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SINGLE PICKS OF TILE WEEK

Aretha again. This timeit's called "(Sweet SweetBaby) Since You've BeenGone" (14th Hour -Cotillion,BMI) and another gold disk(Atlantic 2486).

The Four Seasons singthrough a refurbished ver-sion of "Will You Love MeTomorrow" (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) to wowcrowds (Philips 40523).

John Fred and the Play-boys are cooking againand the tune is called"Hey, Hey Bunny" (Su -Ma -Bengal, BMI) The boys willhit top (Paula 294).

To follow "Woman, Wom-an," the Union Gap havefound a "Young Girl"(Viva, BMI). Gary Puckettsings his heart out (Co-lumbia 4-44450).

SLEEPER PICKS OF THE WEEK

MASTER JACK

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A strange and differentsingle from Four Jacks anda Jill. The title is "MasterJack" (Milene, ASCAP) andthe message is haunting(RCA Victor 41-9473).

The Turtles should hiethemselves right back tothe top 10 with this merrysound side. "Sound Asleep"(Ishmael -Blimp, BM!) willsoar (White Whale 264).

New Randy Wood label get'Soff the ground the rightway with Lawrence Welk'sversion of "Green Tam-bourine" (Kama Sutra, BMI)(Ranwood 801).

"Do Drop Inn" (Chardon,BMI) ought to make plentyof waves for the FifthEstate. Alan Gordon andGarry Bonner penned (Jubi-lee 5617).

ALBUM PICKS OF THE WEEK

The Rascals pursue a dreamin "Once Upon a Dream."The dream is a set ofenticing rock pieces thatthe teens will love (At-lantic 8189; SD 8189).

New click group the HumanBeinz include "Nobody ButMe" and new single "TurnOn Your Love Light" onthis package of gritty rock(Capitol T ST 2906).

The Rotary Connection area new group of boys andgirls who sing elaboratearrangements of familiarand unfamiliar rockers(Cadet Concept LP LPS312).

"This is Al Martino'is artmmercial collection ofromantic ballads done theway the Martino fans wantto hear it (Capitol T /ST2843).

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Kirshner, Saltzman FormFilm Production Firm

NEW YORK-Don Kirshner,who has obviously been mull-ing over many new ideas sinceforming his Don Kirshner En-tertainment Corporation andCalendar label, came up witha corker last week.

It was announced by UnitedArtists that Kirshner in asso-ciation with Harry Saltzman,the man behind the James Bondmovies, had formed a movieproduction firm.

The initial agreement is forco -production by Saltzman andKirshner of a musical adven-ture movie starring a new rockgroup Kirshner will form andmost certainly sign to Calen-dar, his RCA -distributed label.

The movie will go into pro-duction this summer for releasepossibly before the end of the

From left: David Picker, UA Pic-tures Exec VP, Don Kirshner,Harry Saltzman.year. It is to be budgeted be-tween $2,000,000 and $3,000,-000.

A minimum of two othermovies are also planned - allfor release through United Art-ists.

(Continued on page 48)

VA Plans Giant CampaignFor 'Chitty Chitty' Film

Music to GetEarly Push

NEW YORK-One of thebiggest music campaigns everplanned for a United Artistsfilm-and soundtrack album -has been scheduled for the up-coming filmusical "Chitty Chit-ty Bang Bang" by the firm (s),Executive Vice President ofthe film company David Pickerrevealed to Record World lastweek.

The movie, which opens nextDecember, will get a promo-tional send-off about fourmonths earlier when the Uni-ted Artists soundtrack albumfrom the Dick Van Dyke -SallyAnn Howes starring vehicle

will be released, along withother recordings of the tunes.Picker noted that the film-with a score by Richard andRobert Sherman - will be aroadshow attraction and willbe "very costly." Production isjust completing overseas.

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,"from the Ian Fleming chil-dren's story about a car witha life of its own, is expectedto open in England aroundChristmas, too, with othercountries to follow shortly af-terward. Picker said that UAhoped to bring out soundtrackalbums on the film in all coun-tries several months ahead ofits release. United Artists Mu-sic also is publishing the score.

What's in a Jacket?Plenty, These Days

By DAVE

In the old days record jacketswere something that held rec-ords. And then the market re-searchers and the design de-partments realized that pack-aging can make a great differ-ence in sales.

And now the extra effort thatgoes into that something extra -special in packaging is a won-der to behold-and especiallywhere rock albums are con-cerned.

In the last few months pack-aging concepts-and the moneyspent executing them-have

FINKLE been staggering. And evidentlyworth it.

Of course, the Rolling Stones'"Their Satanic Majesties Re-quest" (London) with its 3-Dcover, made at a reported costof $25,000, is the most obviousexample of the extent to whichgroups and companies are pre-pared to go to please the pro-spective buyers. (It might beadded that this kind of budgetmay not be required to sell theRolling Stones, etc., albums, butis seemingly well -spent to pro-vide bonuses for the buyer.)

Most definitely the Beatles(Continued on page 48)

Cramer, an Attorney, NamedPresident of BMI

Sour BoardVice ChairmanThe Board of Directors of

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI),the performing rights licensingorganization, has announcedthe election of Edward M.Cramer as President and chiefexecutive officer and Robert B.Sour as Vice Chairman of theboard of the company.

Mindful of BMI's policy ofcompulsory retirement of offi-cers at age 65, Sour, as Presi-dent of BMI, and the executivecommittee of the board have,for some time, been searchingfor a suitable successor to thepresidency.

Cramer, authority on copy-right law and a prominent at-torney in the music field, has

Edward M. Cramer

been active in BMI's affairssince 1953, first in associationwith BMI's general counsel,


RCA Re - alignmentJenkins Adds A & R to Duties,D'Imperio Publishing, Talent

Harry Jenkins

In a major re -alignment ofexecutive responsibilities at theRCA Record Division, HarryJenkins has been appointedDivision Vice President, Rec-ord Operations, and Joe D'Im-perio has been appointed Divi-sion Vice President, MusicPublishing and Talent Services.

Joseph D'Imperio

Jenkins will assume respon-sibility for all artists andrepertoire functions in additionto his current responsibilitieswhich include manufacturingand marketing.

D'Imperio will assume re-sponsibility for non -record en-tertainment activities including


Transcontinental PurchasesPioneer Distributing Co.

Transcontinental InvestingCorp. has purchased PioneerDistributing Co. of Wichita,Kansas, which does a reported$3,000,000 annually. Acquisi-tion price was not revealed.

Pioneer's President is Alvin

M. Driscoll.The latest TIC acquisition

brings the total of recent dis-tributing -rack operations pur-chased to six, with their totalsales annually amounting toapproximately $80,000,000.

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Wilth the February specialrelease of Ed Ames' newest al-bum, " `Who Will Answer?'And Other Songs of Our Times,"RCA Records is kicking off amajor promotion campaign cen-tering around the singer's en-tire catalog.

The album takes its title fromAmes' recent hit single, "WhoWill Answer?"

To coincide with Ames' per-formance on the Ed Sullivanshow on Sunday, Feb. 25, whenhe will sing. "Who Will An-swer?", RCA has scheduled anad in the Feb. 24 issue of TVGuide. Other ads include 2 4-color front cover of the Feb.16 issue of Go Magazine and fullpage trade ads. Ad mats arebeing supplied in quantity to dis-tributors for the "Who WillAnswer?" album, as well as aseparate ad mat covering thecomplete Ames catalog. Windowdisplays and mounted "Who WillAnswer?" album covers are be-ing supplied in quantity. Inaddition, RCA is supplyingmounted covers of Ames' "Whenthe Snow Is on the Roses" al-bum.

A new and complete Ed Amesconsumer catalog including dis-cography, an 8 x 10 glossy blackand white picture and Ed Amesbiography are among the ma-terials included in a promotion/press kit being sent to distribu-

RCA's Major Ames Promo MOA Prez Lauds Stereo SingleAs Boon to Ops and Mftrs.

With the special release of EdAmes' newest LP, "Who Will An-swer? And Other Songs of OurTimes," RCA Records is launchinga major promotion campaign cen-tering around the singer's entirecatalog. Pictured is a display andmounted album cover of the newalbum as well as mounted albumcover of Ames' "When the Snowis on the Roses" LP.

tors, radio stations and news-paper reviewers.

Ames has been a consistentlytop -selling artist for RCA Rec-ords. His rendition of "My CupRunneth Over" resulted in asmash hit single as well as thealbum released with the samename garnering a gold record.Ames' performance on both thesingle and the album have ledhim to be nominated for threeGrammy Awards this year: Rec-ord of the Year, Album of theYear and Best Male Perform-ance.

Wayne Shuler Promoted AsCap Completes A&R Revamp

HOLLYWOOD - The overallstreamlining of Capitol Records'A&R executive activities, whichbegan late last year, is now com-plete, according to an announce-ment by A&R Vice PresidentVoyle Gilmore.

Latest to be affected by therevamping is Wayne Shuler, whohas just been named A&R Pro-ducer in Charge of IndependentProduction. Shuler will be re-sponsible for the purchasing ofoutside masters and coordinatingtheir production and releasewith independent producers andartists.

An independent record pro-ducer himself, Shuler joinedCapitol in 1960 as a salesmanin New Orleans. He was pro-moted in 1964 to District Pro-motion Manager for C.R.D.C.'sNew Orleans and Houston ter-ritories, headquartering in Hous-ton. In both 1966 and 1967, hereceived Bill Gavin's radio andrecord award as "National Pro-motion Man of the Year." Hewill now work from the CapitolTower in Hollywood and reportdirectly to Karl Engemann, Gen-

eral Manager, A&R.The promotion follows that of

Mauri Lathower, who recentlywas named Director of A&RMarketing Coordination, CRI.In this capacity, Lathower willdevelop product scheduling stra-tegy, both for singles and al-bums, and work in close coordi-nation with CRDC's Sales andMerchandising Departments. Ad-ditionally, he will be responsiblefor scheduling releases, and as-sist in all phases of A&R ac-tivity. Lathower will also re-port to Karl Engemann.

Other Exec Level ChangesOther executive -level changes

resulting from the overall re-alignment involve Karl Enge-mann, General Manager, A&R,now responsible for all pop prod-uct, Thomas R. Stone, now Di-rector of A&R and CreativeServices Administration, for-merly Assistant to the Presidentof CRDC; Robert L. Yorke,Director of Special Projects;and Marvin Schwartz, Directorof Creative Services. All fourreport directly to Gilmore.

