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THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIOISSUE 1970 SEPTEMBER 3 1993
They played great music,and their listeners were loyal,
but they couldn't survive.music radio, is there life after 55?
This WeekAs thousands of radio folk startto pack their bags and get readyto head for NAB in Dallas andendless rounds of discussion onratings, research, formats,
demos, day -
parts and soon, GAVIN
focuses on alarge sector oflisteners and astyle of musicthat is gradu-
ally being squeezed out of theprogramming mix. Does 50 -plus represent the future ofradio, or is it just a thing of thepast? In assessing how upperdemos have become radio'slower class, Gavin's ManagingEditor Ben Fong -Torres talks toDavid Bramnick(above), new GMat KFRC which
has justdropped the"Magic Gl"formula,and to HarryValentine (right), now withAlliance Broadcasting, who firstprogrammed the format at thestation. If you are reading thenew -look GAVIN for the first time
at NAB, be sure to check out thewealth of insight, expertise andhard programming information,plus the nuts and bolts detail inthe unique Gavin Yellow Pages ofRadio section.Subscribing iseasy - simply complete the card
stitchedinto thisissue.
P. News thisweekcovers a
broad range of issues, includingradio's reaction to the MichaelJackson furore, a report fromthe ground -breaking A' StrategySummit and even a funeral - thatof "Der in Def American, whichmade mourner MO OStiO smilebut was obviously no laughingmatter to label chief Rick Rubin(bottom). This week also marksthe debut of a Trivia Clip contestin Gavin's Media Connection sec-tion. The winning reader can winmovie tickets, so go to it.
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MOH TO WATCHTOP 40
SHAGGY"Oh Carolina" (Virgin)
RAP
DIRT NATIONKliudijah" )Loo Street)
RBAN
KEITH
WASHINGTON"Stay In My Comer"
(Qwest/Warner Bros.)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
R.E.M."Everybody Hurts' (Warner Bros.)
COUNTRY
DALE DANIEL"Coming Back To Haunt Me" (BNA Entertainment)
A3
PATTY LARKINRunning Angels (high Street)
1477
JOE MORELLOA Goin' Places (DMP)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
DAVID LANZ AND PAUL SPEERBridge Of Dreams (Narada)
ALTERNATIVE
GIGOLO AUNTSFull -On Boom (Alias)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE"I'm The Only One (Island/PLG)
MOST PHI)TOP 10
BLIND MELON"No Rain" (Capitol)
STING"Nothing 'Bout Me" (A&M)
RAP
LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL"What's Next?" (Elektra)
SOULS OF MISCHIEF-93 'Til Infinity" (Jive)
URBAN
TONY TONI TONE"Anniversary" (Wing/Mercury)
KEITH WASHINGTON"Stay In My Corner" (Qwest/Warner Bras.)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
AARON NEVILLE"Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight" (A&M)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE"Sunday Morning" (Reprise)
COUNTRY
ALABAMA"Reckless" (RCA)
TRACY LAWRENCE"My Second Home" (Atlantic)
A3
PATTY LARKINRunning Angels (High Street)
LOS LOBOSJust Another Band From East L.A. (Slosh/Warner Bros.)
JA77
FRED HESSSweet Thunder (Capri)
DAVE FRISHBERGA Where You At? (Sterling)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRAThe Hours Between Night + Day (Epic)
DAVID LANZ AND PAUL SPEERBridge Ot Dreams (Nemec])
ALTERNATIVE
BUFFALO TOM"Soda Jerk" (Beggars Banquet/eastwest)
ALBUM
MELISSA ETHERIDGE"I'm The Only One" (Island/PLG)
JOHN MELLENCAMP"Human Wheels" (Mercury)
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE"Sunday Morning" (Reprise)
RAP
SOULS OF MISCHIEF-93 'Til Infinity" (Jive)
URBAN
EN VOGUE"Runaway Love" (eastwest)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
RICK ASTLEY"Hopelessly" (RCA)
COUNTRY
ALABAMA"Reckless" (RCA)
A3
SQUEEZE"Everything In The World" (AM
JAZZ
MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONESLive At Montreux (Warner Bros.)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
PAT COILJust Ahead (Sheffield Labs)
ALTERNATIVE
CRACKERKerosene Hat (Virgin)
ALBUM
R.E.M."Everybody Hurts" (Warner Bros.)
Inside4 News
7 That's Sho-biz
23 Media Connection
28 .iTH OF A DEMO?Generation X meetsGeneration Y, andwins. Or, howupper demosbecame radio'slower class.
FORMATS11 Top 40
13 GO Chart
14 Rap
20 Adult Contemporary
23 Chart Connection
24 Country
31 Jazz
32 Adult Alternative
35 Album Adult Alternative36 Urban
38 Alternative
44 Album
45 Gavin Rocks
MANAGEMENT18 P.D. Notebook
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Willi NEWS"Hell, record people
aren't so bad after all."- Tony Mauro
see page 5
CEMA, WEA, UNI Radio on Michael: 'You'reRestore Ad Dollars Innocent Id Proven Guilty'To Used CD Sellers
In a surprising turnabout,three of the four major dis-tribution companies whohave been withholding co-op dollars from retailersthat sell used CDs havedropped their advertisingboycott.
First CEMA, then WEA,and finally UM, who alongwith Sony were the targetsof a Wherehouse lawsuitcharging restraint of trade,issued statements reversingtheir controversial policy.
"We continue to be con-cerned about theunchecked growth of theused CD market and theissues it raises regardingconcerns, the cannibaliza-tion of new sales and theloss of royalties to ourartists and songwriters,"said CEMA president RussBach. Bach had been oneof the most critical voicesregarding the sale of usedCDs; in May he told GAVINhe believed that in fiveyears their sale would com-prise 20% of the industry,and in August he said in aneditorial, "...if CEMA sup-ports retailers selling usedCDs with advertising anddefective allowances, thenwe will be cutting off ourown future."
On Friday of last week,Bach softened his stance,but said, "We recognizethat there are deeply heldviews on both sides of thisissue and we would preferto resolve our differenceswith used CD sellersthrough market -based solu-tions rather than throughthe courts."
Within a week WEA andUNI announced their inten-tion to reinstate co-op dol-lars.
In response, Wherehousesaid they would considerdropping the companies
from the pending lawsuit."We need to resolve
some issues on settlement,and until those issues areresolved we aren't going tobe pulling the suit," saysWherehouse vice presidentBruce Jesse. "It will standuntil we can assess some-thing in terms of settlementon the issues that wereraised in the lawsuit andthe damages we'veincurred."
The used CD fracasbegan last fall whenWherehouse jumped intoan area of the business thatuntil then was only exploit-ed by independent retail-ers, who in some instancescount on used CDs for 50%of their income. Inresponse, distributorsbegan withholding co-opdollars beginning in April,claiming among otherthings that the sale of usedCDs is harmful to artists,who don't receive royaltieson the re -sale of theiralbums. Garth Brooks',who said stores that soldused CDs could not sell hisnew album, sparked thebiggest fire. His nice -guyimage was battered byretailers who held "Garth-be-ques" and grilled copiesof his albums.
Along with its statement,CEMA issued a list of rulesretailers have to follow tobe eligible for co-op dol-lars, including not sellingartists that, "at the time, arebeing supported by co-opfunds" and not advertisingused CDs with new CDs.
"We can operate withinthose guidelines," Jessesays.
At press time, a spokes-person for Sony offered nocomment when asked if itwould be rescinding its cur-rent policy.
BY BEVERLY MIRE
Police continue to search forclues while the star, accusedof sexual molestation of a13 -year -old boy, alternatesbetween wowing crowdsand collapsing, causing fansto boo with exasperation orgather under his hotel roomto scream. A Hollywoodstarlet hovers gossamer -likenearby playing the would-be guardian angel, and thestar's baby sister, whobears a striking resem-blance to his rebuilt fea-tures, hugs him meaning-fully. Meanwhile, a tapeis discovered. A man'svoice says, "Certainthings are going to haveto come out and thosetwo are not going tohave any defenseagainst me whatsoever.It's going to be a mas-sacre if I don't getwhat I want."
As all of this is going on,the star's family holds a pressconference to say they'regetting together for the firsttime in 19 years to film atwo-hour television specialto be aired on NBC onJanuary 10, 1994. Pressedby the media, the star'smother says she loves herson very much and doesn'tbelieve what's being saidabout him.
So goes the MichaelJackson drama. The tape ispart of a conversationbetween the father of the 13 -year -old who has accusedJackson of sexual molesta-tion, and the boy's stepfa-ther. The boy's naturalfather, Jackson's privateinvesigator says, is trying toextort $20 million from thestar.
As the saga drags on,radio-and video-hassomehow stayed above thefray. Currently, Jackson's
single, "Will You Be There(Theme From Free Willy)", iscresting in the top five onthe Top 40 charts, and pro-grammers are treating himwith fairness, and the respectan artist of his stature com-mands. A short time afterthe news broke, Z100(WHTZ)-New York personal -
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ity and programmerScott Shannon and MTVexecutives said they wouldnot cut Jackson's songs fromtheir playlists. Programmersaround the country agreed.
"We're in America, andhere you're innocent untilproven guilty," said DaveShuman, music director ofIsle 95 in the Virgin Islands.Shuman told GAVIN thatJackson is wildly popular inthe Virgin Islands. "Since hewas interviewed by Oprah(in February), Michael walkson air here. The day after(the first allegations), ourmorning personalities weremaking fun of it, and thephones went crazy!Listeners said, `Look-youdon't pick on him!' "
WHAJ-Bluefield, W.V.operations manager KenDietz also said "Free Willy" isstill one of the station's mostrequested records. "Wehaven't gotten any comments
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on the situation one way orthe other," he said.
That Jackson is beinggiven-pardon the expres-sion-kid gloved treatment isnot surprising, says KMEL-San Francisco morning per-sonality, Renel. "We grewup with him," she said. "Wehad his pictures on ourwalls. We know he has lots
of problems, but this(molestation) is notone of him." Renelacknowledged that ifJackson were to befound guilty, radiowould have to stopplaying his records.
Shuman and Dietzagreed that if the allega-tions turned out to hetrue, they'd have to re-assess airing Jackson'smusic. Dietz said thathe's never had to makethat kind of decision."Pee Wee Herman neverhad a hit record, did he?"
Although forced by thepress to address the allega-tions during their Monday(August 30) press confer-ence, Jackson's family, repre-sented by his parents, Joeand Katherine, and his sib-lings Tito, Jermaine andRebbie, were able to outlineplans for the Jackson FamilyHonors. All family membersare expected to perform onthe show, which will bebeamed around the worldfrom the convention centerin Atlantic City. JermaineJackson, who is executiveproducer, promised thatsome of the family's famousfriends will join them onstage.
Tickets to the taping willcost anywhere from $50 to$500, and portions of theproceeds will go to variouscharities that include"Families Caring ForFamilies" and "The RobinHood Foundation."
4 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
NEWS
KMEL Reunion Recalls Years as The KamelBY KENNY WARDELL
It was a radio stationknown as "the Kamel;" itslogo and mascot was a dou-ble -humped camel, and thestation-KMEL-SanFrancisco-was a power-house Album outlet from itsbeginning in 1977 to 1986,when it changed to Top 40.
Last month, about 40 for-mer KMEL staffers con-verged at a San Franciscowaterfront restaurant for a
to ask, 'Can we do this?'and have him say, 'Sure.'"
Other staffers recountedthe early days of KMEL,which hit the air with astreamlined version of pro-gressive rock and withKSAN as its target. Led byTom Donahue, a pioneer offree -form rock radio, KSANfound itself vulnerable andfragmenting musically afterDonahue's death in 1975. Inthe view of the KMEL staff,several of whom had
Bobby Cole, Rick Lee and Kenny Wardell at KMEL reunion
reunion. Among the alumniwho showed up were GenoMitchellini, now afternoonDJ at KLOS-Los Angeles;Mary Holloway, midday DJat KRQR-San Francisco,"Wild Bill" Scott, now spin-ning oldies on KYA-SanFrancisco, Rich Walcoff, asports anchor on KGO-SanFrancisco, John Evans,morning news anchor onK101 -San Francisco, DJNadine Marz (now runninga promotional merchandisecompany in SouthernCalifornia), productiondirector Frank Martin (nowdirecting films, includingthe Emmy-winning TNTminiseries, The MGM Story),and behind-the-scenestersRick Lee (VP/GM), ThomO'Hair (first PD), BobbyCole (PD/MD), Mike Brandt(GSM), and this correspon-dent, who was the station'spromotion director.
Mal Sharpe, longtimecomic and man -on -the -street interviewer who didfeatures on KMEL, attended."The Kamel," he said, wasamong his best radio expe-riences. "I liked the idea ofwalking into the GM's office
worked at KSAN, the olderstation had become "self-indulgent," "complacent"and smug.
Stung by an immediatedrop in the ratings, KSANfought back and hung onfor three years, but in 1980,its owner switched to coun-try.
"The Kamel" started witha bunch of radio outlawsgiven a format with a littlestructure and focus, but onethat left room for creativityand fun.
For one DJ, fun meant"being high pretty much allof the time," with memoriesincluding "having sex onthe studio floor one NewYear's morning." AnotherDJ, asked for a memory,recalled the time he kickeda hole in the wall "becauseI was hassled by the bosswhile on the air," whileanother remembered thePD strangling a femalenewscaster.
In its prime, KMEL scoreda 4.4 (12+) rating. Since itsown format switch, Albumstations have rarely seennumbers higher than 2.5.
Towards the end, KMEL
found itself with five directcompetitors fighting for a 2share. In one former DJ'sview, the station, like thestation it had defeated, haditself become "stale andself-indulgent."
KMEL became one of thefirst in a breed of highly -researched and consultedrock stations. The corporateworld had grabbed the
"Kamel's" reins. The "Beastof the Bay," as the mascotwas known, was never thesame.
Still, most of the formerstaffers said "the Kamel"could do well today-if, asseveral said, it kept up withthe times. As for radio'sfuture, announcer David "T"said that "over -the -airradio's future is bleak. The
delivery of audio via othermeans is strong." AddedO'Hair: "The future will heinteractive/cable-delivered."Otherwise, he sees AMbelonging to "police calls,"FM to Rush Limbaugh andHoward Stern.
Kenny Wardell is promo-tion director at B98-FM/KABL-AM-SanFrancisco.
A3 Programmers, MusicMakers Reach Summit
BY KENT ZIMMERMAN
It was put together, fromconception to execution, inonly three months, but byall objective measurements,the first GAVIN A' StrategySummit in Boulder,Colorado, last week scoredan A+ with most of theattendees.
There were nearly 300 ofthem, far more than origi-nally anticipated, and,unlike most industry get-togethers, there was nearlya 50/50 balance betweenradio and record people-and to good effect.
One common thread fromthe seminars, noted MichaelEhrenberg of Windham Hill,was that "radio and theindustry are workingtogether to make A' suc-ceed."
And Tony Mauro, pro-gram director of SatelliteNetwork's "The Mountain,"added: "Hell, record peoplearen't so bad after all."
The Summit, co -spon-sored by consultant DennisConstantine and the SBRRadio Company, was thefirst ever gathering by thefledging adult rock formatand brought out an array ofindustry people and artists(some performing, someattending sessions) dedicat-ed to super -serving disen-franchised adult rock fans.
The gathering was lacedwith surprises. For instance,after a lively Friday morningfree-for-all discussion,singer/songwriter MelissaEtheridge appeared andperformed an acoustic pre-
view of two songs from herupcoming album. John Hiattappeared in an equallyimpromptu fashion Saturdaymorning, performing fournew songs. Both Etheridgeand Hiatt earned standingovations.
Summit attendees wereworked hard all weekendby a series of nuts -and -boltssessions, all of which were
certs, there was plenty ofmusic in Boulder. Startingwith the Thursday nightAntones/Dos RecordsBarbecue and concludingwith a Saturday acoustictriple bill featuring RosanneCash, Bruce Cockburn andPatti Scialfa's first public gig,newcomers like SherylCrow, October Project,Loose Diamonds, Stephen
Harvey Leeds (Epic), Sky Daniels (PLG), David Dalton (GsviN) andStu Bergen (Epic) under the talent tent.
well -attended by MDs, PDs,GMs and owners. LarryJohnson of Dynamic MarketResearch and Larry Rosen ofBolton Research addressedA' programmers while themusic session, "On TheGRIDdle" (based on theGAVIN A' Boomer Grid)sparked controversial analy-sis of what constitutedeffective and inappropriateA' music. Radio -onlyConstantine and SBR ses-sions as well as a recordpromotion -only closed doorseminar rounded out thedaytime agenda.
Besides surprise mini -con -
Bruton, David Broza andThe Indians performedunder a huge tent. MariaMcKee, Counting Crowsand a vibrant Sonia Dadaalso performed at the FoxTheater. Meanwhile hack inthe hotel, late night "coffeehouse" acoustic perfor-mances featured PattyLarkin, John Gorka, PiercePettis, The Story, JimmieDale Gilmore and LarryCarlton.
As Ron Sorenson, GM/MDof KFMG-Des Moines, Iowa,capsulized it, it was "muchgreat music and wonderfulcompany."
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 5
NEWS
Def American Stages aHip, Cool and Groovy
BY SEANA BARUTH
In an only -in -Hollywoodkind of a ceremony, some500 mourners-and 1,500party-goers-laid "Def" torest last Friday (August 27).
For five years part of theDef American label, "Def"was sentenced to death bylabel president Rick Rubinafter he learned that theword was included in thelatest edition of Webster'sDictionary. Def AmericanRecordings is nowAmerican Recordings.
As the label's manager ofcollege promotion, ToddSievers, explained, "Defstarted out as a street termthat Rick felt expressed asource of excitement thatcouldn't really be expressedany other way. Now `derhas been found in the dic-tionary...(and Rick feels) itno longer carries the mean-ing it used to carry. It's nolonger hip; it's a standardterm."
In a chapel service atHollywood MemorialCemetery, the Def Americanfamily-bands, managers,staff and their relatives-gathered to hear a eulogydelivered by the Rev. Al
Sharpton and thenapproached the open casketto toss in some items,including CDs and promokits, bearing a DefAmerican logo. Followingthe service, the pallbear-ers-D(4 American's GNI
Reverend Al Sharpton, RickRubin and Mo Ostin, flankedby representatives of theBlack Panthers
Mark DiDia, Warner Bros.head Mo Ostin, DefAmerican's Sr. VP of salesFran Aliberte and attorneyJohn Branca-carried thecasket out to a horse-drawncarriage which, preceded bya New Orleans -style funeralmarching band, moved tothe gravesite. Def wasburied in a plot under ablack granite headstone,there to rest near such
Hollywood legends asRudolph Valentino, Cecil B.deMille and John Huston.
Mourners, led by a policemotorcade, then adjorned toa party at Shadow 39 Lanes,a Hollywood bowling alley,v\ here they were joined by
more than 1,500 additionalguests to celebrate the sub-sequent birth of AmericanRecordings. Attendeesincluded Tom Petty, Fleafrom the Red Hot ChiliPeppers, Depeche Mode'sDavid Ghan, Trent Reznor,Roseanna Arquette and SirMix -A -Lot, among others.American recording artistsRed Devils and Raging Slabperformed.
Def, Jury Out
Burial On TheftThe burial party, hyped
by a series of postcardsdepicting famous funerals,was a media event, or,more accurately, an eventgeared to draw media atten-tion at a time whenHollywood already has amonopoly on the press. AsSievers told GAVIN, "Theultimate purpose is to, inone fell swoop, get thename change across. A lotof people are like Why areyou doing this? Why spendthis much money?' Becauseeveryone's talking about it.
The word is out. It'sthe hottest party intown and everyoneknows why-becausewe're now AmericanRecordings."
The burial of Def,while presented by the
label as merely a namechange, also seems to betterrepresent the label's ever -diversifying roster. DefAmerican was first knownfor rap releases by L.L. CoolJ and the Geto Boys, butthe label's current artistsinclude the Black Crowes,the Jayhawks, Barkmarket,Andrew Dice Clay, JohnnyCash, and techno sensationsDigital Orgasm.
Spurned Stern Suing WLUP-AMUpset over being dumpedby WLUP/AM-Chicago,Howard Stern is taking thestation to court.
WLUP dropped Stern'ssyndicated morning showAugust 23rd. VP/GM LarryWert said the show was"not compatible with ourstation" and pointed to theFCC's most recent fines onstations carrying Stern'sshow as a major factor inhis decision, but Stern hascharged that Wert used theFCC fines as a smokescreenfor poor ratings.
Don Buchwald, Stern'sagent, told GAVIN Tuesday(August 27) that a suitwould be filed "in one tothree days," charging WLUPand owner Evergreen MediaCorp. with breach of con-
tract "and other damages."He said that his client'sshow was dropped with noadvance notice and despitea "long-term agreement."
"It's laughable," Buchwaldsaid about Wert's assertionsthat Stern's show wasdropped because of theFCC fines, which werelevied against Infinity andseveral of its stations. "Thisis the excuse he's come upwith...We obviously didbusiness with the wrongpeople."
While talk continues toswirl about changes inChicago radio-WLUP/AMis expected to go all -sportsunder the direction of thereturning Greg Solk, withmany of its air staff expect-ed to move to its FM sister
for a new comedy/talk for-mat (while LMA partnerWWBZ gets its musiclibrary), Stern is without astation in the Windy City.
And, Buchwald said,there are no immediateprospects for one. As hepointed out: "If you owneda station in Chicago, andthe Loop came on withwhat they said, youwouldn't feel too goodabout the show."
Meantime, Evergreen ispreparing for the September17 court hearing that mayhelp determine the constitu-tionality of the FCC's inde-cency enforcement prac-tices.
As reported last issue, thehearing resulted from aChicago federal judge's
rejection of Evergreen's bidfor a dismissal of the FCC's$6,000 fine, levied in 1989,against it for allegedly inde-cent remarks by Steve Dahland Garry Meier.
Distict Judge JohnNordberg, while rejectingEvergreen's claim that theFCC's definition of indecen-cy was unconstitutionallyvague and broad, said itwas uncertain whether theCommission's enforcementof that definition has been"arbitrary and capricious"enough that theConstitution's guarantee ofdue process might be vio-lated. Until such matters aredecided, the judge said, hewould not dismiss the FCC'sforfeiture collection suitagainst Evergreen.
DeviceBY DAVID BERAN
NARM's plan to alleviate theproblem of record storeshoplifting may createanother problem-that ofsound degradation in audiocassettes carrying acousto-magnetic anti -theft devices.
Ron Stone, president ofGold Mountain Entertain-ment, recently sent a letterto the heads of major U.S.record companies voicinghis fears concerning thedevice. "Unfortunately," hewrote, "acousto-magneticdeactivation causes audibledegradation in audio cas-settes, which in turn reflectsnegatively on artists andlabels...We, as a manage-ment company will not sup-port any such recommenda-tion that places a magneticfield up against any audioproduct..."
Stone told GAVIN, "I'm nota technical expert, but anengineer/producer friendpointed out that 30 to 40percent of cassettes weregetting damaged by thedevice." The device is aSensormatic deactivatorwhich NARM has recom-mended as a standard forU.S. stores to thwartshoplifters.
NARM president PamHorovitz rapped Stone's let-ter. "Ron Stone," she said,"does not have all the infor-mation surrounding .theNARM recommendation athand, and his remarks-foranybody who's beeninvolved in the process ofthis recommendation-areclearly the result of somemisinformation..."
Sensormatic maintainsthat their redesigned "toast-er" deactivator does notproduce any sound degra-dation on cassettes.
Stone insists that "whatI'm suggesting is not so rad-ical. Putting a magnetizeddevice on cassettes withinthe same sphere is kind ofdumb-let's make surewe're not doing any harm."
6 G Is SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
alkilNSHO-BITZ
How symbolic. Some of thejokesters at Live 105 (KITS) -San Francisco have decidedto follow the wildly popularpath forged by the formerPrince, and haveannounced they've changedtheir names to astrologicalsymbols, presumably theirown. From now on OMRichard Sands prefers to becalled by his new name,which translates to the signdesignated for Virgo; direc-tor of music operationsSteve Masters has laid claimto the symbol for Cancerand promotion and market-ing director GabrielleMedecki one of the twoused for Capricorn. Gaby'susing the formal loopy sym-bol as opposed to thestraightforward one. Theyall say they reserve the rightto change their names toVictor in the near futureand we say we're still goingto call them Richard, Steveand Gaby. Enough'senough...Back here on earth,the new PD/MD at WHSY(Y104) -Hattiesburg, Miss. is
uh, Will Martin...WFWI/MUSIC 92 -FortWayne, Ind. music direc-tor/midday air personalityAnn Riley has left the sta-tion to join WAXY -FortLauderdale as morning dri-ver...Beginning September20, Storm Davis will be partof the KISS/FM-Fargo, N.D.air staff when she takes overthe midday slot. Davis
WHO AM I?In my youth I was fond ofplaying soccer and I was abig fan of Supermancomics. I used to sit undermy mom's piano and listento her play, and kids atschool called me Lurchbecause I grew so fast. Inmy mid -teens I ranked thirdin my country in 100 and200 -meter sprints, and inmy modeling days I wasonce required to dye myhair blond for a Wrigley'sGum advertisement.Who am I?gee page 9 for answer
comes from crosstown Mix93.7. Davis will also assistin the promotions depart-ment...Former KIXR-PoncaCity, Okla. PD Steve Taylorhas returned to the station inthe same capacity.. Joel Foxhas been named PD/MD atKKRL/FM-Carroll, Iowa asformer PD Shelly Hansohnsteps down to do afternoondrive...Veteran San Franciscopersonality The Lobster(aka Paul Wells) is return-ing to 97.3 KRQR as host ofthe weekend midday show.Lobster rocked KRQR morn-ings from 1988-1992...Britain's first morningteam made its debut onVirgin 1215. JonathanColeman, also known asMound, and his co -hostRuss Williams are thecountry's first tandem waker-uppers...Steven Harris hasbeen named operationsmanager for ABC RadioNetwork's 24 -hour UrbanGold format. Harris was PDat Urban A/C stationWVAZ/FM-Chicago...After ayear at KCLD-St. Cloud,Minn,. afternoon personalityBlaine Stevens is addingMD duties as ex -music direc-tor Chad Brueske exits tojoin WLAN-Lancaster,Penn...KGO-San Franciscowill simulcast its top -ratednewstalk format withKGOE/FM-Eureka, Calif.KGO has been the market'snumber one station for 15consecutive years...WXTQ-Athens, Ohio's midday per-sonality, Lander Rose,heads to the Grand CaymanIslands and Z99.9 (ZSZZ) tobecome half of the morningdrive team and promotionsdirector. Lander's officialstart date is September15...The biggest news fromthe record world this weekis that Hollywood Recordschief Peter Paterno will beleaving when his contractexpires in November. Inmaking the announcement,Michael Eisner, chairmanand CEO of The WaltDisney Company said,"While it is customary to saynice things at a time likethis...I want to declare...gen-
ACCORDING ToDAVE
uinely deep appreciation toPeter for the excellent job hehas done in starting up ourrecord label." Patemo hasnot announced plans, andno replacement has beennamed. Before joiningDisney, Paterno representedGuns N' Roses, Metallicaand producer Rick Rubin atthe law firm, Manatt,Phelps, Rothenberg andPhillips...Kevin Carroll has
(left) beenpromotedto seniorvice presi-dent ofpromotionat east -west
records, up from vice presi-dent of promotion...At EpicRecords, Frankie LaRockahas been promoted to direc-tor, A&R. Since 1990LaRocka has been associatedirector, A&R. Meanwhile,elsewhere in the Sonybuilding, Jeff Burroughsjoins Columbia as productmanager, black music mar-keting. He was manager ofa producers managementcompany, FlexxManagement... FormerCapitol Records manage-ment trainee Michael Motta
(left) isnow thelabel'slocal pro-motionmanagerbased inSan
Francisco... Campus MusicNetwork, which will focuson marketing/ research,retail and campus radio has
been start-ed by JackAshton,(left) theformerVP/GM ofThe Chartsand Colin
Thomp-son, a former mar-keting assistant at CapitolRecords. Their address isCampus Music Network,1600 Venture Blvd., Suite1115, Encino, CA 91436.Phone (818) 386-9181 or fax(818) 386-9180..0
News of Hollywood Records' prez Peter Paterno's departurehas naturally fueled rumors about his successor. Topping the list so
far are former Capitol president Hale Milgrim, just -resigned
Virgin co-chairmen Jeff Ayeroff and Jordan Harris, and let'snot forget the label's exec VP/GM Brad Hunt. In the meantime,
execNP Wes Hein will run things.
