SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK WHO IN THE · Organization and GAC met the press last week, like the Ken-nedys meeting William Man-chester, to uncork a single by a new artist, Nick Palmer

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Kapp DiversificationStep - Up Paying Off.Label President DavidKapp Elaborates OnPage 16 in This Issue.

In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the

SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK"DARLIN',

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THE LOVIN'SPOONFUL

"There's a Kind of Hush" is a "Darlin,' Be Home Soon" is fromterrific follow-up to all the "You're a Big Boy Now" inother Herman's Hermits (previous which the Lavin' Spoonful singnifties (MGM 13681). and for which John Sebastian

scored (Kama Sutra 220).

Ronnie Dove builds "One MoreMountain to Climb" dramatically.He and his chorus will chartclimb again (Diamond 217).

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A happytime tuneabout the "in" placeof the Western Hemis-phere. The Rainy Dazestrike it rich with"That Acapulco Gold"(Uni 55002).

Jingly jangly SnuffGarrett production in-troduces new teenidol Peter Countneyand new tune "TheLoser" (Viva 174).

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"Keep the Faith,Baby" is the titleof Adam ClaytonPowell's album ofsermons for thetimes. Action already(Jubilee 2062).

Plenty of "Opportu-nity" for this one toget to the top. TheMandalas sock it tothe teens (KR 109).

Nick Palmer and"Worlds of Time" aregetting the Big Pushfrom RCA Victor, GACand TRO. Watch ithappen big (RCA Vic-tor 47-9095).

The Seeds plant "Mr.Farmer" in thegrooves and "Mr. Far-mer" will plant TheSeeds on charts (GNP383).

"I'M AWARE"

THE KNACKSCapitol 5774

- - -Intriguing rhythm dis-tinguishes "I'mAware" by the Knacksand teens will beaware in no time flat(Capitol 5774).

"Western Union" bythe Five Americansis a cute ditty abouta guy who gets a

"Dear John" telegram(Abnak 118).

"Straight Love No

Chaser" is the firstone from RennyRoker's new label. SylJohnson is the siz-zling singer (Tag Ltd.1).

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Both sides of thenew Rolling Stonessingle are on "Be-tween the Buttons."The disk will topcharts (London LL3499; PS 499).

Donovan continues hissingle into album suc-cess streak with thisnew package of "son-nets" including "Yel-low Mellow" (Epic LN24239; BN 26239).

A beautifully and hu-morously producedpackage in whichNancy Sinatra strutsher "Sugar Town" andother stuff (RepriseR/RS 6239).

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Gabler SilverNEW YORK - Practically

everyone who is anyone -about275 strong-attended the recentFriday (Jan. 20) luncheonhonoring Decca's A&R ExecMilt Gabler on his 25th anni-versary with the label. Affair,which even had turnaways,was held at the St. Regis Hotel.

WNEW's William B. Wil-liam emceed the event.

On hand to greet Gabler wasLouis Armstrong, who withMilton DeLugg at the piano,sang "Hello Miltie" to a parodyby Johnny Marks of "HelloDolly." The presidents of thetwo performing rights societies,ASCAP's Stanley Adams andBMI's Robert Sour, also de-livered tributes to Gabler alongwith Mitch Miller, the formerColumbia exec who established

Anniversarythe key role of the A&R man,and Steve Sholes, RCA Victor'sA&R VP who like Gabler hasbeen associated with one labelover a couple of decades. Sholessaid that only Gabler and him-self knew how difficult a trickthat was.

Among the other speakerswere Father Norman O'Connor,the Catholic jazz priest; Chub-by Goldfarb, the talent mana-ger; and Decca Exec VP Leon-ard Schneider. Composers Har-old Arlen, Jimmy McHugh andNed Washington were amongthose attending.

A gold plate from Tiffany's,inscribed with the 1,000,000disksellers made by him, waspresented to Gabler at the con-clusion.

Above, at the St. Regis Hotel (N.Y.) luncheon toast to A&R exec MiltGabler on the occasion of his 25th year with Decca Records, from left:Budd Granoff, Charlie Tobias, Gabler, Johnny Marks; standing, Tobias,Al Gallico, Chubby Goldfarb, and seated, Howard Richmond, LouisArmstrong, Gabler; Cy Oliver, Armstrong, Gallico; Stanley Adams, BobSour; and master of ceremonies William B. Williams.

HARM AwardsBallot Sent

The 1966 NARM Awards bal-lots, on which NARM recordmerchandiser member s areasked to vote for the best-sell-ing artists and product of thepast year have gone out to themembership, it was announcedby NARM Executive Director,Jules Malamud.

The ballot was prepared by acommittee of 20 record mer-chandisers, who made the pre -selections on which the group ofnominees in each category wasnamed. Because of the type ofcategory, three are write-ins-in the comedy, classical and jazzcategories.

Recommendations for addi-tional categories made by themembers of the Selections Com-mittee which were adopted this

year are Original BroadwayCast Albums, Male and FemaleRhythm and Blues Singers,Best Selling Classical Artist orAlbum, and Best Selling JazzArtist or Album. The numberof categories this year totalstwenty-three, an additional offive over 1965.

The NARM Awards will bepresented at the NARM AwardsBanquet, on Thursday evening,March 9, 1967, in the Los An-geles Ballroom of the CenturyPlaza Hotel in Los Angeles,California. This will be the cli-max of the Ninth AnnualNARM Convention, which con-venes at the Century Plaza Ho-tel on Sunday, March 5, 1967.

The NARM Awards Banquetwill feature Les Brown and HisOrchestra and Dick Clark as theMaster of Ceremonies. Theline-up of performing recordingartists who will appear will beannounced shortly.

Big Push for PalmerBy DAVID FINKLE

NEW YORK-Top executivesfrom RCA Victor, the RichmondOrganization and GAC met thepress last week, like the Ken-nedys meeting William Man-chester, to uncork a singleby a new artist, Nick Palmer.

The single is called "Worldsof Time" and all three organi-zations are pulling out all stops(and that's a lot of stops) toget behind the young (24) Ital-ian discovery, who has beenmost closely groomed by Rich-mond's Marvin Kane and RCAA&Rers Ernie Altschuler andJoe Rene.

The campaign will take theform of national advertising,promotion, title strips, extensivemailing and publicity, withPalmer embarking Feb. 6, on a15 -city personal appearance toProvidence, Hartford, Boston,Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland,Baltimore, Washington, D. C.,Detroit, Philadelphia, Pitts-burgh, Atlanta, San Francisco,Los Angeles and New York.

As shortly after the first sin-gle clicks - if and when - thecompany is ready to ship analbum cut and in the can.

Big night club dates, etc., arein the offing for the lad, recent-ly a Jersey coast "YiddischeMama" - "Melancholy Baby"chanter. The Copa within ayear is one aim.

He Will Make It'RCA, of course, is extremely

RCA Victor Records has signedNick Palmer to a long-term exclu-sive recording contract and willlaunch his recording career with afull-scale national ad, promo andpublicity campaign. Shown stand-ing behind Palmer at the signingare: (left to right): Norman Ra-cusin, Division VP and GeneralManager; Joe E. D'Imperio, Divi-sion VP, Product and Talent De-velopment; Marvin Cane, Directorof Talent for The Richmond Or-ganization, who manages Palmer;Ernie Altschuler, Division VP andExec Producer; and Howard Rich-mond, President of the RichmondOrganization.

excited about Palmer, fromprexy Norman Racusin on and,as RCA Sales head HarryJenkins said, "We believe inNick Palmer and if he doesn'tmake it on the first single, he'llmake it on the next single orthe one after that. Nick Palmerwill make it."

The Palmer campaign willtake the form, in the last anal-ysis, of other successful RCApushes like the ones for JohnGary, All Hirt, the Limeliters,etc. And, obviously all con-cerned expect the same results.

Iry BiegelTo Bell, Etc.NEW YORK - Larry Uttal,

President of Amy - Mala - BellRecords, announces the appoint-ment of Iry Biegel as the Di-rector of National Sales for BellRecords, the position vacated byFred De Mann who moves overto Dot Records.

Biegel comes to the companywith a widely varied experiencein the pop record field. Hestarted in the business as local

Henry JeromeTo Head UA A & R

NEW YORK -Rumor hasHenry Jerome leaving Deccafor United Artists to headA&R there.

Rumor has it further thatofficial announcement will bemade next week.

Iry Biegel

promotion man for Dot Recordsin the Detroit area, after whichhe joined Tamla-Motown Rec-ords as National Sales Manager.He remained in this positionfor four and one-half years,subsequent to which he wasGeneral Manager of GoldenWorld Records and then PalmerRecords, the Handleman sub-sidiary.

Biegel is considered one ofthe top sales and promotion menin the industry and accordingto Uttal, "We are extremely for-tunate to have him with us."

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Fraternity's BigComeback StoryBy DOUG McCLELLAND

The show business fraternityhas always loved a comebackstory, and none is being morewarmly received today thanthat of Harry Carlson and hisCincinnati - based FraternityRecords.

Currently racking up heftysales on two singles, "WalkTall," by the 2 of Clubs, and"Then You Can Tell Me Good-bye," by the Casinos, Carlsontold Record World last weekthat it had been about 10 yearssince his label had a real hit:Jimmy Dorsey's "So Rare."Now, however, things are reallyswinging for Fraternity andCarlson has just signed fournew artists: Danny Scholl, CalStarr, Kitty West and Chris St.John.

"All our artists are signed totong -term contracts," notedCarlson.

Furthermore, the company isabout to bring out four new al-bums featuring the Casinos,who have signed with PremierTalent, the 2 of Clubs, LonnieMack and Cal Starr. "This isthe first time we've had in re-lease more than one LP at atime," Carlson further revealed.

Carlson attributes much ofthe success they are havingwith "Then You Can Tell MeGoodbye" to the Acuff -Rosepublishers of the John D.Loudermilk tune. "They'vegiven me greater support thananyone else in this businessever got. For example, on oneFriday there were three areasin which I needed help; onMonday, Acuff -Rose sent promomen into the area."

The song had been discoveredby producer Gene Hughes (fol-lowing a few recordings of itthat failed to click) who thenstarted using it in clubs.

Dandy Assistant

At present, there is only oneother staffer at Fraternity Rec-ords, Carlson's assistant, JimDandy, formerly a top -rateddeejay in the Cincinnati area.He has been with Fraternityabout three years.

"We have the smallest officein the world," Carlson wenton. "We have only one roomat the Sheraton -Gibson Hotel-I also live in the hotel. I em-ploy a public stenographer nextdoor as my secretary. We re-cord almost everywhere. Lately,

Harry CarlsonPatience Paid Off

we've been doing a lot at theKing Studios, which is com-pletely stocked with the bestof equipment.

"We have been using an engi-neer named Lee Hazen of Flor-ida. He recorded 'Then YouCan Tell Me Goodbye' and`Walk Tall.' I found in him atremendous sense of sound,something I hadn't found inanyone for a long time. I flewLee up here to stay with mefor four days while we did thenew albums. He was formerlywith King Records and is nowfree-lancing."

He added, "We now have theartists, the engineer and thestudio sound we've needed."

Started in '54

Fraternity Records wasstarted in 1954 by Carlson,with Dick Noel as their firstartist. Others have been CathyCarr, John Gary, Bobby Bare,Margie Minart, Dale Wright,Nick Noble, Carl Dobkins, Jr.,Lew Douglas, Dan Belloc and,of course, Jimmy Dorsey.

"Over the years I have hadmany offers from large com-panies to buy Fraternity," Carl-son admitted, "with me to re-main at the head of it. But Ialways believed things wouldwork out. Now they have."

One thing seems certain; asingle room will not be able tohold a burgeoning Fraternitymuch longer.

Tripled IncomeRoy Cohen, manager of the

Southern Library of RecordedMusic, announces that the Li-brary's 1966 income tripled over1965.

CBS Ups CalamitaFrank Calamita has been pro-

moted to Director, Promotionand Merchandising Services,for CBS International, accord-ing to an announcement byHarvey L. Schein, the Division'sVP and General Manager.

Calamita will be responsibleto Schein for promoting CBSRecords product sold by foreignaffiliated companies, maintain-ing artist relations relative toCBS International activities,and providing merchandisingcounsel to affiliated companies.Calamita will direct the releaseof press and public informationfor the CBS International Divi-sion and also plans to strength-en communications with repre-sentatives of the foreign pressand radio who are working inthe U.S.

Most recently, Calamitaserved as Manager, Promotionand Merchandising Services. Inthis capacity, he was instru-mental in solidifying relation-ships between CBS Internation-al and its artists, and in main-taining greater contact withoverseas affiliates in regard totheir promotion and merchan-dising activities. Calamita hasalso greatly refined the pressand public information re-sources of the CBS Internation-al Division since it became partof the CBS/Columbia Group in1966.

Tower's 'Riot'Tower Records will release a

single and sound track albumon American International's"Riot on Sunset Strip."

