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KOOL & THE GANG, "TOO HOT" (prod. byDeodato) (writers: Brown -group)(Delightful/Gang, BMI) (3:48).While the title cut from their"Ladies Night" LP hits top 5,this second release from thatalbum offers a midtempo pacewith delightful keyboards &vocals. De-Lite 802 (Mercury).

CHUCK MANGIONE, "GIVE IT ALL YOUGOT" (prod. by Mangione) (writ-er: Mangione) (Gates, BMI) (3:55).From his upcoming "Fun AndGames" LP is this melodic piecethat will be used by ABC Sportsin the 1980 Winter Olympics. Atypically flawless Mangione work-out A&M 2211

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, "YOUWON'T BE THERE" (prod. byParsons) (writers: Woolfson-Par-sons) (Woolfsongs/Careers/Irv-ing, BMI) (3:26). Parsons followshis top 30 "Damned If I Do" withthis sad love ballad which shouldmake pop -A/C inroads. Arista0491.

LAUREN WOOD, "HOLLYWOOD" (prod.by Jackson-Templeman) (writer:Wood) (Creeping Licking, BMI)(4:01). Wood exhibited surprisingdurability with her "Please Don'tLeave" hit. This lilting successorshould do even better with itsbright, multi -format appeal. WB49153.

SLEEPERS

THE JAM, "THE ETON RIFLES" (prod.

0 by Coppersmith -Heaven) (writer:Weller) (Front Wheel, BMI) (3:58).This brash British trio has alreadytopped the charts in their home-land and they aim for the samesuccess here with this tumultu-ous rocker from the "SettingSons" LP. Polydor 2051.

MIKE PINERA, "GOODNIGHT MY LOVE"(prod. by Pinera) (writer: Pinera)(Bayard, BMI) (3:40). Pinera tookthe Blues Image to #4 in '70with his "Ride Captain, Ride."He's hitbound again as a soloact with this touching balladthat's as simple as it is effective.Spector 00003 (Capitol).

GARY NUMAN, "CARS" (prod. by Numan)(writer: Numan) (Geoff & Eddie/Blackwood, BMI) (3:57). Numan'selectronic dance music hasreached craze proportions inEngland with its hypnoticrhythms and futuristic sound.This single from his upcoming LPis a prime example. Atco 7211.

PINK FLOYD, "ANOTHER BRICK IN THEWALL (Part II)" (prod. by Ezrin-Gilmour-Waters) (writer: Waters)(Pink Floyd, BMI) (3:11). PinkFloyd seldom releases singles sothis initial offering from their hit"The Wall" LP is likely to makean immediate impact on the ra-dio & chart. Col 1-11187.

ALBUMSUTOPIA, "ADVENTURES IN UTO-PIA." Todd Rundgren's multi -mediavisions get the supreme workout onthis new album, originally written asa video soundtrack. The four -manunit combines electronic experi-mentation with absolutely commer-cial rock sensibilities. BearsvilleBRK 6991 (WB) (7.98).

THE BABYS, "UNION JACK." Thegroup has changed personnel overthe years but retained a dramaticand thundering rock sound through-out. Keyed by the single "Back OnMy Feet Again" this new albumshould find fast AOR attention. JohnWaite's vocals are the power point.Chrysalis CHR 1267 (8 98).

"PRETENDERS." Three of the cutshere have already gone to the topof the U.K. charts and this debut isequally on the mark .for Americanlisteners. "Brass in Pocket" is thestand -out, driven by Chrissie Hyde'schilling vocals. This is new Englishrock at its best. Sire SRK 6083 (WB)(7.98).

"PEARL HARBOR AND THE EXPLO-SIONS." This L.A. collective got asmuch pre-release street talk as theKnack did although their ryhthmsare quirkier and more complex.Fronted by Pearl E. Gates, thiscould ,be one of the first big break-out LPs of 1980. Warner BrothersBSK 3404 (7.98).

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FCC Over DeregulationBy BILL HOLLAND

WASHINGTON - Santa didn'ttreat the Federal CommunicationsCommission too well this year-when the staff returned to theiroffices the day after Christmas,they found a lawsuit under thetree.

The suit, which was filed De-cember 26 under the Freedom ofInformation Act by a New Yorkchurch group, the United Churchof Christ, comes in response tothe group's continued attemptsto receive copies of all docu-ments relating to the FCC's recentconclusion to deregulate certainareas of broadcasting.

The FCC had followed up theinitial request by providing thegroup with "hundreds of docu-ments," according to a spokesman

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JANUARY 12, 1980

Late Buying Surge Boosts Holiday Sales;Dealers Cautious About Jan. Carryover

By DAVID McGEE andJEFFREY PEISCH

NEW YORK -A late surge ofChristmas buying boosted holidaysales up to last year's level, ac-cording to a Record World sur-vey of key accounts across thecountry. In a departure from pre-vious years, there was no regionalpattern to consumer activity thisyear: for every key account re-porting an increase, another re-ported a comparable decline; andneither snow nor rain nor transitstrikes nor good weather seemsto have had an undue effect onsales anywhere.

One of the most striking dif-ferences between this season andlast was the sheer spread of re-corded product being purchased.Previously, Christmas sales had

Music World Mourns Richard RodgersBy MARC

NEW YORK-The marquees ofBroadway theatres went dark forone minute Saturday night inmemory of Richard Rodgers, whodied December 30 of heart failureafter a long illness. He was 77.

A private funeral service washeld at Temple Emanu-El here lastWednesday, and was attended byNew York Mayor Edward Koch,actresses Helen Hayes and LillianGish, producer Dore Schary andformer Mayor John Lindsay. Ac-cording to the New York Times,Rabbi Ronald Sobel eulogizedRodgers as "a very gentle gentle-man," one who "never allowedhimself to be too busy for people,especially young people."

KIRKEBYTributes to Rodgers came from

every corner of the entertainmentworld. According to the New YorkDaily News, Frank Sinatra called


Labels Win 7 -Year MILWAUKEE -A judgment inexcess of $4 million was renderedhere December 21 against DavidHeilman and his corporation, Eco-nomic Consultants, Inc., d/b/aE -C Tape, by Judge Michael J. Bar-ron of the Milwaukee CircuitCourt. The judgment awarded inthe class action, initiated by Mer-cury Records and eight other rec-ord companies, was the result of

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been dominated by one, two orperhaps three major releases.Other new releases, along withcatalogue and budget productand classical product was mereicing on the cake. This year, ina number of stores, classical sales-thanks to a couple of strongalbums featuring Luciano Pavo-ratti-were on a par with popsales; catalogue product carriedthe day; and consumer accept-ance of mid -line product wasmore than a pleasant surprise.

Which is not to disparage themajor new releases of the lastquarter. Fleetwood Mac, the Ea-gles, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd,Stevie Wonder, Teddy Pender-grass, "The Rose" and "Star Trek"soundtracks and numerous othersshowed healthy gains over theperiod, but none dominated themarketplace to the exclusion ofall else.

Two items in particular drewheavy praise. In the east and mid -west, primarily, several recently -released 12 -inch "rap" recordswere potent sellers. CBS's newline of $5.98 product was in many

Tape Piracy Casemore than seven years of litiga-tion, climaxed by a two-week triallimited to the question of dam-ages.

The case was started in Decem-ber of 1972 as a result of E -C'sillegal copying and marketing ofover a thousand hit recordings. In1974, the Wisconsin SupremeCourt held that recording piracywas a form of unfair competitionand misappropriation. The courtdirected that an injunction be is-sued prohibiting Heilman and hiscorporation from continuing theirillegal enterprise. Heilman thentried to evade the court's injunc-tion by moving parts of his busi-ness to Illinois, but he and thecorporation were subsequentlyheld in contempt of court for vi-olation of the injunction.

Heilman was also held in con-tempt for violations of an injunc-tion issued in a California actionbrought separately by A&M Rec-ords. That action resulted in 1975in a $136,000 judgment in favorof A&M.

In February of 1979, the Mil-waukee court granted the remain -


cases the bolt -out -of -the -bluemany retailers had hoped forgoing into the holidays. GeorgeBalicky of National Record Marttermed $5.98 product the chain's"saviour." Television advertising,newspaper advertising and in-store promotions were all used topush the lower -priced line. "Wemoved an unbelievable amountof this product alone," Balickysaid. National Record Mart's over-all figures for the period were upover last year's, but that total in-cludes new stores added duringthe year. Balicky estimated thetotal for a like number of stores"would probably be down slight-ly" compared to last year.

All in all, the Christmas sellingseason went about as dealers hadexpected given the depressedeconomy. Fourth quarter projec-tions were toned down consider-ably from last year's more opti-mistic figures, and inventorieswere kept at more sensible levels.A majority of retailers refused tospeculate on the possibility of asales carryover into January, cit-ing rising fuel costs, the gloomystate of the world in general andhigh inflation as negative factorsinfluencing consumer buying de-cisions. On the positive side, theynoted the promise of severalcompanies to deliver new re -

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RW Charts Frozen Because this year's Christmasand New Year's holidays fell on I:Tuesdays, disrupting RecordWorld's retail and rack report-ing network, and because ofthe traditional holiday break innew additions by radio stations,nearly all of RW's charts andchart features have been "fro-zen" this week. We are reprint-ing those charts from our De-cember 29 issue to help pre-serve continuity and to serve asa guide to sales and airplay ac-tivity over the holiday period.This week's Country and Gos-pel charts, however, are basedon updated research.

Incomplete sales reports forboth singles and albums haveresulted in the RW Sales In-dex's also being frozen thisweek. All of these charts andfeatures will return to a normalschedule next week.

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With the signings of WillieAames (of TV's "Eight Is Enough") andsinger -songwriter Bill Martin, Lorimar Pro-ductions has gone beyond its initial sound-track presence in the record business. Gen-eral manager Jay Levy detailed the com-pany's record expansion plans in an inter-view with RW.

Page 14. While his partner, Mike Chap-man, is busy in the studio, Nicky Chinncontents himself with songwriting and thebusiness side of their ever -more -successfulventures. In a conversation with RW, Chinntalks about collaborative songwriting andabout the evolution of his relationship withChapman.

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Album AirplayReport Pages 22-23

Album Chart Page 28

Black OrientedMusic Pages 31-32Picks of the Week Page 31Black Oriented

Singles Chart Page 32Black Oriented

Album Chart Page 31Black Music Report Page 31

Classical Page 35

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CBS Names Taylor Divisional Affairs VP/GM NEW YORK - Bruce Lundvall,president, CBS Records Division,has announced the appointmentof LeBaron Taylor to the newlycreated position of vice president,general manager, divisional affairs,CBS Records. He will report di-rectly to Lundvall.

To assure CBS Records' con-tinuing participation in the Blackcommunity, Taylor will maintainclose ties with prominent politicalleaders. He will also act as legis-lative liaison with record industrytrade organizations.

Taylor will also oversee CBSRecords Group and Divisionalpolicies regarding minority careerdevelopment. In this capacity hewill insure opportunities for pro -

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motion of minority executives,and will be directly involved indesigning special career develop-ment programs for mid and top-level black executives.


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RIAA Announces 1979Gold, Platinum Totals NEW YORK-The Recording In-dustry Association of Americacertified 54 platinum recordawards for 12 singles and 42 long-playing albums and/or their coun-terparts on pre-recorded tapes in1979, the association announcedlast week.

Also certified in the 12 -monthperiod were 172 gold recordawards, including 60 singles and112 albums/tapes.

No comparison with 1978 fig-ures is possible since a new post -release qualification delay of 120days was adopted for gold andplatinum awards certifications onrecordings released after July 1,1979. Thus no product is certifiedthat was released from Sept. 1

through Dec. 31, traditionally theindustry's biggest selling period.

Under the former certificationprocess, in 1978 RIAA certified f0platinum and 61 gold singles, and112 platinum and 193 gold al-bums.

Platinum record award certifi-cation, for which only recordingsreleased after Jan. 1, 1976, areeligible, is a minimum sale of twomillion copies of a single or onemillion copies of an album/tape.Minimum sales of one millionsingles or 500,000 albums/tapes isrequired for gold record award

Any company within the indus-try may apply for certification,whether or not it is a member ofRIAA. All certifications require anaudit of the record company'ssales by an independent firm ofcertified public accountants to de-termine that the minimums havebeen achieved.

Cambodian BenefitsSlated for Coast

By SAM SUTHERLAND SAN FRANCISCO - Musicians'fund raising efforts on behalf ofthe Cambodian people move toU. S. shores later this monthwith the first two of three pro-jected benefit concerts to beheld in California.

Sources at Bill Graham Pre-sents, which is producing theseries, confirmed last week thatacts already committed for theJanuary 11 and January 13 bene-fits include Hoyt Axton, JoanBaez, the Beach Boys, the Grate-ful Dead, Linda Ronstadt andDevadip Carlos Santana.

Although both shows will besited in the Bay Area, the respec-tive bills, choice of venue andticket scale for each reflect twoextremes in benefit promotions.For the January 11 show, a softerpop emphasis through its lineupof Ronstadt, Baez and Axton,


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Lorimar Goes Beyond SoundtracksWith Aames and Martin Signings

By SAM. SUTHERLANDII LOS ANGELES-After bowingits CBS -distributed record label via

rock and R&B-flavored sound-track packages, Lorimar Produc-tions is currently testing musicbusiness mainstream opportuni-ties via its first two conventionalmusical acquisitions.

According to Lorimar's Jay Levy,general manager of the label, thefirst single by series televisionperformer Willie Aames is onlythe first step toward consolidatingLorimar's entry into music. Apartfrom Aames, now being groomedas a singles contender in anticipa-tion of an eventual album, Lorimarhas also signed singer -songwriterBill Martin, Levy's first signingsince joining Lorimar.

With label offices sharing Lori -mar's MGM Studios space in Cul-ver City, Levy confirms that initialprojects for CBS have drawn fromthe parent company's prior basein film and television, while as-serting that its recording arm isbeing eyed as a conventional rec-ord company, not just a conduitfor related soundtrack properties.In a recent interview with RecordWorld, he outlined the impact ofthe Aames and Martin signings, aswell as the creative strategy be-hind Lorimar's current and forth-coming soundtrack packages.

Thus, while Aames was broughtto the label through his featured

WEA Intl. Names

Two Vice Presidents NEW YORK-Nesuhi Ertegun,president of WEA International,has announced the promotion ofJim Caradine to vice president,operations and of Lee Mendell tovice president, business affairs.Caradine will headquarter in NewYork and Mendell will headquar-ter in Burbank.

Caradine has served as directorof operations at WEA Interna-tional for over two years. Beforejoining WEA International, he

was director of internationalplanning for WCI. Prior to his

position at WCI, Caradine wasinternational manager at ArthurAnderson & Company.

Mendell has held the positionof director of business affairs atWEA International for the pasttwo years. Before joining WEAInternational, he ran his owndomestic and international con-sulting firm in the areas of re-corded music and music publish -in. Prior to the formation of hisown company, Mendell held avariety of key executive positionsat Liberty and Liberty/UA,including vice president of mar-keting and head of distribution.

role on a Lorimar video series,ABC -TV's "Eight is Enough," Levysays the young actor's new re-cording career is being launchedas a major venture, not just a TVspin-off. Allowing for the usualconflicts between careers in thosemedia, Levy himself admits, "Wil-lie is somebody who, frankly, ifyou'd asked me if I wanted tomake records with him, I would'vethought twice."

If Levy had any initial questions,he now notes that Aames as suc-ceded in juggling the two facetsof his career to lay the ground-work for a committed bid for popnotoriety. "Willie convinced mehe's serious about making rec-ords, and disciplined about hismusic," says Levy, who notes thatAames began playing extensiveconcert dates this summer despitethe lack of current product,backed by his band, Paradise.

"He writes his own material,but at this point in time, Willieknows it makes sense to go withthe strongest material available,from the very best songwriters,"Levy continues, alluding to thevariety of established outsidewriters expected to be repre-sented on Aames' first album.Similarly, Levy and Lorimar en-listed veteran producer BonesHowe to guide Aames' first re-

cordings.With Lorimar hoping to break

Aames first via singles, a majormedia push began during the hol-idays, designed to tie Aames' firstsingle to both his ongoing tele-vision role and his feature film de-but in the movie "ScavengerHunt." American Bandstand, Mid-night Special and other syndicatedand network video shows are al-ready being lined up for Aames.

If Aames' recording career is

being treated as a separate ven-ture, his deal with Lorimar is an

outgrowth of the series' exposure."Lorimar was always, conceptu-ally, a diversified entertainmentcompany," explains Levy. "We'vedone television and films, wehandle our own film distribution,and we syndicate shows for out-side producers as well as our ownpackages. So, it was natural forLorimar to sign Willie even beforea label had really been set up."

That recording contract wasn'tjust an extra clause or minor rideron Aames' existing Lorimar pacts,and plans for a record arm en-tered an active phase with Levy'sarrival. Now that Aames' first sin-gle is out, Lorimar is groomingBill Martin for an album debutsometime later this year.

Between working with his la-bel's first two acts, and screeningother unsigned artists for futuresignings, Levy is also currently in-volved in readying the soundtrackto "Cruising," director WilliamFriedkin's already controversialthriller set in New York's gay sub-culture. Levy notes that just as

Lorimar's first two soundtracks,"Americathon" and "The Fish ThatSaved Pittsburgh," both expandedbeyond conventional scores totap original pop, rock and black


WEA Bows

David Werchen NamedPhonogram Vice Pres. CHICAGO - Bob Sherwood,president of Phonogram, Inc./Mercury Records, has announcedthe appointment of David Wer-chen to the post of vice president,business affairs. Werchen waspreviously the director of law forthe firm.

Werchen's new position bringsexpanded duties and overall re-sponsibilites for the businessaffairs of Phonogram/Mercury. Hereports directly to Sherwood.

Before joining Phonogram asdirector of law, Werchen was theassociate council, business affairsfor both the Polydor and Phono-gram organizations. Prior to thathe was an attorney with the NewYork law firm of Lynton, Klein,Opton and Saslow.

Nominations Set ForAmerican Music AwardsIM LOS ANGELES - Nominees forthe seventh annual American Mu-sic Awards, which will be pre-sented during a special on ABC-TV, January 18, were announcedrecently. The nominations are inthree categories, Pop/Rock, Coun-try and Soul, with five awards ineach category.

Nominated for favorite malevocalist are Billy Joel, Barry Mani -


Discount CampaignII LOS ANGELES - WEA Corp.kicked off its winter restockingprogram Wednesday (2) with adiscount on 167 top cataloguetitles.

As unveiled by Vic Faraci,WEA executive vice president, theeight -week campaign will offer aseven percent discount on desig-nated titles, with the program tobe administered on a continuousbasis through February 22.

Included are top -selling cata-

Columbia Inks Ozark Mt. Daredevils

Columbia Records has signed the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The group is currently in

the studio with producer John Boylan recording its debut album for the label. Picturedat Columbia's Los Angeles offices are, from left: Mike Dilbeck, vice president, west coast

adr, Columbia; John Dillon, Larry Lee, Daredevils; John Boylan, producer; Bruce Lund-

vall, president, CBS Records Division; Steve Cash, Daredevils; Stan Plesser, Good Karma

Management; Mike "Sone" Gronda, Daredevils; and Paul Peterson, Good Karma

Management.

logue albums by Abba, AC/DC,The B -52s, George Benson, Jack-son Browne, The Cars, The Doo-bie Brothers, The Eagles, Fleet-wood Mac, Foghat, Foreigner,Emmylou Harris, Jimi Hendrix,Led Zeppelin, Steve Martin, PatMetheny, Joni Mitchell, Van Mor-rison, The Muppets, Bonnie Raitt,Linda Ronstadt, Todd Rundgren,Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, Traf-fic, Yes, Neil Young and otherWEA label acts.

'Cautious Optimism'Faraci touted the push as rooted

in "cautious optimism," andwarned retailers that reduced in-ventory levels are below whatter sales. "If our customers' in-ventory levels are below whatthey should be during the first twocritical months of 1980, sales thatare lost may be irretrievable,"Faraci stated. "We are not advo-cating overloading, or maintain-ing unrealistic inventory levels.That's why we are offering a con-tinuous program over an extendedperiod . , so that our customersmay order what they want whenneeded."

He also characterized the pro-gram as "designed to plug up allcostly inventory holes and fill thepipeline with a cash flow duringthe critical months of January andFebruary."

6RECORD WORLD JANUARY It 1980


aleThe American Jewish Committeeannounces

a testimonial dinnerfor our honored guest

John FrisoliPresident,Polygram Distribution

Recipient ofThe American Jewish CommitteeHuman Relations Award

Saturday Evening, January 26, 1980, Sheraton Centre, New York City

Contributions To The American Jewish Committee


Scott/Sunstorm Revamps ABC ComplexBy SAM SUTHERLAND

LOS ANGELES-What do youdo with a fully -equipped recordcompany office building and stu-dio complex when the companyfolds? In the case of the nowdefunct ABC Records facility onBeverly Boulevard, the answerhas been its reorganization as anambitious studio and productioncenter headed by a team of for-mer ABC staffers and christenedScott/Sunstorm Studios.

Although officially opened inOctober, the revamped ABC com-plex actually entered its projectedcombination of studio businessand office leasing to music indus-try tenants during the past month.In the interim, existing officespace was being renovated, alongwith some of the studio's techni-cal gear, with Scott/Sunstormprincipals mulling various mana-gerial services to be offered newtenants.

TeamThe team behind ABC's rebirth

as Scott/Sunstorm is built arounddirector of studio operationsGene Mackie, financial directorEd Conway and Reggie Dozier,engineering manager, and for allthree the new venture is a case ofcoming home. All three worked

Polydor Names OrrNatl. Sales ManagerIN NEW YORK - Tony Orr hasbeen promoted to the positionof national sales manager, Poly-dor Records, effective January 2,1980, it was announced by HarryAnger, senior vice president,marketing, Polydor Records.

Tony Orr

In his new post, Orr will beworking within the marketingarea to strengthen the Polydorsales and merchandising team,reporting directly to Mario DeFilippo, vice president, sales.

Orr has been with Polydor Rec-ords from July, 1977, in thecapacity of regional marketingmanager for the northeast. Priorto joining Polydor, Orr workedfor six years at Columbia Recordsin various capacities. Beforethat, he was sales manager forArc -Jay -Kay Distributing Co.,based in Detroit.

at the label prior to its sale andeventual fold -in with MCA Rec-ords.

According to Mackie, though,the idea for the operation pre-dates the MCA purchase, whileMackie and Conway were theprincipals in Sunstorm, then offer-ing financial services, manage-ment and systems consulting andinvestment consulting to the en-tertainment industry.

"The fellow who really put theidea together was J. A. Maillian,now managing director of Scott/Sunstorm," explains Mackie. Mail-lian, chairman of the CoronetCompanies, investment and realestate specialists, and head ofBeverly Hills Management Con-sultants, had sought Sunstorm'shelp in screening a possible in-vestment scheme.

"He asked us to come in andwork on a proposal for some ofhis clients, who wanted to builda studio. He needed figures, andwe provided him with them;when he saw the potential there,he became interested, and askedus whether we had any ideas be-yond the studio," says Mackie."That's where the idea of devel-oping an office complex with cer-tain centralized services, alongthe lines of attorneys' or doctors'buildings, came in."

The only problem was findinga facility. Mackie, Conway andMaillian had originally discussedthe studio/office concept in Au-gust, 1979, long before the saleof ABC Records to MCA, Inc., andno suitable existing structurecould be found.

Then rumors of an impendinglabel sale surfaced, and, in Janu-ary of 1979, Mackie and Conwaymade their initial offer via DonBeidemann, then VP of businessaffairs for ABC Records. "Our ini-tial offer was tendered when ABCexpected to move to a new siteon Pico Boulevard," Mackie ex-plained. "At that point, the label

De-Lite RenegotiatesPact with Phonogram NEW YORK-De-Lite Recordshas anounced that its distributionand marketing agreement withPhonogram/Mercury has been re-negotiated amending the foreignlicensing portion of their contract.Effective January 1, 1980, Phono-gram/Mercury will retain the mar-keting and distribution of the De-Lite catalogue for the UnitedStates and Canada only and ne-gotiation for all foreign licenseeswill be negotiated directly throughDe-Lite Records. Fred Fioto, di-rector of international affairs at

De-Lite Records indicated thatDe-Lite will be available to dis-cuss the catalogue at Midem, Jan-uary 18-25 in Cannes.

wanted to take the mastering fa-cility with it to Pico, but leave thestudio behind."

Instead, the MCA purchase fol-lowed, ABC Records ceased to ex-ist, and the ensuing logisticaltangle necessitated three subse-quent offers before a final dealcould be reached with MCA.

RenovationThe newly -formed Scott/Sun-

storm management team actuallytook over the 8255 Beverly com-plex in September, and Mackieand Dozier began tackling a

checklist of renovations neededin the building. "The studio itselfwas fully equipped," says Mackie,"but we felt a number of thingswere needed to really completeearlier renovations."

According to Dozier, key pur-chases included new outboardsignal processing gear, amplifiers,additional monitors and revisedroom acoustic treatment in oneof the three studios. The studios'long months without operationalso dictated extensive mainte-nance to insure that all electro-nics were operating correctly.

While the facility already offersthree full studios, a Neumann discmastering system and productionfacilities for tape and cassette du-plication, editing and album as-sembly, a major part of Scott/Sunstorm's master plan is its pro-jected entry into video produc-tion. The goal will lead to the de-velopment of a new videotape re-cording center.

Meanwhile, the facility has be-gun admitting its first outsidetenants. "The tenants we're bring-ing in are all in entertainment,"says Mackie. "That's one of therequirements we've made. Thusfar, they include two managementcompanies, one theatrically


Epic Ups Wingate NEW YORK - Lennie Petze,vice president, national A&R,Epic Records has announced theappointment of Dick Wingate todirector, talent acquisition, eastcoast, Epic Records. He will re-port directly to Petze.

Dick Wingate

In his new position, Wingatewill be responsible for workingclosely with selected Epic artistsand their managers and pro-ducers throughout all phases ofrecording. He will advise the vicepresident of Epic A&R as to thecomposition of the label's roster,and will coordinate with CBS

Records' business affairs depart-ment concerning contractualnegotiations with various Epicartists.

Wingate joined Epic Recordsin 1979 as assistant to the vicepresident, Epic A&R. Previously,he was with Columbia Records'east coast product managementdepartment, where his most re-cent position was associate direc-tor. He began his career as

program director of WBRU-FM inProvidence, R.I. and later joinedWPLR in New Haven, Conn. Hesubsequently went to Janus Rec-ords in New York as director,east coast promotion and servedas director, east coast operationsprior to joining Columbia.

UA Signs Gallagher

Jim Mazza, president of EMI-America/United Artists Records, has announced the signingof comic Gallagher to United Artists Records. Gallagher will have his debut LP rush -

released this month. Pictured (from left) are: (front row) Charlie Minor, vice president,promotion, EMI/UA; manager Ken Kragen and Jim Mazza; (back) Mark Levinson, vicepresident, business affairs, EMI/UA; Gallagher (in the driver's seat), Don Grierson, vice

president, A&R, EMI/UA; and Joe Petrone, vice president, marketing, EMI/UA.

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'Regionalism' Spurs Midwest GrowthBy STEVEN

NEW YORK - With nationaltours becoming infrequent be-cause of the cost of travel, the 80smay see the growth of regional-ism out of necessity. What is hap-pening in the Cincinnati area,thanks to Jerry Warner and ForumProductions, which he chairs, mayoffer some clues on how localtalent and industry might de-velop.

Given a strained economy, itseems only natural that the mid -west would want to become aproducer as well as consumer ofrecorded product. Budget con-scious labels might reduce thenumber of their acts touring themidwest, but a growing rock au-dience exists to be reached byradio and in small clubs and halls.An average week night findsStryker's, a Cincinnati club, over-flowing its several hundred seatcapacity, patrons giving an areaband the kind of enthusiastic re-ception one might expect for la-bal-affiliated stars. The music alsoseems to have a distinct regionalflavor, with southern rock over-tones, rather than tedious heavymetal cloning, characterizing thesound. With a void created by la-bel cutbacks, local production andpromotion outfits are finding theirefforts greatly appreciated.

Forum ProductionsDuring a get together thrown

by Forum Productions at theirstudio in Crescent Springs, Ken-tucky (10 minutes from Cincin-nati) one could sense the excite-ment of guests hailing from Pitts-burgh, Indianapolis, Cleveland,Louisville, Lexington and WestVirginia on what is happening inthe midwest, and what some co-operation could accomplish. Themessage seems clear: the indige-nous talent exists in the midwest,and ambitious companies and in-dividuals are finding ways of plug-ging it back into the heartland.

In the late sixties/early seven-ties the midwest had been thehome of many fine groups, suchas the Raspberries and Blue Ash,and labels like King boastedground -breaking records, includ-ing James Brown's early hits. Thelatter year flash of music capitals,New York, Los Angeles and Nash-ville tended to overwhelm mid -western effort-but late seven-ties and label streamlining seesthe emergence of grass roots tal-ent and development of the ma-chinery to exploit it.

Warner's Forum Productions, in

O'Jays Platinum NEW YORK - "Identify Your-self," the latest album by Phila-delphia International recordinggroup The (flays, has been certi-fied platinum by the RIAA.

BLAUNERhandling both their own groups,such as High Wind, and outsideprojects, symbolizes much of mid -west's revitalization and potential.

Forum owns and operates a

fully equipped 24 -track studio de-signed by John Storyk situated inNorthern Kentucky. The studiopossesses a low-key atmospherethat could not be found in NewYork and Los Angeles recordingcounterparts. The relative low costof working in the studio is alsoan obvious attraction. ProducerMike Chapman recorded thenumber one hit "I Want To KissYou All Over" with the localgroup Exile, here. Chapman re-turned to mix parts of Blondie'smulti -platinum "Parallel Lines,"and the off -the -beaten -track stu-dio is solidly booked with localand outside acts, making this iso-lated setting a hot bed of musicalactivity.

Local outfits are also takingover much of the business of pro-moting records from labels thathave cut back their operations inthe midwest. Some ex -label em-ployees, having maintained theircontacts, are working for inde-pendent companies like ForumPromotions, handling the productof several record companies. Thepromoters not only help breakrecords in what can at times bea difficult market, but also estab-lish an identity for the midwestrecord industry apart from themajor corporations.

It is easy to see that the mid -west will contribute more andmore to the music business in the80s and that with growing con-sciousness of things happening inand from the area, these effortsand products will reflect strongregional pride interests and char-acter.

Kooper Bows HEN LOS ANGELES-Al Kooper hasannounced the formation ofHome Entertainment Network(HEN), a division of Select Video,a major video software distribu-tion outlet.

The initial thrust of HEN will bethe acquisition and distribution ofexisting video tape of top record-ing and concert artists. Kooperwill serve as Executive director ofHEN.

HEN, through its associationwith Select Video, has the im-mediate advantage of placingproduct into more than 3,000 re-tail outlets nationwide, specializ-ing primarily in video hardwareand software consumer sales.

Home Entertainment Networkis located at 1680 North VineStreet, Suite 300, Hollywood, Cal-ifornia 90028; telephone: (213)

469-6249.

RCA To Record

'Oklahoma' Soundtrack NEW YORK-RCA Red Seal willrecord the new Broadway produc-tion of the Richard Rodgers andOscar Hammerstein II musical,"Oklahoma!" The announcementwas made by Thomas Z. Shepard,division vice president, Red Sealartists and repertoire.

Presented by Zev Buffman andJames M. Nederlander in associa-tion with Donald C. Carter, thenew production stars ChristineAndreas as Laurey, Laurence Guit-tard as Curly, Mary Wickes asAunt Eller, Martin Vidnovic as JudFry, Harry Groener as Will Parker,Christine Ebersole as Ado AnnieCarnes and Stephen Crain as Slim.

Shepard will produce the albumfor RCA with Jay David Saks, ex-ecutive producer, Red Seal artistand repertoire, as associate pro-ducer.

Music Plus Holds WEA/Marantz Drawing

The drawings for the WEA/Marantz Sweepstakes prizes were held by 39 participatingdealers on November 26th throughout the country. One of the participating chains,Music Plus, held their drawing at their Hollywood store. Pictured from left: Alan

Perper, WEA national advertising manager; Jody Raithel, WEA Los Angeles marketingcoordinator; Alan Schwartz, Music Plus advertising 8 promotion director; Bob Moering,WEA national director of marketing services; Skid Weiss, WEA national director of

public relations; John Parks, Music Plus Hollywood store manager; Lou Fogleman,president, Music Plus. The grand prize winner of the $2,100 Marantz stereo musicsystem through the Music Plus chain was John Walton of Rosemead.

Retailer SchoolSet By NARM CHERRY HILL, N.J. - NARM'sfive day Retail Management Certi-fication Program designed for rec-ord store personnel holds its ini-tial session at the Atlanta DunfeyHotel January 21-25. The facultyfor the program wil consist of Dr.Garland Wiggs, the course co-ordinator and instructor for themanagement / human resourcessections, Van Webster of HopeStreet Studio, and Robert Bentonof Music Plus. The program's for-mat will emphasize participativeexercises where the student willapply concepts to their own reallife experiences. It will enablethem to learn from the exper-iences of their peers from differ-ent parts of the country and vari-ous types of organizations. As Dr.Wiggs commented, "The partici-pants will find the program to bea fun but challenging learning ex-perience."

Wiggs will teach the subjectareas on the manager's responsi-bilities; personnel management;motivation; communication skills;interviewing and hiring; teaching,coaching and evaluation; timemanagement; and sales theoryand training.

Van Webster, widely acclaimedfor his presentations at the 1979NARM Regionals, will cover themerchandising / promotion sec-tions of the course. There will bea mixture of lecture and hands-onprojects for the program partici-pants. Promotional materials willbe supplied by various labels andwill be utilized by the student inthe actual construction of in-storedisplay material.

Benton's presentation willstrengthen the students' knowl-edge and awareness of how everyphase of the retail operation af-fects the bottom line. There willbe lecture material mixed withcase studies. Benton will concen-trate on financial management;inventory management; orderingad replenishment; and profit andloss concepts.

The 1980 Retail ManagementCertification Program schedule in-cludes Chicago April 21-25; LosAngeles June 16-20; and Phila-delphia August 11-15. For moreinformation contact the NARM of-fice, 1060 Kings Highway, Suite200, Cherry Hill, New Jersey08034. The telephone number is(609) 795-5555.

OCMP Meet Set LOS ANGELES-The Organiza-tion of Creative Music Publishers(OCMP) has scheduled a meetingto be held Monday, January 14, at6:30 p.m. at the CBS Recordslobby -level conference room,1801Century Park West. All industrypersonnel are invited to attend.

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DESMOND CHILD and ROUGE-Capitol 4815

TUMBLE IN THE NIGHT(prod. by Landis)(writer: Child)(Desmobile/Manoged,ASCAP) (2:39)

Desmond Child's songwritingskills are no secret and, combinedwith his superb vocal perform-ance here, he's released perhapshis finest effort to date. Much ofthe credit must go to Rouge, thefemale trio and other half of thegroup, which has amazing versa-tility with their back-up vocalsthat work as another instrument.

THE WHISPERS-Solar 11894(RCA)

AND THE BEAT GOES ON(prod. by Griffey-group)(writers: Sylvers-Shockley-Shelby)(Spectrum VI I/Rosy,ASCAP) (3:25)

Walter and Wallace Scott lookand sound alike as they head thissongbird quintet that's unbeat-able when it comes to craftyharmonies and agile vocal inter-play. A big bass beat anchors thesmooth, soft falsettos while someclassy percussion adds a finishingtouch. Great stuff with crossoverpotential.

JOHN COUGAR-Riva 203(Mercury)

SMALL PARADISE (prod. byRon & Howard Albert)(writer: Mellencamp)(G.H./H.G., ASCAP)(3:38)

Cougar's "I Need A Lover" wenttop 40 for him and was instantlycovered by several other artists.This second release from his self-named LP has a deliberate, balladpace with Cougar's raw vocalexuding tension and drama. Thesharp hook delivered by a finevocal performance should givethis loads of AOR-pop airplay.

DUNCAN BROWNE-Sire 49157(WB)

AMERICAN HEARTBEAT(prod. by Browne)(writer: Browne)(Hudson Bay, BMI)(3:39)

This is the first single fromBrowne's "Streets Of Fire" LP andit signals his arrival as a com-plete and talented singer/song-writer/guitarist. Keyboad and gui-tar lines merge with his seductivevocals into a thick, rich canvassof mystery and intrigue. It's a

captivating record that's headedfor AOR success.

PopBOULDER-Elektra 46581JOIN ME IN L.A. (prod. by Daly) (writer:

Zevon) (Warner-Tamerlane/Darkroom,BMI) (3:131

This initial single from the sextet'sself -titled LP is a Warren Zevon-penned killer. A throbbing rhythmunderlines Bob Harris' intense vo-cal screams and desperate guitarwails.

THE FARAGHERS-Polydor 2057MYSTIC EYES (prod. Poncia) (writers:

Tommy, Jimmy, Davey, & MaryFaragher) (Faraflap, BMI) (3:26)

This family band is an excellentpop unit that has a flair for catchymelodies and perky rhythms. En-ergetic vocals tie the package withthe pretty top 40 bow.

STARLAND VOCAL BAND-Windsong 11899 (RCA)

LOVING YOU WITH MY EYES (prod. byBeckett) (writers: Kunkel-Danoff)(Cherry Lane, ASCAP) (3:201

Soothing four-part harmonieshighlight this quartet's latest of-fering. The title -hook is primedfor pop -adult and should put th,istalented group back on top.

THE POP-Arista 0486BEAT TEMPTATION (prod. by Monkey)

(writers: Prescott -Swanson) (Urban Blue)(3:46)

An irresistible robot beat and key-board line join with quirky vocalsmaking an outstanding "dancemusic" piece. Great for clubs andAOR.

THEO VANESS-Prelude 8006THANK GOD THERE'S MUSIC (prod. by

Michaele-Lana-Sebastian (writers:Michaele-Lana-Sebastian) (Bang) (3:59)

Vaness is one of the major prac-titioners of the Euro-disco soundand this follow-up to his top 5"Bad Bad Boy" (RW Discofile)is in the same dancing vein withattractive pop potential.

THE DUNCAN SISTERS-EarMarc 5503 (Casablanca)

SADNESS IN MY EYES (prod. by Guenther -

Morrison) (writer: Morrison) (Parking,ASCAP) (3:44)

The ladies' sweet falsetto vocalsdefy the theme as they bouncealong on the infectious dancebeat. Widespread appeal for sev-eral tastes.