Musical chairs at Elektra. Top 40 promoNP Bob Catania exits,as does L.A./S.F. rep Gary Spivak, who segues to MCA and
becomes director of rock/alternative promotion. Sherri Trahan,
MCA's director of national alternative remains in place. Meanwhile,
Elektra's New York/Boston regional promo manager Paul
Calabreta signs on to handle RCA promo duties in Beantown.
Though official word hasn't come down, expect Washington D.C.-
based director, Top 40 Ron Gregory to relocate to New York
replacing Catania. Look for Margie Weatherly (KROQ Kevin'sbetter half) to be upped from promotion assistant, filling the open
L.A. promo slot. Will some others be recruited to fill vacant posi-
tio I mor u.rkets?
wor. on o virt ee e nex PD at
ew York. Speculation places WIOQ-Philadelphia's Jeffersonard, WHYT-Detroit's Rick Gillette and KKFR-Phoenix's
ye Smith as top candi ook for an announcement mid -
550's newly -named national alternative promo director is o
Knapp, formerly with WIYY-Baltimore
It's back to the City By The Bay for Gary Bryan, recently at Z100
(WHTZ)-New York. Bryan will head up the new morning show at
KFRC/FM. The move marks a return to S.F., where he once jocked
at then -Top 40 KYA/AM in the '70s against powerhouse KFRC/AM.
By the way, in the current issue of Rolling Stone, check out the
Janet Jackson cover story. If you look carefully, you'll see aphoto of her and sister La Toya, with Janet sporting a hat reading
"610 KFRC."
The sales department must be running out of contracts at 104
KRBE- Houston, where August was the biggest billing month in
station history!
There are two fewer Top 40s in the Southeast. WACQ/FM-
Tallassee, Ala. goes to the bird, opting for A/C, while it appears
that Labor Day weekend will be the final hours for WCGQ-
Columbus, Ga. as a longtime Top 40 outlet. The station seems
headed in a gold -based A/C direction.
Is it true that former POWER 102 -Fresno MD Rene Roberts ,%1I,
be doing weekend duty at HOT 105 (KHTN/FM)-
Modesto/Merced and B95 (KBOS)-Fresno''
Planning on a vacation in the romantic Pocano Mountains? Ask
Arista's Bruce Schoen for his recommendation. If he says,
"Mount Haven," you're probably not playing any of his currentsmash releases.
Troops are being recruited, ammo's been ordered and battle lines
are being drawn as things heat up for fall in L.A. Market observers
are anticipating some noticeable on -air changes at KKBT (THE
BEAT) on Thursday, September 2. While POWER 106 (KPWR)
and THE BEAT feature "old -school weekends" over the Labor Day
holiday, over at KIIS Domino comes on board for nights with Lear
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 7
THAT'S SHO-BIZJet moving to late nights. The station also appears to be taking a
decidedly younger slant with a new TV campaign in the works.
Ex -KNEW -San Francisco/Oakland morning personality Jon
Wailin takes over as PD/AM Driver in Chattanooga, Tenn. Station
calls and format TBA. It's part of a duopoly with adult rocker WSKZ
(KnO6).
Mark Gunn is the new MD/night guy at V103.5 -Los Angeles.
New rock KTCL-Denver taps promotions director Dave Granger
for 7 to Midnight.
Showing up early to catch
the Late Show, Z100
(WHTZ)-New Yorkbroadcast live from
McGhee's Pub onBroadway, right next to
David Letterman's newhome, the Ed Sullivan
Theatre.
Anything to the rumblings about Kaz Utsunomiya, president of
Virgin Music Publishing headed to Virgin's A&R department?
Mike Alexander, OM/PD and PM Driver at WXTQ-Athens,
Ohio exits for on -air swing duties at KYIS-Oklahoma City, Okla
white former nighttimer John Chambers returns as MD.
River City Broadcasting ridnies Dick Stein, formerKKLD/AM-KJYK/FM- Tucson VP/GM to the same post at KPNT
(THE POINT) d'Id KFXB (THE FOX)- St. Louis.
POST CARD FROM BOULDER:
Last weekend, the Zimmermen hosted the very first GAVIN A3
Strategy Summit in Boulder, Colo. Here's some of th uzz
from around the meetings. nightclubs and hallways...
KFOG-San Francisco and Susquehanna managemen
interviewing prospective PDs. Among the absentee whisp
frontrunners, Jim Robinson of KTCZ-Minneapolis and
San Francisco's Steve Feinstein. Word has it Feinsthappy where he is, but is willing to listen... Also present
Summit was KIOT-Santa Fe PD Gary Wolter, a victim
recent shakeup. Looks like Gary will be leaving Coyote...
"On The GRIDdle"music workshop, a song by Canadian
The Boomers' "Art Of Living," went over so well, Atlan
rush -releasing the record...In the midst of the Summit, ne he
sale of Denver A2 KHIH, which is slated to change to a
fcrmat...On the romantic front, A&M artist David Baerwa
(currently recording the next David + David album), almost
bumped into recent ex-girlfriend/Mellencamp violinist LisaGermano with her new beau. producer Malcolm Burn...Fin
heard after Patti Scialfa's stunning performance at the Fox
Theatre Saturday night, the E -Streeter -turned- solo Patti bl
ed out, "Bruce wanted to come along, but I told him to stay h
Yo
If Heidi Fleissmarried Don Ho,
what would her namebe?
Heidi Ho!
SHO-TALK
Tom Petty and TheHeartbreakers played theirfirst gig in two years at theinvitation -only opening ofactor Johnny Depp's new200 -seat Sunset Strip club,the Viper Room. In their 60 -minute set the band playednew material including"Crawling Back To You"and "Going Down ToGeorgia" and some oldertunes that will appear onthe band's last MCA album.Greatest Hits, scheduled fora November release.Alsoappearing that eveningEvan Dando of theLemonheads, MariaMcKee, ex -Pogue ShaneMacGowan and Chuck E.Weiss, The opening was abenefit for the StarlightFoundation, which grantswishes for terminally ill chil-dren, and the famous folksin the audience includedthe host, Depp, DennisHopper, Stevie Nicks,Mary Stuart Masterson,Patricia Arquette,Shannon Doherty,Chrispin Glover, ToriSpelling, American record-ing owner/producer RickRubin (currently workingTP&H on the Warner Bros.debut) and directorsQuentin Tarantino, TimBurton, Jim Jarmusch andJulien Temple...
Virgin Records quartetCracker chose to recordtheir new album, KeroseneHat, in the middle ofnowhere,in an abandonedsoundstage on the fringes ofthe Mojave Desert.Pioneertown was built origi-nally in the 1940s as anenormous set for movieWesterns that featured suchcowboys as Gene Autryand Roy Rogers over theyears, but has fallen intodisrepair. Explaining theunusual choice of location,Cracker's lead singer DavidLowery says: "We wereinto the idea of notrecording in LosAngeles, sinceL.A. reallydoesn't haveanything todo withthe restof theUnitedStates."
ReggaesingerShaggy Shaggy
released his debut album,Pure Pleasure, on VirginRecords in late August.Shaggy has long been ahero on the British muskscene and now the U.S. isgetting a taste of theKingston, Jamaica born 24 -year old. "Oh Carolina," hisdebut single and videogives Shaggys audience asuper introduction to anoutstanding new talent..
Bits & Pieces: JonAnderson of Yes famenamed his new album ThePower Of Silence ..Threetime Grammy Award win-ner Robert Cray will per-form a free concert in DesMoines for those who haveoffered their time to aid vic-tims of the recent onSeptember 19. The eventhas been dubbed "WashAway The Blues VolunteerRecognition Weekend" andwill also feature Crays long-time friend and mentorAlbert Collins. The RobertCray Band will release theireighth album, Shame + ASin, on October 5 forMercury Records with a tourto follow...Los-Angelesbased trio Eleven hassigned with ThirdRail/Hollywood Recordsand will release a self -titledalbum on October 19. Theband will produce with thehelp of engineer PatMcCarthy (ButtholeSurfers, U2). Ex -Red HotChili Pepper Jack Ironsplays drums, MainJohannes on guitars andsings lead vocals andNatasha Shneider playsorgan, left-handed bass andvocals...
Blind Melon has made aphenomenal jump right intogold status in sales over thepast five weeks. Their cur-rent single/video "No Rain"is helping to build a solidbase through touring and
radio airplaywhich has been,supplemented
by MTV's "BuzzBin" rota-tion. GaryGersh,upon hisrecentappoint-ment as?residentand CEOof CaptiolRecords,
desig-natedBlind
F Friends
0f Radio
'JOE VIIIExecutiveproducer,entertain-ment,World CuSoccer
Hometown:C e ea M
Who's the first discjockey you rememberlisteni
Bloch out of NewYork with his famousMake Believe Ballroom.The first Top 40 format Iever heard was a ToddStorz station in Miami.
What was the bestthing about being a DJ
Va., I asked for phonerequests and the switch-board went crazy. Eventhough there were onlyeight lines, it gave me thefirst rush of power thatevery man or woman feelswhen they evoke instantresponse frommicrophone.
If I owned a radio sta-tion, I would...
king itan entertainment centerrather than utilizingexhaustive research todetermine what is a rightrecord and what doesn't
fit. The emphasis on musicformats rather than excel-lence in presentation hasbeen at the heart of To40's erratic histo
Which artists are youmost proud of yourassociation with?I've signed over 300, but ifI had to nail down the sixI'm most proud of they're:The Grateful Dead, JamesTaylor, Van Morrison,Bonnie Raitt, GarthBrooks (I didn't actuallysign him, but found himon the roster and insistedthat we market the hellout of his first record),Rod Stewart.
8 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
THAT'S SHO-BIZ
Melon as one of the label'skey priorities-a strategythat's quickly proved suc-cessful..
Sire Records will releaseThe Velvet UndergroundLive MCMXCIII, the first -ever group -approved liverecording by the originalVelvet Underground, inthree configurations in lateOctober. The concert mater-ial was recorded over threenights in June at Olympia,Paris, during the band'srecent European tour.Produced by Mike Rathke,the live album features vin-tage originals, performed byLou Reed, John Cale,Sterling Morrison andMaureen Tucker. In addi-tion to the double CD pack-age, Sire will simultaneouslyrelease a single CD edition,with ten selected live tracks.The album will feature spe-cial packaging and an unre-leased. "The recording andreleasing of these live VUalbums is a dream cometrue," remarked Lou Reed."To finally hear the VUusing state-of-the-art tech-nology is something I'vealways hoped for. I thinkthese albums will set a stan-dard for live analog record-ing. I hope the VU contin-ues forever. As a greatphilosopher once said,`There's a bit of magic ineverything.'"...
Levine/Schneider, the PRcompany working withPoison, has made it official.Poison is confirmed thatguitarist Richie Kotzen,who joined them to recordthe Native Tongue album, isno longer with the group. "Idon't have anything to sayabout Richie-good, bad orindifferent-it just didn'twork out," says Poisonfrontman Bret Michaels.The band which includesdrummer Riki Rockett andbassist Bobby Dall finishedthe world tour in July inSouth America with guitaristBlues Saraceno joiningthem. Poison will beginwork on their sixth albumsoon. In the meantime,Michaels has landed his firstacting role. He'll play thepart of a rock star suspectedof murdering his girlfiend inAaron Spelling's forthcom-ing update of the CBS -1Vshow "Burkes Law" (popu-lar in the `60s) starringGene Barry in the originaland update The Michaels'episode will air this fall.6
SHO-PIECESMICHAEL JACKSONOne of the strangest sitesfor one of Michael Jackson'slive shows on his currentround -the -world tour willbe his September 26 showin the Canary Islands, offthe coast of North Africa.KISSGarth Brooks has chosen torecord the Kiss classic,"Hard Luck Woman," aspart of an album of Kisscovers for release early nextyear. Brooks even got themembers of Kiss to recordthe track with him. Otherartists making Kiss coversfor the project includeAnthrax, Extreme,Soundgarden, Bell BivDeVoe, Alice In Chains andSoul Asylum.
GARTH BROOKSFor Garth Brooks' upcom-ing album, In Pieces, he'srecorded "Calling BatonRouge," an old New GrassRevival song that will fea-ture the band as his backingmusicians.DONALD FAGENIn its first two years theSteely Dan made andreleased three albums. Butthe gap between DonaldFagen's 1982 album TheNightfly and its successor,Kamakiriad , was morethan 10 years.ROD STEWARTIn just two months, RodStewart's newest album,Unplugged....And Seated,has become the 17th goldand 10th platinum album ofhis solo career which spans23 years.MARY J. BLIGEA demo tape of Mary J.Blige singing Anita Baker's"Caught Up In TheRapture," recorded at ashopping mall recordingstudio, was all it took to getthe attention of MCARecords execs, who werequick to sign Mary J. to acontract.
BEACH BOYSECO, the EarthCommunications Office,became the unsuspectingbenefactor of a $100,000 giftfrom The Beach Boys.Beach Boy Mike Love,speaking at recent cere-monies honoring ECO'sefforts on behalf of the BanThe CD Long Box cam-paign, said the band woulddonate the six -figure sum toenhance the charity's 1994operating budget.BILLY JOELThough he makes videos togo with his hit singles, BillyJoel continues to disdainthe thought. Billy says, "Ididn't sign on as a moviestar. I signed on as a pianoplayer."TUPACRapper/actor Tupac's realname is Tupac AmaruShakur. His parents are for-mer leaders of the revolu-tionary group the BlackPanthers.THE ODDSA year ago The Odds, afour -man band fromCanada, was backingWarren Zevon on a concerttour of North America.TWISTER ALLEYTwister Alley's lead vocalistis Shellee Morris, who's just
19 but has been with theband for nearly a decade.Shellee's mother Betty hasbeen the band's regularchauffeur and has arrangedmost of their bookings.TINA TURNEROne of the biggest recordsof Tina Turner's career washer first solo effort, "RiverDeep, Mountain High,"recorded for producer PhilSpector in 1965. The songwas a much bigger hit inEurope than it was in theStates.KINKSBrothers Dave and RayDavies have been vegetari-ans for more than twentyyears. Ironically, their fatherworked in a slaughterhouse.O.M.D.It took O.M.D.'s AndyMcClusky nearly three yearsto get Barry White's permis-sion to sample a hit from"Love's Theme" for theO.M.D. single "Dream OfMe."LUTHER VANDROSSForty -two-year old LutherVandross made his filmdebut as a silent hit man inRobert Townsend's MeteorMan.10,000 MANIACSDespite the pending depar-ture of Natalie Merchant,the remaining 10,000Maniacs are planning tocontinue recording andthey're set to record IrisDeMent's "Let The MysteryBe" with ex -Talking HeadDavid Byrne as lead singer.
Sho-Bitz: Beverly MireSho-Talk: Sheila ReneWho Am I: David BeranFriends Of Radio #19:Ben Fong TorresSho-Pieces: Ron FellSho-Dates: Diane Rufer
Sho-Dates
Our Best Wishes and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY To:
Curtis Waller WBLS-New York 9/5
Randy Irwin 550 Records, WA 9/5
Dave95 Harman WAJR-Morgantown,
WV
Kevin Casey WEBS -Calhoun, GA 9/5
Brian White KFRC-San Francisco 9/5
Al Stewart 9/5Andy St. John WLKI/FM-Angola, IN
9/6
James Paasche KCPR-San LuisObispo, CA 9/6
Elaine Locateill Columbia Records9/6
Carl Cross Arista Records 9/6
Yvonne Olson 9/6Alexis Bronson Touche Records 9/6
Kathy Goodin 9/6
Kourtney Robbins 9/6Pal Waaktaar (a -ha) CeCePeniston, David Allen Coe 9/6Sheilah Bowman Metro Traffic 9/7Chris Jonz Warner Bros. Records 9/7
Brett Atwood Billboard 9/7Pat Linton KRDI/FM-Decorah, IA 9/7
Tom Hughes KWNG-Red Wing, MN
9/7
Jim Richards WSNX-Muskegon, MI
9/7
J.J. Elliott 099FM-Cape Girardeau,
MO 9/7
Stefan Henderson WSVV-Petersburg, VA 9/7
Chrissie Hynde (Pretenters) 9/7Jay Ziskrout Arista Records 9/8
Harlan Howard 9/8Bob Galliani Galliani Bros. Marketing
9/9
Thom Shepard WKSQ-Ellsworth, ME
9/9 Billy Preston, DaveStewart (Eurythmics) 9/9 GingerMcFadden RCA Records 9/10
Michael Newman KDON/FM-Monterey, CA 9/10
Les Garland The Box 9/10
Michelle Meisner CapricornRecords 9/10
Jose Feliciano 9/10Joe Patti WVLT-Vineland, N.J. 9/11
Hosh Gureli Arista Records 9/11
Harry Connick Jr. 9/11
WEDDINGS
Our WEDDING BELLS rang on September 5
for MARC RATNER, VP of Promotion for
Reprise Records, and his fiancee,
MICHELLE MERCER, Music Director at
POWER106-Los Angeles.
...WEDDING BELLS rang on August 28 for
GREG LEE, Warner Bros. Director of
National Singles Promotion, and his fiancee,
LORIE COUNTER, Local Promotion
Manager for Mercury Records.
...WEDDING BELLS rang on August 21 for
PER GESSLE, one-half of EMI/ERG's
recording group Roxefte, and his fiancee,
ASA NORDIN.
Our CONGRATULATIONS to the happy
couples!'
BIRTHS
Our CONGRATULATIONS to JEFF
WYATT, Program Director at KIIS-Los
Angeles, and his wife, KATHY, on the birth
of their son, SPENCER MARSHALL. Born
August 30, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. and 20
inches in length.
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CHIIII01)10 ASSOCIATEEDITOR:DAVE SHOLIN
EDITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI
2W NTFACTOR
MARIAN CAREY - Dreamlover (Columbia) 237 30 97%
JANET JACKSON - If (Virgin) 201 27 97%
BILLY JOEL - he River Of Dreams (Columbia) 207 47 92%
TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down Again (Mercury) 190 38 940/0
MADONNA - Rain (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 187 17 96%
MICHAEL JACKSON - Will You Be There (Theme From Free Willy) (MJJ/Epic) 178 13 96%
AEROSMITH Cryin' (Geffen) 171 64 900/0
SWV - Right Here/Human Nature (RCA) 170 60 85%
ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Reason To Believe (Warner Bros 191 88 74%
DEF LEPPARD - Two Steps Behind (Columbia) 202 101 63%
JODECI Lately (Uptown/MCA) 141 42 83%
SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train (Columbia) 120 5 98%
DINO - Ooh Child (eastwest) 133 38 92%
TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista) 163 79 59%
TONY TONI TONE - If I Had No Loot (Wing/Mercury) 92 10 96%
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin) 76 7 990/0
CELINE DION & CLIVE GRIFFIN - When I Fall In Love (Epic) 138 59 590/0
LISA KEITH - Better Than You (Perspective/A&M) 156 56 44%
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Delicate (Columbia) 169 60 39%
SHAI - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA) 85 14 89%
P.M. DAWN - The Ways Of The Wind (Gee Street/Island/PLG) 89 38 92%
DURAN DURAN - Too Much Information (Capitol) 179 18 12%
INNER CIRCLE - Sweat (A La La La La Long) (Big Beat/Atlantic) 131 38 490/0
BRIAN McKNIGHT - One Last Cry (Mercury) 60 7 85°/0
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Sunday Morning (Reprise) 181 13
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush (Atlantic) 58 8 86%
GIN BLOSSOMS - Hey Jealousy (A&M) 102 30 590/0
RADIOHEAD - Creep (Capitol) 75 23 65%
DARDEN SMITH - Loving Arms (Chaos) 130 31 26%
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Soul To Squeeze (Warner Bros.) 136 21 18°/a
SPIN DOCTORS - How Could You Want Him (When You Could Have Me?) (Epic) 104 47 550/0
NEW RICK ASTLEY - Hopelessly (RCA) 153 12 8%
NEW EN VOGUE Featuring FMob - Runaway Love (eastwest) 152 9 6°/a
20 25 STEREO MC'S - Step It Up (Gee Street/Island/PLG) 55 26 80%
9 17 PROCLAIMERS - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (EMI/ERG) 38 4 950/0
33 36 LENNY KRAVITZ - Believe (Virgin) 64 15 53%
NEW LEGACY OF SOUND - Happy (RCA) 73 24 47%
NEW JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury) 140 5 11°/0
28 28 JOEY LAWRENCE - Stay Forever (Impact/MCA) 50 16 64°/a
27 35 TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin) 21 5 90%
Char Reports Adds On ChartHit
Factor
BLIND MELON - No Rain (Capitol) 121 97 8 16 7%
MEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love... (MCA) 120 37 58 25 3%
STING - Nothing 'Bout Me (A&M) 109 90 7 12 3%
DARYL HALL - I'm In A Philly Mood (Epic) 96 21 50 25 3%
MIDNIGHT OIL - Outbreak Of Love (Columbia) 86 22 48 16 5%
HADDAWAY - What Is Love? (Arista) 84 23 31 30 10%
Total Reports This Week 249 Last Week 218Hit Factor is a percentage of stations playing a record which also have it Top 20. ie:100 stations playing the record - 60 stations have it in their Top 20 - Hit Factor = 60%Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
RECORD TO WATCH
SHAGGY"Oh Carolina"
(Virgin)This reggae/pop entry has alot more than just a sliver ofsupport. Showing a solid
41 % HIT FACTOR.
Most Added
BLIND MELON (97)
STING (90)
R.E.M. (68)
TINA TURNER (67)
TAYLOR DAYNE (65)
EN VOGUE (51)
Top New Entry
RICK ASTLEY
"Hopelessly"(RCA)
Hot
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Sunday Morning"(Reprise)
Top Tip
R.E.M.
"Everybody Hurls"(Warner Bros.)
Inside Top 40hose . II() talk programming with
Kevin Carroll. newly -crownedsenior vice president at eastwest,better block out some quality timeand prepare to hear frank opinionson a lot more than music. In fact,the outspoken Carroll stresses thatPDs should give more responsibili-ty to their music directors, whichwill allow them more time to con-centrate on other areas.
Kevin spent eight years in radio,and remains extremely passionateabout the medium. He says thatover the years he has "come tobelieve more and more that goodprogram directors always win.
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 11
TOP 40
'Lip & ComingReports Adds On Chart
82 5 54 23 PENNY FORD - f II Be There (Columbia)
76 68 3 5 * R.E.M. - Everybody Hurls (Warner Bros.)
75 67 5 3 * TINA TURNER - Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Virgin)
73 65 6 2 * TAYLOR BAYNE - Send Me A Lover (Arista)
68 8 45 15 NEW ORDER - World (The Price Of Love) (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
59 - 37 22 GEORGE THOROGOOD - Get A Haircut (EMI/ERG)
53 8 16 29 ROBIN S rove For Love (Big Beat/Atlantic)
47 4 10 33 D.J. JAllY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE - Boom! Shake The Room (Jive)
46 2 30 14 CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT - Only With You (Imago)
46 - 31 15 THE ODDS - Heterosexual Man (Zoo)
45 5 14 26 BELL BIV DeVOE - Something In Your Eyes (MCA)
42 1 13 28 MICHAEL McDONALD - I Stand For You (Reprise)
42 41 1 - * JOHN WAITE - In Dreams (Imago)
41 - 11 30 10,000 MANIACS With MICHAEL STIPE - To Sir With Love (Elektra)
41 1 20 20 EXTREME - Tragic Comic (A&M)
40 4 12 24 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic)
38 15 21 2 PROCLAIMERS - I'm On My Way (Chrysalis/ERG)
37 1 16 20 LUTHER VANDROSS - Heaven Knows (Epic)
37 7 19 11 EAST 17 - Deep (London/PLG)
36 - 19 17 HENRY LEE SUMMER - Ain't That Love (Epic)
36 8 24 4 JACKYL Down On Me (Geffen)
35 - 6 29 CYPRESS HILL - Insane In The Brain (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
33 1 9 23 HIS BOY ELROY - Chains (Epic/Immortal)
31 - 5 26 U.N.V. - Something's Goin' On (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
31 28 1 2 * BJORK - Human Behaviour (Elektra)
30 - 6 24 KRIS KROSS - Alright (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
29 7 17 5 CEREMONY - Could've Been Love (DGC)
25 - 7 18 MICHAEL DAMIAN - Reach Out To Me (Scotti Brothers)
25 1 15 9 2 UNLIMITED - Tribal Dance (Critique/BMG)
23 2 7 14 ICE CUBE - Check Yo' Self (Priority)
22 3 8 11 SHAGGY - Oh Carolina (Virgin)
22 6 8 8 DR. ORE - Let Me Ride You (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
22 10 8 4 SOKO - It You Go Away (Big Beat/Atlantic)
21 6 2 13 INTRO - Come Inside (Atlantic)
21 3 17 1 FABULON - In A Mood (Chrysalis/ERG)
20 1 9 10 NUTTIN' NYCE - In My Nature (Pocketown/Jive)
19 - 6 13 SHANICE - It's For You (Motown)
18 1 12 5 JEREMY JORDAN - Try My Love (Giant/Reprise)
17 2 7 8 JAZIMATAll - Trust Me (Chrysalis/ERG)
16 1 4 11 BABYFACE - For The Cool In You (Epic)
16 14 1 1 *THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - My Sister (Mammoth/Atlantic)
13 - - 13 * M.C. LYTE - Ruffneck (First Priority/Atlantic)
13 1 8 4 JOE - I'm In Luv (PLG)
13 6 5 2 * PET SHOP BOYS - Can You Forgive Her? (EMI/ERG)
12 11 1 - * GABRIELLE - Dreams (London/PLG)
11 - 5 6 MARC COHN - Paper Walls (Atlantic)
11 - 9 2 CRUSH - She Came Down (eastwest)
10 - - 10 95 SOUTH - Whoot, There It Is (WRAP/Ichiban)
10 7 - 3 *ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista)
Dropped: #31 -Jon Secada, #37 -Pat Benatar, #39 -Bon Jovi, #40 -Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel. Porno For Pyros,
Enuff Z'Nuff, Big Daddy Kane, Diesel. The The, Robin Zander, Zapp & Roger, Snow, John
Mellencamp (Knockin'). K.T. Oslin. Creation Nation. Remedy. * Indicates Debut
Good PDs go to radio stations andmake good radio stations." So whatdo the winners have in common?Kevin says, "They're not overlypreoccupied with whether or not aparticular song will work. Instead,they should concentrate on devel-oping a strong morning show,helping everyone on the air staffachieve maximum potential andkeeping the overall presentation
Kevin Carroll
tight and focused. They also don'tget stuck with too many value-added promotions." Of the lastpoint, Kevin says that managementwill usually support programmingthat's winning, but, he says, "I'mfully aware that everyone wants astation that will win but, moreimportantly, will bill." He says heremains convinced that "those whostay true to the image they're try-ing to present will win."
