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Winning Welcome

Seen at the party to welcome Joe Smith to Elektra/Asylum hosted by the Eagles,Linda Ronstadt, J. D. Souther, Irving Azoff (president of Front Line Management) andPeter Asher, held at Chasen's, are (from left) Joe Smith, president of Elektra/Asylum;Eagles members Don Henley, Don Felder and newest member Joe Walsh. Also attendingthe party were Warner Bros. Records chairman of the board Mo Ostin, Warner Bros.VP Bob Regehr, members of the Elektra/Asylum staff, Carly Simon, Andrew Gold, JamesTaylor and Minnie Riperton.

A&M Names Burton & Hubert VPs LOS ANGELES - Jerry Moss,president, has announced theappointment of A&M executivesJolene Burton and David Hubertto the newly -created positions ofvice president of financial affairs,and vice president of interna-tional, respectively.

BackgroundJolene Burton was the first em-

ployee hired by Alpert and Moss.She joined the label in 1963 whenA&M Records was located at 8255Sunset Blvd. Through the yearsMrs. Burton has continued herfunctions as the label's controller,overseeing all aspects of account-ing, data processing and person-nel. Mrs. Burton was responsiblefor development of all of A&M'scomputer systems, including theirroyalty reporting system. She iscurrently involved in the designof a new building to house A&M'saccounting and data processingfacilities and her staff of 40people. Mrs. Burton will continueto administrate these divisions inher new role as vice president offinancial affairs.

David Hubert joined A&M Rec-ords in 1966 when Alpert andMoss hired him to help developtheir publishing division. Prior tojoining A&M, Hubert already hadan extensive career in the musicbusiness, first through the de-velopment and distribution ofclassical labels (Westminster,Concert Hall, Haydn Society andCaedman) via New Sound Distrib-utors, which he founded, andlater by establishing one of the

first pre-recorded tape companies,Omegatape. Hubert establishedhis international contacts by ne-gotiating foreign licenses for re-lease in the United States. Thenhe expanded into the field of in-dependent production, recordinga wide range of artists. Omega -tape was eventually sold to createHorizon Records (the label whosename A&M recently purchased forits new jazz series), which helpedto discover many well knownartists including Hoyt Axton, Barry

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Greatest Hits LPs:

Retailers Debate Impact On CatalogueBy DAVID McGEE

NEW YORK - The unprece-dented number of Greatest Hitspackages released during thefourth quarter has been widelyhailed as a boon to business dur-ing the holiday season, but nowthere is a rift developing betweenthose retailers who continuepraising the manufacturers' fis-dom and those who feel the Hitspackages are selling at the ex-pense of the artists' catalogueproduct.

Survey Results

A Record World survey of re-tailers reporting to the RetailReport found a virtual 50-50 spliton the hinder -or -help question,with only a few retailers taking aneutral position. RW was alertedto this potential problem via theDecember 26 newsletter fromEverybody's Records in Portland,Oregon, in which Michael Reffwrote: "In the push and shovetactics to make a buck, we've seenan onslaught of Greatest Hits al-bums this Christmas. Unfortun-ately, they are selling very well.The effect is that they sap salesfrom new album releases and haltcatalogue sales of those GreatestHits artists. After stocking up onSeals and Crofts during the fallprogram, their Best Of album has

RW Trade/Radio Seminar Set for Denver Record World has announcedthat the second year of trade/radio seminars will begin in Den-ver, Colorado on January 17. Theseminar, which will be the fifth ina continuing series designed tobetter intra-industry relationshipsby facilitating person -to -persondiscussions about specific market-places and industry happenings,will be held at the HampshireHouse Hotel at 1000 Grant Streetin Denver beginning at 12:30p.m. There will be a luncheonbefore the discussion session be-gins. All dealer and radio stationpersonnel in Denver and sur-rounding cities are invited andencouraged to ask any questionsabout the magazine or develop-ments in the industry which theyfeel are pertinent.

Improved RelationshipsThe seminars have helped to

better the relationships between

radio station, dealer and tradepersonnel. Many suggestionswhich have emanated from thefour previous seminars (held inCleveland, San Francisco, Bostonand Atlanta) have been imple-mented towards bettering themagazine and the informationflow it provides to the industry.Other relevant suggestions arestill being analyzed and furtherimprovements will be forthcom-ing during 1976.

Among the changes which havecome directly from the seminarsare:

More reporters are now tak-ing the time and making the ef-fort to give sales information inquantitative terms.

More stations reporting in-formation into the research de-partment are taking the time togive the most accurate informa-

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killed the others. Same with Car-ly, Lightfoot, Chicago, America..."

Keenan StatementIn an interview with RW, Every-

body's owner Tom Keenan de-claimed against the effects of Hitsalbums on catalogue sales."There's been a dramatic dropoffin catalogue sales," Keenan said."We've noticed it most withWarner Brothers product becausewe took full advantage of theirfall program and stocked heavilyon Seals and Crofts, America andGordon Lightfoot. Then theycame out with the Greatest Hitspackages and it really hurt ourcatalogue sales. We had to runspecial sales on what we had inorder to get rid of it.

"Carly Simon's catalogue hadbeen deader than a doornailwhen they shipped 'The Best Of'album. That package has held onhere longest of all the GreatestHits packages, but it hasn't stimu-lated catalogue sales at all.Ringo's hits hasn't done anythingat all and the catalogue isn't sell-ing either. The Lightfoot cata-logue damn near stopped sellingand we've always done well withhis records. Another one we'vedone well with is America, buttheir catalogue is selling about athird or fourth of what it was be-fore the 'History' album was re-leased. And this is the time ofyear the America catalogueshould be selling good."

Ken DobinAt the Waxie Maxie chain, Ken

Dobin said the Hits packageshave bitten into catalogue sales,and as a result store managers arebecoming more cautious whenordering catalogue product. "Thelast America album was a goodone that a store normally would

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England to ABC NEW YORK-Record Worldhas learned that Don Englandhas resigned his position atPhonodisc here and joinedABC Records as vice president,sales and distribution, effectiveJanuary 5, 1976. England willoperate out of ABC's westcoast offices.

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Lathower NamedCasablanca VP LOS ANGELES - Neil Bogart,president of Casablanca Records,has announced the appointmentof Mauri Lathower as vice presi-dent of international affairs. Lat-hower has a diverse backgroundin the record industry, coveringsales, promotion, marketing andproduction, as well as interna-tional affairs. He has been func-tioning as general manager ofCasablanca and will continue toassist Bogart on some of thosesame levels.

Lathower came to Casablancain September of 1975, after beingwith Capitol Records for 17 years,most recently as a vice president.

Mauri Lathower

Bicentennial Org.Sets Industry Lunch WASHINGTON, D.C.-John W.Warner, administrator of theAmerican Revolution BicentennialAdministration, has announcedthat music industry leaders, Con-gresspersons and White Houserepresentatives will be invited toa luncheon at the Hay -AdamsHotel on January 13 in Washing-ton, D.C. to discuss the variousways the American music indus-try can aid in the celebration ofthe country's 200th anniversary.Warner stated that at the presenttime over 15,000 projects and11,000 events are officially regis-tered for the Bicentennial year.

Handling the preparation andcoordination for the music indus-try will be Russ Gibb, nationaldirector of youth and education,ARBA.

ABC Names FourIn Publicity Shift LOS ANGELES - Bob Gibson,vice president of ABC Records,has announced a major restructur-ing of the ABC publicity depart-ment.

Ronnie Lippin, formerly seniorpublicist at MCA Records, hasbeen appointed director of na-tional publicity. Ms. Lippin willoperate from ABC's Los Angelesheadquarters.

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Ronnie Lippin

Baumgarten JoinsCopyright OfficeII WASHINGTON, D. C. - JohnA. Baumgarten, associate with theN. Y. law firm of Linden andDeutsch, has been appointed gen-eral counsel of the U. S. CopyrightOffice. Baumgarten, 33, replacesDorothy Schrader, who leaves theCopyright Office to pursue her onagain -off again career as a mezzosoprano.

Baumgarten is a leading experton international copyright andchaired the American Bar Asso-ciation's subcommittee on foreigncopyright law. As well, he is cred-ited with writing the definitivebook on US -USSR copyright rela-tions. Linden and Deutsch hasserved for many years as counselto the American Guild of Auth-ors & Composers. Baumgarten as-sumes his new position on Janu-ary 12 with Register BarbaraRinger.

Ms. Schrader has served as gen-eral counsel since Ringer becameregister three years ago. She isperhaps "the only singing attorneyI know," Ringer quipped lastweek.

Powerhouse Picks(Due to airplay and sales in projectable markets, these recordsexhibit top five potential)Rhythm Heritage (ABC) ''Theme From S.W.A.T.-Breaking off disco action and heavy sales along theeast coast (especially in New York), this disc is nowheading for the top with healthy jumps on majorstations and a solid sell -through on both r&b and poplevels.

MCA Promotes Davis LOS ANGELES-Bob Davis hasbeen promoted to the position ofvice president, artist acquisition,of MCA Records, Inc., it was an-nounced by J. K. Maitland, presi-dent of MCA Records, Inc. Davis,who will report directly to Mait-land, will be responsible for theacquisition and release of allproduct for the MCA label andthe career development of allartists on the label.

Bob Davis

In his most recent position asvice president, business affairs, ofMCA Records, Inc., Davis was in-volved in negotiations and thesignings of numerous artists pres-ently on the label. Davis joinedMCA Records, Inc. in 1973.

RCA Names PrestonCanadian Division GMMI NEW YORK The appoint-ment of Edward Preston as gen-eral manager, record division,RCA Limited of Canada, has beenannounced by Robert Summer,division vice president, RCA Re-cords, International.

Edward Preston

Preston joined RCA in 1967, asa promotion and sales representa-tive. In 1969, he was first pro-moted to branch manager of On-tario, and then to national pro-motion manager. With the reor-ganization of record division inCanada to a regional concept, hebecame operations manager, cen-tral and western Canada, in whichpost he was in full charge of sales,promotion, a&r and studios forOntario and all western prov-inces.

Prior to joining RCA, Prestonworked at CHML in Hamilton for17 years. He acquired retail ex-perience with T. Eaton Companyof Canada, and worked for threeyears as a musician in and aroundthe Hamilton area.

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THE HITS OF '76 AREON ATLANTICIATCO

BEE GEES"FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE)"

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BOXY MUSIC"LOVE IS THE DRUG"

WING AND A PRAYERFIFE & DRUM CORPS.

BABYFACE"HS

PENNY MC LEAN"LADY BUMP"

SPINNERS"LOVE OR LEAVE"

ITALL STARTED HEREON ATLANTIC RECORDS

AND TAPES. ATLANTICC 1976 Atlantic Recording Corp. 0 AWarner Communications Co.

Cook Named Managing DirectorOf RCA Limited, Australia NEW YORK-The appointmentof Robert F. Cook as managingdirector of RCA Limited in Aus-tralia has been annonuced byRobert Summer, division vicepresident, RCA Records, Interna-tional.