JOHN WILLIAMS-Arista 0480THE MARCH FROM THE MOTION PICTURE

"1941" (The Wild Bill Kelso Theme)(prod. by Williams) (writer: Williams)(Gold Horizon/Duchess, BMI) (2:57)

For movie buffs and classical mu-sic fans or those who adored JohnBelushi's crazy antics in the com-edy spectacular.

LENORE O'MALLEY-Polydor2055

FIRST ... BE A WOMAN (prod. byMichaele-Lana-Sebastian) (writers:Michuele-Lana-Sebastian) (Seacoast,BMI) (3:46)

From her forthcoming LP comesthis sparkling pop -dancer with amessage as strong as the invitingbeat. The classy horn break andsmart production make this anenjoyable jaunt.

B.O.S./PopDYNASTY-Solar 11896 (RCA)SATISFIED (prod. by Sylvers) (writers:

Sylvers-Griffey) (Spectrum VI/Rosy,ASCAP/Proud Tunes, BMI) (3:43)

Snappy percussion propels thislively dancer with multi -vocaloverlays creating excitement.Loads of fun on this well exe-cuted dance -and -sing tune.

GLORIA GAYNOR-Polydor2056

MIDNIGHT ROCKER (prod. by Fekaris)(writers: Fekaris-Perren) (Perren-Vibes,ASCAP) (3:42)

Swirling keyboards swell over thequick dance beat as an intro forGaynor's luscious vocals. A mag-netic sound that's sure to attractclub & radio attention.

STANLEY TURRENTINE-Elektra46576

BETCHA (prod. by Turrentine) (writers:McDonald -Schwartz) (Tee, BMI) (4:12)

Pure joy abounds on this title cutfrom Turrentine's latest LP. Stan'smelodic lines glide effortlesslyover an easy -flowing rhythm thatheats into a real blowout for jazzand pop audiences.

JAMES BROWN-Polydor 2054REGRETS (prod. by Shapiro) (writer:

Wyrick) (Intersong, ASCAP) (4:08)

Brown hits emotional peaks onthis standout ballad. His touchingreminiscence is one of his finestefforts in recent memory and aBOS cinch hit that should grabpop reaction.

BRUNI PAGAN-Elektra 46563LATE FOR LOVE (prod. by Rosenblatt -

Harrison) (writers: Rosenblatt -Pagan -Dietrich) (Sound Palace, ASCAP (3:31)

Following her "Fantasy" hit isthis second single from the "JustBruni" LP. Pagan gives an impres-sive vocal show here with plentyof range in the upper octaves anda punchy instrumental track.

SOUTHROAD CONNECTION-United Artists 1333

IN THE MORNING (prod. by Job -Hawes)(writer: Smalls) (Shaduby, BMI) (3:58)

Dramatic, soulful vocals are cen-terstage on this string -laden bal-lad from their "Ain't No Time ToSit Down" LP. A powerful per-fcrmance by the eight -man groupwhich should take them into thelimelight of BOS radio and clubs.

IRMA THOMAS-RCS 1006SAFE WITH ME (prod. by Vetter -Fred)

(writer: Anderson) (Big Heart, BMI/Harmony & Grits, ASCAP) (3:22)

Thomas' gorgeous vocals embla-zon this uptempo ballad withpassionate desire. Economicalstrings and piano accompanimenthelp make this a stunning cut forBOS with pop in the grooves.

RONNIE LAWS-United Artists1334

EVERY GENERATION (prod. by Laws)(writer: Fizz/At Home, ASCAP) (3:45)

This title track from his upcomingLP showcases Laws' glossy key-board work with sensuous hornand vocal parts giving a tasty popflavor.

Country/PopWAYLON JENNINGS-RCA

11898I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS (prod.

by Albright) (writer: Crowell) (Visa,ASCAP) (3:34)

Waylon knows a hot song whenhe hears one and his cover of thisRodney Crowell tune reallysmokes. A dancer that's got po-tent crossover possibilities whileit heads for the top of the coun-try chart.

MEL TILLIS-Elektra 46583LYING TIME (prod. by Bowen) (writer:

Walker) (Sawgrass, BMI) (3:06)A weeping steel guitar, keyboardsand back-up chorus decorate Til-lis' rich tenor on this ballad fromhis "Me And Pepper" LP. Anautomatic country hit and astrong A/C contender.

THE STATLER BROTHERS-Mercury 57012

(I'LL EVEN LOVE YOU) BETTER THAN I DIDTHEN (prod. by Kennedy) (writers: Reid-

Reid) (American Cowboy, BMI) (2:30)Sugary vocals blend with candy-coaoted harmonies on this lovelyballad. The walking bass line andsimple arrangement make this adelightful listening experience forcountry and pop -adult listeningaudiences.

CONRAD PIERCE-Phoenix 138IT'S HARD TO BE A COWBOY THESE DAYS

(prod. by Conrad) (writer: Pierce)Chess, ASCAP) (2:14)

"Nashville's Singing Barber" getslome fancy guitar support on thisquick but catchy tune which.lould garner some pop reaction.

?ierce's down-home vocals areperfect for the bittersweet lyrics.

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Radio ReplayBy MARC KIRKEBY

IS THIS ON? If you're wondering what happened to the smilingface atop this column, Neil McIntyre has moved on in this nomadicbusiness, passing up a promising career in professional basketball tojoin MCA Records in national promotion. (Check your phone -thatmay be Neil holding on line two.) Although it will be hard to re-place his experience, wit, and spelling, Neil has graciously offeredto call me whenever I make a mistake. Vaya con dios, big fella.

RADIO REPLAY still wants to hear from you when you changejobs, when you're looking, or when you've simply got something onyour mind. Pass the information along to me in Record World's NewYork office, to Jack Forsythe or Louisa Westerlund in Hollywood, orto Marie Ratliff or Walter Campbell in Nashville.

MOVES: WMAK-AM/Nashville, which made news last year withits early switch to disco, has changed format again, this time to adultcontemporary, with a number of accompanying personnel changes.Bill Seaver, formerly general manager of WBSR/Pensacola, Fla., be-

comes VP and general manager for 'MAK and its sister station, WBYQ(92Q -FM). Seaver brings along WBSR's Jim Wesley as general salesmanager. Mark Damon, who was PD at crosstown rival WLAC, isnow operations manager for WMAK and 92Q, and PD for 92Q;Chris Romer becomes programming coordinator for WMAK. NickBazoo, from WNOE/New Orleans, has been named music directorfor both stations, and Ron Lake, former PD of WKQB/Nashville, joinsWMAK in afternoon drive.

Speaking of Nashville, Bill "Hossman" Allen plans to return toWLAC Feb. 1. Elsewhere, Alicia Torres of KXTC-FM/Phoenix has beennamed program assistant to PD Scott Burton, and Gary Fries has beenappointed VP/GM of KXTC and sister station KJJJ-AM, from KAAY-AM-KLPQ-FM/ Little Rock.

WEFM/Chicago is looking for a research director and or part-timevacation relief air talent, someone with research experience and fiveyears in big -market radio; contact PD Kevin Metheny at WEFM.

Lee Bayley, who was operations manager for KIQQ-FM/ Los An-geles, has been named VP/GM of TM Programming, replacing TimMoore, who will pursue station ownership and consulting ... WNEW-AM/New York's William B. Williams turned up on two TV channelslast Wednesday night: Williams appeared on NBC's 40th anniversarysalute to Frank Sinatra (also a RADIO REPLAY fave), and on ABC's"20/20" segment concerning the return of big band sounds to radio... Jon R. W. Wailin joins KZLA-AM-FM/Los Angeles doing 10 a.m.-2 p.m., from WYBR/Rockford, Ill., where he was PD . WCBS-FM/New York honored air talent and former PD Bill Brown for 10 yearswith the station . .. Mike Perkins will be doing mornings at WYDD-FM/Pittsburgh.

SCRIBO ERGO SUM: In recent years programmers have left radiofor jobs in the record business (Neil is only the latest), acting (JayThomas), and even cable television (Bob Pittman), not to mentionall those who have left to become statistics. But Steve Marshall, aradio veteran best known as the program director of CBS's KNX-FMin Los Angeles, has apparently found a new niche, going from pro-gramming radio to dramatizing it as a story editor for "WKRP in Cin-cinnati." Marshall pioneered "the mellow sound" at KNX, winningconsistently high ratings in perhaps the nation's most unstable radiomarket, but found that "in 12 years I had pretty much done every-thing I wanted to do in radio . . . I miss the people I worked with,but I don't miss the work that much."

Marshall had done some writing in college, and tried to find workas an actor following graduation; radio was at first simply a stopgap,a way to make a living while waiting for an acting break. When"WKRP" debuted on CBS -TV last year, Marshall began working on ascript for the show, which he submitted "on spec" to MTM Produc-tions. Hugh Wilson, executive producer for the series, called Mar-shall in to work on a rewrite as a free-lancer, which also served,without Marshall's knowledge, as his audition as a staff writer. Hejoined the show full-time in June.


WGN Still Tops Chicago ARBWMAL Leads Again in D.C.

By MARCII NEW YORK - WGN againtopped the Chicago radio marketin Arbitron October -Novembersurvey statistics released lastweek, beating its closest competi-tor more than two points despitea slump from its summer '79performance.

Top 10WGN's 10.5 share (Monday -

Sunday, 6 a.m.-midnight, totalpersons) bested WLOO's 8.2 (upfrom 7.4) and WLS's 6.2 (downfrom 6.4). WGN's summer ratingwas 11.7. WLS again scored thehighest cumulative audience forthe Windy City, with a weeklyaverage of 2.5 million listeners.

The rest of the Chicago top10: WBBM-AM 6.1, up from 5.4;WLAK 5.6, up from 4.3; WLUP4.9, down from 7.3 (a substan-tial drop for the station thatmade national news with its"Disco Demolition" at ComiskeyPark last summer); WMAQ 4.5,up from 4.3; WIND 4.3, up from4.0; WCLR 3.1, up from 2.9.

Other stations' results includeWFYR's 2.9, down from 3.1;WEFM's 2.2, down from 2.5;WAIT's steady 2.2; WBBM-FM's

KIRKEBY2.1, up from 1.8; WCFL's 0.5,down from 1.2; WDAI-FM's 1.7,down from 2.4 (another illomen for disco radio); WGCI's2.7, up from 2.4; WJEZ's 2.5, upfrom 1.7; WJJD's 1.3, up from1.0; WJPC's 2.1, down from 2.2;WKQX's 2.7, up from 2.5;WMET's 2.2, up from 1.2;WVON's 2.8, up from 2.4, andWXRT's 1.8, up from 1.7.

In the nation's capital, adultcontemporary WMAL-AM againtook over the top position inthat city's ARBs, climing from itssummer 9.3 to an 11.8 in theOctober / November survey,while contemporary WPGCdipped from 11.0 to 7.7.

The balance of Washington'sratings leaders: beautiful musicWGAY, down from 7.9 to 7.2;black -oriented OK100 up from6.0 to 6.9; A/C WASH up from5.6 to 6.5; progressive blackWHUR down from 5.9 to 4.9; AORWRQX up from 2.1 to 4.9; DC101 down from 5.3 to 3.2; WAVAsteady at 2.8; WOL down from3.3 to 2.2; WKYS up from 2.4 to3.1; WTOP down from 4.2 to 3.9;and WRC up from 2.5 to 3.7.

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UA Music Holds Natl. Meet

United Artists Music's national convention, held December 13-18 in Los Angeles, washighlighted by a staff review of the year's activities as Harold Seider, (sixth from left)president of the publishing firm, met with professional executives Peter Pasternak, JimmyGilmer, Suzanne Logan, Danny Strick, Danny Crystal, Barry Bergman, and Allan Tepper.

Leo Cherne To Speak

At NARM Convention CHERRY HILL, N.J.-Respond-ing to the economic situationwhich is seriously affecting everyfacet of American life, the Na-tional Association of RecordingMerchandisers (NARM) will fea-ture Leo Cherne, internationallyknown economist and politicalscientist, at its annual Convention,on March 25, at the MGM GrandHotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.Cherne is an acclaimed interna-tional lecturer on economics; alawyer; a foreign relations spe-cialist; and a philanthropist andsocial activist who together withDr. Albert Schweitzer and Dr. TomDooley organized MEDICO, a di-vision of CARE.

Cherne's topic "On the Razor'sEdge" will discuss the economicand political possibilities for theUnited States, the Soviet bloc andthe Third World, projectedagainst a backdrop of our de-pendence on imported oil.

Cherne's address will keynotethe second general business ses-sion of Tuesday, March 25. TheConvention opens officially onSunday, March 23.

Polydor Taps Brody NEW YORK - Jeff Brody hasbeen named northeast regionalmarketing manager, Polydor Rec-ords, it was announced by HarryAnger, senior vice president,marketing, Polydor Records.

Prior to his appointment,Brody was New York sales man-ager at Polygram Distribution,which he joined in October,1977, as a key account salesman.Brody began his record businesscareer in the order and billingdepartment of Malverne RecordDistributors in 1967 and eventu-ally rose to the post of LongIsland regional salesman when heleft in 1973 to join ABC Recordsas a special account salesman. Inhis new post, Brody will reportdirectly to Mario De Filippo, vicepresident, sales, Polydor Records.

Capitol To Release

'Chicago Trial' LP LOS ANGELES-On January 14,Capitol Records will release aspecial spoken word doublealbum docu-drama titled "TheChicago Conspiracy Trial."

Produced for Capitol by Niko-las K. Venet, "The Chicago Con-spiracy Trial" LP is a live record-ing of the stage production thathas been running at Los Angeles'Odyssey Theatre for nearly ayear.

The play and the album recre-ate the landmark 1969-70 trial bythe U.S. Government of eightmen charged with conspiring toincite street riots between Chi-cago Police, the Illinois NationalGuard and thousands of anti -Vietnam war demonstrators dur-ing the August 1968 DemocraticNational Convention in Chicago.

To record the play, producerVenet reconstructed the OdysseyTheatre's courtroom set in Capi-tol's large Studio A last October,and recorded two nights of actualperformances with live audiences.While the stage production isnarrated visually by use of infor-mational slides projected for theaudience, the LP features narra-tion by John Stewart, who ap-pears courtesy of RSO Records.

WEA Intl. Names CohenTo Product Mgmt. Post NEW YORK-Nesuhi Ertegun,president of WEA International,has announced the appointmentof Jennifer Cohen to the newlycreated position of productmanager.

In her new post, Cohen willassist in the development of in-ternational artists and will act asliaison between WEA Interna-tional affiliates and the Americanlabels which release product fromabroad.

Cohen, a recent graduate ofRadcliffe College, was brought toWEA for its management trainingprogram in 1978.

By DAVID McGEE THE THIRD ANNUAL NEW YORK, N.Y. YEAR-END AWARDS: As isthe custom every year at this time, New York, N.Y. presents its owntotally unique, totally mind -boggling, absolutely without redeemingsocial value year-end awards to those people and places who havemade the year tolerable. Without further ado ...

AMERICAN OF THE YEAR: To the man who has done more thanany single person to extol the virtues of Old Glory; who has sent hisown point-blank, no-nonsense message to the big mulla in Iran("Take Your Crude and Shove It, Baby"); who has proffered his ownunique, mind -boggling theory on the fake death of Elvis Presley("The King Is Free???"); and who, on December 27, in a masterstroke, announced his latest "last record" on LeCam (which will befeatured prominently next week) entitled "Thank You, Mr. Khomeini.""All of the sneak attacks, Pearl Harbors, Bull Runs, Valley Forges,Bunker Hills, Alamos, World Wars-nothing has brought Americanstogether like he has." So says Major Bill Smith, a real American.

SIMPLE DECLARATIVE SENTENCE OF THE YEAR: What it is.

MAN OF THE YEAR: A neck -and -neck race between Sammy Vargasof MCA and Bill Blankenship of For the Record in Baltimore wastilted in favor of Vargas by his sponsorship of a late -year feast fromRESTAURANT OF THE DECADE Sylvia's Restaurant. Thus the funnymanfrom MCA nets Man of the Year honors in the closest balloting inhistory and for the third consecutive time, although he did have toreturn his first Man of the Year sweater after he was found in violationof the rules. The big question now is why A&M's Michael Leon (whydoesn't he have a new picture taken?) had the nerve to boast of beinga top candidate for this honor? What's he done for humanity lately?

DELICATESSEN OF THE DECADE: Peter's Deli, located across thestreet from Record World on the Broadway side, captures this awardin a breeze. Peter and his trusted crew-most notably Chef Le Johnny-have day in and day out provided New Yorkers in general and RWstaffers in particular with the finest in international cuisine expertlyprepared, handsomely served. What would a day be like withoutthis probing question from Chef Le Johnny: "Want a pickle with that?"

D. W. COOPER AWARD FOR FEATS OF AERIAL DERRING-DO: Tothe fellow who sat next to RW's Sophia Midas on a flight emanatingfrom New York. In short order, this fellow-name still unknown-engaged the comely lass in spirited conversation and won her con-fidence, if not her heart, to the point where, when she felt naturecalling, she asked this . . . this stranger to guard her purse! Uponreturning to her seat, Midas was shocked and dismayed (perhapsthrilled and delighted, too) to discover the protector of her valuablesand the valuables (credit cards, money, keys, various unmentionables)absent-leading to the inescapable conclusion that the brazenfellow had hit the silk at 30,000 feet, never to be heard from again!

THE BORN TOO LATE AWARD: to Steven "Highpockets" Blauner,who asked, "What does that mean, 'hit the silk'?"

BEAU BRUMMEL AWARD for the Best Dressed Flashmaker: DavidHerscher, previous winner of the Beau Brummel Award, made alate -season run at the honor this year after being recalled from theteam's Macon farm club. He even added a plaster cast to his attire,but alas, the effort was futile. Herscher was edged out in the ballotingby RW staff weirdo, Jeffrey "Rags" Peisch. In one of his two appear-ances on the field last season, Peisch stunned friend and foe alikeby peeling off his sweat pants to reveal a wrinkled pair of white gymshorts with an equally -wrinkled, taupe -colored pair of boxer shortspeering out from underneath the white. His was perhaps the mostaudacious debut in Flashmaker history. The man is an athleticsupporter.

FLASHMAKERS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: This most coveted of year-end awards had many worthy candidates. Miami Steve Van Zandtstarted strong for the Flashmakers and was carrying a .500 battingaverage through the early part of the season before being summonedinto the studio by Bruce Springsteen and therefore forced to hang itup before playing in the required number of games to be eligible forRookie honors (how many teams have lost players to Bruce Spring-steen?). Good things always happened to the team when RichardMunk was in the lineup. Who can forget his throw on a line fromcenterfield to nail WNEW's Tom Morrera at the plate and concludea 9-2 RW win? Michael Leon has probably been telling people thathe is going to be Rookie of the Year, but he didn't play in enough

(Continued on page 30)RECORD WORLD JANUARY 12, 1980

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AGAC AnnouncesASKAPROLine-Up NEW YORK-Sheila Davis, di-rector of special projects of theAmerican Guild of Authors and

Composers (AGAC), has an-nounced the January lineup ofguest speakers for the guild'sThursday noontime rap sessionsfor songwriters.

Music industry professionalswho will be fielding questionsfrom lyricists and composers willbe: January 3, Wanda Ramos, "Ra-dio Doctor" from the Market Re-

search firm of Burkhart & Abrams;January 10, Warren Baker-MusicPublisher from Funky Acres Pub-lishing Company; January 17, BobCurrie-A&R director from ScreenGems; January 14, Janet Rosen-blatt-co-owner of R&T RecordingStudios; and January 31, LorraineRebidas-associate director east

coast creative services, MCA Music.

The ASKAPRO seminars held atAGAC, 40 West 57th Street, Suite410, are open to all songwriters.Only a phone call (757-8833) is

required to reserve a space.

Nicky Chinn Explores the FormulaBy SAMUEL GRAHAM

LOS ANGELES - While mostsuccessful songwriters bristle at

the merest suggestion that theirwork adheres to a particular for-mula, the writing/productionteam of Mike Chapman and NickyChinn point with considerablepride to the formula that hashelped them reach the pinnacleof their profession. "We go forthe hit," Chinn said recently. "It'sour job to serve the act, and theydon't care about cover songs oralbum tracks. They want hits."

And hits they've gotten, es-

pecially in the last two or so years.As writers, the Chinnichap part-nership has been responsible forExile's "Kiss You All Over" -oneof 1978's biggest single successes- and, more recently, Suzi

Quatro/Chris Norman's "Stum-blin' In," Tanya Tucker's "LayBack in the Arms of Someone"and several others. Chinnichap'sproduction aspect has been thriv-ing as well; Mike Chapman's re-cent works have included Blon-die's "Parallel Lines" and "Eat

BY SAMUEL GRAHAM & SAM SUTHERLAND

BEST OF THE REST-By now, everybody's doubtless had their

year-end wrapups, especially with the added topic of an entire decade

to work columnists and critics into a list -making lather. COAST will

spare its readers our own post-mortem on the '70s, but a few honor-

able mentions are in order.First, in a year when holiday gift -giving was inevitably undercut by

tight budgets, the greeting card took on new visibility: without six

bottles of hootch or a satin disco jacket to bolster lame sentiments,labels, managers and agents apparently tried harder this year. Some

used cheesecake, others surrealism, but our favorites had to be Virgin

Records' multi -purpose card (which covered not only the holiday

itself, but other vital events such as the death of one's moose, purefalsehood and delinquent accounts) and the Hong Kong Cafe's fortune

cookie greeting (which included the astute observation, "When in

Chinatown, if not in Hong Kong you in Wong place," alluding to chief

competitor Madame Esther Wong).Next, some honor is due those hapless folks faced with actually

having to compile all those lists. Summaries of 1979's pop history by

the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times both keyed their

perspective to the resurgence of new rock styles, but special mention

should go to the latter's John Rockwell for broadening his view be-

yond that obvious main theme in order to look at disco, black musicand avant garde alliances between jazz and new wave artists.

APOCRYPHA-The turn of the decade has also spawned its ownhumorous sub -genre, the baseless rumor. Apart from recent trade"predictions" made in a film business daily paper by one of its lesspopular columnists, the urge to send up the future has apparentlyspread to an unspecified number of publicists and writers.

One nameless-and unsolicited-contributer filed no less than nine

items, ranging from the true poop on the Beatles reunion (there isn't

one, but the boat people are signing with Dark Horse), the Pope (good

taste forbids further explication) and our favorite, an alleged crack

by Dan Hicks, former Hot Licks mentor. Because Hicks wasn't a Styx

fan, he'd decided against checking out their Forum date. Our corres-pondent's analysis? "Hicks Nix Styx Tix."

GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - It was billed as "the show they

couldn't stop," and those of us who were there agree that it's a lucky

thing they couldn't. That's right, we're talkin' "Mambo Beat '80," the

all -everything New Year's Eve hoedown held at the fabulous Trouper's(Continued on page 30)

to the Beat," the Knack's "Get theKnack" (and its number one sin-gle, "My Sharona"), and albumsby Pat Benatar, Tucker, Quatroand others.

Chinn and Chapman begantheir collaborations early in the'70s, producing and writing Eng-lish hits for the likes of Quatro,Sweet, Mud and Smokie. Theirroles have become more separatein subsequent years, Chinn ex-plained. "Other than argue," hesaid, "the only thing Mike and I

do together now is write."Chinn's gradual assumption of

a more behind -the -scenes in-volvement in Chinnichap-ef-fected, in part, because "I've al-ways had a fairly natural talentfor the business side of things"-has had no traumatic conse-quences for him. "I was awarethat my role wasn't as glamor-ous," he admitted, "but it neverbothered me. The most importantthing to me is the respect of thepeople I want it (respect) from-like Al Coury, Mo Ostin or who-ever, rather than some band'slead singer."

Chinn and Chapman's writingcollaborations, he added, are

just that: cooperative efforts."There has never been a songthat was written by one of us buthad both of our names on it.

"Mike is the ideas man, themelody man," Chinn continued,"and we usually write the lyricstogether. We both feel that nei-ther of us is the complete writer,and we also enjoy working to-gether-it's never been a slog."

The Chinnichap song catalogue(administered here by Arista Mu-sic) "was built on us as songwrit-ers for years," Chinn said, "butwe're serious about the publish-ing business beyond our ownwriting." And although "we've

had no big singles by other writ-ers yet," Chinn allowed, "wenever discourage an act from writ-ing its own material. If they bringus the hit, terrific-let 'em haveit. It doesn't matter if it's us orthem doing the writing; the bot-tom line is the charts. We're notstupid or greedy enough to walkaway from the hits."

In a typical Chinnichap produc-tion/writing arrangement, "wetend to tailor our writing to a par-ticular artist," Chinn said. "Werarely just write a song and seewho it's good for." That kind ofspecialization, by its very nature,limits potential covers of Chinni -chap songs, but "I don't thinkabout covers," he added. "As I

said, we go for the hit."Nevertheless, Chinn confessed,

"Mike and I wouldn't mind writ-ing a couple of standards. It'sabout the only thing that's eludedus-and it's also what will put usinto the history books." Nor isChinn daunted by the fact thatthe Chinnichap style-describedas "teen music," "modern music"or simply "music for the kids"-would seem to preclude the writ-ing of standards. "The Beatleswere modern teenage music, andthey wrote standards in thatidiom. There's no reason why weshouldn't write a standard in ouridiom."

Chinnichap's operation is nowprimarily based in Los Angeles, asituation that Chinn feels hashelped effect the team's triumphsin this country. "We still don'tknow why some of the big, bigEuropean hits never made ithere," he said, "but our merepresence here now is a help.American record companies needballbusting-when you call fromLondon it just doesn't have thesame impact."

ASCAP Gets Oscar

The Los Angeles offices of ASCAP recently received an Academy Award from PattyWashington, the widow of lyricist Ned Washington, who, at one time, was a vicepresident of ASCAP. Washington presented ASCAP with the Oscar her husband wonfor the lyric to "High Noon." Shown in front of the permanent display of the Oscar

at the ASCAP offices are (from left) Todd Brabec, western regional director forbusiness affairs; George Duning, ASCAP board of directors; Mrs. Patty Washington;Arthur Hamilton, ASCAP board of directors; Sammy Fain, ASCAP board of directors;

and Michael Gorfaine, ASCAP western regional director for repertory.

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Disco FileBy BRIAN CHIN

(A weekly report on current and upcoming discotheque breakouts)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're in a lighthearted mood this week, firstof all because of RW's hiatus, but even more so because of the waythe charts are looking. Three current club hits are bulleting up thepop chart-an indication, we hope, of a thawing out and warmingup toward disco by pop radio stations. The charmed cuts are: IsaacHayes' "Don't Let Go;" the Spinners' revival of "Workin' My WayBack to You," produced by Michael Zager; and Shalamar's "The Sec-ond Time Around," which crowns a sudden hot streak for the label(more on that below). We've been through a period of some insta-bility, but one fact remains as true as ever: clubs and club DJs dis-cover hits. Club goers are an involved, often passionately committed,audience thtat deserves as much recognition and support as possiblefrom radio and record labels.

TWO STANDOUT ALBUMS: Almost all of Cheryl Lynn's second, "InLove" (Columbia), has a dance rhythm undertow which yields severalpossible disco cuts. Barry Blue's production is glossy and hectic (aswas his work with Heatwave) and, with a voice like Lynn's, he doesn'thave to spare one bit of power. She sings in big, lusty, joyful shoutsthat create instant peaks on "Keep It Hot" (5:24), which changestempo in an unexpected jazz flute break and "Feel It" (5:04), a churn-ing, slightly overrushed but very charged -up cut. Slowed down a bit,it's a perfect invitation to "shake your body and feelit-feelit-feelit."Lynn's startling range is all the more impressive considering her totalcommand: she modulates skillfully on the midtempo "Love Bomb"(4:08), amid explosions and a scatter of synthesizer bits; and in "HideIt Away" (4:33) it's a joy to hear her burst into a high wail. We hopea disco disc will follow soon, although it's tough to choose only twocuts. Be that as it may, "In Love" is one of the indispensable mid-winter releases. Cheryl Lynn is way past the adjective "promising:"she has delivered.

Also offering a number of inviting cuts is the self -titled debut al-bum of Kocky, a west coast group on Windsong. Their music is a

merger of fluid rhythm and pop harmonies along the lines of OneWay. A disco disc has already been released, containing a version of"Remone" that's slightly longer (5:56) than the album cut. Glowingwith lush harmony, "Remone" 's loose, almost improvisational feelis shared by "Just Keep On Dancin' " (4:17) and "So Glad I FoundYou" (4:27), both sporting clean, stylish playing. Finally: "Hold Onto That Groove" (5:42), a slightly harder dance cut. There's not a greatdeal of orchestral dressing up here; little is needed with such smoothrhythm and vocal scoring. The result is a very tasteful, unpressuredbunch of songs.

DISCO DISCS: New releases are headed by welcome new efforts

from familiar names. Dynasty enjoyed regional chart success withtheir last, "I Don't Wanna Be a Freak"; two more cuts from theirlatest album, "Your Piece of the Rock," are now back-to-back onSolar disco disc, and they sound like the biggest hits yet. "Satisfied"and "It's Still a Thrill" (no times listed) are R&B songs at heart,punched up for disco with unobtrusive percussion and breaks thatnever get in the way of melody or message. Both score lots of pointson excellent vocal scoring, with mixed voices trading lines andanswers back and forth: "How does it feel?/I'm satisfied." Just rightfor the current taste. (Note: the Whispers' "And the Beat Goes On"is also now available on Solar disco disc. The cut hit hard and fastover the holidays and is one of the very strongest of the current up-and-comers. At this point, it seems that Solar's production principalscan do no wrong.) Debbie Jacobs is also back with new material:"High On Your Love" (5:27) is again produced by Paul Sabu, appear-ing on MCA disco disc. The song is a come -and -get -it call, arrangediii Sabu's standard style, with jabbing clavinet and strings, as punchyand bright as ever. DJ Rusty Garner mixed; he makes a guitar (orsynthesizer ...?) jump out of the music almost tangibly. Added at-traction on the flip is a remixed version of "Hot Hot (Give it All YouGot)" from last summer's "Undercover Lover" album, which givesJacob's vocal more presence and is much better paced, in general.

From recent industry activity, it's fairly easy to foresee a resurgenceof the independent label and the import disc as important sourcesfor disco, given the more cautious release policies of American majorlabels. Two independent releases are catching our ears this week.New York's Reflection label attracted sporadic interest in their firstrelease, Jeree Palmer's "Late Night Surrender;" and of their currentseries of disco discs, our favorite is "What You Won't Do For Love,"by Denie Corbett (7:36/5:10). It's not the Bobby Caldwell hit, but adifferent song entirely that gets a really springy treatment. A clatterof percussion accompanies Corbett's calls and shouts, and good syn-thesizer, guitar and string works fills out the arrangement. This well -developed production puts everything in the right place (except fora spoken break that reverberates uneasily with the feel of "Rapper'sDelight")-it could possibly duplicate the indie-label success ofTasha Thomas' "Shoot Me." Brooklyn's BC label bows Sweet Touchthis week, a studio group led vocally by Jocelyn Shaw. (Shaw is alsolead singer on Inner Life's hit, "I'm Caught Up.") Their disco discdebut is called "Live it Up" (6:23), and, like many small -label produc-tions, the cut's best point is a raw, stomping rhythm track with lotsof spontaneous energy. Boston DJ Joe lantosca contributes a jumpy,colorful mix that gives a big kick to the syndrum break.

FUSION: Three DOR entries, proven as album cuts in the rockclubs, are now available, remixed, on disco disc. Talking Heads' "IZimbra" (3:55) has been reedited by producer Brian Eno to providea very mixable percussion intro and a swirling phased coda. On thetwo -cut flip: the incisive "Life During Wartime," another long-liveddance rock fave from the "Fear of Music" album, on Sire. DavidBowie's "John I'm Only Dancing" has reappeared on RCA disco disc,this version recorded in 1975, at the sessions that produced the hit"Fame." Not surprisingly, Bowie's interpretation of disco is ratherjarring and the mix a bit flat, but it could be workable, according toyour crowd. On the flip: "Golden Years," in the album version. Offthe wall entirely: Marianne Faithfull's acid "Broken English" (5:59), areal mindbender on Antilles disco disc, through Island. Very simple,


aleHitParadeBENTLEY'S/NEW YORK (Listings are in alphabetical order, by title) JOCKEY CLUB/PHOENIXDJ: BILL CARROLL MUSIC HALL/SAN FRANCISCO HIPPOPOTAMUS/BALTIMORE DJ: MEL FREEMAN

AND THE BEAT GOES ON/OUT OF THE BOX/ DJ: LESTER TEMPLE DJ: NECI WILLIAMS AND THE BEAT GOES ON-Whispers-SolarCAN YOU DO THE BOOGIE-Whispers-Solar AND THE BEAT GOES ON-Whispers-Solar CAN'T STOP DANCING-Sylvester-Fantasy

DEPUTY OF LOVE-Don Armando's SecondAvenue Rhumba Band-ZE/Buddah

DON'T STOP THE FEELING-Roy Ayers-Polydor

ABOVE AND BEYOND-Edgar Winter-Blue SkyAND THE BEAT GOES ON-Whispers-SolarBROKEN ENGLISH/WHY D'YA DO IT-

BIG FUN-Shalamar-Solar (LP)DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA-Festival-

RSO

DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY-Liquid Gold-Parachute

FAN THE FIRE-Eugene Record-WB Marianne Faithfull-Antilles FAN THE FIRE-Eugene Record-WB GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY-Sister Sledge-HAVEN'T YOU HEARD-Patrice Rushen-Elektra CAN'T STOP DANCING-Sylvester-Fantasy HAVEN'T YOU HEARD-Patrice Rushen-Elektra CotillionI'VE FOUND LOVE-Deniece Williams-ARC/ (EVERYBODY'S) DANCING ALL OVER THE JET BROWN-Jet Brown-Polylor (LP) I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY

ColumbiaJUST A TOUCH OF LOVE-Slave-Cotillion

WORLD-Busta Jones-SpringGOOD TO ME-THP-Atlantic (LP)

SING, SING, SING/IN THE MOOD-CharlieCalello Orchestra-Midsong

BUNCH)-Bonnie Pointer-Motown

JUST FOR FUN/VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE- HAVEN'T YOU HEARD-Patrice Rushen-Elektra SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE-Janice McClain I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER/SEXY DANCER-

Dan Hartman-Blue Sky I SHOULDA LOVED YA-Narada Michael -WB/RFC Prince-WBKEEP IT HOT-Cheryl Lynn-Columbia (LP cut) Walden-Atlantic THE DANCE OF LIFE-Narada Michael Walden MANDOLAY-La Flavour-Sweet CityLOVE INJECTION-Trussel-Elektra LOVE INJECTION-Trussel-Elektra -Atlantic (LP) ON THE RADIO-Donna Summer-LOVE YOU MADLY/TONIGHT I'M ALRIGHT/ LOVE MACHINE-Tempest Trio-Marlin TIGER TIGER-Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie- Casablanca

I SHOULDA LOVED YA-Narada Michael ONLY LOVE CAN MAKE IT RIGHT/LIVING Polydor SECOND TIME AROUND-Shalamar-SolarWalden-Atlantic TOGETHER-Jet Brown-Polydor TWILIGHT ZONE-Manhattan Transfer-Atlantic SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE-Janice McClain-

RUNNING FROM THE LAW/LOWDOWN SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE-Janice McClain VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE-Dan Hartman- WEI/RFCDANCING/WEAR IT OUT-Stargard-WB -WB/RFC Blue Sky THE VISITORS-Gino Soccio-WB/RFC

SEXY DANCER/I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER-STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART-Loose Change- WHEN I FIND YOU LOVE-Jean Carn- VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE-Dan Hartman-Prince-WB Casablanca Phila. Int. (LP) Blue Sky

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE-Janice McClain VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE-Dan Hartman- YOU GOT ME DANCING IN MY SLEEP- WEAR IT OUT-Stargard-WB-WB/RFC Blue Sky Frisky-Vanguard WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE-Rinder and

WHEN I FIND YOU LOVE-Jean Cern-YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME-Phyllis YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME-Phyllis Lewis-AVIPhila. Int. (LP) Hyman-Arista Hyman-Arista YES I WILL-C.O.D.-Casablanca



Disco Filelbp 50DECEMBER 29, 1979 24 18DEC.

29DEC.

