10 13 R.E.M. - Sidewinder, Moon, Ignoreland, Drive, Night Swimming (Warner Bros.)
11 17 14 KINKS - Searching, Hatred (Columbia)
14 14 15 WIDESPREAD PANIC - Wondering, Hatfield, Diner, Pickin' (Capricorn)
28 26 16 LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Born, Pure, Faith, Smokestack (Atlantic)
21 16 11 SPIN DOCTORS - What Time, Two Princes, Olsen's Blues, Miss (Epic)
30 21 18 VAN HAIEN - Dreams. Fooled, One Way, Right Now (Warner Bros.)
22 25 19 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush (Atlantic)
39 20 20 MARC COHN - Walk Through The World (Atlantic)
46 30 21 DRIVIN' N' CRYIN' - Smoke, Turn It Up (Island)
31 39 22 DAVID CROSBY - Hero (Atlantic)
23 PAT BENATAR - Everybody Lay Down (Chrysalis/ERG)
40 33 24 UGLY KID JOE - Busy Bee, Cats In The Cradle, So Damn Cool, Neighbor (Mercury)
38 27 25 VINCE NEIL - Sister Of Pain (Warner Bros.)
26 RAGING SLAB - Anywhere But Here (Def American/Reprise)
- 46 27 JACKYL - When Will It Rain, Down On Me, Lumberjack (Geffen)
49 38 28 AIMEE MANN - I Should've Known (Imago)
29 24 29 WORLD PARTY - Is It Like Today, All I Gave (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)
12 15 30 MICK JAGGER - Wired All Night, Sweet, Tear, Focus (Atlantic)
19 18 31 4 NON El ONDES - What's Up, Dear Mr. President (Interscope/Atlantic)
36 35 32 PAUL McCARTNEY - Off The Ground, Biker, Hope, Owe It All (Capitol)
- 37 33 LIVING COLOUR - Nothingness, Lpive It Alone, Ignorance, Mind Your Own (Epic)
16 13 34 EXTREME - Am I Ever Gonna Change, Stop The World, Rest In Peace (A&M)
15 28 35 BILLY SQUIER - Angry (Capitol)
44 41 36 TRAGICALLY HIP - At The Hundredth, Courage, Lionized (MCA)
24 23 37 BRYAN FERRY - I Put A Spell On You, Will You, Just One (Reprise)
20 22 38 BON JOVI - In These Arms, Bed Crt Roses, Keep The Faith (Jambco/Mercury)
wig Fri. 39 THE HOOTERS - 25 Hours In A Day (MCA)
35 34 40 BRIAN MAY - Resurrection, Driven By You (Hollywood)
NEW 41 WINGER - Down Incognito (Atlantic)
25 31 42 OAK - Can't Do A Thing, San Francisco, Solitary (Reprise)
NEV"- 43 BROTHER CANE - Got No Shame (Virgin)
18 32 44 ERIC CLAPTON - Running On Faith, Lonely, Layla (Reprise)
41 45 45 ALICE IN CHAINS - Rooster, Angry Chair, Them Bones, Down In A Hole (Columbia)
32 44 46 DAMN YANKEES - Silence. Please, Goin', Tread (Warner Bros.)
33 43 47 DEF LEPPARD - Tonight. Stand Up, Have, Make Love, Rocked. Heaven (Mercury)
48 DREAM THEATRE - Another Day (atco/eastwest/atlantic group)
17 29 49 DAVID BOWIE - Jump They Say, I Know It's Gonna, Miracle (Savage/BMG)
45 36 50 BUDDY GUY - Some Kind Cri Wonderful, Feels Like Rain (Silvertone/BMG)
Reports a xrpted Monday 9am -5pm and Tuesday 9am - 3pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedPAT BENATAR
DONALD FAGEN
BROTHER CANE
STING
PETE TOWNSHEND
OZZY OSBOURNE
Top Tip
PAT BENATAR
Everybody Lay Down(Chrysalls/EMIRG)
RAGING SLAB
Anywhere But Here(Def American)Highest debuts of the week. Arockin' Pat Benatar in at #23.Raging Slab impressively charts at#26!