Cook has been vice presidentof RCA Limited of Canada andgeneral manager of its recorddivision, in which capacity heachieved a record sales year forthe operation during 1975. Re-placing him in the position ofgeneral manager, record division,RCA Limited of Canada will beEdward Preston.

Cook was named to the Can-adian post in January of 1971. InCanada, he presided over the phy-sical move of RCA headquartersfrom Montreal to Toronto, andthe establishment of a separatecreative unit that covered theFrench language market fromMontreal. RCA sales growth dur-ing Cook's tenure was highlightedby the development of RCA cata-logue artists, administration ofthe ABC -Dunhill license, accom-plishment of a major share in salesof originated French material and

Robert F. Cook

successful marketing through in-tense television campaigns.

Cook went to Canada from RCAArgentina, where he had servedas president since 1965, increas-ing RCA's share of market thereeach year. From 1968 to 1970, hewas a vice president of the LatinAmerican Record Federation, rep-resenting the Argentine industry.

Prior to going to Argenitna,Cook had joined RCA in the per-sonnel research department inCamden, New Jersey, in 1943. In1944, he went to Indianapolis and

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RCA Sales & Promo Meet

RCA Records recent sales and promotion seminar held in Atlanta was a wrap-up tocne of the most successful years in the company's history. Seen here (from left) are:Mel Ilberman, division VP, commercial operations, Ken Glancy, president, RCA Records,Nancy Richer, local promotion manager in Seattle, Al Matthias, local promotionmanager, Houston, and Mike Berniker, division VP, popular a&r. In the next photo areseen RCA's newest promotion people. They are: Larry Wallingford, local promotionmanager in Detroit, Dave Morrell, local promotion manager, New York City, King Ro,

Back in the Tank

Country Joe McDonald and Barry "The Fish" Melton have announced the reformationof their band, Country Joe and the Fish, and have signed with Fantasy Records toreccrd an album next summer. The announcement was made by Ralph Kaffel, presidentof Fantasy Records. Country Joe McDonald now records for Fantasy as a solo artist; hisfirst Ip for the label is "Paradise with an Ocean View." Pictured above are, from left:Fantasy general counsel Al Bendich, Fantasy president Ralph Kaffel, Barry Melton andCountry Joe McDonald.

Williams To Host Grammy Awards LOS ANGELES-Andy Williamswill host the 18th annual GrammyAwards Show, honoring outstand-ing artistic and technical achieve-ment in the recording industry,based upon votes of the membersof the National Academy ofRecording Arts and Sciences, Sat-

urday, Feb. 28, on the CBS Tele-vison Network.

Live From HollywoodThe 90 -minute special event

will be broadcast live from theHollywood Paladium. Celebritypresenters will be announced bythe Academy on Jan. 13.

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scutheast regional r&b promotion manager, Duke DuBois, northeast regional r&bpromotion manager, Pat Martine, Los Angeles Local promotion manager and AlanJacobs, custom labels promotion manager based in Chicago. Overseeing the wholeaffair were the national people in the last photo: Worthy Patterson, director, promo-tion, Carl Schultz, manager, national country promotion, John Rosica, division VP,promotion and merchandising, Mike Becce, manager, national singles promotionand Ray Harris, manager, national r&b promotion.

January LP Release Set by MCA LOS ANGELES - Rick Frio,MCA vice president of marketing,has announced the albums sched-uled for release in January, 1976.

Tanya Tucker's second MCA Ip,"Lovin' And Learnin,'" will beamong MCA's first releases in thenew year. Tanya, includes hersingle, "Don't Believe My HeartCan Stand Another You" (by BillyRay Reynolds), in "Lovin' AndLearnin,'" which was producedby Jerry Crutchfield and was ar-ranged by Bergen White.

"American Graffiti Vol. III" isalso set for release in January.This double set is the third in theseries of "American Graffiti" re-

cords. Songs included on "Ameri-can Graffiti Vol. Ill" are "SurferGirl" performed by the BeachBoys, "Wake Up Little Susie" bythe Everly Brothers, "Poetry InMotion" by Johnny Tillotson, "Al-lep-Oop" by the Hollywood Ar-gles, "Rave On" by Buddy Holly,"The Birds And The Bees" byJewel Atkins and "Donna" byRichie Valens. The favorites in-cluded in "American Graffiti Vol.III" were compiled by Bob Davis.

A new MCA artist, Stephen Sin-clair, bows with his debut "SadAnd Lonely Saturday Night." Anative of London, he wrote mostof the cuts on his album.

Bill Monroe, "the father ofbluegrass," also has an album,"The Weary Traveler," set forJanuary release. The album wasproduced by Walter Haynes.

These January album releaseswill be backed with extensivepromotion, sales and marketingcampaigns. Posters, in-store andwindow displays are beingshipped for use by dealersthroughout the country. In addi-tion, time buys have been madefor the airing of radio and TVspots in certain markets. Adver-tisements have been placed in keytrade and consumer publications.

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The 10th Anniversary Of Midem

(International Record and Music Publishing Market)

January 23-29, 1976Palais Des Festivals/Cannes, France

The music business year begins at MIDEM...If you're in the business,

you can't afford not to be there...(ask someone who goes)

1975: 5042 participants from 902 companies lin 41 countries1976: More than 1000 companies expected

FRANCE U.S.A. U.K.BERNARD CHEVRY Christian Jallabert John Nathan Liz SokoskiCommissaire General 3, rue Garnier 30 Rockefeller Plaza 8, Dorset Square

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THE C BASTBy BEN EDMONDS

"I'LL GET YOU IN THE END"- LENNON &McCARTNEY ("LITTLE GIRL" 1965): -Not wantingto be outdone by Bob Dylan's "Hurricane," FrankZappa has immortalized the plight of yet anotherbrother behind bars. The subject of Zappa's songtribute is Michael Kenyon, the notorious "EnemaBandit," who admitted to forcing enemas on asmany as ten female victims after he'd robbed themat gunpoint. His creativity netted him a six to twelveyear prison term for armed robbery. "Ironically,"

notes Zappa, "if he hadn't robbed the ugly ones he probably would'vegotten off. There's apparently no law against giving college -educatedyoung women enemas, but he'd rob the ugly ones and only pump upthe pretty ones." The song is given a full theatrical treatment in theMothers' stage act and, at the New York show, Zappa invited any mem-ber of the audience to take part in a graphic demonstration. But thewoman who responded turned out to be a radiologist whose primaryjob function is administering barium enemas, and Zappa, acknowledg-ing the presence of a professional, allowed her a segment of the follow-ing show in which she did her thing on an underage male volunteerfrom the audience. Sounds like a natural for a cover version by theTubes.

BEST OF THE REST: American Flyer, the band composed of SteveKatz (Blues Project, Blood Sweat & Tears producer of Lou Reed andElliott Murphy), Doug Yule (Velvet Underground), Criag Fuller (fromPure Prairie League; the writer of "Amy") and Eric Kaz (whose excellentsongs have been recorded by the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ron-stadt, to name but a few), has signed with UA and are currently consid-ering producers for their first album . . . Alan Crowder, Wings tourmanager, reports that at one stop on the band's UK tour, Paul McCart-ney was beset by no less than 400 "cousins" and 500 "neighbors fromnext door" and, topping it all off, four old farts who claimed to be hislath& . . . Robert Stigwood is formulating plans for a television serieshosted by the Bee Gees; it's described as a Monty Python kind of songand dance show" but please don't ask us to explain what that means ...Nils Lofgren is in the studio with producer Al Kooper and a band thatincludes brother Tommy Lofgren, bassist Paul Stallworth and drummerJim Gordon . . . The Sweet are set for their first sustained Americantour, a three month blitz that commences in late February. There'll be anew studio album released to coincide with the tour; the live albumcurrently on the European charts will most likely never be released inthis country . . . Speaking of European tours, there appear once againto be mumblings on the subject from Phil Spector's general direction ...If you dare to doubt the historical importance of the now -reformedCountry Joe & the Fish, consider this partial list of their accomplish-ments. They were the first band to 1) bring a psychedelic light show tothe savages of New York City, 2) do a stereo radio broadcast (live onKSAN in San Francisco), 3) lead an audience in the chanting of obsceni-ties (the F -U -C -K cheer), 4) be convicted by the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts for leading an audience in the chanting of same and 5)be paid $10,000 by Ed Sullivan NOT to appear on his show. And whoknows what history is about to be made . . . When we reported thatEarl Slick, David Bowie's guitarist, is doing an album for Capitol, we

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Sweet Tour SetLOS ANGELES - The first

American tour by Sweet has beenset for the first three months ofthe new year, according to EdLeffler of E. L. Management, per-sonal manager for Sweet, andCapitol Records. InternationalCreative Management is bookingthe national tour.

Sweet's current single release is"Fox on the Run." An album ofnew material, written and pro-duced by Sweet, is set for releaseby Capitol to coincide with thenational tour, opening January 21at the Memorial Auditorium inChattanooga, Tennessee.

The tour is comprised of 42concerts, as of press time, withshows still being added to theend of the tour.

WEA Winners

WEA salesmen Wayne King, Wayne Thomas, Jim McAuliffe, John Reina, Paul Robertson,Ed Hall, Phil. Cohen and Hank Van Husen were all winners in the recent Warner Bros./Capricorn Month merchandising contest. Pictured announcing the winners are (from left)Vic Faraci, VP of marketing WEA; Bob Moering, WEA national product manager; LouDennis, WB director of tape operations and David Young, Capricorn's sales manager.

Windsong Releases 3 NEW YORK - Windsong Rec-ords will release three albums inJanuary, one each by the StarlandVocal Band, Lee Holdridge andStarwood, announced Harold A.Thau, president, and Sal Bona-fede, executive vice president, ofthe John Denver -Jerry Weintraub -Milt Okun label.

Simultaneously, Jack Kiernan,division vice president, marketing,RCA Records, which manufac-tures and distributes Windsong,announced an extensive market-ing, advertising, promotion andpublicity campaign which willback the Windsong product.

The albums of the release are"Homebrew" by Starwood, "TheStarland Vocal Band" and "LeeHoldridge Conducts the Music ofJohn Denver."

RCA will kick off the Windsongcampaign in mid -January whenproduct is released. Double tradeads in four color will showcasethe product. Heavy concentrationof local marketing will follow inFebruary, which has been desig-nated "Windsong Month."

Concentration of activity will bein local markets where campaignswill feature in-store display andplay, print and radio advertising.

Among the marketing aids be-ing used by Windsong are a to-tem pole display showing new re-leases, an info pack containing bi-ographies, photos, ad mats andminnies, a Windsong poster andsampler records.