22WKS. ON

CHART 25 221 1 VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE DAN HARTMAN/Blue Sky

(12"*) JZ 36302 (CBS) 7 26 16

2 3 THE SECOND TIME AROUND/RIGHT IN THE SOCKETSHALAMAR/Solar (12"/LP cut) YD 11733/BXL1 3479 (RCA) 10 27 33

3 5 DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL RUFUS AND CHAKA/MCA(12"*) 5103 6 28 34

4 4 WEAR IT OUT STARGARD/Warner Bros. (12") BSK 3386 13 29 30

5 7 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER PRINCE/Warner Bros. (12"*)BSK 3366 8

30 42

6 2 NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) DONNA SUMMER/BARBRA STREISAND/Casablanca/Columbia (12") NBD 31 29

20199 10 32 207 10 CAN'T STOP DANCING SYLVESTER/Fantasy (12"*) F 79010 7 33 38

8 8 BODY LANGUAGE/WORKIN' MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME, GIRL SPINNERS/Atlantic (12"*) SD 19256 9 34 35

9 11 SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE JANICE McCLAIN/Warner 35 26

Bros./RFC (12") DRCS 8893 610 6 DEPUTY OF LOVE DON ARMANDO'S SECOND AVENUE 36 45

RHUMBA BAND/ZE/Buddah (12") ZEA 12003 (Arista) 1211 12 ON THE RADIO DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca (LP cut) 37 40

NBLP 2 7189 538 4312 15 I'M CAUGHT UP INNER LIFE/Prelude (12") PRLD 519 9

13 9 DON'T LET GO ISAAC HAYES/Polydor (12"*) PD1 6224 12 39 49

14 13 I'LL TELL YOU SERGIO MENDES BRASIL '88/Elektra (12")AS 11425 15 40

15 14 ROCK IT DEBORAH WASHINGTON/Ariola (12"*) SW50066 8 41 32

16 23 YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME PHYLLIS HYMAN/Arista(12") AL 9509 7 42 24

17 17 (EVERYBODY'S) DANCING ALL OVER THE WORLD BUSTAJONES/Spring (12") 4366 (Polydor) 6 43 39

18 28 HAVEN'T YOU HEARD PATRICE RUSHEN/Elektra (12"*)6E 243 3 44 36

19 19 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART/ALL NIGHT MAN LOOSECHANGE/Casablanca (12"*) NBLP 7189 5 45

20 21 BODYSHINE/SLAP SLAP LICKEDY LAP INSTANT FUNK 46 44

Salsoul (12"*) SA 8529 (RCA) 521 25 MUSIC ONE WAY FEATURING AL HUDSON/MCA (12-*) 47 48

3178 5 4822 27 EVITA FESTIVAL/RSO RS 1 3061 (entire LP) 4 4923 31 LOVE INJECTION TRUSSEL/Elektra (12") AS 11435 3 50 41

Disco File (Continued from page 16)

NIGHT DANCER JEANNE SHY/RSO (12") RSS 308I WANNA ROCK YOU/BABY BLUE GIORGIO MORODER/

Casablanca (12"*) NBLP 7169 15

LOVE MASSAGE/GLIDE/NUMBER ONE MUSIQUE/Prelude(12"*) PRL 12172 10

DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY LIQUID GOLD/Parachute (12")RRD 20527 (Casablanca) 5

DISCO POWER/HOT LOVER U.N./Prelude (12"*) PRL 12168 '4

ROCK WITH YOU/DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGHMICHAEL JACKSON/Epic (12"*) FE 35745 19

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH)BONNIE POINTER/Motown (LP cut) M7 929 RI 2

RAPPER'S DELIGHT SUGARHILL GANG/Sugarhill (12") 542 11

HARMONY/OOH LA LA SUZI LANE/Elektra (12"*) 6E 207 19

I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW/WILL YOU LOVE METOMORROW SCOTT ALLEN/TK (12") TKD 426 4

LOVE RUSH ANN-MARGRET/Ocean/Ariola (12") OR 8911 5

LADIES' NIGHT KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite (12"*) DSR9513 (Mercury) 17

WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE/LOVE POTION #9 RINDERAND LEWIS/AVI (12"*) 6073 2

TAKE ALL OF ME BARBARA LAW/Pavillion (12") 4Z8 6401(CBS) 4

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK/MOSKOW DISKOW TELEX/Sire (12") DSRS 8896 (WB) 2

READY FOR THE 80'S VILLAGE PEOPLE/Casablanca (12"*)NBLP 2 7183 2

THANK GOD THERE'S MUSIC/I CAN'T DANCE WITHOUTYOU THEO VANESS/Prelude (12"*) PRL 12173 1

ROLLER SKATIN' MATE PEACHES AND HERB/Polydor/MVP

(12"*) PD 1 6239 6

SADNESS IN MY EYES/BOYS WILL BE BOYS DUNCANSISTERS/Earmarc (12"*) EMLP 4001 (Casablanca) 14

YOU CAN GET OVER STEPHANIE MILLS/20th Century Fox(12") TCD 99 (RCA)

PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE/I DON'T NEED NO MUSICT.J.M./Casablanca (12"*) NBLP 7172

WE'RE GONNA ROCK SABU/Ocean (12"*) SW 49902

HOW HIGH SALSOUL ORCHESTRA FEATURING COSalsoul (12") SG 3

GOOD TO ME THP/Atlantic SD 19257 (entir

MANDOLAY LA FLAVOUR/Sweet City (12"

LOVE GUN RICK JAMES/Gordy (12"*)

DANCE TO THE MUSIC SLY STONE

(* non-commercial 12", discontinued)

danceable rhythm; but will the message work? Note also the reggae-ish, profane "Why D'ya Do It," on the flip.

NOTES: Ready for immediate release: the disco disc version ofSister Sledge's "Got to Love Somebody," on Cotillion; a pair of ten-minute edits from Festival's "Evita" adaptation, prepared by producerBoris Midney and New York DJ Sharon White. Our favorite non -discoalbum of the moment, and essential listening for everyone: MillieJackson's "Live and Uncensored," a Spring double album. Her mostnotorious raps are all here, greatly altered with spontaneous adlibsrenewing the surprise and pleasure: Jackson offers in-depth discussionof daytime television fiction ("All the Way Lover"/"The Soaps"); shealso has the only word on whether or not to give it up "A Moment'sPleasure") and, ultimately, proves her ability to move as well astitillate, with an unexpected, powerful show of emotion ("Be a Sweet-heart"/"Didn't I Blow Your Mind"). And: all our love to a goodfriend, Neci Williams, who took the plunge with Olin Crowder, justbefore Christmas, in Baltimore.

Polydor Fetes Isaac Hayes

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Polydor recording artist Isaac Hayes, whose new album and single are titled "Don'tLet Go," was recently feted in Detroit by Polydor Records to mark the fact that"Don't Let Go" received its initial boost from the Detroit market on both a radio andmerchandising level. Pictured celebrating Isaac's success are (from left): Barry Ginsburg,midwest regional promotion, Polydor Records; Isaac Hayes; Olga Chokreff, midwestregional promotion manager, Polydor; and Ken Bell, midwest regional promotion, spe-cial market, Polydor Records.



WB Music Moves Its Print to NYBy PAT BAIRD

NEW YORK - The business,and the art, of printing the worksof contemporary songwriters wasonce the mainstay of the musicpublishing business. Over thepast decade or so, however, thataspect of the increasingly com-plicated music publishing in-dustry has been maintained byonly a handful of major publish-ers. (There are still a number ofcompanies that deal primarily orexclusively with the printing ofeducational material for theteaching of music for academicorchestras and bands.)

Ed Silvers, chairman of War-ner Brothers Music, is particularlyproud that as a "full -service pub-lisher" Warner Bros. not onlystill includes print as a large partof the company's operation butthat the company has, over thepast seven years, increased its

print division revenues from"$700 or $800 thousand a yearto about $10 million." Addition-ally, as a primarily west coastbased company, Silvers has de-termined to make New YorkCity the center of the printdivision and plans now to expandprofessional activities here as

well.During a recent stop in N.Y.,

Silvers was asked about thecontinuing shrinkage the num-ber of print publication com-panies.

"I think that's happened fromattrition," he said, "due to thefact that the economy was offslightly and the print business,for most publishers, is onlymarginally profitable. It is notprofitable at all until you'vereached a certain size, a certaingross, that puts your overheadinto line. It costs a small com-pany as much to run a ware-house operation as it costs a

large company, proportionately.In times when there isn't anautomatic growth cycle, thosecompanies get killed and therewill be less yet to come. I learnedthe hard way. I made a ton ofmistakes but I had, fortunately,a very good mechanical and per-formance income to make up forall the mistakes I made in print."

Since the rock explosion ofthe '60s, and the simultaneousproliferation of rock cover bands,the demand for first class match-ing album folios has been high.The production of such materialis expensive and Silvers nowfinds it necessary to own andmaintain printing as well as ware-house facilities.

"It's not a business I'm thrilledabout," he said, "but I'm doingso much printing now, I may beforced to get into the printingbusiness. We have some printingfacilities but not the big web

presses needed to do the first linebooks. That's something I'm con-sidering now. If you think theprinting publications business is

marginal, the printing businessitself is extremely marginal. Yourequipment is completely anti-quated in three years.

"We have plans of becominga giant print company. We arealready very, very large, but I

think we could double or triple.I'd like to get them (sheet musicand folios) out more promptlyand I'd like also to have qualitycontrol. If it were in the frame-work of our production depart-ment that they could just walkacross the way to the printingpress and see stuff coming off thepresses, we wouldn't have tosend things back and forth be-twen New York and Los Angeleswith corrections."

The production of sheet musicand folios, from the often intri-quite musical arrangements tothe cover art work, is a demand-ing job. As artists and songwritersgrow in sophistication, thequality of their print representa-tion becomes more and moreimportant.

"We have a very expensivewarehouse," Silvers stated, "anda very well run one at that. Wealso do very expensive publica-tions. We found that the qualityis really appreciated by the buy-ers and they're willing to pay forit. They're willing to buy in

greater numbers. We do firstclass books and the art work isincredibly good. We have a

house art department and we doas much as we can in-house.We've won most of the graphicawards that have been given inthe industry over the past sixyears. It certainly attracts theartists to us. Every major artist,I think, is terribly concernedabout the way they look inprint. There's something about abook that's different from a rec-ord. We're the standard for theindustry in quality."

Silvers feels that his associationwith Warner Bros. Music hasgiven him the opportunity towork in every area of musicpublishing.

"Most publishers are not full -line publishers," he explained."By full -line publishers I meanowning their own foreign com-panies, having their own profes-sional staffs and producers andartists and having a print opera-tion. Most publishers farm out alot of rights. They make foreigndeals where they really don'tcontrol foreign companies sothey never get foreign expertise.They also license their printrights to companies like us be-cause they know they can'tafford to start their own print

companies from scratch. It wouldeat up every bit of profit they'dgain from mechanical per-formances.

"One of the reasons I wasinterested in Warner Bros. whenthey wanted to buy my com-panies is that I would have theopportunity to run a full -linepublishing company. You can'tget the knowledge until you'rereally there. You can't get theknowledge from books becausenone of the books describe thepublishing business as it reallyis."

Silvers is concerned that,while the company's print opera-tion is headquartered in NewYork and there is a fully staffedprofessional department here,Warner Bros. Music still has awest coast image.

"We are doing more in NewYork in terms of a major execu-tive being here," he said. "Ispent six months last year livingin N.Y. and it worked very, verywell."

"When we re -arranged thecompany and I became chairmanand Mel Bly became president,part of the commitment fromMel was that he would spend agreat deal of time in N.Y. Melwill spend certainly four monthsa year in N.Y. operating out ofthis office supervising print,picking up new acts and newwriters. There's a lot happeningin New York and, from our pointof view, nobody in the musicpublishing business is domi-nating N.Y. in any extent at all,not even the totally New Yorkbased companies. Our wholeprint business is here in NewYork and we are going to in-tensify and may add more crea-tive personnel."

On the Air

Grammys Set forRadio Broadcast LOS ANGELES - The NationalAcademy of Recording Arts andSciences has announced that the22nd Annual Grammy Awardswill receive national coveragevia a syndicated radio networkthrough an exclusive productionagreement with Los Angeles -based TM Productions. Distribu-tion of the programming is beinghandled by Dallas -based TMProductions. Radio stations fromcoast -to -coast will broadcast a

package of various Grammy -ori-ented programs.

Produced in cooperation withthe Recording Academy, thespecial series of radio programswill feature as in -person guestsmany of the nominated recordingstars and presenters who willparticipate in the CBS televisedprogram. The radio programmingincludes a three hour specialthat previews the contemporarynominated music and artists toair the weekend prior to theCBS televised Grammy Awardpresentations; 90 -second pro-grams spotlighting Grammynominees, to air daily beginning1 1/2 weeks prior to the presen-tation; exclusive live on -the -scene celebrity interviews andreports from the Shrine Audi-torium the day of the awardsceremony; and culminates with aplanned live stereo radio simul-cast of the CBS televised awardspresentation on February 27 fromthe Shrine Auditorium in Los An-geles. Kenny Rogers will host theGrammy Awards program.

Gary Standard is executiveproducer, with Gary Kleinmanserving as producer, and produc-tion assisted by Barry Koff andSusanella Rodgers.

Arista Records president Clive Davis appeared in a thirty-second television commercial,stressing the lasting value of recorded music as holiday gifts, and featuring sevencurrent Arista hit LPs. The spot, which aired in New York and Los Angeles in De-cember, on such programs as "Saurday Night Live" and "The Tonight Show," was..written by Arista's creative services department and filmed at Sam Goody's SixthAvenue store.



Club Review

The Slits Open at Hurrah NEW YORK - With a NewYear's Eve date at Hurrah, theSlits confirmed their reputationas one of the most importantgroups to emerge from Englandsince the watershed year of 1976that produced the Clash andSex Pistols.

Like ex -Pistol John Lydon'sPublic Image Limited, the Slitsare as important for what theyrepresent as for the sound theyproduce. The Slits is an allfemale group that does not con-form to any traditional rockstereotypes/male fantasies. Theyare neither a Phil Spector "girlgroup" nor heavy metal maleclones. They do make a boldfeminist statement.

Seeing the Slits is a little likeparticipating in a primitive,ethnic ritual. The music and per-formance are refreshingly crude,devoid of the slickness andvague xerox flavor that charac-terizes so many pop groups to-day. The Slits' music is a Sushibar oasis in a McDonald's waste-land.

The individual contributions ofthe group members are of a simi-lar undiluted nature. Singer Ari,bassist Tessa and guitarist VivAlbertine with dread lock anti -coiffures, are less coquette thanthe Wild Man of Borneo. Thesewomen are not the typical in-habitants of male daydreams andtheir unrestrained approach isone of the most invigoratingstatements pop culture has made

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in sometime. They move androcket around the stage drivenby their own crazed musesrather than in homage to athousand faceless pop stars.

The three Slits were joined bydrummer Bruce Smith, on loanfrom the Pop Group, and PennyTobin, who played congas, key-boards and saxophone. Thesemusicians added a certainstability to the mix, giving someof the Slits' songs a sharp, almostsingalong quality. Guitarist KeithLevene from Public Image joinedfor the evening's final two selec-tions and left one hungry forthat group's first Americanappearance.

Hitting high spots with "Typi-cal Girls," from their Americanalbum, "Cut" and a driving"Heard It Through The Grape-vine," the Slits poured on aheavy rhythm melange of reggae,rock, funk and disco. Lead singerAri, who speaks with an Englishregional / class accent thickenough to resemble Jamaicanpatois, commented before asong: "What's all this aboutdisco being dead? The disco that'sdead is the stuff that's alwaysbeen dead, and the disco that'salive is ... music for the troops!"

The Slits are raw enough to beboth powerful and unique-awhite group that can effectivelyplay funk, disco and reggae andgenerate maximum heat.

Steven Blauner

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Marshall's audition scripts became a "WKRP" episode which airedin early December. In it, traffic manager Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers)tries to break into the news department, a plot line that appealed toWilson because he felt Smithers' character needed expansion.

Marshall made his "WKRP" acting debut in the Christmas episode,playing the "Hitchcock" -sized part of a delivery man and speakingtwo lines. (The RADIO REPLAY drama desk called his performance"moving.")

Steve Marshall is the only member of the show's six -person writingteam with radio experience. "I sort of keep them honest," he says.Nonetheless, the show doesn't attempt to go too far inside radio."The radio station is the backdrop. In the course of the show, wesee what people do at a radio station, but that's not the show." And,as the radio pros who are the series' most loyal audience know, "Wetake certain liberties for dramatic reasons. There are no headphones,no muting on the mike switch." The November episode that hadWKRP's staffers sweating over the arrival of a rating book was "themost radio -conscious show we've done," Marshall says.

How has he adjusted to his new working life?" "The pace is somuch greater in television. In radio, you're trying to maintain thequality of your product; in television it's really a different productevery week. We start a new show Monday morning, and it has to befinished Friday night, no matter what."

And as for regrets: "My feeling when I left radio was that my occu-pation is now television writer. If this ends, I'll look for another writingjob."

Cover Story:Styx: Rocking into the '80s Without a doubt, one of 1979'sbiggest success stories belongedto the hard -rocking quintet Styx,whose latest A&M album, "Cor-nerstone," maintained its positionas RW's #3 album for a remark-able nine consecutive weeks-not to mention a couple of addi-tional weeks in the top five, in-cluding the LP's current #4 status.But despite this impressive per-formance, the midwest-basedband still labors in relative ano-nymity. Ask anyone except theloyal multitudes who have alsomade Styx a top concert attrac-tion just who these guys are, andchances are that your inquiry willbe met with little more than ablank stare.

For the record, so to speak,Styx is twin brothers John andChuck Panozzo (drums and bass,respectively), Dennis DeYoung(keyboards), Tommy Shaw (guitar)and James "JY" Young (guitar)."Cornerstone" is their ninth al-bum; by some accounts, thegroup's sales in the decade justended amounted to more than 12million albums. There have beensingles as well: "Lady," the onethat went from local hit status inChicago to eventual nationalprominence; "Come Sail Away,"another top 10 entry; "Bluelar Man"; and, of course, the cur-rent smash, "Babe," a numberone single in 1979. This band hascome a long way in the two shortyears following its first appear-ance as a concert headliner, atMontreal's Forum in 1977.

The nucleus of Styx came to-gether as early as 1973, when thePanozzos and DeYoung firstpooled their resources in Chi-cago. Young and fellow guitaristJohn Curulewski (later replaced

by Shaw) had come aboard by1968, and the five of them playeda host of local dates as the Trade -winds. The switch to Styx, JamesYoung has recalled, came simplybecause "it turned out to be theonly name we tried that none ofus hated."

The group's first four a bumswere released via the WoodenNickel label; their first A&M al-bum, "Equinox," came in 1975,followed in order by "CrystalBall," "The Grand Illusion,""Pieces of Eight" and now "Cor-nerstone." Through it all, theyhave developed into a potentconcert attraction; even in theselean times, they sell out giantvenues with ease. As Devoungtold Circus magazine not longago, Styx "can draw 22,000 peo-ple in a totally depressed market,sell out Madison Square Garden,and be the closest thing to Beatle-mania in Philadelphia that you'llsee in your life." Nice work if youcan get it, he might have added.

Royal Marketing Bows BLUE SPRINGS, MO. - SamMehaffie has announced theformation of Royal MarketingService and its subsidiary Tel -Marketing Service. Royal Market-ing Service is a national salesrepresentation firm, with Tel -Marketing Service as a main divi-sion specializing in phone repre-sentation to the Christian book-stores and distributors.

Mahaffie most recently workedwith the Avant Sales Corp. andprior to that was vice presidentof sales for the Benson Company.Royal Marketing Service addressis 1309 South 23rd St., BlueSprings, Mo. 64015.

American Music Awards (Continued from page 6)low and Kenny Rogers; for favor-ite female vocalist: Olivia New-ton -John, Barbra Streisand andDonna Summer; for favorite duo,group or chorus: the Bee Gees,Cheap Trick and Supertramp; forfavorite single: "Bad Girls"(Donna Summer), "Da Ya ThinkI'm Sexy" (Rod Stewart) and "MySharona" (the Knack); for favoritealbum: "Bad Girls" (Donna Sum-mer), "In Through The Out Door"(Led Zeppelin) and "Spirits HavirfgFlown" (the Bee Gees).

CountryNominated for favorite male

vocalist are: Waylon Jennings,Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers;for favorite female vocalist: Crys-tal Gayle, Barbara Mandrel! andDolly Parton; for favorite duo,group or chorus: the Oak RidgeBoys, Kenny Rogers & DottieWest and the Statler Brothers; forfavorite single: "Amanda" (Way -

Ion Jennings), "Every Which WayBut Loose" (Eddie Rabbitt) and"Sleepin' Single In A Double Bed"(Barbara Mandrell); for favoritealbum: "The Gambler" (KennyRogers), "Greatest Hits" (WaylonJennings) and "When I Dream"(Crystal Gayle).

Nominated for favorite malevocalist are: Michael Jackson, RickJames and Teddy Pendergrass; forfavorite female vocalist: GloriaGaynor, Stephanie Mills andDonna Summer; for favorite duo,group or chorus: Chic, the Com-modores and Earth, Wind & Fire;for favorite single: "Don't StopTill You Get Enough" (MichaelJackson), "Ladies' Night" (Kool &The Gang) and "Reunited"(Peaches & Herb); for favorite al-bum: "Midnight Magic" (theCommodores), "Off The Wall"(Michael Jackson) and "Teddy"(Teddy Pendergrass).



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101 102 UNDER MY THUMB HOUNDS/Columbia 1 11159 (ABKCO, 8M1)

102 103 COLD WIND ACROSS MY HEART NIGHT/Planet 45907 (Elektra/Asylum)(Braintree/Snow, BMI)

103 104 WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA/Motown 1477(Check Out, BMI(

104 105 DIG THE GOLD JOYCE COBB/Cream 7939 (Birdees/Fallin' Arches, ASCAP)

105 112 STARGAZER PETER BROWN/Drive 6281 (TK) (Sherlyn/Decibel/Penguin,BMI)

106 117 SHOOTING STAR DOLLAR/Carrere 7208 (AtI) (World Song/Facehaze,ASCAP)

107 123 JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE SLAVE/Cotillion 45005 (Atli (Cotillion/Spurtree/Slave Song/It's Still Our Funk, BMI)

108 106 LET ME SLEEP ALONE CUGINI/Scotti Bros. 503 (Atl) (Saber Tooth, BMI)

109 124 HAVEN'T YOU HEARD PATRICE RUSHEN/Elektra 46551 (Baby Fingers/Mims/Showenbreree, ASCAP/Freddie Dee, BMI(

110 128 GIMME SOME TIME NATALIE COLE & PEABO BRYSON/Capitol 4804(Cole-Arama, BMI)

111 - MOVIN' RIGHT ALONG KERMIT & FOZZIE/Atlantic 3642 (Welbeck, ASCAP)

112 122

113

114 127

115 1'21

FOREVER REX SMITH/Columbia 1 11163 (Seldak/Birthday Boy/FactoryFresh, ASCAP(

SPECIAL LADY RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN/Polydor 2033(HAB/Dark Cloud, BMI)

MANDOLAY LE FLAVOUR/Sweet City 7376 (Bema, ASCAP)SAY HELLO APRIL WINE/Capitol 4802 (Goody Two -Tunes, BMI)

116 - CATCHIN' UP ON LOVE KINSMAN DAZZ/20th Century Fox 2435 (RCA)(20th Century/All Sun Ray, ASCAP)

117 125 I JUST WANNA WANNA LINDA CLIFFORD/RSO/Curtom 1012 (Baldursson,ASCAP(

118 119- WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM KARLA BONOFF/Columbia 1 11130(Unart, BMI)

119 126 NOBODY KNOWS ASHFORD & SIMPSON/Warner Bros. 49099(Nick -O -Val, ASCAP(

120 SO GOOD TO ME CURTIS MAYFIELD/RSO/Curtom 941(Mayfield/Andrask, BMI(

121 - I WANT YOU FOR MYSELF GEORGE DUKE/Epic 9 50792 (Mycenae, ASCAP)

122 108 MY FLAME BOBBY CALDWELL/Clouds 18 (TK) (Sherlyn/Lindseyanne, BMI)

123 131 IT'S MY HOUSE DIANA ROSS/Motown 1471 (Nick -O -Val, ASCAP)

124 I SHOULDA LOVED YA NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN/Atlantic 3631(Walden/Gratitude Sky, ASCAP/Irving, BMI)

125 - STEPPING GAP BAND/Mercury 76021 (Total Experience, BMI)

126 - WHAT I WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU (FOR THE LOVE OF YOU) ANGELA8a:in/Arista/GRP 2503 (Roaring Fork/Purple Bowl, BMI/TwelfStreet/Whiffle, ASCAP(

127 - WHAT'S YOUR NAME LEON WARE/Fabulous 748 (TK) (Almo, ASCAP)

128 129 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PT. 3 IAN DURY/Stiff/Epic 9 50800Blackhill/Geoff & Eddie/Blackwood, BMI)

129 115 IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS JOE JACKSON/A&M 2186(Albion/Almo, ASCAP(

130 - PULL MY STRINGS LAKESIDE/Solar 11746 (RCA) (Spectrum VII, ASCAP(

131 130 STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN JUDIE TZUKE/Rocket 41133 (MCA)(Unart, BMI)

132 113 MEAN TO YOUR QUEENIE POINT BLANK/MCA 41119 (Hornstein, BMI(

133 114 IT'S ALL OVER MOLLY HATCHET/Epic 9 50809 (KAGS, BMI)

134 136 FLY TOO HIGH JANIS IAN/Columbia 1 11111 (Mine, ASCAP/RevelationsA.G./Rick's, 8M1)

135 132 NEW AND DIFFERENT WAY JIMMY MESSINA/Columbia 1 11094(Jasperillo, ASCAP(

136 - HOLIDAYS SCORPIONS/Mercury 16029 (Summer Breeze, ASCAP)

137 135 (BRINGOUT OUT) THE GIRL IN ME MAXINE NIGHTINGALE/Windsong11729 (RCA) (Raydiola, ASCAP)

138 141 I BELIEVE IN YOUR SWEET LOVE BONNIE TYLER/RCA 11763(Scott-Wolfe/Prince of Wales, ASCAP)

139 140 THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE CITY BOY/Atlantic 3612(City Boy/Zambo, BMI)

40 13.3 END OF THE WORLD EUCLID BEACH BAND/Epic/Cleve. Intl. 9 50782(Comex, BMI)

139 FOOLED BY A FEELING BARBARA MANDRELL/MCA 41077 (Pi -Gem, BMI)

KARI BOB JAMES/EARL KLUGH/Tappan :Zee/Columbia 1 11154(United Artists/Earl Klugh, ASCAP)MORROW NIGHT SHOES/Elektra 46571 (Shoetunes, 8M1)

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145

146 1

ISE FAITH BAND/Mercury 76024 (Canal, BMI)

..ts*,,i,,, LINE OAK/Mercury 76014 (Critique, BMI)

tvt. t.o OM THE WRECKAGE DAVE EDMUNDS/Swan Song 71002g,ASCAP)

64s.... No EAT CARLENE CARTER/Warner Bros. 49082 (Rare Blue/SCAP/Unichappell, BMI)

147 144 D

148 146 JEALO R/Island 49094 (WB) (Ackee, ASCAP)

149 147 OH JOHN acific 100 (AtI) (WB, ASCAP)

150 149 LIFE DURING I4EADS/Sire 49075 (WB)(Index/Bleu Di

Record World

Alphabetical Listing

AN AMERICAN DREAM Hanna -Edwards(Jolly Cheeks, BMI)

BABE Group (Stygian/Almo, ASCAP)BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL Buie (Low -

Sal, BMI)BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME Haffkin (House

of Gold, BMI)BROKEN HEARTED ME Norman (Chappell/

Sailmaker, ASCAP)CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS Palmer

(Earmark, BMI)CHIQUITITA B. Ulvaeus & B. Andersson

(UNICEF, ASCAP)COOL CHANGE Boylan & Group (Screen

Gems -EMI, BMI)COWARD OF THE COUNTY Butler (Roger

Bowling, BMI/Sleepy Hallow, ASCAP)CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

Group (Queen/Beechwood, BMI)CRUISIN' S. Robinson (Bertham, ASCAP)DAMNED IF I DO A. Parsons (Woolf -Songs/

Careers, BMI)DAYDREAM BELIEVER J. Norman (Screen

Gems -EMI, BMI)DEJA VU B. Manilow (Ikeco/Angela, BMI)DIM ALL THE LIGHTS Moroder-Bellotte

(Sweet Summer Night, BMI)DIRTY WATER Maile (Equinox, BMI)DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT Petty-lovine

(Skyhill, BMI)DON'T LET GO I. Hayes (Screen Gems -

EMI, BMI)DON'T MAKE ME OVER Fraboni (Jac/Blue

Seas, ASCAP)DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH

Jones (Miran, BMI)DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME D.

Dragon (Moonlight & Magnolias, BMI)DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL Jones

(Overdue, ASCAP)ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)

Holmes -Boyer (WB/Holmesline, ASCAP)FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER T. Werman

(Mister Sunshine, BMI)FOOL IN THE RAIN Page (Flames of

Albion, ASCAP)FOREVER MINE Gamble -Huff (Mighty

Three, BMI)GLIDE M. McClain -P. Kaffel-Group (Three

Hundred Sixty, ASCAP)GOODNIGHT MY LOVE B. Spector &

& M. Pinera (Bayard, BMI)HALF THE WAY Reynolds (Chriswood,

BMI/Murfeezongs, ASCAP)HEAD GAMES R.T. Baker (Somerset Songs/

Evansongs, ASCAP)HEARTACHE TONIGHT Symczyk (Cass

Country/Red Cloud/Gear/Ice Age,ASCAP)

HEARTBREAKER Coleman (Dick James,BMI)

HOLDIN' ON FOR DEAR LOVE B.Montgomery (House of Gold, BMI)

I CALL YOUR NAME DeBarge (Jobete,ASCAP)

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF J. Bowen (StoneAgate, BMI)

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITT. Dowd (Crazy Horse, BMI)

I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVEAnderle & Jones (Irving/Woolnough/Unichappell/Begonia, BMI)

I'M ALIVE Scott (Camelback Mountain,ASCAP)

I STILL HAVE DREAMS Garay Batroc/Song Mountain, ASCAP)

I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Prince(Ecnirp, BMI)

I WANT YOU TONIGHT Schnee (Irving/Pablo Cruise, BMI)

I WISH I WAS EIGHTEEN AGAINKennedy (Tree, BMI)

JANE R. Nelson (Pods/Lunatunes/LittleDragon, BMI)

LADIES' NIGHT E. Deodato (Delightful/Gang, BMI)

LAST TRAIN TO LONDON J. Lynne(Unart/Jet, BMI)

LONELY EYES Tobin (High Sierra/WorldSong, ASCAP)

LONGER Fogelberg -Putnam -Lewis (HickoryGrove/April, ASCAP)

LOOKS LIKE LOVE AGAIN Gardiner(ABC/Dunhill, BMI)

LOST HER IN THE SUN J. Stewart (Bugle/Stigwood/Unichappell, BMI)

MAKE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIMEBielar (Music City, ASCAP)

Producer, Publisher, Licensee

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47

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10

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61

28

31

53

19

29

68

93

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46

1

84

57

41

98

88

32

15

16

69

86

80

73

66

44

78

49

25

52

90

14

8

59

51

45

75

62

83

MEMORIZE YOUR NUMBER Lloyd (Scott -Tone, ASCAP) 77

MISTRUSTED LOVE Kaye (Mistress, BMI) 99

MONEY Cunningham (Jobete, ASCAP) 67

MOVE YOUR BOOGIE BODY Jones :Bar-Kays/Warner Tamerlane, BMI) . 58

99 T. Knox & Group (Hudmar, ASCAP) 63

NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH)G. Klein (Olga/Fedora, BMI) ...... 7

PEANUT BUTTER Dunn -White (Nodlew/McHoma, BMI) 92

PLEASE DON'T GO Casey/Finch (Merlyn/Herrick, BMI) 2

POP MUZIK Midascare (Robin Scott,ASCAP) 22

RAPPER'S DELIGHT S. Robinson (Sugarhill,BMI) 50

REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND)G. Lyons & Group (Trio/Robert Mellin/Tender Tunes, BMI) 81

RISE Albert-Badazz (Almo/Badazz,ASCAP) 43

ROCK WITH YOU Jones (Almo/Rondor,ASCAP) 6

ROCKIN' INTO THE NIGHT Mills (WB,ASCAP/Fitest/Saber Tooth, BMI) 97

ROMEO'S TUNE Simon (Rolling Tide,ASCAP) 33

ROTATION Alpert-Badazz (Almo/Badazz,ASCAP) 60

SARA Group (Fleetwood Mac, BMI) 21

SAVANNAH NIGHTS T. Templeman(Windecor, BMI) 39

SEND ONE YOUR LOVE S. Wonder(Jobete/Black Bull, ASCAP) 24

SEPTEMBER MORN B. Gaudio (Stone-br idge/ EMA-Su isse, ASCAP) 64

SHE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Chapman(Chinnichap/Careers, BMI) 56

SHIPS Manilow-Dante (Ian Hunter/April,ASCAP) 36

SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Glover(Island, BMI) 55

SPARKLE Blackmon (Better Days, BMI/Better Nights, ASCAP) 91

STAR White (Saggifire, ASCAP/Ninth/Irving/Criga, BMI) 76

STILL Carmichael & Group (Jobete/Commodore Entertainment, ASCAP) 11

STRANGER Martin (Almo/McRouscod,ASCAP/ I rving/McDorsbov, BMI) 100

TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME P. Hender-son & Group (Almo/Delicate, ASCAP) 23

TAKIN IT BACK D. Gehman (G. JonahKoslen/Bema, ASCAP) 87

THE LONG RUN B. Szymczyk (CassCounty/Red Cloud, ASCAP) 12

THE SECOND TIME AROUND Sylvers(Spectrum VII/Rosy, ASCAP) 85

THIRD TIME LUCKY Outeda & Group (RiffBros., ASCAP) 27

THIS IS IT T. Dowd (Milk Money, ASCAP/Snug, BMI) 20

TOO LATE Baker (Weed High Nightmare,BMI) 79

TRAIN, TRAIN Nalli-Week (Bobnal, BMI) 42

TRUST ME Bullens-Doyle (Gooserock/Fleur, BMI) 89

VOLCANO Putnam (Coral Reefer/KeithSykes, BMI) 82

VOICES T. Werman (Screen Gems -EMI/Adult, BMI) 34

WAIT FOR ME Foster (Hot-Cha/SixContinents, BMI) 35

WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE B. Welch(ATV, BMI) 9

WHEN I WANTED YOU Manilow-Dante(Home Grown, BMI) 70

WHY NEW Group (Stygian/Almo, ASCAP) 37

WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME P. McCartney(MPL/Welbeck, ASCAP) 94

WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU Zager(Screen Gems-EMI/Seasons Four, BMI) 54

YES M READY Casey (Dadelia, BMI) . . 26

YOU DECORATED MY LIFE L. Butler(Music City, ASCAP) 38

YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME Mtume-Devore-Group (Light, BMI/Urmila,ASCAP) 40

YOU KNOW HOWW TO LOVE ME Mtume-Lucas (Frozen Butterfly, BMI) 95

YOU'RE GONNA GET WHAT'S COMINGAsher (Ackee, ASCAP) 72

YOU'RE ONLY LONELY J.D. Souther (IceAge, ASCAP) 17



3 PLEASE DON'T GO KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/TK 1035 193 2 BABE STYX/A&M 2188 13Q 13 COWARD OF THE COUNTY KENNY ROGERS/United Artists

1327 7Q 6 DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME CAPTAIN & TENNILLE/Casablanca 2215 11

1178 ROCK WITH YOU MICHAEL JACKSON/Epic 9 50797 94 NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) BARBRA

STREISAND/DONNA SUMMER/Columbia 1 11125/Casablanca NBD 20199 11

8 5 LADIES NIGHT KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite 801 (Mercury) 139 9 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE CLIFF RICHARD/EMI-America

8025 1111 CRUISIN' SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla 54306 (Motown) 12

11 7 STILL COMMODORES/Motown 1474 14El20 THE LONG RUN EAGLES/Asylum 46569 515 COOL CHANGE LITTLE RIVER BAND/Capitol 4789 11

14 14 JANE JEFFERSON STARSHIP/Grunt 11750 (RCA) 915 16 HEAD GAMES FOREIGNER/Atlantic 3633 816 10 HEARTACHE TONIGHT EAGLES/Asylum 46545 1317 17 YOU'RE ONLY LONELY J. D. SOUTHER/Columbia 1 10079 17In 22 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME DR. HOOK/Capitol 4785 11

ID 23 DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT TOM PETTY AND THEHEARTBREAKERS/Backstreet/MCA 41138 7

ED 24 THIS IS IT KENNY LOGGINS/Columbia 1 11109 12En 29 SARA FLEETWOOD MAC/Warner Bros. 49150 3

22 21 POP MUZIK M/Sire 49033 (WB) 2123 18 TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME SUPERTRAMP/A&M 2193 1124 12 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla 54303

(Motown) 9m 31 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER PRINCE/Warner Bros. 49050 9Ell 33 YES I'M READY TERI DESARIO WITH K.C./ Casablanca 2227 7ni 30 THIRD TIME LUCKY (FIRST TIME I WAS A FOOL) FOGHAT/Bearsville 49125 (WB) 8m 34 DEJA VU DIONNE WARWICK/Arista 0459 7

MI 32 DON'T LET GO ISAAC HAYES/Polydor 2011 10E3 38 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE QUEEN/Elektra 46579 2

31 19 DIM ALL THE LIGHTS DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca 2201 1932 27 HALF THE WAY CRYSTAL GAYLE/Columbia 1 11087 14

M41 ROMEO'S TUNE STEVE FORBERT/Nemperor 9 7525 (CBS) 5

40 VOICES CHEAP TRICK/Epic 9 50814 5Ea 39 WAIT FOR ME DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/RCA 11747 9

36 25 SHIPS BARRY MANILOW/Arista 0464 12Eli 47 WHY ME STYX/A&M 2206 2

38 28 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE KENNY ROGERS/United Artists1315 17

Ea 44 SAVANNAH NIGHTS TOM JOHNSTON/Warner Bros. 49096 8

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DECEMBER 29, 1979

TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Numbe,, (Distributing Label)DEC. DEC.29 22

1 1 ESCAPE (THE PINACOLADA SONG)RUPERT HOLMESMCA /Infinity 50,035(2nd Week)

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10

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46 YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SANTANA/Columbia1 11144

CIII 48 FOREVER MINE THE 0.JAYS/Phila. Intl. 9 3727 (CBS)42 43 TRAIN, TRAIN BLACKFOOT/Atco 720743 26 RISE HERB ALPERT/A&M 2151

gzi 49 I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE RITA COOLIDGE/A&M 2199 8

pzi 59 LONGER DAN FOGELBERG/Full Moon/Epic 9 50824 3

54 DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL RUFUS AND CHAKAKHAN/MCA 41131

al51 CHIQUITITA ABBA/Atlantic 362960 AN AMERICAN DREAM DIRT BAND/United Artists 1330

49 50 I STILL HAVE DREAMS RICHIE FURAY/Asylum 46534

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EI1 58

52 35

53 56

6755 4256 57

EEI 6258 61

ECI 64

65

75

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6965 36

1:13 72

74

111 73

LEI 7684

71 3772 77

87

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8376 79

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RAPPER'S DELIGHT SUGARHILL GANG/Sugarhill 542 10LONELY EYES ROBERT JOHN/EMI-America 8030 5I WANT YOU TONIGHT PABLO CRUISE/A&M 2195 12DIRTY WATER INMATES/Polydor 2032 4WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU SPINNERS/ Atlantic 3637 3SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE RAINBOW/Polydor 2014 10SHE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU SUZI QUATRO/RSO 1014 6FOOL IN THE RAIN LED ZEPPELIN/Swan Song 71003 (At') 2MOVE YOUR BOOGIE BODY BAR-KAYS/Mercury 76015 8

LAST TRAIN TO LONDON ELO/Jet 9 5067 (CBS) 4ROTATION HERB ALPERT/A&M 2202 5DAYDREAM BELIEVER ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4813 2LOST HER IN THE SUN JOHN STEWART/RSO 1016 399 TOTO/Columbia 1 11173 2

SEPTEMBER MORN NEIL DIAMOND/Columbia1 11175 2

BROKEN HEARTED ME ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4773 15I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ROD STEWART/

Warner Bros. 49138MONEY FLYING LIZARDS/Virgin 67003 (Atl) 4DON'T MAKE ME OVER JENNIFER WARNES/Arista 0455 4HEARTBREAKER PAT BENATAR/Chrysalis 2395 3WHEN I WANTED YOU BARRY MANILOW/Arista 0481 2DAMNED IF I DO ALAN PARSONS PROJECT/ Arista 0454 14YOU'RE GONNA GET WHAT'S COMING BONNIE RAITT/

Warner Bros. 49116I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH)

BONNIE POINTER/Motown 1478CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS ROBERT PALMER/Island 49137

(WB)LOOKS LIKE LOVE AGAIN DANN ROGERS/lA 500 3STAR EARTH, WIND & FIRE/ARC/Columbia 1 11165MEMORIZE YOUR NUMBER LEIF GARRETT/Scotti Bros. 510

(At))I'M ALIVE GAMMA/Elektra 46555TOO LATE JOURNEY/Columbia 1 11143I CALL YOUR NAME SWITCH/Gordy 7175 (Motown)REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND) AEROSMITH/

Columbia 1 11181MAKE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME BOBBY VINTON/

Tapestry 002

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK

- VOLCANOJIMMY BUFFETT

MCA 41161

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92

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94

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FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER MOLLY HATCHET/Epic 9 50822 1

THE SECOND TIME AROUND SHALAMAR/Solar 11709 (RCA) 1

- HOLDIN' ON FOR DEAR LOVE LOBO/MCA/Curb 41152 1

91 TAKIN' IT BACK BREATHLESS/EMI-America 8020 396 GOODNIGHT MY LOVE MIKE PINERA/Spector 0003 2

TRUST ME CINDY BULLENS/Casablanca 2217

I WISH I WAS EIGHTEEN AGAIN GEORGE BURNS/Mercury57011

SPARKLE CAMEO/ Chocolate City 3202 (Casablanca) 1

PEANUT BUTTER TWENNYXINE FEATURING LENNY WHITE/Elektra 46552

55 DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH MICHAEL JACKSON/Epic 9 5074

- WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME PAUL McCARTNEY/Columbia 1

- YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME PHYLLIS HYMA1

96 81 BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL ATLANTA RHY .0N/Po 2039 4

97 - ROCKIN' INTO THE NIGHT 38 SPECIA _J5 1

98 78 GLIDE PLEASURE/Fantasy 874 499 70 MISTRUSTED LOVE MISTRESS/RSO 5

100 92 STRANGER LTD/A&M 2192 4

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"rplayAll listings fromkey progressivestations aroundthe country are

in descendingorder except

where other-wise noted.