HADDONFIELD, N. J. -With more and more recordcompanies (Buddah and Elek-tra, most recently) releasingstereo singles, jukebox opera-tors'-as well as record manu-facturers'-prayers could wellbe about to be answered.

Certainly that's how BillCannon, head of Cannon CoinMachine Co. here, as well asPresident of Music Operatorsof America, feels.

"I think it's a great oppor-tunity for operators to use theirequipment. A great many ofthe jukeboxes have stereoequipment, and except for theLittle LP, there hasn't beenany product with which theycould utilize their speakerequipment," he stated lastweek.

How will this affect jukeboxprogramming? "If he's anawake operator, and he has achoice between one mono rec-ord and one stereo record, he'llchoose the stereo record, I be-lieve."

Cannon said it has been hisfunction for the last couple of

W7 Inks RicklesDon Rickles has been signed

to his first recording contractby Warner Bros. -Seven ArtsRecords, Inc., announces JoeSmith, Vice President and Gen-eral Manager.

Rickles is best known for hispunctuated wit and verbal at-tacks on important personages-mainly show business per-sonalities. Of late, in additionto his many night club book-ings, Rickles has broadened hispopularity with the generalpublic via guestings in tele-vision and top roles in motionpictures.

Pact with WB-7 Arts labelcalls for all of Rickles' waxingsto be co -produced in associa-tion with his own Mindy -BethProduction Company.

Initial comedy album isslated for an April release andwill be comprised of materialtaped live while Rickles hasbeen performing at the SaharaHotel in Las Vegas and theEden Roc in Miami Beach.Paul Tannen will produceRickles' albums.

UA Cuts 'Flowers'United Artists will record the

original cast album of the newoff-Broadway version of Tru-man Capote and Harold Arlen'smusical "House of Flowers"on Monday, Feb. 19.

years to work with the manu-facturers to get operators toprogram their machines "withmore than Top 40 material."Cannon did say he hoped theprice for stereo singles wouldnot go up, if at all practicalfrom the manufacturer's stand-point.

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NARM Workshops Cover

All InterestsPHILADELPHIA -A series

of workshop sessions, to be heldTuesday morning, March 19, atthe 10th Annual Convention ofthe National Association ofRecord Merchandisers, Inc.,will feature a variety of sub-jects, in order to cover the in-

WHERE THE RAINBOWENDS

Tory Hiller (P.I.P.)

CARAVANBert Kaempfert (Decca)Les Paul (London)Wes Montgomery ..... (Verve)

COUNT THE WAYSSociety's Children (Arco)

SERENATASergio Franchi (RCA Victor)

TALKING TO THE RAINJerry Shore (Philips)

RED ROSES FOR ABLUE LADY

Al Hirt (RCA)Ernie Freeman (Dunhill)

BEYOND THE SHADOWOF A DOUBT

Billy Fury . (Bell)

ALL MY LOVEBilly Vaughn (Dot)

YOU'VE GOT YOURTROUBLES

Cab Calloway (P.I.P.)

PLEASE SPEAK TO MEOF LOVE

Earl Wilson, Jr. (Mercury)

LITTLE PEOPLEPony Sherrell ..(Pony)

BROWN EYES, WHYARE YOU BLUE?

Nick Lucas (Accent)

WHO'S SORRY NOWBobby Vinton (Epic)Guitar Underground .(Project 3)

SHEIK OF ARABYMOOD INDIGOJim Kw:kin Jug Band (Reprise)

ORGAN GRINDER'SSWING

Jimmy Smith (Verve)

STAR DUSTSTARS FELL ON

ALABAMAUrbie Green -21 Trombones (Project 3)

FIDDLE FADDLE &14 OTHER LEROYANDERSON FAVORITES

Utah Symphony (Vanguard)

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terests of all categories ofNARM members.

Workshop sessions will be-gin at 9 a.m., with the firstgroup of sessions running until10:30 a.m. Second sessions be-gin at 10:35 a.m. and run until12:05 p.m. The workshop ses-sions are preceded by break-fast for everyone attending,and luncheon for everyone fol-lows the conclusion of the ses-sions.

The topics to be discussedwill include the Tape CartridgeBusiness, Federal Taxation andEstate Planning, Radio Promo-tion and Warehouse and In -Store Security.

The Tape Cartridge Work-shop will be divided into twodifferent programs, the firstbeing geared for the NARMmember who is contemplatingentering the tape business orwho is new in the tape business.The second session will begeared to the NARM memberwhose business is fully commit-ted to tape, and is more ad-vanced in the area.

Co -Chairmen of the TapeCartridge Workshop are JamesJ. Tiedjens (National TapeDistributors, Milwaukee, Wis.)and J. A. (Sasch) Rubinstein(Greentree Electronics, CostaMesa, Calif.). The NARM mem-ber committee working on theTape Cartridge Workshop areKent Beauchamp (All TapesDistributing Cp., Chicago, Ill.) ;Amos Heilicher, (J. L. MarshCompany, Minneapolis, Minn.) ;Herbert Hershfield (GeneralRecorded Tape, Sunnyvale,Calif.) ; Merritt Kirk (Calec-tron, Inc., Daly City, Calif.) ;James Levitus, (Car Tapes,Inc., Chicago, Ill.) ; Larry Ros-marin, (Record DistributingCo., Houston, Tex.) ; RussellSolomon (M.T.S., Inc., Sacra-mento, Calif.).

At Radio Promotion MeetBill Gavin will conduct the

Radio Promotion Workshop,which will be repeated twice,once at 9 a.m., and again at10:35 a.m. Participating willbe Harvey Glascock, Vice Pres-ident and General Manager ofWNEW Radio; Pat O'Day, pro-gram Director of KJR Radioin Seattle, Wash.; ThomasNoonan, Director of NationalPromotion for Columbia Rec-ords; and Larry Uttal, Presi-dent of Bell Records.


DeMann Kent -Modern VPLOS ANGELES - Fred De -

Mann has been appointed VicePresident and General Man-ager of the Kent and Modernlabels, announces Saul Bihari.

Bihari said, "With Fred De -Mann's wide experience in allphases of the record business,we consider his appointmentas the most important step inthe continued expansion ofKent and Modern since ourcompany recently reactivatedthe labels."

DeMann's vice presidencymarks the first time an officerhas been named outside of thefamily -owned company. He willbe completely in charge of allproduct, sales, promotion anddistribution. Present plans callfor greater exploitation of ex-isting product, more emphasison the album field, the signingof new artists and the acquisi-tion of new product throughoutside production deals.

Akopoff A&R HeadAt the same time, Bihari

named Mike Akopoff as head ofthe A&R department with fullresponsibility for the signingand recording of artists forboth labels.

Fred DeMannTo New Post

DeMann comes to Kent -Modern from Dot Recordswhere he was National Promo-tion Director. During his ten-ure at Dot, he was instrumen-tal in bringing Bob and DanCrewe's DynaVoice label to thecompany. Previous to Dot heserved as assistant to LarryUttal of the Amy-Mala-Bell la-bels. DeMann started his re-cording business career withJubilee Records in New YorkCity.

Summers CreditedWith Bosstown Sound

Lenny Scheer, Label Managerfor iMGM's Community of Labels,reports that all credit for break-ing the Boston sound goes toDick Summers, disk jockey ofWBZ-Boston.

His programs over the 50,000-watter are carried into Balti-more, Philadelphia, Charlotte,Milwaukee, Indiana and Ohio.The three MGM albums "Ulti-mate Spinach," "Orpheus" and"Beacon St. Union" are turningout to be the big selling albumsin the new Bosstown Sound,Scheer added.

At San Remo Festivities

The recent San Remo Song Festival brought people from all over theworld, including the above, from left: Sergio Endrigo, Brazilian com-poser of the award -winning song, "A Song for You," sung by fellowBrazilian Roberto Carlos, also shown; Dionne Warwick; the Cowsillsbeing interviewed by Jose Palau of Pueblo music publications of Spain;Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong; Paul Anka, Sammy Cahn, WilsonPickett; Tony Renis and Domenico Modugno, early winners of thesongfest.



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FOUR STAR **** PICKS

DgEL E IR E ABMIF YOU CAN WAIT (Jobete, BMI)

SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES-Tornio 54162.

Back to the top of the charts forthese guys. They've come up with an-other infectious ditty.****

JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR(Irving, BMI)

I'VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND (Maribus, BMI)THE VOGUES -Reprise 0663.

Pretty new teen love ballad from theVogues will make its chart impres-sions. ****I DON'T WANT TO LOVE YOU (Acuff -Rose, BMI)

OVER AND OVER (Acuff -Rose, BMI)BARRY LEE SHOW -Independence 84.

The Everly Brothers provided thetune and Barr sings it out with power.****

FIRE BRIGADE (Manchester, ASCAP)WALK UPON THE WATER (Manchester, ASCAP)THE MOVE-A&M 914.

Lots of action takes place on this cut.The Move show off rock savvy.****

PARTY PEOPLE (Cotillion, BMI)NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD (J&C, BMI)

SOLOMON BURKE-Atlantic 2483.The soulful guy sings about party

people at this wax party. Don Covaywrote it. * * * *

WHERE AM I (HERE I AM)(Screen Gems- Columbia, BMI)PEGGY (House of Bryant, BMI)

GENE HUGHES AND THE CASINOS-United Artists 50255.

Terrific big beat ballad ought to soarup the charts for Hughes and the chart-topping Casinos. * * * *

SOUL TO BILLIE JOE (Larry Shayne, ASCAP)HANG ON SLOOPY (Picture Tone-Mellin, BMI)THE X-CITERS UNLIMITED -ABC 11029.

The Bobbie Gentry number here in-strumentalized a la Latin. Will excitemany. ****

HONEY (Russell Cason, ASCAP)I DON'T THINK OF YOU ANYMORE

(Russell Cason, ASCAP)BOB SHANE-Decca 32275.

Sad, sad story here from Bob. It's thestory of a love affair. Nicely -done.****

MARRIED/YOU'D BETTER SIT DOWN KIDS(Sunbeam, BMI)

(Chris -Marc -Cotillion, BMI)WAITING FOR MY FRIENDS (Ampco, ASCAP)

LIZA MINNELLI-A&M 915.Sounding better than she ever has.

Liza combines two songs about good andbad marriages. Intriguing idea.

***_I BELONG TO NOBODY

(Second Generation, SESAC)LOVE ME WHEN I'M DOWN(Second Generation, SESAC)

SOUL INC.-Laurie 3430.This crowd is new to the scene and

will soon be an important part of it.Hot. ****

RAINING SUNSHINE (Greenlight, BMI)THAT GOOD OLD-FASHIONED WAY

(Greenlight, BMI)THE EIGHTH DAY -Kapp 894.