The single features the Stan -dells in a special arrangementof the title song. The albumspotlights the Standels, theChocolate Watchband, the Ene-mies, Deborah Travis and theMugwumps. The LP will be re-leased Feb. 8. Mike Curb pro-duced the waxings.

Ray of Gold

Columbia Records artist Ray Con-niff and William P. Gallagher,Label VP, are pictured just beforeRay was presented with a gold rec-ord for his latest album, "Some-where My Love."

Sikora Wyncote,Wonder Sales Mgr.PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Al

Rosenthal, President of Cameo/Parkway Records, announcesthe appointment of Larry Sikoraas Sales Manager of Wyncoteand Wonder, the Company'swholly -owned budget labels.

Sikora firstjoined Wyn-cote and Won-der in April,1966, as As-sistant SalesManager. Pre-vious to thathe had beenEastern Re-gional SalesManager for

Premier Albums, Inc.Wyncote, which is now a

multi -million dollar operation,releases popular, C & W, folkand classical recordings. Won-der is a children's record label.Both LP lines are tagged at 99cents.

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"ONE MORE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB"

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U" G E REVIEWS

PEEK-A-BOO (Southern, ASCAP)AMY (MRC, BMI)

THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND-Fontana 1573.

How do you follow a sensational?Here's a good answer. Sweet soundswith the right touch of camp.

WORLD OF CLOWNS (Unity, BMI)HOW CAN I LEAVE YOU (Gil, BMI)

ROBERT GOULET--Columbia 4-44019.This lady killer does his customary

compelling sell job on this dramaticballad.

*I FEEL FREE (Dratleaf, BMI)N. S. U. (Dratleaf, BMI)

THE CREAM-Atco 6462.From the current crop here is the

Cream and they should churn up teeninterest with their sweet -grit.

*** *HUNG UP IN YOUR EYES (Viva, BMI)

WHY MINE (Viva-Whitewood, BMI)BRIAN HYLAND-Philips 40424.

The young lad draws a portrait ofhis love and the teen gals will justlove it. ****

THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST)(Sam Fox, ASCAP)

DO I LOOK LIKE A FOOL (Gallahad, BMI)SHIRLEY BASSEY-United Artists 50129.

This thrush's version of "The Manof La Mancha" standard is potent entryon the market. ****

LIVE (Thirty Four -La Brea, ASCAP)TIME WILL SHOW THE WISER(Thirty Four -La Brea, ASCAP)

THE MERRY-GO-ROUND-A&M 834.The beat is apt for the market and

the message is also timely. Watch itconnect. ****

HIDE NOR HAIR (Tangerine, BMI)I LOVE YOU YES I DO (Louis, BMI)

EARL GRANT-Decca 32093.Joe Medlin turned this one out and

Earl is in quite an exciting bag. Watch.****NEVER ON SUNDAY (Unart, BMI)BOO -D -D00 (Holmes -Prestige, BMI)

"GROOVE" HOLMES-Prestige 431.Appealing rendition of the Oscar -

winning tune. "Groove" tickles thosekeys till they laugh.****BABY I'LL COME (Flomar-Baby Monica, BMI)

SATISFIED FEELING (Modern, BMI)

MARY LOVE-Modern 1033.Moody ballad with classy and clever

styling by Mary. She builds it toheights. * * * *

PUCKER UP BUTTERCUP (Jobete, BMI)JR. WALKER AND THE ALL STARS-Soul 35030.

Raunchy side from the searing De-troit instrumentalists - singers. Highratings.

FOUR STAR **** PICKS

ALONG CAME JONES (Tiger, BMI)JIMMY'S BLUES (Righteous Brothers, BMI)

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS-Verve 10479.

The fellows rendered this Lieber -Stoller classic on "Please Don't Eatthe Daisies" last week. Infectious cut.****

SET YOU FREE THIS TIME (Tickson, BMI)COME TO BE BABY (Little Guy, BMI)

THE IMPROPER BOSTONIANS-Minuteman 208.

Gentle folkrock with fine future. Themessage will have meaning for the modset. ****

SWEET POTATO PIE (Tattersall, BMI)BIG BLONDE (Twelve String, BMI)

THE HOWARD STREET STATION-Kapp 807.

Very funky number these guys do.Their first one was a near -click andthis one'll do better.****

MORNINGTOWN RIDE (Amadeo, BMI)WALK WITH ME (Travis, BMI)

THE SEEKERS-Capitol 5787.The follow-up to "Georgy Girl" is a

pretty folkish tune with intriguing lyricabout today's world.****

WRAPPED, TIED AND TANGLED(Jalynne-BRC, BMI)

NOTHING LIKE BEING IN LOVE(Jalynne-BRC, BMI)

LAVERN BAKER-Brunswick 55311.. Walloping delivery will make thisone a sales notcher. LaVern soundsgood as usual. ****

MEET ME IN CHURCH (Tree, BMI)HOOKED (Tree, BMI)

BOBBY MARCHAN-Cameo 453.Strong and moody quality built by

Bobby on his new cut. Deserves manyspins and sales. ****

BAD NEWS (Acuff -Rose, BMI)LULLABYE/5:15 SPORTS (Preacher, BMI)

THE FASTEST GROUP ALIVE-Valiant 759.

Guy whispers the story of his badlife while group carries on behind.Hard rocking here.

****ALL (Marks, BMI)

BUCKET 0' GREASE (Act Three -Jana, BMI)LES McCANN-Limelight 3077.

The chords this guy hits are subtleand enticing and the pretty cut couldscore more. ****THE BOO BOO SONG (PART 1) (Dynatone, BMI)THE BOO BOO SONG (PART 2) (Dynatone, BMI)KING COLEMAN-King 6085.

Guy shouts it out and the gang shoutsback on the rhythmic disk. A sizzler.

IF I HAD A HAMMER (Ludlow, BMI)HEART AND SOUL (Famous, ASCAP)

LORRAINE ELLISON-Warner Bros. 5895.This folk song swings into gospel

rhythms with Lorraine's dynamic ver-sion. *** *WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY

(East -Pronto, BMI)SMALL PORTION OF YOUR LOVE

(East -Pronto, BMI)SAM & DAVE-Stax 210.

Another link in guys' hit chain. Theywall slowly through this one. Strong.****

000H . . . ! IT'S HAPPENING BABY(Bugaloo, BMI)

A GUIRO (Guajira-Bugaloo, BMI)JULIO GUTIERREZ & LOS GUAJIROS-Gema 1555.

Latin beat and a pop beat too. Withthe right breaks the sound could breakthrough. ****

NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU(Su -Ma, MBI)

SHIMMY (Su -Ma, BMI)TOUSSAINT McCALL-Ronn 1864.

Organ and piano pace this tearjerker. Toussaint has a hit on his ca-pable hands. ****

SO CLOSE (Eden, BMI)OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND (Nom, BMI)

CAROLFRAIN-Roulette 4719.A striking set of pipes at work here.

And the tune is a close dancing one.Hot. ****

SPEAK HER NAME (Skidmore, ASCAP)THEY DON'T GIVE MEDALS

(TO YESTERDAY'S HEROES) (Blues Seas) ASCAP)WALTER JACKSON-Okeh 4-7272.

The customary pro cut from WalterJackson. He's due a big pop hit and thiscould be it. * * * *THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE (Myro, BMI)

AIN'T LOVE WONDERFUL (Wingate, BMI)THE FANTASTIC FOUR-Ric-Tic 122.

Philosophical r/ber has strong mes-sage the buyers will like in large quan-tities. ****

JUST HOW LOUD (MUST THE MUSIC PLAY)(Al Gallico, BMI)

TAKE ME BACK (Kaymont, BMI)JOANNE MORGAN-MGM 13659.

New gal styles this rocker for thecurrent market and the bid could payoff in fine style.****

MAIRZY DOATS (Miller, ASGAP)A LIFETIME LOVIN' YOU (Kama Sutra, BMI)

THE INNOCENCE-Kama Sutra 222.One of the alltime best nonsense

tunes is ripe for new top 10 place-ment and here's the wax to do it.

****(I GOT A) STOMACH ACHE (Ryerson, BMI)

SHAKE IT BABY! (Ryerson, BMI)JUNIOR WELLS-Vanguard 35049.

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IT'S SALLY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY(Big Shot, ASCAP)

DON'T SEND ME AWAY (Big Shot, ASCAP)FOUR BELOW ZERO-Double Shot 108.

A tale of teen-age break-up moanedand mooned with sure teeny bopper ap-peal. Watch. ****

TOYS OF LOVE (RSP, ASCAP)YESTERDAY (Maclen, BMI)

BOB SWANSON & CO.-RSP 120.A pretty little number with harmo-

nious arrangement. Air play shouldfollow. ****YOU'VE DONE ME WRONG (Liberty -Belle, BMI)

I'LL BE THERE (Liberty -Belle, BMI)RUBEN WRIGHT-Capitol 5835.

This fellow socks it to the teens withaplomb and they'll make it a big hit.

Single ReviewsFOUR STAR **** PICKS

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THINKIN' ABOUT IT (Eden, BMI)THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME (Eden, BMI)

THE NOBODY'S-Samar 119.Torrid chanters sell an r/b number.

It's good for dancers and listeners too.****KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY

(Trajames-Twin Gril, ASCAP)

EVERYTHING (T. M., BMI)

THE ORLONS-ABC 10894.Sweet lead on a contemporary slow

shuffle teen rocker. Could put the Or-ions back on top.

AL DI LA (Witmark, ASCAP)IF I HAD A HAMMER (Ludlow, BMI)

RAY MARCO-Thunderbird 503.The Italian standard in attractive

new version. Ray will get himself someattention.

****KEEP THE FAITH, BABY (PAB, BMI)

LOVE NEST (Victoria, ASCAP)SHIRLEY SCOTT TRIO-Impulse! 255.

Newly popularized catch phrase incatchy jazz setting by inventive Shirley.

*** *CITY OF STONE (Liscris-Tobi-Ann, BMI)

WILDFIRE (Liscris-Tobi-Ann, BMI)PAT LUNDY-Columbia 4-43989.

Wailing about what city life is likehas magnetism as Pat does it here.Deserves attention.

Liberty Names Iry KesslerDirector of Manufacturing

LOS ANGELES-Harold M.Linick, Vice -President, LibertyRecords, Inc., has announcedthe promotion of Iry Kessler,firm's National Credit Manager,to the newly created positionof Director of Manufacturing,effective immediately.

In addition to his credit du-ties, Kessler is now directlyresponsible for the administra-tion of Liberty's wholly ownedsubsidiaries in the field of man-ufacturing. These include tworecord pressing plants, All Disc,Roselle, New Jersey, ResearchCraft, Hollywood, Liberty TapeDuplicating in Omaha, andLiberty Custom Recording Stu-dios, Los Angeles. Kessler willact as a direct liaison betweenthe parent corporation and thegeneral manager of each com-pany.

Linick called the assignment"a step in the right direction,"noting the constant need forstronger coordination. "Kesslerhas a background that is tai-lor-made for the job," said Li -nick. "He has earned muchadmiration and confidence fromall he has contacted."

Was Public AccountantPrior to entering the record

industry, Kessler was a public

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accountant in Detroit, where helater owned an accounting prac-tice. In April of 1961, he ac-cepted an offer from LouChudd, former owner of Imper-ial Records, to join the companyas comptroller. When Libertypurchased Imperial in June,1963, Kessler remained on tointegrate the new label into theLiberty accounting system. Ashort time later, amidst variousother special projects in therealm of finance and adminis-tration, he was elevated to Na-tional Credit Manager.

Stereo - Fi Expands

PublishingBob Keene, President of

Stero-Fi Corp. and subsid labelsMustang and Bronco Records,has announced the expansionof the firm's publishing activi-ties with the signing of twonew writers.

Jim Ford, writer of the cur-rent P.J. Proby click "NikiHoeky," has signed an exclu-sive writer pact with MarvillaMusic. Five additional Fordtunes have already been set forrelease by major artists. Alsosigned as a writer is Paul Politi,co -writer of Felice Taylor's "ItMay Be Winter Outside" whichis currently hitting big forMustang.

Vinton Cover GirlWinner AnnouncedNineteen - year - old Pamela

Hammer of Pittsburgh, Pa., isthe grand prize winner of EpicRecords' Bobby Vinton CoverGirl Contest, it was announcedby label Director of MarketingMort Hoffman. Included in herprize is a four -day stay in NewYork City, beginning Jan. 25.While on her visit, Miss Ham-mer will be photographed withBobby Vinton for the cover ofthe famed singer's next Epicalbum and will have a dinnerdate with Bobby Vinton at theCopacabana.

Besides the all -expense -paidtrip for two (Pamela will beaccompanied by her mother),she will receive a completewardrobe of Irvington Placefashions. As an added treat, ahair -styling appointment withthe renowned Mr. Kenneth hasbeen arranged. An evening atthe theater, interviews with thepress and photographing se-sions will also be part of MissHammer's schedule.