Topping Kevin's list of concerns,however, is where the next groupof music directors will come from.Kevin feels that, especially insmaller markets, PDs give little orno control to MDs. "The hardestthing for some people to do istrust someone with the music," hesays. "Those spending three and ahalf or four days worrying abouttwo or three songs, checkingmounds of stats, probably arenever going to win."
As examples of changing times,Kevin recalls outdated theories likewomen won't listen to women andthe days when jocks had monosyl-labic or duosyllabic names. "Nowyou have names like Mancow orChio The Hit Man," he says."People turn on the radio, and ifyou entertain them they'll stay.Essentially, when good radio sta-tions win we all benefit, and whenbad radio stations go away webenefit too. Think of somethinglike 'Hot Hits.'It turned the recordbusiness on its ear because all of asudden people were going out andbuying records again."
As to the current state of radio,Kevin says he hears exciting thingshappening in a number of formats.
PROFILE
HAGGY
BORN: Kingston, Jamaica
BIRTH NAME: Orville Richard
Burrell (no relation to Hammer,
thank you)
BIRTHDATE: October 22, 1968
LABEL: Virgin
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
PROMOTION: Michael Plen
ALBUM/LATEST SINGLE:
Pure Pleasure/"Oh Carolina"
ORIGIN OF THE NAME
SHAGGY: "As a kid, I was like
a straw with this huge head of
hair-so the kids started call-
ing me Shaggy after the guy in
`Scooby Doo.' I hated it, tried
to lose the nickname, but it
just stuck. Now, I've found out
that in the U.K., `to shag'
means to have sex, so it's a
cool name now."
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: B.B.
King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob
Marley and Josey Wales
AVORITE RECORD BY
ANOTHER ARTIST: "War" by
Bob Marley
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISH-
MENT: Achieving a #1 record
in the U.K. with "Oh Carolina."
H F s A Y S, "No matter where
you go, no matter what you do,
make an impression."
"You know you've
got a hit when a song goes #1
or Top Five in nearly every mar-
ket in the country. From the 25
stations in America playing 'Oh
Carolina,' the same success is
developing. Stay tuned."
-Michael Plen, senior VP,
promotion, Virgin Records
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
TOP 40
GAVIN GO CHART5 1
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MARIAN CAREY - Dreamlover (Columbia)
BILLY JOEL - The River Of Dreams (Columbia)
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TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down Again (Mercury)
MADONNA - Rain (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
JANET JACKSON - It (Virgin)
ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unpluand" - Reason To Believe (Warner Bros.)
6 5 7 MICHAEL JACKSON - Will You Be There (Theme From Free Willy) (MJJ/Epic) 6
22 10 8 DEF LEPPARD - Two Steps Behind (Columbia)
9 9 9 AEROSMITH - Cryin' (Geffen) 7
20 13 10 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Delicate (Columbia) 19
25 15 11 LISA KEITH - Better Than You (Perspective/AN) 18
28 17 12 SWV - Right Here/Human Nature (RCA) 8
2 6 13 SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train (Columbia) 12
12 12 14 DINO - Ooh Child (eastwest) 13
31 19 15 CELINE DION & CLIVE GRIFFIN - When I Fall In Love (Epic) 17
- 32 16 DURAN DURAN - Too Much Information (Capitol) 22
27 18 17 SPIN DOCTORS - How Could You Want Him (When You Could Have Me?) (Epic) 31
30 22 18 JODECI - Lately (Uptown/MCA) 11
37 25 19 DARDEN SMITH - Loving Arms (Chaos) 29
11 11 20 P M. DAWN - The Ways Of The Wind (Gee Street/Island/PLG) 21
39 28 21 TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista) 14
- 38 22 EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Sunday Morning (Reprise) 25
- 34 23 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Soul To Squeeze (Warner Bros.) 30
NEW 24 JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury)
NEW 25 RICK ASTLEY - Hopelessly (RCA) 82
24 21 26 ROBERT PLANT - 29 Palms (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
- 40 27 INNER CIRCLE - Sweat (A La La La La Long) (Big Beat/Atlantic) 23
NEW 28 MEATLOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA) CB
13 23 29 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin) 16
16 20 30 TONY TONI TONE - It I Had No Loot (Wing/Mercury) 15
29 36 31 GIN BLOSSOMS - Hey Jealousy (A&M) 27
17 16 32 RADIOHEAD - Creep (Capitol) 28
NEW 33 STING - Nothing 'Bout Me (A&M) CB
NEW 34 PENNY FORD - I'll Be There (Columbia) U&C
26 27 35 PAT BENATAR - Somebody's Baby (Chrysalis/ERG)
32 33 36 MICHAEL McDONALD - I Stand For You (Reprise) U&C
18 26 37 SHAI - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA) 20
7 14 38 PROCLAIMERS - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (EMI/ERG) 35
NEW 39 EN VOGUE Featuring FMoll - Runaway Love (eastwest) 33
38 37 40 0.000 MANIACS With MICHAEL STIPE - To Sir With Love (Elektra) U&C
"Even album stations are gettingmore aggressive," he says. Kevinsees less of a "doomsday attitude"in Top 40 because, he says, "All ofa sudden stations are makingcomebacks. Some people said,`Screw it,' decided to take somechances and are doing it right.There are a lot more places wherethey are pushing the envelope.Now, it's almost cool to break the
rules."Welcome to the following new
Top 40 correspondents:PD Scott Richards, KDXT
(XT93), P.O. Box 4106, Missoula,MT 59806. PH(406) 728-9399 FAX(406) 721-3020
PD Jace Hunter, KNDE(CANDY 101), 4012 Kietzke Lane,Reno, NV 89502. PH (702) 826-1986 FAX (702) 826-2099
GO STATION PANEL The GO Chart is based on reports by 142 GAVINcorrespondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboard's panels.Underlines indicate upward movement, while blue entries highlighta stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart.
GO CHART MOST ADDED:
STING (61)
BLIND MELON (60)
R.E.M. (47)PD Brad Anderson, KSSZ
(KISS/FM), 3301 S. UniversityDrive, Fargo, ND 58104. PH (701)239-0414 FAX (701) 239-0453
PD Jon Zenner, KYIS (98.9KISS/FM), 3545Northwest 58th, Suite 800,Oklahoma City, OK73112. PH (405) 942-3399FAX (405) 948-1028
PD Dennis Snow,KZTR (STAR 98), 9001Rogers Avenue, #105, Ft.Smith, AR 72903. PH (501)542-0105 FAX (501) 484-7808
PD Steve Gilinsky,WGRG, P.O. Box 7 SVS,Binghamton, NY 13903.PH (607) 748-9131 FAX(607) 687-7102
OM Dave Mack,WHTE, 408 W. ArlingtonBlvd., Greenville, NC 27834. PH(919) 355-4688 FAX (919) 355-2234
There's no stopping Rick Astley,who charts Top 20 at KISS 108 27-20, WRKY 24-20, WKXA 24-17,102Z00 debut #20, KSKU 25-20,KTFM 21-16, etc. Twenty-sevenADDs including: WMME/FM,WNVZ, WTNY/FM, KDOG, KGRS,WNNO, KQLA, WQPW, WDJX,WVIC, KLIS, KDLK, KRQU, KONG,KHTR, KPLZ and KWWW."Hopelessly" debuts on the GOChart at #25.
It's a quick start for Earth, Wind& Fire's comeback, which takesbig gains at WIQQ-Greenville 27-18, ISLE 95 -St. Croix 30-21, WHHT-Bowling Green/Glasgow 32-22,
R.E.M.
KQLA-Manhattan 30-24, KZZT-Moberly 28-18, KTUF-Kirksville 32-25, KAKS-Amarillo 36-28, KTFM-San Antonio 17-12, KRQU-Laramie36-24, FM102-Sacramento 28-12,HOT 97.7 -San Jose 22-12, KSTN-
Stockton 27-14, KTMT-Medford 29-21, etc.
Top 15 stats on Daryl Hall's"I'm In A Philly Mood" at WPLJ-New York and WIOQ-Philadelphia,plus 21 new believers including:KQKY, WRCK, WNVZ, Z93, WHZR,KROC, WQGN, WAAL/FM, KJ103,KWTX, WKHQ, WWCP, B96.9 andWERZ.
Early I TIT FACTOR growth forHaddaway's "What Is Love?... up
uaryil nan
4% to 10%. Charting Top 10 atCKOI/FM-Montreal 9-7 and #6 at104 KRBE-Houston (45 plays).ADDed at: WEOW, WSPK/FM,WGRG, WKBQ, KMGZ, WNDU,WEYQ, WFMF, KLBQ, KWIN, KPXR,KDUK, Q99FM, SWEET 98, Y107,WKSI, WHYR, WFLY and more.
Expect a strong debut in a fewweeks for R.E.M.'s "EverybodyHurts," which is pulling impressiveairplay and going right on: Z104,K106, Y104, WZYQ, WCGQ,TOWER 98, XL93, 99KG, WXLC,KGLI, WVSR, KFTZ, KTRS, KTMT,KISM, WSBG/FM and WILI/FM.Moves 20-12 at KKRL/FM-Carroll,Iowa and debuts at #26 for KISS108 -Boston.
Soko's "If You GoAway" maintains a TopFive listing at KLYV-Dubuque and chartsTop 30 on KZZT-Moberly, Mo., KFBD-Waynesville, Mo. andZ106.7 -Evansville, Ind.Ten ADDs include:KDLK, KRQU, WNNJ,WSEI, KNEN, V100,KTDR, KFTZ,WJAT/FM and KGWY.
How hot is Shaggy?Just ask Mike Donovanat WXLC-Waukegan/Chicago,who takes it 21-8! "OhCarolina" is also takingnice gains at ISLE 95
6-4, MIX 93.5 18-15,KFMI 18-12 and KTFM 24-19. Newon: KIIS-Los Angeles, WSPK/FM-Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and KPLZ-Seattle. Be sure and check outShaggy's profile on the previouspage.
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 13
GAVIN RAP EDITOR: KELLY WOO
S 1 1 CYPRESS HILL - Insane In The Brain, When The Ship..., Bong (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
$ 2 2 ICE CUBE - Check Yo' Self (Priority)
$ 3 3 INTELLIGENT HOODLUM - Grand Groove (Tuff Break/A&M)
$ 4 4 M C. LYTE - Ruffneck (First Priority/Atlantic)
- 11 5 COMMON SENSE - Soul By The Pound (Relativity)
S 5 6 MENACE II SOCIETY - Spice -1, MC Eiht, UGK'z, Pete Rock, KRS-1, Smooth (Jive)
$ 6 7 THA ALKAHOLIKS - Make Room (Loud/RCA)
$ 7 8 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Chief Rocka (Pendulum/Elektra)
$ 8 9 POETIC JUSTICE - Mista Grimm, Pete Rock, 2 Pac, Nice & Smooth (New Deal/Epic)
- 25 10 DE LA SOUL - Breakadawn, En Focus (Tommy Boy)
9 11 NUBIAN CRACKER - Do You Wanna Hear It? (Big Beat/Atlantic)
24 12 CASUAL - That's How It Is (Jive)
S 13 13 BOSS - Recipe (DJ West/Chaos/Columbia)
$ 14 14 M.C. BREED - Gotta Get Mine (WRAP/Ichiban)
$ 15 15 FAT JOE - Flow Joe (Relativity)
$ 12 16 WU-TANG CLAN - Method Man, Protect Ya Neck (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA)
$ 17 17 SCARFACE - Let Me Roll (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
S 21 18 ILLEGAL We Getz Buzy (Rowdy)
- 16 19 FU-SCHNICKENS WITH SHAD -FU - What's Up Doc? (Jive)
- 18 20 AKINYELE - Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo? (Interscope/Atlantic)
- 10 21 KOOL G RAP & DJ POLO - On The Run (Cold Chillin')
$ 19 22 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic)
- 26 23 TRENDS OF CULTURE - Valley Of The Skinz (Mad Sounds/Motown)
- 23 24 MOTION MAN - Mo' Like Flows On, '93 Swing (Stepsun)
- 20 25 HOODRATZ - Bootlegga (Epic)
- 29 26 MAD FLAVA - Feel The Flava (Priority)
- 30 27 RUND.M.C. - Out, Whatcha Gonna Do (Profile)
- 31 28 DA YOUNGSTA'S - Iz U Wit Me, Honeycomb, Wild Child (eastwest/atlantic group)
- 38 29 DIGABLE PLANETS - Nickel Bags (Pendulum/Elektra)
- 37 30 PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS - Mash Up The Mic (Virgin)
- 34 31 JAllMATA7/ - Trust Me (Chrysalis/ERG)
S 33 32 KRIS KROSS - Alright (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
$ 39 33 BIG DADDY KANE - Stop Shammin'Nery Special (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)
- 27 34 ULTRAMAGNETIC M.C.'S - Two Brothers With Checks, One Two One Two (Wild Pitch/ERG)
NEW 35 YO -Y0 - Bonnie And Clyde, IBWin' Wit My Crewin' (eastwest/atlantic group)
NEW 36 DRED SCOTT - Nutin Ta Lose (Tuff Break/A&M)
- 45 37 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - 93 'Til Infinity (Jive)
- 35 38 FUNKDOOBIEST - Freak Mode (Immortal)
S 28 39 NAUGHTY BY NATURE - It's On (Tommy Boy)
- 32 40 DIAMOND AND THE . - What U Heard, (Chemistry/Mercury)
ChartboundTHE BEATNUTS - No Equal (Relativity)
*.EADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL What's Next? (Elektra)
* ERICK SERMON - Stay Real (Def Jam/Columbia)
*LIFERS GROUP Jack U. Back (Hollywood BASIC)
*THE TROUBLENECK BROTHERS Troubleneck Wreck (StepSun)
Reports accepted: Thursday Only 9am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedLEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
What's Next?(Elektra)
SOULS OF MISCHIEF
93 'Til Infinity(Jive)
ERICK SERMON
Stay Real
(Def Jam/Columbia)
Too Tip
POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS
Nobody Move(Profile)
RECORD TO WATCH
DIRT NATIONKhadijah
(Zoo Street)Gettin' down and dirty with the
Dirt Nation this week areSandman of WBU [-Tampa
and Kim Collett of KSJS-SanJose
Say What?The biggest news cal last \\ I hadto be "The Death of Def." RickRubin, founder and owner of whatwas known as Def AmericanRecordings. Reverend AlSharpton delivered a eulogy to the500 people who were invited to theburial. Dan Charnas and Q wereseen embracing each other for moralsupport as a horse-drawn hearseand a New Orleans -style funeralmarching band wound its waythrough one of Hollywood's oldestand most prestigious cemeteries."Def' will spend eternity near thelikes of Cecil B. deMille, RudolphValentino, John Huston, PeterLorre, and Tyrone Power.Afterward, mourners celebrated thebirth of American Recordings withan additional 1500 people wereinvited to the party...PendulumRecords has swung from Elektra toERG for distribution, so if you needanything new from Lords Of TheUnderground or Digable Planetscall Marcus Morton at (212) 492-1279...Props go out to DJ Rectangleof San Diego who took DMC's westcoast regional deejay battle...DefJam Recordings, in associationwith KMEL-San Francisco, is spon-soring the 7th Annual DplbcmasterCompetition in San Francisco onSeptember 2. Will Q -Bert,Mixmaster Mike and Apollo battleagainst each other for the title?? Formore information call Def Jam's
Kevin Mitchell at (212) 229-5225 orKMEL's Alexander Mejia at (415)391-1061...In case you didn't getBrute Bailey's MCA newsletter,Rakim is set to release his solodebut, "Heat It Up," which willappear on the soundtrack to themovie Gunmen. Expect Rakim's soloalbum to come out the first of theyear...Fade and Emz at InterscopeRecords have asked me to telleveryone to stop calling for theSnoop Doggy Dogg record. Theywon't have it until sometime inSeptember, and when they get ityou'll get it. This means that you'llhave to play your little sister's 17thgeneration copy of the single untilthen...Birthday shout -outs go out toGAVIN'S own Rod Edwards whoturned 26 on August 15, PriorityRecords' Carmonique Robertswho turned 24 on August 25 andColumbia Records' fyesh Harriswho'll turn 22 on September 5...Andlast but not least, be on the look outfor our second Rap/Urban videomagazine. We'll showcase the new
Hi -C with "Got It Like That,"Daddy -0 with "Brooklyn Bounce,"C.O.D. with "Straight From TheUnderground," Professor X (andcrazy mad guest appearances) with"Close The Crack House" and ShadzOf Lingo with "Mad Flavaz"...'Nuffsaid.
New ReleasesKRS-ONEOutta Here (Jive)For those of you who are newschool or if you're just in the dark,check this autobiographical cut byKRS-ONE for some serious knowl-edge. Produced by DJ Premier, theBlast Master drops a historical bombthat's a reminder of his past and hisplace in hip -hop. As the lyrics flowfrom the speakers, you can almostvisualize the vocal picture that Krispaints as he goes through keymoments of his life and career. Onething Kris makes evident is hislongevity, and in the cut's chorus hereminds us that many crews havecome and gone. Once they fall off-they're outta here! But have no fear,Kris also reminds us, "No doubtBDP is old school, but we ain't goin'out!" Peep out the B-side, "I Can'tWake Up," which is about KRS-ONE
14 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
THE TRIGGA WITH NO Heart us dUMPIN' Suckas IN 93
PRODUCED BY EA- SKI AND CMT
187 HE WROTETHE FOLLOW UP TO HIS GOLD SELF -TITLED DEBUT
© 19S3 Zomba Recording Corporation
RAP
RAP RETA.SINGLES2W LW TW
3 1 1 ICE CUBE - Check Yo' Self (Priority)
1 2 2 MC LYTE - Ruffneck (First Priority/Atlantic)
5 4 3 KRIS KROSS - Alright (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
6 5 4 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic)
2 3 5 CYPRESS HILL - Insane In The Brain (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
11 7 6 SCARFACE - Let Me Roll (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
4 6 7 95 SOUTH - Whoot, There It Is (WRAP/Ichiban)
8 8 8 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Chief Rocka (Pendulum/Elektra)
9 10 9 M.C. BREED - Gotta Get Mine (WRAP/Ichiban)
7 9 10 TAG TEAM - Whoomp! (There It Is) (Bellmark)
13 12 11 BIG DADDY KANE - Very Special (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)
16 13 12 L.L.COOL J - Pink Cookies/Backseat (Def Jam/Columbia)
10 11 13 ONYX - Slam (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
14 14 14 YO -Y0 - Bonnie & Clyde Theme/IBWin' Wit My Crewin (eastwest/atlantic group)
15 15 15 BOSS - Recipe (DJ West/Chaos/Columbia)
18 17 16 THA ALKAHOLIKS - Make Room (Loud/RCA)
22 20 17 INTELLIGENT HOODLUM - Grand Groove (A&M)
20 19 18 FAT JOE - Flow Joe (Relativity)
12 16 19 DR. DRE - Dre Day (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
17 18 20 NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Its On (Tommy Boy)
- 24 21 ILLEGAL - We Getz Buzy (Rowdy)
25 22 22 WU-TANG CLAN - Protect Ya Neck (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA)
23 23 23 D.J. JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE - Boom! Shake The Room (Jive)
NEW 24 MISTA GRIMM - Indo Smoke (New Deal/Epic)
24 25 25 MC EIHT - Streiht Up Menace (Jive)
ALBUMS2W LW TW
1 1 1 CYPRESS HILL - Black Sunday (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
- 11 2 SCARFACE - The World Is Yours (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
9 3 3 KRIS KROSS - Da Bomb (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
2 2 4 MENACE II SOCIETY - Soundtrack (Jive)
4 4 5 2 PAC - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (Interscope/Allantic)
5 8 6 ONYX - Bacdafucup (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
7 7 7 DR. DRE - The Chronic (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
6 6 8 M.C. LYTE - Ain't No Other (First Priority/Atlantic)
3 5 9 POETIC JUSTICE - Soundtrack (New Deal/Epic)
8 9 10 BOSS - Born Gangstaz (DJ West/Chaos/Columbia)
14 12 11 DM - Rigormortiz (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
10 10 12 M.C. BREED - The New Breed (WRAP/Ichiban)
11 13 13 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Here Come The Lords (Pendulum/Elektra)
- 17 14 FAT JOE - Represent (Relativity)
13 14 15 THE GETO BOYS - Till Death Do Us Part (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
16 16 16 JAllMATAll - An Experimental Fusion Of Hip -hop And Jazz (Chrysalis/ERG)
21 21 17 ICE CUBE - Predator (Priority)
17 18 18 TAG TEAM - Whoomp!(There It Is) (Life/Bellmark)
NEW 19 ILLEGAL - The Untold Truth (Rowdy)
18 19 20 5TH WARD BOYZ - Geto Dope (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
12 15 21 YO -Y0 - You Better Ask Somebody (eastwest/atlantic group)
19 20 22 L.L.COOL J -14 Shots To The Dome (Def Jam/Columbia)
22 22 23 BIG DADDY KANE - Looks Like A Job For... (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)
23 23 24 POOH MAN - Judgement Day (Scarface)
15 24 25 LUKE - In The Nude (Luke)
dreaming he's a blunt, and beingpassed around to a bunch of differ-ent rappers. Be on the look -out forhis new album, Return Of Da BoomBap, 'cause it's all that! Contact EricSkinner at (212) 620-8709.
DIGITALUNDERGROUNDReturn Of The Crazy One
(Tommy Boy)Look out people! The wild and crazyguy with the big sniffer has returnedwith Digital Underground for arump-shakin' good time. HumptyHump is back with his nasally deliv-ery and bugged out lyrics that areperfect for those silly and wild back -to -school parties. Production isP -Funk influenced with an off beatkeyboard loop and a hint of the"Humpty Dance" bass line. If thissong was by anyone else, it'd becorny, but since it's Humpty-it'sfunky. Contact Jamieson Grillo at(212) 388-8357.
LIFERS GROUPJack U. Back (Hollywood BASIC)It you got a kick out of Ice Cube's"Jackin' For Beats," this one's foryou. The real gangstas of rap dosome serious jackin' as they kicktheir "reality check" lyrics overtracks by N.W.A., the Ohio Players,The Jackson 5, King Tee, IsaacHayes, Average White Band, A.M.G.,Too Short and Cypress Hill. Vocalsfor this cut, and the rest of thealbum for that matter, were trackedin a temporary recording studioinside Rahway State Prison's maxi-mum security facilities in a one -week period. Live instrumentationby a drummer, bassist and hornplayers (all inmates) were alsotracked "in-house." Contact RocbarryBenson at (818) 560-6715.
ONYXShifftee (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)This group has got to be one of thebusiest acts of 1993. Having been onthe road doing shows since January,I'm sure they've played damn nearevery hip -hop club in the country.And just because they have a goldsingle doesn't mean they'll kick uptheir feet and rest on their laurels."Shifftee," the third single offBacdafucup, is so "low-down, grittyand grimy" that they scream it in thechorus of the song. The radio ver-sion, produced by Chyskillz and JamMaster Jay, has a hummin' bass linewith a tinny trumpet loop and sleighbells occassionally chime in thebackground. The LP version of"Bichasnigaz" is available on the B-side, but use discretion when play-ing it on the air. I think the four ofthem frown so much that the wrin-kle between their eyes has becomepermanent. Contact Kevin Mitchellat (212) 229-5225 or Tyesh Harris at(212) 833-8872.
ARTIST PROFILE
THREATBIRTH NAME: Corey Lloyd
FROM: Hawthorne, California
LABEL: Da Bomb/Mercury
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Patrick Pore
LATEST RELEASE:
"Let The Dogs Loose"
Sickinnahead
MUSICAL. INFLUF":',.,
DJ Pooh, Ice Cube, Bobcat, Yo
Yo, Eazy E, King Tee, 2 Pac
and Nefertiti.
s n v s: "I think there is a
responsibility that goes along
with making records. You're
talking to millions of people
all over the world, so you
gotta be saying something. If
you ain't saying nothing,
you're wasting your time."
-Threat
HE ALSO SAYS: "You can
take a man from Watts and
put him in Beverly Hills, and
he'll adapt. But you take a
man from Beverly Hills and
put him in Watts, and he's
through. We will survive."
-Threat
IT'S SAID: "From the skits
to the lyrics to rhymes, it's
the attention given to even
the smallest details that help
to set this record apart from
the crowd."
-ATCO, The Source
OUR DETAILS: Currently on
a promotional tour of the U.S.
I () G \ SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
RAP
HI -CGot It Like That (Skanless)The best word to describe Hi -C'snew single is "surprise"-and it's apleasant one. I know hard-core rapfans may be skeptical, but you can'tsleep on this one. Produced by Hi -C's partner in rhyme, Tony -A, "GotIt Like That" smacks you in the grillwith a neck-snappin' gangstagroove complete with funky syn-thesizer key strokes and a menac-ing bass line. Hi -C's delivery isharder than it was on most of hispast projects, but he still managesto inject a bit of humor. Play thisfor your audience and see howmany of them can figure out who itis. Contact Nasty Nes or Jammin'John of Crazy Pinoy Promotions at(206) 522-3953.
FUNKMASTER FLEXPRESENTS THE FLIPSQUADC'mon Baby/Butterfly Style(Wreck)The Funkmaster comes back againwith the follow up to his under-ground hit, "Six Million Ways ToDie." "C'mon Baby" is DJ candybecause its dancehall dub overpopular and old school vocals andbreaks contains loops ranging fromDoug E. Fresh's "La Di Da Di" tothe familiar piano and guitar riffs of
MC Lyte and Mr. Scartacc. Thistwelve -inch contains primarilybreak beats, but there are two vocalcuts on the B-side, "Butterfly Style."The first is a two -minute call andresponse by Mr. Excitement, andthe second is a funky '93 remix of"It's Yours" by T La Rock. "C'monBaby" caters more to commercialradio and club DJs rather than tocollege DJs, but nevertheless, TheFlip Squad is definitely somethingyou need to flex on your turntables.Contact Drew Ha at (212) 730-7160.