RECORD TO WATCH
BROTHER CANEGot No Shame
(Virgin)Dirty harp combined with
slamming rock n roll. Debutsat #43!
ChartboundDONALD FAGEN Tomorrow's Girls (Reprise)
KISS Love It Loud (Mercury)
VAN MORRISON Gloria w/ John Lee Hooker
(Mercury)
ANTHRAX Only (Elektra)
RONNIE WOOD Always Wanted More (Continuum)
' PETE TOWNSHEND English Boy (Atlantic)
OZZY OSBOURNE Changes (Epic/Assoc)
' BLACK 47 Maria's Wedding (SBK/EMIRG)
- CIRCUS OF POWER Mama Tequila (Columbia)
Dropped: 440 Hothouse Flowers, 142 Arc Angels,
147 Black Crowes, 148 Jeff Healey, /49 Sonia Dada,
50 Judybats, Animal Bag, Goo Goo Dolls, Rosanne
Cash, Phish, Toto.
New ReleasesBROTHER CANE(Virgin)Baby bands like Brother Cane havealways been part of the Americanlandscape. Groups like theOutlaws, Georgia Satellites, BlackCrowes and now Brother Cane cel-ebrate the spirit of backbeat, thesame beat that's been volleyedback and forth from America toEngland from the seventies to thepresent. Brother Cane could hardlybe more straightforward-guitars,bass and drums. However, it's all inthe angle of the dangle (as they saydown South) and the songs. Onthis debut, there's plenty of snakeyrock to choose from. Got NoShame is already taking off, debut-ing at #43 and as this week'sRecord To Watch.
PETE TOWNSHENDEnglish Boy (Atlantic)Class status has always been whatPete Townshend's music is allabout-from the Who's mod daysto Quadraphenia to the projects ofWhite City. Extracted from theentire work, English Boy seems tobe hosted by a female HowardStern amusical narrator. While theverses take their twists and turns,the chorus is familiar Townshend.Not bad for the current toast ofBroadway.
OZZY OSBOURNELive & Loud Sampler (Epic
Associated)As Ozzy readied more newmaterial in Los Angeles, this waslifted from a current video package.Changes is a somber Ozzy, accom-panied by a bank of piano andsynth strings. No More Tears andDesire is, of course, the harderside we all know and love.Meanwhile, Ozzy still seems to bemulling over that Black Sabbathreunion
ADORABLEagainst perfection
(Creation/SBK)The current darlings of Alternative,Adorable generate white light andwhite heat with Chameleons -inspired cavernous sound.They're anonymous and surreal-picture Morrissey fronting Jesus &Mary Chain and you sort of get thepicture. Songs like Glorious are,well, quite glorious. As if taking acue from seventies Liverpudlianslike Echo & The Bunnymen andThe Sound, Adorable use theirguitar chords in two distinctiveways. One is a chiming, rhythmicmode, the other is jagged andpowerful leads. Other trax includethe opening Sunshine Smileand the anglicized Favourite FallenIdol.
48 GAVIN MAY 21, 1993
"My mother's calling/from whereshe's living up in Troy, VermontShe tries to tell me/a father figuremust he what I want"
oday is take -your -daughter -to -work day.
"Who invents these days?,"asks a playfully agitated AimeeMann, "Is there a Committee
For Stupid Days? Does there evenhave to be a day? Why not yankyour daughter into the office anyday?
"In the year of the woman, I haveto say, I find it..." her flustered voicetrails off before regaining new fer-vor, "I mean a year??!! Wait a minute!That's like the Year Of TheLaplander? Okay, give a tiny minori-ty in America a year. But with halfof the population, a year seems likea macabre joke.
"To say, women aren't so bad afterall for a year? Go fuck yourself."
It doesn't take much to set offAimee Mann. Politics and social stu-pidity. Her new album, Whatever, isa sensational selection of brainteasers and beautifully -written songs,skillfully sung and played by Aimeeand a sparse collection of sidemen,but mainly hatched with anunknown producer and instrumen-talist named Jon Brion.
"He's this guy from New Haventhat I met in Boston. Actually wewere seeing each other."