Capitol Signs HagarLOS ANGELES - Sammy Hagar

has signed a long-term, exclusiverecording contract with CapitolRecords, announced Al Coury,CRI senior a&r vice president.Hagar, formerly lead singer forMontrose, makes his Capitol de-but via an album titled "Nine OnA Ten Scale." The new Ip, pro-duced by Capitol's John Carter,features nine songs and will bereleased on February 9.

Heider Taps Blohm SAN FRANCISCO - Wally Hei-der Recording of San Franciscohas announced the appointmentof Gary Blohm as general man-ager.

Blohm, formerly west coastmanager of a&r administrationand recording operations forColumbia Records in Los Angeles,plans a major expansion in busi-ness volume at the San Franciscofacility through an active diversi-fication program and better useof studio downtime.

The new general manager ofthe San Francisco operation re-ceived his degree in speech andtheatre from Northwestern Uni-versity in 1964. Prior to his fouryears with Columbia Records, heproduced industrial films for suchclients as Xerox, American Ex-press and Mobil Oil and workedin TV production for Metromediaand the ABC Network in NewYork. He is a director of the Na-tional Council of Recording Engi-neers and a member of the Na-tional Academy of Recording Arts& Sciences.

Stanley GreenbergExits Scepter LOS ANGELES-Stanley Green-berg, executive vice president ofScepter Records, has resigned hisposition, effective December 15,1975. He has been with the com-pany since 1.961. Greenbergstarted as arranger and staff a&rperson, and then became directorof a&r, vice president of a&r andin Januray 1975, executive vicepresident.

Greenberg, an 18 year veteranof the music business, has beenassociated with such major re-cording artists such as the Shirel-les, Chuck Jackson, B. J. Thomas,the Kingsmen and Dionne War-wicke. He can be reached at hishome: 353 South Wetherly Drive,Beverly Hills, Cal. 90211; phone:(213) 550-0765.

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Three prominent Soviet composers recently visited ASCAP's Symphony and ConcertCommittee in New York. Pictured from left are Marger Zarin, Shalva Mshvelidze, StateDepartment interpreter Frank Megeman, Alexander Flyarkovsky, and ASCAP boardmembers Aaron Copland and Morton Gould. Gould, who chairs the committee, briefedthe visitors on ASCAP operations and activities in the classical sphere.

MWPA Formed CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Byron Ste-vens has announced the forma-tion of the Media Workers Pro-tective Agency, a black radio/television announcers association.According to Stevens, the MWPA,a subsidiary of the SouthernUnite Company based here, isoffering members various benfitsnot available in other black an-nouncers associations, includingan insurance assistance program,a bail bond service, a job securityand job assistance program, hotel,motel and car rental reservations,and a check cashing service. Mem-bership fee for announcers is $50per year; for non -announcers inthe music industry, $75 per year.Each member will receive a mem-bership card with his or her com-puter account number. The South-ern United Company is listed withthe Greater Charlotte BusinessBureau.

For information and member-ship applications contact ByronStevens or Curtis Mobley at theSouthern United Company, MediaWorkers Protective Agency, P.O.Box 285, Charlotte, N.C. 28202.

ABC Publicity Shift(Continued from page 4)

Jane Alsobrook, a publicist withABC since April, 1975, has beenpromoted to the position of westcoast manager of publicity.

Marylou Capes, who hasworked with the New York publi-city department since June, 1975,has been promoted to the posi-tion of east coast manager ofpublicity.

Jerry Bailey continues as Nash-ville manager of publicity and willoversee a broadening of Nash-ville's role in the national publi-city picture.

Jack Breschard has been ap-pointed writer of the publicity de-partment and will work in LoxAngeles. Formerly an editor withboth "Crawdaddy" and "CashBox" magazines, Breschard's by-line has appeared in many peri-odicals including "Rolling Stone,""Playgirl" and the "L. A. FreePress."

All offices will coordinate theiractivities through Ms. Lippin andshe will report directly to BobGibson, vice president of ABCRecords.

Barry Manilow ConcertAids Underprivileged NEW YORK-Arista recordingartist Barry Manilow performed afree concert for over 2000 resi-dents of orphanages, schools forthe retarded, drug rehabilitationscenters and senior citizen homesthe afternoon of New Year's eveat the Beacon Theatre. The freeconcert was arranged with thecooperation of Hospital Audi-ences Inc. (HAI), a non-profit or-ganization created in 1969 tohelp fill the cultural needs ofpeople confined to institutions.

At a press conference prior tothe free show Manilow said, "I'vealways wanted to do a free con -

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A&M Names Two VPs(Continued from page 3)McGuire, Rod McKuen and MasonWilliams. Hubert then foundedDavon Music Corporation, whichpublished the songs of these newcomposers.

After acquiring Davon Musicand hiring Hubert, Alpert andMoss soon asked him to developthe label's growing internationaloperations. Under Hubert's direc-tion, the international departmentat A&M has become a major forcein the growth and development ofA&M Records throughout the

world with wholly owned subsidi-ary firms established in Englandand Canada, and 40 affiliatesthroughout the world. Hubertwill continue to oversee the en-tire international operation in hisnew position while living inEurope throughout most of 1976.

Jolene Burton and David Hubertwill join A&M's other vice presi-dents, Harold Childs, Kip Cohen,Bob Fead, and Chuck Kaye, alongwith senior vice president GilFriesen.

From left: Herb Alpert, David Hubert, Jolene Burton, Jerry Moss

More Blue Note Re -Issues Set LOS ANGELES - Charlie Lou-rie, director of merchandising,Blue Note Records, and coordina-tor of the Blue Note Re -IssueSeries, has announced the releaseof new albums in the on -goingBlue Note Re -Issue Series. Thealbums will be released on De-cember 29.

Featured Artists

The December 29 Blue NoteRe -Issue Series release is com-prised of albums by Sonny Rol-lins, Chick Corea, Fats Navarro,the Jazz Crusaders, Herbie Nic-hols, Paul Horn, Wes Montgom-ery, Gerry Mulligan and LeeKonitz, bluesman T -Bone Walkerand an album of tenor "BlowingSessions," featuring Johnny Grif-fin, Hank Mobley and John Col-trane.

The collections feature per-formances, some long out -of -print, by many of today's influ-ential artists. The Sonny Rollinsalbum, "More From The Van-guard," features recently discov-ered, unreleased tapes from Rol-

lins' appearances at New York'sVillage Vanguard; the ChickCorea album, "Circling In," fea-tures three previously unreleasedsessions featuring the composer -pianist in one of his most explora-tory periods, accompanied bysuch sidemen as Anthony Brax-ton, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Hol-land, Roy Haynes and Barry Alts-chul; the Fats Navarro album,"Prime Source," features the com-plete Blue Note recordings by thebop innovator and contains ap-pearances by Bud Powell, SonnyRollins, Milt Jackson, Roy Haynes,Kenny Clarke and others; the JazzCrusaders album, "The YoungRabbits," features cuts from thegroup's years with Pacific Jazz,and features appearances by jazzperformers Hubert Laws, Joe Passand others.

The Re -Issue Series is culledfrom Blue Note's catalogue as wellas the archives of other labelswhich have been acquired byUnited Artists, Blue Note's parentcompany. The series features ex-tensive discographies and linernotes.

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Mott's MusicBy ELIOT SEKULER

LOS ANGELES-First and fore-most, despite occasional stylisticdigressions to the more artsy sideof things, Mott The Hoople (R.I.P.)was a rock 'n' roll band, a get -it -on -on-stage British metal outfitthat skirted along the borders ofpunk and glitter. Their most wide-spread American notoriety wasachieved via a Bowie -penned an-them titled "All The YoungDudes," but neither that song northe similarly titled album onwhich it can be heard were repre-sentative of the true Mott theHoople. And it might have seemedapparent even a couple of yearsago that those little fluctuations instyle were in part the reflectionsof differing personalities in thegroup, itself. If you had been thatperceptive, it would have comeas no great surprise when IanHunter, a founding member andcomposer of the majority of Mottthe Hoople's songs, split the

CTI Releases Eight11 NEW YORK - Richie Salvadorof CTI Records has announcedthe release of eight new albums.The albums, by artists GeorgeBenson, Hank Crawford, IdrisMuhammad, Esther Phillips, Gro-ver Washington, Jr., and Deodato,constitute the most comprehen-sive release ever to come from thecompany.

DistributionSimultaneously, Salvador an-

nounced that the company's prod-uct will be handled by a networkof major independent distributorsthroughout the country. In con-junction with the new release pro-gram, the distributors will receivepromotional material, including60 -second radio spots and point -of -purchase materials.

CTI is also in the process ofinterviewing regional and localsales and promo representativesto aid in the distribution and pro-motion of the product at the con-sumer level. People interestedshould contact Salvador at CTI,(212) 489-6120.

TitlesIncluded in the new releases,

on the CTI label, are a new albumby George Benson, Deodato's"Prelude" album and a collectionof cuts by various artists underthe title "Fire Into Music." TheKudu releases include "I Hear ASymphony" by Hank Crawford,"House Of The Rising Sun" byIdris Muhammad, and a newalbum by Esther Phillips with JoeBeck. Also included is GroverWashington, Jr., "Soul Box,"available as two separate albums.

The albums, which were pro-duced by Creed Taylor, are avail-able simultaneously in the U.S.and in Canada (distributed byCTI Records of Canada), on stereoIp, 8 track and cassette tapes.

Maintains Its Magicgroup to record, along with MickRonson, an album of his-or their-own.

Personnel ChangeAs history and CBS product

managers will record, the sur-viving three members shed theHoople from their moniker andafter a brief pause to regroup,fanned out in search of newblood; they were out one singerand one guitarist. After a coupleof months of combing London'srock clubs and bars, guitarist RayMajor and vocalist Nigel Benja-min were added to the nucleusof veterans: founding members"Overend" Watts and "Buffin"Griffin and keyboardist MorganFisher, who had joined the groupback in '73. Said Watts of thepersonnel change: "We've reallywatched them (the new members)blossom. Neither Ray nor espe-cially Nigel had done very muchroad work before and it's beengreat fun to watch them grow inconfidence and professionalism.Everything is coming togethernow."

On TourSoon after recording and re-

leasing an album featuring thenew line-up, "Drive On," a fewmonths ago, Mott immediately setout for a string of dates in theU.K., followed by an Americantour, still in progress, that shouldlast for about three months intotal. According to keyboardistFisher, the audience has been re-markably receptive to the newMott repertoire. "Sure, they knowthe older stuff better," he said,"but in a lot of the places we'veplayed they've been singing tothe old lyrics. We save most ofthe older stuff for the end ofthe act."

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It was Starr -Time at Record World's LosAngeles offices, as Ruby Starr herselfdropped by to pay a visit during a WestCoast visit with her band, Grey Ghost, fora series of club, concert and televisiondates. She advised in passing that thegroup returns to the studio in January tocomplete a successor to its debut CapitolIp, "Ruby Starr and Grey Ghost," thenreadies for a European tour with BlackOak Arkansas. From left: Lenny Beer, Rec-ord World's vice president-marketing;Miss Ruby; Spence Berland, RW's vicepresident and west coast manager.