Charming group has found a charm-ing, winsome new song.11111Mormam1ounumunniannimninffimminnimmruminnutimmtmuintiiimmummit

ONE (Dunbar, BMI)SISTER MARIE (Bresnahan-Mecuph, BMI)

NILSSON-RCA Victor 47-9462.Wistful, likely torchant from Nils-

son with strings and things to tug atthe heart. ****

DENVER (Press, BMI)I DO (Fame, BMI)

STEVE ALAIMO-Atco 6561.Guy is down and out in Denver and

sings about it soulfully on this hotnew wax. ****A SONG THAT NEVER COMES (Ampco, ASCAP)

BUT FOR LOVE (Ampco, ASCAP)CASHMAN, PISTILLI & WEST-ABC 11047.

Swingy ditty by this trio of out ofsight writers and performers. Shouldgo. ****

ALL THESE THINGS (Tune -Key, BMI)WEDDING (Le Bill, BMI)

PAUL & PAULA-Uni 55052.Paul and Paula are back again and

they will be back in the top 10. Senti-mental. * * * *

A PIECE OF GOLD (Don, BMI)HONEY CHILD (Lion, BMI)

BOBBY BLAND -Duke 433.Should be no stopping this bouncy,

easy new ditty from Bobby. Has greatbeat. ****

I CAN SEE IT NOW (United Artists, ASCAP)QUIZ ME (Chariot ASCAP)

THE RAY CHARLES SINGERS-Command 4115.

Spirited, up -and -at -'em number fromThe Ray Charles Singers. Certain forair play and subsequent sales.

****LOVE WON'T START (Cachand, BMI)

SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO (Jalynne-BRC, BMI)GENE CHANDLER AND BARBARAACKLIN-Brunswick 55366.

These two send off the beat withgreat vitality. Ought to be big reaction.****

IT'S HARD TO TELL MAMA GOODBYE(Borscht, BMI)

TENNESSEE STUD (Warden, BMI)RANDY BOONE-Gre-Gar 00105.

This star of "Cimarron Strip" couldhit with plaintive country -styled ballad.****

WORRY, WORRY, WORRY (Modern, BMI)WHY DO EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO ME

(Modern, BMI)B. B. KING -Kent 484.

B. B. is singing the blues with hisusual intensity. Folks will like it.****

WHAT'S YESTERDAY (Kama Sutra, BMI)SMALL TOWN, BRING DOWN (Kama Sutra, BMI)TONY BRUNO-Capitol 2105.

Delightful easy -come, easy -stay dittyfrom the dynamic Tony. This song willcatch. ****

NEVER GONNA HURT AGAIN (Chisa, BMI)I CAN'T MAKE IT BY MYSELF (Chisa, BMI)

STU GARDNER-Revue 11010.Stu will make it by himself with this

full -of -bounce ditty. He wails it withproper effect.

LONELY ONE (Dialogue, BMI)A SONG FOR ALL THE SEASONS OF YOUR

MIND (Dialogue, BMI)JANIS IAN -Verve Forecast 5079.

This girl is truly responding to theworld around her. Teens will respond toher. ****

SCARBOROUGH FAIR (A CANTICLE)(Charing Cross, BMI)

APRIL COME SHE WILL (Charing Cross, BMI)SIMON AND GARFUNKEL-Columbia 4-44465.

Ditty so important to success of"The Graduate" should profit nowfrom the flick exposure.****LOVEY DOVEY KINDA LOVIN' (Big Shot, ASCAP)

TWO TIME LOSER (Big Shot, ASCAP)BRENTON WOOD -Double Shot 126.

Another hit sound from Brenton. Go-ing to have a big chart future.****WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU (Big L -Sun -Vine, BMI)

BAD DAY (Big L -Sun -Vine, BMI)THE OTHER HALF-Acta 819.

Fellows lay down some magneticrock blues on this new disk. Will at-tract teen crowd*.

*MY ANGEL* (Gil, BMI)

PLATFORM TICKET (Gil, BMI)THE JAY FIVE -RCA Victor 47-9449.

Likeable beat beat ditty from newgroup. Has all the right touches.****

SUNDAY MORNIN' (Blockwood, BMI)FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Sunbeam, BMI)

JULIUS WECHTER AND THE BAJAMARIMBA BAND-A&M 913.

The delightful tribute to the attrac-tions of Sunday morning sounds greathere. ****

CHAIN OF FOOLS (14th Hour -Pronto, BMI)JIMMY BROWN -A -Bet 9428.

The Aretha Franklin biggie givenorgan work-out here. A good one.****

THINKIN' IT OVER (Metric, BMI)RUNNIN' ON BACK (Metric, BMI)

DEL SHANNON -Liberty 56018.Beat beat ditty from Del will put him

back on charts. He wrote it too.****THANK YOU LOVE (Jobete, BMI)

BILLY ECKSTINE-Motown 1120.Billy could and should connect with

this swingy Jobete tune. Recommended.****A YEAR, A MONTH, A DAY (Redwal, BMI)

LET THEM TALK (J & C, BMI)BILLY YOUNG -Mercury 72769.

Otis Redding produced this side byBilly and it should catch on in no timeflat. ****

BULLETS LA VERNE (Borscht, BMI)JIGSAW (Borscht, BMI)

DR. WEST'S MEDICINE BAND-Gre-Gar 00106.

Catchy ditty about a way-out girl.Already immediate response.****

LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE (Kapgs, BMI)GOOD THINGS (Kapgs, BMI)

OLYMPICS -Parkway 6003.Fellows lay down an infectious side

here. Won't have to look any furtherfor a hit.


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Lavish Promo Campaign Launches25 -Day Tony Bennett Tour

One of the most lavish pro-motion campaigns in entertain-ment history will herald the25 -day personal appearance tourof Tony Bennett which will belaunched March 3 at LincolnCenter in New York.

After signing with Ken Rob-erts of University Concert Pro-ductions, Inc., Bennett andRoberts, in cooperation withColumbia Records, agreed toallocate a budget in excess of$100,000 for an all-out adver-tising, promotion and publicitycampaign that will achievesaturation for the series ofone-night stands which willcircle the country.

Also involved are Joe Pet-ralia, Bennett's personal rec-ord promotion man, and Rogers,Cowan & Brenner, his pressrepresentatives.

The importance attached byboth Bennett and Roberts toheavy promotion is evidencedby their New York date wherewell over $20,000 will be spentto attract attention to the Lin-coln Center date alone. Fiveweeks prior to March 3 theycontracted for the huge bill-board above the Palace Thea-ter, an unprecedented eye-catcher in advance of a one-night stand.

Besides the $5,900 spent forthe few weeks' display, which

features an enormous portraitof Tony, a full -page ad has al-ready appeared in the Sunday(N.Y.) Times and another isscheduled for the Daily News.This will be followed by onein the New York Post, as wellas a TV .and radio campaign,contests with WNEW posters,flyers and other' attention -get-ters.

This type of blockbuster cam-paign sets the pattern for themoveover to the WestchesterCounty Center in White Plains;Seton Hall in New Jersey; andall other dates which will criss-cross the country from Coastto Coast.

With the Columbia recordingstar headlining the tour, bal-ance of package will featurethe Duke Ellington Orchestraand comedian Jack E. Leonard,a combination which cameabout through Bennett's per-sonal choice.

Following the March 3launching, Bennett leaves for a10 -day tour of the British Isles,after which he returns for aweek's stint at Philadelphia'sLatin Casino (March 29through April 4), resuming forRoberts April 5 in WhitePlains. With only three daysoff, he then begins his 15th re-turn engagement at the Copaon May 23.

Kapp Singles, LPs RateNEW YORK-Kapp Records

is currently enjoying a newpeak of promotional activitythat is reflected in correspond-ing singles reaction in air playand sales, according to GeneArmond, National PromotionDirector of Kapp Records, andSid Schaffer, Sales Vice Presi-dent.

Armond indicated that it wasevident that Kapp was cover-ing the market from one perim-eter to the other, ranging fromthe top 40 to good music areas,including all areas of R&B. Herelated the promotion depart-ment's activity directly to theshowing Kapp has made withfour singles currently on top40 play lists or bidding for top40 attention, and others mov-ing significantly.

He pointed to the Hesita-tions' "Born Free," still mov-ing on both top 40 and R&Blists; Raymond LeFevre's "SoulCoaxin' " which has been mak-ing both top 40 and good musicplays and charts; Roger Wil-liams' "The Glory of Love,"from the film "Guess Who'sComing To Dinner"; and a newKapp artist, the Feathers on"Give 'Em Love," which is juststarting to make its move andis showing up in many keyspots.

Another new artist andmover is Paul Varisco's "TellMe Where Love Goes," whileseveral C & W singles are im-

portantly showing, includingFreddy Hart's "Togetherness,"Mel Tillis' "Alright (I'll Signthe Papers)" and LeRoy Pul-lins' "The Interstate Is ComingThrough My Outhouse," whichis labeled as one of the fastest-breaking C & W novelty disksin years.

Armond also said that Kappwas enjoying considerable ac-tion on several LPs, includingthe Hesitations' "Born Free,"Roger Williams' "More Than aMiracle"; the Gunter KallmannChorus' "Live For Love"; andRaymond LeFevre's "SoulCoaxing." All these LPs, ac-cording to Armond and Schaf-fer, have been reflected on ac-tion and play lists, as well asin sales.

Who in U.S.Top British act the Who ar-

rive from London this week(20) to kick off their first ex-tensive headline tour of Amer-ica.

Uptown MagnificencePHILADELPHIA-The Mag-

nificent Men, one of the hottestyoung soul groups on the collegeand concert circuit, will appearfor the fourth time at the Up-town Theater here, Feb. 16-25.

FOUR STAR **** PICKS

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(Continued from page 10)BUSY SIGNAL (Press, BMI)

LOVE AIN'T EASY (Press, BMI)FLASH AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS-Maltz 594.

These guys know what to do to getthe grooves moving. They'll flash a hit.****

INSTANT HEARTBREAK (Ardis, BMI)DREAM GIRL (Ardis, BMI)

THE PRECISIONS-Drew 1004.Fellows have a right -now rhythm and

blues number to sing and sell to thecrowds.