Their relationship (musical, any-way) went from demos to guitar ses-sions to the obvious.
"Eventually I felt the person whoshould produce this record is JonBrion. He can discern the sonic,arrangement and discreet elementsof my music. He hears that all in hishead. He's incredible...but," anotherpause,
"A nut."Longer pause."He's a nut."I think there's a certain kind of
person that picks one medium andwhatever happens to them, they fil-
BORN:DISCOGRAPHY:
CURRENT RELEASE:FAVORITE RECORDS:
FAVORITE LEAD SINGER:CURRENT DISTRACTION:
OTHER TALENTS:SHE SAYS:
PAST EMPLOYMENT:
On A Stupid Day
ter everything through that medium.Another person might get mad andthrow an ashtray. Jon will go playguitar for four hours or buy a newinstrument. He has some unbeliev-ably amazing eggs all in one seriousmusic basket. Nary an egg to sparefor any other basket. Everything isreferenced through music, whichmakes him amazing as a musician,but...a nut.
"I have my eggs more evenly dis-tributed."
After Aimee lost interest in main-taining Til Tuesday ("I was rightangling away from the group con-cept"), the band wasn't officiallyreleased from CBS' contractualclutches until late last year. Duringthe time spent between the last TilTuesday record released late 1988,Aimee attempted a last group recordbefore succumbing to solo-dom.
Aimee is dressed in denim cut -
New England, 1960Voices Carry, Welcome Home and Everything'sDifferent Now with Til Tuesday
Whatever (Imago Records)Odessey & OracleThe Zombies/Little Big StarBettie ServeertColin BlunstoneGraham Greene novels"Occasionally I can paint a good portrait.""When I read, there's a world I want to get into, whichmeans there's a world I want to get out of. I don'twant anything unrelenting which is ironic because my
songs are usually about how life is unrelenting.""I waited tables in a bakery coffee joint that'sfranchised now. I made croissants. Try working hot,sweaty and covered in butter."
offs, black shirt, her video-ed Replayjacket, Doc Marten boots and intelli-gent -looking wire -rimmed specta-cles. A reputed man-eater, her leftand right brainsymptoms actual- "This is thely seem quitebalanced.
"I was broughtup by my fatherand I didn't getany of thoseclues that a girlwas supposed tobedifferent."
"Dad's cool.Wanna be likeDad. That made total sense."
Watching football. Loving aspara-gus. Just like Dad.
"There was never any, 'I wannawear lipstick.' I was the macho-estlittle kid."
So do girls lose their self-esteem inhigh school as is touted today by theMs. Foundation?
"It started earlier than that. It start-ed the day my mother took all thekids to the shoe store for the schoolyear and she wouldn't let me buy apair of Converse Chuck Taylor All -Stars because I was a girl.
"I thought, 'That tears it! Some-thing's wrong with this system.'
"The whole gender thing inAmerica is wrong. The training thatmen receive is terribly wrong. Whilethe training that women receive isjust dumb, the training that menreceive is bad. Damaging.
"Women have it easier. We talk
about all this. When we saw whatwas expected of us-wearing highheels, looking really cute, doing thegirl stuff, manipulating to get whatyou want rather than saying whatyou want-we said, 'I'm not up forthe task. I abdicate. I'll just be freak,a tomboy, a dyke, whatever.'
"I'm obviously not a typicalwoman, I'm some sort of indepen-dent. I gave up early on. I've neverworn high heels.
"Everybody's trying so hard to bepolitically correct that nobody getspoints for being nice, which is whatit's supposed to be about.
"If someone says, 'Aimee, you're agreat old broad,' even if the termi-nology is stupid, sometimes you canrecognize that it's only a matter ofeducation and that someone is try-ing to be nice. Same with 'girl.' Callme a girl, and you're a boy. What'sthe big deal? Don't jump on the ter-minology, jump on the shit that'sbehind it."
So what does all this have to dowith your music?
"This is the stuff I write about,unlike what's been suggested bymany, that I break up with aboyfriend and write an album. Iwrite about stuff, chunks of stuff andI haven't yet developed the termi-nology for my system yet, but I'm
working on theright metaphor forwhat it is."