DIRT NATIONKhadijah (Zoo Street)Dirt Nation comes direct with theirdebut single, "Khadijah," which is adedication to a neighborhood"Buddah Queen" from whom theypurchase the raw herbs. Its mellow,mid -tempo grooves are comple-mented by the group's story -tellingdelivery that provide simplistic butthoughtful lyrics about single moth-ers and surviving on the meanstreets of inner cities. The B-side,"Jail Break," is more harder -edged,with razor-sharp lyrics, deep, echo-ing bass lines and loops of a guitarriff from U2's "Mysterious Ways."Regardless of the group's name,Dirt Nation will soon rise higherthan top soil. Check 'ern out.Contact Victoria Clare at (310) 822-2770. -TIM PERRY
SWING BATTABATTATHE NEW SINGLE FROM
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JACK BOYZ IN THE HOUSE
ON YOUR DESK NOWEURBAN REKORDS
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I EMBRACED BY RAP RADIO CHARTIN' LIKE A MUTHAF**KAIT'S LIKE WE CAN'T DO NOTHIN' WRONGYOU KEEP UP THE SUPPORT, WE'LL KEEP UP THE JAMSewe&HERE NOW in a word..."hippopatitzphatniz"
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COMING SOON
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RAP - 11.111rRap Album New
ReleasesBLACK MOONEnta Da Stage (Wreck)When Nervous Records decided tojump into the rap game last year, the
c.ti splash washeardnationwidewhen they debutedBlack Moon.Hailing fromBucktow nU.S.A., A I \
Brooklyn,Buckshot Shorty, 5 HExcellerator and DJ L\ itDee have been pounding pavementsince the release of their first single,"Who Got The Props." But successdidn't stop them from going rightinto the studio to complete theirdebut album on Wreck Records(Nervous' rap division). Produced byEvil Dee and his brother Mr. Walt,collectively known as The BeatMinerz, Enta Da Stage is descibed byKRS-ONE as "...the phattest shit I'veheard in a long time." The clever useof samples separate this project fromthe run-of-the-mill albums that arecurrently saturating the rap market.Although "Who Got The Props" washighly praised by the hip -hop com-munity, Black Moon decided toswitch it up a little, and flipped it abit harder on the album. Cuts tocheck out include "PowerfulImpact," "Buck 'Em Down," "BlackSmifN'Wessun," which features Smif-N-Wessun who has just signed withWreck, "Slave," "Shit Iz Real" and "UDa Man," which features the worldpremiere performance from BigDrew Ha.
KRS-ONEReturn Of Da Boom Bap (Jive)I wasn't sure what "Boom Bap"meant, but after I listened to thisalbum, my guess would be straight -up, hard-core rap music with real,rough and rugged lyrics. Of the four-teen cuts here, seven were producedor co -produced by DJ Premier, fourby KRS-ONE, two by Kid Capri andone by Showbiz. Complement thedope production with the no com-promise delivery of the Blastmasterand you have one of the roughest,rawest rap albums ever. One listento the lyrical terrorist named 'CRS -ONE and you know he is not justanother rapper-he's a true masterof ceremonies. Cuts to check out are"Mortal Thought," "I Can't WakeUp," "Slap Them Up," "Sound Of DaPolice," "Uh Oh," "Brown SkinWoman" and "Return Of Da BoomBap." And KRS-ONE would like tosay, "Peace to all the real DJs outthere 'cause I don't send my musicto no garbage DJs."
ILLEGALThe Untold Truth (Rowdy)So what do Cohn Wolfe, Diamond D.,Erick Sermon, Dallas Austin, LordFinesse, Spearhead X, Biz Markie andCool V have in common? They're allinvolved with Illegal's debut album. Veryrarely do new groups, let alone onemade up of two prepubescent teens,command the respect of such well-known producers, but Illegal's got theright one, baby-uh huh! A lot of criticsmay be skeptical about little kids kickin'hard-core rhymes, but since they writeall their own lyrics, you can't front on`em! Cuts worth peepin' out include"Back In The Day," which gives usIllegal's background, "CrumbSnatcher,"with guest vocals by Diamond D.,"Understand The How," "On Da M.I.C.,with guest vocals by Lord Finesse andA.G., "Stick 'Fin Up" and "If UWant It.
LEADERS OF THENEW SCHOOLT.I.M.E. (Elektra)'the long-awaited pioneers of thenew school finally come back fromtheir two year absence with T.I.M.E.(The Inner Mind's Eye). Thoughwe've heard tidbits of Busta's lyricalloud mouth on cuts ranging fromMary J. Blige's B-side "Intro" toHeavy D's "Bunch A Niggas," wereally haven't heard the group catchwreck collectively since last year'sclassic remix of Tribe's "Scenario."But yes, once again we get to listento Busta's crazy maddmuffled,rugged lyrics, Dinco's smooth innov-ative deliveries, Charlie's highpitched yelping, singing and catchyrhymes, and the group's unison cho-ruses and exclamations. TIME. wasdefinitely worth the wait with its 17cuts of lyrical madness and mesmer-izing tracks with wild noise loops tomellow basslines. The group them-selves produced a majority of thisalbum allowing Dinco, Charlie, andMilo to flex their studio skills. Themajority of the production was left toBusts Rhymes along with Backspinand Sam Sever. The group comes alittle hit harder than they did on AFuture Without A Past, with less bigband '20s and '30s jazz horn andpiano loops, and a little less scream-ing from Charlie Brown. Much of theharder lyrics can be heard on cutslike "Spontaneous" (which is remi-niscent of "Sound of the Zeekers,"but with a harder edge and contain-ing all of the New School SocietyMCs, e.g. Cracker -Jacks,Rumpletilskinz, etc.) and "A Quarterto Cutthroat." On the extra phatt tip,songs like "Syntax Era," where Bustareally flips the script with one of themost unique rhythmic deliveriesheard this past year, and "What'sNext?" will definitely catch the earsof the most critical hip -hoppers.
-TIM PERRY
P.D. NOTEBOOK BY ERIC NORBERG
A COMMENT ONEARLY ADDS
y June 4 column, called "TheLady Add Dilemma,"contained a letter from theprogram director of a smallstation who was squeezed bypromotion reps who wanted
dr early adds on new productto help get chart numbers. The repsresented an early drop because theyfelt it hurt the momentum on thesong. The question he asked was,"Will adding records early causemajor trouble with record repswhen you also drop them early?"
Here's a response from RandyAdams, program and music directorof KKRB/FM-Klamath Falls, Oregon:
"I'm in a competitive situation thatmakes it difficult if I wait too longto add a quality record and I toohave found myself ready to drop arecord while it is still trying to gaintop ten or number one status.
"In my opinion,part of theproblem lies inthe fact that as anA/C reporter Isee many recordstaking longer topeak because ofthe many 'full service' A/Cs thatlimit their playlist size. This is not tocriticize them; what they're doingmay be right for them, but the pointis, most of the songs I add early fallinto two categories. If the decision Imake is to add the song before therecord company 'add date', and/orbefore the trades accept it as anadd, the song must be one that Itruly believe will harm me by sittingon my desk instead of gettingimmediate airplay on my station. Aswith every MD across the country,sometimes a song I believe in willnot appear to do much regionally ornationally, but that has little to dowith what I decide my station willplay to meet its objectives.
"I have found most record reps Ideal with on a regular basis trustwhat I and many other MDs andPDs do, and why they do it. Onoccasion, I drop a song they don'twant me to or don't increaserotation soon enough to suit them.The simple rule of thumb is this:There are a great many songs thatcome across my desk each weekthat are 'sure shots' to chart. Thekey is being able to determine
whether that song, either by sound,artist or trend, will burn faster thanthe next. The song that may burnfaster may sit one or two weekslonger. Again, that sort of decisionis what makes our jobs in radio sochallenging, and keeps us fromprogramming 'by the book,' ornumber by number on a nationalchart."
Thanks to Randy for hisobservations. Here's a letter fromPat Linton, PD of KDEC/KRDI-Decorah, Iowa, inspired by thesame column..
"My relationship with most recordpromoters is excellent...but I havehad some not -so -pleasantencounters with some in the past,as we all have. One example is thehalf-hour 'grill session' by apromoter on a record that wasbarely moving up on `Up and
The key is being able todetermine whether that song,
either by sound, artist or trend,will burn faster than the next.
Coming'... I flat-out said no, but thatwasn't what they wanted to hear, sothey said that since I was still in mytwenties, I had no clue what myA/C audience wanted (even thoughour station has 41% of the audiencein our county!), that I was missingthe boat, etc., etc. I feel...weshouldn't let our listeners down justto please someone on the phone. Ifthe promoter is good, they'llunderstand that you'll add it whenyou feel it's right to do so. Smallermarket PDs and MDs need to workhard to get the respect of recordcompanies and build a professionalrelationship with those great peoplewe talk to every week!"
Next week: A final letter based onthe same column-with somethoughts about how one decideswhat to add and what not to. (Ed. Note: In last week's column18/271, it was erroneously stated"Experts are not predicting that RBDSdatastreams may have applicationsin designing cars that can locatethemselves to within a few feedanywhere in the country. In fact,experts are making such predictions.Sorry for any corifustion.)
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EDITOR:RON FELLASSOCIATE EDITOR:DIANE RUFER
2W LW TW
1 1 1 BILLY JOEL River Of Dreams (Columbia) 228 219 100°/a
6 2 2 ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Reason To Believe (Warner Bros.) 224 180 960/0
7 3 3 MARIAH CAREY - Dreamlover (Columbia) 215 179 970/0
8 7 4 MADONNA - Rain (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 191 140 94%
5 5 5 MICHAEL JACKSON - Will You Be There (Theme From Free Willy) (MJJ/Epic) 188 140 96%
3 4 6 CELINE DION & CLIVE GRIFFIN - When I Fall In Love (Epic) 189 139 96%
2 6 7 JON SECADA - I'm Free (SBK/ERG) 183 123 92%
13 11 8 MICHAEL McDONALD - I Stand For You (Reprise) 172 94 91%
12 10 9 DAVE KOZ - You Make Me Smile (Capitol) 170 99 86%
- 25 10 RICK ASTLEY - Hopelessly (RCA) 200 29 65%
10 9 11 BRIAN McKNIGHT - One Last Cry (Mercury) 147 83 92%
17 13 12 DARDEN SMITH - Loving Arms (Chaos) 145 67 83%
4 8 13 .ThNG - Hein Of Gold (A&M) 149 72 88%
18 16 14 CYNDI LAUPER - Who Let In The Rain? (Epic) 129 47 83%
21 17 15 TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down Again (Mercury) 116 53 86%
24 18 16 CHRIS ISAAK - Solitary Man (Reprise) 121 30 84%
26 20 17 LISA KEITH - Better Than You (Perspective/A&M) 127 22 770/0
20 19 18 MOODSWINGS - Rainsong (Arista) 108 41 83%
11 14 19 TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin) 116 46 82%
- 29 20 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - The Moment You Were Mine (Reprise) 132 8 64%
9 12 21 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Run To You (Arista) 115 32 83%
le 15 22 MICHAEL DAMIAN - Reach Out To Me (Scotti Brothers) 111 30 79%
35 26 23 OLETA ADAMS - I Just Had To Hear Your Voice (Fontana/Mercury) 125 11 64%
30 28 24 O.C. SMITH - Brenda (Triune) 88 28 81%
35 25 TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista) 116 7 530/0
31 30 26 KINKS - Still Searching (Columbia) 92 16 78%
38 33 27 GEORGE BENSON - Love Of My Life (Warner Bros.) 104 8 61%
40 34 28 GO WEST - Tell Me (EMI/ERG) 95 7 67%
36 32 29 SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train (Columbia) 86 23 700/o
- 40 30 BEACH BOYS - Summer In Paradise (Brother) 107 1 40%
31 DARYL HALL - I'm In A Philly Mood (Epic) 106 4 37%
25 27 32 JOSHUA KADISON - Jessie (SBK/ERG) 77 25 82%
22 22 33 ROBERT PLANT - 29 Palms (Es Paranza/Atlantic) 81 15 77%
- 39 34 CATHY DENNIS - Being With You (Polydor/PLG) 87 8 53%
'9 24 35 AARON NEVILLE - Don't Take Away My Heaven (A&M) 78 18 740/0
33 37 36 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin) 72 19 76%
14 21 37 STEVE MILLER BAND - Wide River (Polydor/PLG) 72 19 72%
15 23 38 JIMMY BUFFETT - Another Saturday Night (MCA) 71 12 68%
23 31 39 KENNY G with PEABO BRYSON - By The Time This Night Is Over (Arista) 67 11 73%
NFW 40 10,000 MANIACS With MICHAEL STIPE - To Sir With Love (Elektra) 73 3 490/0
Cha itt Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - "Sunday Morning" (Reprise) 101 46 - 19 36 19°0 2
DAVID CROSBY Trirough Your Hands" (Atlantic) 75 14 2 27 32 39°0 4
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - "Delicate" (Columbia) 71 13 2 29 27 44% 4
LUTHER VANDROSS - "Heaven Knows" (Epic) 62 8 - 25 29 40°',D 3
PENNY FORD - Be There" (Columbia) 58 14 4 16 24 34°0 3
Total Reports:This Week 231 Last Week 230Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have it inHeavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Gavin A/C #1 Hits From:9/4/92 PATTY SMYTH - "Sometimes Love Just Ain't..." (MCA)
9/6/85 KOOL & THE GANG - "Cherish" (De-Lite/PolyGram)
9/7/84 BILLY JOEL - "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" (Col.)
Most Added
AARON NEVILLE (49)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE (46)
RICK ASTLEY (38)
*R.E.M. (35)
*TAYLOR DAYNE (35)
Top TIP
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
"Sunday Morning -(Reprise)
RECORD TO WATCH
R.E.M."Everybody Hurts"
(Warner Bros.)
Inside A/CThe battle to succeed Billy Joel's"The River Of Dreams- at = l is abloody one as Rod Stewart's"Reason To Believe" edges outMariah Carey's "Dreamlover" by anine -station, one -HEAVY rotationmargin. Each record upped theirHEAVY rotation ante by nearly 40stations, yet B.J.'s 219 HEAVY'sswamps all corners.
Michael McDonald's "I Stand ForYou" lunges into the Top Ten at #8
Toni Braxton
with a 91% HIT FACTOR, up fromlast week's 84%. The only other newtrack in the Top Ten is RickAstley's "Hopelessly-which scoresa format -best 26% increase in HITFACTOR (39% to 65%). It's A/C'sHOTTEST single, standing at #10
20 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
THE ADULT CONTEMPORARY RADIO DEBUT OF GIFTHORSE RECORDING ARTIST
JEFF ARUNDEL"ONE TRUE LOVE"
FROM THE ALBUM
COMPASSA3/NAC ALREADY ON MAJOR MARKETSTATIONS: KTCZ, WBOS, WVBR,WLOQ, WHPT, WVXU, KERA, KFAN,KFMG, KUMD, KCFE, WMMM, KZON,KXCI, KQPT, KOTR, KCRW, KSSY, KKS
"CATCHY, LYRICAL, UPBEAT. AND BESTOF ALL, ADULT LISTENERS WARMLYEMBRACE THIS TRACK. "ONE TRUELOVE" HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOMEA CLASSIC."-JANE FREDERICKSEN,KTCZ CITIES 97.1
"GREAT MUSIC AND STRONG LISTENERREACTION PROMISE A LEGITIMATEMULTI -FORMAT SMASH!"-ROB MOORE,KCFE CAFE 105.7
IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT ON YOUR DESK CALL DREW EMMER AT 612-942-5775A/C PROMOTION BY: CALLAHAN WEST, JON KONJOYAN, MIKE MARTUCCI AND TOM KAY
A/C
Up 8r ComingReports Adds
55 3 P.M. DAWN - The Ways Of The Wind (Gee Street/Island/PLG)
52 21 RAY CHARLES - Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.)
49 49 * AARON NEVILLE - Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight (A&M)
46 22 DAN HILL - Let Me Show You (Spontaneous)
45 4 YEI10 - Drive/Driven (Smash/Island)
44 4 WENDY MOTEN - So Close To Love (EMI/ERG)
39 35 * TAYLOR DAYNE - Send Me A Lover (Arista)
35 35 * R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Warner Bros.)
31 31 * MICA PARIS - Whisper A Prayer (Island/PLG)
28 2 CREATION NATION - Love Will Come Later (Audikon)
25 24 * THE STORY - So Much Mine (Elektra)
25 9 * CUBA GOODING - Meant To Be In Love (Tried & Trubillyko)
24 6 * THE BLENDERS - Last Kiss (Cowtown)
*Indicates De
24 4 * PAUL LEONARD - Saints And Strangers (Bridge Timbre)
Dropped: P Benatar, SWV, Marc Cohn, Proclaimers, Patti Scialfa, K.T. Oslin, Jack
er.Wagner.
Plus Factor IM 'RN Increase
RICK ASTLEY - Hopelessly (RCA) 39 65 26%
10,000 MANIACS With MICHAEL STIPE - To Sir With Love (Elektra) 30 49 19%
BEACH BOYS - Summer In Paradise (Brother) 21 40 19%
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Sunday Morning (Reprise) 0 19 19%
RAY CHARLES - Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.) 0 19 190/0
DARYL HALL - I'm In A Philly Mood (Epic) 20 37 17%
YELLO Drive/Driven (Smash/Island) 29 44 15%
LUTHER VANDROSS - Heaven Knows (Epic) 25 40 15°/a
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - The Moment You Were Mine (Reprise) 50 64 14°/a
CATHY DENNIS - Being With You (Polydor/PLG) 40 53 13%
CHRIS ISAAK - Solitary Man (Reprise) 72 84 12%
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Delicate (Columbia) 32 44 12%
DAVID CROSBY - Through Your Hands (Atlantic) 27 39 12%
Records which receive the greatest increase in Hit Factor
after only two chart -weeks. It's alsoworth mentioning that it acheived200 stations in just three weeks.
Were it not for Rick Astley, anyrecord that could get to #20 in twochart weeks would probably be ourHOTTEST single. Beth NielsenChapman's, "The Moment YouWere Mine" is such a record. Only
George Benson
13 singles have more committed sta-tions, while the 132 already on itprovide a 64% HIT FACTOR.
Big things are developing for ToniBraxton's "Another Sad Love Song"as it moves #35 to #25 this week
Go West
while showing top twenty at Top 40and Urban (where it's already a for-mer #1). Now cleared by well over ahundred A/Cs the believers includeWBMX, KMXV, B100, WLMX, K99,WMJQ, KKLD, KRNO/FM, KXYQ,WMXB, WLDR and KCRE.
George Benson's "Love Of MyLife" continues to make solidprogress as it picks up six ranks(#33 - #27) and is cleared by 104A/Cs, 61% of whom are HITFACTORing like WMT/FM, WTPI,
K9FM, VITAS, WQLH/FM,WOBM/FM, KBLQ and KBOL.
Go West's "Tell Me" is showing itsstuff with a healthy #34 to #28 chartmove, with two-thirds of all playersin quality rotation including WQLR,KKLD, WMJQ, KRNO/FM, KIDX/FM,KBIG, WHAI and WOBM/FM.
With a 70% HIT FACTOR a singlewith only 86 reports can go top thir-ty as has Soul Asylum's moving"Runaway Train." Impressive callsinclude WRQX, KXYQ, B100, CKFMand WMJQ.
Beach Boys
Big ten -point gain for The BeachBoys' "Summer In Paradise." The#40 to #30 move comes with a 40%HIT FACTOR and a roster of believ-ers like WJLK, KEYW/FM, WFRO,WCSO, WMT/FM, KTID, WCKQ,WTSX, KFMO and WLDR.
As predicted last issue, DarylHall's "I'm In A Philly Mood" is byfar the highest chart debut at #31. Astrong 22 new stations join the 84already on it to take its airplay baseto 106. Doing well already for K103,KVYN/FM, WLEV, WSKY,KATW/FM, WEIM, KITZ, and WAHRetc.
Last week's RECORD TO WATCH,Earth Wind & Fire's "SundayMorning," is again our second MOSTADDED single and our current TOPTIP. This week's 46 ADDs bringstheir station total to 101 A/Cs. Newthis issue with WMJQ, WAHR,WBLG, WHFX, WSVV, KDCK/FM,KFYR, KLSS, KMXV/FM, KSDN,WMT/FM, WLXR, KKLY and KFQD.
R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts," slipsinto the RECORD TO WATCH cate-gory this week. Debuting in UP &COMING with WHAI, WSKY, WZLT,KCHA, KAYL, WFRO, KLZY, KGYand KVYN/FM among the 35 firstweek ADDs. If you haven't taken alisten to this one yet, please do.Michael Stipe's powerful vocals areunforgettable.
New ReleasesBRUCE HORNSBY"Fields Of Gray" (RCA)This is the track trom Ilornsby sHarbor Lights album that mostresembles his past hits, and yet thenovelty in it is his almost Sam Cookeapproach to the vocals. The similari-ty between Homsby's gray fieldsand Sting's gold is in the star qualityboth offer. Welcome back, Bruce!
ARTIST PROFILE
LABEL: Smash/Island
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Tim Smith (818) 762-4309
FAX: (818) 762-2902
CURRENT SINGLE:
"Drive/Driven"
CURRENT ALBUM:
Essential Yello
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank
DIETER MEIER TALKS
ABOUT: BIRTHDATE:
March 4, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Zurich
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Zurich, London, Malibu
MARITAL STATUS: Married
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins,
Miles Davis
FAVORITE ALBUM BY
ANOTHER MUSICIAN: Kind Of
Blue by Miles Davis (1959),
Everything from
the heart
DISLIKES: When it doesn't
come from the heart
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:
U.S. Ryder Cup Team (Golf)
IF I WEREN'T A RECORDING
ARTIST: "I'd be a storyteller in
the street."
FUTURE PLANS: "To finish my
movie, Once Upon A Dream."
22 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
GAVIN MU CONNECTIONSTOP 40
1 MARIAN CAREY - Dreamlover (Columbia)
21' JANET JACKSON - If (Virgin)
31' BILLY JOEL ne River Of Dreams (Columbia)
4 TEARS FOR FEARS Break It Down Again (Mercury)
5 MADONNA - Bain (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
6 MICHAEL JACKSON - Will You Be There (Theme From Free Willy) (MJJ/Epic)
81' SWV - Right Here/Human Nature (RCA)
91' ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Reason To Believe (Warner Bros.)
12 SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train (Columbia)
141i TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista)
15 TONY TONI TONE - I Had No Loot (Wing/Mercury)
16 LB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Virgin)
17 t CELINE DION & CLIVE GRIFFIN - When I Fall In Love (Epic)
181' LISA KEITH - Better Than You (Perspective/A&M)
20 SHAI - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
24 BRIAN McKNIGHT One Last Cry (Mercury)
251' EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Sunday Morning (Reprise)
29T DARDEN SMITH - Loving Arms (Chaos)
321' RICK ASTLEY Hopelessly (RCA)
331' EN VOGUE Featuring FMob - Runaway Love (eastwest)
40 TINA TURNER - I Don't Wanna Fight (Virgin)
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R.E.M.
Based on 538 freshplaylists, GAVIN'S
Connections chart is nowcomposed from what webelieve to be the largestconsensus of radio stationsanywhere in the world.Sounds pretty hot, doesn't it?This week's Top 40 baseincludes 31 newly -addedreporting stations.
The most "connected" sin-gle by a long shot, isMariah Carey's"Dreamlover." A whopping507 of all possible stationsare on it and both Top 40and A/C have its Hit Factorat a near -perfect 97%. Onthe subject of hot HitFactors, Billy Joel's "TheRiver Of Dreams" scores a100% for the second straightweek while displaying astrong 92% in Top 40.
Most Added among theconnected tracks was
R.E.M.'s "EverybodyHurts" with 103 first -week players followedclosely by TaylorDayne's "Send Me ALover" with 100 out -of -the -box. Some singlesoff to exclusive startsin Top 40 include theSting, Tina Turnerand John Waite, hut
I'd expect A/C to catch upwhen the format is encour-
John Mellencamp
aged to join the battle.Earth, Wind & Fire's
"Sunday Morning" will jointhe Mariah Carey and theToni Braxton as a triple -format winner. It's already at#25 at Top 40 and #18 atUrban while topping
Chartbound in A/C with 101players. This triumphantcomeback should easily end
Blind Melon
up with single -digit peaks inall formats.
Over on the GO Chart thehighlights include six debutsled by John Mellencamp's"Human Wheels" whichopens at #24 a full 14 ranksahead of its main chart num-ber. Other entries includethe #28 for Meatloafs "I'dDo Anything For Love..."with no corresponding mainchart number yet. MostAdded for GO Chart report-ing stations were Sting's"Nothing 'Bout Me" with 61Adds and Blind Melon's"No Rain" with 60.
-RoN FELL
The Media Connection
d to play jazz greatIles Davis in the
iopic with the work -g title Million
Dollar Lips, produced byformer record executiveWalter R. YetnikoTone-Loc's filmcareer is rollingalong, and thesinger has landedthe role of an ex -con in Blank Check,set to begin produc-tion soon...Prince'sinteractive musicaltheatrical produc-tion Glam SlamUlysses introduces13 new songs byPrince and starsCarmen Elektra. After itsL.A. run, the erotic re-telling of Homer's Odyssey,which combines videotechnology with live the-atre, will tour nightclubsnationally.
"Fresh Prince" WillSmith plays a gay conman in the MGM film SixDegrees Of Separation,coming this December...Rapper Ice Cube has takenthe role of an accusedmurderer in the film TheGlass Shield, due out nextyear..McBride & The Rideappear onscreen withLuke Perry in New Line'srodeo flick Eight SecondsTo Glory, due out early in'94. Word has it that theMCA soundtrack featuresthe cream of the countrycrop including Brooks &Dunn, Reba McEntireand Clint Black...Actor/comedian/singer EddieMurphy has begun princi-pal shooting on BeverlyHills Cop III.
The just -released MCARecords soundtrack toHeart And Souls containsclassics by Frankie Valli& The Four Seasons, B.B.King and Ray Charles...Covers are the rage onColumbia's soundtrack toCalendar Girl, set to openSeptember 3. Theory cov-ers "Why Do Fools Fall InLove?" and Penny Fordturns in a searing versionof Peggy Lee's "Fever"...The Morgan Creek sound-track to Warner Bros.' TrueRomance features cuts by
Eddie and Chris Isaak,and will hit the pavementon September 7.
Word has it that Tone-Loc is also working on aTV series called L.A. 187about an undercover cop,
McBride & The Ride is lassoed with LukePerry on the set of New Line's rodeo filmEight Seconds To Glory.
and on an animated showabout inner city kids calledT Bear ..MTV premieres anAerosmith Rockitmentaryon Monday, September 6.