DECEMBER 29, 1979

All listings from key progressive stations around the country are in alphabetical order.

FLASHMAKER OF THE YEAR

BREAKFAST IN AMERICA

SL PERTRAMP

A&M

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TOP FM PICKS OF '79

BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp-A&M

if- IN -HROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LedZeppel in-Swan Song

THE LONG RUN-Eagles-Asylum

GE- THE KNACK-The Knack-Capitol

CANDY-0-Cars-ElektraDAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom Petty-

IackstreetMINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers

- -WBEVOLUTION-Journey-Col

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WNEW-FM/NEW YORKRICHARD NEER/MARYANNE McINTYRE


DAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom Petty-Bc ckstreet

GET THE KNACK-The Knack-Capitol

IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LedZeppelin-Swan Song

LOW BUDGET-Kinks-Arista

WPIX-FM/NEW YORKDAN NEER

ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello-Col

EAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads-Sire

\\*.GATTA DE BLANC-Police-A&M

ASH-Epic

INE-Elektra

400

WECN-F/4111#TONY BERARDI

ARMED FORCES-E

BREAKFAST IN AMERIC-A&M

CAN DY-O-Ca rs-Elektra

'GRAM

-Col

GET THE KNACK-The Knack-

REGGATTA DE BLANC-Police-

mp

WLIR-FM/LONG ISLANDDENIS McNAMARA/LARRY KLEINMAN


BRIEFCASE FULL OF BLUES-Blues Brothers-Atlantic

52ND STREET-Billy Joel-Col


MILLION MILE REFLECTIONS-CharlieDaniels Band-Epic

WBAB-FM/LONG ISLANDMARTY CURLEY


CANDY-O-Cars-ElektraGET THE KNACK-The Knack-Capitol


MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers-WB

WCOZ-FM / BOSTONBOB SLAVIN

CANDY-O-Cars-ElektraIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led

Zeppelin-Swan SongPARALLEL LINES-Blondie-Chrysalis


WHO ARE YOU-The Who-MCA

WAAF-FM/WORCESTERDAVE LEE AUSTIN/PAUL LEMIEUX



LIVE AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick-Epic


WPLR-FM/NEW HAVENED MICHAELSON


DIRE STRAITS-WB



LIVE AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick-Epic

WBLM-FM /MAINEJOSE DIAZ

COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits-WB

DAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom Petty-Backstreet

FIRST OFFENCE-Inmates-Polydor

LOOK SHARP-Joe Jackson-A&M

REGGATTA DE BLANC-Police-A&M

WQBK-FM/ALBANYJOHN COOPER/DAN BOYLE


DAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom Petty-Ba ckstreet

FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads-Sire



WCMF-FM/ROCHESTERBILL MARTIN/TED EDWARDS




THE WALL-Pink Floyd-Col

TUSK-Fleetwood Mac-WB

WAQX-FM /SYRACUSEED LEVINE


EVOLUTION-Journey-Col


VAN HALEN II-WB

WOUR-FM/UTICATOM STARR/ROBIN SHERWIN


CANDY-O-Cars-ElektraIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led

Zeppelin-Swan SongLIVE RUST-Neil Young-Reprise


WMJO-FM/ROCHESTERBERNIE KIMBEL

AIRPLAY-Point Blank-MCA

CORNERSTONE-Styx-A&M

FIGHT DIRTY-Charlie-Arista

FLIRTIN WITH DISASTER-Molly Hatchet-Epic

RATHER BE ROCKIN-Tantrum-Ovation

WMMR-FM/PHILADELPHIAJEFF POLLACK






WYDD-FM / PITTSBURGHJIM KINNEY



JUST A GAME-Triumph-RCA



WHFS-FM/WASHINGTON, D.C.DAVID EINSTEIN

ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello-Col

8:30-Weather Report-ARC/Col


FROGS, SPROUTS, CLOGS AND KRAUTS-Rumour-Arista

REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY-DaveEdmunds-Swan Song

WC/DR-FM / RALEIGHRON PHILLIPS



RICKIE LEE JONES-WB



ZETA 7-FM/ORLANDODAVID SOUSA/BILL MIMS


DIRE STRAITS-WB



VAN HALEN II-WB

WSHE-FM/FT. LAUDERDALEMICHELE ROBINSON





THE B-52's-WB


All listings fromkey progressivestations aroundthe country arein descendingorder exceptwhen other-wise noted.

Record World

DECEMBER 29, 1979

AirplayAll listings from key progressive stations around the country are in alphabetical order.

WMMS-FM/CLEVELANDJOHN GORMAN/KID LEO


IN STYLE-David Johansen-Blue Sky

REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY-DaveEdmunds-Swan Song

THE JUKES-Mercury

YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH A SCHIZO-PHRENIC-Ian Hunter-Chrysalis

WABX-FM / DETROITJOHN DUNCAN/ERIC GOLDBERG






WWWW-FM/DETROITMARK McEWEN


EVOLUTION-Journey--Col



VAN HALEN II-WB

Y95-FM/ROCKFORDLES COOK


CANDY-O-Cars-ElektraHIGHWAY TO HELL-AC/DC-Atlantic



KSHE-FM/ST. LOUISSHELLEY GRAFMAN


ENLIGHTENED ROGUES-Allmon Brothers-Capricorn

(VOLUTION-Journey-ColIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led

Zeppelin-Swan Song

STREET MACHINE-Sammy Hagar-Capitol

WKDF-FM/NASHVILLEJOHN BRY ANT


HEAD GAMES-Foreigner-Atlantic




WQFM-FM/MILWAUKEEPAUL KELLEY


GET THE KNACK-The Knock-Capitol




KQRS-FM/MINNEAPOLISTAC HAMMER/MARI SOLLOM


CANDY-O-Cars-Elektra




KZEW-FM/DALLASDORIS MILLER

DEGUELLO-ZZ Top-WB

ENLIGHTENED ROGUES-Allman Brothers-Capricorn

EVOLUTION-Journey-ColIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led

Zeppelin-Swan Song

THE LONG RUN-Eagles--Asylum

KLOL-FM/HOUSTONPAUL RIANN

DESOLATION ANGELS-Bad Company-Swan Song





KFML-FM/DENVERIRA GORDON


COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits-WBRICKIE LEE JONES-WB


PHOENIX-Dan Fogelberg-Full Moon

KBPI-FM/DENVERPHIL STRIDER


DAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom Petty-Backs-reet




KAWY-FM/WYOMINGCRAIG MARTIN/JOHN LOGAN



FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO-JeffersonStarship-Grunt


YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH A SCHIZO-PHRENIC-Ian Hunter-Chrysalis

KOME-FM/SAN JOSEDANA JANG






KSJO-FM/SAN JOSEPAUL "LOBSTER" WELLS



HIGHWAY TO HELL-AC/DC-Atlantic



KWST-FM/LOS ANGELESSTEVE DOWNES/TED HA BECK



GET THE KNACK-The Knack-Capito'


THE LONG RUN-Eagles--Asylum

KNAC-FM/LONG BEACHDENISE WESTWOOD/PAUL FUHR




RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young-Reprise

KMEL-FM/SAN FRANCISCOBOBBY COLE/PAUL VINCENT




IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LedZeppelin-Swan Sang


KZOK-FM/SEATTLEARMAND CHIANTI/BRAD HOFFMAN


CANDY-0-Cars-Elektra




KZEL-FM /ELKPEYTON MAY'

CANDY -r

JOHN

DP

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Riva

RPEDOES-Tom Petty-

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ONG RUN-Eagles-Asylum


Tracy Mitchell, Program Director KJR Seattle, Wash. 0John Sherman, Asst. ProgramMgr. KJRB Spokane, Wash. 0 Robin Forest, Promotion Director KINK Portland,Ore. 0 Dave Thompson, Program Director and Music Director KDWB Minneapolis,Minn. 0 Les Garland, Program Director KFRC San Francisco, Ca. 0 Jon Sinton,Program Director KDKB Phoenix, Ariz. OJim Ray, Program Director KWFMTucson, Ariz. 0 Ernesto Gladden, Program Director KPRI San Diego, Ca. 0 GaryWaldron, Program Director KCPX Salt Lake City, Utah 0Jim Zeluski, ProgramDirector KRST Alburquerque, N.M. OTim Spencer, Program Director KTXQ Dallas,Texas 0 Bill Young, Program Director KILT Houston, Texas 0 Kim Stephens,Promotion Director WTIX New Orleans, La. 0 Randy Rice, Operations ManagerWJ BO/ WFMF-FM Baton Rouge, La. 0 Bobby Kline, Program Director KBEQKansas City, Mo. 0 Joel Denver, Program Director KSLQ St. Louis, Mo. 0 FrankCody, Program Director K BPI Denver, Colo. 0John Gehron, Program Director WLSChicago, II. 0 Vickie Tietz, Promotion Director WOKY Milwaukee, Wis. 0 Bill Gable,Program Director CK LW Detroit, Mich. 0 Dave Nichols, Program Director WHBQMemphis, Tn. 0Jim Morrison, Program Director WQXI Atlanta, Ga. 0 ReggieBlackwell, Program Director WAIY Jacksonville, Fla. 0 Sandy Smith, ProgrammingAssistant (for Jay Michaels, Program Director) WSGN Birmingham, Ala. 0 DaveWright, Program Director WBJW Orlando, Fla. 0 Allan Sneed, Program DirectorWKDF-FM Nashville, Tn. 0 Ray Quinn, Program Director WFIL-AM Philadelphia,Penn. 0 Scott Slade, Program Director WAYS Charlotte, N.C. 0 Bob Bolton,Operations Manager WK IX Raleigh, N.C. 0 Scott Shanon, Program ManagerWPGC-FM Washington, D.C. 0 Scott Muni, Program Director WNEW-FM NewYork City 0 Harry Nelson, Program Director WRKO-AM Boston, Mass./ Manchester,N.H. 0 Todd Chase, Station Manager J BI05-FM Providence, R.I. 0 Arnold Chase,Program Director WTI C Hartford, Conn. 0 R on Tyler, Program Director K ATTOklahoma City, Ok. 0 Roger Ashby, Programming Department CHUM Toronto,Ontario, Canada 0 Bobby Christian, Program Director WXKX Pittsburgh, Penn. 0Tom Teuber, Program Director WLVQ Columbus, Ohio 0 Nell Wynne, PromotionDirector WMYK-FM Norfolk, Va. 0 Tom MacMurray, Program Director WFBQ-FM Indianapolis 0 Dan Garfinkle, Program Director WMMS Cleveland, Ohio 0Cory James, Promotions Director WSHE Miami, Fla.

"I am convinced that, after this promotion, movie previews on a station -to -audienceone-to-one basis are the best promotional value."

Ernesto Gladden, Program Director, KPRI, San Diego

"Lotsa' yuks - sensational."Dave Thompson, Program Director and Music Director, KDWB, Minneapolis/St. Paul

"Both the promotion and the movie were great fun and served a very special purpose."Randy Rice, Operations Manager, WFMF/WJBO, Baton Rouge

"We knew Steve Martin was popular with our audience but the excitement from thepromotion was beyond our expectations." John Gehron, Program Director, WLS, Chicago

"K FRC was deluged with over ten thousand entries in the first mail -in type contest doneon KFRC in almost two years. On a scale of one to ten, we rate the promotion aneleven." Les Garland, Program Director, KFRC, San Francisco

"There's one word to describe THE JERK promotion-smash. Audience response toTHE JERK promotion on WRKO, Boston, was incredible."

Harry Nelson, Program Director, WRKO-AM, Boston

"Most well coordinated contest we've done. Aspen Film Societyand Universal went allout. Our audience reaction was fantastic. Absolutely the ultimate contest."

Scott Muni, Program Director, WNEW-FM, New York

"The most successful movie promotion we've done. 100% turnout of all tickets givenaway. The response to Martin was stronger than ever. No hassles, no loose ends,everything promised was delivered -100% plus."

Arnold Chase, Program Director, WTIC-FM, Hartford, Conn.

"What can I say -it was a wild and crazy promotion."Vickie Tietz, Promotion Director, WOKY, Milwaukee

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"Merchandising items added an extra dimension to the promotion of THE JERKscreening. And the responses at the screening were completely positive."

Alan Sneed, Program Director, WKDF-FM, Nashville

"A remarkable promotion and a remarkable response from my listeners... but they're allJERKS anyway." Tim Spencer, Program Director, KTXQ, Dallas

"Great listener response." Bill Young, Program Director, KILT, Houston

"Oklahoma City went bananas for THE JERK."Ron Tyler, Program Director, KATT, Oklahoma City

"Steve Martin not only delivered for KRST but also delivered for Alberquerque ToysFor Tots as well. The phone response to the promotion was excellent and we collectedover 350 toys." Jim Zeluski, Program Director, KRST, Alberquerque, N.M.

"In Kansas City we packed the house. We're waiting for Steve's next film."Bobby Kline, Program Director, KBEQ, Kansas City

"We had a great response to THE JERK promotion."Kim Stephens, Promotion Director, WTIX, New Orleans

"One of the smoothest running promotions we have done in some time. The movie waswonderfully received and wonderfully done."

Cory James, Promotions Director, WSHE, Miami

"It was a huge success. We were extremely impressed and would like to do it again."Sandy Smith, Programming Assistant (for Jay Michaels, Program Director) WSGN, Birmingham

"Very attractive promotion across the board."Dave Nichols, Program Director, WHBQ, Memphis

"Tremendous listener response. Very well marketed and put together."Reggie Blackwell, Program Director, WAIV, Jacksonville

"Instant interest followed by immediate requests for a third preview -even after doingtwo shows." Jim Morrison, Program Director, WQXI-FM, Atlanta

"It was an entertaining promotion that was enjoyed by participants. The exact type ofpromotion we enjoy." Bob Bolton, Operations Manager, WKIX, Raleigh

"Tremendous response to the promotion and the tickets went extremely fast."Dave Wright, Program Director, WBJW, Orlando

"The promotion was extremely successful. The theatre was packed, and everyone,young and old, loved it." Joel Denver, Program Director, KSLQ, St. Louis

"Universal's THE JERK was the most professionally organized promotion this year. Itgenerated excitement for KBPI, Steve, and THE JERK."

Frank Cody, Program Director, KBPI, Denver

"On air promotion was extremely funny. A very successful promotion and very wellaccepted." Tracy Mitchell, Program Director, KJR, Seattle

"An excellent promotion. We were thrilled to be involved."John Sherman, Assistant Manager and Program Director, KJRB, Spokane

"It was a great promotion for us. It worked very well-enjoyable for all."Robin Forrest, Promotion Director, KINK, Portland

"One of the most successful promotions we've run. Good image value for the station."Bill Gable, Program Director, CKLW, Detroit

"Steve Martin lives up to his reputation as one of the funniest comedians. Ourphones didn't stop ringing during the on -air promotion."

Roger Ashby, Programming Department, CHUM, Toronto

"One of the best promotions we've ever done. The market interest in Steve Martin,with 18-34 demographics, is heavier than with nearly any other living star. Funniestmovie I've seen since 'Blazing Saddles'." Jon Sinton, Program Director, KDKB, Phoenix

"After many years of promoting films, I must say that Universal's 'THE JERK'promotion was one of the best film promotions we have ever run. Our audience wentcrazy. We were delighted not only by the reaction to the film but by our listenerparticipation." Dan Martin, Program Director, WTRY-AM, Albany, New York

©1979 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS. INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


TheA/C(A Bi-Weekly Report on Adult/Contemporary Playlist Additions)

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Most Adds- KISS ME IN THE RAIN-

Barbra Streisand-Col(6)

LONGER-Dan Fogelberg-Full Moon (6)

DAYDREAM BELIEVER-AnneMurray-Capitol (5)

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WHDH /BOSTONI DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT

IT-Rod Stewart-WBSEPTEMBER MORN-Neil Diamond

-Col

WNEW/NEW YORKKISS ME IN THE RAIN-Barbra

Streisand-Col

LOVE BOAT THEME-Jack Jones-MGM

WMAL/WASHINGTON,D.C.

DAYDREAM BELIEVER-AnneMurray-Capitol

LONGER-Dan Fogelberg-FullMoon


THEME FROM STAR TREK-Maynard Ferguson-Col

WHEN WANTED YOU-BarryManilow-Arista

WKBC-FM/WINSTON-SALEM

DAYDREAM BELIEVER-AnneMurray-Capitol

KISS ME IN THE RAIN-BarbraStreisand-Col

SEPTEMBER MORN-Neil Diamond-Col

WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN-Billy Preston & Syreeta-Motown

WONDERLAND-Commodores-Motown

WSB/ATLANTALONGER-Dan Fogelberg-Full

Moon

ROMEO'S TUNE-Steve Forbert-Nemperor

WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN-Billy Preston and Syreeta-Motown

WIOD/MIAMIDAYDREAM BELIEVER-Anne

Murray-CapitolWHEN I WANTED YOU-Barry

Manilow-Arista

WJBO/NEW ORLEANS

LET ME GO LOVE-Nicolette Larson-WB


WLW/CINCINNATIAN AMERICAN DREAM-Dirt Band

-UAKISS ME IN THE RAIN-Barbra

Streisand-ColWORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU

-Spinners-Atl

WTMJ/MILWAUKEEI WISH I WAS 18 AGAIN-George

Burns-Mercury


99-Toto-ColYOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY-

Turley Richards-Atl

WCCO-FM/MINNEAPOLISDAYDREAM BELIEVER-Anne

Murray-CapitolLET ME GO LOVE-Nicolette Larson

-WB99-Toto-ColTHE ROSE-Bette Midler-AtlSEPTEMBER MORN-Neil Diamond

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KMOX-FM/ST. LOUISI DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

- Rod Stewart-WBKISS ME IN THE RAIN-Barbra

Streisand-Col


99-Toto-ColSEPTEMBER MORN-Neil Diamond

-Col

KULF/HOUSTONDAYDREAM BELIEVER-Anne

Murray-CapitolLONGER-Don Fogelberg-Full

MoonROTATION-Herb Alpert-A&MWHEN I WANTED YOU-Barry

Manilow-AristaWORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU

-Spinners-Atl

KOY/PHOENIXCHIOUITITA-Abba-AtlKISS ME IN THE RAIN-Barbra

Streisand-Col

LONGER-Dan Fogelberg-FullMoon

RAVEL'S BOLERO-Henry Mancini-WB

Also reporting this week: WBAL,

WFTL, KMBZ. 16 stations reporting.

Reitt...11LRatiBy SOPHIA MIDAS

According to a Record World survey, this year's Christmas sales

managed to hold up to last year's sales, if not in volume, certainlyin dollars. Because the current superstar product did not incite thebuying public as much as it had done in previous years, many retailerspoint to the particularly successful movement of catalogue items asbeing the redeeming factor in this year's Christmas sales. CBS's $5.98

series exploded at retail chains throughout the country and causedone merchandiser to call this series "the god -send" of his chain.Among some of the catalogue items which were reported as beingvery active were: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, TheGateful Dead, Kansas, Dan Fogelberg, Weather Report and the DoobieBrothers.

King Karol's Ben Karol was extremely enthusiastic about the cata-logue activity in his stores and commented "There's no question aboutit; catalogue product surged this Christmas. We were in good shapebecause we have always maintained a 'full -inventory stance. Unfor-tunately, I think a lot of our competitors may have gotten hurt thisChristmas; when things slow up, most outlets concentrate on chartitems, and stay away from the catalogues. The important records justweren't that important this year."

CBS's $5.98 series was unanimously touted by retailers. The Fathers& Suns outlet became involved with a cooperative campaign with CBSfor this series with radio and print spots. Citing the success of thiscampaign, Don Simpson said, "These records ended up saving ourstores; the prices were right, and thereby enabled customers to buy acompanion piece for $7.98 or $8.98. A great deal of jazz in this seriesdid well also; in fact, almost better than when it did when it was firstreleased." Chris Lyon of the Rainbow chain added, "The reaction tothe CBS series was so strong that I'm waiting to see if WEA introducesa similar line." Everybody's Tom Keenan said, "The CBS series soldthree times as much as it has in the past." Summing up the reactionto CBS's $5.98 series, Korvettes' David Rothfield commented, "Theseries does not represent a lot of profit, but it's good unit sales. It alsoindicates a responsivenesss on the part of the consumer to what seemsto be a good buy in view of the trend in prices."

SHOPLIFTING-Retailers were particularly wary of shoplifters thisChristmas, and according to one survey, 45 percent of all shopliftingoccurs during the holiday season. Record Bar spokesmen reported thattheir most vulnerable items are 45s and tapes. According to Rob Edgar,Record Bar's merchandise manager, "A shoplifter can grab 10 45s andthey can take up very little space. But in dollars, the loss is muchgreater with tapes."

ceivedRose's

IN-STORE ACTION - There'sno such thing as a fan too young,as seen by this admirer (at left) ofIsland recording artist Bob Mar-ley. The reggae artist recently ap-peared at Atlanta's Turtles Rec-ords and Tapes prior to a concertin support of his latest release"Survival."

PIONEERING PRINT ADS - Ina highly unusual advertising cam-paign, the Rose Records/SoundsGood Outlet collaborated withLaury's Discount Records in a

print ad in the Chicago Tribunewithout label support. "We re -

some very nice response from labels regarding the ad," saidJim Rose.

Promotions -Ed Berson has officially assumed the position of vicepresident of purchasing for Record Bar. Harry Spero, formerly of Mid -song International Records, and always a devotee of the art of thebinocular (sorry, Harry) is presently the director of advertising andmarketing for Crazy Eddies.

STORE OPENINGS-National Record Mart recently opened a 6000square foot store in Columbus, Ohio. As the 60th store of the chain,the outlet is the largest National Record Mart. The New England -basedStrawberries chain opened up its 12th store, located in Burlington,Mass. Record & Tape Collector opened the doors to its 6th store inSt. Louis.



DECEMBER 29, 1979

SALESMAKER OF THE WEEK

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AsylumGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

; Parliament-CasablancaTHE ROSE-Atlantic

(Soundtrack)

HANDLEMAN /NATIONALABBA'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-

AtlanticCHRISTMAS TOGETHER-John

Denver & the Muppets-RCADAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom

Petty & the Heartbreakers-MCA/Backstreet

FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO-Jefferson Starship-Grunt

GLORYHOLLASTOOPID-Parliament-Casablanca

GOLD & PLATINUM-LynyrdSkynyrd Band-MCA

:GURNEY THROUGH THE SECRETLIFE OF PLANTS-StevieWonder-Tamla

PARTNERS IN CRIME-RupertHolmes-Infinity

RSO CHART BUSTERS-VariousArtists-RSO

WHAT GOES AROUND COMESAROUND-Waylon Jennings- RCA

KORVETTES/ NATIONALANGEL OF THE NIGHT-Angela

Bofill-Arista/GRPGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

Pa rl lament-CasablancaIN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT-

Pat Benatar-ChrysalisJACKRABBIT SLIM-Steve Forbert

-NemperorLIVE RUST-Neil Young & Crazy

Horse-RepriseNIGHT IN THE RUTS-Aerosrnith

-ColSTAR TREK-Col (Soundtrack)THE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)WHERE THERE'S SMOKE-Smokey

Robinson-TamlaYOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME-

Phyllis Hymon-Arista

PICKWICK/NATIONALABBA'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-

AtlanticGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

Parliament-CasablancaGOLD & PLATINUM-Lynyrd

Skynyrd Band-MCALIVE! COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Phila. Intl.LIVE RUST-Neil Young & Crazy

Horse-RepriseMAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &

Tennille-CasablancaPHOENIX-Dan Fogelberg-Epic/

Full MoonROD STEWART GREATEST HITS,

VOL. I-WBTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-

Natalie Cole & Peobo Bryson-Capitol

SOUND UNLIMITED/NATIONAL

CHRISTMAS TOGETHER-JohnDenver & the Muppets-RCA

DEGUELLO-Z.Z. Top-WBFIRST OFFENCE-Inmates-

PolydorGOLD & PLATINUM-Lynyrd

Skynyrd Band-MCAJOE'S GARAGE, ACTS II & III-

Frank Zappa-Zappa

MAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &Tennille-Casablanca

NO NUKES-Various Artists-Asylum

NO STRANGER TO LOVE-RoyAyers-Polydor

PARTNERS IN CRIME-RupertHolmes-Infinity

WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE-Cliff Richard-EMI America

ALEXANDER'S/NEW YORKCHRISTMAS TOGETHER-John

Denver & the Muppets-RCADON'T LET GO-Isaac Hayes-

PolydarGOLD & PLATINUM-Lynyrd

Skynyrd Band-MCAGREATEST-Bee Gees-RSOLIVEI COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Phila. Intl.MIDNIGHT MAGIC-Commodores

-MotownNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumROD STEWART GREATEST HITS,

VOL. I-WBTHE LONG RUN-Eagles-AsylumTHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)

DISC-O-MAT/NEW YORKDAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom


ELO'S GREATEST HITS-JetHOW CRUEL-Joan Armotrading

-A&MINNER LIFE-PreludeJOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET

LIFE OF PLANTS-StevieWonder-Tamla

MAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &Tennille-Casablanca

ON THE RADIO-Donna Summer-Casablanca

ROYAL RAPPIN'S-Isaac Hayes& Millie Jackson-Polydor

THE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE DON'T TALK ANYMORE-

Cliff Richard-EMI America

RECORD WORLD-TSSSTORES/NORTHEAST


ELO'S GREATEST HITS-JetFIRST OFFENCE-Inmates-

PolydorGOLD & PLATINUM-Lynyrd

Skynyrd Band-MCAHOW CRUEL-Joan Armotrading

-A&MLIVE! COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Philo. Intl.NO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumTHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)THE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-

Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson-Capitol

CUTLER'S/NEW HAVENBRASS CONSTRUCTION 5-UAEAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie-

ChrysalisGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

Parliament-CasablancaGREATEST-Bee Gees-RSOLIVEI COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Phila. Intl.LIVING PROOF-Sylvester-

FantasyNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColTHE WHISPERS-SolarVOLCANO-Jimmy Buffett-MCA

RECORD & TAPECOLLECTOR/BALTIMORE


GAP BAND II-MercuryGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

Parliament-CasablancaLIVE( COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Philo. Intl.MAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &

Tennille-CasablancaNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumRAY, GOODMAN & BROWN-

PolydorSOMETHING MORE-Eddie

Kendricks-Arista

Record World

A survey of NEW product sales listed alphabetically in the nation's leading retail outlets

WE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson-Capitol

WHISPERS-Solar

WAXIE MAXIE/WASH.,D.C.

DANCE OF LIFE-Narada MichaelWalden-Atlantic



JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE-Slave-Cotillion

LIVING PROOF-Sylvester-Fantasy

RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN-Polydor

REGGATTA DE BLANC-Police-A&M

SIT DOWN & TALK TO ME-Lou Rawls-Phila. Intl.

WE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson-Capitol

WHISPERS-Solar

GARY'S/RICHMONDCORNERSTONE-Styx-A&MDOWN ON THE FARM-Little

Feat-WBFREEDOM AT POINT ZERO-

Jefferson Storship-GruntGREATEST-Bee Gees-RSOIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-

Led Zeppelin-Swan SongKENNY-Kenny Rogers-UAMASTERJAM-Rufus & Chaka

-MCANIGHT IN THE RUTS-Aerosmith

-ColPART OF THE GAME-Pablo

Cruise-A&MTHE LONG RUN-Eagles-Asylum

RADIO 437/PHILADELPHIABONNIE POINTER-MotownCHRISTMAS TOGETHER-John

Denver & the Muppets-RCADON'T THROW STONES-Sports

-AristaGAP BAND II-MercuryJUST A TOUCH OF LOVE-Slave

-CotillionPASSION DANCE-McCoy Tyner

-MilestonePRESSURE-MCATHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)TROUBLEMAKER-Ian McLogan

-MercuryWHISPERS-Solar

WEBB/PHILADELPHIAAND 125TH STREET, NYC-Donald

Byrd-ElektraBONNIE POINTER-MotownDON ARMANDO'S SECOND

AVENUE RHUMBA BAND-ZE.FOXY-DashJUST A TOUCH OF LOVE-Slave

-CotillionMAGIC LADY-Sergio Mendes

& Brasil '88-ElektroRAY, GOODMAN & BROWN-

PolydorSIT DOWN & TALK TO ME-Lou

Rawls-Philo. Intl.TERI DESARIO-CasablancaWHISPERS-Solar

RECORD REVOLUTION/PA. -DEL.



KEEP THE FIRE-Kenny Loggins-Col

LOOKING FOR LOVE-Fat Larry'sBand-Fantasy/WMOT

PASSION DANCE-McCoy Tyner-Milestone

SABOTAGE-John Cale-SpyTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColTROUBLEMAKER-Ian McLagan

-MercuryWHISPERS-ColorWORLD WITHIN-Stix Hooper

-MCANATL. RECORD MART/

MIDWESTDAMN THE TORPEDOES-Tom


DIFFERENT KIND OF CRAZY-Head East-A&M

FIRST OFFENCE-Inmates-Pol ydor

JACKRABBIT SLIM-Steve Forbert-Nemperor

JOE'S GARAGE, ACTS II & Ill-Frank Zappa-Zoppa

LIVE RUST-Neil Young & CrazyHorse-Reprise


THE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)THE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColTROUBLEMAKER-Ian McLogan

-MercuryRECORD RENDEZVOUS/

CLEVELANDFOREVER-Rex Smith-ColI STILL HAVE DREAMS-Richie

Furay-AsylumMISS THE MISSISSIPPI-Crystal

Gayle-ColNEW YORK-LONDON-PARIS-

MUNICH-M-SireNIGHT IN THE RUTS-Aerosm h

-ColNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumREGGATTA DE BLANC-Police-

A&MSABOTAGE-John Cale-SpySTAR TREK-Col (Soundtrack)YOU'RE ONLY LONELY-J.D.

Souther-AsylumRECORD REVOLUTION/

CLEVELANDDRUMS & WIRES-XTC-VirginFREEDOM AT POINT ZERO-

Jefferson Starship-GruntGIANTS-MCALIVE RUST-Neil Young & Crazy

Horse-RepriseNIGHT IN THE RUTS-Aerosmith

-ColNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumPRESSURE-MCASOMETHING MORE-Eddie

Kendricks-AristaTHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)THE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColROSE RECORDS/CHICAGOABBA'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-


Denver & the Muppets-RCAGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-

Parliament-CasablancaJACKRABBIT SLIM-Steve Forbert

-NemperorLIVE! COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Phila. Intl.MAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &

Tennille-CasablancaPARTNERS IN CRIME-Rupert

Holmes-InfinityTHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)THE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-


1812 OVERTURE/MILWAUKEE

FIRST OFFENCE-Inmates-Folydcr

INJOY-Bar-Kays-MercuryLIVING PROOF-Sylvester-

FantasyNO NUKES-Various Artists-

AsylumNO STRANGER TO LOVE-Roy

Ayers-PolydorPARTNERS IN CRIME-Rupert

Holmes-InfinityPRESSURE-MCAREGGATTA DE BLANC-Police

-A&MSTAR TREK-ColWE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS-


GREAT AMERICAN/MINNEAPOLIS

ELO'S GREATEST HITS-JetFOREVER-Rex Smith-ColIN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT-Pat

Benatar-ChrysalisJACKRABBIT SLIM-Steve Forbert

-NemperorLIVE RUST-Neil Young & Crazy

Horse-RepriseMAKE YOUR MOVE-Captain &

Tennille-CasablancaPARTNERS IN CRIME-Rupert

Holmes-InfinityFHOENIX-Dan Fogelberg-Epic/

Full MoonTHE ROSE-Atlantic (SoundtrTHE WALL-Pink Flovd-CSPEC'S MUSIC/FLODOWN ON THE FARM

Feat-WB

EVE-Alan Parsons Project-Arista


GOLD & PLATINUM-LynyrdSkynyrd Bond-MCA

LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCESS DECHIC-Atlantic

LIVEI COAST TO COAST-TeddyPendergrass-Phila. Intl.


TERI DESARIO-CasablancaTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE DON'T TALK ANYMORE-Cliff

Richard-EMI AmericaINDEPENDENT RECORDS/

COLORADOBONNIE POINTER-MotownBRASS CONSTRUCTION 5-UADANCE OF LIFE-Narado Michael

Walden-AtlanticGLORYHOLLASTOOPID


Skynyrd Band-MCAHIROSHIMA-AristaI WANT YOU-Wilson Pickett-

EMI AmericaPAAHLINO DE COSTA-PabloPRODUCT-Brand X-PassportTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColCIRCLES/ARIZONABONNIE POINTER-MotownDAN ROGERS-Intl. ArtistsIT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE-Jorges

Santana-TomatoLIVE FROM TOKYO-Flying

Burrito Brothers-RegencyNEXT IN LINE-Controllers-

Juana1941-Arista (Soundtrack)NO STRANGER TO LOVE-Roy

Ayers-PolydorPERFECT RELEASE-Annette

Peacock-TomatoSOMETHING MORE-Eddie

Kendricks-AristaWHISPERS-SolarLICORICE PIZZA/

LOS ANGELESABBA'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-


Denver & the Muppets-RCADEGUELLO-Z.Z. Top-WBDOWN ON THE FARM-Little Feat

-WBELO'S GREATEST HITS-JetFREEDOM AT POINT ZERO-

Jefferson Storship-GruntGOLD & PLATINUM-Lynyrd

Skynyrd Band-MCAMASTERJAM-Rufus & Chaka

-MCAPRETTY PAPER-Willie Nelson

-ColTHE ROSE-Atlantic (Soundtrack)EUCALYPTUS RECORDS/

WEST & NORTHWESTCHRISTMAS TOGETHER-John

Denver & the Muppets-RCAGLORYHOLLASTOOPID-


Skynyrd Band-MCALIVEI COAST TO COAST-Teddy

Pendergrass-Phila. Intl.MARATHON-Santana-ColNO NUKES-Various Artists -

AsylumPART OF THE GAME-Pablo Cruit,.