***FOREVER LOVE (Dagaly, BMI)

WHAT YOU SEE IN MY EYES ARE TEARS(Dagaly, BMI)

STUART FOSTER-Invictus 732.Sentimental ballad might break for

Stuart. He and chorus give silkenreading. ****

YOU CAME ALONG TO RESCUE ME(Nim Big Teshea, BMI)

I PROPHESIZE (Nim Big Teshea, BMI)IDA SANDS-Chief 103.

New girl tells it like it is on raunchyditty. Watch what happens.

RR

SOUL TALK (Dunbar, BMI)GOTCHA WHERE I WANCHA (Dunbar, BMI)

BOBBY BASKERVILLE-Dot 17066.Guy shouts and wails it on this

screaming side. The kids will love it.****

SEARCHIN' AND LOOKING (Fenjon, BMI)SWEET TOOTH (Suron-Fenjon, BMI)

LARRY (CHUBBY) REYNOLDS-Tri-Spin 1004.

New fellow and label could breakthrough to big time. This is in r/bag.

****WHICH ONE (You & Me, BMI)THAT WOMAN (You & Me, BMI)

CHARLES SP(' BEING-King 6142.Sizzling side from Charles Spurling

will break things up at parties fromnow on. ****

JUST A NOTHIN' DAY(Bornwin-Ramal-Catalogue, BMI)

LOVE'S GONE(Bornwin-Ramal-Catalogue, BMI)

ASTRAKAN SLEEVE-Musicor 1301.Lazy song with sunny aura will click

for this new group. Melodic and sure.

THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CYLDE(Peer Int., BMI)

THE ROOM (Ishmael, BMI)THE NEW F. B. I. BAND-White Whale 265.

Razzmatazz band fool around withthis ditty celebrating the death andtimes of the outlaws.

***WHAT IS THIS (Metric-Tracebob, BMI)

WHAT YOU GONNA DO (WHEN YOUR LOVE ISGONE) (Metric-Tracebob, BMI)

BOBBY WOMACK-Minit 32037.It'll be hard for the kids to resist this

one. Bobby gets into it but good.***COLD FEET* (East, BMI)

YOU SURE DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN (East, BMI)ALBERT KING-Stax 241.

Guy lays down some boss r/b soundsand the crowd will be sure to react.****

AFRICAN BOO -GA -LOO (Keymen, BMI)JACKIE LEE-Keymen 114.

Here's a variation on the populardance. The rug -cutters will cut it.

****FLY ME TO THE MOON (PART I)

(Plymouth. ASCAP)FLY ME TO THE MOON (PART II)

(Plymouth, ASCAP)THE MARK II-Bay-Few 11427.

Sultry, slow version of the BartHoward standard. The pair will scorewith it.



HARM Workshops(Continued from page 8)

The workshop on FederalTaxation and Estate Planningwill be conducted by John Sex-ton, a member of the law firmof Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkinand Kahn, a recognized expertin this field. This workshop willbe of particular concern at thistime when mergers, acquisi-tions, and other business activ-ity which create tax and estateproblems are foremost in theminds of many NARM mem-bers. Jack Geldbart (L and FRecord Distributors Atlanta,Ga.) will chair the first sessionat 9 am., and Carl Glaser(Disceries, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.)will chair the second sessionat 10:35 a.m.

Charles P. Rudnitsky, Presi-dent of the Adept DetectiveBureau of New York City, willconduct the workshop on Ware-house and In -Store Security.Rudnitsky has long experiencein the general field of security,and particularly in the recordindustry. The workshop willhave two sessions, one at 9a.m., chaired by Charles Mur-ray (Stark Record Service,Cleveland, Ohio), and the sec-

ond at 10:35 a.m., chaired byManuel' Switiv;, (J. L. MarshCompany, Minneapolis, Minn.).

Because of the set-up of theworkshop schedules, each manwill be able to cover two ses-sions. Two company represen-tatives can therefore cover allfour sessions.

The workshops are part ofthe largest record and tape in-dustry convention ever to beheld. 900 industry representa-tives will be in attendancewhen the convention conveneson Sunday, March 17, at theDiplomat Hotel in Hollywood,Florida. It is the NARM TenthAnniversary Convention.

Butler at A&MHOLL NT WOOD Jerry Moss

announces the signing of ArtieButler to a long-term recordingcontract on the A&M label.

Artie, a top arranger, producerand musician, has just completedrecording his first album for thelabel, which was produced byCreed Taylor. The tune thatlaunched Artie into the field asa top arranger was "Sally Go'Round the Roses."

Roulette Inks Loved Ones;Promo Tour Set To SwingNEW YORK - Red Sch-

wartz, National Sales Managerand Promotion Director ofRoulette Records, announcesthe exclusive patting of theLoved Ones, three fashion mod-els whose deck "I Love HowYou Love Me" was releasedlast week. The label will launcha major promotion drive forthe group.

The Loved Ones - WinkieDonovan, Gretchen Regan andKaren Bowser - have alreadybegun a promotional tour for"I Love How You Love Me,"playing the Hy Lit and JerryBlavat TVers last Friday (16).On Feb. 22 and 23, Roulettewill host deejay receptions forthe girls in Akron and Cleve-land, and on Feb. 24 they willappear on the "Upbeat" TVrock show from Cleveland. TheLoved Ones will wing back toNew York for the Peter MartinWPIX-TV show on Feb. 28.

Opening March with pressand disk jockey receptions inthe upper Midwest, the LovedOnes will cover Detroit, wherethey'll do the top rated RobinSeymour radio show, then go

The Loved Ones, three fashionmodels whose Roulette single of"I Love How You Love Me" isstirring radio and sales action,pact a long -termer with RouletteNational Sales Manager and Pro-motion Director Red Schwartz.Ronald Ettman, Production Man-ager of Kama Sutra Productionsand personal manager of the LovedOnes, conducted negotiations forthe master purchase of the single.The Loved Ones (left to right:Karen Bowser, Gretchen Reganand Winkie Donovan) are cur-rently on a promo tour of theEast Coast, Midwest and Canada.

on to Flint and Lansing, Michi-gan, swinging up into Canadabefore heading back East.

In addition, a national/publi-city and promotion campaignon the Loved Ones is set.

Marilyn its it big !

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Pick HitsACT III

LANA CANTRELL-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3947.

The way Lana Cantrell spins a goldenthread of Nilsson's "Without You" is atestament to her wiles as a singer. Andthe rest is just as good. Some of therepertoire is familiar and what isn'tsoon will be. "What Now, My Love" isdifferent, if nothing else.

JEREMY & THE SATYRSReprise R(S) 6282.

Fellows trade in current poetic -rockcoin. The quintet also have attained acertain musical expertise that speedsthem on their way to importance amongthe new group. "In the World of GlassTeardrops," "The Do It," Satyrized.

THE GREAT ARRIVAL!

DOC SEVERINSEN-Command RS 927 SD.Johnny Carson sidekick Severinsen

and side men play recent hit ditties andthe crowds will love the sleek elegancewith which they're delivered. "What theWorld Needs Now is Love," "Sunny,""Up, Up and Away."

STEPPENWOLF

Dunhill D(S) 50029.This package is already meaning a

good deal to dealers on the West Coast.Single "Sookie Sookie" is included,along with other moody rock pieceslike "Desperation" and "The Pusher."Sure to have cross-country following.

THERE ARE BUT FOUR SMALL FACESTHE SMALL FACES-Immediate Z12 52 002.

The self-efFacing title of the packagecertainly won't mislead the teens, whoknow that hit "Itchycoo Park" is ineluded. Also here are a number of othergumdrops by the group. "Tin Soldier,""Show Me the Way."

THE AGES OF ROCK

CY COLEMAN-MGM E/SE 4502.Funny, musical idea here. Cy plays it

straight (straight classical theme, thatis) while a rock orchestra boogalaosbehind him. Cy sees the sound as a rain-bow of color after a shower of notes andchords. Rocked Bach, Beethoven, etc.

LOVE IS BLUEMANNY KELLEM-Epic LN 24367; BN 26367.

High gloss over this package of con-temporary ditties. "Trains and Boatsand Planes," "Here, There and Every-where," "A Man and a Woman," othersatin melodies complement Manny'sversion of the popular "Love is Blue."

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THE HAPPY TIMEORIGINAL CAST-RCA Victor LOC/LSO 1144.

Not terribly much happens on stageat "The Happy Time," except for someGower Champion camouflage directionand Robert Goulet's ingratiating per-formance, but the John Kander-FredEbb score sounds marvelous in concen-tration here.

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LIVE FOR LIFEFERRANTE AND TEICHER-United Artists UAL 3632; UAS 6632.

The twin pianists go to town on arange of ditties from the "Live for Life"theme to a funky adaptation of "Minuetin G" played in a minor, mocking key."Talk to the Animals," "Illya Darling"and more good times.

PORTRAIT OF CARMEN

CARMEN McRAE-Atlantic 8165. SD 8165.Carmen gets to the heart of it. She

listens to the song first, hears what ithas to say and then says it out. Whatshe does with "Loads of Love," "ElusiveButterfly" are tongue -in cheek, heart -on -sleeve singing. Keen.

PORTRAIT OF MAUI

THE GREATEST HITS FROM ENGLAND VOL 2VARIOUS ARTISTS-London PA 61017; PAS 71017.

Engelbert Humperdinck, Them, Whis-tling Jack Smith, Marianne Faithful,Lulu, The Fortunes, Procol Harum, TheZombies, The Bachelors, The Tornadoesand Cat Stevens each step forward witha click on this come-on package.

THE BEST OF JOHNNY TILLOTSON

MGM E/SE 4532.

"It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'," "SendMe the Pillow You Dream On," "You'rethe Reason," "Poetry in Motion,""Heartaches by the Number" and otherditties Johnny has made known around.The fans will rejoice over the collection.

SPENCER DAVIS GREATEST HITS

United Artists UAL 3641; UAS 6641."Gimme Some Lovin'," "I'm a Man,"

"Somebody Help Me," "Time Seller,""Don't Want You No Afore" and otherfamiliar titles are included on thisround -up of hits by The Spencer DavisGroup. Teens will love.

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ANITA BRYANT-Columbia CS 9607.The story of a love affair is unfolded

here as Anita goes from the heights ofjubilation to the depths of despairover her guy. "Something Wonderful,""Something in Your Eyes," "Never MyLove," "Yesterday."

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The"Dolls"are Hot!

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Decca DrumPromotion OnWith the objective of offer-

ing to the record dealer theopportunity of diversifying in-to the billion dollar musical in-strument market, Decca Rec-ords continues to strengthen itsHome Entertainment Divisionwith the continual flow of newmusical instrument product,technical and design improve-ments of existing product andthe introduction and develop-ment of highly effective merchan-dising techniques.

s a resu o sa is ac orysales achieved throughout thefirst year in the marketing ofdrums carrying the Decca tradename, the company is now in-stituting a full scale drum pro-motion.