With the late night showcircuit heating up we havea lot of musical guests torelay. Soul Asylum willrock the house on DavidLetterman's Friday,September 3 program onCBS, and catch LennyKravitz. on Dave'sThursday, September 9episode...Vince Gill willappear on Jay Leno'sMonday, September 13show, and rappers KrisKross visit him on thenext night...Former EStreet Band drummerMax Weinberg will he theband leader on NBC's LateNight With Conan O'Brienwhen it premieresMonday, September 13.This week marks the debutof Trivia Clip, wherein wepose a question to ourreaders and award thewinner with two free pass-es to a United ArtistsTheatre near you. Onewinner will be drawn fromall correct answersreceived. The question:What well-known singerplayed Ace Face in theWho film Quadropbenia?Fax answers along withyour address to the atten-tion of David Beran at(415) 495-2580 or phoneGAVIN at (415) 495-1990and ask for me. Staytuned, and we'll see youon the big island.
B y DAVID B E R A NGAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
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BILLY RAY CYRUS - In The Heart Of A Woman (Mercury)
TRACY BYRD - Holdin' Heaven (MCA)
GARTH BROOKS - Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up) (Liberty)
DWIGHT YOAKAM - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere (Reprise)
AARON TIPPIN - Workin' Man's PHd (RCA)
WYNONNA - Only Love (Curb/MCA)
SAWYER BROWN - Thank God For You (Curb)
BOY HOWDY - A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart (Curb)
JOE DIFFIE - Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) (Epic)
TRAVIS TRITT - Looking Out For Number One (Warner Bros.)
CLAY WALKER - What's It To You (Giant)
JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Beer And Bones (Atlantic)
STEVE WARINER - If I Didn't Love You (Arista)
BROTHER PHELPS - Let Go (Asylum)
VINCE GILL - One More Last Chance (MCA)
TOBY KEITH - He Ain't Worth Missing (Mercury)
CLINT BLACK - No Time To Kill (RCA)
DIAMOND RIO - This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet (Arista)
GEORGE STRAIT - Easy Come Easy Go (MCA)
PATTY LOVELESS - Nothin' But The Wheel (Epic)
SUZY BOGGUSS - Just Like The Weather (Liberty)
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - Trashy Women (Atlantic)
=i0NNIE MILSAP - True Believer (Liberty)
McBRIDE & THE RIDE - Hurry Sundown (MCA)
LORRIE MORGAN - Half Enough (BNA Entertainment)
STEWART - I'll Cry Tomorrow (RCA)
COLLIN RAYE - That Was A River (Enid
REBA McENTIRE with LINDA DAVIS Does He Love You (MCA)
MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER - The Bug (Columbia)
LEE ROY PARNELL - On The Road (Arista)
MARTINA McBRIDE - My Baby Loves Me (RCA)
JOHN ANDERSON - I Fell In The Water (BNA Entertainment)
BILLY DEAN - I'm Not Built That Way (Liberty)
BROOKS AND DUNN - She Used To Be Mine (Arista)
PAM TILLIS - Do You Know Where Your Man Is (Arista)
RICKY VAN SHELTON - A Couple Of Good Years Left (Columbia)
MARK CHESNUTT - Almost Goodbye (MCA)
ALABAMA - Reckless (RCA)
SAMMY KERSHAW - Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer (Mercury)
AARON NEVILLE - The Grand Tour (A&M)
EDITOR:LISA SMITHASSOCIATE EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLE
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RANDY TRAVIS .rivyboy Boogie (Warner Bros.)
TRACY LAWRENCE- My Second Home (Atlantic)
SHAWN CAMP - Fallin' Never Felt So Good (Warner Bros.)
LARI WHITE - Lay Around And Love On You (RCA)
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Album CutsGARTH BROOKS - American Honky-Tonk Bar Association/
The Night I Called The Old Man Out/Standing OutsideThe Fire/One Night A Day/Catlin' Baton Rouge
RAY STEVENS - If 10% Is Good Enough For JesusALAN JACKSON - Mercury BluesWYNONNA - Rock Bottom/Girls With Guitars
Most MilletALABAMA (138)
TRACY LAWRENCE (109)
MARK COLLIE (68)
RONNA REEVES (67)
MARK CHESNUTT (61)
Top RequestsGARTH BROOKS
BILLY RAY CYRUS
SAWYER BROWN
DWIGHT YOAKAM
CLAY WALKER
RECORD TO WATCH
DALE DANIELComing Back To Haunt Me
(BNA Entertainment)Newcomer out of the startinggate with 53 stations, includ-
ing KUZZ, WFMB, KWKH,KKJQ, KWYO, K92/FM, KXIA,
KBMW, KZMO, etc.
Inside CountrySPECIAL NOTE: U .e've se!September 13 as the date to changeover to our Monday reporting dead-line. Starting then, our deadline willbe 5pm (PST).RADIO HAPPENINGS...Glenn Michaels, MD at KRYS-Corpus Christi has added AssistantPD to his duties...Rich Austin hasleft WDLS-Scranton. Nancy Faye willnow handle both the PD and MDduties...Mark Denny exits KLEE-Ottumwa to take a position atcrosstown KISS. Galen Ray will bethe new MD at KLEF Special con-gratulations to WMZQ-Washington,D.C. MD Mac Daniels and GiantRecords' Karen Murray on theirAugust 28 wedding in SanAntonio...Former WYNY-New YorkMD Steve Blatter has been namedthe new Program Director at rock sta-tion WXPS-Westchester, NY...KRMD-Shreveptrt's third annual August-festwas headlined this year by RonnieMilsap.INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS...Deb Smith, formerly of Shindler-Turner Promotions, is nowPromotion Coordinator at AristaRecords...Lisa Roy, formerly inPromotions at Sony, has gone toMasterfonics as Managing Directorof Recording Operations...TheAcademy of Country Music haselected new officers: Ken Kragenhas been named President and TimDuBois is the new Vice President...Nominees for the 1993 SRO Awards,recognizing outstanding achievementwithin the Country Music touring
24 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
COUNTRY
ComingReports Adds Weeks
105 6 6 TURNER NICHOLS - Moonlight Drive -In (BNA Entertainment)
101 41 2 CHRIS LeDOUX - Every Time I Roll The Dice (Liberty)
96 13 3 ROGER BALLARD - Two Steps In The Right Direction (Atlantic)
79 2 4 TWISTER ALLEY - Dance (Mercury)
72 68 1 * MARK COLLIE - Something's Gonna Change Her Mind (MCA)
69 67 1 * RONNA REEVES - He's My Weakness (Mercury)
64 58 1 * RICK TREVINO Just Enough Rope (Columbia)
55 1 4 STEPHANIE DAVIS - It's All In The Heart (Asylum)
54 47 1 * JOHN BERRY - ass Me In The Car (Liberty)
53 52 1 * DALE DANIEL - Coming Back To Haunt Me (BNA Entertainment)
45 1 4 MICHAEL WHITE - Country Conscience (Reprise)
41 13 2 B.J. THOMAS -,uthern Girl On A Summer Night (Silver City)
30 7 1 BILLY BURNETTE - The Bigger The Love (Capricorn)
29 1 3 JIM WISE Cowboy Cadillac (Americana)
Dropped: 111-Radne Foster, 16-HaNtchum, #28 -Doug Supernaw, #35 -Little Texas, #39 -Ricky Lynn Gregg
GiMIndicates De
Top Ten Videos1. BILLY RAY CYRUS - In The Heart Of A Woman (Mercury)2. SAWYER BROWN - Thank God For You (Curb)3. TRACY BYRD - Holdin' Heaven (MCA)4. DWIGHT YOAKAM - A Thousand Miles From... (Reprise)5. WYNONNA - Only Love (Curb/MCA)6. AARON TIPPIN - Working Man's PH.D (RCA)7. LITTLE TEXAS - What Might Have Been (Warner Bros.)8. JOE DIFFIE - Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (Epic)9. HAL KETCHUM - Mama Knows The Highway (Curb)10. BOY HOWDY - A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart (Curb)
Courtesy of Country Music Television [114 ,V, I
industry, have been announced. Theyinclude: NEW TOURING ARTIST OFTHE YEAR: Suzy Bogguss; BillyDean; Tracy Lawrence; LittleTexas; JohnMichaelMontgomery;Aaron Tippin.TOURING ARTISTOF THE YEAR :Garth Brooks;Brooks & Dunn;Billy Ray Cyrus;Vince Gill; TravisTritt. ROAD MAN- KZLA-Los Angeles' new morning team,AGER OF THE John Garabo (left) and John MurpheyYEAR: Leonard (right) take time to pose with a fan at the
Arnold (Trisha Greek Theatre in LA. We're not sure whothe fan is, but he sure is handsome!!
Yearwood); TimBowers (Ricky Van Shelton); KellyBrooks (Garth Brooks); CarsonChamberlain (Alan Jackson): MarkChamberlain (Travis Tritt); MikeCopeland (Marty Stuart); Terry Elam(Vince Gill); Graeme Lagden (RebaMcEntire); Gene Roy (Kenny Rogers).FESTIVAL/SPECIAL EVENT OF THEYEAR: Farm Aid; HoustonLivestock Show & Rodeo;Jamboree In the Hills; June Jam;West Fest. CLUB/THEATRE OF THEYEAR: Cheyenne Saloon,Cheyenne, WY; Coyotes, Louisville,
KY; Crazy Horse Steak House,Santa Ana, CA; Grizzly Rose, Denver,CO; Toolies Country, Phoenix, AZ.VENUE OF THE YEAR: Billy Bob's,
Ft. Worth, TX;Dollywood,Pigeon Forge, TN;The GrandPalace, Branson,MO; Lanierland,Cumming, GA;Opryland USA,Nashville, TN;Palace At AuburnHills, AuburnHills, MI; RadioCity Music Hall,New York, NY.TALENT AGENCY
OF THE YEAR: Buddy LeeAttractions; Creative ArtistsAgency, Monterey Artists; WilliamMorris Agency; World ClassTalent. ARTIST MANAGER OF THEYEAR: Narvel Blackstock; KenKragen; Jack McFadden; StanMoress; Bob Titley. PUBLICIST OFTHE YEAR: Jennifer Bohler, CathyGurley, Pam Lewis, Nancy Russell,Evelyn Shriven RADIO -SMALLMARKET: KFGO-Fargo; KMIX-Modesto; KTTS-Springfield; WLWI-Montgomery; WOVK-Wheeling,
#1 ONE YEAR AGO TODAYALAN JACKSON
Love's Got A Hold On You#1 FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
EARL THOMAS CONLEY/EMMYLOU HARRIS
We Believe In Happy Endings#1 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
JOHN CONLEEI'm Only In It For The Love
WWNC-Asheville. RADIO -MEDIUMMARKET: KWEN-Tulsa, WAMZ-Louisville, WOOS -Columbia; WESC-Greenville; WMSI-Jackson; WSIX-Nashville; WSM-Nashville; WUSY-Chattanooga; WZZK-Birmingham.RADIO -LARGE MARKET: CISS-Toronto; KMPS-Seattle; KNIX-Phoenix; KSAN-San Francisco; KSCS-Ft. Worth, WQYK-St. Petersburg;WUSN-Chicago; WWWW-Detroit,WYAY-Atlanta, WYNY-New York.The awards will be presentedOctober 1st.
New ReleasesMARK COLLIE"Something's Gonna Change Her
Mind" (MCA)Collie is really coming into his own.He co -wrote this appealing, easy -rolling song with producer DonCo(l;
RICK TREVINO"Just Enough Rope" (Columbia)This young singer sounds like he'sgot a hit on his hands. Trevino, aMexican -American who was raised onCountry music, has also recorded asmokin' Spanish version of this song.
RONNA REEVES"He's My Weakness" (Mercury)Ronna turns in a powerful vocal per-formance on this song. If it soundsfamilar, you might have heard it fea-tured recently in One life To Live.
JOHN BERRY"Kiss Me In The Car" (Liberty)Berry lays some Georgia soul on thissong he co -wrote with Chris Waters.What a great hook-you can't getmuch more direct than "Come on andkiss me in the car." Love it.
DALE DANIEL"Coming Back To Haunt Me"
(BNA Entertainment)liAA's ncwe,t female hopeful hasreleased a intriguing debut, a haunt-ing song that she handles with confi-dence and charm.
BILLY BURNETTE"The Bigger The Love"
(Capricorn)Bumette slows down the pace with asoulful ballad. But he shows hisMemphis roots by recording this withlots of echo. The song is featured inthe film Slow Burn.
ARTIST PROFILE
CLINT BLACKFROM: Jasper, Texas
LATEST RELEASE:
"No Time To Kill"
LABEL: RCA
VP OF PROMOTION:
Dale Turner
MARITAL STATUS: Married
to actress Lisa Hartman
FIRST eici: Played bass in
brother Kevin's band
Fu N FACT: Clint was recently
in New York for a surprise
appearance at the CBS
Affiliates Dinner at the Waldorf
Hotel. After an intro by David
Letterman, Black told the CBS
brass he'd agreed to perform
gratis for the evening
"because David said you'd
probably give me my own talk
show."
(about his current
single) "This song is about
recognizing that the most
valuable resource that we all
have on this Earth is time.
'There's no time to kill
between the cradle and the
grave.' I wanted to say that we
have to really live every
moment; it's foolish to wait
until we're old to look back and
place the appropriate value on
the time we have on Earth."
"At a time when
too many country folk are
fleeing from pedal -steel guitars
in the mad scramble for that
pop -crossover line, Black con-
tinues to keep the traditional
flame burning bright."
-People Magazine
26 GAVIN Auoi-st 6, 1993
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Generation X, meet Generation
Y-as in, "Why bother?"The members of Generation Y were bornjust before the rumblings that led to WorldWar II. Its members went through highschool in the mid -'50s, just before rockand roll. Most of them stuck with theirradio favorites, the big bands and theirfeatured vocalists, and while a youngergeneration embraced Top 40, they pavedthe Middle of the Road. When FM pulsedwith rock and roll, and MOR becameAdult Contemporary, they turned to sta-tions playing classical, big band, or what'scalled "beautiful music."
Today, they are the 55 -and -overcrowd, and as far as radio seems tobe concerned, "over" is the opera-tive word-as in over and out.
Or, as long-time jazz and big`band DJ Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins
puts it, "If you're over 55, man, it'slike having leprosy."
It doesn't make sense, especiallygiven the popularity of such artistsas Natalie Cole and Harry Connick,Jr. and the sales of Barbra
Streisand's Back to Broadwayalbum and the soundtrack ofSleepless in Seattle, whose artists-among them the late JimmyDurante-went head to head onerecent week against Cypress Hill-and won. But in the last few yea N.
as radioprogrammers have chased thebulge of baby -boomers (the 77 mil-lion Americans born between 1946and 1964), they've done so almostto the exclusion of anyone outsidethe treasured 25-54 demographiccell.
On Top 40, that means a shiftaway from the format's traditional12-24 cell. Mitch Dolan, GM of
station owners and their
WPLJ-New York, says his stationleft that cell because Z100 (WHTZ)"was doing it already. With 12-24s,you'll get sodas and movies, but toreally goose your revenue line, youhave to have banks, airlines, motorvehicles, and it's difficult to attract
"If you're over 55,
man, it's like
having leprosy."
Al `Jazzbeaux' Collins
those advertisers if your audienceis skewed to a younger demo."
"Young demos are beingignored," says David Bramnick,former general sales manager whorecently took over the GM slot atKFRC-San Francisco. "The mar-keters are all aiming down the mid-dle."
But today's story is about thenewest-and oldest-of lost gener-ations, and about Y they're gettingless radio all the time.
Of course, they can turn to News
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and Talk; classical, jazz and countryfans can find plentiful outlets. Butthose who relaxed with Beautiful,or Easy Listening, are being aban-doned, as one after another haveshifted into A/C or another format.Nationally, the percentage ofBeautiful stations has dropped fromabout eight to about two in threeyears. Big band/nostalgia stationshave held at about two percent,but in the last several years, three
bastions of big hand radio havethrown in their lounge jackets:KMPC in Los Angeles, WNEW/AMin New York, and, just last month,"Magic 61" (KFRC/AM) in SanFrancisco (not to mention WREC-Memphis, WYNZ-Portland, andothers).
It's the radio version of sendingthe folks off to the retirementhome.
"Magic 61's" disappearing acttook place despite its standing asone of the most successful 12+ sta-tions in recent years in a clutteredradio market.
In fact, the seven year -old "Magic61" had just scored an up book, to4.2, landing it in fifth place amongmore than 50 signals, when newowners Alliance Broadcastingpulled the plug August 12 andbegan simulcasting with its FMOldies sister.
Upset listeners called in suchnumbers that the station resorted toanswering with a taped messagethat dropped names like RayCharles, the Righteous Brothers andthe Platters, hoping to get fans of
big band and standards to sampleOldies.
"It's a shame," says Bramnick,whose first duties as the new GMat KFRC included firing the "Magic
61" staff, including such provenveterans as Jim Lange, BuddyHatton, Dan Sorkin, Carter B. Smithand Don Sainte-Johnn. "It was agood station. But everything wasover age 50, and our predominantaudience was near 65." (The latestArbitrons showed that 52 percentof KFRC/AM's audience was 65 orover, and 30 percent were 55-64.Although all such stations areknown to draw younger listeners aswell, the 45-54 cell was only 9.5percent. KGO, the long-time domi-nator in the market, also drawsolder listeners with its News/Talk,but, while 35 percent of its listenerswere over 65, only 15 percent were55-64, a healthy 24 percent were45-54, and another 26 percent werein the 25-44 age range.)
Previous GM Brent Osborne laidout the station's problems succinct-ly when he spoke with thisreporter. "Eighty percent of the$200 million that ad agencies spendeach year on Bay Area radio is tar-geted 25 to 54. The agencies say`Magic 61's' audience is too old;that if you're over 54, you don'tcount." He grabbed a notepad andbegan jotting down some numbers,talking as he scrawled. "Now, KGOdoes about an 8." Scribble. "KFRCdoes about a 4." Jot. "They doabout $30 million in sales. We doabout $4 million." He underlinedthe two numbers, thrust the padtoward me, and looked up. "Now,what's wrong with this picture?"
What's wrong, in the opinion ofmany radio people, are advertisingagencies and radio reps. AsBramnick puts it: "Ad agencies inAmerican don't believe that peopleover 65 are (a) making large pur-chases or (b) willing to changebrand loyalties. I don't believe it'strue. But the people who controlmarketing in the United Statestoday are mostly 30 to 49 years old,and they're marketing to their owngeneration. So older people arebeing overlooked."
Les Malloy, who went on the airin San Francisco in 1934, agrees."But I was watching KQED (a PBSTV station) and they were having apledge drive, running jazz, andnothing happens. Then they put on
; I, 11a show with Sinatra and a crop ofolder singers, and the phones ringoff the walls. But everybody for-gets people over 40."
"If I were starting a radio station,
I'd go after the 50 -to -60 -plus mar-ket," says Phillip Lempert, seniorvice president of Age Wave, agerontology consulting compa-ny in Emeryville, Calif.Because stations targetingthem are such a rarity, hefigures, older listeners arelikely to be more loyalones, less likely to tuneout or switch stations oncommercial breaks, sincethere are fewer stations toswitch to.
Right now, there arefewer stations, period.With radio programmersand time buyers, says Jazzbeaux,"It's the same old thing: What'sgonna sell more potatoes?" Collins,at 74, sounds just like he did whenhe began jazzing up the airwavesa half -century ago, making hisname at the WNEW of the '50s.Collins, who now does twoweekend shifts at KCSM/FM-San Mateo, Calif. for about $10an hour, returned to WNEW in1986 after a storied couple ofdecades at KSFO and KGO inSan Francisco-and a short stintat the early "Magic 61." Whenhe left WNEW in '89, he says,"it was losing money. They had theplace up for sale."
Harry Valentine who pro-
grammed "Magic 61" from thebeginning and saw it hit its first rat-ings heights, says that the stationactually turned a profit early on(his successors say it made nomoney over its seven years), butconcedes that the station was "ahard sell. There were ways of sell-ing that were never tried."Valentine, now with AllianceBroadcasting, names, as one exam-ple, use of a directory for seniors,the Silver Pages, to find merchantstargeting the older audience.
The upper demos do a lot ofreading. The number one magazinein the country, according to WallMedia, isn't TV Guide or People,
but Modern Maturity, followed byReader's Digest.
To Al Ham, founder of the syndi-cated programming service, Musicof Your Life, much of revenuegoing into publications can hetaken by radio. "Magazine advertis-ing and direct -mail is costly. Radiois the best way to reach these peo-ple, especially with our kind of sta-tions.
"With this kind of music," hesays, "you get ratings and the mostloyal listeners around, and no one'scome up with a way to sell it. Butthe key is to find not the advertis-ing agencies, but the advertisers,the sponsors. They're out therewanting to reach this audience. It'sa case of taking time and findingthese people."
Once they're found, saysValentine, the pitch should be abreeze. "Roughly 25 percent of ourpopulation is over 50," he says."They own 80 percent of the assetsof this country. They hold 77 per-cent of the nation's savingsaccounts (a seemingly foreign con-cept to most of the younger gener-ation), and they have the highestamount of discretionary income."
Valentine could go on. For years,social scientists and otherresearchers have touted thestrength of the 50 -plus populace,how they make up the largestgroup of business owners, man-agers and CEOs; how they owntheir own homes and have less
by Ben Fong -TorresGAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 29
expenses, and how much theyspend on a variety of goods: newcars, appliances, travel, and cloth-ing-not only for themselves, butfor grandchildren as well.
But no matter how impressivethe numbers may be, stationsaimed at older adults are having adifficult time. GAVIN'S Top 40 editor,Dave Sholin, was KFRC/AM's pro-gram director when it shifted to bigband. "If you go into that format,you'll go from 20th to third in 12 -plus," he says. "But the problem isturning numbers into cash."
"It's true," says CheryleHangartner of Katz Radio. She'sbeen buying time on News andTalk stations for 12 years. "What Ihear is that when you get an olderdemo, 55 -plus, the question is howmuch discretionary income do theyreally have? Are they actually onfixed incomes, or living off SocialSecurity money? If someone's over50, they've probably bought theirhome. At 35, you're still shoppingfor furniture."
The thing is, there are peopleaged 35-and younger-who likethe music of the past. But theyshow up too weakly in the ratingsfor the time buyers to notice.
Which brings us to Stan Martin, aprogrammer who's had successwith an upper demo music station.Now director of programming andoperations at WQEW/AM-NewYork, Martin was PD at WPEN/AM-Philadelphia, which got a 6.9 over-
all rating in Spring 1991, making itthe top -rated music station-andmaking it profitable. Now, he's try-ing to do the same in New York,where WQEW/AM is positioningitself as the successor to the late,great WNEW. 'NEW, of course, wasthe home of Martin Bloch's MakeBelieve Ballroom beginning in thelate '30s, of MOR giants likeWilliam B. Williams, and of a bigband format, lifted by such DJs asTed Brown, Jonathan Schwarz andAl "Jazzbeaux" Collins through the'80s until Westwood One pur-chased it and replaced music withtalk. It is now WBBR, all -Business.
Martin, who put WQEW on theair the same week that WNEWbowed out, thinks he knows howto overcome the advertising com-munity's biases.
"It's a misconception," he says ofthe ad world's view of older peo-ple. "This is the first generation ofaudience that has more moneythan their children. They travel.They buy luxury cars. It's an activeaudience. They like to go out."And, as we were saying, "they"aren't all seniors. Martin sees plentyof 20- and 30 -somethings at con-certs with Tony Bennett andNatalie Cole.
"We as radio people have tobring the advertisers to our events,"says Martin. "We attract peopleranging three generations, and weinvite buyers as guests, to see thekind of people we draw. It's aneducatory situation. If they see andexperience what we do, they willspend the money."
With WNEW gone-and with`QEW being perceived as whatMartin calls a "savior" in the NewYork area, and with two otherBeautiful outlets, including thelong-standing WPAT, having gonethe A/C route, Martin thinksWQEW/AM, in combo with itsClassical sister (WQXR/FM), can beprofitable.
But, he adds, "It's incumbent onmanagers at such stations to run itkeeping a careful look at costs.You can't run it with rock and roll
"This is the first
generation of
audience that has
more money than
their children."
-Stan Martin
money, on rock and roll talent.You have to be thoughtful aboutexpenses."
One option for stations willing toaccept the challenges of program-ming for older listeners is syndicat-ed programming, such as Music ofYour Life, Unistar's AM Only andSatellite Music Network's Stardust.In fact-this just in-in SanFrancisco, the AM side of B98(KABL) has decided to go after theabandoned "Magic 61" listeners,returning the KABL call letters to
the AM air and playing standards,mostly vocalists from the '50s intothe '80s, from Unistar. One quickly -produced station ID asserts: "TheMagic has moved..."
what it portends for those in theradio business. By the year 2000,demographers say, the number ofpeople aged 20 to 30 will declinedramatically, while the 45 -plus
THE"MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE")TM
"With Magic 61's departure,'VP/GM Eddie Esserman told GAVIN,"there's an opportunity to jumponto. We're not gonna get rich withthis, but it's an opportunity to dosome good business with the sta-tion. There's a ratings constituency
out there to support this. It's ourjob to convince the advertisers."
Al Ham, who conceived Music ofYour Life in 1978, knows all aboutthe ups and downs of nostalgiaradio. No matter the stats showingotherwise, he personally believesthere's an "explosion" of interest inbig band and older pop music.There certainly seemed to be whenhe came up with the format atWMAS-Springfield, Mass. It grew tomore than 200 stations beforegoing up on satellite in 1988. But,he says, the company to whom hesold the service "told me, 'We can'tsell upper demos."
By the time Ham reacquired hisservice, full-time affiliates weredown to 50, and he's now rebuild-ing, using tapes instead of the bird."We're signing two, three stations aweek," he reports, naming suchmarkets as Boston, Detroit,Cleveland and New Orleans.
Supporters of upper demo radiohave suggested that adult stationsin various formats unite to sellradio to advertisers, that they goafter companies now advertising inspecialty publications for seniors-hut not on radio-and to thinkpositively. As one Houston pro-grammer, Doug Pearlman, oncesaid, "Fifty -plus represents thefuture."
Speaking of which, Hangartner,the rep at Katz Radio, is thinkingabout the aging of America, and
population jumps by 23 percent.By century's end, 55 percent of dis-posable household income willbelong to homes headed by peopleaged 34 to 54.
Hangartner, of course, knows allthis. "I wonder what's going to
"With this kind of
music, you get
ratings and the
most loyal listeners
around ..."
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happen when the target becomes35-64," she says. "I think you'll seestations staying in those (nostalgia)formats." Of course, tomorrow's 50year -old isn't likely to be attachedto the same music as yesterday's 50year -old. The Music of Your Life ofthe future, after all, is Therapy? andNirvana; Madonna and Menace IISociety.
Or it may be big band and popstandards; Benny Goodman andElla Fitzgerald.
"Big band is still healthy," saysJazzbeaux, "and it's fueled by newbands like the North Texas Stateband, the Blue Wish Band inCincinnati, and Full Faith andCredit in San Francisco, which getsa lot of young people." He alsocredits CD reissues of Goodmanand Artie Shaw, and of other WorldWar II era music (on such labels asRhino with its Sentimental Journeyseries, Columbia/Legacy with itsBest of Big Bands series, Capitol,Time -Life and LaserLight).