Their current tour is probablyone of the most extensive itiner-ary that this band or the oldHoople outfit has made in thiscountry, carrying the group toseveral markets that the band hadnever played in before. For themost part, they've been second -billed to groups like Aerosmithand ZZ Top, but that doesn'tseem to bother the group, whichhad previously received headlinestatus. "The thought of being asupport act was horrible at first,"said Watts. "We thought, well,we can't just go back to doingthat again. But we realize nowthat we're not yet ready to head-line; it's a new band and we'dnever actually played together atall until we did the album. Andnow we know that we're reallynot resting on our laurels. Everyreaction we get, we know we'veearned it."

More Freedom

The change in vocalists has de-cided benefits in the eyes of threeveteran members in that it allowsthem more freedom to performvarious types of material. Hunter'seccentric vocal style, they feel,was distinctive but limiting. "Ianhad a great style and was a greatlyricist, but in a way it was a

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Eleven LP Release

Set by CapitolIII LOS ANGELES - Capitol Re-cords will release albums in Janu-ary, announced Don Zimmer-mann, CRI senior marketing vicepresident.

Grand Funkteenth "Born ToColter's second"Jessi," headlinelease.

Paris, a new rock trio, debutswith an album titled "Paris." "WeCome To Play" represents the firsttime out for Bux, while Unicornappears with a second album,titled "Unicorn 2" (produced byDave Gilmour of Pink Floyd).

Harvest Records (distributedby Capitol) spotlights Be -Bop De-luxe with their second effort,"Sunburst Finish."

Country product from Capitolfeatures "The Best of Buck OwensVol. 6," "Ray Griff" by the singer/songwriter of the same name andSusan Raye's "Honey Toast andSunshine."

Completing the release is analbum of new material by the lateCannonball Adderley titled "Mu-sic, You All" and "Joan Carol But-ler," a debut Capitol album bythe 18 -year old singer/song-writer.

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NEAL ROSENGARDEN-RCA JH 10537HOLD ON (TO YOUR MEMORIES) (prod. by

Richard Laysky) (Koto, BMI)

A song that offers some sensible adviceand a fresh sound. The tune is beautifullysung and displays some nice rhythm roots.Give it a listen.

WAYLON & WILLIE-RCA JH 10529GOOD HEARTED WOMAN (prod. by Ray Pennington

& Waylon Jennings) (Baron/Willie Nelson, BMI)

This live recording on which Waylon Jen-nings and Willie Nelson trade vocals willgenerate pop as well as country play.An easy going groove from this top duo.

DUKE & THE DRIVERS-ABC 12152ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH (prod. by Eddie Kramer)

(Castle Hill, ASCAP)

This hard -rocking Boston ensemble is alyrical Aerosmith given to well -packedharmonies and soaring electric streamers.A rockin' high that's tough to top.

J. G. LEWIS-IX Chains NCS 7014(Mainstream)

LET THE MUSIC PLAY (prod. by Johnny L. Gilliam)(Swope/Brent, BMI)

This number, arranged by the much in de-mand New York sessionist Richard Tee,has a kind of unforced, natural flowingsound which could connect in a big way.

MAXINE NIGHTINGALE-UA XW752 YRIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM (prod. by

Pierre Tubbs & Vince Edwards)(ATV Universal, BMI)

This songstress injects a lot of energy intoa basic handclapping sound. A wholesomearrangement makes this a delightful tuneto sing along to.

HOT HONEY-BASF B 12731 (AudioFidelity)

BEAUTIFUL PERSON (prod. not listed)(Natural/Leeds, ASCAP)

A hot female vocal group whose combinedeffort owes to the vintage sound of theSupremes-only this disco oriented back-ing instills a contemporary feel.

THE DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE-Mainstream MRL 5576

SHO'NUFF GOOD FEELING (prod. by Leonard Joes)(Fratel I / Blackwood, BMI)

The good feeling here is supplied by anelectric keyboard groove sounding not un-like Herbie Hancock. The disco orientedsound could also get heavy r&b action.

JOEY WELZ-Discgo DGO 302ROLLERBALLIN (prod. by Earl Cross)

(Ursula, BMI)

This instrumental theme inspired by themovie sports an animated "disco -go"sound. Welz bills himself as a "keyboardwizard"-one listen and you'll hear why.

SINGLE PICKSCHUCK MANGIONE-A&M 1773LISTEN TO THE WIND (prod. by Chuck Mangione)

(Gates, BMI)

The flugelhornist/composer/producer isin search of mass acceptance, a likelyhappening with this kind of instrumentalappeal to pop, MOR and jazz-sters.

GABRIEL-ABC 12151BE MY WOMAN (prod. by Don McKinney)

(American Broadcasting, ASCAP)

A tune culled from his "This Star On EveryHeel" album which spotlights this new-comer in a setting of gentle vocals andmellotrons over a gutsy rock beat.

MARTY RHONE-Morningstar MST 503DENIM AND LACE (prod. by Lister/Lyons)

(MCA, ASCAP)

This Australian rocker establishes a steady,bopping sound with a sparse production.A percussive track with a strong vocalappeal makes for a charming effort.

JAY AND THE TECHNIQUES-Event EV228 (Polydor)

NUMBER ONEDERFUL (prod. by Jerry Ross)(Pocket Full of Tunes, BMI)

Making their comeback in time for thelatest disco wave is this outfit best re-membered for "Apples Peaches PumpkinPie" in '67. Soul and vitality.

SONNY MUNRO-Epic 8 50174OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART (prod. by

Johnny Powers & Clarence Paul)(Hudson Bya, BMI)

This soul man gives a rock steady Stax/Volt arrangement to this Darrell Bankssong. Munro's grinding intensity holds itall together superbly.

THE ARMADA ORCHESTRA-Scepter SC12418

BAND OF GOLD (prod. within Contempo Family)(Gold Forever, BMI)

England's answer to MFSB is this line-upof extraordinary instrumentalists. FredaPayne's smash is given a vibrant, up -tempoworkout which should go chartward.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-MorningstarMST 502

MY LITTLE ANGEL (prod. by Harry Vanda &George Young) (E. B. Marks, BMI)

Shakespeare, an Australian who's hadseveral hits Down Under has teamed withEasybeats songwriters Vanda and Young.The result is some straightforward r&r.

DR. HOOK-Capitol P-4171ONLY SIXTEEN (prod. by Ron Haffkine)

(Kags, BMI)

The Sam Cooke paean is pulled from theinimitable Dr. Hook's "Bankrupt" Ip andgiven a 1976 rockin' treatment that couldcarry it back to the top.

BOBBY BLAND-ABC 12156TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN (prod. by

Don Gant & Ron Chancey) (Blue Book, BMI)

This mid -tempo blueser shows Bobby tobe anything but bland. Polished with backup singers and an unobtrusive brass sec-tion, he has strong AM possibilities.

RON KEITH-A&M 1780PARTY MUSIC (prod. by John Florez)

(Rumanian Pickleworks, BMI)

A record to liven up any party, this MelissaManchester tune is given a brisk, up -tem-po treatment. A solid r&b number thatnobody will be able to resist.

JASON & OMAR-RCA JB 10446RUBY L'DEUX (prod. by Jason & Omar)

(The New York Times, BMI)

A story about a lady from '.62 who used toknock 'em dead. This one should knock'em dead in its own right with its pumpingbrass and good time flavor.

BROWN SUGAR-Capitol P 4198THE GAME IS OVER (WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH

YOU (prod. by Vince Montana)('Bout Time/ /Missle, BMI)

This latest soul aggregate which comes byway of the Tower has a classy, high volt-age sound. The singer has the style of aDiana Ross and is worth a listen.

POWER OF ATTORNEY-Nicetown NT001

YOU GOT OVER ME (prod. by Theodore Wing)(Nicetown, BMI)

A memorable instrumental workout whichplaces emphasis on the galloping rhythmsection. This one should gather someheavy r&b and disco play.

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE-Capitol P 4206

GYPSY LIGHTS (prod. by Quicksilver & JohnPalladino) (Mobetta, BMI)

With the Starship making a sizeable come-back last year, '76 could be the year forQuicksilver. Their jaunty sound is appeal-ing and spiced by Kathi McDonald's vocal.

SEAN MORTON DOWNEY-Artists OfAmerica 109

HE PLAYED A YO YO IN NASHVILLE (prod. byHarley Hatcher) (Songwriters Of America, BMI)

The subject of this song is never revealed,but listeners should easily be able to figureit out. An interesting slant with a perkycountry sound.

BANDIT-ABC 12146KEEP ON LAUGHIN' (prod. by Bob Monaco)

(Portofino/ Thieves/ Pedal Point, ASCAP)

This Southern -based band just keeps onrocking with their latest track being ahealthy cross between Joe Walsh and Lit-tle Feat. It works well for them.

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CONFESSIN' THE BLUESESTHER PHILLIPS-Atlantic SD 1680 (6.98)

With Ms. Phillips enjoying the interna-tional recognition long due her, Atlantichas culled some of her finest perform-ances from its vault. All standards giventhe unique Phillips treatment, "Bye ByeBlackbird," "I Love Paris," a blues medleyand "C. C. Rider" are among the jazzvocalist's standouts.

G. T. MOOREMercury SRM-1-1065 (6.98)Material from G. T. Moore's two Englishalbums is combined with several previ-ously unreleased live tracks as an introduc-tion to American audiences. Reggae witha strong rock edge is the order with"Painted Ladies," "Thou Shalt Not Kill,""Running Down the Road" and "Knockin'On Heaven's Door."

BAD LUCKATLANTA DISCO BAND-Ariola America ST -50004

(Capitol) (6.98)A very straight -forward basically instru-mental disco album, lushly orchestratedand produced. The occasional vocals serveas a rhythmic undertone for some scream-ing electric guitar solos and big bandyhorn ensembles. Sample "Bad Luck," "DoWhat You Feel" and "I Am Trying."

DISCO REGGAEBYRON LEE AND THE DRAGONAIRES-

Mercury (6.98)The title gives the aim, but there's con-siderably more to this good-humored, ap-pealing album-a reggae version of BennyBell's "Shaving Cream," for example,that's a musical double take. "No WomanNo Cry" and "Hold On" also stand outin a well -produced package.

RAISING HELLTHE FATBACK BAND-Event EV 6905 (Polydor)

(6.98)

A popular disco band that specializes in afull horn -punctuated sound that will getnon -dancers on their feet. Each cut has itsown distinctive qualities making for amore diverse disco Ip than is the norm."(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop,""Groovy Kind of Day" and "Spanish Hus-tle" are but three examples.

LEAVE THE REGGAE TO USGREYHOUND-Mercury SRM-1-1054 (6.98)The band that played at Mick and Bianca'swedding combines the standard reggaeformula with some original and some non -reggae songs and emerges with a popstyle all its own. "Dream Lover," the oldBobby Darin tune, and Gary Wright's"Stand For Our Rights" are among themost successful such hybrids. Ride on!