The promotion, which will beintroduced through a full sched-ule of advertising and point -of -sale merchandising, offers tothe trade a package of fourdeluxe drum covers, with a re-tail value of over $50.00, withevery purchase of the com-pany's DMI-750 full drum andcomplete accessory outfit with-out an increase in the sug-gested list price of $259.95.

In addition, the promotionalso details the new accessoryproduct that has been added tothe company's rapidly expand-ing line. These new acces-sories include a complete lineof Decca cymbals, cymbalstands and hi -hat stands. Fu-ture plans from the company'sHome Entertainment Divisionwill result in the addition of anumber of new drum sets,along with an expanded lineof instrument accessories.

Col Releases'Graduate' LP

Columbia Records has re-leased the original sound trackrecording of the hit picture"The Graduate," which featuressongs composed and performedby Simon and Garfunkel. Thescore includes the duo's hitsongs "Sounds of Silence" and"Scarborough Fair/Canticle," aswell as a number of songs writ-ten especially for the film.

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KING SOLOMONSOLOMON BURKE-Atlantic 8158; SD 8158.

One of the soul experts, SolomonBurke sings a few of his recent clickslike the Christmasy "Presents forChristmas" and other enticers like "De-troit City," "It's Been a Change,""Woman, How Do You Make Me Love

a. fltide," a song that has becomeclosely identified with "TheGraduate." The song is alreadyenjoying extensive airplay acrossthe country as a cut from Simonand Garfunkel's last LP, "Par-sley, Sage, Rosemary andThyme," and has been tied inwith the advertising of bothEmbassy Pictures and ColumbiaRecords.

Big S & G Catalog SalesSince "The Graduate" opened,

Columbia has reported a tremen-dous resurgence of sales on itsentire Simon and Garfunkelcatalog. Within the past threeweeks, one album alone, "Par-sley, Sage, Rosemary andThyme," already a gold recordwinner, has sold in excess of75,000 copies. Impressive salesfigures have also been garneredfor Simon and Garfunkel's otheralbums, "Sounds of Silence"and "Wednesday Morning, 3A.M."

The sound track of "TheGraduate" was produced by TeoMacero, Producer, ColumbiaPopular 'A and R.

Pell Grammy Awards 1. A. Program Chairman

LOS ANGELES - IrvingTownsend, L.A. Chapter Presi-dent of the National Academyof Recording Arts & Sciences,has appointed Dave Pell asProgram Chairman for the 10thAnnual Grammy Awards Din-ner scheduled for Feb. 29 atthe Century Plaza Hotel.

Simultaneously, Pell set LesBrown's orchestra to play forthe show and dancing.

Meanwhile, the L.A. Chapterheld their annual luncheon forradio station program directorsin the American Room of theBrown Derby on Friday (2/9),hosted by chapter prexy Town-send. Naras members on handincluded National PresidentPete King, Executive DirectorChristine Farnum, 1st VP LouBusch, 2nd VP Sid Feller, L.A.Chapter secretary David Axel-rod, Governor Jimmy Bowen,

past president Les Brown, Trus-tee Dave Pell and Board mem-bers Ernie Freeman, TommyLeonetti, Dean Jones, RobertMyers and Johnny Mandel.

Mamas, Papas GoldThe fourth album recorded

by the Mamas & the Papas forABC's Dunhill label has beencertified for the gold recordaward by the Record IndustryAssociation of America, aswere their three previous al-bums. The album is called"Farewell to the First GoldenEra" and contains the biggesthits by the group.

A new LP by the Mamas &the Papas will be releasedaround the end of February.

BOOTS RANDOLPH'S SUNDAY SAXMonument SLP 18092.

Boots Randolph plays a list of spirit-uals on this package. A beautiful collec-tion of songs beautifully -played, ofcourse. "When the Saints Go MarchingIn," "Just a Closer Walk With Thee,""Amen," "I Believe."

SONGS MY PALS SANGGEORGE JESSEL-Audio Fidelity AFLP 708; AFSD 1708.

George Jessel tributes three of hisbest friends-Eddie Cantor, George M.Cohan and Al Jolson-by singing theirsongs in his way. "Swanee," "If YouKnew Susie," "Making Whoopee,""Over There," "Mary." Also includedis a single featuring the three celebs.

RANDY BOONEGre-Gar 22 17 0005; 22 17 0006.

Co-star of TV's "Cimarron Strip,"Randy makes his album debut here witha country -styled collection of tunes. Hestarts off with "Tennessee Stud" andproceeds to show off a fine voice throughto "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

BIG BOSS MANJIMMY REED-BluesWay BL/S 6015.

Jimmy and the Al Smith Blues Bandget together here to sing blues by Jim-my, Al and Mary Reed. Jimmy remainsone of the most important exponents ofblues, and so this package is somethingworth listening to.

WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND-Tower (S)T 5097.

New gang of rock -makers shouldscore with the teen crowd. They laydown a solid beat and overlay it withnitty gritty melody and lyric. Most ofthe material is home-grown, but"Amen" and "60 Minutes of Your Love"are familiar

Tremeloes in USNEW YORK-The Tremeloes

arrive in New York on Mon-day, Feb. 19, to meet with pressand radio reps on behalf oftheir currently rising single onEpic, "Suddenly You Love Me."

Group then takes off for atour of South America whichwill include TV dates. TheTremeloes hope to then returnto the U.S. to the New Yorkarea for more TV dates andconcert work.

16 RECORD WORLD --February 24, 1968


Project 3 IssuesDinah's Single, LPNEW YORK - Timed with

Dinah Shore's appearance atthe Empire Room of the Wal-dorf Astoria for three weeksbeginning Monday, Feb. 19,Project 3 Records will releasea new single by the artist titled"Faces and Voices." This willbe followed immediately by herfirst album for the label, "Songsfor Sometime Losers."

Enoch Light, head of Project3, announces that there will bea complete national promotionand publicity campaign for thesenew releases. He has been in-formed by Andrew Miele, Proj-ect 3 National Sales Manager,that there has been an enthu-siastic advance reaction to thealbum on the part of their dis-tributors.

While in New York, MissShore will be on the Ed Sullivanshow on Sunday, Feb. 25, andwill be on a number of impor-tant radio interview programs.

The single, "Faces andVoices," will be available inboth monaural and stereo. Thealbum, in stereo only, will pre-sent Dinah in an array of newmaterial and standards, witharrangements by Peter Matz.

Two Tyros TappedHOLLYWOOD-Tapping the

top-heavy tinderbox of teentalent, Capitol Records hassigned as A&R producers twotyros-Max Hoch, 18, and JohnGross, 20.

Producers OfThis Week'sFront Cover Picks

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Jerry Wexler"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've

Been Gone"

Bob Crewe"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"

John Fred & Andrew Bernard"Hey, Hey Bunny"

Jerry Fuller"Young Girl"

Staff"Master Jack"

Koppelman & RubinSoundAileep"

Randy Wood, Lawrence Welk,George Cates

"Green Tambourine"

Steve & Bill Jerome forReal Good Productions

"Do Drop Inn"

Big Jamie DriveFor Aussie Groop

The Groop, top Australianvocal/instrumental team, willbe released in the UnitedStates through the Jamie Guy -den label.

The first side Jamie will re-lease will be the act's currentAustralian hit, "Woman You'reBreaking Me," released Feb.16. The acquisition of theteam, which cuts for CBS inAustralia, is part of the label'snewly implemented drive to ob-tain strong masters and inde-pendent producing talent.

A mass promotion is plannedfor the Groop, and already theJamie Guyden office has beenflooded with phone calls of in-quiry when their record willbe released.

Larry Cohen, Jamie Guyden'sNational Sales and Promotionhead, already has been ap-proached on network TV com-mitments.

Ratner to UniAs A & R ProducerHOLLYWOOD -Norm Rat-

ner has joined Uni Records asan A&R producer and will bebuying masters and developingnew talent for the label, an-nounces Russ Regan, ExecutiveAdministrator.

25 -year -old Ratner began hiscareer 10 years ago as a singerand song writer for ImperialRecords. After a hitch in theCoast Guard, he formed a part-nership with Pat Boone andproduced the Leaves' chart en-try, "Hey Joe." For Mira Rec-ords, he produced the Forum's"The River is Wide." Beforejoining Uni he was ProfessionalManager of Dunhill Records'publishing arm, TrousdaleMusic.

MGM Video TapingDisk Auditions

NEW YORK-MGM Recordswill be video taping auditionsheld at their 1350 Avenue ofthe Americas studio.

The first such video tapedaudition was held last weekwhen a Canadian pop groupcalled the Stampeders per-formed for the video tapecameras as well as for MortNasatir, President of MGMRecords, Bob Morgan, Execu-tive Director of A & R, and ahost of MGM executives. Thevideo tape will give MGM anadded promo tool for TV ex-posure around the country inconjunction with the release ofthe Stampeders' new single.

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UA 'Blue Chip' LPs SetFast Early Sales Pace

AnniversaryMeet Nears

New album product releasedduring and since the Januarydistrib sales convention has nowreached a level that placesUnited Artists Records in itsstrongest market position inseveral years, according to Da-vid Greenman, National AlbumSales Manager.

Greenman noted that therapidly developing sales actionoccurs just prior to the com-pany's gala 10th anniversarycelebration, to be held March13-16 in Miami Beach, imme-diately preceding the annualNARM convention there.

Of particular note at the mo-ment is the label's first albumby Britain's hottest new group,Traffic, originally scheduled forMarch release during the forth-coming convention but nowtabbed for rush release. Titled"Mr. Fantasy," the album hasbeen serviced this week afterinitial distributor demandbrought about one of the fast-est album processing jobs inUnited Artists' history - lessthan 10 days from receipt ofBritish tapes to first deliveriesof the product in California.San Francisco has already re-

ordered three times in one day,Greenman said, and simmeringexcitement has now reached anational spread status.

Two other groups are keep-ing UA's promo and sales staffbusy across the country. Thefieldmen report a strong initialimpact for the recently releaseddebut album of the Hassles,the label's new Americangroup, with a similar patternshaping up for "Spencer DavisGreatest Hits," latest set bythe British group.