"The Generation X is discoveringthis kind of music," says Ham. "It'sbecome the in thing. It took usthrough the Depression, a worldwar, and the Korean War. It's themusic of romance and optimism."
The music is there, and so arethe programmers and listeners. Thequestion is: Is radio?
30 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
GAVIN JANJAZZ EDITORS:
KENT/KEITHZIMMERMAN
2W LW TW
1 1 1 HORACE SILVER - It's Got To Be Funky (Columbia)
7 2 2 RICHIE COLE - Profile (Heads Up)
11 7 3 KEVIN MAHOGANY - Double Rainbow (Enja/Koch)
9 8 4 DON PULLEN AFRICAN -BRAZILIAN CONNECTION - Ode To Life (Blue Note)
8 4 5 HOUSTON PERSON & RON CARTER - Now's The Time (Muse)
5 3 6 JOEY DeFRANCESCO - Live At The Five Spot (Columbia)
24 17 7 CHARLES FAMBROUGH - Blues At Bradley's (CTI)
3 6 8 NATALIE COLE - take a look (Elektra)
13 12 9 PHILIP HARPER - Soul Sin (Muse)
12 11 10 STRAIGHT AHEAD - Body & Soul (Atlantic)
4 9 11 JOEY CALDERAllO - The Traveler (Blue Note)
6 10 12 JEANIE BRYSON - I Love Being Here With You (Telarc)
10 13 13 ERNESTINE ANDERSON - Now And Then (Qwest/Reprise)
25 15 14 PAT METHENY GROUP - The Road To You (Geffen)
18 18 15 TOOTS THIELEMANS - The Brasil Project, Vol II (Private Music)
14 14 16 JAY HOGGARD - In The Spirit (Muse)
23 20 17 ROBERT HURST - Presents (Columbia)
16 16 18 TIGER OKOSHI - Echoes Of A Note (JVC)
2 5 19 JAll FUTURES - Live In Concert (Novus/RCA)
27 21 20 MONGO SANTAMARIA - Mambo Mongo (Chesky)
- 46 21 MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES - Live At Montreux (Warner Bros.)
19 19 22 VINCE JONES - One Day Spent (Intuition)
28 23 23 ALVIN BATISTE - Late (Columbia)
26 22 24 RICKEY WOODARD - The Tokyo Express (Candid/DA)
35 26 25 MICHAEL WOLFF - Michael Wolff (Columbia)
- 35 26 TANIA MARIA - Outrageous (Concord Jazz)
44 36 27 GIOVANNI HIDALGO - Worldwide (Tropijazz)
- 41 28 DAN PAPAILA - Positively! (Timeless)
47 34 29 NINA SIMONE - A Single Woman (Elektra)
38 30 30 GUST WILLIAM TSILIS - Wood Music (Enja/Koch)
- 48 31 JOHN BEASLEY - A Change Of Heart (Windham Hill Jazz)
- 37 32 FRANK MANTOOTH JAll ORCHESTRA - Dangerous Precedent (Sea Breeze)
34 31 33 DAVE BRUBECK TRIO - Trio Brubeck (Music Masters)
- 49 34 ANDY LaVERNE - Double Standard (Triloka)
35 PROJECT G-7 - A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Vol. 1 & 2 (Evidence)
29 24 36 PAPA JOHN DeFRANCESCO - Doodlin' (Muse)
37 33 37 DOC CHEATHAM - The Eighty-seven Years Of (Columbia)
,MEW 38 NNENNA FREELON - Heritage (Columbia)
45 44 39 MARVIN STAMM - Mystery Man (Music Masters)
46 43 40 GEORGE WEIN AND THE NEWPORT ALL-STARS - Swing That Music (Columbia)
43 39 41 MARIO BAUZA & HIS AFRO -CUBAN JAll ORCH. - My Time Is Now (Messidor)
30 32 42 SERGIO SALVATORE - Sergio Salvatore (GRP)
15 28 43 MICHEL CAMILO - Rendezvous (Columbia)
NEW 44 JESSE DAVIS - Young At Art (Concord Jazz)
NEW 45 GOOD FELLAS - Good Fellows (Evidence)
21 27 46 DAVE GRUSIN - Homage To Duke (GRP)
33 40 47 EDDIE GOMEZ - Next Future (Stretch/GRP)
48 JIMMY HASLIP - Arc (GRP)
41 45 49 GEORGE BENSON - Love Remembers (Warner Bros.)
NEW 50 EASTERN REBELLION - Simple Pleasure (Music Masters)
Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pmStation Reporting Phone: (-415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedFRED HESS (21)
DAVE FRISHBERG (18)
J.J. JOHNSON (17)
PETER DELANO (17)
JOE MORELLO (10)
CONTE CANDOLI (13)
GOOD FELLAS (12)
Top Tip
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Project G-7(Evidence)
NNENNA FREELON
Heritage
(Columbia)Gavin jazz stations salute the pastand present with 66 reports apiecefor Nnenna Freelon and the G-7Wes Montgomery salute.
RECORD TO WATCH
JOE MORELLOGoin' Places
(DMP)The star drummer from the
Dave Brubeck Quartet is backwith his strongest solo effort.
ChartbounJ.J. JOHNSON (Antilles)
BENNY CARTER (Music Masters)
* DAVE FRISHBERG (Sterling)
* JOE MORELLO (DMP)
ANITA GRAVINE (Jazz Alliance)
RICARDO SCALES (Bay Sound)
GLENN ALENANDER (Shanachie)
PAT COIL (Sheffield Labs)
LA VIENTA 'Telarc)
JIM CHAPPELL (Real Music)
* PETER DELANO (Verve/Poly Gram)
RON AFFIF (Pablo)
JEAN LUC PONTY (Atlantic)
* FRED HESS (Capri)
* CONTE CANDOLI (Best Recordings)
* RANDY WESTON (Antilles/Poly Gram)
* GARY BRUNOTTE (Altenburgh)
* FOURPLAY (Warner Bros.)
Dropped: #25 Gonzalo Rubalacaba, /29 Bob Berg,
#38 Travis Shook, #42 Jim Snidero, 147 John
Coltrane, #50 Cornell Dupree, Romero
Lubambo/Weber Drummond
Jazz/Adult Alternative
New ReleasesJOE MORELLOCOM PLACES (DMP)
You hear the opening strains of"Sweet Georgia Brown" and thatunmistakable drum style hits you-sticks tap-dancing on the very edge ofthe snare drum skin, sometimes incor-porating the metal rim's resonance.After nearly two decades, Joe Morello,the legendary drum technician withthe Dave Brubeck Quartet, returns tothe studio under the watchful ear ofthe Digital Music Products label.Morello is clearly on the forefront ofGoing Places' sound, but not in thesense that he's artificially pushed frontand center in the mix. That famous"Take Five" drum sound is hack."Parisian Thoroughfare" features somenifty drum cameos that, coupled withGreg Kogan's piano, resembles thefamous interplay between Brubeckand Morello with staccato piano burstsand Joe's machine-gun snare. Morellorecently described his style as linearand melodic. Joe, not into the busy,odd time signatures of younger drum-mers, is worthy enough to standamong all-stars like Buddy Rich, ShellyManne and Max Roach. Going Placesis intimate, uncomplicated and hop-ping, however, his "MissionImpossible" rendition is a tour de forcedrum clinic on its own.
DANCING FANTASYWORLDWIDE (IC/DA)
If I were a major label, I'd look care-fully at these guys. Dancing Fantasy isa curious synth duo from Europe thatalways seem to grab Ars affectations.Their music is unabashedly wide-eyedand fun, free of heavy messages andsteely technique. Their newest, entitledWorldwide, 'has a travelogue theme,with each selection signifying a stop ina different city-New York, LosAngeles, Tokyo, Sydney, etc. Manytracks are breezy and airborne and tryto capture a particular geographicvibe. New York's "Birdlancl" is jazzy,L.A.'s "Hang Loose" is mysterious andposh, and Montreal's "Deja Vu" is asaurally cosmopolitan as itsFrench/Canadian/Italian blend. It'sentertaining to jump around the discand follow Curtis McLaw and Chris W.Williams' pert visions of each city.Worldwide contains some welcomemelodic interludes to help smooth outthose tricky N segues.
DAVID LANZ AND PAULSPEERBRICE OF DREAMS (NARADA)
Thirtysomethitig might be relegated tosyndication, but the reunion of theelectric guitar and piano duo DavidLanz and Paul Speer should fill themusical void. Admit it or not, many ofus crave lush melodic romanticismwith the right symphonic ingredients.Lanz and Speer enlist Rippingtons per -
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EDITORS:KENT/KEITHZIMMERMAN
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2 1 1 GEORGE BENSON - Love Remembers (Warner Bros.)
3 2 2 PETER WHITE - Promenade (Sin-Drome)
7 9 3 GREGG KARUKAS - Summerhouse (Positive Music)
6 5 4 BILLY JOE WALKER. JR. - Warm Front (Liberty)
4 4 5 DAVE KOZ - Lucky Man (Capitol)
5 6 6 ART PORTER - Straight To The Point (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
9 7 7 JIM CHAPPELL - Over The Top (Real Music)
1 3 8 DONALD FAGEN - Kamakiriad (Reprise)
10 8 9 CRAIG CHAQUICO - Acoustic Highway (Higher Octave)
8 10 10 TONY GABLE - 206 (Heads Up/Intermix)
19 14 11 PAT METHENY GROUP - The Road To You (Geffen)
18 13 12 LA VIENTA - Jazzmenco (Telarc)
15 12 13 BRENDA RUSSELL - Soul Talkie' (EMI/ERG)
16 16 14 WILLIE AND LOBO - Gypsy Boogaloo (Mesa)
20 21 15 THE FANTASY BAND - The Fantasy Band (DMP)
24 18 16 OLETA ADAMS - Evolution (Mercury)
23 23 17 GEORGE HOWARD - When Summer Comes (GRP)
17 19 18 GOVI - Cuchama (Real Music)
48 25 19 WARREN HILL - Devotion (Novus/RCA)
11 11 20 GRANT GEISSMAN - Rustic Technology (Bluemoon)
13 15 21 ALEX BUGNON - This Time Around (Epic/Orpheus)
21 22 22 PIECES OF A DREAM - In Flight (Manhattan)
27 24 23 GLENN ALEXANDER - Rainbow's Revenge (Shanachie)
12 17 24 KEN NAVARRO - I Can't Complain (Positive Music)
14 20 25 ERIC MARIENTHAL - One Touch (GRP)
34 29 26 DANCING FANTASY - Worldwide (IC/DA)
NEW 27 FOURPLAY - Between The Sheets (Warner Bros.)
22 26 28 NATALIE COLE - take a look (Elektra)
31 27 29 KIKI EBSEN - Red (Sin-Drome)
33 34 30 JOHN MARTYR - No Little Boy (Mesa)
- 39 31 WIND MACHINE - Change The Face (Blue Meteor)
28 28 32 JEFF LORBER - Worth Waiting For (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
44 37 33 MICHAEL WOLFF - Michael Wolff (Columbia)
38 35 34 ALEX DeGRASSI - The World's Getting Loud (Windham Hill)
NEW 35 GEORGE JINDA & WORLD NEWS - Reliable Sources (JVC)
46 40 36 TOOTS THIELEMANS - The Brasil Project, Vol II (Private Music)
- 48 37 PAT COIL - Just Ahead (Sheffield)
50 38 38 MICHAEL McDONALD - Blink Of An Eye (Reprise)
NEW 39 RICARDO SCALES - Yes I'm Ready (Bay Sound) (JZZ)
29 32 40 MICHAEL FRANKS - Dragonfly Summer (Reprise)
47 43 41 KAZU MATSUI - Wheels Of The Sun (Kazu/Unity)
25 30 42 ZACHARY BREAUX - Groovin' (NYC)
NEW 43 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - You Hold The Key (Reprise)
43 41 44 PETER ELMAN - Dakota Nights (Acorn)
26 33 45 ROB MULLINS - Music For Lovers (RME)
NEW 46 DAN REYNOLDS - Never Alone (Positive Music)
42 45 47 DON GRUSIN - Native Land (GRP)
- 49 48 BERNWARD KOCH - Laguna De La Vera (Higher Octave)
30 31 49 DAN SIEGEL - The Getaway (Sin-Drome)
NEW 50 JEAN LUC PONTY - No Absolute Time (Atlantic)
Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most Added
OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA
NEGRA (25)
DAVID LANZ and PAUL SPEER
(17)
TELLER + KALLINS (10)
FOURPLAY (9)
GEORGE JINDA + WORLD
NEWS (9)
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN (0)
Top 1rFOURPLAY
Between The Sheets(Warner Bros.)Let the lovin' begin! Fourplaymakes a bold debut at #27
RECORD TO WATCH
DAVID LANZ and PAUL
SPEERBridge Of Dreams
(Narada)A lush production with lots of
A- potential.
Chartbounr* OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA 'Fat)
* DAVID LANZ and PAUL SPEER (Narada)
LEX DE AZEVEDO (Aubergine)
ROBBIE DUPREE (Miramar)
CHARLIE BISHARAT (GTS)
WILL DOWNING (Mercury)
* TELLER + KALLINS (Golden Gate)
JOEL GAINES (Inderoc)
Dropped: #36 Pete Bardens, #42 Clannad, #44 Van
Morrison, #46 Paul Jackson Jr., #47 Kim Pensyl, #50
Bill O'Connell
DAVID LANZAND
PAUL SPEERreunite for
another spectacular release:
Aiready On:KKSF KCFE WLOQKTWV WNUA WJJZKJZZ KIFM KBZN
WNWV KLTX KHIH
4:1.93 Narada 1'1,0w:bon, In,
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HORACE SILVER - It's Got To Be Funky (Columbia)
RICHIE COLE - Profile (Heads Up)
NATALIE COLE - take a look (Elektra)
JOEY DeFRANCESCO - Live At The Five Spot (Columbia)
KEVIN MAHOGANY - Double Rainbow (Enja/Koch)
CHARLES FAMBROUGH - Blues At Bradley's (CTI)
HOUSTON PERSON & RON CARTER - Now's The Time (Muse)
JEANIE BRYSON - I Love Being Here With You (Telarc)
JOEY CALDERAllO - The Traveler (Blue Note)
PHILIP HARPER - Soul Sin (Muse)
MONGO SANTAMARIA - Mambo Mongo (Chesky)
JAY HOGGARD - In The Spirit (Muse)
TOOTS THIELEMANS - The Brasil Project, Vol II (Private Music)
RICKEY WOODARD - The Tokyo Express (Candid/DA)
ERNESTINE ANDERSON - Now And Then (Owest/Reprise)
GIOVANNI HIDALGO - Worldwide (Tropijazz)
PAT METHENY GROUP - The Road To You (Geffen)
ROBERT HURST - Presents (Columbia)
ALVIN BATISTE - Late (Columbia)
JAll FUTURES - Live In Concert (Novus/RCA)
MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES - Live At Montreux (Warner Bros.)
STRAIGHT AHEAD - Body & Soul (Atlantic)
VINCE JONES - One Day Spent (Intuition)
ANDY LaVERNE - Double Standard (Triloka)
MARVIN STAMM - Mystery Man (Music Masters)
PROJECT G-7 - A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Vol. 1 & 2 (Evidence)
FRANK MANTOOTH JAll ORCHESTRA - Dangerous Precedent (Sea Breeze)
TANIA MARIA - Outrageous (Concord Jazz)
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DONALD FAGEN - Kamakiriad (Reprise)
ART PORTER - Straight To The Point (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
GREGG KARUKAS - Summerhouse (Positive Music)
ALEX BUGNON - This Time Around (Epic/Orpheus)
JIM CHAPPELL - Over The Top (Real Music)
BILLY JOE WALKER. JR. - Warm Front (Liberty)
CRAIG CHAQUICO - Acoustic Highway (Higher Octave)
OLETA ADAMS - Evolution (Mercury)
TONY GABLE - 206 (Heads Up/Intermix)
WARREN HILL - Devotion (Novus/RCA)
JEFF LORBER - Worth Waiting For (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
GEORGE HOWARD - When Summer Comes (GRP)
FOURPLAY - Between The Sheets (Warner Bros.)
ERIC MARIENTHAL - One Touch (GRP)
PAT METHENY GROUP - The Road To You (Geffen)
THE FANTASY BAND - The Fantasy Band (DMP)
BRENDA RUSSELL - Soul Talkin' (EMI/ERG)
WILLIE AND LOBO - Gypsy Boogaloo (Mesa)
DAN SIEGEL - The Getaway (Sin-Drome)
KEN NAVARRO - I Can't Complain (Positive Music)
DANCING FANTASY - Worldwide (IC/DA)
KIKI EBSEN - Red (Sin-Drome)
MICHAEL FRANKS - Dragonfly Summer (Reprise)
GRANT GEISSMAN - Rustic Technology (Bluemoon)
LUTHER VANDROSS - Never Let Me Go (Epic)
GOVI - Cuchama (Real Music)
ROB MULLINS - Music For Lovers (RME)
Post -Bop compiled by a sample of Jazz Intensive reportsCommercial Adult compiled by a sample of Adult intensive reports
cussionist Steve Reid and Queensrychedrummer Scott Rockfield to help pro-vide a sense of rock drama. Skip trackone and proceed to "Into The Dream"into "And The World Falls Away,"both stunningly picturesque with adramatic ebb and flow that will softenthe most hardened cynic. The opulentpiano scores and the distant electricguitar sirens are supported by ahealthy foundation of full bass lines,percussion and conga fills and crash-ing drums. Lanz and Speer are the yinand yang of piano and guitar duos.Each track captivates, making BridgeOf Dreams an addictive listening expe-rience. Lanz's vocal debut on"Whispered In Signs" is surprisinglyproficient. Call me a soppy sentimen-talist, but check out the bittersweet"Veil Of Tears." and turn it way up.
JOHN BEASLEYA CHANGE OF HEART (WINDHAM HILL
JAN)With Steely Dan back on the road (foronly the second time in twenty-twoyears) in support of Donald Fagen'ssmashing comeback, all of WalterBecker's jazz productions, like JohnBeasley's latest, gain an increased pre-mium. On the surface, pianistBeasley's A Change Of Heart is a stan-dard bop sextet record. On the otherhand, the rumbling sub -bass byFreddie Washington and the hip per-cussive accents by Bill Summers andMunyungo, alongside Teri LyneCarrington's modem drum attack pro-vide superb depth. Beasley and hiswoodwind pal Bob Sheppard are theprimary soloists as Beasley concoctsZawinul-influenced synths laid atophis grounded bop acoustic piano style.Bassist John Patitucci's appearancedominates on the thumping and spare"Steve -O," a percussion/piano/acousticbass groove exercise with Carringtonlaying out. Jazz radio will be pleasedas Beasley fuses acoustic jazz with atempered electric edge that doesn'toverwhelm.
GEORGE JINDA ANDWORLD NEWSRELIABLE SOURCES (JVC)
ocot ge Linda, the percussive half ofSpecial EFX, is back with another red -alert World News flash. Jinda has avast array of organic percussion at hisdisposal, and Reliable Sources is anEdison -flavored production.Guitarist/synthesist Randy Roos givesthe sessions its plugged -in feel withlots of synth loop rhythms, as heardon "Overleafing A New Turn." Withfunk bassist Gerald Veasley onboardand rhythm acoustic pianist Szakcsicompleting the band, Jinda goes towork embellishing each song with lay-ers and layers of chimes and handdrums. "Serengeti Sky" chirps and jin-gles with a scenic luster. Jinda is amaster at blending sample rhythmswith the real thing, marrying the mod-em and the primitive.
ARTIST PROFILE
F tt n ° Springfield, Mass.
DMP
RELEASE:
Goin' Places
Dr. Jazz
Operations, (313) 542-7888
It's SAID: "Joe's unique
drum solo on 'Take Five' is
arguably the most remembered
jazz drum solo of all time. Joe
has appeared as a drummer on
over 120 albums, of which 60
were with the Dave Brubeck
Quartet. " Digital Music
Products
MORELLO TALKS ABOUT:
GOING PLACES: "I tried tomake a straight -ahead jazz
record-something quality and
not overbearing-and establish
myself in a groove. There's
enough electronic stuff out
there. Why should I do that?"
H I s STYLE: "I like to call it
melodic-as technique it'smore linear, like theme and
development. A lot of the rock
drummers today will mention
me in modern drummer maga-
zines. Charlie Watts is a big
fan of mine."
TEACHING: "I do corrective
work rather than teach inter-
mediates and beginners.
Professionals come from all
over. I never interfere with any-
one's style. I enjoy imparting
the knowledge and just staying
home-I've been around this
world three times over."
FUTURE PLANS: Aline ofinstructional videos, drum clin-
ics on the west coast, a gig in
Oklahoma, then off to Spain
and Germany with the group.
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KERA's Jeff Luchsinger, KZYR's Jackie
Selby and Dave Loncao of RCA under the
A3 Summit Talent Tent.
As we prepare next week's GavinA3 Strategy Summit photo spread,quite a few heart -felt thank you's arein order in no particular order.These are a few of the people whohelped make this event a successincluding: Dennis Constantine, RaySkibitsky, John Bradley, Dave Rahn,Ted Conti, Jason Martin, JamesLewis, Antones/Dos, MichaelEhrenberg & John Vemile, SkyDaniels, Bill "W.F" Leopold &Melissa, Trapper Jim Trapp, LarryWeintraub, J.B. Brenner, Lori Holder(we missed you!), Harvey Leeds,Peter Ciaccia, Tracy Skelly, BarryLyons, Michelle Tayler, Steve Jensenand Martin Kirkup, BonnieSimmons, Dave Loncao, PaulWilson, Faith Henschel, Will Botwinand John Hiatt, Harry Levy, RosanneCash, Todd Bisson, Kid Leo, BernieFinkelstein, Barbara Carr, DonStrasberg and the staff of the FoxTheater, Dan Van Der Hoop ofColorado Concert Sound, KarenCobb and Shelley Cremers at theClarion and night-cappers DeborahLewow and Erica Linderholm.
A3 New Releases
JOHN MELLENCAMPHuman Wheels (Mercury)Now, more than ever the heart ofJohn Mellencamp's music has ahome on A3 stations. These are thelisteners who care less about rock -ability and more about what Johnactually has to say. While I had noproblem with his last two releases(one was spare and beautiful, the
GAVIN AAlbum Adult Alternative
EDITORS:
KENT/KEITH
ZIMMERMAN
other rock hard and convincing), Ican see how Human Wheels couldbe viewed as somewhat of a come-back (or throwback to Scarecrow).
While Mellencampseems to have per-manently given upbig -top production,true to form, hestill shares thesame gloomy dis-enfranchised feel-ing a lot of us haveas MTV "grinds"music to a pulp.Using GreatAmerican instru-mentation that isdefinitively adult -friendly, here's abrother -in -arms
talking about God, America andfamily-topics a lot of us can dis-cuss until sun -up. My favoritesinclude "Case 795 (The Family)" andthe illustrious title track.
MAE MOOREBohemia (TriStar Music)We've been listening to Mae Moore'sBohemia for the past three months,since a Canadian import packagesneaked through enemy lines.Immediately we found the opening"rap"/spoken word title track adelight, a soothing and hook -ladenadult pleaser. Produced by SteveKilbey of the Church, Mae inheritssome of Kilbey's surrealistic method-ology, giving the music and voice anairy balance. Clutching her Dali, Maedigs in acoustically, distinguishingherself from the crowded mass offemale troubadours by collaboratingwith a stable of strange Australianmusicians. Recorded in "New SouthWales" (Sydney) and mixed in herhometown of Vancouver, Bohemiamaintains a modem sheen, especial-ly on "Because Of Love," with itsNew Orderish bass. Nice drift.
MOST ADDED
PATTY LARKIN (16)
LOS LOBOS (15)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE (14)
SQUEEZE (13)
MAE MOORE (8)
TOP TIP
SQUEEZE
"Everything In The World- (A&M)Squeeze squeezes in white A3 R&Bat #30, our highest debut.
RECORD TO WATCH
PATTY LARKINRunning Angels
(High Street)Most Added! Iowa -born,
Wisconsin -bred Cape CodderPatti Larkin joins the electric
folk elite with her finestwork yet.
CRACKER (Virgin)
LOS LOBOS (Slash/Warner Bros.)
PATTY LARKIN (High Street)
DAVID BROZA (November)
IAN MOORE Capricorn)
LARRY CARLTON (GRP)
HAPPY RHODES (Aural Gratification)
STING ,A&M)
BILL MILLER (Warner Bros.)
ROY ROGERS (Liberty)
JIMMIE DALE GILMORE (Elektra)
BLIND MELON (Capitol)
BIG COUNTRY (Fox/BMG)
LOOSE DIAMONDS (Dos)
JAMES TAYLOR (Columbia)
Dropped: #35 Robin Zander, #40 Steve Miller Band,
,±44 Widespread Panic, #46 Waterboys, #47 Larry
ARTISTAEROFILE -
PATTY LARKIN
FROM: Iowa -born, Wisconsin -
bred
LABEL: High Street/Windham
Hill
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Michael Ehrenberg/John
Vernile
PRODUCERS: Two top A3
producers-John Leventhal
and Ben Wisch-Patty Larkin
has released her fifth and
finest solo album. Guests
include Mary -Chapin Carpenter
and the Story. Larkin is a win-
ner of nine Boston Music
Awards and has appeared on
Rosanne Cash's latest album.
PATTY WORKING WITH
WISCH AND LEVENTHAL: "I
had more time to get to know
my own home studio, which
was up and running for only a
month before [her last album]
Tango. I did all the demos there
and some of the arrangements
are pretty much what I did at
home. When I sent the material
off to the producers, it was so
new it was like sending the
kids off to school and not
being sure I'd packed every-
thing in their lunch boxes. The
fact that they were excited
about it and wanted to work
with me made me feel like I
was in the big leagues."
MOST RECENT GIG:
Performing at the "High Street
Coffee House" with Pierce
Pettis and John Gorka during
the Gavin A3 Strategy Summit.