The Bobby Vinton Cover GirlContest, which began Aug. 15,was part of a major nationalpromo campaign for the artistby Epic Records. To win it,Pamela was chosen from among50,000 entries. Five hundredother prizes were also awarded,including a $2,000 scholarshipfor the second -prize winner.The entry blanks were madeavailable at record storesthroughout the country.

Garner ConcertNEW YORK-Erroll Garner

will appear in concert at Car-negie Hall on Saturday, Feb.18, at 8:30 P.M. Garner's ap-pearance there will be part ofthe Diamond Jubilee celebrationof Carnegie Hall.

Atlantic GetsFirst S'tracks

Atco Records will release thesound tracks from two impor-tant new motion pictures: "TheGame is Over" starring JaneFonda and Peter McEnery, and"The Trap" with Rita Tushing-ham and Oliver Reed.

These are the first soundtracks released by Atco andmark a further expansion ofthe label into new areas. Inthe spring Atco will release thesound track of Sonny & Cher'sfirst motion picture, "GoodTimes."

Special Promo

"The Game is Over" musicwas written by Jean-PierreBourtayre and Jean Bouchety.The sound track album is re-ceiving special promotional em-phasis with point of sale mer-chandise being made up fordealers and distributors. TheLP will also be advertisedheavily on the trade and con-sumer level.

"The Trap," an English film,is due to open in the UnitedStates in late February. Thescore for the picture was com-posed by Ron Goodwin. A spe-cial campaign on this album isnow in preparation.

Birdland BoughtNEW YORK Lloyd Price

has bought Birdland and willrename it and re -open it as theTurntable in two months.

Motif for the refurbishednitery will be a recording stu-dio. And it will be, indeed, afully equipped studio thatPrice will rent during the day.

Writer -composer Sid Shawwill produce the shows at theclub, which'll feature recorded

and live music.



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Cap's International Dept. Expands;

Rising Named General Manager, CRI

HOLLYWOOD - Lloyd W.Dunn, VP in charge of the In-ternational Division, CapitolRecords, Inc., and President,Capitol Records InternationalCorp., has revealed plans for ex-pansion of International's salesand administrative departments.

First step in the expansion isthe appointment of Dick Risingto the newly -created position ofGeneral Manager, InternationalDivision. Rising will assumeadditional administrative andoperational duties and at thesame time retain his currentresponsibilities as Vice Presi-dent of Capitol Records Inter-national Corp. He will alsowork closely in the field of salesand administration with AndreMidani, Managing Director ofthe recently -formed 'Mexicansubsidiary, Discos Capitol deMexico, S.A.

Rising has been with Capitolsince 1952 and during that timehe has held various executive

positions in CRI and CRIC.

Others to Key PostsDunn also announced the

creation and realignment of sev-eral key executive posts withinthe Division and under Rising.

Arthur Duncan, an exec withCapitol for more than 20 years,will head the Division's importactivity as Director of the Im-port Department, with offices inNew York and Hollywood.

Robert Klein, Promotion Man-ager, International Division, hasbeen appointed Director of Mer-chandising, CRI, and ImportA&R Manager for Far Easternand Latin American repertoire.

Joseph Teijeira, Jr., has beenappointed Director, CRI's Inter-national Sales Dept. He will beresponsible for the sale of allCapitol product outside theU.S., including the network of32 manufacturing associatesthroughout the world.

Joseph F. Prevratil joins CRIas Director of the InternationalFinance and Administration De-partment.

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Tokens WB ArtistsBURBANK, CALIF. - J. K.

Maitland, Warner label Prexy,announces that the Tokens havesigned an exclusive recordingcontract as artists for the label.

MGM Distributors

Display EnthusiasmNEW YORK - Reaction

among MGM's distributors inAcapulco at the company's con-vention and in the field in suc-ceeding weeks to diskery's dis-plays has been exceptionally en-thusiastic, label reports. Thefull -color, three-dimensional dis-plays are geared to sell cata-logue as well as new product.

None of the displays measuresmore than two feet high or twofeet wide. All are produced invivid colors and are useable aswindow, counter, shelf, floor orwall decoration.

MGM, Verve, Verve/Folk-ways and Kama Sutra hit art-ists are featured in eye-catchingways. Displays of the RighteousBrothers, Sam the Sham & thePharaohs, Eric Burdon & theAnimals, the Lovin' Spoonful,Roy Orbison and Astrud Gil-berto and Walter Wanderley arefeatured. In addition, hit lineproduct in the country musicfield, soundtracks and on Verve/Folkways are also exploitedthrough the display medium.

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Kaye Wins Gold

Disk for 'Dr.'HOLLYWOOD-Jesse Kaye,

VP of MGM Records on theWest Coast, has been awardedthe RIAA gold record for hisproduction of the "Doctor Zhiv-ago" sound track LP. Kaye, aveteran album producer forMGM, worked closely on Zhiv-ago" with Academy Award win-ning composer Maurice Jarreon the project. The album isfast -approaching the two mil-lion units sold mark.

Kaye's latest venture, againwith Jarre, is the productionof the sound track of the Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer picture, "GrandPrix." Kaye is also preparingan album titled "The ExcitingRacing Sounds of 'Grand Prix' "and an album of the music fromthe MGM film, "Three Bites ofthe Apple."

Million selling albums are ahabit with Kaye. In his 20years with MGM, Kaye has pro-duced other million -plus sellingalbums. A few of them: "TillThe Clouds Roll By," "The Wiz-ard of Oz," "Gigi," "The Strip-per" (David Rose), "ShowBoat," "The Unsinkable Molly

Imperial 3LOS ANGELES Imperial

has released what NationalSales Manager Rick Frio calls"a small but powerful release"of three albums with dealerterms effective through Feb.28, 1967, and available fromImperial distribs everywhere.

The Hollies are featured withthe title tune of their lastsmash, "Stop ! Stop! Stop!"Baby Ray, a new discovery whohit the charts via a single,"There's Something on YourMind," debuts as an album art-ist with "Where Soul Lives."Aaron Neville is representedwith "Like It 'Tis."

Brown," "Ben-Hur" and "Howthe West Was Won."

Meetings are being arrangedwith Bob Morgan, nationalA&R director, and Kaye to planrecordings of artists on theWest Coast. Kaye maintains hisoffice at the MGM Studios inCulver City where he is liaisonbetween the MGM Studios andMGM/Verve Records to furtherdevelop certain recording art-ists in the area of motion pic-tures and television and furtherartists relations in general.

Monkees ClubThe first of a national chain

of teenage Monkees Clubsopened Friday night, Jan. 27in West Caldwell, N.J.

The Monkees themselves wonattention after talent auditionsfor Raybert Prod's at ScreenGems in Hollywood broughtthem together as a group. ThisMonkees discovery pattern willnow be adapted at the "Mon-kees Clubs" by way of talentcontests perpetrating the "Stageto Stardom" idea. These will bea particular feature of all theMonkees Clubs. No dancing isallowed in the clubs under thecurrent concept.

Within the next severalmonths some 35 "MonkeesClubs" will be opening. Winnersof the contests held in each clubwill have the regular circuitof other Monkees Clubs to play.Preliminary contests are heldon Saturday and Sunday after-noons and the winners of thiscompetition perform nights,The winners are selected purelyon the applause of those in theaudience.

First Refusal RightsScreen Gems and Colgems

Opens in N. J.Records (the Monkees' record-ing label) will be scouting theclubs and will have first refusalon signing the talent for theirlabel and publishing company.

At present, plans are to openthe club Friday and Saturdaynights from 7 to 12 midnightand Sunday afternoons from 2to 6 p.m. The menu consists ofsoft drinks and elaborate icecream concoctions. The admis-sion is $1.50 per person.

Local policemen are on dutyat the club in West Caldwell,N. J., and during the last twoweeks of s.r.o. previews whenthe club has been unofficiallyopen - parents and the citycouncil of the town have visitedon several occasions to look itover and satisfy themselvesth-it it is run in a manner topresent full entertainment tothe young customers withoutproblems or disorders thatwould worry adults.

The company which is han-dling the sales of licensing theMonkees Clubs is Entertain-ment International, a subsidi-ary of Spectrum, Ltd.

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FRASER WHITE'S-0EYEVIEW EUROPE

Record World Launched In EuropeLondon's Tin - Pan - AlleyVet is European Director

LONDON-Following joint talks with Fraser White overthe New Year in New York, Bob Austin, Publisher ofRecord World, and Sid Parnes, Editor -in -Chief, flew intoLondon to appoint "Tin -Pan -Alley" veteran Fraser White asEuropean Director of Record World.

White has just celebrated his 21st year in Denmark Street-London's Tin -Pan -Alley.

As a journalist specializing in show bcsiness he has writ-ten for every major British national magazine and news-paper. Many of his big stories have been picked up interna-tionally.

A Presley 'First'Show bizwise, he stopped the world be being the first

to secure an interview with Elvis Presley while he was inthe U.S. Army in Europe. White still rates Presley as themost courteous artist he has ever interviewed.

He gave first newspaper write-ups to such artists as CliffRichard, Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart, Adam Faith and MickyMost (who at that time was serving Cokes in a coffee barand was dreaming of being a rock 'n' roll singer).

As a publicist, White has represented many of Britain'stop stars including vocalist David Hughes; bandleadersGeraldo, Ambrose and the late George Melochrino; film starPeter Sellers and Chas "Freight Train" McDevitt, who wasthe first British pop artist to hit the American Hit Parade ina big way.

As a show business impresario in the early days of rock 'n'roll, he launched Larry Page as "The Teenage Rage." Larry,now with Beatles publisher Dick James, is one of the mostsuccessful recording managers on the British record scene.

As Indie Producer . . .

Recently, White, as an independent record producer withthe famous U.K. publishing firm of Box & Cox, recordedBritain's last great vaudeville artist Stanley Holloway, whoseperformances in "My Fair Lady" were show stoppers, on anLP of "Barrel Organ Memories" which is released in theUnited States by United Artists.

Now Fraser White joins Record World to institute ourinternational coverage and to maintain our reputation thatwe are the only weekly newspaper in the world "dedicated toserving the need of the music and record industry."

Execs AccompanyConnie to Fest

MGM Records' Connie Fran-cis, who will perform at theSan Remo Festival, will be ac-companied by MGM Records'execs Frank Mancini, Directorof Artists' Relations, and EricSteinmetz, Director of Inter-national Sales. They will be

joined by Remo Germani, thefirst artist signed by G. RicordiCo. of Milan, who has beenselected to perform at the SanRemo Festival.

Following the San Remo fes-tivities, both Mancini andSteinmetz will meet JohnNathan, MGM Records' Euro-pean Representative, at theMidem Convention at Cannes,Jan. 30.

AT LONDON AIRPORT-Record World Publisher Bob Austin, right, ispictured signing Fraser White as magazine's European Director priorto take -off for the San Remo Song Festival. Next stop: MIDEM.

Beatles Break - Up?LONDON-The Beatles, and

more specifically Paul McCart-ney, made news via a LondonSunday Times interview againlast week. In a rather lengthychat with Derek Jewell, Mc-Cartney has this fait accompli -type statement to make aboutthe have -they - or -haven't- they

break-up of the group:"Now we're ready to go our

own ways. We'll work togetheronly if we miss each other.Then it'll be hobby work. It'sgood for us to go it alone."

The group has a movie theymust film for Walter Shensonand they have a single "Straw-berry Fields Forever" due fromCapitol next month. An albumof some sort is to follow.

MIDEM AgendaCANNES The First Annual International Record and Music

Publishing Market (MIDEM) gets into the swim here Monday,Jan. 30, through Friday, Feb. 3, with music people attendingfrom all over the globe.

Located in the Palais des Festivals on the Cannes waterfront,each day the market activity will be open from 9:30 a.m. to1 p.m., followed by a break, and then again from 3 p.m. until6:30 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 4, the market will be open all day.

Labels Set Nightly GalasThe promotional galas by the different European record com-

panies represented will be staged each night from 5:30 until11:30 p.m. at La Salles des Ambassadeurs Casino Municipal deCannes. At each gala, the companies will present the variousartists affiliated with them.

The closing gala on Saturday night will be the awards pro-gram, at which the top-flight artists from the various countrieswill receive trophies (national awards). In addition, there willbe one big international award.

The final awards presentation will be given maximum TV andradio exposure in Europe.



London Hosts 150 Distribs, Execs, Wives

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The elite of the American indie distributor fraternity were amongthose present at London Records' record -breaking 20th Anniversary SalesConvention held recently in London, England.

The entire group of about 150 distributors, London executives andwives is pictured here during a gala bon voyage cocktail party anddinner on Jan. 14 at the International Hotel near Kennedy Airportjust prior to departure for England. This is the only photograph show -

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ing the complete group in attendance at the affair. Participants wereunanimous in their praise of the Convention as one of the most out-standing ever held.

Most of the travelers returned to America-and their busy desks-last week. Some members of the party, however, remained in Europeto attend the San Remo Festival and the MIDEM international recordand music publishing market in Cannes, France.