-A&MPHOENIX-Don Fogelberg-Epic/

Full MoonTHE WALL-Pink Floyd-ColWE'RE THE BEST OF FRIEND

Natalie Cole & Peabo B-Capitol

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ATTA DE BLANC-Police-A&M

ESTLESS NIGHTS-Karla Bonoff-Col

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KENNY KENNY ROGERS/United Artists LWAK 979 14

IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR LED ZEPPELIN/Swan SongSS 16002 (AM 17

MIDNIGHT MAGIC COMMODORES/Motown M8 926M1 20

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OFF THE WALL MICHAEL JACKSON/Epic FE 35745 18

THE WALL PINK FLOYD/Columbia PC2 36183 3

WET BARBRA STREISAND/Columbia FC 36258 9

ONE VOICE BARRY MANILOW/Arista AL 9505 11

ROD STEWART GREATEST H1TS/Warner Bros. HS 3373 6

DAMN THE TORPEDOES TOM PETTY AND THEHEARTBREAKERS/Backstreet/MCA 5105 8

JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTSSTEVIE WONDER/Tamla T13 371C2 (Motown) 7

A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETSRCA AFL1 3451 5

HEAD GAMES FOREIGNER/Atlantic SD 29999 14

PHOENIX DAN FOGELBERG/Full Moon/Epic FE 35634 4

THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS/United Artists UALA 934 H 53

FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO JEFFERSON STARSHIP/GruntBZL1 3452 (RCA) 6

BREAKFAST IN AMERICA SUPERTRAMP/A&M SP 3708 40

RISE HERB ALPERT/A&M SP 4790 12

MASTERJAM RUFUS & CHAKA/MCA 5103 7

PRINCE/Warner Bros. BSK 3366 6

LADIES NIGHT KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite DSR 9513(Mercury) 15

ELO'S GREATEST HITS/Jet FZ 36310 (CBS) 4

GET THE KNACK THE KNACK/Capitol SO 11948 26

NIGHT IN THE RUTS AEROSMITH/Columbia FC 36050 5

LIVE RUST NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE/Reprise 2RX2296 (WB) 4

THE MUPPET MOVIE (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)THE MUPPETS/Atlantic SD 16001 15

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla T7366R1 (Motown) 10

KEEP THE FIRE KENNY LOGGINS/Columbia JC 36172 10

DREAM POLICE CHEAP TRICK/Epic FE 35773 13

CANDY -0 CARS/Elektra 5E 507 27

COMEDY IS NOT PRETTY STEVE MARTIN/ Warner Bros.HS 3392 13

FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER MOLLY HATCHET/Epic JE 36110 14

LIVE AND SLEAZY VILLAGE PEOPLE/CasablancaNBLP 2 7183 9

GOLD & PLATINUM LYNYRD SKYNYRD/MCA 2 11008 2

INJOY BAR-KAYS/Mercury SRM 1 3781 8

ANGEL OF THE NIGHT ANGELA BOFILL/Arista/GRPGRP 5501 7

DOWN ON THE FARM LITTLE FEAT/Warner Bros. HS 3345 4

EVOLUTION JOURNEY/Columbia FC 35797 39

EAT TO THE BEAT BLONDIE/Chrysalis CHE 1225 12

REGGATTA DE BLANC THE POLICE/A&M SP 4792 9

GREATEST HITS WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA AHL1 3378 34

DEGUELLO ZZ TOP/Warner Bros. HS 3361 5

NO NUKES/THE MUSE CONCERTS FOR A NON-NUCLEARFUTURE VARIOUS ARTISTS/Asylum ML 801 2

PART OF THE GAME PABLO CRUISE/A&M SP 3712 7

HIGHWAY TO HELL AC/DC/Atlantic SD 19255 19

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85 86 STREET LIFE CRUSADERS/MCA 3094 30

86 91 THE MUSIC BAND 2 WAR/MCA 319387 89 FUTURE NOW PLEASURE/Fantasy F 957888 57 FIRE IT UP RICK JAMES/Gordy G8 990M1 (Motown)89 79 A TASTE FOR PASSION JEAN-LUC PONTY/Atlantic

90 80 MARATHON SANTANA/Columbia FC 3615491 95 LIVING PROOF SYLVESTER/Fantasy F 79010

- THE ROSE (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/Atla

ELI 118 MAKE YOUR MOVE CAPTAIN & TENNIL

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95 96 UNCLE JAM WANTS YOU FUN Jrner Bros.BSK 3371 12

96 78 THE GLOW BONNIE RAITT os. HS 3369 12

ID 123 PRETTY PAPER WILLIE Aumbia JC 36189 1

98 66 ROYAL RAPPIN'S MIL JN & ISAAC HAYES/Polydor/Spring PD 1 6629 8

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AlbiNTIS isisaooDECEMBER 29, 1979151 SOMETIMES YOU WIN DR. HOOK/

Capitol SW 12018152 A CURIOUS FEELING TONY BANKS/

Charisma CA 1 2207 (Polydor)153 THE GRAND ILLUSION STYX/A&M

SP 4637154 TEAR ME APART TANYA TUCKER/

MCA 5106155 BROWNE SUGAR TOM BROWNE/

Arista/GRP GRP 5003156 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC/

Warner Bros. BSK 3010157 SECRET OMEN CAMEO/Chocolate

City CCLP 2008 (Casablanca)158 LED ZEPPELIN IV/Atlantic SD 19129159 THE DANCE OF LIFE NARADA

MICHAEL WALDEN/Atlantic SD19259

160 0 SOLE MIO LUCIANO PAVAROTTI/London OS 26560

161 MAGIC LADY SERGIO MENDESBRASIL '88/Elektra 6E 214

162 LIVE AND UNCENSORED MILLIEJACKSON/Spring SP 2 6725(Polydor)

163 CLASSICS KENNY ROGERS & DOTTIEWEST/United Artists UA LA 946 H

164 GIANTS/MCA 3188165 PASSION DANCE McCOY TYNER/

Milestone M 9091 (Fantasy)166 TROUBLEMAKER IAN McLAGEN/

Mercury SRM 1 3786167 IN THE SKIES PETER GREEN/Sail

0110 (Rounder)168 FOREVER REX SMITH/Columbia JC

36275169 BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS/

Mercury SRM 1 1037170 BEST OF THE DOOBIES DOOBIE

BROTHERS/Warner Bros. BSK3112

171 NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS,MUNICH M/Sire SRK 6084 (WB)

172 HOW CRUEL JOAN ARMATRADING/A&M SP 3302

173 DRUMS AND WIRES XTC/Virgin VA13134 (Atl)

174 DON ARMANDO'S 2ND AVENUERHUMBA BAND/ZE/BuddahZEA 33005 (Arista)

175 HERE AT LAST . LIVE BEE GEES/RSO RS 2 3901

176 SOMETHING MORE EDDIEKENDRICKS/Arista AB 4250

177 STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE(ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/Columbia JS 36334

178 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS HAVEARRIVED/MCA AY 1135

179 I WANT YOU WILSON PICKETT/EMI -America SW 17019

180 DANCIN' AND LOVIN' SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 19256

181 STEAL THE NIGHT CINDY BULLENS/Casablanca NBLP 7185

182 I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL FINE BOBBYBLAND/MCA 3157

183 PARTY BOYS FOXY/Dash30015 (TK)

184 EXTENSIONS MANHATTANTRANSFER/Atlantic SD 19258

185 BEE GEES GOLD/RSO RS 1 3006186 CARRY ON FLORA PURIM/Warner

Bros. BSK 3344187 MOTHER'S FINEST LIVE/Epic JE

35976188 BAT OUT OF HELL MEATLOAF/Epic/

Cleve. Intl. PE 34974189 STRATEGY ARCHIE BELL & THE

DRELLS/Phila. Intl. JZ 36096 (CBS)190 HOT TRACKS JOHN HAMMOND &

THE NIGHTHAWKS/VanguardVSD 79424

191 SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME LOURAWLS/Phila. Intl. JZ 36304(CBS)

192 THE B-52'S/Warner Bros. BSK 3355193 RAIN FIRE DAVID OLIVER/Mercury

SRM 1 3784194 SABOTAGE/LIVE JOHN CALE/Spy/

IRS SP 004 (A&M)

195 STARGAZER PETER BROWN/Drive108 (TK)

196 MOONLIGHT MADNESS TERIDeSARIO/Casablanca NBLP 7178

197 RSO CHART BUSTERS VARIOUSARTISTS/RSO RS 1 3066

198 ROCKIN' INTO THE NIGHT38 Special/A&M SP 4782

199 SHORT STORIES/TALL TALESHORSLIPS/Mercury SRM 1 3809

200 AIN'T IT SO RAY CHARLES/Atlantic SD 19251

(The 151-200 chart indicates movement on new los or older las whose sales haveshown renewed activity)

Album/ Cross ReferenceABBA 74 KENNY LOGGINS 32AC/DC 49 LITTLE RIVER BAND 62AEROSMITH 28 LYNYRD SKYNYRD 38HERB ALPERTAPRIL WINEARSROY AYERSBAR.KAYSBEE GEES .....PAT BENATAR

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MOLLY HATCHETANNE MURRAYMUSE

12, 1006735... 368047

BLACKFOOT 107 WILLIE NELSON 59, 97, 122BIONDI E 43 O'JAYS 53ANGELA BOF ILL 40 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK:BOOMTOWN RATS 126 GREASE 75KARLA BONOFF 109 MUPPET MOVIE 30BRASS CONSTRUCTION 111 ROSE 92JIMMY BUFFETT 134 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 143DONALD BYRD 141 OUTLAWS 114CAPTAIN & TENNILLEJEAN CARNCARPENTERSCARSCHEAP TRICKCHICNATALIE COLE & PEABO BRYSONCOMMODORESCRUSADERSCHARLIE DANIELS BANDJOHN DENVERGEORGE DUKEBOB DYLANEAGLESEARTH, WIND 8 FIREELOELPEMOTIONSFLEETWOOD MACFOGHATSTEVE FORBERTDAN FOGELBERG

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4861

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13095

52, 12177

TOM SCOTTSHALAMARSLAVEJ.D. SOUTHER

115106

82120

ISAAC HAYES 63 STATLER BROS. 123HEADBOYS 150 ROD STEWART 13HIROSHIMA 112 BARBRA STREISAND 11, 146RUPERT HOLMES 55 STUDIO 54 142PHYLLIS HYMAN 64 STYX 4, 83INMATES 84 DONNA SUMMER 2, 57JOE JACKSON 69 SUPERTRAMP 21MICHAEL JACKSON 9 SYLVESTER 91MILLIE JACKSON & ISAAC HAYES 98 TOTO 60BOB JAMES & EARL KLUGH 50 DAVE VALENTIN 147RICK JAMES 88 VAN HALEN 116JEFFERSON STARSHIP 20 VILLAGE PEOPLE 37WAYLON JENNINGS 45, 66 WAR 86JETHRO TULL 137 DIONNE WARWICK 105TOM JOHNSTON 145 WEATHER REPORT 148JOURNEY 42 BOB WELCH 119KC 145 WHISPERS 127KISS 54 LENNY WHITE 7BKNACK 27 ROBIN WILLIAMS 131KOOL & THE GANG 25 STEVIE WONDER 15LAKESIDE 133 NEIL YOUNG 29LED ZEPPELIN 6 FRANK ZAPPA 81LITTLE FEAT 41 ZZ TOP 46

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101 102 COME INTO OUR WORLD EMOTIONS/ARC/Columbia JC 36149111 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE CLIFF RICHARD/EMI-America

SW 17018113 LIVE FROM NEW YORK GILDA RADNER/Warner Bros. HS 3320117 GAP BAND II/Mercury SRM 1 3804

105 106 DIONNE DIONNE WARWICK/Arista AB 4230116 BIG FUN SHALAMAR/Solar BXL1 3479 (RCA)

107 101 STRIKES BLACKFOOT/Atco SD 38 112121 CARPENTER'S CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT/A&M SP 4726

109 99 RESTLESS NIGHTS KARLA BONOFF/Columbia JC 35799125 BONNIE POINTER/Motown M7 929R1126 BRASS CONSTRUCTION 5/United Artists LT 977122 HIROSHIMA/Arista AB 4252

113 94 BOOGIE MOTEL FOGHAT/Bearsville BHS 6990 (WB)114 76 IN THE EYE OF THE STORM OUTLAWS/Arista AL 9507115 90 STREET BEAT TOM SCOTT/Columbia JC 36137116 85 VAN HALEN/Warner Bros. BSK 3075® 132 CHIC'S GREATEST HITS/Atlantic SD 16011 129 NO STRANGER TO LOVE ROY AYERS/Polydor PD 1 6246119 104 THE OTHER ONE BOB WELCH/Capitol SW 12017120 105 YOU'RE ONLY LONELY J. D. SOUTHER/Columbia JC 36093121 103 CLASSIC CRYSTAL CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists LOO 982122 124 STARDUST WILLIE NELSON/Columbia KC 35305E0 135 CHRISTMAS CARD STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury SRM 1 5012124 81 SLOW TRAIN COMING BOB DYLAN/Columbia FC 36120125 110 I AM EARTH, WIND & FIRE/ARC/Columbia FC 35730126 119 THE FINE ART OF SURFACING BOOMTOWN RATS/Columbia

JC 36248

EEG - THE WHISPERS/Solar BXL1 3521 (RCA)128 120 BRENDA RUSSELL/Horizon SP 739 (A&M)129 130 WHEN I FIND YOU LOVE JEAN CARN/Phila. Intl. JZ 36196

(CBS)

130 131 STRAIGHT AHEAD LARRY GATLIN/Columbia JC 36250131 114 REALITY . . . WHAT A CONCEPT ROBIN WILLIAMS/

Casablanca NBLP 7162132 136 BEST OF EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 6E 235133 115 ROUGH RIDERS LAKESIDE/Solar BXL1 3490 (RCA)134 127 VOLCANO JIMMY BUFFETT/MCA 5102135 109 ARE YOU READY! ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION/Polydor/BGO

PD 2 6236136 112 EVE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT/Arista AL 9504137 138 STORMWATCH JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis CHR 1238138 141 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 EAGLES/Asylum 7E 1052113: - RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN/Polydor PD 1 6240140 146 DO YOU WANNA GO PARTY KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/

TK 611141 143 AND 125TH STREET, NYC DONALD BYRD/Elektra 6E 247142 142 A NIGHT AT STUDIO 54 VARIOUS ARTISTS/Casablanca NB

2 7161143 147 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BEE GEES AND VARIOUS ART

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Fine Wine

Canadian rock 'n' roll band April Wine has been touring as special guest first withStyx and now with Foreigner to support AW's second Capitol LP, "Harder . . . Faster."One of the band's recent dates with Styx took place at the Forum near Los Angeles, andtop Capitol execs congratulated the band on its U.S. success backstage after the show.Pictured in the front row are (from left): Dennis White, vice president, marketing; AWmembers Steve Lang and Brian Greenway; Bruce Ravid, manager, talent acquisition;Rupert Perry, vice president, AU; and Terry Flood, the group's manager. Pictured in

the back row are AW members Gary Moffet and Myles Goodwyn; Dan Davis, vice

presidert, creative services; and AW member Jerry Mercer.

The Coast (Continued from page 14)

Hall (renamed Club Alibi for the occasion) in fabulous Hollywood,California. Highlights? Too many to mention 'em all, pal, but we par-ticularly liked "Merlis: a tribute to Bobby Goldsboro" (Bobby himselfwould have shed a tear when a certain bewigged, turquoise -suitedgeek we all know and love performed a simply heartrending versionof the classic "Honey"); a psychedelic freak -out courtesy of the Kandy -

Striped Myndzz (as host Gene "Chuck Steak" Sculatti said, "I don'tknow what these guys are on, but they're out there"); a "Like Wow"performance by wild man Tony Conn, who showed an impressiveability to lie on his back and kick his legs madly into the air, a peculiartalent Indeed; an a cappella recital (so bad it was good, and we oughtto know) by Vito and the Mooks; and on and on. There was even thereal thing, as Roy "Good Rockin' Tonight" Brown simply tore theplace apart with some smokin' rhythm and blues. We still don't knowquite what to make of "the Lebanese Disease" (billed as "two swing-ing honeys from the zedzaz capital of the universe"), but we know agood time when we had one, and kudos are due to everyone involvedfor making this one hot show.

I LEFT MY DIGITAL ENCODER IN SAN FRANCISCO-The Bay Areareportedly got its first 32 -track digital recording session in mid -De-cember at the newly -renovated Different Fur Studio headed by PatGleesort

The dates, featuring Huey Lewis and the American Express, were thefirst held in the facility's new Super Fur studio, designed by JohnStoryk, and saw the act tracking on both digital and analog systemssimultaneously. The digital format used was 3M's provided by CarsonTaylor of Audio Video Rents, while the analog equipment is a fully -automated 48 -track system.

ROLL OVER AND POGO-Flipper's, the roller disco club openedby Denny Cordell here last year, has made its rock 'n' roll roots moreprominent via the institution of a weekly new wave night. The serieskicked off last Wednesday (2) with sets by Jack Lee and his new band,the Kingbees, but Cordell got several earlier read-outs of skaters' rockproclivities through his rock 'n' roll Thursday shows.

AND SO ON-When a press release with the heading "Mutants UpFor Grammy" showed up here last week, we wondered if maybeQuasimodo had gone disco, but it turns out that this is genuine: SanFrancisco's new wavers by that name have apparently been put for-ward as a possible Grammy nominee for their single "Insect Lounge,"available on 415 Records. They may not make it to the finals, but wewish them luck all the same ... Look for the Boomtown Rats to be on"American Bandstand" on January 19 . . . Local rockers the WhizzKids announced that they're thinking of holding a benefit for SheikAl-Fassi, the crazy man whose multi -million dollar Sunset Blvd. man-sion burned to the ground last week . . . Why did tennis star VitasGerulaitis play so hard during the recent Davis Cup matches in SanFrancisco, even though the U.S. had already wrapped up the cup?"Mainly because there's a concert tonight," he said, referring toFleetwood Mac's gig at the Cow Palace. "I didn't want to be out theresix hours, breaking my back for nothing" .. . Congrats to Gus Skinas,vice president and chief maintenance engineer at New York's SecretSound Studio, and his wife Connie on the December 8 birth of theirson, Thomas John.

Newyork, NY (Continued from page 13)

games either-and in one practice game missed a turn at bat becausehe didn't know who was in the lineup! Get a new picture taken, Leon!

The most consistent rookie was clearly RCA's Mike Shalett. In theseason before his arrival, RW was 6-14; with him in the lineup, theteam posted an 18-6 record and acquitted itself admirably-all thingsconsidered-in the Commercial League. In league action (no sta-tistics are kept for non-league games), Shalett came to bat 12 times,had nine hits and drove in an astonishing nine runs-certainly themost productive season ever for a Flashmaker. Thus, Shalett followsin the footsteps of previous Rookies of the Year Stan Mieses and EdLevine and gets nothing but ink. For runnerup Munk there is, as

Albie Hecht will attest, a Reggie bar. Now will you stop pesteringme, Shalett?

FASHION EXPERT OF THE YEAR: John Kostick of Golden LionEntertainment, a veteran Flashmaker who last year suggested the teamforsake its feared black and silver jerseys for green and yellow Shirt -)acs. This year Kostick will be playing deep centerfield-so deep, infact, that he will be a mere dot on the horizon.

HALL OF FAME: For the first time in history, two people have beenvoted into the Flashmakers Hall of Fame. The first is none other thanRW senior VP and managing editor Mike Sigman, who, like last year'sinductee Ira Mayer, made one fleeting appearance in the lineup duringthe early days of the franchise. Probably because the team was playingagainst some of his friends, Sigman was persuaded to come out asa spectator. But when an RW player failed to show up (a frequentoccurrence in those halcyon days) he was badgered-for the first andlast time-into catching. For two innings he donned the tools ofignorance and did his duty without complaint. When the tardyplayer finally arrived, Sigman made a royal exit, muttering to no onein particular, "I hate softball." He has not been seen on a diamondsince.

The second inductee is the first opponent to be elected to the Hallof Fame, and you gotta believe he is special. In one of the team'sgolden moments-in fact, only a week after Sigman made his ill-fatedappearance in the lineup - then -famed producer, now MillenniumRecords president Jimmy lenner came to bat for the opposition. Hisfirst time up, lenner, swinging from the portside, drove the ball toright field. The late Howard Newman ran in, stopped suddenly, gasped"Uh-oh" and promptly retreated. And kept on retreating. By the timethe ball reached the infield, lenner could have circled the bases threetimes easy. On his next trip to the plate, lenner stared incredulouslyas RW employed the famed Lou Boudreau shift against him, movingthe centerfielder to deep right, moving the left fielder over to center,and moving the shortstop behind second base-daring him to takeone and hit to left! He couldn't do it! A blast to right was nothing buta long sky -out. Again and again he skied out to deep right, and RWwent on to a rousing victory. After having had three years to thinkit over, lenner, in 1979, gave up the ghost. Near the end of the season,the Coach received two boxes in the mail, one long and thin, the othershort and squat. Inside the former was two cracked bats-presumablythe same two cracked bats for which Carl Skiba was traded to the ElmStreet Owls; inside the latter was a pair of battered soccer shoes,several musty pairs of sweat socks and half a dozen baseballs withlaces askew-a symbolic white flag if ever there was one. For showinguncommon good sense and retiring at his peak, when we could re-member him as he was, lenner becomes a member in good standingin the Hall of Fame.

MOST DEPRESSING EVENT OF THE DECADE was the slow butsteady transformation of Tom Keenan of Everybody's Records in Port-land, Oregon (and neighboring cities) from genial good guy of the rec-ord biz-a backslapper in the truest sense of the word-into theAyatollah Khomeini of retailers. This was probably to be expected,since Keenan must work in tandem with the odoriferous Michael Reff,poison pen artist supreme and the Richard Speck of retailers.

STAND-IN RECEPTIONIST OF THE YEAR: This was the toughest ofall, since RW is known for its colorful, zany substitute receptionists.But the narrow victor this year is Lillian Schneiderman, who washeard to tell ace receptionist Dee Grasso: "I can see two girls together.But two guys? I mean, whatta they got to offer?" Coming in a closesecond was last year's winner, Bobbi Howe, who made her bid byasking of a caller: "Oh . . . oh . . . oh gosh! Could you just call backlater so I don't have to make out a message slip?" Truth is strangerthan fiction.

Finally, an award as RECEPTIONIST OF THE YEAR goes to our ownharried Dee Grasso, whose day can be summed up in her own words:"N000000!! Puleeeaase don't slobber on me!! D00000n't!! YOU'REDEESGUSTING!! LET GO OF ME!! I'm talking to you and you're nothearing a word I say!! YOU ANIMAL!!" And so on and so forth.



Mack Rec`wd'Onevntedc'dd

MusicBlack Music Report

By KEN SMIKLE and LAURA PALMER

EAST COAST: The Black Music Association is inviting its membersto come up with a new design for a logo to be used for the 1980 BlackMusic Month Celebration. The deadline for submitting entries is Fri-day, January 18, 1980. The winner will be notified by February 1. Thechosen entry will be used with all promotion, advertising and pub-licity materials in connection with the June celebration. Entries shouldbe mailed to BMA at 1500 Locust St., Suite 1905, Philadelphia, PA19102.

The Crusaders kicked off the new year with a five -city tour of Japanthat began Jan. 5 in Tokyo. The group's "Street Life" album is ap-proaching platinum, while its saxophonist, Wilton Felder, is wrappingup his second solo album, "Inherit The Wind."

Congratulations to Reggie Lucas and his wife, Kay, on the birth oftheir first baby girl, Lisa, who made her way into the world on NewYear's Day.

Patti Labelle is in New Orleans where she and producer Allan Tous-saint are working on a new LP for release in early spring.

Congratulations to Ashford and Simpson for getting gold certifica-tion for "Stay Free," their third gold LP on Warner Bros.

Sharyn Brown -Powell, who did a superb job as manager of R&B forA&M Records, can now be reached at (213) 299-5506.

Be sure to catch Highlife, "a universal folk experience," when theycome to Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village this Tuesday andWednesday, Jan. 8 and 9. Daryl! Dobson, Rael Wesely Grant, DelmarBrown and Kenwood Dennard create some exciting blends of various

of black music that will grab you.The National Association of Broadcasters has announced that its

minority investment fund will be in full operation this year. Totalpledges and contributions to the fund have reached $10 million to-ward the $15 million goal. The fund will be used to help minoritieswho have purchased broadcast properties with financial assistance foron -going operation. the fund will also provide management assistanceand legal advice.

WEST COAST: For the record, let make this perfectly clear . .. thisis a new decade, and with it brings new trends, trails and tribula-tions .. but most of all, this reporter, casually referred to as 'LP',wishes all of you a very prosperous and healthy new year. Now forthe news ... After turning in his sable brushes, acrylic paints andstreched canvas, Lenny White's artistry has tapped new dimensions,as evidenced by his unique drumming technique. With his third LPfor E/A records, "Best Of Friends," White translates his talents witha "pro -pop progressive" sound, backed by his new band Twennynine."The drums are really a chameleon -like instrument, Lenny says, "and

PICKS OF THE WEEKGENETIC WALKAHMAD JAMAL-20th Century -Fox 1-600

A sensitivepianist who al-ways gives hisbest, Jamal'snewest releasehas him work-ing with a

variety of material, musicians,arrangers and producers. The LPis a refreshing blend of genuinetalent, creative insight andcontemporary styles. All stationsshould give this one a seriousshot for its sheer appealingbeauty.

THE WORLD BELONGS TO MEDAVID SIMMONS-Fantasy WMOT F-9588

0e4to,4.

Simmons is acommandingvocalist whosetalents aremade the mostof here. TheIngram family

(Butch, Timmy, William John,James and Barbara) provides theperfect musical support for apackage that contains winningballads, moderate and uptempotunes. There are loads of poten-tial hit singles here. Keep anear tuned to "Children" and thetitle track.

I love to be able to play authentic rock, jazz, funk, R&B-you name it.With my own band, I'm blending all those elements into one flowingstyle." Currently hitting hard with his new single, "Peanut Butter,"White should team up with "Masterjammers" Rufus and Chaka for apeanut butter and jam tour.

As budgets increased and talents expanded, California -bred PatriceRushen has found her notch on the pop charts, or "Haven't YouHeard?" Recently the petite songstress, composer and pianist visitedthe RW offices to discuss the new direction in her music. Rushenrealizes that all the session work she's put in over the last five yearshas paid off, leaving her with a first-hand knowledge of the business.She said, "My main concern when I started dealing with the big


Black Oriented Album ChartDECEMBER 29, 1979

1. OFF THE WALLMICHAEL JACKSON/Epic FE 35745

2. MASTERJAMRUFUS & CHAKA/MCA 5103

3. PRINCEWarner Bros. BSK 3366

4. MIDNIGHT MAGICCOMMODORES/Motown M8 926M1

5. JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRETOF PLANTS

STEVIE WONDER/Tamla 113 371C2(Motown)

6. INJOYBAR-KAYS/Mercury SRM 1 3781

7. YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE MEPHYLLIS HYMAN/Arista AL 9509

8. WHERE THERE'S SMOKESMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla T7 366R1

(Motown)9. LADIES' NIGHT

KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite DSR 9513(Mercury)

10. IDENTIFY YOURSELFTHE O'JAYS/Phila. Intl. FZ 36027 (CBS)

11. ON THE RADIO -GREATEST HITSVOLUMES I & II

DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca NBLP 27191

12. LIVE! COAST TO COASTTEDDY PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl. KZ2

36294 (CBS)13. GLORYHOLLASTOOPID

PARLIAMENT/Casablanca NBLP 719514. ANGEL OF THE NIGHT

ANGELA BOFILL/Arista/GRP GRP 550115. BEST OF FRIENDS

TWENNYNINE FEATURING LENNYWHITE/Elektra 6E 223

PIZZAZZTRICE RUSHEN/Elektra 6E 243

A TOUCHCotillion SD 5217 (AM

E BEST OF FRIENDS`LT TABO BRYSON Capitol

19.R

20. DOISAAC

21. BIG FUNSHALAMAR

22. THE MUSIC BWAR MCA 3193

23. THE GAP BAND IIMercury SRM 1 3804

24. FUTURE NOWPLEASURE/Fantasy F 9578

G8 990M1 (Motown)

1 6224

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PRIME TIMEGREY & HANKS -RCA AFL1-3477

Nine uptempooriginal tunesare featured onthis duo's lat-est release.Backed bysome of the

finest studio talent to be foundin Philly and L.A., this materialis well produced and offers afew potential BOS candidates.Watch for future action with"Single Girls" and "I'm CallingOn You."

25. RISEHERB ALPERT/A&M SP 4790

26. BRASS CONSTRUCTION 5United Artists LT 977

27. ROYAL RAPPIN'SMILLIE JACKSON & ISAAC HAYES/

Polydor/Spring PD 1 622928. WHEN I FIND YOU LOVE

JEAN CARN/Phila. Intl. JZ 36196 (CBS)29. ROUGH RIDERS

LAKESIDE Solar BXL1 3490 (RCA)30. MASTER OF THE GAME

GEORGE DUKE/Epic JE 3626331. UNCLE JAM WANTS YOU

FUNKADELIC/Warner Bros. BSK 337132. SWITCH II

Gordy G7 988R1 (Motown)33. STAY FREE

ASHFORD & SIMPSON/Warner Bros.HS 3357

34. NO STRANGER TO LOVEROY AYERS/Polydor PD 1 6246

35. DIONNEDIONNE WARWICK/Arista AB 4230

36. COME INTO OUR WORLDTHE EMOTIONS/ARC/Columbia JC

3614937. BRENDA RUSSELL

Horizon SP 739 (A&M)38. DEVOTION

LTD/A&M SP 477139. DO YOU WANNA GO PARTY

KC & BAND/TK 6 1140. LIVING PROOF

SYLVESTER/Fantasy F 7901041. THE WHISPERS

Solar BXL1 3521 (RCA)42. CHIC'S GREATEST HITS

Atlantic SD 1601143. LIVE & UNCENSORED

MILLIE JACKSON/Spring SP 1298(Polydor)

44. SIT DOWN AND TALK TO MELOU RAWLS Phila. Intl. JZ 36304 (CBS)

45. BONNIE POINTERMotown M7 929R1

46. RAY, GOODMAN & BROWNPolydor PD 1 6240

47. ONE WAY FEATURING AL HUDSONMCA 3178

48. I WANT YOUWILSON PICKETT EMI -America SW 17019

49. HIROSHIMAArista AB 4252

50. THE DANCE OF LIFENARADA MICHAEL WALDEN Atlantic

SD 19259

ONLY LOVESPYDER TURNER -Warner Bros.

WHR 3397

This debut isproduced byTurner andthat tirelesstalent, NormanWhitfield. Thetunes are

mostly uptempo and have aslight Southern flavor backed bysome very slick productionwork. The standout is the LP'sonly ballad "Sunshine." Alsoshowing potential single poweris "God Bless (The Lady OnThe Radio)."

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1 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVERPRINCE

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3 ROCK WITH YOU/WORKING DAY AND NIGHTMICHAEL JACKSON/Epic 9 50797 10

3 2 DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL RUFUS AND CHAKA KHAN/MCA 41131 12

1113 4 MOVE YOUR BOOGIE BODY BAR-KAYS/Mercury 76015 11

5 5 RAPPER'S DELIGHT SUGARHILL GANG/Sugarhill 542 12

9 PEANUT BUTTER TWENNYNINE FEATURING LENNY WHITE/Elektra 46552 8

7 6 LADIES' NIGHT KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite 801 (Mercury) 17

8 8 CRUISIN' SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla 54306 (Motown) 18

9 7 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla 54303(Motown) 8

11 YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME PHYLLIS HYMAN/Arista0463 11

14 FOREVER MINE THE OJAYS/Phila. Intl. 9 3727 (CBS) 5

15 THE SECOND TIME AROUND SHALAMAR/Solar 11709 (RCA) 12

18 SPARKLE CAMEO/Chocolate City 3202 (Casablanca) 9

19 JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE SLAVE/Cotillion 45005 (Atl) 8

20 HAVEN'T YOU HEARD PATRICE RUSHEN/Elektra 46551 7

16 10 STILL COMMODORES/Motown 1474 14

17 12 STRANGER LTD/A&M 2192 12

18 13 GLIDE PLEASURE/Fantasy 874 11

19 16 DON'T LET GO ISAAC HAYES/Polydor 2011 14

20 17 LOVE GUN RICK JAMES/Gordy 7176 (Motown) 10

131 25 GIMME SOME TIME NATALIE COLE & PEABO BRYSON/Capitol 4804 7

22 23 I JUST WANNA WANNA LINDA CLIFFORD/RSO/Curtom1012 9

23 21 I CALL YOUR NAME SWITCH/Gordy 7175 (Motown) 13

24 24 NOBODY KNOWS ASHFORD & SIMPSON/Warner Bros.49099 8

Ell 32 SPECIAL LADY RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN/ Polydor 2033 5

26 22 I JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF NATURE'S DIVINE/MCA/Infinity 50,027 16

27 26 PLEASE DON'T GO KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/TK 1035 18

28 30 IT'S MY HOUSE DIANA ROSS/Motown 1471 7

33 I WANT YOU FOR MYSELF GEORGE DUKE/Epic 9 50792 7

38 I SHOULDA LOVED YA NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN/Atlantic 3631 4

31 31 WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR LOVE THE EMOTIONS/ARC/Columbia 1 11134 7

32 34 I WANT YOU WILSON PICKETT/EMI-America 8027 6

36 STEPPING GAP BAND/Mercury 76021 4

34 27 NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) BARBRASTREISAND/DONNA SUMMER/ Columbia 1 11125/

Casablanca NBD 20199 10

35 28 (not just) KNEE DEEP -PART I FUNKADELIC/ Warner Bros.49040 19

44 WHAT'S YOUR NAME LEON WARE/Fabulous 748 (TK) 5

41 PULL MY STRINGS LAKESIDE/Solar 11746 (RCA) 7

42 ROTATION HERB ALPERT/A&M 2202 5

Black Music Report (Continued from page 31)

boys in the industry was my career, not just records. But they all hadpreconceived notions of what I was able to do, and what I was goingto do with my music. The first label that signed me, Fantasy, saw mein a certain light. I was a participant in the Monterey Jazz Festival in1972, and was with the California High School All -Stars. The themeof the concert was jazz, so of course we all played jazz, and that con-cept limited me while at Fantasy. When I signed with Elektra/Asylum,they hadn't been involved in black music at all, so I was the first.They had the money, and were willing to experiment, and conse-quently have provided me with the stepping stone enabling me toperfect my craft, while at the same time developing some businesssense." According to Patrice, the key to the business is not to lose

39 37 BE WITH ME TYRONE DAVIS/Columbia 1 1112840 43 SO DELICIOUS POCKETS/ARC/Columbia 1 11121 6

51 WHAT I WOULDN'T DO (FOR THE LOVE OF YOU)ANGELA BOFILL/Arista/GRP 2503 3

45 SWEETEST PAIN DEXTER WANSEL/Phila. Intl. 9 3724 (CBS) 9

50 YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME CURTIS MAYFIELD/RSO/Curtom 941 3

53 I'M CAUGHT UP (IN A ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR)INNER LIFE/Prelude 8004 3

61 SHOUT AND SCREAM TEDDY PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl.9 3733 (CBS) 2

59 HIGH SOCIETY NORMA JEAN/Bearsville 49119 (WB) 3

52 LET'S DANCE 9TH CREATION/Hilltak 7901 6

62 DON'T TAKE IT AWAY WAR/MCA 41158 2

57 DON'T STOP THE FEELING ROY AYERS/Polydor 2037 4

55 I'VE BEEN PUSHED ASIDE McFADDEN & WHITEHEAD/Phila. Intl. 3725 (CBS) 3

56 MY LOVE DON'T COME EASY JEAN CARN/Phila. Intl.9 3732 (CBS) 3

65 SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME LOU RAWLS/Phila. Intl.9 3738 (CBS) 2

58 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE MILLIE JACKSON & ISAACHAYES/Spring 2036 (Polydor) 3 64 ONLY MAKE BELIEVE BELL & JAMES/A&M 2204 3

® 63 CISSELIN' HOT CHUCK CISSEL/Arista 0471 3

ID 68 STRAIGHT TO THE HEART LOOSE CHANGE/Casablanca2219 2

57 60 CAN'T STOP DANCING SYLVESTER/Fantasy 879 3

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BONNIE POINTER/Motown 1478I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU REN WOODS/ARC/

Columbia 1 11146

GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY SISTER SLEDGE/ Cotillion 45007(At))

GET UP VERNON BURCH/Chocolate City 3203(Casablanca)

67 MY FEET KEEP DANCING CHIC/Atlantic 3638

- PRAYIN' HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES/Source 41146 (MCA)

- BRAZOS RIVER BREAKDOWN STIX HOOPER/MCA 4116570 I GET EXCITED DAVID RUFFIN/Warner Bros. 4912369 I NEED LOVE SHADOW/Elektra 46540- CATCHIN' UP ON LOVE KINSMAN DAZZ/20th Centu

Fox 24371 I'LL TELL YOU SERGIO MENDES BRASIL '88/Elek- DISCOED TO DEATH LATIMORE/Glades 1756 1

35 WITCH DOCTOR INSTANT FUNK/Salsoul 7 6

39 DEJA VU DIONNE WARWICK/Arista 04 8

47 I WANT YOU HERE WITH ME THE O'J ntl.726 (CBS) 7

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sight of one's original interest. "Before all the record companies andall of that, you sang, you wrote and you played because you lovedit, and couldn't help from doing it. With a strong commitment, versa-tility, clarity of thought and projection of those thoughts, the dooris wide open." Welcome to 1980... The credibility of black radiostations around the country was given a boost by Herb Alpert, whotouted and thanked them for leading the way for his first #1 recordin ten years, "Rise." The co-founder and vice chairman of A&MRecords said black stations ignited the excitement that led to its

eventual wide acceptance on pop stations. Alpert's comments will beaired on Mike Douglas' show, January 28.



Record World

By ROBERT PALMER Like the original A&M Horizon label, Artists House Records is a

class act. The man behind both was John Snyder, a producer whosemusical tastes take in a broad gamut of jazz and who believes in thevery best production and packaging. The difference is that while Hori-zon was part of a major record label, Artists House is a struggling in-dependent with a very unusual approach to the business side of mak-ing records, an approach very favorable to the artist. It's a brave andintriguing undertaking, and one wondered whether it would last pastthe company's exceptional first release, which included albums byOrnette Coleman, Paul Desmond, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, CharlieHaden and Hampton. Hawes, and Jim Hall and Red Mitchell. Well, ithas. Artists House has released five new records, and again the pro-duction, packaging, graphics, and enclosed booklets (with transcrip-tions of compositions and solos, discographies of the artists, notes,etc.) are first-rate. So is the music.

In fact, "Soapsuds, Soapsuds," a duet album featuring Ornette Cole-man on tenor saxophone (and, briefly, trumpet) and Charlie Hadenon bass, is one of the great albums in Coleman's outstanding career.It's only the second time he's recorded on tenor, and while on his"Ornette on Tenor" LP he sounded bristling and aggressive, here he'sOrnette the melodist, improvising long, song -like lines with a meas-ured, melancholy dignity. Coleman is also featured (back on alto) on"Tales of Captain Black," the debut recording by guitarist James Blood(Ulmer). As the first guitarist to really absorb Coleman's harmolodicsystem system, Ulmer is a unique player, and his combination of ad-vanced jazz ideas with a funky bottom has been the talk of both jazzand rock circles in New York this year. The album is an exciting debut,with the phenomenal Jaamaladeen Tacuma particularly impressive onelectric bass. In sharp contrast to Ulmer's amplified futurism, trum-peter Waymon Reed's "46th and 8th," with Jimmy Forrest on tenorsax and Tommy Flanagan on piano, is straight ahead and in the groove.David Liebman's "Pendulum" captures some of the saxophonist's bestblowing on records (with backing from Randy Brecker, Richard Bei-rach, Frank Tusa, and Al Foster) and was recorded live at the VillageVanguard. "From California With Love" is a reflective solo piano al-bum from Andrew Hill. These exceptional LPs (and the five releasedearlier) can be ordered by mail or by telephone (Mastercharge andVisa accepted) at $7.00 each postpaid, from Artists House, 40 West37th Street, New York, N.Y. 10018; telephone: 212-594-9435.