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GAVIN MAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR:JOHN MARTINUCCI
2W,
2 1 1 JANET JACKSON - If (Virgin) 57 51 6 0 1000/0
1 2 2 TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista) 55 52 3 0 100%
7 3 3 SHANICE - It's For You (Motown) 56 36 20 0 100%
12 4 4 BABYFACE - For The Cool In You (Epic) 55 38 13 4 93%
16 10 5 MARIAH CAREY - Dreamlover (Columbia) 55 24 25 6 89%
10 6 6 SWV - Downtown (RCA) 49 31 14 4 92%
13 7 7 JOE - I'm In Luv (PLG) 49 33 14 2 96%
11 8 8 H -TOWN - Lick U Up (Luke) 48 32 12 4 92%
8 5 9 THE O'JAYS - Somebody Else Will (EMI/ERG) 48 32 13 3 94%
15 11 10 MAZE Featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY - Laid Back Girl (Warner Bros.) 51 26 19 6 88%
19 13 11 BELL BIV DeVOE - Something In Your Eyes (MCA) 54 14 33 7 87%
22 15 12 SWV - Right Here/Human Nature (RCA) 45 26 15 4 91%
21 14 13 ZHANE - Hey Mr. DJ (Flavor Unit/Epic) 46 18 5 89%
17 16 14 ALEXANDER O'NEAL - Aphrodisia (Tabu/A&M) 45 26 5 89%
38 25 15 LUTHER VANDROSS - Heaven Knows (Epic) 50 30 18 64%
4 9 16 BRIAN McKNIGHT - One Last Cry (Mercury) 39 10 3 92%
29 22 17 KRIS KROSS - Alright (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 44 21 10 77%
- 31 18 EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Sunday Morning (Reprise) 49 26 21 57%
32 24 19 JOHNNY GILL - I Got You (Motown) 47 32 13 72%
20 20 20 SHAI - Baby I'm Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA) 37 11 5 86%
25 21 21 WILL DOWNING - There's No Living Without You (Mercury) 44 31 11 75%
30 27 22 VESTA - Always (A&M) 48 27 19 60%
18 17 23 BIG DADDY KANE - Very Special (Cold Chillin7Reprise) 39 15 7 82%
24 19 24 M.C. LYTE - Ruffneck (First Priority/Atlantic) 37 17 5 86%
37 29 25 SADE - Cherish The Day (Epic) 38 23 13 66%
- 39 26 EN VOGUE Featuring FMob - Runaway Love (eastwest) 50 14 36 28%
39 30 27 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic) 32 13 8 75%
26 26 28 ME 2 U - Want U Back (RCA) 32 14 7 78%
- 38 29 P.O.V. Duet with JADE - All Thru The Nite (Giant/Reprise) 37 19 18 51%
3 12 30 TONY TONI TONE - If I Had No Loot (Wing/Mercury) 28 7 1 960/0
36 35 31 D.J. JAllY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE - Boom! Shake The Room (Jive) 34 17 13 62%
6 18 32 SILK - Girl U For Me (Keia/Elektra) 25 8 0 100%
40 37 33 REGINA BELLE - Dream In Color (Columbia) 33 14 16 52%
NEW 34 LEVERT - Do The Thangs (Atlantic) 38 8 30 21%
NEW 35 ANGIE & DEBBIE - Light Of Love (Capitol) 35 9 25 29%
NEW 36 GUESSS - Shu-B (Warner Bros.) 37 4 33 11%
NEW 37 INTRO - Come Inside (Atlantic) 35 6 29 17%
NEW 38 TEDDY PENDERGRASS - Voodoo (Elektra) 34 4 29 15%
5 23 39 TLC - Get It Up (Epic) 25 11 1 96%
NEIL 40 TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury) 32 5 25 22%
Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
COMING OF AGE - "Coming Home To Love" (Zoo) 27 4 7 15 33% 3
MEN AT LARGE - "Would You Like To Dance (With Me)" (eastwest) 27 3 9 15 37% 2
Total Reports:This Week 58 Last Week 58
Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have it inHeavy or Medium rotation.
Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm Tuesday
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-190()Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Album Cuts
BELL BIV DEVOE - Lovely
KENYA GRUV - Top Of The World (Menace II Society)
JOHNNY GILL - Tell Me How U Want It
JANET JACKSON - Again/You Want This
MARK WHITFIELD - That Girl
Most AddedTONY TONI TONE
Anniversary(Wing/Mercury)
KEITH WASHINGTON
Stay In My Corner(Qwest/Warner Bros.)
TEDDY PENDERGRASS
"Voodoo"(Elektra)
Top New EntryEN VOGUE
"Runaway Love"(eastwest)
EN VOGUE
"Runaway Love"(eastwest)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Sunday Morning(Reprise)
Top Tip
TONY TONI TONE
"Anniversary"(Wing/Mercury)
RECORD TO WATCH
KEITH WASHINGTON"Stay In My Corner"(Qwest/Warner Bros.)
Keith uses his smooth vocalsto persuade listeners to stay
in his corner
Inside UrbanHope you were able to take advan-tage of the Labor Day holiday...ifyou weren't able to, you didn't missmuch...1 pulled weeds! Chances areas you're reading this you may stillhave opportunity to report yourplaylist (in case you've forgotten), asthe Urban radio reporting deadlineis 3 p.m. Tuesday.
36 GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3 1993
URBAN
Up & ComingReports Adds
24 - SWEET N LO' - 40 -Dog (Third Stone/Atlantic)
24 1 GEORGE HOWARD - Grazin' In The Grass (GRP)
22 - SMOOTH - You Been Played (Jive)
22 3 *CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS - Come Go With Me (Uptown/MCA)
21 - RAVENSYMONE - That's What Little Girls Are Made Of (MCA)
20 18 *KEITH WASHINGTON - Stay In My Corner (Owest/Warner Bros.)
19 12 *ROBIN S - Love For Love (Big Beat/Atlantic)
19 3 *COLIN ENGLAND - You Took My Love Away (Motown)
19 7 *VERTICAL HOLD - A.S.A.P (A&M)
DROPPED: /28-Jodeci, /32 -Lo -Key?, /33 -Ice Cube, #34 -Walter & Scotty, /36-11 D
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Well, Janet Jackson holds on toher #1 for week two...and ToniBraxton, Shanice and Babyfacehold on to their respective numbersbehind her. Mariah Carey's"Dreamlover" hops five places totake #5. Numbers six, seven andeight hold tight while MazeFeaturing Frankie Beverly moveup one slot to enter the Top 10.Looking mighty "Hot" is En Vogue's"Runaway Love" as it races up 13places while picking up eleven addsincluding WVEE-Atlanta, WQQK-Nashville, WZAK-Cleveland andWMVP-Milwaukee. Tied with theFunky Divas for moving13 places isEarth, Wind & Fire's "SundayMorning," tracking some mediumrotation plays already from KKDA-Dallas, WKYS/FM and WHUR-Washington D.C., KMJJ/FM-Shreveport and KXZZ-Lake Charles,La....Congratulations to this week'sdebuts.. #34 -Levert with eight newadds...#35-Angie & Debbie get theirvery first chart debut with add helpfrom WMVP, WKGC, WLOU,WHUR, and KMJJ...#36-Guesss...#37-Intro's "Come Inside" come on afterone week in Up and Coming.Landing a debut at #38 is TeddyPendergrass' "Voodoo" with 14new stations. Moving the TeddyBear from light to heavy was RickJoyner of WESE/FM-Tupelo, Miss.saying, "Teddy is so hot in this areayou can't believe...but he's not avail-able in the stores yet so I'm provid-ing some relief." Closing up thechart is the out -of -the -box debut byTony Toni Tone's "Anniversary," aslow jammin' smash!
Ch -Ch -Ch -Check it out! Rhino isabout to release a five -CD set, In Yo'Face: The History Of Funk. Theseries gives you all the great funkfrom the 70's. Rhino has tease mewith a sampler that contains killertracks from Sly & The FamilyStone, James Brown, CurtisMayfield, The Temptations, WildCherry, Dazz, Con Funk Shun,AWB, and The Isley Brothers tomention a few. Hold on because the75 -track collection hits the streetSeptember 21.
SERVICE. WABD-Clarksville, Tenn.requests new and old reggae musicon CD or vinyl. Send to K -Mack c/oWABD, P.O. Box 2249 Clarksville,Tenn. 37042-2249
New ReleasesPRINCEPink Cashmere (Paisley
Park/Warner Bros.)This Is 1, ks off the Royal Bad One'scollection, The Hits & B -Sides 3.The former Prince will make you(pink!?) with envy as he lays downa cool groove that's crafted in the"Purple Rain" style. The vocal ver-sion is an edit of the album version,an it's chock full of Orchestra -edgedtexture. Yo! MTV, how about anUnplugged
TONY TONI TONEAnniversary (Wing/Mercury)Tony Toni Tone release the a per-fect follow-up to their #1 single, "IfI Had No Loot." I say "perfect"because it's my favorite track offtheir Sons Of Soul CD. The Tony (i)(e)'s can definitely dish up he slowjams and "Anniversary" has thehook that will keep it in play yearafter year.
AARON HALLGet A little Freaky With Me(Silas/MCA)Guy tans need not fret, becauseeventhough the group disbanded,Aaron busts out his solo debut witha mid -tempo track that's recalls hisdays with the group. Hall isn't astranger to solo outings-last yearhis "Don't Be Afraid" on the Juicesoundtrack was smokin'.
SAMPLE THIS!Another Lie (Elektra)The debut of a group with a jazzygroove and an in -your -face vocalist.Sample This! is a blending of thestyles of groups like The BrandNew Heavies with En Vogue. Theirfusion is definitely radio -friendly.
LISA TAYLORDon't Waste My Time (Motown)I dare you to not to tap your feet toLisa Taylor's "Don't Waste My
Time." This Giant Records artistlends her vocal sweetness toMotown's Meteor Man soundtrackwith applaudable results. "Don'tWaste My Time" gets better witheach play.
J. SPENCERHot Pants (MoJazz)J. Spencer plays a smoothed -outsoprano sax on the funky/jazzy tip"Hot Pants" has vocal assistancefrom labelmate Colin England andits rap flava comes courtesy ofJimmy "Clev" Juarez. J. Spencer'smix will find "Hot Pants" admirersof all ages, shapes and sizes.
1 OF THE GIRLSHandle With Care (eastwest)These four young ladies deliver asmooth and sensitive ballad request-ing patience and that the elementsof a relationship be handled deli-cately. Off stage, 1 Of The Girlsstress that young women should bethemselves, but at the same time beresponsible and this single express-es that from the heart and not fromthe soapbox.
USHERCall Me A Mack (LaFace/Arista)This catchy single marks the debutof the newest artist on L.A. Reid andBabyface's label. Usher Raymond'svocal range makes him sound olderthan he actually is, and it'll help himdevelop into quite a performer. Besure to check out the CrazycoolMix, as the original is hyped upwith a lil' mo' bass for your audi-ence to vibe off of. -Ron EnwARDs
T.C.F. CREWHardest Working Lover (Cold
Chillin'/Warner Bros.)The second single from T.C.F.Crew's debut album, Come AndPlay With Me, features more of thhip -hop influenced soul that TheChosen Few Crew is known for.There are three remixes by ToddTerry, and the soulful sounds com-bined with the TCF's harmonyequals a song with hit potential."Hardest Working Lover" is a sleep-er waiting for a wake up call fromUrban programmers across thecountry. Listeners will approveonce they get a dose of what thissingle is all about. -Ron EDWARDS
DELANOYoung Luv (Reprise)Newcomer Delano Cagnolatti Jr.offers a good old-fashioned balladfor his debut, and it just might gethim the attention he's striving for-especially from the young ladies.His vocal exhibition is enhanced byseductive beckonings, which willscore big with your female listeners.As an added treat, Delano puttogether a Spanish version for bilin-gual appeal. This one is more thanappropriate for your late -night lis-teners. -Ron EDWARDS
TONI BRAXTON
BORN: Servern, Maryland
CURRENT SINGLE: "Another
Sad Love Song"
CURRENT ALBUM:
Toni Braxton
LABEL: LaFace/Arista
ROMOTION VP: Doug Daniel
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Chaka Khan and Whitney
Houston
1VORITE RECORD (RECORD-
, SOMONE ELSE): Funny
Girl by Barbra Streisand
WHAT TONI LISTENS TO IN
HER LEISURE: Jazz and
Showtunes
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISH-
MENT: Singing "Breathe
Again" in Spanish without prior
knowledge of the language.
Writing
children's books.
CURRENT OR UPCOMING 4
TOUR DETAILS: Currently on a
promotional tour of the U.S.
SHE SAYS: "Asa whole
project, this album expresses
who I am; a typical young
woman who's been through
some of life's experiences,
who's been through some of
love's ups and downs, who has
a lot of love to give."
FUTURE PLANS: Producing.
Riding the Orient Express.
GAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 3-,
GAVIN ALTERNATIVE EDITOR: LINDA RYANASSOCIATE ED: SEANA BARUTH
1 1 1 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cnerub Rock, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA, Rocket (Virgin)
2 2 2 THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - My Sister, For The Birds,The Sound (Mammoth/Atlantic)
6 3 3 CATHERINE WHEEL - Crank, Confess, Rhythm, Show/Mary, Pain (Fontana/Mercury)
- 17 4 BREEDERS - Cannonball (4-AD/Elektra)
3 4 5 BJORK - Human Behaviour, Aeroplane, Violently Happy (Elektra)
4 5 6 URGE OVERKILL - Sister Havana, Bottle Of Fur, Back On Me, Crack (Geffen)
7 7 7 SWEET RELIEF - Soul Asylum, P Jam, McKee, M. Sweet, E.Dando (Thirsty Ear/Chaos)
9 8 8 CONEHEADS SOUNDTRACK - REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
8 9 9 MATTHEW SWEET - The Ugly Truth, Time Capsule, Devil, Do It Again (Zoo)
13 10 10 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger, Sunday, Waltzing Back, Wanted (Island/PLG)
5 6 11 U2 - Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
11 11 12 VERVE - Slide Away, Blue (Vernon Yard)
10 12 13 PAUL WESTERBERG - World Class, Glimmer, Behind/Shades, Mannequin (Reprise)
26 21 14 THE OCEAN BLUE - Sublime (Reprise)
14 14 15 MIDNIGHT OIL - Outbreak Of Love, Truganini, Drums Of Heaven (Columbia)
16 16 16 PEACE TOGETHER - Peace Together, Therapy?, Blur (Island/PLG)
15 15 17 BLIND MELON - No Rain, I Wonder, Tones Of Home (Capitol)
12 13 18 TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down, Cold, Brian Wilson Said, Goodnight (Fontana/Mercury)
19 19 19 SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER SNDTRK - Ned's, Boo Radleys, Toad/Wet, The La's (Chaos)
18 18 20 NEW ORDER - Regret, World, Ruined, Liar, Chemical, Everyone (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
- 46 21 CRACKER - Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin)
36 25 22 PET SHOP BOYS - Can You Forgive Her (EMI/ERG)
23 23 23 FUGAZI - Cassavetes, Sweet, Witness (Dischord)
24 24 24 FLAMING LIPS - Turn It On (Warner Bros.)
NEW 25 UNREST - Cath Carroll (4 -AD)
31 26 26 UB40 - Can't Help Falling, Higher Ground (Virgin)
- 38 27 BOO RADLEYS - Lazarus (Columbia)
28 28 28 DEPECHE MODE - I Feel You, Walking, Mercy, Caress, Judas, Condemnation (Sire/Reprise)
29 29 29 PAIN TEENS - Lisa, Power, RU, Sexual (Trance Syndicate)
46 30 30 DOUGHBOYS - Shine (A&M)
35 31 31 PLAN B - Life's A Beat (Imago)
32 32 32 SWERVEDRIVER - Never Lose That Feeling (A&M)
37 34 33 BIG COUNTRY - The One I Love (RCA)
20 20 34 LIZ PHAIR - Fuck And Run, Never Said, Johnny (Matador)
22 22 35 TRIBE - Red Rover, Super Collider (Slash/Warner Bros.)
NEW 36 BUFFALO TOM - Soda Jerk (Beggars Banquet/eastwest)
33 35 37 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush, Wicked Garden (Atlantic)
17 27 38 ZIGGY MARLEY AND THE MELODY MAKERS - Brothers & Sisters, Mama, Joy & Blues (Virgin)
49 40 39 MONA LISA OVERDRIVE - Stuck (Max-Bilt)
45 41 40 DEBORAH HARRY - Can See Clearly, Standing In My Way (Sire/Reprise)
- 48 41 DAVID SYLVIAN AND ROBERT FRIPP - God's Monkey (Virgin)
50 42 42 FLAT DUO JETS - Where Are You, Michelle, White Trees (Sky Records)
43 43 43 CYPRESS HILL - Insane In The Brain, When The Ship..., Bong (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
44 44 44 FABULON - I'm In A Mood (Chrysalis/ERG)
NEW 45 THE CONNELLS - Slackjawed (TVT)
NEW 46 TRIPPING DAISY - My Umbrella (Island Red Label)
25 36 47 POSIES - Dream All Day, Solar Sister, Flavor, Love Letter (DGC)
21 33 48 PORNO FOR PYROS - Pets, Mejia, Cursed Female, Sadness (Warner Bros.)
NEW 49 THERAPY? - Screamager (A&M)
NEW 50 SQUEEZE - Everything In The World (A&M)
Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedBUFFALO TOM (45)
SQUEEZE (16)
CURVE (16)
STEREOLAB (15)
THE BREEDERS (11)
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"Cath Carroll"(4-AD/Reprise)A strong debut for this D.C. band,who enter the chart at #22!
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GIGOLO AUNTSFull -On Bloom
(Alias)Already blossoming at Live105, KGAY, WUSB, KGLT,
WIIZ, WFDU, etc.
ChartbountKINKY MACHINE - Kinky Machine (MCA)
JPS EXPERIENCE - Bleeding Star (Matador)
HOUSE OF LOVE 'Hollow" (Fontana/Mercury)
JANE SIBERRY When I Was A Boy (Reprise)
STEREOLAB - Transient Random Noise... (Elektra)
Dropped: v37 Cranes, #9 Bats, #45 X, #47
Dramarama, #49 Tiger Trap, #50 Deep Forest.
Inside AlternativeHello and to those of you went toEngland for the Reading Festival,welcome back! Judging by the num-ber of frozen reports this week, I'dsay quite a few went over. Gottalove Bud Dry, no?
Seana and I are digging thisEnvelope single, "The Street They'reDying To Kill," pretty hard, so imag-ine our surprise when we read thatEnvelope is Gerard Cosloy's newband. Not only did Gerard write thedamn thing, he sings on it, too! Justwhen you thought you had thingsfigured out.
Jen Karson resigned from WRUVlast week. Taking over officially isSusan Apselbaum (no, that is not atypo!). Give her a "welcome aboard"call at (802) 656-0796.
By the time you read this, CIMX-Detroit's X-Fest will be a fond mem-ory. Among the many acts that gavetheir time were The Breeders, UrgeOverkill, Liz Phair, Alex Chiltonand Walt Mink.
Live 105 -San Francisco celebratedthe Labor Day weekend by hiring105 homeless people to sweep thestreets of the city. Live 105's GreenTeam hooked up with the SanFrancisco Clean City Coalition forthe sidewalk clean-up, which tookplace September 6. After the sweep,the homeless participantsed to lunch at the San FranciscoFair.
Congratulations to John Knapp,who steps in as 550's new nationalalternative promotion guy. John,who was formerly with WIYY-Baltimore, will temporarily be basedout of New York but plans to moveto Los Angeles in the near future.John's got a hot Eve's Plum andFlop record, so if he hasn't spokenwith you yet-hang tight 'cos he willsoon.
Caroline Records has picked upThe Buzzcocks! The band's album,Trade Test Transmissions, will seethe light of day in America in aslightly different form than itsEnglish counterpart, so Buzzcockscollectors, get ready! Look for thealbum to hit on October 29, with anAmerican tour scheduled forNovember.
Furtrist Records has signed athree-year exclusive deal with ADA(Alternative Distribution Alliance),distributors of Matador, Restless andTwin/Tone, among others. Now itwill be that much easier to findalbums from Sometime SweetSusan, Snog and Brother Eye inyour local record store.
Atlanta -based Ichiban Recordshas acquired controlling interest inSky Records, the highly respectedalternative label also based inAtlanta. Henceforth, Flat Duo Jets,Seersucker, the Swans, Insane
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COMMERCIAL RADI2W LW TW
1 1 1 THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - My Sister, For The Birds, The Sound (Mammoth/Atlantic)
7 2 2 CATHERINE WHEEL - Crank, Confess, Rhythm, Show/Mary, Pain (Fontana/Mercury)
5 8 3 - Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
4 4 4 CONEHEADS SOUNDTRACK - REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
9 7 5 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA, Rocket (Virgin)
6 6 6 BLIND MELON - No Rain, I Wonder, Tones Of Home (Capitol)
3 3 7 MIDNIGHT OIL - Outbreak Of Love, Truganini, Drums Of Heaven (Columbia)
11 10 8 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger, Sunday, Waltzing Back, Wanted (Island/PLG)
2 5 9 BJORK - Human Behaviour, Aeroplane, Violently Happy (Elektra)
18 14 10 NEW ORDER - Regret, World, Ruined, Liar, Chemical, Everyone (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
12 11 11 SWEET RELIEF - Soul Asylum, P Jam, McKee, M. Sweet, E.Dando (Thirsty Ear/Chaos)
8 9 12 URGE OVERKILL - Sister Havana, Bottle Of Fur, Back On Me, Crack (Geffen)
10 12 13 TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down, Cold, Brian Wilson Said, Goodnight (Fontana/Mercury)
13 13 14 MATTHEW SWEET - The Ugly Truth, Time Capsule, Devil, Do It Again (Zoo)
23 20 15 DEPECHE MODE - I Feel You, Walking, Mercy, Caress, Judas, Condemnation (Sire/Reprise)
28 17 16 U1340 - Can't Help Falling, Higher Ground (Virgin)
16 16 17 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Plush, Wicked Garden (Atlantic)
30 27 18 PET SHOP BOYS - Can You Forgive Her (EMI/ERG)
NEW 19 BREEDERS - Cannonball (4-AD/Elektra)
14 18 20 PORNO FOR PYROS - Pets, Mejia, Cursed Female, Sadness (Warner Bros.)
21 21 21 PRIMUS - My Name Is Mud, Mr. Krinkle, Welcome To This World (Interscope/Atlantic)
24 24 22 THE OCEAN BLUE - Sublime (Reprise)
20 22 23 LENNY KRAVITZ - Believe, Are You Gonna Go My Way, Eleutheria (Virgin)
17 23 24 PAUL WESTERBERG - World Class, Glimmer, Behind/Shades, Mannequin (Reprise)
25 25 25 VERVE - Slide Away, Blue (Vernon Yard)
27 26 26 FABULON - I'm In A Mood (Chrysalis/ERG)
- 28 27 MONA LISA OVERDRIVE - Stuck (Max-Bilt)
NEW 28 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts. Sidewinder, Moon, Ignoreland, Drive, Night (Warner Bros.)
15 15 29 PEACE TOGETHER - Peace Together, Therapy?, Blur (Island/PLG)
- 30 30 PLAN B - Life's A Beat (Imago)
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2W LW TW1 1 1 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA, Rocket (Virgin)
2 2 2 THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - My Sister, For The Birds, The Sound (Mammoth/Atlantic)
5 4 3 CATHERINE WHEEL - Crank, Confess, Rhythm, Show/Mary, Pain (Fontana/Mercury)
6 4 BREEDERS - Cannonball (4-AD/Elektra)
6 5 5 BJORK - Human Behaviour, Aeroplane, Violently Happy (Elektra)
NEW 6 UNREST - Cath Carroll (4 -AD)
3 3 7 URGE OVERKILL - Sister Havana, Bottle Of Fur, Back On Me, Crack (Geffen)
4 7 8 VERVE - Slide Away, Blue (Vernon Yard)
8 8 9 U2 - Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
10 10 10 SWEET RELIEF - Soul Asylum, P Jam, McKee, M. Sweet, E.Dando (Thirsty Ear/Chaos)
11 11 11 FUGAZI - Cassavetes, Sweet, Witness (Dischord)
9 9 12 FLAMING LIPS - Turn It On (Warner Bros.)
13 13 13 SWERVEDRIVER - Never Lose That Feeling (A&M)
12 14 14 MATTHEW SWEET - The Ugly Truth, Time Capsule, Devil, Do It Again (Zoo)
15 15 15 PAUL WESTERBERG - World Class, Glimmer, Behind/Shades, Mannequin (Reprise)
16 16 16 TIGER TRAP - Sleeping, Supreme, Supercrush, Eight (K)
NEW 17 GIRLS AGAINST BOYS - Flynn, Let Go, Get Down (Touch & Go)
29 18 18 PEACE TOGETHER - Peace Together, Therapy?, Blur (Island/PLG)
19 19 19 FLAT DUO JETS - Where Are You, Michelle, White Trees (Sky Records)
22 20 20 CYPRESS HILL - Insane In The Brain, When The Ship..., Bong (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
NEW 21 CRACKER - Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin)
7 12 22 PAIN TEENS - Lisa, Power, RU, Sexual (Trance Syndicate)
23 23 23 TRIBE - Red Rover, Super Collider (Slash/Warner Bros.)
NEW 24 BOO RADLEYS - Lazarus (Columbia)
- 25 25 ST. JOHNNY - Sleep, High, Velocity, Matador (Caroline)
17 17 26 MOONSHAKE - City Poison, Girly Loop (Matador/Atlantic)
NEW 27 DAVID SYLVIAN AND ROBERT FRIPP - God's Monkey (Virgin)
- 28 28 DOUGHBOYS - Shine (A&M)
- 29 29 JEAN -PAUL SARTE EXP. - Into, Believe, Bleeding, Breathe (Matador)
30 30 30 DENTISTS - Charms, Box, Alive, Heaven (Homestead)
Jane, Five -Eights and VigilantiesOf Love will record under theIchiban moniker-which, incidental-ly, means number one in Japanese.Hey, don't say you never learn any-thing from reading the trades, okay?!
Because of the number of frozenreports this week, the top ten lookspretty much the same-with theexception of The Breeders' 17-4move. Although SmashingPumpkins hold onto Number Oneby a fairly comfortable margin, TheBreeders' 17-4 move-along withtheir presence among this week'sMost Added-should be enough tomake the top three feel the heat.
Jumping 21-14 is The Ocean Bluewho culled four newcomers thisweek-The Max, WEQX, WCDB andWTSR. Up 'til now, most of theband's support has been from thecommercial side, although this weekshows some growth from the col-lege end of the panel.
Our hottest mover this week isCracker's album, Kerosene Hat,which bulleted 46-21 this week!Newly added at Q101, KROQ, 91X.and CFNY, among others. DidDawn Hood have a great week orwhat?
Our highest debut this weekcomes from Unrest, who enter thechart at #25! "Cath Carroll" is gettingheavy requests/top five phones atWUNH, WCDB and KGAY.
The Boo Radleys swing 38-27,thanks in part to WCHZ, WXCI,KROQ, WRUV, WCBR andWVXU-all of which have the bandin Heavy rotation. And personalthanks to the ten stations that addedThe Boos this week. Thank you.Thank you. Thank you. You're soglad that you did!
Congratulations to Buffalo Tomon their Most Added honors. Asyou can see by the numbers, JoelMailman and Pete Rosenbloommade mincemeat of the competition.And there's more! Buffalo Tom hadenough points to debut this week-and rather strongly, too-as theyentered the chart at #35.
New Releases
KEROSENEArrhythmia (Sire/Warner Bros.)After a couple months of living withKerosene's "Worthless" single, thehand's debut album lands on yourdesk this week. Back in June, I saidthe hand's sound was "brimmingwith snot -nosed attitude and fresh -
ARTIST PROFILE
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WHEELFROM: England
LATEST SINGLE/ALBUM:
"Crank"/Chrome
EL: Mercury
THEY ARE: Rob Dickinson,
singer/guitarist; Brian Futter,
guitarist; Neil Sims, drummer;
Dave Hawes, bassist.