Trained at theBerklee School ofMusic, Aimee burstout of the post -punk era with TilTuesday. Yet she'sone of a few rock nroll writers whounderstand theprocess of musicaltheory and chords.
Clearly she's a gifted student, wayunder -rated and infinitely moreinteresting than her past collabora-tors like Elvis Costello.
"Here's the argument aboutwomen in music. Is it 'nature' or`nurture?' Is it experience or in -bred?Is that the difference between menand women? Is there an inherent dif-ference between men and womenor is it environmental? My theory is acombination of both. As you weregrowing you receive certain types ofinformation that then serves to hard-wire your brain, which triggers whatkind of information you absorb.Maybe that creates differencesbetween men, women, races, what-ever. Frightening but interesting."
She pauses again, as if finallynoticing the passion in which she'sframing her arguments. Then sheadds,
"I love brain stuff."
stuff Iwrite about, unlikewhat's been sug-gested by many,that I break up witha boyfriend andwrite an album
BY KENT ZIMMERMANNGAVIN MAY 21, 1993 49
CH NOBSingles
SOUL ASYLUMRunaway Train
(Columbia)Groups like Soul Asylumdon't come around veryoften and neither do songslike this one. For a rivetingand chilling experience, goimmediately to your VCRand watch the video,which gets my vote as bestof the year! A song thattruly deserves to become arunaway hit.
SILKGirl U For Me
(Keia/Elektra)No one can deny this actlives up to their name.Another perfect slow jamfor summer. Dangerous tolisten to this when you'reclose to the bedroom. Evenmore accessible than FreakMe.
DINA CARROLLSpecial Kind Of Love
(A&M)So Close gave Americanaudiences a mere glimpse
into the music and talent ofDina Carroll. This track,written by C + C (RobertClivilles and David Cole),should take her over thetop.
BRIAN McKNIGHTOne Last Cry (Mercury)Nothing like making yoursolo debut on the heels ofa smash duet with an artistlike Vanessa Williams.Brian's exceptional voiceand ability to play the roleof balladeer shines on thiseffort.
GLORIA ESTEFANGo Away (Epic)Getting out of her balladmode, Gloria recalls herConga days on this fun,upbeat production. Lots torecommend this track, notthe least of which is itsexposure in the newWhoopi Goldberg/TedDanson picture, Made InAmerica.
CRUSHThe Rain (eastwest
records america)A relentless and mesmeriz-ing rhythm drives thisrelease, which falls underthe heading "compellinglistening." Get into thesong and then watch thenewest Gavin VideoMagazine and see it comealive. You're in for anexperience.
YALL SO STUPIDVan Full Of Pakistans
(Rowdy/Arista)Hotlanta is on fire thesedays, what with ArrestedDevelopment and now, thisfoursome bustin' out of thePeach State. A musical pot-pourri, complete with somestatements worth checkin'out.