Delmark Records (4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618) hasreleased a first album by the superb modern blues vocalist, guitaristand songwriter Jimmy Johnson, "Johnson's Whacks." Johnson, brotherof soul singer SyI Johnson, was one of the outstanding performers onlast year's "Living Chicago Blues" anthologies from the Alligator label.Delmark has also released "Kidney Stew is Fine," an award -winningFrench abum by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson with a remarkable castthat includes T -Bone Walker, Jay McShann, and Hal Singer. It won theGrand Prix of the Hot Club of France and the Grand Prix of the Inter-national Jazz Club when it was released in Europe . . . The ItalianBlack Saint label, distributed in the U.S. by Rounder Records (186 Wil-low AVenue, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144), has three new releasesout. "Peace and Blessings" is the first album in some time by tenorsaxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, whose two albums onDelmark were highlights of that label's AACM jazz series. "No TimeLeft" finds young tenor Chico Freeman fronting an excellent quartet,with the brilliant Jay Hoggard on vibes, Rick Rozie on bass, and theArt Ensemble of Chicago's Famoudou Don Moye on drums. "Trou-bles" is by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and his quintet, a groupthat's grown into something very special and has been together nowfor around a decade.

Fantasy's Galaxy label has released Art Pepper's "Straight Life,"another amazing album from the gifted alto saxophonist, with a dreamsection of Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell and Billy Higgins, and "LiveUnder the Sky: Galaxy All -Stars in Tokyo," featuring Red Garland,Hank Jones, Roy Haynes and guest artists Ron Carter, Tony Williams,Richard Davis and Sadao Watanabe . . . Anyone interested in theAfrican roots of Afro-American stringed instrument music should listento the new Folkways release "Gambian Griot Kora Duets," featuringAlhaji Bai Konte and his son Dembo Konte on the 21 -stringed koraharp -lute. It's an album of shimmering, gauzy textures and drivingostinato rhythms .. . Inner City has released a new album by vocalist/pianist Judy Roberts, "The Judy Roberts Band," and has reserviced its1977 hit "The Jeff Lorber Fusion."


CBS Names Taylor(Continued from page 4)

Additionally, Taylor will act asan adviser and consultant to theColumbia and Epic/Portrait/Asso-ciated labels in regard to market-ing and A&R decisions concerningblack and black -oriented artists.

At the same time, Lundvall an-nounced that the black musicmarketing department has beenreorganized so that the executivesand their staffs will continue toexercise their responsibilities forCBS Records' artist roster withinthe Columbia and Epic/Portrait/Associated Labels' marketingstaffs. These staff members for-merly reported to LeBaron Taylor.

Win Wilford, vice president,publicity, Marcia Spellman, tourpublicist, east coast, and GeneShelton, general publicist, westcoast have joined the E/P/A pub-licity department, directed bySusan Blond, vice president, pressand public information, E/P/A.Pat Thomas, associate director,publicity, west coast, and BeverlyPaige, general publicist, east coasthave joined Columbia Records'publicity staff, under the directionof Hope Antman, vice president,press and public information, Co-lumbia Records.

Paris Eley, vice president, blackmusic promotion, CBS Records,and his staff will report directly toPaul Smith, senior vice presidentand general manager, marketing,CBS Records. Vernon Slaughter,vice president, jazz/progressivemarketing, CBS Records, and hisdepartment will also report toSmith. Janice Gilbert, manager,administration, will also work inthe CBS Records core marketingarea.

Sandra Trim-DaCosta, director,artist development, Columbia Rec-ords, is now under the direction

Div. Affairs VP

of Arma Andon, vice president,artist development, ColumbiaRecords, while Myrna Williamshas joined the E/P/A west coastartist development staff as asso-ciate director, directed by Al De -Marino, vice president, artist de-velopment, E/P/A.

Taylor has served as vice presi-dent, black music marketing, CBSRecords since 1974. He began hiscareer over twenty years ago atWayne State University (Detroit,Michigan) on the engineering staffof University Computation Labor-atory, as well as working as broad-cast engineer, on -air personalityand program director at WCHB inDetroit. He subsequently joinedWDAS in Philadelphia, rising tothe position of vice president andstation manager, he then movedto Atlantic Records in New York,holding the position of directorof A&R for all black -orientedproduct until joining CBS Records.

Taylor is currently on the boardof the Congressional Black CaucusFoundation, the Black UnitedFund, and the Black Music Asso-ciation, where he is also recordingdivision vice president.

Tepper To UA Music NEW YORK - Harold Seider,president of United Artists Music,has announced the appointmentof Alan J. Tepper as a professionalmanager. Tepper will operatefrom the United Artists Musicoffices in New York and will re-port to Barry Bergman, vicepresident and creative affairsdirector of the publishing com-pany.

Tepper was most recentlydirector of creative operationsfor the Infinity Music PublishingGroup.

© The Jazz LP ChartDECEMBER 29, 1979

1. ONE ON ONEBOB JAMES 8 EARL KLUGH/Columbia/

Tappan Zee FC 36241

2. ANGEL OF THE NIGHTANGELA BOFILL/Arista/GRP GRP 5501

3. AMERICAN GARAGEPAT METHENY/ECM 1 1155 (WB)

4. PIZZAZZPATRICE RUSHEN/Elektra 6E 243

5. STREET LIFECRUSADERS/MCA 3094

6. MASTER OF THE GAMEGEORGE DUKE/Epic JE 36263

7. A TASTE FOR PASSIONJEAN-LUC PONTY/Atlantic SD 19253

8. RISEHERB ALPERT/A&M 4790

9. THE HAWKDAVE VALENTIN/Arista/GRP GRP 5006

10. 8:30WEATHER REPORT/ARC/Columbia PC2

3603011. WATER SIGN

JEFF LORBER FUSION/Arista AB 423412. STREET BEAT

TOM SCOTT/Columbia JC 3613713. BEST OF FRIENDS

TWENNYNINE FEATURING LENNYWHITE/Elektra 6E 223

14. AND 125TH STREET, NYCDONALD BYRD/Elektra 6E 247

15. BROWNE SUGARTOM BROWNE/Arista/GRP GRP 5003

ee

16. THE BEST OF HERBIE HANCOCKColumbia JC 36309

17. PASSION DANCEMcCOY TYNER/Milestone M 9091

(Fantasy)18. PRESSURE

MCA 319519. NO STRANGER TO LOVE

ROY AYERS/Polydor PD 1 624620. DAYS LIKE THESE

JAY HOGGARD/Arista/GRP GRP 500421. CIRCLE IN THE ROUND

MILES DAVIS/Columbia KC2 3627822. MOSAIC -BEST OF JOHN KLEMMER

VOLUME IMCA 2 8014

23. MORNING DANCESPYRO GYRA/MCA/Infinity INF 90

24. HIROSHIMAArista AB 4252

25. DON'T ASKSONNY ROLLINS/Milesto

(Fantasy)26. YOU KNOW HOW

PHYLLIS HYMAN/ I I I27. THE WORLD W

STIX HOOPE28. THE DAN

NARAD EN/Atlantic'29. LUSD 4 -

.ia/Tappan Zee JC

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Late Buying Surge Boosts Holiday Sales (Continued from page 3)leases by major artists later in themonth. The feeling persists that ifa major artist releases a goodalbum, fans will part with theirmoney.

The following is a representa-tive sample of the accounts Lc:1-tacted for this survey and rdown of each one's holiday sea-son.

King Karol (New York City):Ben Karol said the entire year wasthe best in the chain's history-up 40 percent over last year-andthe Christmas season was no dif-ferent from any other. "For theholidays we were up about 30 per-cent over last year," Karol said."I'm embarrassed, because every-where I go I hear the opposite.We happen to be in New YorkCity, which has made a remark-able turnaround. Tourists arepouring in here, we're located inthe heart of the city, and whenthese people start looking forrecords I guess we benefit fromour location."

Korvettes - Dave Rothfeld, VP,divisional merchandise manager,reported a strong finish to aninitially slow sales period and,consequently, an increase overlast year. Rothfield was quick topraise catalogue and, particu-larly, the $5.98 line, which hecalled "a good move" for CBS."It's not a lot of profit, but it'sgood unit sales. And it also indi-cates a responsiveness on thepart of the consumer to whatseems to be a good buy in viewof the trend in prices."

Kemp Hill (Washington, D.C.)-"People were buying and notshopping this year," according toDarryl Sherman, president. "Thestore "ould have 30 people inline waiting to pay for a recordand only 10 shopping in thestore. Customers were more pru-dent as to what they wanted tobuy; they were less experimen-tal. The people who were aggres-sive were the ones that did well;those that sat back and waited forbusiness to come in didn't dowell. There were fewer disposabledollars and if you weren't fightingfor them then the blue jeans placegot them instead."

Waxie Maxie (Washington,D.C.)-According to Mark Silver-man, the chain's 25 percent in-crease over last Christmas wasconsistent with business through-out the year. A significant factorin the good holiday business wasChristmas day falling on a Tues-day and giving the store an extraselling day-Monday-that waslost last year. Ken Dobin addedthat this was the strongest cata-logue Christmas in the organiza-tion's history. "During the yearcatalogue has been a majorissue and it really showed itsstrength over the last few weeks,"

said Dobin. "We had a mon-strous pickup in sales of cata-logue cassettes; a few unexpecteditems-especially 'rap' records-brought people in in big num-bers; and there was a nice shotof fresh, new product just beforeChristmas. I'm optimistic aboutJanuary. So far we haven't hadword of any major releases untillate in the month, but I'm ' -

ing for the items that brokeing the holidays to continueselling in January."

Fathers & Suns (Midwest) -Although holiday sales were off afew percentage points from lastyear, the entire period was animprovement over previousmonths' sales. "Actually we wereexpecting it to be bad," statedDon Simpson, purchasing direc-tor. "So since we were gearedfor low volume, it seemed likebusiness -as pretty good. The$5.98 it,ords were great forcompanion sales items. Peoplebought a $7.98 or an $8.98 LPand then could buy a second al-bum, all for under $10.

"This year," added Simpson,"I'm hoping for some con-sistency that was missing most oflast year. I'm hoping a regularflow of product will keep en-thusiasm up through the months.A lot will depend on what hap-pens with the economy.'

Record Bar (national, primarilyin the south) - Barrie Bergmansaid the nation's second largestretail chain came in a couple ofpercentage points below projec-tions for the month of Decemberon a swte-average basis. "The hitsdid not sell the way hits have soldon other years," Bergman ex-plained, "and that's where wedidn't get our projections."

At this point, Record Bar pro-jects a flat January against lastyear's total, and Bergman saw noreason to alter the figures. "Forthe first time in t,. oistory of ourcompany, we really don't know

what we're doing from a projec-tion point of view. We figure atsome point this year the economyis going to turn, but damn if weknow when that is. We're prettythankful, really. We've maintaineda nice level of profitabilitythrough all this stuff."

Camelot/Stark Record & TapeService (national, primarily in themidwest)-Another account ben-efitting from a late surge of buy-ing. Joe Bressi said when all thefigures are in the chain expects towind up between five and tenpercent ahead of last year, thanksto the wide spread of product be-ing bought. "Frankly," Bressi said,"we didn't expect to top last yeargiven all the problems the indus-try's had this year. We went inwith less inventory, and felt thatwas the right thing to do giventhe depressed economy. Theeconomy is going to be a big fac-tor this year, and I don't thinkanyone knows what to expect."

Lieberman Enterprises (Minne-apolis)-"The cold, hard figuresaren't in yet," said Brett Lehman,"but overall I've found from talk-ing to stores that we were upover last year during the Christ-mas season. Generally there wasa nice spread of product selling,which was good to see. We weremoving everything from KennyRogers to Frank Zappa."

Everybody's Records (Oregonand Washington)-Business wasdown compared to 1977 and 1978by approximately five percent inboth dollars and units. Neverthe-less, Tom Keenan, president, washardly discouraged. "When youbase so many things for the futureon what's happened in the past,and for the first time in nine yearsthere's no increase, you have atendency to say things weren'tgood. But it was a good Christmasand a good year altogether."

Record and Tape Collector(Baltimore) - Units and dollarswere up slightly from last year,which was above expectations,

Columbia Signs Joe Perry

Columbia Records has signed Joe Perry, former lead guitarist and founding memberof Aerosmith, to a SG.. Jecording contract. Perry is currently in the studio with pro-ducer Jack Douglas laying down tracks for his upcoming solo debut. Pictured inColumbia's New York offices are, from left: Elissa Perry; Paul Atkinson, director, con-temporary music, Columbia east coast A&R; Bruce Lundvall, president, CBS RecordsDivision; Arma Andon, VP, artist development, Columbia; Joe Perry, Ed Hynes, VP,national promotion, Columbia; Mickey Eichner, VP, east coast A&R, Columbia; andBob Casper, attorney.

said Wayne Steinberg. "It's a

rather hectic time for everyone,"he opined, "not just for our busi-ness but for the whole world. Theproblems with Iran and Russia af-fect us all; you can't help think-ing about them. So people are alittle leary, scared to go out andhave a good time. Records are agood time. You don't buy recordswhen you're depressed-you buythem when you're happy. Peopleare under a little cloud and it'scausing them not to spend theirmoney joyously; they're spendingit cautiously, if at all. It's a happytime of year, but there's enoughbad going on to take the edge offbeing happy."

For the Record (Baltimore)-For the comparable amount ofstores (one new store was addedthis year), For the Record matchedits 1978 holiday totals. "We wereprepared for the worst," said BillBlankenship, "because that's theway the year's gone. At least wedidn't get caught short, though,and that's important."

Cutler's (New Haven, Connec-ticut)-A five to 10 percent in-crease over last year was "verysatisfying" to Jason Cutler, whosaid business "took a nosedivelast year."

"The increase wasn't enough tomake up for inflation and priceincreases," he continued, "buteverything was okay anyway. I'msatisfied. Things were much betterthan I thought they'd be."

Rainbow (Chicago) - Businessat the Rainbow chain was in linewith th7* at so many other ac-counts. start, late surge, gen-erally satisfying results. ChrisLyon, head buyer and co-owner,said dollars were down about 10percent and units about 25 per-cent from last year, but was en-couraged by the success of cata-logue product and CBS's $5.98series.

Record Rendezvous (Cleveland)Although sales were off from lastyear, business was nevertheless"better than it's been," accordingto assistant manager Jim Jones.December will wind up as thestore's best month of the year.

Rose Records (Chicago) - Thetransit strike pretty much knockedout two critical shopping days forRose's downtown locations, butthe chain still managed a two orthree percent increase over lastyear. "We generally feel some-thing right after Thanksgiving,"Jim Rose said in reflecting overthe holiday season, "and this yearwe could tell by the figures thatmomentum was building as it hadin previous years. I don't knowwhat January holds for us. But I'mlooking for a strong month if onlybecause we were snowed in atthis time last year and it reallyknocked out business."



Record World

Classical:Retail Report

JANUARY 12, 1980

CLASSIC OF THE WEEK

O SOLE MIOLUCIANO PAVAROTTILondon

BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK*g LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: 0 SOLE MIO

-LondonBERG: LULU-Stratas, Mazura,

Boulez-DGDEBUSSY: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE-

f Von Stade, Stillwell, Karajan-, Angel

JANACEK: MARKOPOLOUS AFFAIR-= Soederstroem, Mackerras-London

MASSENET: DON QUICHOTTE-Crespin, Ghiaurov, Bacquier,Kord-London

MOZART: DON GIOVANNI-- Te Kanawa, Raimondi, Maazel-

ColumbiaLUCIANO PAVAROTTI: 0 HOLY NIGHT

-LondonSTRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS, OTHER

SONGS-Te Kanawa, Davis-Columbia

-,111111t1,1.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111i111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.

SAM GOODY/EAST COASTAFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom-

NonesuchBERG: LULU-DGDEBUSSY: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE-

AngelMASSENET: DON QUICHOTTE-LondonMASSENET: WERTHER-Troyanosi, Kraus,

Plasson-AngelMOZART: DON GIOVANNI-ColumbiaMOZART: DON GIOVANNI-Price, M.,

Weikl, Solti-LondonMUSGRAVE: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS-

Putnam-Vox/TurnaboutFREDERICA VON STADE SINGS ITALIAN

OPERA ARIAS-ColumbiaVERDI: DON CARLO-Freni, Carreras,

Ghiaurov, Karajan-Angel

KING KAROL/NEW YORKBERG: LULU-DGDEBUSSY: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE-AngelGALWAY PLAYS TELEMANN-RCAHUMPERDINCK: HANSEL UND GRETEL-

Cotrubas, Von Stade, Pritchard-Columbia

MASSENET: WERTHER-Troyanos, Kraus,Plasson-Angel

MOZART: DON GIOVANNI-ColumbiaMUSGRAVE: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS-

Putnam-Vox/TurnaboutPAVAROTTI: 0 HOLY NIGHT-LondonPAVAROTTI: 0 SOLE MIO-LondonBARRY TUCKWELL PLAYS JEROME KERN-

Angel

RECORD & TAPE, LTD./WASHINGTON, D.C.

BERG: LULU-DGBRAHMS: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES-

Solti-LondonBRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 7-Haitink

-PhilipsCHOPIN: NOCTURNES-Arrau-PhilipsJANACEK: MAKROPOLOUS AFFAIR-

LondonMUSGRAVE: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS-

Putnam-Vox/TurnaboutSTRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS-ColumbiaTCHAIKOVSKY: SWAN LAKE-Ozawa-

DG

VIVALDI: CHORAL MUSIC, VOLS. 1, 2-Philips

VIVALDI: CHORAL MUSIC, VOLS. 3, 4-Philips

ROSE DISCOUNT/CHICAGOBERG: LULU-DGBRAHMS: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES-

Solti-LondonDEBUSSY: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE-AngelVLADIMIR HOROWITZ, CONCERTS

1978-79-RCAJANACEK: MAKROPOLOUS AFFAIR-

LondonMASSENET: DON QUICHOTTE-LondonMOZART: DON GIOVANNI-ColumbiaPAVAROTTI: 0 HOLY NIGHT-LondonPAVAROTTI: 0 SOLE MIO-LondonSYLVIA SASS SINGS DRAMATIC

COLORATURA-London

STREETSIDE/ST. LOUISBEETHOVEN: FIDELIO-Rysanek, F scher-

Dieskau, Fricsay-DG PrivilegeBERG: LULU-DGBIZET: CARMEN SUITE-Slatkin-TelarcDEBUSSY: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE-AngelYOURI EGOROV PLAYS FANTASIES AT

CARNEGIE HALL-Peters InternationalMOZART: DON GIOVANNI-Fricsay-

DG PrivilegeLUCIANO PAVAROTTI: THE GREAT

PAVAROTTI-LondonPAVAROTTI: 0 SOLE MIO-LondonRAVEL: BOLERO-Mehta-LondonTANEYEV: ORESTEIA-DG

TOWER RECORDS/LOS ANGELESBERG: LULU-DGBRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 7-Haitink

-PhilipsJANACEK: MAKROPOLOUS AFFAIR-

LondonMASSENET: WERTHER-Troyanos, Kraus,

Plasson-AngelPAVAROTTI: 0 HOLY NIGHT-LondonRAVEL: BOLERO-Monteux-Philips

FestivoSTRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS-ColumbiaSTRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Muti-

AngelVERDI: DON CARLO-Freni, Carreras,

Ghiaurov, Karajan-Angel

* Best sellers are determined from the re-tail lists of the stores listed above andfrom those of the following: Korvettes/East Coast, Record World/TSS/Northeast,Cutler's/New Haven, Record & Tape Col-lectors/Baltimore, Discount Records/Washington, D.C., Specs/Miami, MusicPeddlers/Detroit, Laury's/Chicago, RadioDoctors/Milwaukee, Sound Warehouse/Dallas, Jeff's Classical/Tucson, TowerRecords/San Francisco, Discount Records/San Francisco and Tower Records/Seattle.

NEW YORK - Don Quixotemeeting a 337 -year -old femme fa-tale sounds right, but it wasn'tinvented by Cervantes or any ofthe others who tried their hand atwriting about the Spanish knight.The parallel is purely by chanceand comes from the issuing byLondon Records of two fascinat-ing opera albums, both rare andboth excellent: Leos Janacek'sMakropolous Affair and Massen-et's Don Quichotte.

The Makropolous Affair or Caseis not unknown in the UnitedStates. The City Opera had a fineproduction of the work about tenyears ago with Maralin Niscka inthe title role. Then the power ofthe music of Janacek's eighth op-era (1923-25) made a profoundeffect, and the opera stayed inrepertory for some years. Thesaga of a woman now 337 yearsold whose elixir of youth is aboutto run out, the opera traces herpath to the decision that death isbetter than drinking more elixirand keeping going for another300 years. In the tradition of Jana-cek, there are few arias and muchsense of Czech conversation. Butthe opera mounts to a shatteringfinal scene that pulls together allthe strands in the grandest musi-cal manner.

Charles Mackerras, from first tolast note, draws highly colored,exquisitely shaded sound fromthe Vienna Philharmonic, andElisabeth Soederstroem is abso-lutely smashing in the title role.

Two Myths from LondonBy SPEIGHT JENKINS

Her voice in perfect control, shecommunicates the building oftensions in the cynical Elena, glo-ries in the passionate lyrical lineof her outbursts and makes thefinal scene an extraordinary im-molation. Everyone else in thecast, notably Peter Dvorsky as Al-bert and Zdenek Svehla as Janek,is excellent, but the recording isunforgettable because of MissSoederstroem's towering perfor-mance and Mackerras' committedorchestral leadership.

The musical inspiration of DonQuichotte is not as consistentlyhigh as in Makropolous, but it hasmore than a few moments ofgrandeur and in its recording,London has put together three su-perb principals and a fine con-ductor. Kazimierz has a real feelfor Massenet; the music has vari-ety and mood, with a lot of subt-lety and inner drive. He can't savethe prosaic moments, but hecauses emphasis to fall where thecomposer was at his best. This isa work of the composer's old age,acclaimed at its Monte Carlopremiere in 1910, just two yearsbefore Massenet's death. And it,like Makropolous, has a strongname role in the Quichotte, inwhich Nicolai Ghiaurov couldhardly be bettered. Even the sadbut true fact that this paragon ofbasses is showing some signs ofvocal age aids in his creation ofthe old knight. And the role,which was created by Chaliapin


Classical Retail Tips The first shot out of the 1980gun is Angel Records, whose Jan-uary shipment should reach storesthis week. Highlighting the selec-tions is a Verdi Requiem, con-ducted by Riccardo Muti. Nowthe music director -elect of thePhiladelphia Orchestra, Muti hasin the past conducted a lot of Ver-di for Angel and has led manyoperas in his capacity as musicdirector of the Maggio Musicalein Florence.

This Requiem has a combina-tion of voices that should sellmany albums. Renata Scotto, whosang tk- m in a highly ac-claimer: 0--,milce here in NewYork in Novemb:; ..:th the LosAngeles Philharmonic under Car-lo Maria Giulini, sings the so-prano part, and Agnes Baltsa un-dertakes the mezzo role. MissBaltsa's debut at the Metropolitan

last month as Octavian in DerRosen kavalier gave evidence ofthe security of her voice and herexcellent vocal production. Sheis more famous on the Continentas a singer of Italian roles thanGerman, and this Requiem shouldreveal why. Veriano Luchetti, theItalian ten,-- who has often sungthe Requ.-,. in New York andelsewhere, joins Evgeny Nester-enko, the Soviet bass, in the maleroles. On this recording Muti is

conducting the Philharmonia Or-chestra.

Another possible winner is thecomplete Beethoven symphoniesled by Eugen Jochum. The Ninthhas an unusual group of soloistsheaded by Kiri Te Kanawa andthose still with Christmas moneymight be interested in yet an-other complete version of Bee-thoven.



Record World

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GermanyBy JIM SAMPSON

MUNICH-In a setback for German record companies, Germany'shigh court has referred to the European Community court jurisdictionover the legality of both EEC and third country imports into West Ger-many. The decision to waive jurisdiction on EEC imports had beenexpected, but German lawyers had hoped that the high court wouldlet stand lower court rulings barring import of recorded product intoGermany from nations such as the United States, Canada and NewZealand which are not part of the European Economic Community.Copies of the court's decision, which was announced just beforeChristmas, have not yet circulated widely, but it is believed that Ger-man record companies will continue to fight third nation imports incourt, based on the lower court judgements. A final verdict from theEuropean Court is not expected before late 1981.

TEUTONIC TELEX: Phonogram gave Dire Straits a platinum Christ-mas present when the "Communique" album passes the 500,000 markon Dec. 14; this gives the group twin platinum awards for their firsttwo releases last year in Germany . . . Also from Phonogram in timefor the holidays, gold for pan flutist Gheorghe Zamfir, who just com-pleted a tour through central Europe . . . The last -gold -award awardof 1979 goes to Fleetwood Mac, whose double album "Tusk" receivedwhat has to be the year's costliest advertising launch from WEA Ger-many and Intersong publishing . . . EMI's domestic superstar HowardCarpendale also earned a gold disc for his new TV -merchandised setbut with over 450,000 sold by the end of '79, Carpendale should be-come Germany's first platinum baby of the eighties . . . Rolf Baierleof Roba Music has nabbed world rights to the top Dutch compositionteam Janschens en Janschens, signing on the dotted line with Hansvan Hemert and Piet Souer . . . DG/Polydor managing director OskarDrechsler and DG national production chief Werner Klose were re-ceived by Pope John Paul II in Rome, to present the Pontiff with thefirst copy of the DG documentation of the Pope's Poland journey;DG's album is authorized by the Vatican, whereas Crystal's recording,licensed through Infinity in the U.S., is sanctioned by the PolishChurch but not by Rome, leading to unfortunate legal hassles . . .

please note that the Teutonic Telex may now be reached by telex (!):5-216622 in Germany.

'Breakfast' of Champions

A&M Records Canada ran an in-house merchandising contest for the Pindoff RecordSales reps who service Eaton's and Simpson's, Canada's largest department stores, forthe best in-store merchandising featuring Supertramp product and P.O.P. materials. Thewinners were Tony Ballard and Brian Mertens who won custom-made embroidered silk"Breakfast In Canada" jackets. Pictured from left are: Gord Edwards (Music World), RayRosenberg (Ontario regional manager, A&M), Tony Ballard (Pindoff), John Hewson(Pindoff), Larry Latofsky (Music World), Brian Mertens (Pindoff), and Joe Toews (A&Msales).

Frankfurters

During their recent European promotion tour, Chicago band members dropped by CBSGermany's Frankfurt headquarters. Seen from left are Ulrich Jabczynski, CBS promo-tion manager; Robert Lamm of Chicago; Peter Cetera of Chicago; Jorgen Larsen,managing director; Donnie Dacus of Chicago, and Gerd Gebhardt, international A&Rmanager.

Japan(This column appears courtesy of Original Confidence magazine)

M A tie-up of Polygram and Young Japan Inc. has resulted in the es-tablishment of a new record company called Polystar.

A press conference was held at the Tokyo American Club to offi-cially announce the event on Dec. 10. According to the announce-ment, they will kick off Polystar in Jan. '80. Polystar's capital is esti-mated to be ten million yen, of which Polygram's share is 51 percentand Young Japan's is 49 percent.

The aim of Polygram is to make inroads into the Japanese market.And the aim of Young Japan is to make inroads into the overseas mar-ket. These two aims matched beautifully and thus, Polystar was born.

The executives are as follows: J. D. Bliersbach, president of Poly-gram Far East, as president; Akio Onodera, vice president of YoungJapan Inc. & president of Thunder Music Inc., as vice president; theother executives are Ken Hosokawa, president of Young Japan Inc.;Hideo Murakami, director of Phonodisc K.K., and Hiroyuki Takashima,a general manager of Intersong K.K..

Bliersbach was quoted as saying, "We establish a new record com-pany in order to enlarge Polygram's share in the Japanese market.Polygram's other two affiliates in Japan are Nippon Phonogram andPolydor, in a positive sense, they are rival companies of Polystar. Wefeel that competition is healthy, and that it stimulates good results."

The Alice, one of the most popular Japanese groups, belongs toYoung Japan. Concern for the Alice has been rising since the directorof the Alice, Masatoshi Hashiba, has been informally designated asthe head of the productions department at Polystar. There is specula-tion that the Alice might transfer from Toshiba EMI to Polystar aftertheir contract with Toshiba EMI expires.

Their first records are scheduled to be released in Feb. or March of'80. Polystar has acquired the rights to the Casablanca label but won'tbe able to release any records under this name until April '80. It will,meanwhile, first release only one Japanese single and one LP recorduntil that time. Records will be manufactured by Phonodisc. The dis-tributor is yet to be decided, but there is a strong possibility that Nip-pon Phonogram would be the one. Sales target for the first year isexpected to be between two billion and three billion yen.

The long and much awaited Paul McCartney & Wings visit to Japanhas been decided at last. On Dec. 11 UDO formally announced theschedule at the Akasaka Tokyo Hotel, Tokyo. The performances arescheduled to be held at Nippon Budokan Hall from Jan. 21-24, 31,Feb. 1 and 2 in Tokyo, Jan. 25 and 26 in Nagoya, and 28 and 29 inOsaka.

In spite of the announcement, all questions from the press wereconcentrated to the one question, "Are they really coming this time?"Their visit has been in the works a couple of times but has alwayscome to nothing. In Nov. of '75 their visit almost came true. But Paulwas involved in some drug case and he was fined £100.



Labels Win Tape Piracy Case(Continued from page 3)ing class members summary judg-ment on the issue of liability,finding that Heilman had piratedthe recordings belonging to thevarious members of the class andwas liable to the class in dam-ages. The court then set theDecember date for a hearing todetermine the amount tof thosedamages.

Among the witnesses who testi-fied at the trial on behalf of therecord companies was Barbara A.Ringer, the Register of Copyrights.Ringer provided the court withbackground on the evils of re-cording piracy. She stated duringher testimony that "piracy is fun-damentally anticompetitive" andthat it "interferes with normalbusiness activity. Ringer alsonoted that this country is "behindthe rest of the world in the pro-tection of sound recordings," andstated that there is not a civilizedcountry that fails to protect soundrecordings as an art form.

Also testifying on behalf of theplaintiffs was William A. Krasilov-sky, a noted New York entertain-ment lawyer. Krasilovsky detailedthe harm that piracy does, notonly to the record companies, butalso to the rest of the people inthe music business. Krasilovskytestified that the pirates makenone of the regular payments thatare required of the record com-panies, nor do the pirates haveany initial investment other thanthe purchase of a single copy of acommercial recording. Krasilovskyalso noted that it was the profitsfrom the popular recordingsstolen by Heilman that financedthe production of classical andjazz recordings by the various rec-ord companies.

Other witnesses during the trialtestified to various transactions,financial and otherwise, of Heil-man and E -C Tape. One customertook the stand to state that hehad received tapes from Heilmanas late as 1977, almost three yearsafter the injunction had been is-sued prohibiting the sale of such

tapes. Other witnesses, includingseveral banks, gave evidenceshowing that checks which weremade out to E -C tape ended up inaccounts owned by Heilman orhis relatives. The records of thesebanks also revealed that substan-tial deposits were made subse-quent to the date of the court'sinjunction in 1974.

Heilman had, in fact, concededearlier that he had made sales ofE -C product subsequent to thedate of the court's injunction. Ina stipulation filed with the Fed-eral District Court in Chicago,Heilman admitted that he hadmade such sales at least as lateas January of 1976. In February of1979, Heilman was convicted ofcopyright infringement in the Chi-cago court.

At the close of testimony onthe 21st, Judge Barron dictatedhis decision from the bench. Hecalculated that the record compa-nies were entitled to about $3,-550,000 in compensation fromEconomic Consultants which wasthe company's gross minus cer-tain expenses. Judge Barron alsoordered that Heilman be heldpersonally liable for $2,470,000and that he pay an additional$500,000 in punitive damages.The judge also directed entry of apermanent injunction prohibiting

corporation fromany further acts of piracy.

Church Group Sues

FCC Over Deregulation(Continued from page 3)in the general counsel's office.

However, the United Church ofChrist was unsatisfied with theextent of the documentation, andhas pressed for more detailed in-formation.

"They want access to all thedocuments," the spokesman said."Staff drafts of reports, inter -officememos, and things of that nature,which we generally maintain areexcluded under the (Freedom ofInformation) Act's Exemption 5."

Japan'sTop10Singles

I. IHOOJINSAKI KUBOTA-CBS/Sony

2. SACHIKOHIROFUMI BANBA-CBS/Sony

3. OMAETO FUTARIHIROSHI ITSUKI-Tokuma

4. DAITOKAICRYSTAL KING-Canyon

5. OYAJI NO UMIKENKICHI MURAKI-Nippon Phonogram

6. YOSEBA IINONITOSHI ITOH TO HAPPY 8. BLUE-Canyon

7. OMOIDEZAKESACHIKO KOBAYASHI-Warner Pioneer

8. OYAJI NO ICHIBAN NAGAI HIMASASHI SADA-Toshiba EMI

9. ANNAKAI BAND-Free Flight

10. C CHYOO KOTOBANI GOYOOJINSOUTHERN ALL STARS-Victor

Albums1. YUMEGATARI

SAKI KUBOTA-CBS/Sony2. KISHOTENKETSU

CHIHARU MATSUYAMA-Canyon3. OKAERINASAI

MIYUKI NAKAJIMA-Canyon4. GREATEST HITS VOL. 2

ABBA-Disco5. KAGIRINAKI CHOOSEN

ALICE-Toshiba EMI6. ZUISOKIYOKU

MASASHI SADA-Free Flight7. KANASHIIHHODO OTENKI

YUMI MATSUTOOYA-Toshiba EMI8. COMMUNICATION

MASAHIRO KUWANA-RVC9. THE LONG RUN

EAGLES-Warner Pioneer10. DOMESTIC MAYO LINE

MAYO SHOONO-Nippon Columbia

Holmes at the Roxy

MCA recording artist Rupert Holmes was the center of attention when he performedat the Roxy recently. During the engagement, he was honored with a gold record forhis single "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)," from the MCA album "Partners InCrime." Pina coladas were served to everyone in the audience. Pictured from left are:Bob Schneiders, Los Angeles branch manager for MCA Distributing Corp.; John Burns,director of national sales for MCA Distributing; Neil Hartley, vice president of na-tional accounts; Frank Gravis, bass player of the Rupert Holmes Band; Holmes; LarryKing, vice president of promotion for MCA Records; and Vaughn Thomas, director ofnational sales.

Music World Mourns Richard Rodgers(Continued from page 3)

Rodgers "responsible for a goodpart of my career because of thegood songs he wrote-and I'vehad the good fortune to sing-these past 40 years." LeonardBernstein was quoted by theNews as saying, "I speak for allwriters of songs when I say wehave lost a beloved colleague andmaster."

He is survived by his wife,Dorothy, and by two daughters.

In his career, Rodgers com-posed music for 42 Broadwayshows, wrote for the movies andtelevision, and penned more than1500 songs. His best known musi-cals were those written with OscarHammerstein 2d, including "TheSound of Music," "South Pacific,""Oklahoma" and "The King andI." Hammerstein was the last per-son to be honored by the darken-ing of Broadway theater mar-quees.

AwardsTwo of those musicals, "Okla-

homa"! and "South Pacific," wonPulitzer Prizes. Rodgers also wonseven Tony awards, and a Donald-son Award for "Carousel." Hissong "It Might As Well BeSpring," from the movie "StateFair," won the Oscar for BestSong in 1946. He was presentedthe Lawrence Langner Award fora "lifetime of distinguishedachievement in the Americantheater" at last year's Tony cere-monies, and was honored byPresident Carter at a White Housereception.

As the Times pointed out lastweek, Rodgers' career of morethan 60 years divides into threesegments, the first, beginning in1918, with Lorenz Hart, the sec-ond, from 1942 to 1960, withHammerstein, and the third, fromHammerstein's death to the pres-ent.

Among his best-known songs

were "Some Enchanted Evening,""Bewitched, Bothered and Be-wildered," "The Lady Is a Tramp,""Getting to Know You," "MyFavorite Things," "With a Song inMy Heart," and "Oh, What aBeautiful Morning."

Rodgers was born here on June28, 1902. He acquired his love ofmusic from his parents, wrote hisfirst song at 14, and his first musi-cal while a student at Columbiaat 17. His first hit show, "The Gar-rick Gaieties," came in 1925. WithHart, he wrote shows rangingfrom "The Girl Friend" and"Peggy -Ann" in the twenties, to"Babes in Arms" and "The Boysfrom Syracuse" in the thirties tothe remarkable "Pal Joey" in1940.

"Oklahoma!" was his first col-laboration with Hammerstein, andaside from making Broadway his-tory the musical went on to be-come the best-selling record "al-bum" of its era. It is currentlybeing revived yet again on Broad-way.

After Hammerstein's death in1960, Rodgers tried writing hisown lyrics ("No Strings") beforereturning to working with otherlyricists, including Stephen Sond-heim ("Do I Hear a Waltz?"),Martin Charnin ("Two By Two")and Sheldon Harnick ("Rex").

Rodgers was a member ofASCAP, which paid tribute to himin a Times advertisement lastweek. In 1967, ASCAP honoredhim at a luncheon at the AlvinTheater, on his 65th birthday, andMayor Lindsay presented him theHandel Medallion, the city's high-est cultural award.

He also served as president andproducing director of the MusicTheater of Lincoln Center, as adirector of the American TheaterWing, the Juilliard School and theKennedy Center.