5th Gold LPTo Stones

Britain's Rolling Stones havejust qualified for their fifth con-secutive RIAA - certified goldrecord award. Presented fortheir album titled "Got Live IfYou Want It," it was releasedby London Records in late No-vember. Previously, the Stoneshave received gold records forfour consecutive albums: "Outof Our Heads," "December'sChildren," "Big Hits - HighTide And Green Grass," and"Aftermath." The latter two,in addition to "Got Live," wereall released during 1966.

The Stones are currently en-joying a two-sided smash withone of their hottest singles,"Ruby Tuesday" b/w "Let'sSpend The Night Together."Although air -play on the lattercut has been banned by a num-ber of stations across the coun-try, it has been promoted insome areas through purchasedradio time. As a result, bothsides are moving up the charts.Both tunes were introduced toAmerican audiences on the EdSullivan show.

The Stones are presently inLondon preparing for theirdebut appearance late in Feb-ruary on the top -rated BritishTV show, "Sunday at the Pal-ladium."

London Follows Top SalesMeet with Top Promotion

London Records, on the heelsof its record -breaking 20th An-niversary Sales Convention heldlast week in London, England,has just launched an all-outpromo and merchandising cam-paign on the product introducedat the Convention's "20 For 20Plus One" album presentation.

Herb Goldfarb, London's Na-tional Sales and DistributionManager, said upon his returnto New York at week's end thatthe firm fully expects Januaryand February of this year tomark the two biggest billingmonths in London's history. Im-mediately steps were taken torealize this goal.

The entire promotional or-ganization and district managerstaff of the company, in addi-tion to the home office force, willconcentrate for the next fourweeks on maximum exposure forthe new product at all levels,including stations, and criticsand reviewers on magazines andnewspapers, as well as keydealer and rack accounts.

Backed by Promo ToolsThe sustained drive is being

backed by a number of specially

designed promotional tools.First, distributors are receivingthe largest bulk quantities ofnew product in history. Theseinclude promotional discs forstations, plus a substantialquantity of stereo LP's forstereo stations as well as for in-store demonstration use in audioand hi-fi departments.

A special sampler, designatedSPD-8 and promoting all sevenof the new Phase -4 releases, isalso being made available. TheLP contains a special explana-tory narration by TonyD'Amato, London's A&R pro-ducer for Phase -4 product.

Custom kits containing easelsand jackets for all 21 albumcovers are available for windowand in-store display. Specialorder forms have been prepared,and hundreds of thousands ofunique stereo catalogs are readyfor all types of dealer giveawayuse.

Built into the London 20th -Anniversary sales program isan advertising allowance agree-ment, supported by four basicad mats which cover such leaditems as London's "Faust" and"Das Lied von der Erde" pack-ages, the new Phase -4 releases,

Della Reese TourNegotiations are currently

under way by manager LeeMagid and GAC booker HenryMiller and major buyers forthe Far East to present "DellaReese in Concert." Currently intalks for an extensive tour ofthe Far East in October of1967 are Tots Nagashima ofTokyo, Ralph Yempuko ofHonolulu, Dennis Wong andRichard Grey of Australia,Harry Miller of New Zealandand George Areneta of thePhilippines.

Magid states that because ofthe many countries that wouldbe visited on the tour he feltthat there would be great filmpossibilities and is planningfor his LMI Productions toproduce a special that would bepresented for syndication bothin the United States andEurope.

and the new Mantovani "GoldenHits" album release.

Finally, a six -page, full -color,complete Mantovani catalog willbe pre-packaged in the entirefirst run of the Mantovani "Gol-den Hits" album. The catalogwill be a highlight of the forth-coming 16th consecutive "MarchIs Mantovani Month" (M -M -M)annual promotion.



JOHNNY MATHIS SINGSMercury MG 21107; SR 61107.

The simplicity of the title is the keyto the simplicity of the contents. Thetunes are new and old chestnuts-butwarm and tasty and rich as Johnnysings them. "Sunny," "Eleanor Rigby,""Somewhere My Love," "Who Can ITurn To?"

JOHNNY MATHIS

AND WE WERE LOVERS

SHIRLEY BASSEY-United ArtistsUAL 3565; UAS 6565.

There can be no question that this isShirley's best package. She's reined herconsiderable powers into a controlledset of emotionally tense tunes. "That'sLife," Rod McKuen-Jacques Brel's "IfYou Go Away," "Impossible Dream."

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Mellow, of course, treatments bychorus under Billy Vaughn's expertbaton. His "Sweet Maria" is makingsweet noise here and there and aficion-dos will also like "If You Go Away,""A Man and a Woman," "Sugar Town."

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THE MAGNIFICENT MENCapitol (S)T 2678.

These fellow, dedicated r/bers all,lay down some commercial r/b soundson their first package. "Stormy Weath-er" is breaking on the charts now andshould help kick-off album activity."Misty," "Just Walk in My Shows."Corners.

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SOLID GOLD SOUL VOLUME 2VARIOUS ARTISTS-Atlantic 8137 (SD).

Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, ChrisKenner, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledgeand Joe Tex all strut through a coupleof their biggest clicks. The catchallpackage should have appeal to largesections of buyers who want to get r/binto their lives.

THE GANG AT BANGVARIOUS ARTISTS-Bang 215.

The McCoys, Neil Diamond, the Ex-citers, the Strangeloves go through aset of the tunes that made them andBang an outstanding contemporary rockentity. "Hang On, Sloopy," "CherryCherry," "I Want Candy," "A LittleBit of Soap," etc.

SOUL ARTISTRYJERRY BUTLER-Mercury MG 21105; SR 61105.

Jimmy Wisner and Joe Renzetti havesplit the arrangement chores on thispackage and they have put together theperfect settings for Jerry Butler to im-press the listeners with his soul artis-try. "I Dig You Baby" is included.

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LOWELL FULSOM-Kent 520; 5020.Lowell throws heart and much soul

into a group of bluesy tunes all peggedonto his "Tramp" single. The songs arenot terribly familiar and that makesthem all the better to hear. "I'mSinkin'," "Black Nights," "No HardFeelings."

HEAVEN'S DOOR

TILE 110D-110DS-Rep 102 (m -s).A pleasing mixture of musical genres

on this package. Special emphasis isplaced on Latin American trumpeting.All the tunes are new. This is the kindof album that finds its niche amongmood music lovers. Watch closely.

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CARNIVAL IN FAR AWAY PLACESCHARLES MAGNANTE & HISORCHESTRA-Command RS 907 SD.

The accordion fans among the buy-ing public will be wowed by Magnante'svirtuosity. He takes the listener aroundthe world via a number of internationalfavorites like "Anna," "April in Portu-gal," "Under Paris Skies."

CARNIVAL1: FAR AMA PLACES

MARAS M IiiNANT% HIS ORVIIISTRA

WHAT CAN I SAY?VAL ANTHONY AND SY OLIVER-Lime 1000 (m -s).

A new Italian tenor on the scene andthe guy will have the gals swooningwith his international sex appealingvoice. His approach can be dramatic,but just as often, it's feather light."Rules of the Road," "Stars Fell onAlabama," other standards.

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ALL ABOUT LOVEFATHER COLUMBA MCMANUS-audio Fidelity AFSD 6169.

Here's a package expected to raise aneyebrow or two. In his liner notes,Father McManus explains why he issinging love songs and his singingshows that no explanation is needed.He has a terrific tenor and for many,"God is love."

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`,OUNDTRACK-20th Fox 4189.This movie is being boomed for a

number of Oscars and Jerry Gold-smith's Orientalized theme music.Everybody is going to be seeing thisepic and more than likely buying thetracker for home reminiscing. The"And We Were Lovers" theme standsout.

THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS

soundtrack--Cotgems COMO/COSO 5002.

Maurice Jarre, who seems to be Hol-lywood's answer to every scoring ques-tion this year, turns in a Germanicscore for new Peter O'Toole -Tom Court-enay-Omar Sharif starrer.

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2 2 SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARONRoyal Guardsmen-Laurie 3366

3 4 GEORGY GIRLSeekers-Capitol 5756* 11 KIND OF A DRAGBuckinghams-USA 860

5 3 TELL IT LIKE IT ISAaron Neville-Parlow 101

6 8 WE AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' YETBlues Magoos-Mercury 76622

5 WORDS OF LOVEMama's & Papa's-Dunhill 4057

8 9 NASHVILLE CATSLovin' Spoonful-Kama Sutra 219

9 6 STANDING IN THE SHADOWSOF LOVE

Four Tops-Motown 110210 13 STAND BY ME

6Sp8y.c16er Turner-MGM 13617

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17 MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY 6The Bob Crewe Generation-Dynovoice 229

71 20 WILD THING 5Senator Bobby-Parkway 127

16 10 TELL IT TO THE RAIN 9Four Seasons-Philips 40412

17 12 SUGAR TOWN 13Nancy Sinatra- Reprise 0527

22 I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM 8Electric Prunes-Reprise 0532

27 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME 7Tom Jones-Parrot 40009

20 15 COLOR MY WORLD 7Petula Clark-Warner Bros. 5882

21 24 WHERE WILL THE WORDSCOME FROM 9

Gary Lewis & Playboys-Liberty 5593322 26 HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRL 7

Sam the Sham & Pharoahs-MGM 13649* 47 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE 5Casinos-Fraternity 977

24 14 I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE 9Jimmy Ruffin-Soul 35027

67 LOVE IS HERE AND NOWYOU'RE GONE 2

Supremes-Motown 1103

44 THE BEAT GOES ON 4Sonny & Cher-Atco 6461

40 GIMME SOME LOVIN' 6Spencer Davis Group-United Artists 50108

28 33 HELLO HELLO 8Sopwith Camel-Kama Sutra 217

48 MERCY MERCY 5Cannonball Adderly-Capitol 5798

30 31 BLUE AUTUMN 11Bobby Goldsboro-United Artists 50087

31 34 BRING IT UP 4James Brown-King 6071

32 37 IT'S NOW WINTER'S DAY 6Tommy Roe-ABC Paramount 10888

51 RUBY TUESDAY 3Rolling Stones-London 904

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Jimmy Castor-Smash 206935 36 WACK WACK 8

Young -Holt Trio-Brunswick 5530543 ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME 8

Freddy Scott-Shout 20437 32 PAPA WAS TOO 8

Joe Tex-Dial 405138 23 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 15

New Vaudeville Band-Fontana 156239 42 PRETTY BALLERINA 6

Left Banke-Smash 207440 18 COMIN' HOME SOLDIER 13

Bobby Vinton-Epic 1009041 19 THAT'S LIFE 13

Frank Sinatra-Reprise 053165 IT TAKES TWO 4

Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye-Tamla 5414143 25 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS 10

Otis Redding-Volt 14144 49 PUSHIN' TOO HARD 10

Seeds-GNP 37245 50 GRIZZLY BEAR 7

55 IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE 4Youngbloods-RCA Victor 9015

Felice Taylor-Mustang 302457 RIDE RIDE RIDE 4

Brenda Lee-Decca 3207968 GO WHERE YOU WANNA GO 3

Fifth Dimension-Soul City 75349 28 SINGLE GIRL 11

Sandy Posey-MGM 1361250 38 (I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU 12

Temptations-Gordy 705714 LOVIN' YOU 3

Bobby Darin-Atlantic 237652 52 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

Pozo Seco Singers-Columbia 4392753 30 MELLOW YELLOW 13

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79 YOU GOT TO ME 2Neil Diamond-Bang 540

56 60 TRAMP 3Lowell Fulsom-Kent 456

69 LET'S SPEND THE NIGHTTOGETHER 3

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58 45 I'M GONNA MISS YOU 11Artistics-Brunswick 55301

59 35 ANOTHER NIGHTDionne Warwick-Scepter 12181

60 61 OH YEAHJoe Cuba Sextet-Tito 490

61 62 LOOK AT GRANNY RUN RUN 7Howard Tate-Verve 10464

71 SOMETHING GOOD 3Carla Thomas-Stan 207

80 INDESCRIBABLY BLUE 3Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 9056

64 66 I'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASON 4Dave Clark Five-Epic 10114

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88 WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO 2James & Bobby Purify-Bell 660

77 LADY 3Jack Jones-Kapp 800

69 70 DANGER! SHE'S A STRANGER 3Five Stairsteps-Windy C 604

93 FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH 3Buffalo Springfield-Atco 6459

81 I GOT TO GO BACK 6McCoys-Bang 538

72 78 TEN COMMANDMENTS 2Prince Buster-Philips 40427

83 WALK TALL 32 of Clubs-Fraternity 975

74 75 SPOOKY 2Mike Sharpe-Liberty 55922

75 76 NIKI HOEKY 4P. J. Proby-Liberty 55936

76 63 IF YOU GO AWAY 10Damito Jo-Epic 10061

84 SWEETEST ONE 4Metros-RCA Victor 9056

78 82 SIT DOWN I THINK I LOVE YOU 2Mojo Men-Reprise 539

89 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS 2Lesley Gore-Mercury 72649