SONGS, BALLADS & FIDDLE TUNESJAY 8 LYN-Philo 1023Jay & Lyn are members of the PutnamString County Band, Jay also serving asresident fiddler/mandolinist in DavidBromberg's band. Together they havecome up with an extraordinarily pleasingcollection of mostly traditional music withan emphasis on lilting harmonies and in-telligent, unconventional backup.

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NEW RAY OF SUNSHINEDOBIE GRAY-Capricorn CP 0163 (WB) (6.98)Gray, a songwriter and singer whose pre-vious albums lacked the drive to bring himmass attention, is served well at his newlabel by the Macon/Muscle Shoals axis."Drive On, Ride On," "If Love Must Go,""Easy Loving Lady" and "Easy Come, EasyGo" display all facets of Gray's multi-farious talents.

BODIES' WARMTHERIC KLOSS-Muse MR 5077 (6.98)Kloss' alto and soprano sax work, sup-ported by Barry Miles' keyboards and atasty rhythm section, is lightly funky("Lady"), brightly melodic ("Bodies'Warmth") and frequently bridges early'60s lyricism with latter day avant garde("Headin' Out," "Mystique") styles. Agenuinely superb work.

MYSTIC VOYAGEROY AYERS UBIQUITY-Polydor PD -6057 (6.98)

Ayers is attempting to carry his jazz andr&b success into the disco field via suchtracks as "Brother Green (The Disco King)"and "Life Is Just A Moment." But his realtalents still lie in a progressive jazz frame,represented here by "Mystic Voyage" and"Take All the Time You Need." A voyageto be taken.

THE HINDENBURGSoundtrack MCA 2090 (6.98)"There's A Lot To Be Said For the Fuehrer,"a short (2:45) comic effort from the pen of"A Chorus Line" lyricist Edward Kleban,stands out in this soundtrack, released insupport of the Robert Wise -produced/George C. Scott -starred blimp of a film.Score was composed and conducted byDavid Shire.

GIT-FIDDLE SHUFFLEROY BOOKBINDER 8 'FATS' KAPLIN-

Blue Goose 2018 (Yazoo)

This (mostly) New York -based duo spe-cializes in traditional blues rendered withsimple but technically masterful guitar,banjo and fiddle accompaniment. PinkAnderson ("He's In the Jailhouse Now,""I Got Mine"), Sam McGee ("FranklinBlues") and Bessie Smith (" 'Lectric ChairBlues") are enthusiastically represented.

JAILBIG MAMA THORNTON-Vanguard VSD 79351

(6.98)

Though Big Mama Thornton has not beenwell in recent years, she has continuedsome performing and recording endeav-ors. Recorded at a prison and reformatoryin the northwest, Thornton recalls pastcareer highlights "Ball 'n' Chain," "HoundDog" and "Little Red Rooster."

THE WORLD OF SCOTT JOPLIN, VOL. IIMAX MORATH-Vanguard Everyman SRV 351 SD

(3.98)

Morath has been contributing to the re-vitalization of ragtime since well before"The Sting" made Scott Joplin a householdname. Volume II in this series is not ex-clusively devoted to Joplin, though all therags included are strongly influenced byhim. The performances are invigorating.

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RADIO W RLDWNEW Spreads Xmas Cheer

This year's WNEW SRO benefit concert for cerebral palsy headlined Peter Frampton.Pictured around the Christmas tree piled with gifts for the children are (from left):A&M's director of national FM promotion Rich Totoian; WNEW's Dave Herman; a repre-sentative of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation; and WNEW's program director Scott Muni.

WFO Inks Hart LOS ANGOLES - WFO MusicGroup president Steve Bedell hasannounced the signing of BobbyHart to a long-term productiondeal.

Initial Project

Hart's initial project under thenew agreement will be producingStuff & Ramjet's first musical ef-forts, to be released within a fewweeks by WFO. Stuff and Ramjetis Stephanie Spruill and RogerKenerly-Saint. The pair have ap-peared in Las Vegas with HelenReddy, Bill Cosby, Tom Jones andRoberta Flack, and on televisionspecials with Ed Sullivan, MacDavis and Sonny Bono and onthe Midnight Special.

NARAS Honors BMI

The NARAS Institute has presented a spe-cial award to Broadcast Music, Inc., inrecognition of BMI's continuing supportto the Institute, whose primary purposeis the establishment of meaningful cur-riculum seminars and related studies forthe benefit of the music industry. LeoKulka (left) immediate past president ofthe NARAS Institute, presented theaward to BMI's Neil Anderson, vicepresident, performing rights, San Fran-cisco.

RW Sets Denver Radio Seminar(Continued from page 3)tion possible so that the chartswill reflect their facts. Further,Record World has expanded itslist of reporters and is continuallyimproving this list.

Increased information is nowavailable on the Record World FMAirplay Report to reflect theneeds of the stations.

More advance sales informa-tion is being mailed to dealersand radio stations around the

country to give them the earliestpossible scoop on chart informa-tion.

Scott Kenyon of KIMN in Den-ver is helping to coordinate theseminar and either he or anyonein the Record World research de-partments in New York or Holly-wood can answer any questionsthat might arise. We are lookingforward to meeting everyone inDenver and having yet anothersuccessful meeting.

COUNTRY RADIOBy CHARLIE DOUGLAS

WMAQ (Chicago) gave a unique gift to all the listeners, fans andrecord promo folk-every record on the chart last week jumped tonumber one. There may be a few artists there that got their first 4:A1record in Chicago ... Tommy Charles, PD and MD of Plough's WSUN(Saint Petersburg, Fla.) is now officially (1/5/76) the regional promo-tion man for MGM records. He'll be operating out of Dallas. I guessthere are many of us who wonder what it's like on the other end ofthe telephone and Tommy's going to find out. It has always been alittle amazing to me how much abuse the record folk take from timeto time from some members of the radio fraternity, and then hbwthey are asked, by those same radio folk for all sorts of favors-includ-ing "help me find a better job." Strange world.

WHN (New York) is grinning about their new numbers: 4*2 inwomen 18-49 in most time periods. It was just a year ago that EdSalomon, then PD of WEEP (Pittsburgh), was smiling over his ARBthere.

Speaking of a year ago, lots of happenings in '75, including theWMAQ switch to country in January starting with Corky Mayberrycoming in with Lee Sherwood as PD . . . that same time saw CraigScott elected VP of Plough, replacing Art Wander, and in NashvilleJohnny "K" was upped to PD at WENO . . . Larry Johnson was sentto truck drivers school to learn what trucking was all about since he'dbe in the all night slot at WMAQ, and then he decided he didn'twant to be a part of the station and trucked on down the road . . .Juanita Rose, Jimmy Dallas and Jack Reno were installed as the reviewboard to pass on the lyric content of records aired in the eight"Proud Country" stations . . . January '75 was the month the wheelsbegan to turn to air the first country music show broadcast via satellite.

February saw Don Day resign his long-time operation manager postat WBAP (Fort Worth) . . . Bill Robinson of WIRE (Indianapolis) took140 listeners on a tour of the Carribean . .. Moon Mullins left Louis-ville for KSON (San Diego) . . . Larry Scott went back into the studioafter a seven month remote on KLAC . . . Bob Mitchell, then GM ofWCKY (Cincinnati) said the station had been sold and the proposedformat would be country . . . Ellie Dylan was chosen as the femalepersonality on WMAQ.

March and April were a blur for me since we were in the middleof a 50 day, 49 stop remote tour and this column was ably filled bystation profile pieces submitted by various stations around the country.

May saw the entire staff of WNCR (Cleveland) tossed out on theircollective ears . . . Don French surfaced with country at new stationKANC (Anchorage) . . . Billy Cole went back on the all-night showat WHO (Des Moines) .. . Chuck Chellman put together his excellentboard of directors and got the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fameon the way to reality .. . Bobby Wooten made the tough decision toretire from the industry and vowed to start chicken farming in Arkan-sas . . . Tom Allen showed up at KBOX with a number one Pulse inthe Dallas Central Zone . . . Barry Baskin did an underwater 14 hourremote at Silver Springs, Fla. over WMOP (Ocala) ... Mike Hoyer waspromoted to operations manager at KBUL (Wichita) and Walt Shawwas moved into the PD's chair at KRAK (Sacramento, Cal.) . . . All ofMay was saddened with the passing of long-time friend to everybody,Sam Wallace.

June saw Larry James with great numbers at WUNI (Mobile) . . .Bob Mitchell assumed the agenda chairmanship for the '76 CountrySeminar Billy Parker of KVOO (Tulsa) was never better in his trib-ute to Bob Wills . . . Tom Straw left KSEA (San Diego) and hiked toKSD (St. Louis) ... Marcia Herndon, Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, begana country music course at the University of Texas using pickers asguest lecturers ... Curly Howard was tapped as the emcee at the na-tional Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, N.C. . . . Big Wilson leftWHN . . . Ben Payton moved into the PD's chair at KAYO (Seattle) asBobby Wooten made good his threat to become a chicken farmer .. .Mike Hanes put WKDA back into the country vein in Nashville . . .Ed Salomon moved into N.Y. at WHN . . . Chris Collier came intoHouston as the KIKK PD ... Bob Cole was giving away Mother TruckerT-shirts at WWOK (Miami) ... Moon Mullins was happy with his num-

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DIAL GUETHE VIEWPOINTS F THE INDUSTRY

Henry Stone & Steve Alaimo: Taking TK to the TopBy ROBERTA SKOPP

Henry Stone Steve Alaimo

For over two years now Miami -based TK Records has been strength-ening an already potent position in the industry with chart recordsfrom artists including George McCrae, Gwen McCrae, KC and theSunshine Band, Betty Wright, Little Beaver and Clarence Reid, amongothers. Henry Stone, one of the pioneers of independent distribution,heads the label, with Steve Alaimo, former artist, producer and tele-vision show host, assuming vice presidential responsibilities. The twohave pooled their knowledge and experience to wield the force ofTK, and both discuss their viewpoints in the following Dialogue.

Record World: The formation of TK-how did that all come about?Henry Stone: TK per se is not that old. TK is about two and a half

years old. It was an offshoot of just making records, and we gottogether and started TK.

RW: Was it an offshoot of Tone in any way?Stone: Of course, Tone was in existence for quite awhile. I would

say it was one of the largest distributors in the country. But I'vealways had a recording studio in my back pocket, always made records.Always had a "Mashed Potatoes," "Clean Up Woman" or "FunkyNassau." Of course we distributed at the time. We distributed becauseI was a major distributor and I wasn't ready to be a manufacturer.

Steve Alaimo: We distributed Atlantic, Bell, Warner Brothers,Columbia.