Promotion FocusAll three of these groups are

to be the focus of special pro-motions immediately upcoming.The Hassles are being feted attrade, press, and deejay re-ceptions in New York, Phila-delphia, and other cities begin-ning Monday (19), with strongfollow-up promo efforts al-ready in the planning stage.The label considers the groupto be a major new acquisition,and the merchandising drivewill be commensurate with thisthinking.

Both Traffic and the SpencerDavis Group will arrive in thestates shortly for separatetours. Traffic is expected in'mid -March and will open onthe West Coast, while the Da-vis crew is due March 23 for

an extensive round of collegeconcerts. The label will tie ina number of local promo drivesin connection with the vari-ous dates on these two tours.

On Instrumental FrontOn the instrumental front,

veteran maestro Leroy Holmesand guitar master Al Caiolaare both scoring with newproduct. Holmes, who recentlymade a dramatic return to thecharts with his album of "AFew Dollars More," has astrong follow-up with " 'TheGood, The Bad and the Ugly'And Other Motion PictureThemes," which is grabbingespecially fast rack action. AlCaiola's "It Must Be Him," theartist's first album to be pro-duced by A&R chief HenryJerome, is the biggest amongrecent Cajole releases.

Finally, UA's Veep label hasa winner with "The Best ofAnthony and the Imperials,Volume II." Like Volume I inthe series, the album includes"Goin' Out Of My Head," atitle currently attaining "stand-ard" status via its widespreadpopularity.

New Merc CatalogCHICAGO-A new, complete

catalog graphically covering thevarious record, tape and homeentertainment products manu-factured and distributed by Mer-cury Record Corporation willstart shipping to wholesale, re-tail and radio sources Monday(19).

Paul Mauriat InFor Sullivan TVer

France's Paul Mauriat, who hasthe number one record in thecountry, Philips' "Love is Blue,"was in New York last week to dothe Ed Sullivan show on Feb. 25.Interrupting the recording of hisnext album (Philips is currentlypushing the four it has ofMauriat's in catalogue), the song-ster here poses with label's CharlesMorrison, Rick Bolsom and RecordWorld's Mort Hillman. Mauriat issecond, from left.

MONEY MUSIC"Green Light," the American Breed, Acta, is Giant Monster of

the Week. Stations on it: WABC, WMCA, WIBG, WKNR, WCKW,KQV, WLS, WCFL, KXOK, KAJ, KGB, KFRC. LP, "Bend Me,Shake Me," which contains "Green Light," is also becoming amonster.

Giant Philly Jukebox -Retail: "L. David Sloan," Michelle Lee,Col, off WIP (MOR).

Monster of the Week: "Simon Says," 1910 Fruitgum Co. Thiscolumn first reported the smash potential of the bubblegum rec-ord. We had played it for some seven -year -olds and they got rightinto it. Congrats to 25 -year -old genius Neil Bogart who has one ofthe finest ears for buying masters since Larry Uttal. We picked

Neil as top 2 with a bullet back when he wasa regional man for MGM. Watch him guide the5 Stairsteps into being one of the hottest actsin show biz. "A Million to One" is on its waypop.

Sureshot to Go All the Way: "Dance to theMusic," Sly & Family Stone, Epic. This will doit to it the way we called "There Is," Dells. It's

Kal Rudman a Monster in Philadelphia; on WLS and off tothe races.

Monsters from R&B To Pop: Joe Tex; Wilson Pickett.We predicted and Picked Jimmy James: Dells-Now Smashes.1. "La La Means I Love You," Delfonics, Bell-total smash.2. "There Is," Dells, Cadet-Hits n at WMEX, Boston.Unbelievable Giants in Sales Like All the Way: 4 Tops; Otis

Redding; Sam & Dave.Super Pick: "Fire Brigade," Fortunes, U.A. Right on WLS,

Chicago.Smash Underground LP on Cadet Concept

The LP "Rotary Connection" has been busted wide open inCleveland by heavy play at WKYC at night with Lee Baby Simson his "Power Hour." The top three cuts are "Soul Man," "RubyTuesday" and "Lady Jane." It was produced by Marshall Chessand Charles Stepney. Look for big Chicago play.

Congrats to WAKY-Confirmed Chicago on New Colony 6Bill Crisp, PD, and Johnny Randolph, Music Director of WAKY,

believed in "I Will Always Think About You," New Colony 6,Mercury. It is a total smash in Chicago and Milwaukee, as alwayswith this group. Now we have the solid confirmation that all theother stations have been clamoring for. Remember that this wasBill Gavin's Top Pick. This is a hit record! Doesn't anybody wantto play a smash? Going on WING, Dayton.

Congratulations to Teddy Kellem, Columbia, Philadelphia, forbreaking "L. David Sloan," Michelle Lee. It is close to 15,000. Itgot so big off WIP that WIBG had to go on it. It is now breakingin NYC off WNEW.

Columbia is also getting action on "Son of Hickory Holler'sTramp," 0. C. Smith, in Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnatti.

The Blue Cheer is a Giant: "Summertime Blues" in S.F. & L.A.Congrats to WING, Dayton: The music play list at WING is

fantastic. They went on Michelle Lee; they broke Sly & FamilyStone. They are all out, as is WKYC, Cleveland, on the B sideof the last Aretha F.-"Prove It."

Monster 'in Philly: Tremeloes.WCFL, Chicago, Broke a Hit: "Unwind," Ray Stevens, Monu-

ment. 6,200 records. We told you this is a hit. Bill Drake put iton at KGB, San Diego. It broke at WRIT & WOKY, Milwaukee.On WCAO, Baltimore.

Great Boots Randolph: "Fred." Mike Shepherd is doing a fan-tastic job for Monument Records.

WLS, Chicago, New: Billy & Judy; Cherry Slush; MightyQuinn; Barry Lee Show; 4 Seasons; Tremeloes; Fortunes; "TheGoat," Freddy & Kinfolk, Dade (Atl. distribution).

Stone Poneys now feature Linda Ronstal. New one is "Up toMy Neck in High Muddy Water."

New Union Gap: "Young Girl.""A Question of Temperature," Balloon Farm, Laurie, is a giant

in Chicago and Detroit. We told you long ago this was a teeny-bopper hit.

Next Boyce & Hart: "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows."




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1. LOVE IS BLUE 1 20. L. DAVID SLOANE 26Paul Mauriat-Philips 40495 Michele Lee -Columbia 44413

2. TO EACH HIS OWN 7 21. HEY LITTLE ONE 28Frankie Laine-ABC 11032 Glenn Camobell-Capitol 2076

3. CARMEN 5 22. SOUL COAXIN' 27Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass-A&M 890 Raymond LeFevre-4 Corners 141

4. LOVE IS BLUE 8 23. CAB DRIVER 30Al Martino -Capitol 2102 Mills Bros. -Dot 17041

5. THE LESSON 4 24. IF MY HEART HAD WINDOWS 31Vikki Carr -Liberty 56012 Andy Russell -Capitol 2072

6. GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD/CAN'T 25. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY 37TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU 2 Hugo Montenegro -RCA Victor 9423

Lettermen-Cgoitol 2054 26. KISS ME GOODBYE 327. AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET 3 Petula Clark -Warner Bros. 7170

Eggelh-rt Humperdinck-Parrot 40023 27. HERE COMES THE RAIN, BABY 368. CARAVAN

Bert Kaempfert-Decca 3224110 Eddy Arnold -RCA Victor 9347

28. IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME9. JUST AS MUCH AS EVER 6 Jock Jones -RCA Victor 9441

Bobby Vinton -.Epic 10266 29. MY WORLD IS SLIPPING AWAY 3310. IN THE SUNSHINE DAYS

Tony Sandler & Ralph Young-11 Connie Francis -MGM 13876

30. IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN'Cnnitnl 2083 Margaret Whiting -London 119

11. DON'T TELL MY HEART TO STOP 31. GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME 38LOVING YOU

Jerry Vale --Columbia 4444216 Skitch Henderson Orch.-Columbia 44333

32. MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC 4012. KEEP THE BALL ROLLING 12 Happenings -B. T. Puppy 538

Al Hirt -RCA Victor 9417 33. ALL THE TIME13. GLORY OF LOVE/GUESS WHO'S

COMING TO DINNER 13Wayne Newton -MGM 13891

34. WINDY 22Vic Damone-RCA Victor 9399

14. TO GIVE (THE REASON I LOVE) 14Wes Montgomery-A&M 883

35. DON'T LOOK BACK 35Frnnkie Valli -Philips 40510 Johnny Mann Singers -Liberty 56010

15. WE CAN FLY 25 36. WINDS OF CHANGECowsills-MGM 13886 Ray Conniff Singers -Columbia 44422

16. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 18 37. THE FOOL OF THE HILL 39Lalo Schifrin-Dot 17059 Eddie Fisher -RCA Victor 9430

17. IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT 9 38. LIFE IS BUT A MOMENT 34Dean Martin -Reprise 0640 Eydie Gorme-Columbia 44299

18. I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER 20 39. A HOUSE BUILT ON SANDSergio Mendes-Atlantic 2472 Leslie Uggams-Atlantic 2469

19. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 19 40. LOVE IS BLUEDionne Warwick -Scepter 12203 Manny Kellem-Epic 10282

Smash Signing

The Purple Cucumber, one of Chi-cago's hottest new rock groups,stands by as Smash Records Prod-uct Manager Rory Bourke looksover their contracts. The grouphas signed to an exclusive Smashrecording contract. Left to rightare Bob Walsh, Vince Ippolito,Marty Bak, Pat Kelly and DennisNovak.

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According toGene Block,National SalesManager ofMuntz, Demainwill base in De-troit and hasbeen chargedt o representMuntz sales,marketing and

Bob Demain merchan-dising to factory representatives,music distributors, rack jobbersand retail outlets.

Block noted that the field pro-gram represents a departurefrom previous Muntz marketingpatterns.

Demain has been active in therecord industry at national andregional levels, most recentlybeing associated with Mira Pro-ductions as its General SalesManager. Previously, he hadbeen a national representativefor Kapp Records.