96 LONELY TOO LONG 2Young Rascals-Atlantic 2377

(-) SOCK IT TO ME, BABY 1

Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels-New Voice 820

(-) DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL 1

Al Martino-Capitol 582583 87 THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED 3

Marvelettes-Tamla 5414384 85 LITTLE BLACK EGG 2

Nightcrawlers-Kapp 70985 86 MY CUP RUNNETH OVER 3

Ed Ames-RCA Victor 9002* (-) EPISTLE TO DIPPY 1

Donovan-Epic 1012781 91 LOVE YOU SO MUCH 2

New Colony Six-Sentar 1205* (-) SUNRISE SUNSET 1

Roger Williams-Kapp 80189 90 I'LLTAKE CARE OF YOUR CARES 5

Frankie Laine-ABC 10891* (-) DARK END OF THE STREET 1

James Carr-Goldwax 31791 92 I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE 3

Cyrkle-Columbia 43965* (-) I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW 1

Tommy James & Shondells-Roulette 472093 94 96 TEARS 3

Big Maybelle-Rojac 11294 95 OOH BABY 2

Bo Diddley-Checker 1158

95 97 GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YOU 2Fascinations-Mayfield 7714

96 (-) NO FAIR AT ALL 1

Association-Valiant 75897 (-) KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW 1

Solomon Burke-Atlantic 237898 98 CABARET 2

King Richard's Fluegel Knights-MTA 11599 99 SMASHED! BLOCKED! 3

John's Children-White Whale 239100 100 MY SPECIAL PRAYER 2

Joe Simon-Sound Stage 2564100 (-) GRITS 'N' CORNBREAD 1

Soul Runners-Mo Soul 101

TOP POPS ALPHABETICALLY -PLUS PUBLISHER & LICENSEEALL (E. B. Marks, BMI) 54 HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (Star, BMI) 18 LOVE YOU SO MUCH (New Colony, BMI) 87 SPOOKY (Lowery, BMI) . 74ANOTHER NIGHT (Blue Seas, Jac, ASCAP) 59 THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW (Patricia, BMI) 92 LOVIN' YOU (Faithful Virtue, BMI) 51 STAND BY ME (Progressive, BMI) 10ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME (BMI) 36 F YOU GO AWAY (E. B. Marks, BMI) 76 MELLOW YELLOW (Donovan Ltd., BMI) 53 STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVEBLUE AUTUMN (Unart, BMI) 30 'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CARES MERCY MERCY (Zawinul, BMI) 29 (Jobete, BMI) 9BRING IT UP (Dynatone, BMI) 31 (Remick, ASCAP) 89 MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY (SCP, ASCAP) 14 SUGAR TOWN (Criterion, ASCAP) 17CABARET (Sunbeam, BMI) 98 'M A BELIPIER (Screen Gems, Col., BMI) 1 MY CUP RUNNETH OVER (Chappell, ASCAP) 85 SUNRISE SUNSET (Sunbeam, BMI) 88CALIFORNIA NIGHTS 'M GONNA MISS YOU (Jalynne, BRC, BMI) 58 MY SPECIAL PRAYER (Maureen, BMI) 100 SWEETEST ONE (Polaris, Melbridge, BMI) 77(Genius, Enchanted, ASCAP) 79 NDESCRIBABLY BLUE (Elvis Presley, BMI) 63 NASHVILLE CATS (Faithful Virtue, BMI) 8 TELL IT LIKE IT IS (BMI) 5COLOR MY WORLD (Northern, ASCAP) 20 T'S NOW WINTERS DAY (Low Twi, BMI) 32 NIKI HOEKY (Vovalene, BMI) 75 TELL IT TO THE RAINCOMIN' HOME SOLDIER (Feather, BMI) 40 T MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (Maraville, BMI) 46 NO FAIR AT ALL (Beechwood, BMI) 96 (Saturday, Seasons Four, BMI) 16DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL (Cherio, BMI) 82 T TAKES TWO (Jobete, BMI) 42 98.6 (Screen Gems, Col., BMI) 11 TEN COMMANDMENTS (Carab, BMI) 72DANGER! SHE'S A STRANGER (Camad, BMI) 69 'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASON 96 TEARS (Arguello, BMI) 93 THAT'S LIFE (Four Star Television Music, BMI) 41DARK END OF THE STREET (BM!) 90 (Branston, BM!) 64 OH YEAH (Cordon, BMI) 60 THE BEAT GOES ONEAST -WEST (Man Ken, BMI) 48 'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE (Jobete, BMI) 24 00H BABY (Arc, BMI) 91 (Chris Marc, Cotillion, BMI) 26EPISTLE TO DIPPY (Peer Intl., Hi -Count,

BMI) 86WISH YOU COULD BE HERE

(Charing, Cross, BMI)PAPA WAS TOO (Tree, BMI)

91 PRETTY BALLERINA (Lazy Day, BMI)3729

THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME(Jobete, BMI) 83FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW (Kags, BMI) 97 PUSHIN' TOO HARD (Neil, Seeds. BMI) 44 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE (BMI) 23

(Ten East, Springalo, Cotillion, BMI) 70 KIND OF A BRAG (Maryon, ASCAP) 4 RIDE RIDE RIDE (Yonah, BMI) 47 TRAMP (Modern, BMI) 56GEORGY GIRL (Chappell, ASCAP) 3 KNIGHT IN RUSTY ARMOR RUBY TUESDAY (Gideon, BMI) 33 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESSGIMME SOME LOVIN' (Essex, BMI) 27 (Dean Street, Feist, ASCAP) 13 SINGLE GIRL (Columbia, BMI) 49 (Campbell, Connell, Robbins, ASCAP) 436GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YOU (Camad, BMI 95 LADY (Roosevelt, BMI) 68 SIT DOWN, I THINK I LOVE YOU WALK TALL (Miller, ASCAP) 73GOOD THING (Daywin, BMI) 12 LET'S SPEND THE NICHT TOGETHER (Screen Gems, Col., BMI) 78 WACK WACK (Yo Ho. BMI) 35GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Tree, BMI) 19 (Gideon, BMI) 57 SKATE NOW (3 Track, BMI) 65 WE AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' YETGRITS 'N' CORNBREAD LITTLE BLACK EGG (Alison, BMI) 84 SMASHED! BLOCKED! (Unart, BMI( 99 (Ananga, Ranga, BMI) 6(Pure Soul, Keymen, BMI) 100 LONELY TOO LONG (Slacsar, BMI) 80 SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON WHERE WILL THE WORDS COME FROMGRIZZLY BEAR (Whitfield. BMI) 45 LOOK AT GRANNY RUN (Fuller, Sandohil, BMI) 2 (Viva, BMI) 21HELLO HELLO (Great Honesty, BMI) 28 (Ragmar, Rumbalero, BMI) 61 SOCK IT TO ME, BABY (Saturday, BMI) 81 WILD THINS (Blackwood, BMI) 15HEY LEROY (Bozart, BMI)HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRL (Fred Rose, BMI)

3422

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE(Pocket Full of Tunes, Noma, BMI) 52 SOMETHING GOOD (East, BMI) 62

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL (Southern, ASCAP)WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO (Fame, BMI)

3867

I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU) (Jobete. BMI) 50 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU'RE GONE SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR YOU GOT TO ME (Tallyrand, BMI) 55I GOT TO GO BACK (Web IV, Trio, BMI) 71 (lobete, BMI) 25 (Tickson, BMI) 66 WORDS OF LOVE (Trousdale, BMI)


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Week of February 4, 1967This Last Wks. onWk. Wk. ChartFeb. 4 Jan. 28

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1 1 THE MONKEES 18 34 23 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE 39 68 61Colgems-COM-101: COS -101 Ray Conniff Singers -Col. CL -25-19: CS -9319

2 2 S.R.O. 9 35 40 GALLANT MEN 6Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass- Sen. Everett Dirksen-Cap. T-2634: ST -2634 69 68

A&M LP -119: SP -4119 36 33 GOLDEN GREATS OF GARY LEWIS 163 3 DR. ZHIVAGO 48 Liberty LRP-7468: LST-7468 70 72

Soundtrack -MGM 1E-6ST: 5-1E-6ST 37 38 SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL '66 224 4 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 9 A&M LP -116: SP -4116 79

New Vaudeville Band-Fontana MGF-27560: SRF-67560 38 34 LOU RAWLS SOULIN' 22

Capitol T-2556: ST -2556 81* 11 THAT'S LIFE 1Frank Sinatra -Reprise F-1020: FS -1020 39 31 THE BEST OF THE LETTERMEN 11

Capitol T-2553: ST -2554 73 146 7 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL 8

Kama Sutra KLP-8054: KLPS-8054 40 31 BERT KAEMPFERT'S GREATEST HITS 17Various Artists -RCA Vic. LM -6171: LSC-6171 91

8 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 10Lawrence Welk -Dot DLP-3774: DLP-25774 41 41 BORN FREE 26

Soundtrack -MGM E-4368: SE -4368 75 11It-

712

14

THE TEMPTATIONS' GREATEST HITS 8Gordy 919SPIRIT OF '67 6Paul Revere & Raiders -Col. CL -2595: CS -9395

42* 42

56

COMIN' ON STRONG 10Brenda Lee-Decca DL -4825: DL -74825CARRYIN' ON 4Lou Rawls -Capitol T-2632: ST -2632 77

(-)77

10 10 WILD ANGELS 17Soundtrack -Tower 1-5043: ST -5043 44 41 REVOLVER 25

Beatles -Capitol T-2576: ST -2576 78 7611 5 BORN FREE 11

Roger Williams -Kapp KL-1501: KS -3501 45 48 HAWAII 14Soundtrack -United Artists * 91

12 6 GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT 8 UAL -4143: UAS-5143Rolling Stones -London LL -3493: PS -493 46 44 THIS IS LOVE 14 80 57

13 13 BEST OF HERMAN'S HERMITS, Al Martino -Capitol T-2592: ST -2592VOL. II 11 47 50 FACE TO FACE 81 59

MGM E-4416: SE -4416 Kinks -Reprise R-6228: RS -622814 9 JE M'APPELLE BARBRA 13 48 53 MAME 33 82 13

15 15Barbra Streisand-Col. CL -2547: CS -9347DEAN MARTIN TV SHOW 10 70

Original Cast -Col. KOL-6600: KOS-3000IN THE ARMS OF LOVE 4

Reprise R-6226: RS -6226 Andy Williams -Columbia CL -2533: CS -9333 83 8416 11 PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY 50 55 STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT 33

& THYME 15 Frank Sinatra -Reprise F-1017: FS -1017 84 85Simon & Garfunkel - 51 43 ALFIE 13

Columbia Col. CL -2563: CS -9363 Billy Vaughn -Dot DLP-3751: DLP-25751 85 8817 19 SUPREMES A GO GO 21 52 52 WATCH OUT 12

Motown M-649: MS -649 Baja Marimba Band-A&M LP -118: SP -118 86 8018 20 FOUR TOPS LIVE! 9 53 58 LOU RAWLS, LIVE 39

Motown M-674: MS -674 Capitol T-2459: ST -2459 87 8719 16 WHAT NOW MY LOVE 39 62 HERE WHERE THERE IS LOVE 5

Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass-A&M 114: 4114 Dionne Warwick -Scepter SRM-555: STS -55520 18 MAMA'S & PAPA'S 19 55 54 GUANTANAMERA 17 98

Dunhill D-50010: DS -50010 Sandpipers-A&M 117: 411721 22 ANIMALISM 10

Animals -MGM E-4414: SE -4414 86 BREAKOUT 1Mitch Ryder -New Voice M-2002: S-2002 89 89

22 24 A MAN AND A WOMAN 11Soundtrack -

United Artists UAL -4147: UAS-614783 SOMEBODY LIKE ME 4

Eddy Arnold -RCA Vic. LMP-3715: LSP-3715 90 90

23 32 MORE OF THE MONKEES 2 58 63 TINY BUBBLES 8Colgems COM-102: COS -102 Don Ho -Reprise R-6232: RS -6232 91 93

24 25 WONDERFULNESS 38 59 51 SPINOUT 14Bill Cosby -Warner Bros. W-1634: WS -1634 Elvis Presley -RCA Vic. LPM-3702: 1.5P-3702

25 27 RHAPSODIES FOR YOUNG LOVERS 11 92 (-)Midnight Strings -Viva V-6001: VS -6001 60 66 SPAGHETTI SAUCE 9

Pat Cooper-U.A. UAL -3548: UAS-654826 21 2nd GOLDEN VAULT OF HITS 12

Four Seasons - 18 COLLECTIONS 5 93 99Philips PHM-200-221: PHS-600-221 Young Rascals -Atlantic 8134: SD -8134