Stone: But mostly with Atlantic. But then the big explosion came inthe record industry, with your Warner Brothers and your Atlantics andwhatever, going into their branch operations and limiting the inde-pendent distribution business. And then TK got stronger and strongerbecause I gave it a lot more of my time. So we started making a hitrecord here and there. I guess when TK was just messing around,Steve was also just coming out of a California scene and "Where TheAction Is." And he started out and got completely involved with it. Un-til we all decided at one time-about three years ago-that we had toreally get into the record business.

RW: How did you two initially get together?Alaimo: With a record. I had a band when I was in college and

I played for all the dance functions. And so we got involved backabout 1958.

RW: Can you describe your relationship now?Alaimo: We've always had a kind of father -son relationship. He was

my manager when I performed. He was the only man that I trustedin the business at that point. He had a distributing business at thesame time so it was hard for him to be my full-time manager becauseI wasn't making enough money for him to throw what he had away.Even when I lived in California-I was out there for three or four years-I would still come back here and see Henry. He was a guy you wouldgo to like a father. He taught me a lot. Where I came from r&b musicwas Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis, Jr. When I came down here, hisinfluence in r&b music was really big and his background was verystrong. So it naturally spilled over onto me. I worked in promotion

when I got out of college because I wanted to get in the business.RW: Steve, what are your responsibilities?Alaimo: I just try to keep the producers, the writers and the artists

together as much as I can and whatever he can't do I do. We kind ofwork together. Making sure artists are available and that they arehappy. We've got a pretty good stake. Somehow we're doing some-thing right because very few artists ever leave us.

But, it takes a lot of work though. It takes an awful lot of work.For me, I wasn't used to it --being a performer. A performer doesn'twork.

Stone: Really, basically, he's coming into the executive end of thebusiness along with me. In this business the most successful companieshave teams. It's very difficult. I guess the major corporations canhire a president to do something and when he's not there anymoreit makes no difference; they just keep moving. But the successfulcompanies-the ones that have come up-are basically teams. Becauseyou need people, you know. And in this business as you're growing,as this company is growing . . . I mean it's great that we both havethe knowledge of all the a&r work, how to make a record and hownot to make a record.

RW: Are you training Steve in a way?Stone: Well, basically it's not a training process. It's a process of

association or just working together, and reading each other andreading the difficult things and knowing each other's problems andputting it together. And then keeping it moving. Because I imagine,like any other record company, we're preparing-I hope it never hap-pens-we're preparing because maybe it will get cold.

RW: Do you find that a frightening thought?Stone: No it's not. You see I've gone through it. A lot of people

have been successful in the record business. They haven't gone throughthe hot and cold periods. I even believe it's something different withthe major companies. They just keep moving regardless. They canbe cold and nobody would know about it, because of their images,or whatever. But the people that actually sell the records know whena record company is cold. But through the years as a distributor atone stops and things like that, merchandising records, we know andwe can hit this cold period and we're trying to prepare for it. It soundslike a very pessimistic attitude.

... the one thing we know how to dois merchandise product, because we've 9,done it since the beginning of the inde-pendent record business.

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RW: How many labels are under the TK umbrella?Stone: About 12 at this point.RW: Why?Stone: Different producers. We're trying to build something that's

unique. Everyone says "Why don't you just build one big A&M orAtlantic?" But I know one thing-at the end of the year the computersdon't know the difference between one record and another. Butproducers-if you take producers and give them some association witha label-not necessarily categorized as r&b or pop-it's just hitrecords, that's the name of the game. So if you take your producersand you try to get them to produce for this label-it gives them some-thing to work with, something to build.

This is a people business. And this is a people company at thispoint. We hope not to change it. And it's very important that peopleidentify.

RW: But while you keep getting hotter and expansion seems im-minent, isn't that going to be more and more difficult?

Stone: Not necessarily; it all depends on how you put your headinto it-where you're going, what you're trying to do. There's nosense in us trying to do an A&M or Motown or RCA. It's already beendone. Not that you can't use a lot of their formula. But it's TK.So TK, when it is and if it is successful, it's going to be for a reason.

RW: Why do you think you became so successful so soon?(Continued on page 20)

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ALPHABETICAL LISTINGSINGLES CHARTPRODUCER, PUBLISHER, LICENSEE

ALL BY MYSELF Jimmy lenner LOVE IS A DRUG Chris Thomas(C.A.M./U.S.A., BMI) 40 (TRO-Cheshire, BMI) 78

BABY FACE Stephen Schaeffer & Harold LOVE IS A ROSE Peter Asher (SilverWheeler (Warner Bros., ASCAP) 44 Fiddle, BMI) 37

BACK TO THE ISLAND Denny Cordell & LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY Pete BallotteLeon Russell (Skyhill, BMI) 75 (Sunday & Cale Americana, ASCAP) 11

BAD BLOOD Neil Sedaka & Robert Appere LOVE MACHINE PART I Freddie Perren(Don Kirshner, BMI/Kirshner Songs, (Jobete/Grimore, ASCAP) 23ASCAP) 81 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER Ohio Players

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Willie (Ohio Players/Unichappell, BMI) 6Nelson (Milene, BMI) 58 LOW RIDER Jerry Goldstein w. Lonnie

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Roy Thomas Baker(Trident, ASCAP)

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DONeil Sedaka & R. Appere (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)

CHAIN GANG MELODY T. Cashman &T. West (Kags/Conrad, BMI;Unichappell, ASCAP)

CHRISTMAS FOR COWBOYS Milton Okun

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85

Jordan & Howard Scott/Far Out Prod.(Far Out, ASCAP)

LYIN' EYES Bill Szymczyk (Long Run,ASCAP)

MIRACLES Jefferson Starship & LarryCox (Diamondback, BMI) . ......

MY LITTLE TOWN Paul Simon, ArtGarfunkel and Phil Ramone (Paul Simon,BMI)

42

64

54

34

(Cherry Lane, ASCAP) 90 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY Arif MardinCHRISTMAS SONG Gordon Mills (MAM, (Casserole, BMI) 28

ASCAP) 92 ONCE YOU HIT THE ROAD Thom BellCONVOY Don Sears & Chip Davis (Mighty Three/Sacred Pen, BMI) 97

(American Gramaphone, SESAC) 2 ONLY 16 Ron Haffkine (Kegs, BMI) 88COUNTRY BOY (YOU GOT YOUR FEET OPERATOR Tim Hauser & Ahmet Ertegun

IN L.A.) Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter (Conrad, BMI) ... 100(ABC/Dunhill/One of a Kind, BMI) 25 OUR DAY WILL COME Hank Medress &

DEEP PURPLE Mike Curb (Robbins, ASCAP) 67 Dave Appel! (Leeds/Almo, ASCAP) 43DECEMBER, 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) OVER MY HEAD Fleetwood Mac & Keith

Bob Gaudio (Seasons/Jobete( ASCAP) 71 Olsen (Rockhopper, ASCAP) 29DREAM ON Adrian Barber (Frank PALOMA BLANCA Hans Bouwens

Connolly & Daksel, BMI( 77 (Warner Bros., ASCAP) 31DON'T CRY JONI Prod. not listed PART TIME LOVE Kenny Kerner & Ritchie

(Twitty Bird, BMI) 47 Wise (Kipahula, ASCAP) . 39DREAM WEAVER Gary Wright (Warners,

ASCAP) 80ROCK & ROLL ALL NIGHT Eddie

Kramer (Cafe American/Rock Steady,EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET Pete Wingfield ASCAP) 22

& Barry Hammond (Ackee & Uncle SATURDAY NIGHT Bill Martin & PhilDoris, ASCAP) 57 Couler (Welback, ASCAP) 4

EVIL WOMAN Jeff Lynne (Unhart/Jef,BMI) 14

SCHOOL BOY CRUSH Arif Mardin(Average, BMI) .. - 48

FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) SECRET LOVE Huey P. Maeux (WarnerArif Mardin (Casserole, BMI) 61 Bros., ASCAP) 66

FEELINGS M. Albert (Fermate Intl.,ASCAP) 45

SING A SONG M. White & C. Stepney(Saggifire, BMI) 10

50 WAYS TC LEAVE YOUR LOVER Paul SKY HIGH Chas. Peace (Dutchess, BMI) 15Simon & Phil Ramone (Paul Simon( BMI) 19 SLOW RIDE Nick Jameson (Knee Trembler,

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Paul Hornsby ASCAP) 46(No Exit, BMI) 69 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT Joe Wissert

FLY AWAY Milton Okun (Cherry Lane, (Almo, ASCAP; Irving, BMI) 62ASCAP) 18 SOS B. Uuvaeus & B. Anderson (Countless,

FLY, ROBIN, FLY Butterfly Prod./by BMI) 36Michael Kunze (Mid.Song, ASCAP) 16 SQUEEZE BOX Glyn Johns (Tower, BMI) 24

FOR A DANCER Mickey Sweeney &Prelude (Benchmark, ASCAP)

FOR THE LOVE OF YOU (PARTS 1 & 2)lsley Bros. ;Bovine, ASCAP)

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53

SWEET LOVE James Carmichael & TheCommodores (Jobete/Commodores,ASCAP)

SWEET THING Rufus (American63

FOX ON THE RUN Sweet (Sweet Pub.Ltd.) 5

Broadcasting, ASCAP)TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT Bill Szymczyk

89

FULL OF FIRE Mitchell (Jec & AlGreen, BMI:

GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie & HarryMaslin (Beverly Bros., BMI; Chrysalis/Main Man, ASCAP)

HE AIN'T HEAVY ... HE'S MY BROTHERJohn Farrer (Harrison/Jenny, ASCAP)

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59

76

(Benchmark/Kicking Bear, ASCAP)THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) H. W. Casey

and Richard Finch (Sherlyn, BMI)THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON (A

BLIND MAN IN THE BLEACHERS) PaulVance (Tree, BMI)

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51

HEAT WAVE Peter Asher (Jobete,ASCAP) 37

THEME FROM MAGOGANY (DO YOUKNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO)

HOMECOMING Peter Anastasoff (ATV,BMI) 73

Masser (Jobete'Screen Gems -Columbia,ASCAP/BMI) 1

HOME MADE THEATRE Fred Mollin &Andrew Hermant (Almo, ASCAP/

THEME FROM S.W.A.T. Steve Barri &Michael Omartian (Spellgold, BMI) 26

Horsefeather, CAPAC) 95 THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOUHURRICANE (PART 1) Don Devito Morgan Cavett (Moonlight and

(Ram's Horn, ASCAP) 82 Magnolia, BMI) 35I BELIEVE IN FATHER'S CHRISTMAS THE WHITE KNIGHT Leslie Adv. Agency

G. Lake & P. Sinfield (Manticore, PRS) 91 (Unichappell, BMI) 87I LOVE MUSIC (PART 1) Kenneth Gamble THEY JUST CAN'T STOP (THE GAMES

& Leon Huff (Mighty Three, BMI) 7 PEOPLE PLAY) Thom Bell (Mighty Tree,ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU Richard BMI) 79Perry (WB, ASCAP) . 68 THIS OLD MAN Mike Natale