By Dave Sholin
AlbumsPeople Get ReadyA Tribute to Curtis
Mayfield (Shanachie)To benefit the legendaryCurtis Mayfield, paralyzedin a freak pre -concert acci-dent in 1990, friends andadmirers from the musicworld have gathered torecord an album of hisgreatest compositions. Ledby the Huey Lewis & TheNews' a cappella version ofIt's Alright (a hit forMayfield as a member ofThe Impressions thirty yearsago), this special anthologyrecalls Mayfield's rhythm 'nblues brilliance. The setincludes People Get Ready(recorded here by DavidSanborn and Sanbom's sonJonathan) and Kim Wilson'sversion of Gypsy Woman.Other too cool tracksinclude a Don Covay/Angela Strehli duet on Una,Urn, Urn, Urn, Um, Urn,Delbert McClinton's He WillBreak Your Heart and theobscure We People WhoAre Darker Than Blue byMichael Hill & LivingColour's Vernon Reid. Werethis a double album wemight have been treated toother Mayfield contributionslike For Your PreciousLove, Monkey Time,Freddie's Dead, Superfly,Let's Do It Again and Some-thing He Can Feel. -RF
MENACE II SOCIETYSoundtrack (Jive)As the resurgence of blackfilms continue to proliferate,soundtracks continue toprosper just as well.Directed by Albert andAllen Hughes, the filmMenace II Society is basedin South Central, and theflavor of the soundtrack is,accordingly, West Coast ori-ented. With acts like Spice -1, Too Short, DJ Quik, MCEiht and Da Lench Mob, it'sbound to be a retail smash,while acts like Brand
Nubian, Pete Rock and C.L.Smooth with YG'z andBoogie Down Productionhelp round out the rest ofthe soundtrack. -K -WOO
DARDEN SMITHLittle Victories (Chaos)With his new shorn look,Darden Smith looks all seri-ous. Don't be fooled. Hissongs, while occasionallymoody, still retain theirsense of vibrancy andhumor. After two years onthe road making radiofriends and playing acousti-cally with a troupe thatincluded Little Victories col-laborator Chip Taylor (hewrote Wild Thing), Dardensorted out both his personallife and musical direction.Hint: the core song here isDream's A Dream. -KCZ
TENE WILLIAMSTene Williams
(Pendulum/Elektra)Tene Williams' self -titleddebut is strong and vibrantwith confidence that's heardfrom singers who've beenaround a block or two.Tene opens with thespunky salutation, GoodMorning, which is followedby her charted debut single,Give Him A Love He CanFeel, produced by Steve"Silk" Hurley. Silly For Youand Missing You are slowjams seasoned with sax andpiano accompaniments, giv-ing them a more jazzy fla-vor. Among the othertracks on the 10 -cut CD is ahip -hop groove, Just AMatter Of Time, along withdance tracks This TimeBaby and Jamie's Dream.Tene really shows whatshe's made of on the emo-tionally charged tracks suchas Power and Bluebird.-JM
WYNONNATell Me Why (Curb/MCA)Wynonna continues hermusical journey on her sec-ond solo album since leav-ing the safe haven of theJudds. Her bluesy, down -and -dirty voice is giveneven more room within
these groovy, gospel -influ-enced arrangements.Highlights are the currentsingle Tell Me Why, RockBottom, Just Like New (oneof two Jesse Winch -estersongs), I Just Drove By, andGirls With Guitars, -withbackground vocals by LyleLovett and Wy's momNaomi-where she wrylyadds the Dire Straits' tag:"Get your money for nothin'and your guys for free."Amen, sister. -CH
GURUJazzmatazz Volume 1
(Chrysalis/ERG)Credible hip-hop/jazz col-laborations have dotted themusical horizon recently.P.M. Dawn's debut (pep-pered with Hugh Masekelasampling), Miles Davis' DooBop, British guitarist RonnyJordan's The Antidote andGreg Osby's 3-D Lifestylesspring to mind. Now jazzopinion leaders are bettingon Gang Starr's Guru andhis Jazzmatazz to sparkmore momentum. DonaldByrd, Lonnie Liston Smithand Roy Ayers provide solidlive sound beds. We likethe subway travelogue,Transit Ride featuringBranford Marsalis, and thesnappy No Time To Playstarring Ronny Jordan.
-KPZ
WINGERPull (Atlantic)Of all the "hair bands,"Winger breaks from thepack because Kip Winger'srock world seems rooted inreality. Jean jackets andacoustic guitars ground hisbrand of hard rock. Theopening Blind RevolutionMad seems to be anelection aftermath, hintingat the division and chaosthat continues to exist inAmerica. Here's what I likeabout Winger. They usepower chords and crunchto underline their viewof the American Dreamwhich goes beyond love inan elevator.-KCZ
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"How On Earth Did I Get So Jaded, Life's Mystery Seems So Faded."
SOULDASYLumRUNAWAY TRAIN
They've been everywhere, they've seen everything. They're the overnight success that was10 years in the making. Now it's Top 40's turn to climb aboard Runaway Train, from their Gold album
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Top 5 AOR and Alternative songs. European stadium dates with Guns N' Roses.
MTV's Alternative Nation Tour with Spin Doctors and Sceaming Trees this summer. MTV Unplugged, Wed. June 2, 10 PM.
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