27 26 JACK JONES SINGS 13Kapp KL-1500: KS -3500

75 NANCY -NATURALLY 4Nancy Wilson -Capitol T-2634: ST -2634

94 (-)28

29

28

29

AWAY WE GO GO 8Smokey Robinson & Miracles-

Tamla TLP-271: SLP-271

A TIME FOR LOVE 18

63 65 PROJECTIONSBlues Project-Verve/Folkways

FT -3008: FTS-3008

95

96

95

94

30 30

Tony Bennett -Columbia CL -2569: CS -9369

RENAISSANCE 6

64 64 WHISPERS 7Jackie Wilson -Brunswick

DLM-54122: DLS-754122 91 (-)Association -Valiant VLM-5004: VLS-5004 65 45 SO NICE 18

31 36 CHANGES Johnny Mathis -Mercury MG -21091: SR -61091 98 (-)Johnny Rivers -Imperial LP -9334: LP -12334 66 48 JIM NABORS SINGS 16

32 35 PSYCHODELIC LOLLIPOP 8 Columbia CL -2558: CS -9358 99 (-)Blues Magoos-Mercury MG -21096: SR -61096 67 46 96 TEARS 12

33 39 CABARET 6 ? (Question Mark) & Mysterians- 100 (-)Original Cast -Columbia KOL-3040: KOS-6640 Cameo M-2004: S-2004

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LOOKING BACKFour Seasons -Philips

PHM-200-222: PHS-600-222GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME 8Gene Pitney-Musicor MM -2102: MS -3102SIDE BY SIDESandler & Young -Capitol 1-2598: ST -2598I DO! I DO! 5Orig. Cast -RCA Victor LOC-1128: LSO -1128WATCHOUT 3Martha & Vandellas-Gordy GM -920: GS -920

9

MR. MUSIC 11Mantovani-London LL -3474: PS -474WARM 2Lettermen -Capitol T-2633: ST -2633IN MY LIFE 8Judy Collins-Elektra EKL-3200: EKS-7320LADY GODIVA 1

Peter & Gordon -Capitol T-2664: ST -2664DICTIONARY OF SOUL 6Otis Redding -Volt 415: 5-415MUSIC OF HAWAII 6Henry Mancini -RCA Vic. LPM-3713: LSP-3713WICKED PICKETT 3Wilson Pickett -Atlantic M-8138: S-8138MORE GREATEST HITS 10Dave Clark Five -Epic LN-24221: BN-26221GAMES THAT LOVERS PLAY 10Eddie Fisher -RCA Victor LPM-3726: LSP-3726YOU ASKED FOR IT 22Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists UAL -3526

UAS-6526

HI HO EVERYBODY 4Rudy Vallee -Viva 6005: 36005DOWN TO EARTH 3Stevie Wonder-Tamla TM -272: TS -272JAY & AMERICANS' GREATEST HITS 5United Artists -UAL -3555: UAS-6555ART LINKLETTER NARRATES BIBLE 720th Century Fox TFM-3187: TES -3187BILL COSBY IS A VERY FUNNY

FELLOW, RIGHT! 32Bros.

H -118 r -548*Warner

TiTRIGi 2Boots Randolph -Monument MLP-8066

SLP-8066

SWINGING NEW BAND 6Buddy Rich -Pacific Jazz PJ-10113

WISH ME A RAINBOW 4Gunter Kaltman Chorus -4 Corners FCL-4235

A MAN AND A WOMAN 3Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists

UAL -3572: UAS-6572

SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON 1

Royal Guardsmen -Laurie LLP-2038: SLP-2038

WACK WACK 2Young -Holt Trio -Brunswick 54121

ENDLESS SUMMER 1

Soundtrack -World Pacific M-1832: S-1832

SEEDS 3Crescendo GNP -2023: GNPS-2023

IF I WERE A CARPENTER 5Bobby Darin -Atlantic 8135: SD -8135

KIND OF A DRAG 1

Buckinghams-USA 107

WORLD OF HITS 1

Ray Conniff -Columbia CL -2500: CS -9300

THE BEST OF DEAN MARTIN 1

Capitol T-2601: ST -2601

DA CAPO 1

Love-Elektra EKL-4005: EKS-74005

j. DOUBLE DYNAMITESam & Dave-Stax 712

2. ART AND SOULArthur Prysock-Verve V-5009

3. THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAMJerry Vale -Columbia CL -2583

4. SYMPHONY FOR SUSANArbors -Date TEM-3003

5. SPELLBINDERGabor Szabo -Impulse A-9123

6. IT'S ONLY THE GOOD TIMESWayne Newton -Capitol T-2635

7. THE BEST OF MANCINI, VOL. 2Henry Mancini -RCA Victor LPM-3557

8. COLOR MY WORLDPetula Clark -Warner Bros. W-1673

9. (TURN ON) THE MUSIC MACHINEOriginal Sound-LPM-5015

10. UP AND AWAYKingsmen-Wand WDM-677

11. MAYBELLE GOT A BRAND NEW BAGBig Maybelle-Rojac 122

12. WHEEL OF HURTMargaret Whiting -London PS -497

LP'S COMING UP13. SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU

Eydie Gorme-Columbia CL -259414. ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

John Gary -RCA Victor LPM-369515. ROUGH 'N' TUMBLE

Stanley Turrentine-Blue Note BLP-424016. WALKING HAPPY

Orig. Cast -Columbia SVAS-2631

17. TOMORROW NEVER COMESB. J. Thomas -Scepter SRM-556

18. OPEN UP YOUR HEARTBuck Owens -Capitol T-2640

19. WHISPERSJackie Wilson -Brunswick DLM-54122

20. FROM RIO WITH LOVEWalter Wanderly-Tower 1-5047

21. ROBERT GOULET ON BROADWAY,VOL. 2

Columbia CL -2586

22. THE HARDLY WORTHIT REPORTHardly Worthit Players -Cameo MP -7053

23. CHAD MITCHELL -HIMSELFWarner Bros. W-1667

24. ROMANTICOAl Caiola-United Artists UAL -3527

25. 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORSInternational Artists LP -1

26. SPANISH STRINGSEnoch Light & Light Brigade -

Project 3 PR -5000 SD

27. 98.6/AIN'T GONNA LIEKeith -Mercury MG -21102

28. GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMETom Jones -Parrot PA -61009

29. IS PARIS BURNINGSoundtrack -Columbia OL-6630

30. 1. 1.J. J. Jackson -Calla C-1101

31. EGGPLANT THAT ATE CHICAGODr. West's Medicine Show -Go Go 002

32. IT'S ONLY LOVETommy James & Shondells-

Roulette R-25344

33. I'M GONNA MISS YOUArtistics-Brunswick BM -51423

34. THE HORN MEETS THE HORNETAl Hirt -RCA Victor LPM-3716

35. ALFIECarmen McRae -Mainstream 6084

MUST STOCK LP'sCONSISTENT TOP SELLERS

OVER A LONG PERIODin Alphabetical Order

1. FIDDLER ON THE ROOFOrig. Cast -RCA Vic. LOC-1093: LSO -1093

2. GOING PLACESTijuana Brass-A&M LP -112: SP -4112

3. LONELY BULLTijuana Brass-A&M LP -101: SP -4101

4. MAN OF LA MANCHAOrig. Cast -Kapp KRL-4505: KRS-4505

5. MY FAIR LADYSoundtrack -Col. KOL-8000: KOS-2600

6. SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARSFrank Sinatra -Reprise F-1014: FS -1014

1. SOUND OF MUSICSoundtrack -

RCA Victor-LOCD-2005: LSOD-20058. SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Tijuana Brass-A&M LP -108: ST -1089. WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS

Tijuana Brass-A&M LP -I10: SP -411010. WHY IS THERE AIR

Bill Cosby -Warner Bros. W-1645: WS -1645


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RECORD WORLD-February 4, 1967


David Kapp:

Minimum of ProductBut Maximum Result

DiversificationStepped Up

By DOUG McCLELLAND

NEW YORK-Kapp Recordsis a little like the thin gal whodid well: what meat there is, ischoice. And with the label'srecent accelerated diversifica-tion program, there even hasbeen a bigger choice.

"We have 12 singles that areselling," David Kapp, Presidentof the major indie, proudly re-minded Record World last week.Citing Roger Williams' "BornFree" (which should get anOscar nomination as Best Song,meaning Roger could play itfor that vast TV audience) andthe pianist's latest, "Sunrise,Sunset" ("this looks like it willbe the record on this song") ;plus Jack Jones' fast -rising"Lady" (Jack's current hit al-bum is "Jack Jones Sings") ;along with the Gunter Kallman"Wish Me a Rainbow" ("it wasthe idea of my assistant, BettyReinman, to record this groupin English-they'd been record-ing in German") ; and theNightcrawlers' "L it t 1 e BlackEgg."

As recently announced, thelabel sales for the period end-ing Dec. 31, 1966, were the high-est in its history.

Rigorous ExaminationSaid Kapp: "We try not to

waste ourselves. Records gothrough a rigorous examinationbefore we put them out. Every-thing we release has a chanceto sell. And this is based onthe opinions of those who sellthem, make them, promotethem.

"We turn down artists andrecords-not because they laclitalent-because we just can'tfit them into our program. Wedon't believe in the 'shotgun'practice of releasing records.We won't release anything wecan't work on."

As part of Kapp's stepped -updiversification program of re-cent months, the label last weekbrought out the original castalbum of the off-Broadway mu-sical hit, "Man with a Load ofMischief." Which gives Kappanother good man around thehouse, since they already hadthe original cast album of the

award -winning Broadway mu-sical, "Man of La Mancha."

Pursuing R&B Strong

The firm also is moving aheadin the R&B field, and last yearsigned an agreement for indieproduction of R&B records witha Detroit producing outfit,through Gerald Purcell.

"By next fall, we'll have afirst-rate R&B stable," Kappopined. "We have several R&Bartists now, including the Hesi-tations, Kenny Shepherd, Pattiand the Emblems and GinoWashington."

Sid Schaffer, Sales VP, adds:"While we're going to keep ourformat basically in the goodmusic groove that has been sosuccessful for us, we're goingto pursue R&B very strongly.Our motto is, 'If it's a hit rec-ord, it's good music.' "

Furthermore, last year Kappcinched an indie productiondeal with Kama Sutra whichresulted in the label releasingthe Critters (who have a newsingle coming this week whichKapp says is "their best":"Marryin' Kind of Love"). Thenthere is Just Us. . . .

The international scene isalso playing an increasingly im-portant role in the Kapp suc-cess story, with special highhopes for, of course, the GunterKallman Orchestra and Chorus;France's Michel Polnareff andFrancoise Hardy, among others.

English action continues forKapp, the president noted."Next month we're bringingover a new Gino Washingtonlive' LP that's high on thecharts in England. We're still

Sid SchafferKapp VP, Sales

Kapp VisitsSo. America

David Kapp, President,Kapp Records, is now on athree-week trip throughSouth America, stopping inBuenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro,Bogota and Caracas. Kappintends visiting with theKapp affiliates in each ofthese cities and will be onthe lookout for any new art-ists or trends on the SouthAmerican scene.

releasing the Searchers, too-they'll have a new one soon."

Steady Country GrowthThe country music field has

been growing steadily, Kapp -wise, as witness the excitementgenerated by such artists asMel Tillis, High X. Lewis,Freddy Hart, Cal Smith andBob Wills.

As far as soundtrack pack-ages and Broadway cast albumsare concerned, Kapp said "Thatdepends on what comes along.Most of the film companieshave their own labels. And wecan't compete with, say, anRCA. I had a call only last weekabout a new Broadway musical.All they needed from us wasa couple of hundred thousanddollars. On that basis, weweren't interested."

No More Than UsualKapp added that despite the

label's broadening diversifica-tion, "We're not making morerecords now than before. We'vejust enlarged our base, that'sall. There was one record onour release the day afterChristmas, Jack Jones' Lady.'(Which is the title of his nextalbum, too.) The next releasewas the Roger Williams 'Sun-rise, Sunset'-to which, inci-dentally, the response has beenso great that the publisher,Sunbeam Music, is even goingto put out Roger's arrangementof the song. The LP after thesingle will be out in March."

"We are going in all direc-tions with our records," Kappwent on. "We are going to con-tinue to make good records,and it doesn't matter if they'rein Hungarian or Swahili. Aslong as they're good."

Album 'Miracles'Caedmon Records is releasing

"Miracles," an album of poemscomposed by children from allover the English-speakingworld, read by Julie Harrisand Roddy McDowall.

UA SignsSerendipities

The signing of the Seren-dipity Singers to an exclusive,long-term recording contractwith United Artists Recordswas announced by PresidentMichael Stewart.

At the same time, Stewartalso announced that the Seren-dipity Singers have been set tosing the title song behind cred-its and for the UA soundtrackalbum of Harold Hecht's epicfilm production, "The WayWest," starring Kirk Douglas,Robert Mitchum and RichardWidmark. Deal was made byUA through Fred Weintraub,President of Fredana Manage-ment, and Bryan Sennett whois Fredana's account exec forthe Serendipities.