I WRITE THE SONGS Ron Dante & Barry (Rallodyenom, BMI) 55Manilow (Artists/Sunbury, ASCAP) 3 THIS WILL BE Chuck Jackson & Marvin

I'M ON FIRE Tony Eyers (P.R.S., ASCAP) 41 Yancy (Jay's Ent./Chappell, ASCAP) 33INSEPARABLE Chuck Jackson & Marvin TIMES OF YOUR LIFE Bob Staff

Yancy (Jay's Enterprise, Ltd./Chappell, (Three Eagles, ASCAP) 30ASCAP) 86 TRACKS OF MY TEARS Peter Asher

ISLAND GIRL Gus Dudgeon (Big Pig/ (Jobete, ASCAP) 83Leeds, ASCAP) 17 TURNING POINT Leo Graham

IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE J. C. (Julio Brian & Content, BMI) 96Phillips (Blue Lick, BMI) 98 VENUS AND MARS ROCK SHOW

I WANT'A DO SOMETHING FREAKY TO Paul McCartney (McCartney/ATV, BMI) 65YOU Leon Haywood (Jim -Ed, BMI) 93 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (PART I)

JUNK FOOD JUNKIE Randclf Nauert Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff(Peaceable Kingdom, ASCAP) 72 (Mighty Three, BMI) 27

LADY BLUE Denny Cordell & Leon Russell WALK AWAY FROM LOVE Van McCoy(Skyhill. BMI) 99 (Charles Kipps, BMI) . 13

LET IT SHINE John Farrer (Window, BMI) 76 WHO LOVES YOU Bob Gaudio (Seasons/LET THE MUSIC PLAY Barry White Jobete, ASCAP) 56

(Savette/January, BMI)LET'S DO IT AGAIN Curtis Mayfield

60 WINNERS AND LOSERS Dan Hamilton,Joe Frank Carolla & Alan Deninson

(Warner -Tamerlane, PMI) 12 (Suitfire. BMI) 20LET'S LIVE TOGETHER David Kirschenbaum WOMAN TONIGHT George Martin

(Landers Roberts, ASCAP) 38 (Warner Bros., ASCAP) 70LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Rick Bleiweiss & YESTERDAY'S HEROES Vanda & Young

Bill Stahl (Mills/Korwin. ASCAP) 94 (Masks, BMI) 52LOVE HURTS Manny Charlton

(House of Bryant, BMI)YOU SEXY THING Mickie Most (Finchley,

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101 103 FREE RIDE TAVARES-.-Capitol 4184 (Silver Steed, BMI)102 105 MAKE LOVE TO YOUR MIND BILL WITHERS-Columbia 3 10255

(Golden Withers, BMI)103 106 ONE WOMAN BAND CAROL CHASE-Janus J 256 (Finger Songs/

Heavy, BMI(104 113 GOODNIGHT AND GOODMORNING CECILIO & KAPONO-Columbia

3 10233 (Chappell/Young Ideas, ASCAP)105 114 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU CHARLIE RICH-Epic 8 50182

(Warner Bros., ASCAP)106 108 GOING DOWN SLOWLY POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb BTA 268 (ABC)

(Warner-Tamerlane/Mainsaint, BMI)107 115 FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) GINO CUNICO-Arista 0162

(Casserole, BMI)108 112 HOLD BACK THE NIGHT TRAMMPS-Buddah BDA 507

(Golden Fleece, BMI)109 110 EASY AS PIE BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC Dot DOA 17584

Chappell, ASCAP)110 111 GROWIN' UP DAN HILL -20th Century TC 2254 (Conley, ASCAP)111 138 LOVING POWER IMPRESSIONS-Curtom 0110 (WB)

(Jay's Enterprises/Chappell, ASCAP)112 - JUST YOUR FOOL LEON HAYWOOD--20th Century TC 2264

(Jim Edd, BMI)113 - THIS OLD HEART OF MINE ROD STEWART-Warner Bros. WBS 8170

(Jobete, ASCAP(114 129 LONG HAIRED RED NECK DAVID ALLEN COE-Columbia 3 10254

(Window/Lotsa, BMI)115 117 ONE FINE DAY JULIE-Tom Cat 10454 (RCA) (Screen Gems -Col, BMI)116 116 THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU ANDREW GOLD-Asylum 45286 (Luckyu, BMI)117 141 SHAME ON THE WORLD MAIN INGREDIENT-RCA JB 10431

(Incredible, BMI)118 119 LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE EDDIE DRENNON & BBS UNLIMITED-

Friends & Co. 1124 (Damit, BMI(119 120 CHILDREN OF THE RAIN AUSTIN ROBERTS-Private Stock 051

(Strawberry Hills, ASCAP)120 122 WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY BOBBY WOMACK-

United Artists XW735 Y (Unart/Bobby Womack, BMI)121 124 BUILDING FIRES FLYING BURRITO BROS.-Columbia 3 10299

(Danlean/Easy Nine/Sound Town, BMI))122 125 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR-DeLite DEP 1575

(Delightful, BMI)123 126 BABY IT'S YOU MASQUERADERS-Hot Buttered Soul 12141 (ABC)

(Dolfi & United Artists, ASCAP)124 127 DRIVE MY CAR GARY TOMS EMPIRE-PIP 6509 (Maclen, ASCAP)125 131 IN LOVE FOREVER WHISPERS-Soul Train PB 10430 (RCA)

(Spectrum VII, ASCAP(126 130 WALK RIGHT IN YVONNE ELLMAN-RSO SO 517 (Atlantic) (Peer, BMI)127 128 THE EYES OF LITTLE CHILDREN LARRY JON WILSON-Monument

ZS8 8675 (Col) (Combine, BMI)128 - YOU'RE FOOLING YOU DRAMATICS-ABC 12150 (Groovesville, BMI)129 - I CHEAT THE HANGMAN DOOBIE BROTHERS-Warner Bros. WBS 8161

(Landowne /Warners, ASCAP)130 132 A FOOL IN LOVE FRANKIE MILLER BAND-Chrysalis CRS 2108 (WB)

(Chrysalis/Ackee, ASCAP)131 133 FIND YOURSELF SOMEBODY TO LOVE RHYTHM-Polydor PD 14288

(Double Trouble/Blackwood, BMI)132 134 LADY BUMP PENNY Mc,LEAN-Atlantic 7038 (AI Gallico, BMI)133 118 BLUE GUITAR JUSTIN HAYWARD JOHN LODGE-Threshold 67021

(London) (Justunes, ASCAP)134 136 THE BEST OF A MAN WILSON PICKETT-Wicked 8101 (TK) (Sherlyn, BMI)135 123 YOU SEE ME CRYIN' AEROSMITH-Columbia 3 10253 (Darksee, BMI)136 140 DISCO SAX/FOR THE LOVE OF YOU HOUSTON PEARSON-20th Century/

West Bound WT 5015 (Bridgeport/Jibaro, BMI/Bovina, ASCAP)137 - SOMETIMES JOHNNY LEE-ABC Dot 17603 (Grand Prize, BMI)138 135 THEY ALL ASK'D FOR YOU THE METERS-Reprise 1338 (Rhinelander/

Cabbage Alley, BMI)139 139 HOLLYWOOD HOT 11TH HOUR -20th Century TC 2215

(Heart's Delight, BMI)140 137 LOVE HURTS JIM CAPALDI-Island IS 045 (Acuff -Rose, BMI)141 - YOUNG LOVE RAY STEVENS--Barnaby B 618 (,Lowery, BMI)142 - SUNNY YAMBU-Montuna Gringo M 8003 (PIP) (Portable/MRC, BMI)143 142 VALENTINE LOVE NORMAN CONNORS-Buddah BDA 499

(Elektra Cord, ASCAP)144 - BOOGIE FEVER SYLVERS-Capitol 4179 (Perren Vibes/

Bullpen, ASCAP/BMI)145 143 BREAKFAST FOR TWO COUNTRY JOE McDONALD-Fantasy F758

(Alkatray Corner, BMI)146 144 THE MAN ON PAGE 602 ZOOT FENSTER-Antique IRDA 106

(Georgene, BMI)147 145 IT'S ALRIGHT (THIS FEELING) NOTATIONS-Gemigo 0503 (WB)

(Jay's Ent./Chappell, ASCAP)148 146 THE ZIP MFSB-Phila. Intl. ZS8 3578 (Col) (Mighty Three, BMI)149 - I GOT OVER LOVE MAJOR HARRIS-Atlantic 3303 (Wimot/

Sacred Pen, BMI(150 148 HAVE A CIGAR PINK FLOYD-Columbia 3 10248 (Pink Floyd, BMI)

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TRW ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label)JAN. JAN.

10 3

El 2 THEME FROM MAHOGANY(DO YOU KNOW WHERE

YOU'RE GOING TO)DIANA ROSSMotown M 1377F

WKS. ONCHART

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2 1 CONVOY C.W. McCALL/MGM 14839E i 4 I WRITE THE SONGS BARRY MANILOW/Arista 0157 10

4 3 SATURDAY NIGHT BAY CITY ROLLERS/Arista 0149 135 6 FOX ON THE RUN SWEET/Capitol 4157 106 5 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73734 107 7 I LOVE MUSIC (PART I) THE O'JAYS/Phila. Intl. ZS8 3577

(Col) 10

13 10 YOU SEXY THING HOT CHOCOLATE/Big Tree BT 16047(Atlantic) 12

9 8 THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/TK 1015 13

i14 SING A SONG EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia 3 10251 815 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY DONNA. SUMMER/Oasis OC

401 (Casablanca) 512

16 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE DAVID RUFFIN/Motown M 1376F 10i

9 LET'S DO IT AGAIN STAPLE SINGERS/Curtom 0109 (WB) 13

in 17 EVIL WOMAN ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/United ArtistsXW729 Y 8

15 11 SKY HIGH JIGSAW/Chelsea 3022 2016 12 FLY, ROBIN, FLY SILVER CONVENTION/Midland Intl. MB

10339 (RCA)17 13 ISLAND GIRL ELTON JOHN/MCA 40461

21 FLY AWAY JOHN DENVER/RCA PB 10517En 30 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER PAUL SIMON/

Columbia 3 10270 424 WINNERS AND LOSERS HAMILTON, JOE FRANK &

REYNOLDS/Playboy P 6054 8im 28 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO NEIL SEDAKA/Rocket PIG

40500 (MCA) 5 25 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT KISS/Casablanca NB 850 10Ea 27 LOVE MACHINE-PART I MIRACLES/Tamla T 54262F

(Motown) 9

ECI 35 SQUEEZE BOX THE WHO/MCA 40475 525 26 COUNTRY BOY (YOU GOT YOUR FEET IN L.A.)

GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol 4155 10Ea 34 THEME FROM S.W.A.T. RHYTHM HERITAGE/ABC 12135 827 29 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (PART I) HAROLD MELVIN & THE

BLUENOTES/Phila. Intl. ZS8 3579 (Col) 928 18 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY BEE GEES/RSO SO 515 (Atlantic) 1529 23 OVER MY HEAD FLEETWOOD MAC/Reprise RPS 1339 930 32 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE PAUL ANKA/United Artists XW737 Y 9Ea 38 PALOMA BLANCA THE GEORGE BAKER SELECTION/

Warner Bros. WBS 8115 837 LOVE HURTS NAZARETH/A&M 1671 9

33 22 THIS WILL BE NATALIE COLE/Capitol 4109 2334 20 MY LITTLE TOWN SIMON & GARFUNKEL/Columbia 3 10230 1335 19 THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU CAPTAIN & TENNILLE/

A&M 1725 1736 31 S 0 S ABBA/Atlantic 3265 2237 33 HEAT WAVE/LOVE IS A ROSE LINDA RONSTADT/

Asylum 45282 1938 39 LET'S LIVE TOGETHER ROAD APPLES/Polydor 14285 939 36 PART TIME LOVE GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Buddah

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49 BABY FACE WING & A PRAYER FIFE & DRUM CORPS./Wing & A Prayer HS 103 (Atlantic)

45 44 FEELINGS MORRIS ALBERT/RCA PB 1027946 42 LOW RIDER WAR/United Artists XW706 Y47 50 DON'T CRY JONI CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 4040748 45 SCHOOL BOY CRUSH AWB/Atlantic 3304ca 59 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT EAGLES/Asylum 45293

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50 43 FULL OF FIRE AL GREEN/Hi 2300 (London) 851 46 THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON (BLIND MAN IN THE

BLEACHERS) DAVID GEDDES/Big Tree BT 16052 (Atlantic) 10En 65 YESTERDAY'S HEROS JOHN PAUL YOUNG/Ariola-America

P7607 (Capitol) 4Ea 63 FOR THE LOVE OF YOU (PART 1 & 2) ISLEY BROTHERS/

T -Neck ZS8 2259 (Col) 854 52 MIRACLES JEFFERSON STARSHIP/Grunt FB 10367 (RCA) 2155 53 THIS OLD MAN PURPLE REIGN/Private Stock 052 856 54 WHO LOVES YOU THE FOUR SEASONS/Warner Bros. -Curb

8122 2157 55 EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET PETE WINGFIELD/Island 026 1958 56 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN WILLIE NELSON/

Columbia 3 10176 2066 GOLDEN YEARS DAVID BOWIE/RCA PB 10441 467 LET THE MUSIC PLAY BARRY WHITE/20th Century TC 2265 478 FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) BEE GEES/RSO SO

519 (Atlantic) 362 64 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT HELEN REDDY/Capitol P 4192 6

72 SWEET LOVE COMMODORES/Motown M 1381F 464 57 LYIN' EYES EAGLES/Asylum 45279 1865 58 VENUS AND MARS ROCK SHOW WINGS/Capitol P 4175 1166 60 SECRET LOVE FREDDY FENDER/ABC Dot DOA 17585 1167 70 DEEP PURPLE DONNY & MARIE OSMOND/MGM M 14840 468 61 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU ART GARFUNKEL/Columbia

3 10190 2169 48 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/

Capricorn CPS 0244 (WB) 970 73 WOMAN TONIGHT AMERICA/Warner Bros. 8157 6

83 DECEMBER, 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) THE FOUR SEASONS/Warner Bros. -Curb WBS 8168 2

80 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE LARRY GROCE/Warner Bros. -Curb WBS 8165 2

73 76 HOMECOMING HAYGOOD HARDY/Capitol P 4156 4BOHEMIAN 45297

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BACK TO THE ISLAND LEON RUSSELL/Shelter SR 40483(MCA) 2

HE AIN'T HEAVY . . . HE'S MY BROTHER/LET IT SHINEOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/MCA 40495 6

DREAM ON AEROSMITH/Columbia 3 10278 2LOVE IS THE DRUG ROXY MUSIC/Atco 7042 3THEY JUST CAN'T STOP IT (THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY)

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TRACKS OF MY TEARS LINDA RONSTADT/Asylum 45295 2HURRICANE (PART I) BOB DYLAN/Columbia 3 10245 6BAD BLOOD NEIL SEDAKA/Rocket 40460 (MCA) 23FOR A DANCER PRELUDE/Pye 71045 3CHAIN GANG MELODY JIM CROCE/Life Song LS 45001 1INSEPARABLE NATALIE COLE/Capitol P 4193 4THE WHITE KNIGHT CLEDUS MAGGARD & THE CITIZENS

BAND/Mercury 73751 1ONLY 16 DR. HOOK/Capitol 4171 1SWEET THING RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN/ABC 12149 1CHRISTMAS FOR COWBOYS JOHN DENVER/RCA PB 10464 3I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS GREG LAKE/Atlantic 3305 3CHRISTMAS SONG GILBERT O'SULLIVAN/MAM 5N 3645

(London) 393 75 I WANT'A DO SOMETHING FREAKY TO YOU

LEON HAYWOOD/20th Century TC 2228 1894 95 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY MOON LION/PIP 6513 395 96 HOME MADE THEATRE SANTA JAWS/A&M 1776 296 97 TURNING POINT TYRONE/DAVIS/Dakar DK 4550 (Brunswick) 397 100 ONCE YOU HIT THE ROAD DIONNE WARWICKE/

Warner Bros. WBS 8154 298 - IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE JONATHAN CAINE/

October 1001 199 71 LADY BLUE LEON RUSSELL/Shelter SR 40378 (MCA) 23

100 74 OPERATOR MANHATTAN TRANSFER/Atlantic 3292 15

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A NIGHT AT THE OPERAQUEENElektra

MOST ACTIVEHISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-

: Joni Mitchell-Asylum

NORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERN riCROSS-The Band-Capitol

FACE THE MUSIC-ELO-UA

FLEETWOOD MAC-Reprise

STILL CRAZY-Paul Simon-Col

WNEW-FM/NEW YORKADDS:BESERKLEY CHARTBUSTERS, VOL. 1

-Various Artists-BeserkleyHEAVY ACTION (approximate

airplay):ANGEL-CasablancaBORN TO RUN-Bruce Springsteen

-ColERIC CARMEN-AristaFRAMPTON-Peter Frampton-

A&MHEAD ON-Bachman-Turner

Overdrive-MercuryHORSES-Patti Smith-AristaNIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen-

Elektra

NORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERNCROSS-The Band-Capitol

REVERBERIE-PA/USASTEPHEN STILLS LIVE-Atlantic

WBCN-FM/BOSTONADDS:CARRY GO, BRING HOME (single)

-Justin Hines & the Dominos-Island

DISCO REGGAE-Byron Lee & theDragonaires-Mercury

TEASER-Tommy Bolin-NemperorYOU RASCAL YOU (single)-Room

Full of Blues-Room-ToneHEAVY ACTION (airplay):BORN TO RUN-Bruce Springsteen

-ColFACE THE MUSIC-ELO-UAFLEETWOOD MAC-RepriseGRATITUDE-Earth, Wind & Fire-

Col

HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-Joni Mitchell-Asylum

HORSES-Patti Smith-AristaNIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen-

ElektraNORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERN

CROSS-The Band-CapitolSAFETY ZONE-Bobby Womack-

UA

SIREN-Roxy Music-Atco

WCMF-FM/ROCHESTERADDS:BUTTERFLY BALL-Roger Glover-

UK

EGO IS NOT A DIRTY WORD-Skyhooks-Mercury

FISH OUT OF WATER-Chris Squire-Atlantic (Import)

HEAD ON-Bachman-TurnerOverdrive-Mercury

NIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen-Elektra

NILS LOFGREN LIVE-A&MTIME FOR ANOTHER-Ace-

Anchor

THE FM AIRPLAY REPORTVOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE-Steve

Hackett-Charisma (Import)

HEAVY ACTION (airplay,requests):

AGAINST THE GRAIN-RoryGallagher-Chrysalis

CRACK THE SKY-Lifesong

CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?-Supertramp-A&M

DAN HILL -20th Century

EQUINOX-Styx-A&M

KITSCH-Randy Pie-Polydor

NORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERNCROSS-The Band-Capitol

SIREN-Roxy Music-Atco

STEPHEN STILLS LIVE-Atlantic

WOUR-FM/UTICAADDS:BAREFOOT JERRY'S GROCERY-

Barefoot Jerry-MonumentCHANGER & THE CHANGED-

Chris Williamson-OliviaIN THE PINK-Larry Raspberry &

the Highsteppers-BackroomJAIL-Big Mama Thornton-

VanguardLEAVE THE REGGAE TO US-

Greyhound-MercuryRAINCOAT-Digalongamacs-

ECM (Import)ROCKING THE WORLD-

Earthquake-BeserkleyRUSTY WIER-20th CenturyTEASER-Tommy Bolin-Nemperor

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,requests-inrr descending

EYES OF AN ONLY CHILD-Tom Jans-Col

SIREN-Roxy Music-AtcoHISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-

Joni Mitchell-AsylumNORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERN

CROSS-The Band-CapitolALL AROUND MY HAT-Steeleye

Span-ChrysalisCRISIS? WHAT CRISISt-

Supertramp-A&MCRACK THE SKY-LifesongPRESSURE DROP-Robert Palmer-

IslandLAST RECORD ALBUM-Little Feat

-WBROYAL BED BOUNCER-Kayak-

Janus

WODR-FM/RALEIGHADDS:GRATITUDE-Earth, Wind & Fire-

Col

NIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen-Elektra

TEASER-Tommy Bolin-NemperorTIME FOR ANOTHER-Ace-

AnchorTIME HONOURED GHOSTS-

Barclay James Harvest-PolydorHEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,

requests-in descendingorder):

HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-Joni Mitchell-Asylum

ROCK OF THE WESTIES-Elton John-MCA

STILL CRAZY-Paul Simon-ColNUMBERS-Cat Stevens-A&MONE OF THESE NIGHTS-Eagles-

AsylumPRISONER IN DISGUISE-Linda

Ronstadt-AsylumRED OCTOPUS-Jefferson Starship

-GruntBREAKAWAY-Art Garfunkel-ColNORTHERN LIGHTS -SOUTHERN

CROSS --The Band-CapitolWHO BY NUMBERS-The Who-

MCA

WNOE-FM/NEW ORLEANSADDS:INSIDE-Kenny Rankin-Litttle

David

NIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen-Elektra

SCOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE-Kinks-RCA

HEAVY ACTION (sales, phones,airplay):

FAMILY REUNION-O'Jays-Philo Intl.

FLEETWOOD MAC-Reprise

HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-Joni Mitchell-Asylum

WHO BY NUMBERS-The Who-MCA

WISH YOU WERE HERE-PinkFloyd-Col

WSDM-FM/CHICAGOADDS:DAN HILL -20th Century