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Record World en ArgentinaBy AUGUSTO CONTE

IIIBUENOS AIRES-Existe preocu- cargo del 28 por ciento y la ava-pacion en la industria con mo- lancha de musica extranjera nostivo de la reduction del arancel abrumO. ;Que no es perar ahorade importation en los discos fo- con un recargo del 13 por ciento;ncgraficos del 40 al 18 por ciento, son empresas comerciales quehasta el 30 de setiembre de 1980. dentro de sus objectivos esta el

La decisi6n oficial expresa que de producir ganancias. Con el

es necesario prorrogar niveles esquema vigente ya hay quienesarancelarios que posibiliten el in- han transformado sus estructurascremento de la oferta. Es opinion y se han convertido ellas tambiengeneralizada, que una medida en companias importadoras. Estocomo la dispuesta implica con- implica en alguna media, aban-fundir a la musica con su envase donar la producci6n local y asis-o soporte. tir a Ia cafida vertiginosa de la

Cuando se bajan los recargos musica nacional. No habra quienabuaneros de discos, se esta dis- perpetoe y difunda masivamenteponiendo un ingreso masivo de la musica argentina. Con estosmusica foranea a bajo precio que recargos aduaneros inferiores aldesplazard del mercado a lo poco 40 por ciento es imposible hoyque ya queda de musica nacional, mantener una infraestructura in-por consiguiente los productores dustrial como la fonografica, in-extranjeros tendran a corto plazo dispensable para el mantenimi-un nuevo mercado. No se trata ento, fomento y desarrollo de lade un riesgo futuro o previsible,es un hecho actual.

De marzo a setiembre de 1979por iguales motivos y con iden-tico criterio se establecio un re-

actividad musical. Sa debe defen-der lo que pertenece al pais, nopor una razon comercial sino porun dececho cultural.

Lath Americane Album Picks

ENTRE TU Y YOSERGIO FACHELI-Pronto PTS 1066

En production de Jaime Torregrosa y

Rafael Perez Botija y con excelentes ar-, raglos orquestales de gentle muy talen-

tosa Sergio Facheli es uno de los can-tantes de Espana con mas probabilidades,si bien manejado internacionalmente.Brillante en "Quiereme tal como soy" (R.Perez Botija), "Contigo, sin ti" (Perez Bo-tija), "Mariana por la mafiana" (PerezBotija) y "Me vuelves loco" (P. Egea-S.

Facheli).Produced by Jaime Torregrossa and Rafael Perez Botija, Sergio Fa-

cheli is one of the singers from Spain and could make it to the topif properly promoted. Superb sound, arrangements and orchestrations."Quiereme tal como soy," "Cuando Pienso en ti" (P. Egea-Facheli)and "Contigo, sin ti."

AMANDOTEJOHANNA ROSALY-Velvet PRS 8030

En production de Marcelo Rey y con ar-reglos de Zito Zelante, Johanna Rosaly selute en un repertorio romantic° y ligeroque signiacare grandes yentas donde pro-mocionado. "Yo soy un barco" (T. Sotto),"Amandote" (L. Fierro), "Sed" (Sheldon-Mannix) y "Nuestra plaza" (A. Abramson).

Produced by Marcelo Rey and with arrangements by Zito Zelante,Johanna Rosaly could easily make it big where promoted with thisexcellent package of ballads and mellow tunes. Some of the up -tempotunes are superb. "Primera actriz" (Ch. Novarro), "Reconsilacion"(Fierro) and "Me lo dijo una gaviota" (Melo).


Desde Nuestro RinconInternacional

By TOMAS FUNDORA(This column appears first in Spanish, then in English)

Ofrecera la BMI un "Symposium sobre Dere-chos Autorales" en Puerto Rico a principios deEnero, con la asistencia de la clase autoral, radialy discografica. La buena y energica amiga Eliza-beth Granville me invita a formar parte del panelde este evento, a lo cual acepto muy guestosa-mente . . . Omar Machant, Gerente de la Su-cursal de Peer Southern Organization, con baseen Miami, Fla., acaba de recibir una muy inter-sante distinciOn. La Academia Nacional de Artes

y Ciencias Televisvos (N.A.T.A.S.) acaba de brindarle el trofeo EMMY,concedido a las mejores actuaciones y programas de television enel 1979, por sus presentaciones en el Estado de la Florida. En Ia

categoria de Programas Especiales, el premio recay6 en "El Amor,"programa en el cual cual funge como Maestro de Ceremonias elpopular productor cubano, y que es lazado al aire por WLTV TV -Channel 23 de Miami. El elenco en este show fue integrado por JulioIglesias, Luisa Maria Gfiell, Celia Cruz, Guillermo Alvarez Guedes,Celi Bee, Isabelle y Braulio, en ocasion de las festividades del "Diade los Enamorados," el pasado 14 de Febrero, Vayan mis mas movidasfelicitaciones al amigo Marchant y al Canal 23 de Miami, en Ia per-

sonalidad del talentoso chileno Joaquin Blayas,Director de la empresa televisiva, del grupo Span-ish International Network, y lanzado por satelitea Estados Unidos, a traves de todas las televisorasafiliadas al consorcio.

Discos Fuentes de Colombia acaba de hacerlesentrega a varios de sus artistas, de sendos "Discosde Oro," por las altas cifras alcanzadas por susgrabaciones. Los amigos Conrado Dominguez y

Granville y Merchant Javier Garcia, hicieron entrega de las preseas aFruko y sus Tesos como la Orquesta Tropical, a Rodolfo como Can-tante solista y al Compositor colombiano Isaac Villanueva, que tantos

exitos ha creado. ;Felicidades a todo; . . . Muycomercial y con gran sabor a pueblo el larga dura-ci6n de CBS-Indica, presentando a Gilberto Her-nandez en "Los Grandes exitos," entre los cualesdestacan" 'La Historia de mi vida," (Cavagnaro)"Sabes de que tengo ganas" (S. Velasquez),"Camas Separadas" (Castilho-Andriano-Fundora) y"Llamarada" (J. Villamil) . . . Excelente el largaduraci6n del nuevo grupo mexicana Tabasco. En-

Rodolfo tre los temas se lucen ampliamente en "Renacer"(Serrano-Oliva-Murciano), "Para ti, para mi" (Manzanero), "Es amor"(Manzanero) y "El mar" (C. Murgiia).

Como cada ano, mis oficinas reciben una canti-dad adicional de correos. Al abrir ceda una de laspostales navidenas, voy reconociendo nombres degrandes amigos y de otros que si bien no conozcopersonalmente, desean todo genero de venturasa este humilde redactor. Me quedo muy corto al

darle las gracias a todos y hago votos porque Iafelicidad brille en la vida, de cada uno de mislectores. A los que me han enviado sus misivas

Isaac Villanueva festivas, les reciproco del modo mas cordial, agra-Mdecido y efusivo. Vayan mis felicitaciones a: Mary y Carlos DiazGranados, que me dicen: "Estimado Fundy: Aunque un poco alejadodel ingrato negocio de discos, siempre me recuerdo de los Buenosamigos." Carlos Diaz Granados es el onico ser en este mundo que mellama Fundy y me suena hermoso viniendo del gran amigo, Luis CalvoGana y Marcial Elgueta Silva de Hispavox, S.A., Omar Marchant dePeer Southern, Arthur "Arturito" Capper, Discos Orbe, Ltda., deColombia, Cesar Ortiz de Caytronics Corp., N.Y., Fonobosa de Co-lombia, Discorona, Venezuela, Eusebio Cabot de CBS Discos, Miami,




LATIN AMERICANHIT PARADE

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TucsonBy KXEW (RAUL AGUIRRE)

1. QUERERTE A TIANGELA CARRASCO

2. SIN TU AMORBROWN EXPRESS

3. TE PERDIMAZZ

4. PULPABLEJIMMY EDWARD

5. NO TENGO LA CULPAROBERTO PULIDO

6. QUE ME PERDONE TU SENORAMANOELLA TORRES

7. SIN PODERTE HABLARWILLIE COLON

8. LA SAMBAANTONIO RODRIGUEZ

9. EL ASESINOLOS POTROS

10. NO ME OLVIDESLOBOS DEL NORTE

Ventas (Sales)

Hartford1. A LAS BUENAS SI

CELIA CRUZ-Vaya2. JULIANA

DANIEL SANTOS/JOHNNY PACHECO-Fania

3. NACIO JESUSLEONARDO PANIAGUA-Discolor

4. LA PARRANDA FANIAHECTOR LAVOE/DANIEL SANTOS

-Fania5. BEBO HOY, BEBO MANANA

CONJUNTO QUISQUEYA-Liznel6. LA PICUA

MARVIN SANTIAGO-T.H.7. AMANECETE

GRAN TRIO -Alger8. LA FICHA MARCADA

SUPER TRIO-Algar9. LAS AMISTADES

ORQUESTA LA MASACRE-NewGeneration

10. SIN PODERTE HABLARWILLIE COLON-Fanie

TampaBy WYOU (WOODY GARCIA)

1. QUERERTE A TIANGELA CARRASCO

2. CUANDO MALDECIMOS TENER UNCORAZON

CHARYTIN3. EL AMOR DE MI VIDA

CAMILO SESTO4. MI MANERA DE AMAR

NELSON NED5. POR COBARDIA

LILA DENEKEN6. VETE A LLORAR AL RIO

TANIA7. LA BIKINA

CHIRINO8. HASTA QUE AMANEZCA

JOAN SEBASTIAN9. QUE VOY A HACER SIN TI

DAVID DALI10. EL GARRAFON

CHUCHO AVELLANET

New York1. PREGUNTALE

JULIO IGLESIAS-Alhambra2. EL DIFUNTO

JOHNNY VENTURA-Combo

3. MI BAJO Y YOOSCAR D'LEON-T.H.

4. LOS CELOS DE MI COMPAYEL GRAN COMBO -Combo

5. SI LA TIERRA TIEMBLAHECTOR CASANOVA/JOHNNY PACHECO

-Fania6. NOVENO MANDAMIENTO

NELSON NED-WS Latino

7. CORAZON DE ACEROLOS VIRTUOSOS -Discolor

8. YO TE AMOFELITO FELIX-Mega

9. LA LECHELOS HIJOS DEL REY-Karen

10. UN SER QUE ME PERSIGUECONJUNTO QUISQUEYA-Liznel

Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 38)Fla., Ricardo Fabregues de A&Ihambra Records Puerto Rico, GloriaAlvarez Cortes de Discorona, Venezuela, Agustin e Isabel Rey de Sears,Panama, Hermanos Rigual de Editorial Fresa Mexicana, Mexico, CeliaCruz y Pedro Knight, Carmen Mirabal de Puerto Rico, Helcio A. Carmode RCA, Brasil, Sonia Figari Letelier de Utz Corp., Santiago, Chile, Juany Marina Zamudio, Colombia, Discos Fuentes, Colombia, Bob Austin ySid Parnes, Record World., N.Y., Omar Jundi y Henrique Gastaldello,RCA Publishing, Brasil, Nestor Norberto Selasco de Sicamericana yMusic Hall, Argentina (bellas palabras que to agradezco y reciprocoNestor) Jose Carlos Silvestre de Camel Records y Tropisong, Brasil,Rolando Gonzalez de Miami Records, Miami, Fla., Mateo San Martinde Kubaney, Miami, Fla., Daniel Magal de Argentina, Belinda, Marisa yMario Ruiz, de WQBA Radio, Miami, Fla., Omar Aguilera y WalterMartinez de WRYM Radio, Connecticut, Gilberto Esquivel de RadioKVIM, Coachella, Calif., Gilberto de Lean, KMPG, Hollister, Calif.,Albertin Rios, Radio Panamericana, Lima, Peru, Rene Boeta y GilbertoRomo de KIFN Rario, Phoenix, Arizona, KEYH Radio, Houston, Texas.,Alberto Vera de KBNO de Denver, Colorado, Circuito Radial Titania(Rodolfo Bazo 0.) de San Jose, C.R., Alfredo Moreno, La Banda, de SanJose, C.R., Javier de la Cerca y amigos de KVAR Radio, San Antonio,Texas., V. Friedman de Chappel Music Co., New York, Provi Garciade Peer Southern, Alberto de Infopesa, Peal., Sunshine Records Dis-tributors, Miami, Fla., Edmundo A. Jimenez, Radio Kuka, San Antonio,Texas., Jorge Beillar de Ritmo Records, Miami, Fla., Abie VazquezInfanzon, Columbia, S.C., Rinel Sousa de Caytronics, Corp., FritzHeinschell de CBS International, Coral Gables, Fla., Anamia deMexico, Mercy Lopez de RCA Regional, Miami, Fla., Prosound Inc.,Hialeah Gardens, Fla., Jorge David Bustamante y J. Page de Velvet,Venezuela, Oscar Gutierrez de Sonido y Discos Inc., Miami, Fla., MyrtaSilva de Puerto Rico, Carla, Lyndomar Castilho, Brasil, Orfeon Records,Los Angeles, Calif., Fernando Lecuona, Mary Ann y Jose M. Vias Jr., de

San FranciscoBy KBRG (OSCAR MUNOZ)

1. QUERERTE A 71ANGELA CARRASCO

2. CARLOS, MI AMORMARILYN PUPO

3. SI NO AMANTES, TAMPOCO AMIGOSMASSIAS

4. MI BAJO Y YOOSCAR D'LEON

5. APRENDI A LLORARVERONICA CASTRO

6. DULCEMENTE AMARGOJOSE LUIS

7. EL LADRONLOS 8 DE COLUMBIA

8. FIESTA DISCO CUMBIASCONJUNTO 2+2 DE COLOMBIA

9. MI PRIMER AMORJOSE AUGUSTO

10. SI DIOS FUERA NEGROTIERRA NEGRA

Rio De JaneiroBy ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA

1. STILLCOMMODORES

2. LEMBRANCASKATIA-CBS

3. HOORAY! HOORAY! IT'S A HOLI-HOLIDAY

BONEY M -RCA4. CUMPARSITA DANCE

JINNY-RGE/Fermata5. I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN

DIONNE WARWICK -Odeon6. HONESTY

BILLY JOEL -CBS7. GOOD TIMES

CHIC-WEA8. ESPERANDO VOCE

ELIZANGELA--RCA9. PEQUENINA

PERLA-RCA10. SULTANS OF SWING

DIRE STRAITS -Polygram

Los AngelesBy KWKW (HERNAN QUEZADA)

1. YA ME VOYCHELO-Musart

2. SI NO AMENTES, TAMPOCO AMIGOSMASSIAS-Phillips

3. QUIENLOS STRWKS-Melody

4. QUIEN SERACAMILO SESTO-Pronto

5. ATREVETE A NEGARMANOLO MUNOZ-Gas

6. MI LINDA ESPOSAREGULO ALCOCER-Yuriko

7. AL FINALEMMANUEL-Arcano

8. CARINORIGO TOVAR-Profono

9. VETESALVADOR-Arriba

10. QUE TE HAGA BUEN PROVECHOLOS POTROS-Peerless

Puerto Rico1. SI DIOS FUERA NEGRO

TIERRA NEGRA-Borinquen

2. PALOMITA BLANCAMIMI-DC

3. EL VIOLOCELLOTUNA SAN JUAN-Denicom

4. EL DIFUNTOJOHNNY VENTURA-Combo

5. BRAVO DE VERDADOSCAR D'LEON-T.H.

6. LOS CELOS DE MI COMPAYEL GRAN COMBO -Combo

7. EL MANGONEOMARVIN SANTIAGO-T.H.

8. TEMA NOVELA 'MARTHA LLORENS'RAFAEL JOSE-Borinquen

9. POR AMORES COMO TUESTELA NUNEZ-Pronto

10. LA LECHELOS HIJOS DEL REY-Karen

RCA Regional, Miami, Fla., Hans P. Geuger de EMI, Brasil, Iris Fernan-dez Colon, de Mayaguez, P.R., (TH y Criollo) Alhambra Records.,Miami, Fla., Joe Cayre de Caytronics, N.Y., Magaly Rubiera de EditorialAmerica, Miami, Fla., Charlie Lopez de Peer Southern, N.Y., Sr. y Sra.Enrique Lebendiger, Fermata, Brasil, Joe Cain de Mericana Records.,N.Y., Luiz Roberto F. Boaventura de Brasil, Debora Frenkel de FermataInt., Melodies, L.A., Elizabeth Granville, BMI, N.Y., Antonio D'AlmeidaSantos de Meridional, Brasil, Fred Weinberg, N.Y., Amayra Gonzalez,Presidenta Fan Club de Luis Fierro, Miami, Fla., Jose Garcia de MusicaLatina, Los Angeles, Calif., John Sollas de FM92, Miami, Florida,Claudio del Villar, Damian, Fabian Ross, Sandro, Jean Paul Nieppo yDionne Warwick . . . Y ahora . . . ; Hasta la pr6xima . . . y grandesfelicidades a todos!

BMI will offer a symposium in Puerto Rico in early January regardingauthors' rights and problems faced by Latin composers, with theattendance of composers, authors and radio and record industriespersonalities. Elizabeth Granville from BMI, extended her invitation toattend in order to participate as a member of the panel, which I

gladly accepted .. . Omar Marchant, manager for Peer International inMiami, Fla., has just been awarded with an Emmy by NATAS (NationalAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences) under the category of SpecialPrograms as a producer and master of ceremonies of the TV program"El Amor" aired by local network Channel 23 and by satellite to allaffiliated stations. The show included international performers suchas: Julio Iglesias, Celia Cruz, Celi Bee, Guillermo Alvarez Guedes,Isabelle, Luisa Maria Guell and Braulio. The show was aired last Febru-ary 14th on occasion of St. Valentine's Day. My congratulations toMarchant, to Channel 23 in Miami and its director, Joaquin Blayas, andto SIN Group (Spanish International Network).


RECORD WORLD JANUARY 12, 1980 39


Midnight Magic

Dick Clark's "Rockin' New Year's Eve" special aired on December 31st, featuring hostsJohn Schneider (of "The Dukes of Hazzard") and Erin Moran (of "Happy Days"), bothpictured center. Helping to welcome in the 1980s were Casablanca Record and Film -Works recording artist the Village People, along with Chic, and the Oak Ridge Boys.The members of each group are pictured on the stage at the stroke of midnight.

Scott/Su nstorm (Continued from page 8)based, the other music -oriented.We're also talking with a profes-sional audio hardware marketingfirm." Other prospective tenantsMackie says they're courtingcould include production compa-nies, booking agents and musicpublishers, with the eventualcomplement of tenants to shapejust what services will be offered.

Right now, centralized recep-

tion and telephone systems arebeing eyed, and Mackie expectsto make the building's two con-ference rooms available to ten-ants as well. Judging from theirfirst tenant, though, they may beable to include nostalgia as anunexpected cachet: that tenant isformer ABC vice president HerbBelkin, now heading TNI manage-ment here.

Cambodian Benefits Set (Continued from page 4)coupled with limited seating,have dictated a steeper pricerange.

Tickets for the two shows at the2,200 seat Warfield Theatre herewill thus be scaled at $15, $25,and $100.

Two days later, an all-star rockbill will carry the mission beforean arena -sized audience, as theBeach Boys, Baez, the GratefulDead and Devadip Carlos Santanaappear at. the 14,000 -plus capacityOakland Coliseum.

That show will command $7.50as an advance ticket price forthe festival seating affair, withdoor sales priced at $9.

Like the four concerts stagedat London's Hammersmith Odeonduring the final week of 1979,the upcoming Bay Area concertsand a projected third showsometime in February will donateproceeds to relief for the peopleof Kampuchea, formerly Cam-bodia. As with the Odeon dates,the issue appears to be promot-ing an emphasis on some inter-action between acts and theprospect of "special guests."

Thus, according to Graham'soffice, guitarist Santana will beunable to assemble his entireband, but will appear in a solospot with guest accompanists.Both Santana and Baez are alsomulling possible guest spotswith the Dead for the January 13

show at the Coliseum.Jan Rasmussen of the BGP of-

fice also confirmed that a thirdshow is planned, with a probableshow date sometime next month,but no firm bill or venue has yetbeen set.

Myths from London(Continued from page 35)

and then sung soon after by oneof the masters of style, Vanni Mar-coux, demands the kind of aristo-cratic phrasing and supersmoothlegato of which Ghiaurov is a pastmaster. Just to hear his serenadein Act I or his death scene is morethan worth the record's price.Dulcinea and Sancho Panza aresung by the two most importantFrench artists of the last two dec-ades, Regine Crespin and GabrielBacquer. Miss Crespin has won-derful moments singing the cour-tesan who first makes fun of Qui-chotte, then loves him and treatshim with infinite care. The purityand sweetness of her voice-asensual clarity unique in music-sounds truly here, and she is

never less than intense. Bacquier,too, though not as strong vocallyas once was the case, makes hisdenunciation of those who laughat this master wonderful to hear.And his blend of voice is perfectwith Ghiaurov's.

Lorimar Goes Beyond Soundtracks(Continued from page 6)product for movie and record,"Cruising" will mirror an aggres-sive emphasis on the film's music.

What may surprise some,though, is its choice of style. Withproducer/composer Jack Nitzscheat the helm, the material recordedthus far taps new wave and avant-garde electronic veins. Says

Levy, "To have had disco musicwould've made it a party movie,and it's definitely not a partymovie. It would've been incon-gruous. I think Friedkin, in decid-ing to use another kind of music,has made a brilliant move."

Such musical moves aren't newin that director's career, Levyadds, citing Friedkin's choice ofMike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells"as a key motif in "The Exorcist,"and the original score by Tanger-ine Dream for "Sorcerer."

The "Cruising" soundtrack willtake the original music aspect ofLorimar's earlier rock soundtrackconsiderably further. Nitzsche hasreportedly enlisted "a whole newseries of bands," along with sev-

eral established artists. With mu-sic yet to be edited for the finalversion of the film, Levy says de-termination of the LP's tracks is

still to be made; among thosewho've recorded for the projectare the Cripples, the Germs,Rough Trade, Carol Pope andCheryl Smith, all newcomers,along with Mink DeVille's WillyDeVille and Scandinavian fusionguitarist Terje Rypdal, who hasrecorded for ECM.

Levy himself was part of the"consortium" involved in findingmusicians for the soundtrack,which is expected to be com-pleted later this month and shipprior to the film's February 15opening.

Meanwhile, other future film -related album projects will in-clude music from Lorimar's "Sec-ond Hand Hearts," composed forthe film by Willis Alan Ramsayand performed by Charly McClain,Moe Bandy, Johnny Paycheck andother contemporary country ar-tists.

Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 39)

Discos Fuentes in Colombia has just awarded several of its artistswith gold records for top sales. Javier Garcia and Conrado Dominguezfrom Discos Fuentes extended the awards to Fruko y sus Tesos (Tropi-cal Orchestra), Rodolfo (Singer) and Colombian composer Isaac Villa-nueva. My congratulations ... CBS-Indica (Costa Rica) released an LPby Gilberto Hernandez entitled "Los Grandes Exitos." Among thetunes included are: "La Historia de mi Vida" (Cavagnaro), "Sabes deque tengo ganas" (S. Velasquez), "Camas Separadas" (Castilho-Adriano-Fundora) and "Llamarada" (J. Villamil) ... An excellent LP byMexican group Tabasco has just been released by RCA Mexico.

Latin AmericanAlbum Picks(Continued from page 38)

AL OTRO LADO DEL SOLALBERT HAMMOND-Epic LNS 17276Albert Hammond reune interpretacionesdisco, rock y baladas ritmicas en un pa-quete muy comercial y contagioso. Arre-glos de T. Bastow y Alhby Galuten. "Solsolo tii" (Hammond-Golde-Snow-Gomez),"Es facil amar" (Hammond -Sayer -Gomez)y otros.

Albert Hammond offers a disco, rock and ballad package that couldachieve good sales where promoted. Very commercial and contagious.Arrangements by T. Bastow and Alhby Galuten. "Pintame con besos"(Hammond-Golde--Gomez), "Nino de Palo," (Hammond -Gomez),others.

LA RESPONSABILIDADFAUSTO REY Y LARRY HARLOW-Fania JM 00551Fausto Rey de ReptIblica Dominicana lucesus habilidades en salsa, apartada de sulinea normal de baladistas y prueba unaexcelente cornbinacion con su productorLarry Harlow. Bailable y ameno sonido."Barra limpia" (C. Alonso), "La Responsa-bilidad" (F. Rey), "Encadenada" (A. Car-los-Jacafi) y "Siempre to" (M. Troncoso).

Fausto Rey and producer Larry Harlow make quite a good combina-tion. Although far away from his usual performances, Fausto seems toadapt very easily to the up tempo salsa music. "Atienda lo suyo"(Baret-Parade), "Barra Limpia," "El Puerquito en la luca" (D.R.) and"Tu va Dei" (R. Diaz).



Record Wold

Gospel TimeBy MARGIE BARNETT

Lorne Matthews, Roy Tremble and George Amon Webster, formerlyof the Cathedral Quartet, have formed their own group called theBrothers, based in Akron, Ohio. The Cathedral Quartet has replacedthe departing members but their names were not available at presstime.

Distribution by Dave's sales reps met at the Valley Hilton Hotel inSherman Oaks, Ca. for a sales meeting Dec. 13-17 introducing newproduct and sales and merchandising sessions. Among the recordcompany personnel attending were Doug Corbin and Charlie Shawof MCA/Songbird, Bill Hearn of Sparrow, Dr. Jesse Peterson and DonKlein of Tempo, Ron Camplin of the Benson Company, Hal Spencerof Manna Music, Terry Sheppard of Maranatha! Music, Rex White ofWhite Management and Bob Cole of Bread 'N Honey .. . Tempo Mu-sic Publications has arranged over 60 premieres for the Otis Skillingsmusical "The Day That Never Ends" in various areas of the country


Contemporary & InspirationalGospel

JANUARY 12, 1980JAN. DEC.

21 19 HEED THE CALLTHE IMPERIALS/DaySpring DST12 22 4011 (Word)

1 2 YOU GAVE ME LOVE 22 23 PRAISE STRINGS IIIB. J. THOMAS/Myrrh MSB 6633 Maranatha MM0054 (Word)

(Word) 23 32 NATHANIEL THE GRUBLET2 1 NEVER THE SAME

EVIE TORNQUIST/Word WSB8806 24 35

CANDLE/Birdwing BWR 2018(Sparrow)

THE MESSIAHLONDON PHILHARMONIC3 3 I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU ORCHESTRA & CHOIR/

ANDRAE CROUCH/Light LS Birdwing BWR 2011 (Sparrow)5763 (Word) 25 38 STANDIN' IN THE LIGHT

4 4 GOT TO TELL SOMEBODY DENNY CORRELL/MananathaDON FRANCISCO/NewPax NP MM0058 (Word)

33071 (Word) 26 20 MIRROR5 5 TOWARD ETERNITY EVIE TORNQUIST/Word WSB

MATTHEW WARD/Sparrow SPR 87351014 27 - GIFT OF PRAISE

6 21 COME ON, RING THOSE MARANATHA SINGERS/BELLS Maranatha MM0046 (Word)

EVIE TORNQUIST/Word WSA 28 - THE MISFIT8770 ERICK NELSON & MICHELE

7 7 MUSIC MACHINE PILLAR/A&S MM0057 (Word)CANDLE/Birdwing BWR 2004 29 - GENTLE MOMENTS

8 9 SLOW TRAIN COMINGBOB DYLAN/Columbia FC 36120

EVIE TORNQUIST/Word WST8714

(CBS) 30 - HIDE AWAY9 8 DALLAS HOLM AND PRAISE BRUSH ARBOR/Myrrh MSB 6624

(Word)LIVEGreentree R 3441 (Great Circle) 31 - IN THE AIR

ISAAC AIR FREIGHT/A&S10 10 PRAISE III MM0060 (Word)MARANATHA SINGERS/

Maranatha MM0048 (Word) 32 22 HOME WHERE I BELONGB. J. THOMAS/Myrrh MSB 6574

11 12 MY FATHER'S EYES (Word)AMY GRANT/Myrrh MSB 6625

(Word) 33 37 THE MASTER AND THE12 14 SIR OLIVER'S SONG

CANDLE/Birdwing BWR 2017MUSICIAN

PHIL KAEGGY/New Song NS006 (Word)(Sparrow)

34 31 A LITTLE SONG OF JOY FOR14 16 NO COMPROMISEKEITH GREEN/Sparrow SPR 1024 MY LITTLE FRIENDS

EVIE TORNQUIST/Word WST15 13 FORGIVEN 8769DON FRANCISCO/NewPax NP

33042 (Word) 35 39 EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLEHELP16 11 ALL THAT MATTERS

DAVID MEECE/Myrrh MSB 6619DALLAS HOLM & PRAISE/ (Word)Greentree R 3558 (Great Circle)36 18 TAKE IT EASY1 7 17 MARANATHA MARATHON CHUCK GIRARD/Good NewsHONEYTREE/Myrrh 6629 (Word) GNR 8108 (Word)

18 6 WE ARE PERSUADED 37 24 THE LORD'S SUPPERBILL GAITHER TRIO/Word WSB JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT/8829 Birdwing BWR 2013 (Sparrow)

13 15 BULLFROGS AND BUTTERFLIES 38 27 RAINBOW'S ENDCANDLE/Birdwing BWR 2010 RESURRECTION BAND/Star Song(Sparrow) SSR 0015 (Tempo)

19 30 ON THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT 39 29 AMY GRANTVARIOUS/MCA/Songbird 3184 Myrrh MSB 6586 (Word)

20 26 HAPPY MAN 40 36 ORDINARY MANB. J. THOMAS/Myrrh MSB 6593 DOGWOOD/Myrrh MSB 6616

(Word) (Word)

Christian Concert Promo Seminar Slated TULSA-Rodney Snell of Son -shine Concerts has announced thefirst annual Christian ConcertPromotion Seminar and Showcaseto be held here March 20-22 atthe Oral Roberts University Ma-bee Center. Snell, sponsor of theseminar, says it is an "intensiveprogram designed to make anyChristian concert more profes-sionally produced while increas-ing its total impact."

The major sessions will be heldin the afternoons focusing on thesubjects of tickets, including thedynamics of printing, distribution,accounting, price evaluation, useof tickets for advertising and pro-motion, and love offerings; cre-ative promotion; and record com-pany, management, booking agentand artist involvement in the con-cert, including what each is re-sponsible for, fees and promoters'responsibilities. Several smallersessions will meet in the morningscovering the how-to's of pressreleases; posters; newspaper adlayouts; promoting church in-volvement through youth min-istries, literature and other Chris-tian organizations; technical pro-duction in light, sound and stag-ing; making arrangements for theartist's arrival, departure andbackstage privacy; stage help andthe use of radio advertising, co-sponsoring, interviews and ticket,album and T-shirt giveaways.

The evenings have been desig-nated as preview sessions wheretop Christian artists such as theArchers, David Meece, Reba, the

Benson Clinic Planned NASHVILLE - The BensonCompany has announced its an-nual Music Clinic to be held hereFeb. 5-7 at the Opryland Hotel,with host Jim Van Hook, seniorvice president, Benson Publish-ing. The clinic will include read-ing sessions, workshops, mini -concerts, devotionals, an array ofchoral music, the premiere of thenew youth musical "Believer"(written by Dallas Holm and ar-ranged by Paul Johnson), and ashowcase of several Benson re-cording artists.

The registration fee is $45,which includes a number ofmusic packets, admission to allevents and four meals. For fur-ther information contact RobinMew or Don Kunselman at theBenson Music Clinic, 365 GreatCircle Road, Nashville, Tenn.37228, (615) 259-9111.

Sweet Comfort Band and otherswill perform, giving sponsors anopportunity to preview and meetboth the artist and manager forbooking concerts for the upcom-ing season.

The seminar is designed aroundthe interaction between musi-cians, management, agents, spon-sors, promoters, media and rec-ord companies. To date, 35 pro-fessionals have been confirmed asinstructors and panelists. Manyhave previously done similar workin secular concerts as well as hav-ing current involvement in Chris-tian music. Confirmed participantsinclude David Benware, Benware& Assoc.; Don Butler, GMA; DanCollins, Sparrow; Doug Corbin,MCA/Songbird; Dick Curd, JoyProd.; Rick Griffin, illustrator;Linda Hill, L'Bri Management; RayJohnson, promoter; Bob Mac-Kenzie, Paragon Asso.; Ed Mes-sick, Benson Company; DanRaines, Pat Boone Productions;Terry Sheppard, Maranatha! Mu-sic; Bill Circle Tal-ent; and Wes Yoder, Dharma Ar-tist Agency. These and other pan-elists and instructors will also dis-cuss where Christian music is to -


Gospel RadioSeminar Set DALLAS-The executive plan-ning committee for the upcomingeighth annual National GospelRadio Seminar met here recentlyto begin chartering the generaldirection for the 1980 seminarscheduled here, prior to theChristian Booksellers AssociationConvention, July 18-20 at theDunfey Dallas Hotel.

The seminar, sponsored by theGospel Music Association, hasbeen expanded to three full days,and the agenda will be planned bythe broadcast members of theexecutive planning committee.Committee members includechairman Jim Black, SESAC; MattSteinhauer, Benson Company;Brad Siemens, Paragon; DaveBenware & Asso.; Craig Hodgson,Christian Broadcasting Network;Mike Sears, WAEC Atlanta; BillWalters and Larry Alford ofKKYZ Houston; James Ederer,KJOE Shreveport; Fred Brakeman,KWSO Wasco; Dave Wortman,On The Air Promotions; JackBailey, Bailey Media, and NormaBoyd, Linda Miller & Asso.



Talent Set for Dove Awards Show NASHVILLE-Larry Sparks, con-ductor for the Continental Or-chestra, will conduct the entiremusical program for the GospelMusic Association's (GMA) 11thAnnual Dove Awards Show March26. Arranger, writer and producerPaul Johnson is arranging theshow's musical score, which in-cludes the ten gospel songs nom-inated for "Song of the Year."Music will be provided by thegroup Truth and the NashvilleYouth Symphony.

Johnson and his wife, artistKathie Lee, will be one of three

couples co -hosting the awardspresentation. The Dove Awardsbanquet and show will be held atthe Opryland Hotel here.

Savoy Signs Two ELIZABETH, N.J. - Fred Men-delsohn, president of SavoyRecords, has announced the sign-ing of the Voice Supreme andMattie Johnson & Star of Faith.Robert Fryson, songwriter for theVoices Supreme and writer ofJames Cleveland's newest record"God Is," has signed with Savgos

© Soul & SpiritualGospel

JANUARY 12, 1980 21 21 TO ALL GENERATIONS

JAN. DEC.MILTON BRUNSON & THE

12 22THOMPSON COMMUNITYCHOIR/Creed 3091 (Nashboro)

1 1 LOVE ALIVE IIWALTER HAWKINS & THE 22 27 THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES

LOVE CENTER CHOIR/Light SALUTE PAUL BEASLEYLS 5735 (Word) Nashboro 7210

2 5 IN GOD'S OWN TIME, MY 23 38 CAN'T NOBODY DO ME LIKETIME WILL COME JESUS

JAMES CLEVELAND & THE REV. WILLINGHAM & THE 21STTRIBORO MASS CHOIR/Savoy CENTURY SINGERS/NashboroSL 14525 (Arista) 7208

3 3 IT'S A NEW DAY 24 30 I'VE BEEN TOUCHEDJAMES CLEVELAND & THE JOHNSON ENSEMBLE/Tomato

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOM 7027GCOMMUNITY CHOIR/SavoySGL 7035 (Arista)

25 25 LIVE IN CONCERTTHE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS/

4 2 CHANGING TIMES Gospel Roots 5041 (TK)MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY/City

Lights/Epic JE 35971 (CBS)26 24 THE PROMISE

JAMES CLEVELAND & THEGENTLEMEN PHILADELPHIA MASS CHOIR/

JACKSON SOUTHERNAIRES/ Savoy SL 14526 (Arista)Malaco 4362 (TK) 27 20 HEAVEN IS MY GOAL

6 10 AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW CHARLES HAYES AND THE

(WE'RE ON THE MOVE)WILLIE NEAL JOHNSON & THE

GOSPEL KEYNOTES/

COSMOPOLITAN CHURCH OFPRAYER CHOIR/Savoy SGL7026 (Arista)

Nashboro 27217 28 - THERE IS HOPE FOR THIS

7 6 THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE JOY WORLD

CHOIRGOSPEL ROOTS/5034 (TK)

BOBBY JONES AND NEW LIFE/Creed 3095 (Nashboro)

8 7 BECAUSE HE LIVES 29 18 THINK OF HIS GOODNESS

INTERNATIONAL MASS CHOIR/ TO YOUTomato IOM 2 9005G JAMES CLEVELAND & THE

CLEVELAND SINGERS/Savoy9 4 I DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED SGL 14438 (Arista)

JAMES CLEVELAND & THESALEM INSPIRATIONAL 30 32 SUNSHINECHOIR/Savoy DBL 7024 TOMMY ELLISON & THE FIVE

(Arista) SINGING STARS/Nashboro7214

10 17 I'LL BE THINKING OF YOUANDRAE CROUCH/Light LS 31 28 AMAZING GRACE

5763 (Word) ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic SD2906

11 11 EVERYTHING WILL BEALRIGHT

REV. CLAY EVANS/Jewel 0146

32 23 DR. JESUSTHE SWANEE QUINTET/Creed

3088 (Nashboro)12 12 GIVE ME SOMETHING TO 33 26 SWEET SPIRIT

HOLD ONTO SAVANNAH COMMUNITYMYRNA SUMMERS/Savoy SL CHOIR/Creed 3093 (Nashboro)

14520 (Arista) 34 35 GOD'S GOT EVERYTHING13 9 TRY JESUS YOU NEED

TROY RAMEY & THE SOUL MILDRED CLARK & THESEARCHERS/Nashboro 7213 MELODY-AIRES/Savoy SL

14529 (Arista)14 14 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE

ISAAC DOUGLAS/Creed 3090 16 LEARNING TO LEAN(Nashboro) REV. ORIS MAYS/Creed 3094

(Nashboro)15 16 HOMECOMING

PILGRIM JUBILEE SINGERS/ 36 33 WHAT A WONDERFULNashboro 27212 SAVIOR I'VE FOUND

DONALD VAILS & THE VOICES16 22 TOGETHER 34 YEARS OF DELIVERANCE/Savoy SGL

ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS/ 7025 (Arista)Nashboro 7207

37 39 I'VE GOT A HOME17 31 FIRST CLASS GOSPEL THE SENSATIONAL WILLIAMS

THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS/ BROTHERS/Savoy 14493Tomato TOM 7036G (Arista)

18 13 COME LET'S REASON 38 37 LIVE IN LONDONTOGETHER ANDRAE CROUCH & THE

FLORIDA MASS CHOIR/Savoy DISCIPLES/light LSX 5717SGL 7034 (Arista) (Word)

19 15 MORE THAN ALIVE 39 34 PUSH FOR EXCELLENCESLIM & THE SUPREME ANGELS/ VARIOUS ARTISTS/Myrrh MSB

Nashboro 7209 6617 (Word)

20 19 GOSPEL FIRE 40 29 FOR THE WRONG I'VE DONEGOSPEL KEYNOTES/Nashboro WILLIE BANKS & THE

7202 MESSENGERS/HSE 1521

Gospel Album PicksHEAVENGENOBIA JETER-Savoy SL 14547 (Arista)

Jeter's debut album is an excellent pack-age in all respects displaying a vocal abil-ity that will place her in a rival positionwith some of the top female vocalists inthe soul gospel field. "Give Me SomethingThat's Really Real," "Call On Jesus" andthe title cut are prime.