The Serendipity Singers rankamong the foremost pop -folkgroups and are highly in de-mand for appearances. Theyconsist of six boys and twogirls : Mike Brovsky, Bob Young,Jon Arbenz, Tony and JohnPerry and Gamble Rogers, plusthe thrushes JoAnn Carey andLana Rae Shaw.

Commented Stewart: "Inkeeping with UA's long-stand-ing policy of associating withgreat creative talent, I am de-lighted to announce the signingof the Serendipity Singers. Weare anxiously awaiting the ini-tial singles and albums fromthese gifted performers whocertainly will make a substan-tial contribution to what weexpect to be the biggest yearin UA's history."

Atco Inks CreamAtco Records has secured

American distribution rights torecordings of the hot new Eng-lish group, the Cream. Thegroup, formed only four monthsago, has already made impacton British record charts withtwo singles and one album.

Atco is releasing their cur-rent English hit, "I Feel Free,"next week. Atco is rush -releas-ing the boys' album "FreshCream" and expects to have iton the market in February. TheCream is composed of GingerBaker, Jack Bruce and EricClapton.

Rascals FolioOn the heels of the Young

Rascals' best-selling LP "Col-lections" and new single,"Lonely Too Long," MarksMusic Corp. is publishing afolio of songs written by theYoung Rascals for piano and/or guitar.



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CameolParkwaY$ ComebackNet Sales Top$2.6 Million

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - AlRosenthal, President of Cameo/Parkway Records, announcesthat net sales, including publish-ing income, for the diskery, was$2,664,950 and Net Profit AfterTaxes were $102,882 or 16.80per-share for the six month pe-riod ended Dec. 31, 1966. Theper-share figure is based on the612,950 shares currently out-standing. Stockholders' Equityfor Cameo/Parkway, which islisted on the American StockExchange, was $3.03 per-shareor $1,857,795.

In a letter to shareholders,Rosenthal commented that thesales figure compiled during thepast six months exceeded thetotal amount recorded duringthe entire fiscal year of 1966.The net profit reverses the lossthat occurred during the com-parable period in the prior fiscalyear.

"An important factor," Rosen-thal stated, "in our vastly im-proved sales and profit figurehas been in the field of popularrecording. During the past sixmonths, your new managementteam achieved Cameo's first mil-lion -seller in ever three yearswith '96 Tears.' We have alsoreceived national publicity inTime Magazine, Newsweek andthe Associated Press and lead-ing network television programswith our current comedy hit`Wild Thing' featuring SenatorBobby and the Hardly-WorthitPlayers. Most important, weare building a roster of artistswho can be depended upon tosell records on a consistentbasis."

Rosenthal went on to statethat he believes that Cameo/Parkway's current build-up willproduce even better net resultsin the future.

Currently, Cameo / Parkwayhas an extremely strong chartposition via four singles -"WildThing" by Senator Bobby, "INeed Somebody" by ? (Ques-tion Mark) and The Mysterians,"Danger, She's A Stranger" bythe Five Stairsteps and "LovingYou So Much" by the NewColony Six. The label also hastwo LPs on the best seller lists-"96 Tears" by ? (QuestionMark) and the Mysterians andan album by Terry Knight andthe Pack.

Cameo/Parkway Records,which enjoyed what has beendescribed as "the comeback ofthe year" in 1966, has steppedup its releasing activity, par-ticularly in the album field dur-ing the past six months. Rosen-thal cited as enabling factors,"increased acceptance for ourproduct as a result of our suc-cess in the singles field,strengthening our promotionand sales staff and adding fur-ther depth to our disk jockeyexploitation and public rela-tions activities."

To facilitate its growth andadded personnel, Cameo/Park-way recently moved its NewYork branch to new and largerquarters in the Fisk Building,250 West 57 Street.

Marcable MaterialBob Silverman, VP of Mar -

cable Music, announces acquisi-tion of material by writers OtisBlackwell, Winfield Scott andTony Middleton.

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Record World InitiatesNon -Rock Chart

In order to give a more complete picture of the contemporarymusic scene, Record World in this issue inaugurates a list ofTop Non -Rock singles.

The growing need for an accurate account of the progress ofnon -rock music has become more and more apparent. The risein stature of such artists as Jack Jones, Eydie Gorme, SteveLawrence, Roger Williams and Matt Monro, and the resurgenceof Ed Ames, Eddie Fisher, Jane Morgan, and others is bring-ing this music back to the fore.

For these reasons, Record World feels that the incorporationof the new list will better represent the entire current musicscene.

Duke's Big '67HOUSTON, TEXAS - Don

Robey, Duke -Peacock prexy, ad-vises that "'67 will be the yearfor our labels with Buddy Ace,J. J. Daniels and Sonny Fisheralready riding high."

The diskery is readying forrelease nine singles and sixalbums, with two singles eachon Duke, Backbeat and Song-bird, three on the up and com-ing Sure -Shot label.

The album releases will befrom the gospel lines of Pea-cock and Songbird, with suchgospel favorites as Rev. Cleo-phus Robinson, the MightyClouds of Joy, the SensationalNightengales, the HighwayQ'C's, the O'Neal Twins andRev. Oris Mays.

Rep Racking Up

Sales on AlbumsRep Records, new Coast -

based label, has racked up im-pressive sales on their first re-lease of two albums. Albumsare "Heaven's Door" by theMod Mods which is one of thetop selling albums in all MusicCity stores in Southern Cali-fornia and a Ted Randal pick,and "Spanish Spy" by FelixRandolph.

According to John Aragon,General Manager of Rep, bothalbums originally broke on theCoast and are now breaking outnationally. James A. Ware, co-ordinator for the label, leavesthis week for a tour of the EastCoast distributors and to set upan Eastern office for Rep YorkCity.

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2. SUGAR TOWNNancy Sinatra -Reprise 0527

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6. THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -Reprise 0531

7. GALLANT MENSenator Everett McKinley Dirksen-

Capitol 58058. IF YOU GO AWAY

Damita Jo -Epic 100619. CONSTANT RAIN

Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66-A & M 82510. LADY

Jack Jones -Kapp 80011. DOMINIQUE

Tony Sandler & Ralph Young -Capitol 5795

12. SWEET MARIABilly Vaughn Singers -Dot 16985

13. GEORGY GIRLSeekers -Capitol 5756

14. GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMETom Jones -Parrot 40009

15. SUNRISE, SUNSETRoger Williams -Kapp 801

16. I'LLTAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURCARES

Frankie Laine-ABC 1089117. DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL

Al Martino -Capitol 592518. HAWAII (Main Title)

Henry Mancini, His Ork & Chorus -RCA Victor 8951

19. WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN

Gunter Kallman Chorus -4 CornersMUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BYBob Crewe Generation-Dyno Voice 229ALLJames Darren -Warner Bros. 5874

Tony Bennett -Columbia 4395420. ANYONE CAN MOVE A MOUNTAIN -

Harry Simeone Chorale -Columbia 43926

21. LIFE IS GROOVYUnited States Double Quartet -

B. T. Puppy 52422 OUR WINTER LOVE

Lettermen -Capitol 581323. PEOPLE LIKE YOU

Eddie Fisher -RCA Victor 907024. GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT

YA' NOWTrini Lopez -Reprise 0547

25. TINY BUBBLESDon Ho -Reprise 0570

26. COLOR MY WORLDPetula Clark -Warner Bros. 5882

27. MAMEHerb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass -

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Al Hirt -RCA Victor 906029. DIS-ADVANTAGES OF YOU

Brass Ring -Dunhill 406530. SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU

Evdie Gorme-Columbia 4397131. KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE

Jane Morgan -Epic 1011332. KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE

Lainie Kazan -MGM 1365733. HURRY SUNDOWN

Peter, Paul & Mary -Warner Bros. 5883

34. INDESCRIBABLY BLUEElvis Presley -RCA Victor 9056

35. CRY OF THE WILD GOOSEBaja Marimba Band-A&M 833

36. THE HONEYMOON IS OVERSteve & Eydie-Columbia 43930

37. THE LADY SMILESMatt Monro-Capitol 5823

38. BROTHER CANNIBALSascha Distel-Scepter 12149

39. FOR BABYSondpipers-A&M 835

40. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUNew Christy Minstrels -Columbia 43961

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Pickwick's Six MonthNet Soars

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.-Cy Leslie, label President, an-nounces that in the six monthsended Oct. 31, 1966, PickwickInternational, Inc. scored thehighest sales and earnings inits history. This is the 14thconsecutive year in which theleading ecnomy-priced recordmerchandiser has been able toreport improved sales and in-come and the first time thatits revenues have topped the

$4 million lev-el in a half -year period.

Leslie citedthe licensingagreement con-cluded withCapitol Rec-ords in Au-gust, 1966, as

Cy one of the keyLeslie factors respon-

sible for Pickwick's showing."The non -current popular and

classical recordings previouslyissued by Capitol Records, pres-ently available to Pickwick In-ternational as a result of our10 year distribution agreement,now form an important part ofour Pickwick/33 label, the mostsuccessful line in the historyof our business. They are asubstantial portion of our eco-nomy priced Pickwick/4 andPickwick/8 Stereo tape car-tridges - a new and rapidlygrowing field which we recent-ly entered," stated Leslie.

At the same time, the Pick-wick President and Chairmannoted, "While the Capitol Rec-ords agreement is extremelyexciting and has been widely

reported in the financial andtrade press, we have in no waydetracted from the pace of ouractivities in merchandising ourmany other record labels, pre-mium projects, music publish-ing operations and our inter-national expansion, all of whichgrow with gratifying results."

An example of Pickwick's in-creased activity in England wasthe comapny's recent announce-ment that it has developed thou-sands of retail sales outlets forits recordings in the BritishIsles and has now started toissue its classical, popular andchildren's recordings in bothstereo and mono. On the musicpublishing front, the past sixmonths have seen several ofthe copyrights owned by Pick-wick International's music sub-sidiaries attain positions on thebest seller charts, most notablythe standard "Please, Mr. Sun."

In Canada, which is one ofthe fastest growing record mar-kets in the world, Leslie re-vealed that Pickwick's sales,through its whony-owned sub-sidiary has exceeded initial ex-pectations.

"Our department devoted ex-clusively to the sale and devel-opment of creative premium re-cordings has been growing ata rapid pace. Special projectshave become a source of greatprofitability for Pickwick In-ternational.

"At the same time, we havebeen adding new titles to ourlower priced labels which con-tinue to account for a largeand growing portion of the bud-get -priced market."

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At the same time, Leslie an-nounced the release of 16 newPickwick/33 albums, high-lighted in the popular musicfield by Dean Martin. Sevenare popular, five classical andfour are in the Hilltop C & Wseries. This brings the totalPickwick/33 LP catalog to 160,an average of more than 50 re-leases every six months sincethe label's inception.

New Classical ReleasesThe new classical releases are

"My Favorite Overtures" bythe Royal Philharmonic Orches-tra conducted by Sir ThomasBeecham; Shuman Concerto inA -Minor Op.54, Philharmoniaconducted by Herbert Menges;Ravel's Bolero and Moussorg-sky's "Pictures at an Exhibi-tion" by Sir Eugene Goossensconducting the Royal Philhar-monic Orchestra; TchaikovskySymphony #4 in F -Minor Op.35,Sir Thomas Beecham conduct-ing the Royal Philharmonicand "Tempo Espanol," CarmenDragon conducting the CapitolSymphony Orchestra.

The additions to the pop cat-egory are Dean Martin's "YouCan't Love 'Em All," DellaReese's "And That Reminds Me,""The Romantic Sound of FredWaring and the Pennsylvan-ians," "Hit Sounds of Simon &Garfunkel," "The Happy Soundof Joe Fingers' Carr"; Stoshand His Orchestra-"Polka AllThe Way" and Webley Edwards& the Hawaii Calls Orchestra --"Hawaii - The Island ofDreams."

The new Hilltop releases areDave Dudley's "Last Day in theMines," "T. Texas Tyler-HisGreat Hits," "Tex Ritter SingsHis Hits" and Dave Houston/Sonny James, "Country StarTime."

Sweet Lorraine

Warners' Lorraine Ellison is pic-tured with label's Eastern RegionalSales Manager Dick Sherman infront of a New York dealer displayof Lorraine's new LP, "Heart andSou I."

Club Review

Aussie ImpressesIn Copa Turn

NEW YORK - RCA's prizedAustralian thrush, Lana Cant-rell, is proving herself a rous-ing belter of songs at the Copa,a tall, confident looker so on topof "today" it is hard to believeshe was nurtured Down Under.Even her hair is Sassoon outof Warhol.

At first, she reminds you ofStreisand; but after a while-except for Lana's similarly in-stinctive sense of showmanship-you think it might only bethe Fu Manchu manipulationsof long fingers that likens thetwo. Lana has a husky, wailingapproach that is all her own,really, and even more in thecontemporary bag than LaStreisand's often sweet tones.