MOneY MUSiC (Continued from page 18)

Powerful Lyric: "Little Green Apples," Roger Miller. It's a hit.Powerful New Turtles: "Sound Asleep."Tremendous Acceptance: "All My Love," Pat Farrell & Be-

lievers, Diamond. Big play WMCA.John Fred big in Philadelphia.Broke in Milwaukee: "Unwind," Ray Stevens, Monument.Powerful New Peaches & Herb: "10 Commandments of Love,"Tremeloes Looks Like a Smash: "Suddenly You Love Me." I

predict top 5.New American Breed an Instant Smash: "Green Light."Great New Percy Sledge: "Take Time To Know Her."UA All Out on Hassles: "Every Step I Take" on UA. The new

Casinos "Here I Am" is potent.Local Promo Man of the Week: Glen Bruder, Roberts, St. Louis.New John Fred is Potent: "Hey Hey Bunny."Powerful Record on Verve: "Sister Theresa's East River Or-

Phanage," Fabulous Farquar. Breaking on WLS, Chicago.Powerful New Epic Splendor: "It Could Be Wonderful" -Hot

Biscuit.Sandy Posey Spreading in the South: Nashville, Memphis, Bir-

mingham. Much play also in the North.Cyrkle Should Have Their Hit at Last: "Reading the Paper" on

Columbia. Picks at KLEO, WQAM, WCAO, WYSL. Broke inMiami at WQAM.

New Bob Crewe Generation: "Winter Warm."Big Play on Short Kuts on Pepper: "Your Eyes May Shine."

Hit at WHBQ & WMPS; WIBG, WMAK, WIFE, WFUN, WCAO,WINW, WBSR, WSGN, KNUZ, WTRY, WKGN, WNOX, KAAY.Top 10 in Memphis.

Pick WUBE, Cincinnatti, Bwana Johnny: "Live & In PersonLand of 1000 Dances, Give Me Some Lovin' & Satisfaction," Car-naby Street Runners, Buddah.

Fabulous New David Houston: "Have a Little Faith." Will gopop.

Hottest New LP in S.F. & L.A.: "Sooky, Sooky," Steppin' Wolf,Dunhill. It looks as if Dunhill can have a hit with "Melody forYou," Grass Roots, which is on WFUN, WDRC, WHLO, KOMA.Perky Murphy feels it's a smash. WKYC, Cleveland, went on"Sooky Sooky."

Traffic LP is over 5,000 in S.F.Solid Sleeper: "Baby You Come Rollin' Cross My Mind," Pep-

permint Trolley. Acta, on WCAO; selling in Michigan area.WIBG went on "Baby You Got," Clarence Murray, SSS.Kenny O'Dell broke big in Atlanta, St. Louis, Milwaukee.

NeW Lyrics To 'Skip a Rope'Listen to the deejays what they play, isn't it a funny what the

deejays say . . . I'd sure like to play that record for you. But thestation cut the list to 22 . . . Skip a hit . . . Please bring it backwhen it makes the top 10 ...I'll be sure to submit it in the meet-ing again . . . Skip a Hit . . . Courtesy of Bob Tubert of Nash-ville.

More on Bosstown-Beacon Street UnionRichard Goldstein writes in Vogue that the Beacon Street Union

on MGM "has a strong, sweaty sound that speaks as much of thedocks as it does of the campus. They could come to represent astone -hard rock sound that is far closer to the true music ofBoston than the usual slick curlicues. Tbey have achieved a senseof their own style."

KCkN, Kansas City, reports fantastic reaction to "Set MeFree," Charlie Rich, Epic. This also went on WKDA, Nashville.B side of Jerry Lee Lewis: "I'm Walkingl the Floor Over You."Watch: "Sundown Mary," Billy Walker; Monument. Pick: "Havea Little Faith," David Houston.

New Foundations: "Back on My Feet Again."Top Airplay at WKYC, Cleveland: "Prove It," Aretha Franklin.Smash B Side: "If This World Were Mine," Marvin & Tammi.Smash B Side: Flip of "Woman Woman," Union Gap.

We Get LettersChuck Wiseman of WBCK, Battle Creek, sent us his chart dated

Oct. 1 listing "Cab Driver," Mills Brothers. He had it #1.6 on Oct.28. He has MOR action on "Smoke Rings," Russ Carlyle, Fona. . . Neil Rogers of WTPS Portage; Mich., covers the Kalamazoomarket top 40 . . . Ron Davison, WHBC, Canton, reports MORresponse to "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," Andy Williams LP. Heclaims top ratings in Canton and MOR power in Akron.


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Peters Internat'l Places LargestExport Order with EMI's ElectrolaDuring a recent meeting at

EMI headquarters in London,Chris Peters, President ofPeters International, Inc., ofNew York (U.S.A. distributorfor finished recordings of theworld-wide EMI companies),and Dr. Ladislaus Veder, Gen-eral Manager of ElectrolaGesellschaft MBH, Inc., (theEMI affiliate in Germany),agreed to make available for thefirst time in the U.S.A., the en-tire German "Pop" catalog ofElectrola.

Since Jan. 8 August Batzem,Export Manager for Electrola,has been working with thePeters International staff inNew York on the selection ofrepertoire. During his stayBatzem visited many of theGerman ethnic shops as well assome of the largest retailersof imported records to deter-mine their preferences. Basedon their research, P/I and Bat-zem have agreed on final cata-log listings, and firm ordershave been placed. Ninety per-cent of the titles will be avail-able in stereo. (Electrola start-ed to shift from mono to stereoover five years ago.)

According to Batzem, thePeters order is the largest sin-gle export order received byElectrola to date. Peters ex-pects to announce details ofthe new material and releasedate of the Electrola catalogby March.

P/I's New German catalog ofclassical and popular materialwill join the company's Greekand Indian catalogs as the larg-est collections in the U.S.

"I am grateful to Dr. Vederfor his cooperation in accom-plishing so quickly a job thatjust two months ago was onlyan idea," says Peters. "His as-sistance is typical of the finerelationship we have enjoyedwith EMI since we took overdistribution of their productsin October, 1967."

Songwriters SignGary Zekley's Yoday-Critch

Productions has signed thesongwriting team of Price andWalsh to an exclusive record-ing contract and announcedthat their first record is Dot's"Love is the Order of the Day"b/w "The House of EileenCastle."

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Money Music (Continued from page 20)

WPOP, Hartford (Bob Paiva), On: Youngbloods; Billy & Judy;Cherry Slush; Manfred Mann. Smash: Otis Redding. "CongressAlley," Orpheus LP.

WGRD, Grand Rapids is all Out on New Colony 6James Psihoulis, President of WZUM, Pittsburgh, is no longer

just R&B, but is playing the top 40 pop hits as well. Deejays areBob Stevens, Ronnie Davis and Mad Mike.

WDRC, Hartford, Pick: Spiral Stiarcase. On: 4 Season; DelShannon; Jackie Wilson; Fabulous Farquar; Newbeats; BoxTops; Hassles; Other Voices; Next 5; Esquires; Johnny Thunder& Ruby Winters; Barbara Lynn; Mirettes; Flash & Board ofDirectors; Mojo; John Fred; Fabulous Downbeats.

John Antoon did a great job of promoting the Jackie DeShan-non record in the Midwest. Hope the job can be finished now thatJohn has left.

Good start on Epic Splendor: "It Could Be Wonderful" on HotBiscuit. Went on WINW, Canton; WCOL; WCAO. Bob Holladayand King Zbornik will be working it in the South. 'By the way,King left WKDA to go into promotion.

The West Coast was surprised by Jim Bencie leaving Imperialas head of National Promo to run the West Coast for Koppelman& Rubin.

New Human Beinz: "Turn on Your Love Light." I dig the flipalso: "It's Fun to Be Clean."

Hit from England: "She Wears My Ring," Solomon King. Cap-itol is running with this top 10 English record.


RCA Re -alignment(Continued from page 3)

music publishing. He will con-tinue to have the BusinessAffairs activity report to him.

The re -alignment was an-by Norman Racusin,

Division Vice President andGeneral Manager, RCA Rec-ords, who said:

"This move is primarilydesigned to streamline andtighten the coordination be-tween the creative and market-ing functions and to make pos-sible faster decisions at a timewhen the pace of the recordindustry is in a period of con-stant acceleration. As DivisionVice President, Record Opera-tions, Mr. Jenkins will havefull responsibility for domesticcommercial reocrd operationsfrom creation of product tomanufacturing and marketing.Ernest Altschuler, DivisionVice President and ExecutiveProducer, Popular Artists &Repertoire, Steve Sholes, Divi-sion Vice President, PopularArtists & Repertoire, and RogerHall, Manager Red Seal Artists& Repertoire, continue theirpresent responsibilities."Teifer Continues as Sunbury,

Dunbar Prez"Mr. D'Imperio's responsibil-

ities will provide RCA withbroader management attentionin the complex arena of talentand production arrangementsas well as a more intensifiedeffort in development of theworld-wide music publishingbusiness and other non -recordentertainment activities," Ra-

cusin said. "Jerry Teifer con-tinues as President of SunburyMusic, Inc., and Dunbar Music,Inc."

Jenkins, who joined RCA in1941, had been named DivisionVice President, Operations inApril, 1967, previous to whichhe had been Division VicePresident, Marketing, since1963. Shortly after he joinedRCA, he left to serve as abomber pilot in World War II,rejoining the company in 1945as Manager of Order Servicesand Warehousing, Indianapolis.He became a field sales repre-sentative in the Midwest in1947, and in 1955 was appointedManager of Sales Planning inNew York. He became Managerof Single Records and twoyears later went to Los Angelesto supervise all RCA Recorddistribution there.

Jenkins returned to NewYork in 1960 as Manager,Planning and Merchandising, aposition he held until becominga Division Vice President.

D'Imperio assumes his newposition after having been Divi-sion Vice President, Productand Talent Development since1965. He joined RCA in 1955as a member of the law de-partment of the Manufacturingand Services Division in Cam-den, N. J. In May, 1957, he wasassigned as Counsel to the RCARecord Division, and in 1960,became Senior Counsel, RCARecords. In 1963, he was ap-pointed Division Vice Presi-dent, Business Affairs.

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At MIDEM Meeting

l'ictured during the recent MIDEM meet at Cannes are, from top left,the Supremes, Tom Jones, Julia Driscoll and Raphael. (Jones' Copaopening last week is reviewed on page 41.)

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"Sundown Mary," Billy Walker, Monument, could go pop.Catchy song.

WBBF, Rochester (Ferdinand). New: Aretha Franklin; MitchRyder; Pet Clark; Tremeloes; Sunshine Co. (written by John &Terry Boylan who are good friends of Ferdinand who thinks it'sa gas); Wilson Pickett; Eddie Arnold; Bobby Vee; Sly & FamilyStone; Delfonics; Jimmy James; Joe Tex; Vanilla Fudge; GladysKnight. Pick: Box Tops (Ferdinand J. is cooking at WBBF).Ferdinand reports that now high schools in Rochester are bring-ing in big groups for one night shows like the Cream, Buck-inghams.