YOU BRING THE SUN OUTJESSY DIXON-Light LS 5747 (Word)Dixon's smooth and moving vocal treat-ment here offers a special sophisticationto this album with the title cut showinggreat crossover possibilities. Other topcuts include "Christ Has Made The Dif-ference," "Nobody But You" and "MoreThan Anything."

HEAVENLY LOVETHE BOONES-Lamb & Lion LL 1044 (Word)

The girls harmonize on some of the bet-ter contemporary songs written. The clean

pop adult sound stands out on the titlecut, "Praise The Lord," and "Because I

Love Him."

Christian Concert Seminar(Continued from page 41)day and the direction it is takingfor the future.

Total cost for the seminar is

$175 which includes meals,ground transportation, seminarlectures and a tour of the Oral

Roberts University Campus. Forfurther information, contact Son -shine Concerts, 7010 South Yale,Suite 106, Tulsa, Okla. 74177 orcall (918) 492-2591.

Gospel Time (Continued from page 41)during the first four months of this year. A few selected premiereswere held in Nov. and Dec. . . . The standard gospel song "One DayAt A Time" by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson hit number oneon the London pop chart with Lena Martel's (Pye) version. Wilkinhosted a reception in her Nashville home to celebrate . . . New LifeRecords has released a new musical by Chuck Bolte and the JeremiahPeople called "Home Again-Portrait Of A Family."

Special Event

After WNEW-FM's Christmas party held at the Capitol Theater, December 15th,

A&M recording artists .38 Special, members of the WNEW-FM staff, and A&MRecords staff gathered for a photo. Pictured (from left) are: (back row) Rick Stone,

A&M Records New York promotion director; Rich Gallo, A&M Records New Yorkmarketing coordinator; Richard Neer (WNEW-FM); Joe Raskoff (.38 Special's business

manager); Michael Leon, A&M Records vice president, east coast operations; and

Larry Junstrom (.38 Special); (middle row) Pete Larkin (WNEW-FM); John Scher

(promoter); Gail Davis, A&M Records associate director, artists development; DonnieVon Zant (.38 Special); Scott Muni (program director, WNEW-FM, as Santa); MartinKirkup, A&M Records vice president, artists development; Jeff Carlisi (.38 Special);Don Barnes (.38 Special); (bottom row) Steve Brookins (.38 Special) and backgroundsingers Nancy Henderson and Carol Bristow.



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C-CILLLI_LL-Sunbird Taps Sirls NASHVILLE - Mike Sirls hasbeen appointed to the staff ofSunbird Records. Formerly e"ecu-tive assistant to the nationalcountry promotion director atWarner Bros. Records, Sirls willassist Sunbird national promotiondirector Beau James.

Landis Debuts Club LOS ANGELES-Chuck Landis,co-owner of the Roxy and veteranSouthern Californian impressario,has announced that he hasneared completion of the Coun-try Club, a country/pop musicnitery in the San Fernando Valley.

Landis anticipates opening theclub in early 1980. Landis will behandling the booking of the fa-cility with Todd Landis, formerlyof the Roxy, who will supervisethe club's day-to-day operationsas general manager.

The Country Club, which hasbeen constructed at a cost of overthree million dollars, has a seat-ing capacity of 1000 and is equip-ped for television live locationwork and motion picture filming.

Hailey NamedHalsey Co. VP

TULSA-Jim Halsey, presidentof the Jim Halsey Company, Inc.,has announced the appointmentof Charles Hailey as a vice presi-dent of the company. Hailey willhead the theme park and conven-tion section of the company andhas also been appointed to thefirm's board of directors.

Charles Halley

Hailey has been with theHalsey Company since 1975 andhas functioned as operationsmanager since 1978. Prior tojoining Halsey, he was associatedwith Splendor Productions inOrlando, Fla.

Newton in Nashville

Wayne Newton (center) has been at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville cutting anew single for his record label, Aries II. Taking a break between sessions with Newtonare Ray Harris (left), president of AVI and new owner of Woodland, and Tom Collins(right), Newton's producer.

Label Execs Express Cautious Optimism

For Country Music's Prospects in 1980By WALTER CAMPBELL

NASHVILLE - Like the latterpart of 1979, the new year willbe characterized by caution andconservatism but continuing opti-mism for country music's progressin the marketplace. That is theprevailing mood of a sampling oflabel executives' views on coun-try product in 1980.

Although country has held itsown in 1979's economic crunchon the record industry, it is

governed by the same forces,and nobody seems to be in themood for any unnecessarychances. The number of recordsplanned for release in 1980, how-ever, is much the same as '79.

"I think the year is going tobe one of travelling very care-fully with what you do and howmany records you put out," saidJerry Bradley, division vice presi-dent for RCA Records in Nash-ville. "We're still very much inbusiness, but I think we're going

of what themarketplace is and what's hap-pening. We're just going to bevery cautious with what we do."

A similar outlook is offered byRick Blackbi vice president ofmarketing at CBS Records inNashville, who cites economicfactors and a resulting emphasison quality as opposed toquantity. "I think the industryhas felt the pinch in '79 of homeduplicating, and it looks like thatwill continue in '80," he said."That's a .ajor problem that no-body seems to have an answerto at this point. The other thingis the retail community and theeconomy. It's going to be a yearof conservatism all the wayaround. I think you'll find recordcompanies to be select in theirrosters; everybody is going totake fewer chances."

Warner Bros. vice president of

country music Andy Wickhamdoes not foresee an easy yearbut says he remains optimistic."We have streamlined ouroperation, but we're very confi-dent for the coming year. Youhave to eliminate impossibiltiesand bet on probabilities. Onepossibly beneficial side effect ofthe economic situation is that itputs the A&R marl back in thedriver's seat where he belongs,"he said noting the growth ofNashville's independent pro-ducers.

"There's not much doubtthat everybody is going to bemore conservative," said FrankLeffel, director of country promo-tion for Phonogram/Mercury."I think its going to be a harderyear for the guy on the streetto get a label deal, for instance.Companies that have artists theydo think they can build are go-ing to go ahead and stay withthem, and they're going to look

3 and hard before signing anew act. Overall, I still thinkwe'll have a good year."

"I think at least the peoplein country music have everyreason in the world to be opti-mistic," noted Jim Foglesong,president of MCA's Nashvilledivision. "Our sales have held upextremely well. Single sales aredown, and it's possible we wouldbe selling more albums at an-other time, but I must say our

tinued on page 45)

Halsey Inks Dean TULSA - John Hitt, senior vicepresident of the Jim Halsey Com-pany, has announced the signingof Jimmy Dean for exclusive world-wide management and bookingrepresentation in all fields, to in-clude film, television and per-sonal appearances.

PICKS OF 'THE WEEKW

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WILLIE NELSON, "MY HEROES HAVE AL-WAYS BEEN COWBOYS"(prod.: Willie Nelson & Syd-ney Pollack) (writer: S.

Vaughn) (Jack & Bill, BMI)(3:02). From the -ElectricHorseman'. soundtrack, Willieputs his distinctive touch on apensive ballad. Strings, a fewhorns and keyboards add alittle extra sparkle. Columbia1-11186.

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STREETS, "LOVE IN THE MEANTIME"(prod.: Robert John Jones)(writers: J. Taylor/R.J. Jones)(First Lady Songs/Blue Lake,BMI) (2:35). This newly -formed trio tries out a solidcountry tune with a smooth,effective hook. Vocals andproduction are also strong onthis impressive debut single.Epic 9-50827.

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THE STATLER BROTHERS, "THEBEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERSRIDES AGAIN, VOL. II." The Stot-ler Brothers' second greatest hitspackage is easily as strong asthe first one, with the inclusionof chart topping cuts like -DoYou Know You Are My Sunshine -and "Who Am I To Say.- Manyother highlights are includedfrom one of country's longestrunning successes. Mercury SRM1-5024.



Country HotlineBy MARIE RATLIFF

MOST ADDED CHART CONTENDERS

Johnny Duncan -- "Play Another Slow Song"Stephanie Winslow -- "Crying"Willie Nelson -- "My Heroes Have Always Been

Cowboys"Ronnie Milsap -- "Why Don't You Spend The

Night"Earl Scruggs Revue -- "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

Johnny Duncan gets off to a faststart with "Play Another Slow Song"at KRMD, KSOP, KHEY, KGA, KMPS,KDJW, WMC, KYNN, KRAK, KCUB, KCKC,WPNX, KVOO, WTOD, WTSO, WBAM, KERE,WWVA, KKYX.

Freddy Fender has action on "MySpecial Prayer" at WTMT, WIRK, WSLC,WPNX, KSOP, WBAM, KVOO, KRMD, KFDI,Freddy Fender

WFAI, KERE, WHOO. The Earl Scruggs Revue shows up

with a remake of the Bill Monroe classic, "Blue

Moon Of Kentucky," at KRMD, KRAK, KIKK, WPNX,

KVOO, WTOD, WBAM, KERE.

Stephanie Winslow puts an updated arrangement onthe Roy Orbinson hit "Crying" and it's already

added at KVOO, WTOD, WKKN, WHK, KERE, KRMD, KWMT,

WPNX, KSO, KWKH, WBAM, KERE, KGA, KKYX. Jerri Kelly

gets reports on "For A Slow Dance With You" at

KYNN, KSOP, KFDI, WSLC. Sheila Andrews is added inAshville, Tulsa, Denver, and San Ber-

nardino with "What I Had With You."

HoyI Axton getting played at WQQT,

WQIK, WWOK, WPNX, KVOO, WTOD, KGA,

WHOO, KWJJ, WTMT, KKYX. Pia Zadora's

"Baby It's You" showing at WFAI,KFDI, KSOP, KVOO, WTOD, KERE, KGA.

From the just released "ElectricHorseman" movie, Willie Nelson's "My

Always Been Cowboys" added at WYDE,

WHN, WWOK, KGA, KERE, WBAM, WTSO, KWKH, KSO, WPNX,

WTOD, WWVA, KKYX, KEEN, KVOO.

Billy Ed Wheeler continues to add stations on

"Ring The Bells Of Freedom" -- it's nnew at WPLO,

WMZQ (#34), WWNC (#36), KWJJ, WONE (#32), KSOP,

KRAK.

Super Strong: Waylon Jennings,- T. G. Sheppard

Don Williams Razzy Bailey, Anne Murray, Gene

Watson, Tom T. Hall, George Burns, Pam Rose.

Charlie McClain has a strong start on "Men" at

KGA, WBAM, KERE, WPNX, WTOD, KVOO, KWJJ, KEEN.

Hoyt Axton

Heroes Have

SURE SHOTS

Willie Nelson -- "My Heroes Have Always Been

Cowboys"Ronnie Milsap -- "Why Don't You Spend The

Night"Charlie McClain -- "Men"

LEFT FIELDERS

Micky Newbury -- "America The Beautiful"

MaLy Lou Turner -- "I Wanna Love You Tonight"

AREA ACTION

Lulu Roman -- "How Would I Know (KVOO, WSLC)

Bill Wence -- "Break Away" (KVOO, KERE, KWKH)

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Country Radio Seminar Agenda Outlined NASHVILLE-The 11th annualCountry Radio Seminar is in theprocess of confirming panelists,presentations and entertainmentprograms for its workshop to beheld March 14-15 at the HyattRegency Hotel here.

As one of the largest radio -onlyhappenings of the year, this year'sgathering is expected to draw rep-resentatives of over 150 radio sta-tions in the U.S. and Canada, ac-cording to seminar officials. Con-firmed agenda panelists to dateinclude Arbitron advisory boardmembers Jim Phillips of KHEY, ElPaso, Tex., and Don Nelson ofWIRE, Indianapolis, Ind., who willaddress the question, "How doyou talk to Arbitron?"

Randy Michaels of WKRC, Cin-cinnati; Pat Marton of WSPT, Ste-vens Point, Wisc.; Steve Dickert ofWKDA, Nashville; and Dale Web-er of WDGY, Minneapolis, willdiscuss "How to find and developprogram talent." Also included inthe program is a discussion ofhow to motivate sales personnelby Jason Jennings, a sales motiva-tional speaker, and how to man-age management by James Farr,president of Farr Associates, be-havioral science consultants.

For the first time in the sem-inar's history, the Mutual RadioNetwork wil present a live dem-onstration of its satellite com-

munications system along withan audio-visual presentation. Mor-ris Massey will also address socialchanges via an updated VTR pre-sentation.

As a special program to be heldthe evening of March 14, a minipremier of "Coal Miner's Daugh-ter," a major motion picture basedon the life of Loretta Lynn, will bepresented for seminar registrants.

Meanwhile, seminar organizersstress the need for country radiobroadcasters' involvement prior tothe seminar with airchecks andpromotional aids, including videotape spots and slides, printed mat-ter, and any other station promo-tional material.

Aircheck tapes should be sub-mitted by Jan. 31 to Pete Porter,WJJD Radio, 180 North MichiganAve., Chicago, Ill. 60601. Videotape spots and slides should besent by Jan. 31 to Chris Collier,KYTE Radio, 2040 Southwest FirstAve., Portland, Ore. 97201. Print-ed matter and other station pro-motional material should be sentby Feb. 29 to Frank Mull, Mull -Ti -Hit Promotions, 50 Music SquareWest, Nashville, Tenn. 37203.

Registration materials are nowin the mail, and advance registra-tion is due Feb. 15. Proceeds fromthe annual seminar go toward col-lege scholarships in the field oftelecommunications.

Nashville ReportBy RED O'DONNELL

II So what else is new? Dr. James Schaefer of the University of Minne-sota has concluded from careful research that country music drivespeople to drink and act in a manner not totally rational. On that note(along with the possibility that the doctor may have a case of inter-changeable causes and effects) we slide into the '80s, a decade thatpromises to be equally profound.

The Ryman Auditorium, previous site of the Grand Ole Opry, is inthe verge of being declared a national historic landmark. Meanwhile,official figures aren't compiled, but it looks like Grand Ole Opryattendance for 1979 will be down from 1978 count. Approximately5 or 6 percent is the prediction. Losses at ticket booths were duringthe early scare about a gasoline shortage-and at matinees. Weekendcrowds may have shown slight gains, however.

Ken Kragen keeps client Kenny Rogers busy with network televisionbookings. Rogers is scheduled to guest Saturday on CBS' first LyndaCarter (Wonder Woman) special. He hosts NBC's Jan. 21 Tonight Showand CBS' Feb. 27 Grammy Awards live telecast.

"Hee Haw" and Opry regular Grandpa Jones, who last month forsecond time underwent heart surgery doing "fantastic," he reports.Grandpa figures he should be able to resume performing in late

March or early April.The King lives on: The estate of Elvis Presley has increased in value

by more than $2 million in the 11 -month period ending last June,according to an accounting in Probate Court in Memphis. Most ofthe new income (about $1.2 million) came from copyright royaltieswith another $433,000 coming from artists royalties. The rest camefrom movie royalties and "fan donations" ($13,905) and interest($139,111).

Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, and friends aregiving a concert Jan. 31 in the Grand Ole Opry House to benefit the100 Club which helps families of firefighters and police officers killedin the line of duty.



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Dillon at KSON

RCA recording artist Dean Dillon took time out during a recent tour of the westernU.S. to meet the staff of KSON radio in San Diego. Pictured from left: Rod Hunter,program director; Carson Schreiber, western regional promotion, RCA Records; Dillon;and Ron West, music director.

Execs Express Optimism for '80(Continued from page 43)

hit acts are selling a lot of al-bums. The growth potential ofthe type of music we're cuttingis unlimited, not only in thiscountry but internationally."

Also among the more opti-mistic is Jerry Seabolt, head ofUnited Artists' Nashville opera-tions. "The business has held upfor us, number one; and numbertwo, the mechanics of running itwas applied with expertise," hesaid. "Country divisions havealways had to watch nickels anddimes. They've always had to bevery careful in everything theydid to show a maximum returnfor a minimum investment; sowe've suffered less than most."

New TalentHowever bright the predictions

are, however, prospects for newtalent in the current market isone concern which surfaces inassessing the present situation."Country is not in any bettershape than anybody else," con-tends E/A Nashville vice presi-dent Jimmy Bowen. "I don'tthink country sales have beenaffected as much as some otherkinds of music, but I don't thinkcountry is in that much bettershape. The thing that bothers methe most about country right nowis that we didn't develop thatmany new artists in 1979. If wedon't start to develop morenew country artists, bringingthem all the way home, thenwe've got problems."

"It's probably going to betough to break a new act, butwe're still going to sign somenew acts," said Bradley. "I thinkyour successful artist will stillrun one album every ninemonths. If they've been selling amillion, maybe they won't sellbut six or seven hundred thou-sand; or maybe they'll sell a mil-lion and a half. That's the part I

don't know. New artists willprobably be hurt, but there's al-ways going to be a new artist,whether he's on RCA, MCA,

Columbia, Capitol; it doesn'tmake any difference; so you haveto keep trying."

Foglesong concurs and adds,"It is vital to any record com-pany and to our industry to con-tinually develop new talent.From a record company stand-point, you can't just have bigdeals with big artists. From abusiness standpoint, you've gotto be bringing in new artists allthe time. You don't know whatthe longevity of artists are, andtrends change."

The going may be tough for anartist trying to break out, butthe effects of a tight market maynot necessarily be entirely badonce he or she hits a certainlevel. "The mere fact that anartist is a new artist with ourlabel and has made the cut, as itwere," notes Seabolt, "meansthat we have a tremendousamount of faith in them andobviously are going to protectthat investment with concentra-tions as far as promotion, A&R,advertising and support is con-cerned. At the same time, we'regoing to continue to do it theway we've always done it, andthat's with a very conservativeapproach."

Caution is not restricted tonew artists, though. As in thepast six months, the strategieswith some of country's hottestartists has also shifted, accordingto Bradley who cites WaylonJennings as an example. "Way-Ion in the past has shipped gold,"he explained. "His latest albumwe did not ship gold. We laidback and watched it, and nowit's on the verge of gold status ifnot there already. So it still soldhalf a mililon, but we didn't say,'hey, we're going to ship itgold.' We let the marketplacetell us what it looked like itwould bear. We watched for re-order paterns rather than say,'OK, here it comes,' and dumpit out there."

CountrySingle Picks

COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEKWAYLON JENNINGS-RCA PB-11898I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS (prod.: Richie Albright) (writer: R.

Crowell) (Visa, ASCAP) (3:34)Waylon offers a strong version of a quick -moving tune by RodneyCrowell, also previously cut by Emmylou Harris. "The World's GoneCrazy (Cotillion)" on the flip side offers yet another perspective.

RONNIE MILSAP-RCA PB-11909WHY DON'T YOU SPEND THE NIGHT (prod.: Ronnie Milsap & Rob

Galbraith) (writer: B. McDill) (Hall -Clement, BMI) (3:45)Recently hitting the pop charts with one single and the country chartswith another, Milsap could possibly score on both fronts again withthis one. The rousing chorus of this love song is especially strong.

CHARLY McCLAIN-Epic 9-50825MEN (prod.: Larry Rogers) (writers: R. Scaife/J. Hayes) (Algee/Partner, BMI)(2:27)Jazzing things up a little, McClain picks a catchy song about men andtheir difficulties. Percussion, vocalists, brass and slick guitar licks com-plement the artist's smooth, sweet vocals.

THE STATLER BROTHERS-Mercury 57012(I'LL EVEN LOVE YOU) BETTER THAN I DID THEN (prod.: Jerry Kennedy)

(writers: D. Reid/H. Reid) (American Cowboy, BMI) (2:30)Clever lyrics and a pleasant easy-going melody work again for theStatler's distinctive harmonies. Should easily climb the charts.

MICKEY NEWBURY-Hickory K-1673AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (prod.: Ronnie Gant) (arr: M. Newbury)

(Milene, ASCAP) (3:38)Newbury's "American Trilogy" made a strong showing several yearsback, and this single captures the same spirit. The familiar hymn isgiven a quiet, sensitive treatment.

MARY LOU TURNER-Churchill 7751I WANNA LOVE YOU TONIGHT (prod.: Brien Fisher) (writer: B. Troy)

(Churchill/Plum Creek/Mikinnikott, BMI) (3:02)Mary Lou Turner's latest solo effort is an easy -moving tune with atouch of the blues done in a style that incorporates a lot of countryand a little gospel sound. Production and performance are both highquality on this strong single.

STEVE GILLETTE (with Jennifer Warnes)-Regency 45002LOST THE GOOD THING (prod.: Graham Nash & Larry Baunach) (writers:

S. Gillette/D. McKeehnie) (Bandana, ASCAP) (2:38)Gillette and Warnes trade verse lines and join in harmony on thechorus of this quiet song of lost love. The sound is sweet and simplefor a pleasing effect.

BUTCH HORNSBY-RCS 1007DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE DOG (prod.: John Fred) (writer: Hornsby)

(RCS/Impulsive, ASCAP) (2:42)With a sound similar to David Allan Coe, Hornsby does a straightcountry song here with a slightly unusual chorus, as the title indicates.A piano and jangly guitar complement the lyrics.

MEL TILLIS-Elektra 46583LYING TIME AGAIN (prod.: Jimmy Bowen) (writer: C. Walker)

(Sawgrass, BMI) (3:06)Tillis does an easy -moving, melancholy song here, singing smoothand strong. "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" on the flip side is alsoappealing.

MEL STREET-Sunbird 103TONIGHT LET'S SLEEP ON IT BABY (prod.: Nelson Larkin & Jim Prater)

(writer: not listed) (Levisa/Blackwood, BMI) (2:34)Straight country fiddles and a steel guitar back up Street's distinctivevocals on this George Jones style tune. Another strong single from theartist's catalogue.



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JANUARY 12, 1980

SALE, ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label)

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1 1 KENNY

KENNY ROGERS

United Artists LWAK 979

(12th Week)

WKS. ONCHART

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2 2 THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS/United Artists LA 834 H 56

3 3 A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS/RCA AFL1 3451 4

5 TEN YEARS OF GOLD KENNY ROGERS/United ArtistsLA 835 H 103

5 4 GREATEST HITS WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA AHL1 3378 36

6 MISS THE MISSISSIPPI CRYSTAL GAYLE/Columbia JC 36203 15

10 PRETTY PAPER WILLIE NELSON/Columbia JC 36189 7

8 WILLIE NELSON SINGS KRISTOFFERSON/Columbia JC 36188 8

9 7 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND WAYLONJENNINGS/RCA AHL1 3493 8

10 9 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ANNE MURRAY/Capitol SOO 12012 1011 11 STRAIGHT AHEAD LARRY GATLIN/Columbia JC 36250 13

12 14 STARDUST WILLIE NELSON/Columbia KC 35305 87

13 13 CHRISTMAS CARD STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury SRM 1 5012 12

14 15 CLASSIC CRYSTAL CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists LOO 982 10

15 12 BEST OF EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 6E 235 9

16 17 LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY ANNE MURRAY/Capitol ST 11743 99

17 16 MILLION MILE REFLECTIONS CHARLIE DANIELS BAND/Epic KE 35751 35

18 18 BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury SRM 1 1037 205

19 19 CLASSICS KENNY ROGERS & DOTTIE WEST/United ArtistsLA 946 H 39

20 20 PORTRAIT DON WILLIAMS/MCA 319221 21 WILLIE AND FAMILY LIVE WILLIE NELSON/Columbia KC

34326 58

22 23 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS HAVE ARRIVED/MCA AY 1135 40

23 22 THE BEST OF DON WILLIAMS, VOL. II/MCA 3096 33

24 24 ONE FOR THE ROAD WILLIE NELSON & LEON RUSSELL/Columbia KC 2 36064 29

25 25 NEW KIND OF FEELING ANNE MURRAY/Capitol SW 11849 47

26 29 WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Elektra/Curb 6E 237 8

27 27 Y'ALL COME BACK SALOON OAK RIDGE BOYS/MCA DO2993 117

28 31 JUST GOOD OL' BOYS MOE BANDY & JOE STAMPLEY/Columbia JC 36202 13

29 26 WHEN I DREAM CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists LA 858 H 80

30 28 BEST OF BARBARA MANDRELL/MCA AY 1119 48

31 30 BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL EMMYLOU HARRIS/Warner Bros.BSK 3318 35

32 32 LARRY GATLIN'S GREATEST HITS/Monument MG 7628 6033 33 FAMILY TRADITION HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Elektra/Curb 6E

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Nashville Report (Continued from page 44)Meanwhile, "War me Outlaws!," the first Nashville country al-

bum to be certifiea piacinum, has now gone double platinum, accord-ing to the folks at RCA. The LP helped pave the way for further suc-cesses in country, notably by Waylon and Willie Nelson.

George Hamilton IV for most part of early 1980 is going to beperforming out of this country. George IV's tour pla..s includes con-certs this month in New Zealand; February in Australia and New Zea-land; March in Germany, Switzerland and France; April in Hollandand France. (April in Paris?) "And don't forget," reminds George IV,"I'll be performing July and August in Nova Scotia."

Dolly P.'s first recorded quote of new year: "People-and reporters-ask how I can take some of the jokes about my figure, my hairdomy whatever. Honestly it doesn't bother me when comedians andtalk show hosts come up with those ribald remarks. I take it as a corn -

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LOVELINE EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 6E 181 32

JUST FOR THE RECORD BARBARA MANDRELL/MCA 3165 17

MOODS BARBARA MANDRELL/MCA AY 1088 64

FOREVER JOHN CONLEE/MCA 3174 16

EVERYBODY'S GOT A FAMILY JOHNNY PAYCHECK/Epic JE 36200 5

3/4 LONELY T. G. SHEPPARD/Warner/Curb BSK 3353 22MY VERY SPECIAL GUESTS GEORGE JONES/Epic JE 35544 8

THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY, VOL. I ERNEST TUBB/Cachet CL 3001 23

HEART OF THE MATTER THE KENDALLS/Ovation OV 1746 4DIAMOND DUET CONWAY TWITTY & LORETTA LYNN/

MCA 3190 8

JUST MARGO MARGO SMITH/Warner Bros. BSK 3388 4TEAR ME APART TANYA TUCKER/MCA 5106 7A BELIEVER SINGS THE TRUTH JOHNNY CASH/Cachet CL

3 9001 4

COMPASS POINT DAVID ALLAN COE/Columbia JC 36277 5ME AND PEPPER MEL TILLIS/Elektra 6E 236 8

SPECIAL DELIVERY DOTTIE WEST/United Artists LT 1000 4SHOULD I COME HOME GENE WATSON/Capitol ST 11947 13IMAGES RONNIE MILSAP/RCA AHL1 3346 30TOO OLD TO CHANGE JERRY JEFF WALKER/Elektra 6E 239 2

JERRY CLOWER'S GREATEST HITS/MCA 3092 16STRAIGHT FROM TEXAS JOHNNY DUNCAN/Columbia JC

36260 4VOLCANO JIMMY BUFFETT/MCA 5102 17THE VERY BEST OF LORETTA AND CONWAY LORETTA LYNN

& CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 3164 23RIGHT OR WRONG ROSANNE CASH/Columbia JC 36155 15GOLDEN TEARS/STAY WITH ME DAVE & SUGAR/RCA AHL1

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A RUSTY OLD HALO HOYT AXTON/Jeremiah JH 5000 24

ONE OF A KIND MOE BANDY/Columbia JC 36228 8

JUST FOR YOU DONNA FARGO/Warner Bros. BSK 3377 9

OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS, VOL. II ELVIS PRESLEY/RCAAQL1 3448 21

ROSE COLORED GLASSES JOHN CONLEE/MCA AY 1105 60

THE BILLIE JO SINGLES ALBUM BILLIE JO SPEARS/United Artists LT 983 2

NOBODY BUT YOU CHARLIE RICH/United Artists LT 998 4

MICKEY GILLEY/Epic JE 36201 4

SIMPLE LITTLE WORDS CRISTY LANE/United Artists LA 978 H 5

BANDED TOGETHER VARIOUS ARTISTS/Epic JE 36177 10

EXPRESSIONS DON WILLIAMS/MCA AY 1069 69

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART JENNIFER WARNES/Arista AB4217 19

DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER JIM REEVES/RCP %HU 3454 15

HIGHWAYMAN GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol SOO 12008 10

OL' T'S IN TOWN TOM T. HALL/RCA AHL1 3495 7

pliment that I'm big enough to be mentioned."The Dukes of Hazzard episode, in which Loretta Lynn guest stars,

originally set for Friday (11), has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 (CBS).Word is that the network decided to reshoot some scenes.

Month's clever title for a song: "What's A Nice Girl Like You (Doin'in Love Like This?)" (Kenny Walker of ',cuff Rose Publications wroteit) ... Modest singer -writer Bill Wence discussing his Rustic recordingof "Break Away": "I predict it'll break into the 'almost best sellers.' "

Hank Williams Jr. talking: "1979 was a very successful year for me.Of course one of the main reasons (the highlight) was arrival of ourdaughter Hillary June."

Jeannie C. Riley takes off Feb. 13 for 30 -concert tour of Australiato return stateside March 13.



World

JANUARY 12, 1980

TITLE, ARTIST, lobol, Number

JAN. DEC.12 29

1 1 COWARD OF THE COUNTYKENNY ROGERSUnited Artists 1327(2nd Week)

WKS. ONCHART

8

4 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT WILLIE NELSON/Columbia 1 11126 9

3 POUR ME ANOTHER TEQUILA EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 46558 102 MISSIN' YOU CHARLEY PRIDE/RCA 11751 10

10 HOLDING THE BAG MOE & JOE/Columbia 1 11147 8

9 YOU KNOW JUST WHAT I'D DO/THE SADNESS OF IT ALLCONWAY TWITTY & LORETTA LYNN/MCA 41141 9

7 OH, HOW I MISS YOU TONIGHT JIM REEVES/RCA 11737 105 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 41135 11

13 YOU'D MAKE AN ANGEL WANT TO CHEAT THE KENDALLS/Ovation 1136 8

16 LEAVING LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHTOAK RIDGE BOYS/MCA 41154 6

12 YOU PICK ME UP (AND PUT ME DOWN) DOTTIE WEST/United Artists 1324 12

17 LAY BACK IN THE ARMS OF SOMEONE RANDY BARLOW/Republic 049 10

14 YOUR LYING BLUE EYES JOHN ANDERSON/Warner Bros.49089 11

19 I WISH I WAS CRAZY AGAIN JOHNNY CASH & WAYLONJENNINGS/Columbia 3 10742 8

15 SHARING KENNY DALE/Capitol 4788 1024 I'LL BE COMING BACK FOR MORE T. G. SHEPPARD/

Warner/Curb 49110 6

27 LOVE ME OVER AGAIN DON WILLIAMS/MCA 41155 5

21 BLUE HEARTACHE GAIL DAVIES/Warner Bros. 49108 820 RAINY DAYS AND STORMY NIGHTS BILLIE JO SPEARS/

United Artists 1326 9

23 A LITTLE GETTING USED TO MICKEY GILLEY/Epic 9 50801 825 TILL I STOP SHAKING BILLY "CRASH' CRADDOCK/Capitol

4792 9

9

7

26 BUT LOVE ME JANIE FRICKE/Columbia 1 1113930 BACK TO BACK JEANNE PRUETT/IBC 000528 YOU'RE GONNA LOVE YOURSELF IN THE MORNING

CHARLIE RICH/United Artists 1325 729 YOUR OLD COLD SHOULDER CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists

1329 5

34 BABY, YOU'RE SOMETHING JOHN CONLEE/MCA 4116332 SUGAR FOOT RAG JERRY REED/RCA 11764

35 YEARS BARBARA MANDRELL/MCA 4116222 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU CON HUNLEY/Warner Bros.

49090 1036 THE SHUFFLE SONG MARGO SMITH/Warner Bros. 49109 5

37 THIS MUST BE MY SHIP CAROL CHASE/Casab' .nca West4501 8

39 COME TO MY LOVE CRISTY LANE/United Artists 1328 4

46 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU RAZZY BAILEY/RCA 11885 340 IF I EVER HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOU EDDY ARNOLD/

RCA 11752 8

41 GO FOR THE NIGHT FREDDY WELLER/Columbia 1 11149 76 TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE BRENDA LEE/MCA 41130 12

59 DAYDREAM BELIEVER ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4813 2

50 OUT OF YOUR MIND JOE SUN/Ovation 1137 542 FADIN' RENEGADE TOMMY OVERSTREET/Elektra 46564 8

62 NOTHING SURE LOOKED GOOD ON YOU GENE WATSON/Capitol 4814 2

47 DRINKIN' AND DRIVIN' JOHNNY PAYCHECK/Epic 9 50818 343 MISTY MORNING RAIN RAY PRICE/Monument 290 749 LET JESSE ROB THE TRAIN BUCK OWENS/Warner Bros. 49118 451 CHAIN GANG OF LOVE ROY CLARK/MCA 41153 4

31 WHAT'LL I TELL VIRGINIA JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ/Epic 9 50808 7

4

6

4

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK- I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THISWAYLON JENNINGSRCA 11898 z 1

53 YOU'RE AMAZING DAVID ROGERS/Republic 048 456 I LOVE THAT WOMAN LEON EVERETTE/Orlando 105 579 THE OLD SIDE OF TOWN/JESUS ON THE RADIO

TOM T. HALL/RCA 11888 257 JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED BECKY HOBBS/

Mercury 57010 551 52 I MUST BE CRAZY SUSIE ALLANSON/Elektra/Curb 4656552 54 MORE THAN A BEDROOM THING BILL ANDERSON/MCA

41150ED 60 I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE RITA COOLIDGE/

A&M 2199 354 8 NOTHING AS ORIGINAL AS YOU STATLER BROTHERS/

Mercury 57007 1155 11 I HATE THE WAY I LOVE IT JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ & CHARLY

McCLAIN/Epic 9 50791 12

123 67 THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLINBROTHERS BAND/Columbia 7 1191 2

Ea 64 LOVE HAS TAKEN ITS TIME ZELLA LEHR/RCA 11754 4ED69 NEVER SEEN A MOUNTAIN SO HIGH RONNIE McDOWELL/

Epic 9 50753 266 I'M INTO THE BOTTLE DEAN DILLON/RCA 11881 461 YOU'RE ONLY LONELY J. D. SOUTHER/Columbia 1 11079 6

61 63 SWEET MOTHER TEXAS EDDY RAVEN/Dimension 003 562 18 I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF US IN MY MIND LORETTA LYNN/

MCA 41129 1363 38 I CHEATED ME RIGHT OUT OF YOU MOE BANDY/

Columbia 1 11090 14rzi 83 I WISH I WAS EIGHTEEN AGAIN GEORGE BURNS/

Mercury 57011 265 65 YOU'VE STILL GOT ME JERRY WALLACE/Door Knob 9 116 6

RE76 I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU JACKY WARD/Mercury 57013 2EIVI84 NUMBERS BOBBY BARE/Columbia 1 11170 268 YOU MAKE IT SO EASY BOBBY G. RICE/Sunset 102 6

in89 IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY PAM ROSE/Epic 9 50819 2

70 70 A MESSAGE TO KHOMEINI ROGER HALLMARK & THETHRESHER BROTHERS/Vulcan 10004 (NSD)

71 48 WE LOVE EACH OTHER R.C. BANNON & LOUISE MANDRELL/Epic 9 50789 8

72 33 MY WORLD BEGINS AND ENDS WITH YOU DAVE & SUGAR/RCA 11749 12

Ea 91 (I STILL LONG TO HOLD YOU) NOW AND THEN REBAMcENTIRE/Mercury 57014

Egi 93 SILENCE ON THE LINE HENSON CARGILL/CopperMountain 201

75 44 WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Elektra/Curb 46535 14

76 58 SMOOTH SAILIN' JIM WEATHERLY/Elektra 46547 1077 77 IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE BOBBY HOOD/Chute 0009 5

Ea 88 HOLD ON TIGHT PORTER WAGONER/RCA 11771 279 55 ALWAYS ON MY MIND JOHN WESLEY RYLES/MCA 41 124 1380 45 BROKEN HEARTED ME ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4773 1581 71 WHEN I'M GONE DOTTSY/RCA 11743 982 86 LET'S GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS THE CATES/Ovation 1134 383 80 SOMETIMES LOVE MUNDO EARWOOD/GMC 108 684 74 IT STARTED WITH A SMILE HELEN CORNELIUS/RCA 11753 785 73 PREACHER BERRY DONNA FARGO/Warner Bros. 49093 886 75 AIN'T NO WAY TO MAKE A BAD LOVE GROW JOHNNY

RUSSELL/Mercury 57008 887 78 FORGET ME NOT STEVE WARINER/RCA 11658 9

- YOURS FOR THE TAKING JACK GREENE/Frontline 704 1

89 72 COME WITH ME WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA 11723 1690 92 PALIMONY LEON RAUSCH/Derrick 128 391 81 A RUSTY OLD HALO HOYT AXTON/Jeremiah 1001 1492 82 UNTIL TONIGHT JUICE NEWTON/Capitol 4793 993 95 LILY DAN RILEY/Armada 103 394 90 I'M JUST YOUR YESTERDAY DANDY/Warner/Curb 49111 495 - MY SPECIAL PRAYER FREDDY FENDER/Starflite 9 4906 1

96 TONIGHT I'M FEELIN' YOU JACK GRAYSON/Hitbound 4501 1

97 - MR. & MRS. UNTRUE PRICE MITCHELL & RENE SLOANE/Sunset 101

98 94 NEVER GONNA BE A COUNTRY STAR KENNY SERRATT/MDJ 1001

99 - PLEASE PLAY MORE KENNY ROGERS STEVEN LEE COOK/Grinder's Switch 1979

100 - RING THE BELLS OF FREEDOM BILLY ED WHEELER/RadioCinema 002

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