THEY SAY: "All that touring
has paid off for us. Being over
here (America), we were
allowed to develop and re-
invent ourselves. It allowed us
to find our feet and identify
our own sound. We were sick
of being mentioned in the
same breath as other bands.
We've grown into something
different-we're producing
something now that only per-
tains to us and is not likiany-
thing else. I wasn't as confi-
dent on those issues with the
first album, but on this one, I'm
prepared to go up to anybody
and say, 'This is worth listening
to.' " -Rob Dickinson
IT'S SAID: "Brothers and
sisters, the Devil has sent a
child among us. He's not danc-
ing naked in a highland glade.
He's not defecating in shire
churches and chanting the
Lord's prayer backwards. He's
not even in a death metal
band...Not quite, anyway. Rob
Dickinson, singer in the fiery
vortex of noise and emotion
that is Catherine Wheel, is the
most evil -looking man in rock.
He makes Perry Farrell look
like a choirboy."
-John Mulvey, NME
GA\ I \ SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
ALTERNATIVEfaced hooks"-a sentiment that, withthe release of this dynamic fulllength, still holds true, althoughArrhythmia rocks much harder thanthe lead track might lead you tobelieve. In fact, if you're expectingthis to be an entire album of power -pop ala early Stuffies, I've got somenews for you-it just ain't so. Thedozen tracks on Arrhythmia fallsomewhere between earlyStuffies/Replacements and, uh,Therapy?. The hooks are there, thesongs are there and the guitars aredefinitely there. Geez, what more doyou need? I like the Westerberg-ish,cryin' in yer beer song, "Shame," thejaunty pop tunes "So Plain,""Excess," "Joanne" and "Everything,"and muscle -flexing "Everybody'sIcon." Can't wait `til these guys tour.I have a feeling they have to be seento be fully appreciated.
-LINDA RYAN
IGGY POPAmerican Caesar (Virgin)What was once painted as an igno-
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minious past has now been reevalu-ated, and accolades are piling up onIggy where self -mutilating slashesused to. The point is, those scars aregone, just as all of these trumpetingwords of praise will be someday.What remains is the music, and Iggyhas jumped out of enough cakes inhis life to recognize this simple truth."Wild America" is an appropriatefirst single that rushes with immedia-cy and a sweaty fist of wah wah gui-tar groove. An uncensored video issupposedly making the rounds, aswell as headlines, and Henry Rollinsmakes a special guest appearanceon the track. The honky throb of"Mixin' The Colors" slags MTV andespouses individuality in the face ofuniformity with lines like "I like thekids with the ways of their own.""Plastic And Concrete" is a thumpingrocker with a trul2y great chorus,and check out Lisa Germano's pris-tine backup vocals on "Beside You."Other chestnuts include the convo-luted grind of "Sickness" and theraunchy "Boogie Boy." The pointblank honesty of the self -penned,hand -scrawled biography is worththe price of admission, but don't for-get the music. -DAVID BERAN
MY LIFE WITH THETHRILL KILL KULT13 Above The Night (Interscope)I always find it difficult to describeThrill Kill Kult's sound, and perhapsthat's because I've always used amusic frame of reference. A betterstarting point-at least one that moreaptly captures the band's colorful spir-it-would be the disposable, tabloid -infested underside of pop culture,because this band's medium goeswell beyond music. Inspired by pornoflicks, B -movies and over zealous reli-gious fanatics, from which the majori-ty of the band's samples are culled,Thrill Kill Kult lead you on a musicaljourney through what the band's biodescribes as "a ghoulish birthdayparty of sleazoid debauchery." Andgee, I guess that pretty much says itall. Favorite tracks include "Dirty LittleSecrets," which features Lydia Lunchon vocals, "Blue Buddha," "TheVelvet Edge," "Badlife" and "FinalBlindless," which starts with the line,"Tonight in Los Angeles, California,thousands of teenagers will drive up
NS -CHERUB ROCKJULIANA
3. CATHERINE WHEEL - CRANK
5. THE BREEDERS - CANNONBALL
7. SOUL ASYLUM - SUMMER OF DRUGS
9. BAD RELIGION - AMERICAN JESUS
MY LIFE WITH THE
THRILLKILLKULT
ABOVE THE BIEHT
ON TOUR THIS FALL
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and down Hollywood Boulevard end-lessly searching for-sex!" Enjoy thiselle-- il's :I trip! -LINDA RYAN
ROCKET FROM THECRYPT"Study Wrists" (Interscope)Here's one released just to commer-cial radio, as the college side of thepanel has played this as an albumtrack for some time. Now it's the bigboys' turn. With its chunky guitar riffsand simplistic, catchy hook, "SturdyWrists" sounds like a sure thing forradio. If you were adventurousenough to take a chance on "HippyDippy Do," then "Sturdy Wrists- is amust. And if you didn't play RocketFrom The Crypt the first time out,shame on you. Luckily, redemption istwo minutes and 11 seconds away.
-LINDA RYA
SATIVA LUVBOX"U Got It All Wrong" (Gasoline
Alley/MCA)Got It All Wrong" starts with a dis-
tinctively fuzzy bass line that immedi-ately sends you back to the garage.Sativa Linbox has little in commonwith any current music trends, as theirsound mirrors the garage bands of thelate '60s. In fact, you're probablymore likely to find records from TheChocolate Watchband (ala "Let's TalkAbout Girls") and the Standells ("DirtyWater") in frontamn Partick Mata's
record collection than any grunge,disco or jangly guitar hand. Lyrically(and in keeping with this theme), "UGot It All Wrong" is a mirror -to -our -eroding -society song that, in this dayand age, is as close to a protest songas it gets. Fittingly, this song will befeatured in the upcoming fear andloathing style political satire (I thinkit's a satire. It's hard to tell with poli-tics), The Last Party. Give it a spin.Righteous harmonica. Drop out, tunein and I know you know the rest.
-LINDA RYAN
COCTEAU TWINSEvangeline (Capitol)
Headphones are a must for this sonicpicnic and first single from theupcoming album. Drop into back-ground landscapes of milky way-outkeyboards and slivers of airy guitar.Oh, did I mention that the foregroundvocals are patent 'Teau Twin ringletsof bliss? Look for the album in earlyOctober and munch on this till then.-D.\\-16 BERAN
THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE NEW ALBUM TOREADOR OF LOVE
Import Indio7" SPOTLIGHT
Various Artists, 11,41iseto.
Various Labels
Debut vinyl fromDieselhed appearedlast month on SanFrancisco'sAmarillo label. Theband, who originally formed inEureka, Calif., includes membersand ex -members of Mr. Bungle,Psychefunkepus and Camper VanBeethoven, but as Dieselhed they'redoing a country schtick that's decid-edly different from their variouspasts. With a sort of half-witted zeal,these country stumblers earnestlyaddress the concerns of the ruraland blue collar man: forklifts, drivingtoo fast and red meat condiments."Forklift Test" and "Peelin' Out" areon the A -side; "A-1 Steak Sauce" ison the flip. Dieselhed isn't makingfun of anything, but somehoweverybody's laughing.
Wckr Spgt's latest 7" EP, Cream,on Shrimper Records, comes with aluvly hand -decorated sleeve and iscrowded with five lo-fi gems thatcombine my two superfavoritethings-verbal acuity and odd littlehooks. The fuzzy, dirge-ish "Built InTexas" shares an A -side with thedrone -pop title track, a tune thatadds nasal vocals to the hooks -and -metaphors mix. The flip's first cut,"Wait For Me" (which reminds mevividly of an old Catheads' song),boasts crudely brushed drums, a flat(dare I Stan Ridgeway -like?) vocaland the superb lyric, "If you wait forme you will understand structure/And that's important." Also includedare the cowboy -like "Slouch Hat"and "Bastards," a real -lifehonor story. Highly recommended.
Speaking of verbal acuity,Franklin Bruno of Nothing PaintedBlue fame has just released a solo-7-777 r7-; single containing five
songs on four tracks.Bruno upholds hisusual standard of lyri-cal excellence here,and truthfully I think
that the simpler format and theabsence of Kramer's fuzzy produc-tion serves Bruno's material betterthan the full -on, full -hand setting ofNothing Painted Blue. The first cut,"In A Sourceless Light," is asparkling -but -somehow -weepy,wordy love song that scores extrapoints for this American Music Clubreference: "I sit in the dark and I lis-ten to Mark/Asking where has thatlast firefly gone." "Soggy Girl" and"About You I'd Ask" are Bruno'sforums for experimentation; he bor-
rows a hip -hop beat, tie,' a woozy,processed vocal and uses hisresilient melody as anchor in a stormof flying noise and samples. Sidetwo's "Keeping The Weekend Free"adds mournful piano to a more stan-dard Bruno offering, and "I.W.S.(1987)" is a rather, um, uniquely ren-dered version of a long -ago hit forGloria Gaynor.
The Mountain Goats' latest pieceof 7" vinyl comes from Ajax inChicago (hi,Tim). The EP, rrirrinfChile de Arbol,also features five songs that, likemost Mountain Goats' tunes, suc-ceed by being both incredibly directand truly incandescent. While JohnDarnielle writes brief, blunt anduncomplicated stories, he alwaysmanages to conjure a moment insuch a way that it's like seeing theneighborhood where you grew upon a strangely -lit summer evening.Suddenly you don't recognize any-thing; suddenly you're in awe. Ofthe offerings here, I prefer theproud, desperate and wistful "BillyThe Kid's Dream Of The MagicShoes" (reminds me of an AmbroseBierce story) and "Alphabetizing."
And finally, Barbara Manningcontinues to pursue her goal ofreleasing 100 different singles on 100different labels with a 7" onTeenBeat. I'm not sure exactly whatnumber she's on, but since herband/band members change asrapidly as her label, it's no surpriseto fmd San Francisco veteransFlophouse playing with her on thiseffort. The Bats' Robert Scott wrotethis A -side, "B4 We Go Under,"specifically for Barbara, whose stun-ning version of the Bats' "SmokingHer Wings" was a stand -out on herlast full-length. "B4 We Go Under"smacks a bit of "Smoking HerWings" but also recalls one of Ms.Manning's originals, "SomeoneWants You Dead." Lefty Frizzell's "ILove You 1000 Ways" is her choicefor this single's B-side, and itssedate, country pace providesBarbara's warm, embracing vocalwith just the right forum. As it saysin the TeenBeat catalogue, "Barbarais the best singer and she's totallygreat and nice too." -SEANA BARU-1'H
Label addresses: Amarillo, P.O. Box24433, SF, CA 94124; Shrimper,P.O. Box 1837, Upland, CA 91785-1837; Baby Huey, 9028 E. RanchoReal, Temple City, CA 91780; Ajax,P.O. Box 805293, Chicago, IL 60680-4114; TeenBeat P.O. Box 50373,Washington, D.C. 20091)
By Seana BaruthGAVIN SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
GAVIN MI EDITOR: KENT
ZIMMERMAN
1 1 1 JOHN MELLENCAMP - What If I Came Knocking, Human Wheels (Mercury)
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BLIND MELON ..0 Rain, I Wonder, Tones Of Home (Capitol)
U2 - Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
GEORGE THOROGOOD - Get A Haircut (EMI/ERG)
BILLY JOEL - No Man's Land (Columbia)
CRY OF LOVE - Peace Pipe (Columbia)
LAST ACTION HERO SOUNDTRACK - Big Gun, Real World (Columbia)
BOB DYLAN - My Back Pages (Columbia)
CONEHEADS SOUNDTRACK - REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
AEROSMITH - Fever, Cryin', Rich, Edge, Get A Grip (Geffen)
BROTHER CANE - Got No Shame (Virgin)
IAN MOORE - How Does It Feel (Capricorn)
GIN BLOSSOMS - Mrs. Rita, Soul Deep, Shut Up & Smoke, Lost Horizons (A&M)
BIG COUNTRY - The One I Love (Fox)
ROBERT PLANT - 29 Palms, Calling (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
SPIN DOCTORS - How Could, Time, Two Princes, Olsen's Blues, Miss (Epic)
BIG HEAD TODD - Circle, Bittersweet, Broken Hearted Saviour (Giant/Reprise)
HENRY LEE SUMMER - Ain't That Love (Epic)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Wicked Garden, Plush (Atlantic)
STEVE MILLER BAND - Blue Eyes, Wide River (Polydor/PLG)
URGE OVERKILL - Sister Havana, Bottle Of Fur, Back On Me, Crack (Geffen)
DEEP PURPLE - The Battle Rages On (Giant/Warner Bros.)
MIDNIGHT OIL - Outbreak Of Love, Truganini, Drums Of Heaven (Columbia)
SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train, Black Gold, Somebody, Without (Columbia)
MATTHEW SWEET - The Ugly Truth, Time Capsule, Devil, Do It Again (Zoo)
LENNY KRAVITZ - Believe, Are You Gonna Go My Way, Eleutheria (Virgin)
COVERDALE*PAGE - Over Now, Take Me, Shake My Tree, Pride & Joy (Geffen)
GARY HOEY - Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
DONALD FAGEN - Kamakiriad (Reprise)
MEATLOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA)
P A DIOHEAD - Creep, Anyone Can Play, Vegetable, Stop Whispering (Capitol)
CANDLEBOX - Change (Maverick)
ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Reason, Have I Told, Stay, Maggiey (Warner Bros.)
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts. Sidewinder, Moon, Ignoreland, Drive, Night (Warner Bros.)
RAGING SLAB Take A Hold (Def American/Reprise)
ERIC GALES BAND - Resurrection, Storm (Elektra)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down, Cold, Brian Wilson Said, Goodnight (Fontana/Mercury)
4 NON BLONDES - Spaceman (Interscope/Atlantic)
B B KING - Blues Summit (MCA)
BABY ANIMALS - Don't Tell Me What To Do (Imago)
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA, Rocket (Virgin)
SWEET RELIEF - Soul Asylum, P Jam, McKee, M. Sweet, E.Dando (Thirsty Ear/Chaos)
NEIL YOUNG - Unplugged (Reprise)
PAT BENATAR - Somebody's Baby, Everybody Lay Down (Chrysalis/ERG)
JAYHAWKS - Settled Down Like Rain (Def American/Reprise)
APRIL WINE - That's Love (Import)
JOHN HIATT - Perfectly Good Guitar (A&M)
POSIES - Dream All Day, Solar Sister, Flavor, Love Letter (DGC)
ROBIN ZANDER - I've Always Got You (Interscope/Atlantic)
BLUES TRAVELER - Conquer Me (A&M)
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I'd Do Anything For Love (But IWon't Do That)(MCA)A high debut for Meatloaf at #30with more adds still coming in.
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MELISSA ETHERIDGE"I'm The Only One"
(Island/PLG)This proven singer/songwriter with analbum radio edge
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* SCORPIONS (Mercury) "Alien Nation"
* JAMES YOUNG (Absolute) "Doctor On Call"
LUCKY PETERSON (VERVE) "I'm Ready"
* STING (A&M) "Nothing 'Bout Me"
* SQUEEZE (A&M) "Everything In The World"
Dropped: .40 Bruce Hornsby, #43 Bon Jovi, #48
Peter Gabriel, #49 Sister Whiskey.
BI ues-Based Rock And Roll
"It's Late"The Debut Single
From The Debut Album
MODRECORDS
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"It's Late"The Power Ballad
ON YOURDESK NOW!
LOOKING FOR ADDSSEPTEMBER 28TH
Produced by: Doug GordonFeaturing:
Stuart Bryant on lead vocals/guitarDanny B. on bassRhondo on drums
and Tom Keifer on background vocals
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GAVIN ROCKARTIST PROFILES BY SHEILA RENE
STRIPMINDI.INEIIP: Stue
Shoaps.
Vocals/guitar;Billy O'Malley,guitar/vocal s;Tim Catz, bass;
Sully Erna,
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What's In YourMouth
FIRST
VIDEO/SINGLE:
Bastard
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Alex Perialis
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STUE SHOAPS TALKS ABOUT:
THE SIGN NG: "Howie judgedWBCN's Rock and Roll Rumble com-petition which we won in '91 andthen in '92 one year to the day thatHowie signed us. He has been thebest to us. We've heard horror sto-ries from other bands about theirproblems but we've got big brotherHowie keeping an eye on us."
THE PRODUCER: "We started off
with a list of six producers and as itturned out Alex was at the top; allthe others either we couldn't affordor they were busy. We had alreadyheard a lot about Alex's work withsuch bands as Nuclear Assault,Anthrax, Testament, Wrathchild,Pantara and Agnostic Front."
THE RECDRDING: "We went in torecord the album in the beginningof September '92 with our olddrummer and things didn't workout. Subsequently, he was fired orquit -depending on who you talk to.It took us a few months to findSully Erna and break him in. Wemet Sully a friend of a friend. Wefinished recording in five or sixweeks, including the mixing andpre -production. Alex went out andgot us bass strings at five in theevening on Easter Sunday by get-ting the owner of a music store toopen up for us. We felt privilegedto work with him, and we think ofhim as our friend."
THE LYRICAL HUMOR: "That's anattitude thing! We're very tongue-in-cheek. Take "Lap Frappe." I'm ahuge KISS fan and I think of PaulStanley's lyrics as being both sillyand tongue-in-cheek at the sametime. For that song, I just got off ona Paul Stanley tangent and updatedit to what I thought he would haveoriginally done."
THE SINGLE "Bastard" is the firstsingle and video from the album. We
shot some live performance footagein Boston before completing thevideo in Richmond, Virginia.
TOURING: "This is our second dayout on the road. We're having agreat time and are finally getting todo what we've wanted to do for solong. We've blocked out some timeto play Foundations Forum '93 onSeptember 10. We go on at 9:50P.M., in the hotel ball room beforeSouls At Zero and the Scorpions.After that we have dates scheduledup and down the coast of California.We're talking to our agents abouthooking up with some other bandsand staying out on the road."
MESSAGE TO RADIO:
"Enjoy 'Bastard.' "
IT'S SAID: "...Owing as much toGBH, The Misfits and Black Flag asthey do to Metallica and Slayer forinfluencing their bare -boned sound,Strip Mind's lethal combination ofhard core riffing and metal muscleshould not only strip minds, but ripoff ears as well.
-Bill Ebner, Foundations
Rock ReleasesSOULS AT ZERO(Energy Records)Writing reviews can sometimes bea tiresome exercise, it's easy torun out of adjectives, ideas, oreven words. Then there is the rit-ual that every writer indulges in atone point or another, tearing upthe completed work whilescreaming, "This sucks!," andstarting over again. WrathchildAmerica can definitely relate tostarting over again because whentheir existence became alienated,their careers started to tumbledown hill which only becameworse after leaving AtlanticRecords, suffice to say, theyweren't happy with their situation.Instead of calling it quits, theymade some improvements and afew radical changes. They pulledthemselves out of the dirt by writ-ing a slew of new songs, changingtheir name to Souls At Zero, andgetting signed to Energy Records.After recording for 40 days andnights in a Baltimore studio, SoulsAt Zero completed a mighty hardguitar -oriented album that rockswith the intense aggression thatserious hard rock fans look for.Guitarist Jay Abbene and TerryCarter excel in the hard crunchysuper riff department by exchang-ing and executing spiraling hooksinto a chaotic frenzy of chords.The only thing that matches theprowess of Brad Divens bass arehis yelling vocals which expresstotal frustration. This whole albumis angry, it's an outlet for theseguys to vent steam from theirmishaps with their previous band.The hard metallic cuts include:"Frustration," "Look," "Not You,""Grey World," "Checkin' Out" and"Hardline." It's great to see a banepull themselves together anddeliver a great sound. Souls AtZero is going to be another one ofthose bands that will stay in myCD player for a while.
THERAPY?Hats Off To
The Insane
(A&M)If you have anuncontrolableurge for squir-ley guitar jams,hip groovin'bass jams andpoundingdrums thenyou definitelyneedTherapy?'s lat-est release
Hats Off To The Insane. This EPoffers six adrenaline pumpingsongs that easily match the inten-sity of the band's two previousalbums, Nurse and CaucasianPsychosis. Those of you who lis-ten to Walkmans while workingout will discover that Hats Off ToThe Insane is an excellent choicefor increasing your endurancewhile you're sweating away thatexcess fat. If you're not the exer-cising type, you could throw thispuppy on your car stereo, turn thevolume all the way up, and drivelike a crazy maniac through quietresidential neighborhoods. Talkabout a rush! If you don't have acar then blast Therapy? in the pri-vacy of your own home and sharethe blistering bionic guitar andbass mesh with your neighbors. Ifyou don't have a stereo then Isuggest you get a lifejacket. TheseIrish rockers have a great talentfor conjuring fast hard rock thatteeters on the alternative side butalways swivels back into theapocalypse of aggressive '90srock. Check out "Screamager,""Auto Surgery," "Totally RandomMan." Oh hell, listen to them all;they all rock!HELMET &HOUSE OF PAINJust Another Victim
Immortal/EpicI'm not a huge fan of hip -hop orrap, but the single, Just AnotherVictim featuring Helmet and Houseof Pain has struck a twisted chord,forcing me to give this Rip-Ropsound closer attention. MixingHelmet's lawnmower guitar licksand vicious bass booms with HouseOf Pain's raunchy beat is a verycool thing. Both bands have a simi-lar pumped up beat which makesthe collaboration smooth. JustAnother Victim, from the sound-track to the movie Judgement Nightcomes in five flavors. Rock mongerswill find the "Album Version," "T -Ray Heavy Metal Jazz Mix" and
"Instrumental"most satisfying.Helmet's PageHamilton andHouse OfPain's Everlastdeliver a fear-some array oflyrics addingto the dement-ed rough edgesound of theCD. JustAnother Victimis an intenselisten.
BY ROB FIEND
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SPIN DOCTORSJimmy Olsen's Blues(Epic)If Perry White heard thishe'd scream, "GreatCaesar's ghost!" Inspired bythat cub reporter for theDaily Planet and infusedwith the same spirit as"Little Miss Can't BeWrong," this hot outfit hasspun themselves anotherwinner.
4 NON BLONDESSpaceman
(Interscope/Allantic)Among the newest groupsto prove real hits can't bedenied, evidenced by thesuccess of "What's Up." Ittook months of convincingprogrammers, but the pub-lic had the final say. Lift-offshould be somewhat fasterthis time.
BRUCE HORNSBYFields Of Gray (RCA)Think artistic excellenceand Bruce Hornsby is oneof the first names thatcomes to mind. Parents canrelate to the song that hewrote for his two sons. Hismessage? During life's upsand downs, those "fields ofgray," he'll always be thereto support them.
MICA PARISWhisper A Prayer(Island/PLG)Just getting started atUrban, Mica (pronounceMee-shuh) will no doubtget plenty of attention atA/C and Top 40 with thismoving ballad. She brings aspecial sensitivity to everyphrase of the lyric, which isconnected to a beautifulmelody. The song's videois also superb.
PRINCEPink Cashmere (PaisleyPark/Warner Bros.)So we've gone from"Purple Rain" in the '80s to"Pink Cashmere" in the'90s. The same hauntingappeal of the title songfrom his hit movie iswrapped around this latestrelease.
By Dave Sholin
Albums
JOHN MELLENCAMPHuman Wheels
(Mercury)Domestic violence, deepphilosophy, paradoxicallove relationships and scat-tered Christian images areall par for the emotionalobstacle course of a newJohn Mellencamp effort.John's sound is still dousedwith electric/acoustic con-tradictions. Lisa Germano'sglissando violin and man-dolin riffs weave a Celticblend into a sound stewcommandeered by MikeWanchic's fanning electricguitar and Kenny Aronoff sbelligerent pounding drums.The most rockin' track isthe first single, "What If ICame Knocking," the mostsocially poignant is "Case795" (the beds are made/butthere's no sheets on) and themost lyrically crafted is"Human Wheels."
-KEITH ZIMMERMAN
HOLLY COLE TRIODon't Smoke In Bed(Manhattan)Singer Holly Cole givesJazz/A' and the fringes of A'something different tocroon over. Backed only bygrand piano and acousticbass, menthol vocalist Colecuts a cozy cabaret ambi-ence. Yet she isn't exclu-sively mired in Rodgers andHart, or the traditional sup-per club style. "Get Out OfTown," with its hauntingharmonica cameo by ex-Flecktone Howard Levy,takes Holly's chanteusedemeanor to contemporaryheights. You can hear pinsdrop between minimalarrangements as Cole affix-
es her sophisticated stampon diametrical standardslike "I Can See ClearlyNow" and "The TennesseeWaltz."
-KEITH ZIMMERMAN
BETH NIELSENCHAPMANYou Hold The Key
(Reprise)Even before you take amicroscope to the lyric,Beth Nielsen Chapman'swork attracts your attentionby the strength of eachsong's engraved melodies.The Chapman magic is awonderful composite oflyrically intriguing scenariosset to instantly comfortable,melodic plots. They're sungwith the kind of flexible,tone -true voice that contra-dicts the conventional wis-dom that great songwriters
are not particularly goodsingers. I'll settle for no lessthan four singles off thisdisc and my nominationsare "I Don't Know," "YouHold The Key," a duet withPaul Carrack on "In TheTime It Takes" and thealready -a -hit single "TheMoment You Were Mine."Also worthy of special con-sideration are the set's mostpotent moment, the embit-tering drama of "Rage OnRage" and the blissed-outlove song, "Dance With MeSlow." -RON FELL
GARTH BROOKSIn Pieces (Liberty)For Jay Leno's first nightagainst David Letterman, heknew he had to get thehottest star in music. He
didn't have to think hard tocome up with Garth-theman has sold more than 31million units, and his sixthalbum is now exploding offthe shelves. Brooks had ahand in many of the cutshere, including the album(and show) opener"Standing Outside The Fire,"the smokin' ode to teenagesex "Ain't Going Down (`TilThe Sun Comes Up)," andtwo story -songs, "The NightI Called The Old Man Out,"and "The Night Will OnlyKnow." Songwriter TonyArata ("The Dance") showshis humourous side with"Kickin' and Screamin'" inwhich Garth has a lot of fundoing his best Lyle Lovettimpersonation. Brooksdecided to cover an over-looked New Grass Revivalsong, "Callin' Baton Rouge,"and convinced the hand tore -unite for the recording.The crowd singalong comesin the form of the blue-col-lar anthem "AmericanHonky-Tonk BarAssociation."
-CYNDI HOELZLE
MAVIS STAPLESThe Voice (PaisleyPark/Warner Bros.)Mavis couldn't ask for a bet-ter time to release her sec-ond CD, The Voice onPrince's Paisley ParkRecords. Imagine an accu-mulation of the cool flavagrooves that Prince and hisassociates have come upwith over the years and jamthem into almost 54 minutesof rousing performances byMavis Staples. No matterwhat mood you find your-self in Mavis does itall...gospel, funk, R&B andhip -hop. Liner notes andcredits reveal a smorgas-bord of talent that makesthe whole project evensweeter. If you must pinme to highlights on the CD,I suggest the title track,"The Voice," "House InOrder," "Blood Is ThickerThan Time," "You Will BeMoved," "Kain't Turn Back,"and "I'll Be Right There."
-JOHN MARTINUCCI
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