WYSL, Buffalo and WOKY, Milwalkee, went on the Cyrkle andWQAM, Miami, reports it's a hit. Louisville reports that"L -O -V -E," Mouse & Traps, is #2 for Fraternity . . . WLOF, Or-lando, reports Flash & Board of Directors is a smash . . . KGB,San Diego, went on Orpheus.

WKYC, Cleveland, confirms that the Troggs is a smash.Most Picked Record in the Nation: "Mighty Quinn," Manfred

Mann.Normie Rubin reports Bob Crewe Generation On: WCFL,

WIND, WSBM, WNOE, KLIF, KILT, KWK, WFOM, WSB, KMPC,KSFO.

"Can I Carry Your Balloon," Swamp Seeds, Epic, is very strong.New Boyce & Hart: "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows." Title

song of a new Rosalind Russell film. A comedy about a nun. Songis done all through the film.

It now appears that the new David Houston, "Have a LittleFaith," will go on many big pop stations, like WXIY-ClevelandWIBG-,Philly is all out on "I Don't Wanna Love You," PatsyFuller, Parrot . . . This Everly Brothers song is sensational andthis record will attract many adult listeners . . . It now appearsthat "Soul Serenade," Willie Mitchell, Hi label, will be a nationalsmash, R&B, pop and middle-of-the-road. It is the Pick at CKLW,on WQXI, WCAO and is a smash in Memphis at all stations.

Late Late Flashes: Georgie Fame looks like a sure Top 5 record. . . congrats to Eric Stevens, .WIXY-Cleveland. Last week hissleeper pick was "Here's To You," Hamilton Camp, on W.B. It isnow on KYC and Drake station KHJ, L.A., just on it.

It looks like "Hickory Holler's Tramp," 0. C. Smith, Columbia,(Continued on page 41)

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SINGLES COMING1. LOVE IS ALL AROUND

(Dick James, BMI)Troggs-Fontana 1607

2. SOUL COAXIN'(Southern, ASCAP)Raimond LeFevre-Four Corners 147

3. SOULSVILLEAretha Franklin -Columbia 44441

4. I SAY LOVE(Razmque, BMI)Royal Guardsmen -Laurie 3428

5. L. DAVID SLOANE(Meager, BMI)Michelle Lee -Columbia 44413

6. TRESPASSIN'Ohio Players -Compass 7015

1. SOUL SERENADE(Kilvnn, BMI)Willie Mitchell-ffi 2140

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IT'S NOT EASYWill -O -Bees -Date 1583

SUMMERTIME BLUES(American, BMI)Blue Cheer -Philips 40516

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TRAMP(Blue Crest, BMI)0. C. Smith -Columbia 44425

12. DEAR DELILAH(Egg, BMI)Grapefruit -Equinox 70000

13. I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER(Blue Seas, Joc, ASCAP)Sergio Mendes-Atlantic 2472

14. WHAT YOU WANT (BABY IWANT YOU)

Music Explosion -Laurie 3429

15. GET TOGETHER(Metric, BMI)Jimmy McCracklin-Minit 32033

16. BABY PLEASE DON'T GOAmboy Dukes -Mainstream 676

17. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONEAretha Franklin -Atlantic 2486

18. CIRCUS(Chris -Marc, Cotillion, BMI)Sonny & Cher-Atco 6555

19. ALL THE TIME(Cedarwood, BMI)Wayne Newton -MGM 31891

20.. I'M HYPNOTIZED(Razzle Dazzle, BMI)Anthony & Imperials -Veep 1278

21. IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME(Northern, ASCAP)Jack Jones -RCA Victor 9441

22. THE GOOD, THE BAD &THE UGLY

(Unart, BMI)Hugo Montenegro -RCA Victor 9423

23. GENTLE ON MY MIND(Sherman-Devorzan, BMI)Patti Page -Columbia 44353

24. I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER(Jobete, BMI)King Curtis-Atco 6547

25. A QUESTION OF TEMPERATUREBalloon Farm -Laurie 3405

26. HANG UP CITY(Chu -Fin, BMI)Berkeley Kites -Minaret 132

21. IF THE WHOLE WORLD WEREMINE

(Jobete, BMI)Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell-

Tamlo 54161

28. I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME(Screen Gems, Col., BMI)Claudine Longet-A&M 897

29. CAN'T FIND THE TIME TOTELL YOU

(Interval, BMI)Orpheus -MGM 4524

30. CARAVAN(American Academy of Music, ASCAP)Bert Kaempfert-Decca 32241

31. I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU(Metric, BMI)Clydie King-Minit 32032

32. MY ANCESTORS(Vintage, BMI)Lou Rawls -Capitol 2084

33. ANIMAL GIRL(Equinox, BMI)Standells-Tower 398

34. DIRTY APPLEJohnny Hammond Smith -Prestige 455

35. YOU'RE NO GOOD(Trempoline, BMI)Harvey Averne Dozen -Atlantic 2467

36. OH MARY DON'T YOU WORRY(Belleville, BRC, BMI)Flamingos -Philips 40496

37. PIECE OF GOLDBobby Bland -Duke 433

38. TO LOVE SOMEBODY(Nemperor Ltd., BMI)Nina Simone -RCA Victor 94.47

39. UNWIND YOURSELFMarva Whitney -King 6147

40. MR. SOUL SATISFACTION(Ardis, Unart, BMI)Timmy Willis -Veep 1279

41. CLOWN TOWN(Soiral, ASCAP)Piccolina Pop Strings -Spiral 81877

42. 1941(Rock, BMI)Tommy Northcott-Reprise 7160

43. IT'S LOVE NOW(Emalon, BMI)Lou Courtney-Popside 4596

44. SALLY WAS A GOOD OLD GIRL(Pamper, BMI)Trini Lopez -Reprise 0659

45. LITTLE GREEN APPLES(Russell -Cason, ASCAP)Roger Miller -Smash 2148

46. FUNKY NORTH PHILLY(Manger, Keymen, BMI)Cosby -Warner Bros. 7171

47. UNCLE SAM'S NAVYJohnny Martin -Chart 1015

48. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MY LOVE(Jobete, BMI)The Ones -Motown 1117

49. THE GOOSE(Le Baron, BMI)Parliaments-Revilot 214

50. KEEP THE BALL ROLLIN'(Screen Gems, Col., BMI)Al Hirt -RCA Victor 9417

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Classics IV-Imperial 66259 36

2 GREEN TAMBOURINE 13Lemon Pipers-Buddoh 23 37

5 NOBODY BUT ME 16Human Beinz-Capitol 5990 *

15 VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 6Dionne Warwick-Scepter 12203 39

11 I WONDER WHAT SHE'SDOING TONIGHT 10

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9 BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU 11Foundations-Uni 55038 lit

10 BOTTLE OF WINE 9 44Fireballs-Atco 6491

17 SIMON SAYS 451910 Fruitgum Co.-Buddoh 24

6 GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD/CAN'T 46TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU 11

Lettermen-Capitol 2054 4119 WE'RE A WINNER 9

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(WITH GLASSES) 15 *John Fred & Playboy Band-Paula 282

16 SKIP A ROPE 11 50Henson Cargill-Monument 1040

25 EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES YOU 5 51Association-Warner Bros. 7163

21 WALK AWAY RENEE 4 lirFour Tops-Motown 1119

8 BEND ME, SHAPE ME 15 53American Breed-Acta 811

20 WE CAN FLY 7 *Cowsills-MGM 13886

21 I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR 55LOVING

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49 THERE IS 6 57Dells-Cadet 5574

14 TOMORROW 10 58Strawberry Alarm Clock-Uni 55046

12 ITCHYCOO PARK 14 59Small Faces-Immediate 501

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46 JUST DROPPED IN 4First Edition-Reprise 0655 lit

52 THE END OF OUR ROAD 3Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul 35042 lit

30 BORN FREE 7Hesitations-Kapp 878

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Tommy James & Shondells-Roulette 700033 STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 6 64

Jay & The Techniques-Smash 214272 TOO MUCH TALK 2 *13

Paul Revere & Raiders-Columbia 44444JUST AS MUCH AS EVER 8 66Bobby Vinton-Epic 10266

35 WORDS litBee Gees-Atco 6548

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53 LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOUDelfonics-Philly Groove 150

32 SOME VELVET MORNINGNancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood-

Reprise 0651

31 YOU 7Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54160

41 GUITAR MAN 5Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 9425

45 CARPET MAN 4Fifth Dimension-Soul City 762

44 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7Lalo Schifrin-Dot 17059

23 SUSAN 11Buckinghams-Columbia 44378

40 A DIFFERENT DRUM 15Stone Poneys-Capitol 2004

38 WOMAN WOMAN 15Union Gap-Columbia 44297

51 MEN ARE GETTIN' SCARCE 3Joe Tex-Dial 4069

18 SUNDAY MORNIN' 8Spanks & Our Gang-Mercury 72765

24 CHAIN OF FOOLS 12Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 2464

37 MY BABY MUST BE A MAGICIAN 10Marvelettes-Tamla 54158

51 SUNSHINE OF MY LOVE 7Cream-Atco 6544

66 CAB DRIVER 4Mills Bros.-Dot 17041

81 GOT WHAT YOU NEED 2Fantastic Johnny C-Phil-La of Soul 309

54 CARMEN 7Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass-A&M 890

56 TRY IT 5Ohio Express-Cameo 2001

62 THANK U VERY MUCH 4Scaffold-Bell 701

58 HERE COMES THE RAIN, BABY 3Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor 9347

11 I'MGONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME 2Madeline Bell-Philips 40517

39 BACK UP TRAIN 14Al Greene-

Hot Line Music Journal 1500068 FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE 2

Jackie Wilson & Count Bosie-Brunswick 55365

59 HEY LITTLE ONE 6Glenn Campbell-Capitol 2076

61 PERSONALITY/CHANTILLY LACE 5Mitch Ryder-DynoVoice 905

63 A MILLION TO ONE 5Five Stairsteps & Cubie-Buddah 26

88 KISS ME GOODBYE 2Petula Clark-Warner Bros. 7170

76 LOVEY DOVEYOtis & Carla-Stax 244

74 IN THE MIDNIGHT HOURMirettes-Revue 1004

80 DANCE TO THE MUSICSly & Family Stone-Epic 10256

65 A MAN NEEDS A WOMANJames Carr-Goldwax 332

86 MAYBE JUST TODAYBobby Vee-Liberty 56014

67 LOVE IS BLUEAl Martino-Capitol 2012

87 THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDEGeorgie Fame-Epic 10283

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