The newer songstress choosesher repertoirewell. There isno Berlin, tobe sure, butshe does thebetter of thecurrent chart -climbers, suchas the delight-ful "Sunny,"plus "I WillLana Cantrell

and "Mame." Lana apparentlydecided not to, so "Let Your-self Go" was done very slowly,a la Streisand. Present, too,were a dramatic "Stay" and-hmmm, a Streisand song-thesultry "I'm All Smiles."

The mike was a bit loud thenight we caught Lana. And herstand seemed to have no vocalmiddle ground: only highs (fastnumbers) or lows (slow num-bers), with a tendency on herpart to go for the dramatic ina lyric rather than the mean-ingful, although some of thiscould be traced to over -ambi-tious arranging.

But this is minor quibblingabout a young performer who-although she wisely skippedthe chestnut act opener thatwould have had her predictingit-is going to do great things.While she's still there (throughFeb. 1), drop in to the Copaand have a cuppa.

Top -billed is fearless come-dian Jack E. Leonard, who isnot exactly chopped liver either.

-Doug McClelland.

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Decca's Successful SalesMeetings Held in N.Y.C.

Sydney N. Goldberg, VP andGeneral Sales Manager of theDecca Distributing Corporation,announces the details of therecord company's annual toplevel distribution managementmeetings held last week in NewYork at the Park SheratonHotel.

The meetings, attended by afull complement of Decca's dis-trict, division and branch man-agers, reviewed the year justpast, the most successful in thecompany's long history, whileat the same time acquainted themanagers with the new productand plans encompassing a high-ly diversified presentation forthe new year.

Along with the presentationof the new single and LP prod-uct, a major portion of themeetings was devoted to the in-troduction by the company oftheir full line of 1967 phono-graph and guitar product. Anestablished leader in phono-graph sales, Decca quicklyjumped to the forefront during1966 in the sale of guitars andaccessories even though thiswas the first year that the com-pany had marketed guitar mer-chandise under their owntradename.

`Millie' Meetings, TooSpecial attention at the meet-

ings were also paid to the gi-

gantic sound track promotionthat will be instituted by Deccarelative to the soon -due releaseof the original sound tracksfrom the Universal motion pic-tures, "Thoroughly ModernMillie," starring Julie Andrewsand Carol Channing, and theCharlie Chaplin production of"A Countess from Hong Kong,"with a musical score by Chap-lin. The Decca managers wereadvised by Goldberg as to thefacts of one of the most exten-sive campaigns ever institutedby a record company to tie-inwith these sound track releases.

Besides Goldberg, the two-daysales event was helmed byClaude Brennan, the company'sNational Sales Manager andLou Sebok, Assistant GeneralSales Manager. Assisting Gold-berg in the phonograph andguitar presentations were MikeRoss, General Manager of thecompany's phonograph andguitar division and HowieKaye, assistant to Ross.

Upon completion of the busi-ness meetings, which weretermed one of the most success-ful in the company's history,the Decca managers returned totheir respective sales branchesand will hold meetings withtheir own sales and promostaffs this week to fully ac-quaint them with all details oflast week's national meetings.

US MODERNS-Pictured above is the star roster for the upcomingUniversal film blockbuster, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," from left.seated: Beatrice Lillie, Carol Channing, Julie Andrews and Mary TylerMoore; top, James Fox and John Gavin. Decca gets the soundtrack, withmusic arranged by Andri Previn and scored by Elmer Bernstein. SammyCahn and James Van Heusen wrote two original numbers for the 19 -song score.

Thomas CoordinatesBob Lissauer, VP and Gen-

eral Manager of the Vincent

Youmans Co., Inc. and ScopeMusic Inc., announces that BillThomas has been named Pro-motion 'Coordinator for thefirms.

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SOMEBODY TO LOVE(Keetch, Cresar, BMI)Wilson Pickett-Atlantic 2381

2 OUR WINTER LOVE(Cramart, BMI)Lettermen-Capitol 5813

3 THE PEOPLE IN ME(Thrush, BMI)Music Machine-Original Sound 67

4 MY BEST FRIEND(After You, BMI)Jefferson Airplane-RCA Victor 9063

5 BALLAD OF WALTER WART(Guard, BMI)Thorndike Pickledish Choir-MTA 114

6 HAPPY TOGETHER(Chardon, BMI)Turtles-White Whale 244

1 TELL IT LIKE IT WAS(Olray, BMI)Sunny Lake-HBR 513

8 DISADVANTAGES OF YOU(Andrew Scott, ASCAP)Brass Ring-Dunhill 4065

9 TINY BUBBLES(Granite, ASCAP)Don Ho-Reprise 0507

10 WAITING ON YOU(LZM, Yvonne, Pamco, BMI)B. B. King-ABC 10889

11 ANOTHER PAGE(Chardon, BMI)Connie Francis-MGM 13665

12 GREEN PLANT(Bright Tunes, BMI)Tokens-B. T. Puppy 525

13 FEEL SO BAD(Travis, BMI)Little Milton-Checker 1162

14 DARLIN' BE HOME SOON(Kama Sutra, BMI)Lavin' Spoonful-Kama Sutra 220

15 MIDNIGHT HOUR(East, Cotillion, BMI)Kit & Outlaws-Philips 40420

16 LIFE IS GROOVY(April, BMI)United States Double Quartet-

B. T. Puppy 524

11 GONNA GET ALONGWITHOUT YOU NOW

(Regent, ASCAP)Trini Lopez-Reprise 547

18 WHAT WILL MY MARY SAY(Wlmdrive, ASCAP)Jay Black-United Artists 50116

19 SHE'S LOOKING GOODRoger Collins-Galaxy 750

20 BLUES THEME(Dijohn, BMI)David Allen & Arrows-Tower 295

21 DON'T GO HOME(Loveable, BMI)Shirelles-Scepter 12185

22 THERE'S A KIND OF A HUSHHerman's Hermits-MGM 13681

23 GONNA BE MY GIRL(Acuff -Rose, BMI)Neal Ford & Fantostics-Hickory 1433

24 HUMPHREY STOMP(Isonzo, Flamer, BMI)Earl Harrison-Garrison 3001

25 I WON'T COME IN WHILEHE'S THERE

(Metric, BMI)Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 9057

26 JUST LET IT HAPPEN(Blackwood, BMI)Arbors-Date 1546

27 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU(Jalynne, BRC, BMI)Jackie Wilson-Brunswick 55309

28 RAISE YOUR HAND(East, BMI)Eddie Floyd-Stax 208

29 LOOKING GLASS(Becchwood, BMI)Association-Valiant 758

30 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAYYOU LOVE ME

(Miller, ASCAP)Arthur Prysock-Verve 10470

31 SNOW QUEEN(Screen Gems, Col., BMI)Roger Nichols Trio-A & M 830

32 WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN(Shapiro -Bernstein, ASCAP)

33 PEOPLE LIKE YOU(Leo Feist, ASCAP)Eddie Fisher-RCA Victor 9070

34 TWO WAYS TO SKIN A CAT(Alstein, BMI)Jimmy Reed-ABC 10887

35 SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND(Mercedes, BMI)King Curtis-Atco 6457

36 A TWO LEGGED BIG EYEDYELLOW HAIRED CRYINGCANARY

(Bikini, BMI)Non Conformists-Scepter 12185

37 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU(Screen Gems, Col., BMI)New Christy Minstrels-Columbia 43961

38 LET'S GET LOST ON ACOUNTRY ROAD

(Dandelion, BMI)Kit Kats-Jamie 1326

39 OPPORTUNITY(Chardon, Roag, Chevis, BMI)The Mandala-K-R 109

40 MAR RYIN' KIND OF LOVE(Kama Sutra, Rumbalew, BMI)Critters-Kapp 805

41 THEME FROM THE WILDANGELS

(Dijohn, BMI)Ventures-Dolton 327

42 MY BABY LIKES TO BOO100

Don Gardner-Tru-Glo-Town 1002

43 HOME TYPE GIRL(Sinsi, BMI)Overtures-Ajax 175

44 CABARET(Sunbeam, BMI)Ray Conniff-Columbia 43975

45 TROUBLE DOWN HEREBELOW

(Raw Lou, BMI)Lou Rawls-Capitol 5824

46 AT THE PARTY(Twin, BMI)Hector Rivera-Barry 1011

41 SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU(Robbins, ASCAP)Eydie Gorme-Columbia 43971

48 SWEET MARIABilly Vaughn Singers-Dot 16985

49 I'M A BOY(Dartmarth, BMI)The Who-Decca 32058

50 EVERYDAY I HAVE THEBLUES

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20Coast Capers

By JACK DEVANEY

Okeh Intros 'Angel Town Sound'Epic-Okeh's West Coast office

introduced their new "AngelTown Sound" with a big in -person revue at the Trip lastweek which featured the talentsof Little Richard, Larry Wil-liams, Johnny Watson, CookieJackson, Nichelle Nichols, theAutographs and the Triumphs.Additional artists who will berecording the new sound hereon the Coast are the Vibrations,Walter Jackson and MajorLance. Label also hosted a liverecording session with LittleRichard at Columbia's Holly-wood studios.

Mrs. Miller, who has soldhalf a million albums in hershort career as a Capitol record-

ing artist,opens a three-week engage-ment at the Co-coanut GroveFeb. 1 . . .

Peter, Paul andMary returnthis week from

Jack Devaney an SRO con-cert tour of Japan. Mary wascredited here for writing "ForBaby," a selection in their la-test Warner Bros. album. Tunewas actually written by JohnDenver and is currently beingheard via The Sandpipers wax-ing on the A&M label . . . Sey-mour Heller and B. J. Enter-prises hosted a bus ride partyto the Pasadena Ice House tosee the refreshing young com-edy team Byron and Howard. . . Ken Handler, topper ofCanterbury Records, presentingyoung TV star Don Grady in abrand new bag on his latest forthe label "Impressions withSyvonne" . . . Brian Williams,former d.j. from Reno, namedWestern Sales and PromotionManager for M.A.P. Recordswho will soon release their firstsides by Sincomperneer JonnaGault.

GNP -Crescendo and Bromp-ton Productions hosted a partyfor the Seeds prior to theiropening at Gazzaris. Group's

Tim Morgon

new single, "Mr. Farmer," re-leased nationally this week . . .

Tim Morgon currently at theIce House, Glendale. Youngsinger has a large Coast fol-lowing and we predict with arecord could become a bigsingle attraction. Our Produc-tions have recorded Tim and arenow negotiating for major la-bel release . . . A&M Recordsreleasing first single by theirnewest and youngest artists,new group the Merry -Go Round,this week. Like their fellow art-ists on the swingingest label,Bongi and Judy. Bongi, 16fresh new sound on their debutdisk "Live" and "Time WillShow the Wiser" . . . FrankSinatra hosting opening nightfestivities for the Trini Lopezopening at Melodyland Mondaynight. Busload of celebrantsleave Martonis for first per-formance . . . Warner Bros.Records have signed new groupof four Texas lads the Visions.First disk produced by DickGlasser couples "Black andWhite" and "Bulldog Cadillac

. . . Liberty's Del Shannon hasembarked on a three week tourof Europe, including appear-ances in England, Sweden, Den-mark and Germany .. . Austral-ian singing star Robie Porterwill cut his second Americanalbum and single for MGMRecords in New York this Wed-nesday with Peter Matz handl-ing arranging and conductingchores. Following session Por-ter leaves for two weeks ofP.A.'s in London and Paris.

Leonard Burkat, Vice Presi-dent of the CBS -ColumbiaGroup, in town to host a lunch-eon at Perinos to inform localsof the scope and variety ofColumbia's Coast operation . .

Celestial Records out with anew disk by discovery LoriClark singing a Jimmie Haskelltune, "I Think Of You" . . .

Sonny and Cher awarded a goldrecord in Holland for theirdisk "Little Man." Award is

Merry -Go -Round Marion Colby The Visions

first gold record awarded toAmerican artists since ElvisPresley received his . . . DoubleShot Records hitting with "It'sSally's Birthday" by the FourBelow Zero. Disk was writtenand produced by composerLibby Holden . . . Execs fromCoast labels dropping in at thelocal Playboy Club to eye song-stress Marion Colby.

New Grady DeckHOLLYWOOD-Don Grady,

Canterbury Records and TV's"My Three Sons" star, has justcut his follow-up disk of "Chil-dren of St. Monica," titled "Im-pressions with Syvonne." Gradywrote and arranged the tuneand also co -produced with la-bel's Ken Handler. It reportedlyis completely opposite to his"Children" deck.

Hi Fi ShowStarts Feb. 10

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Usersand manufacturers of electronicsound equipment will focus theirattention on Washington forthree days beginning Feb. 10when the ninth annual HighFidelity Music Show will pre-sent the "Wonderful World ofSound."

The show is expected to at-tract an attendance of 20,000 toexamine and listen to the morethan 300 devices displayed in thelobby and six first floor wings ofthe Sheraton -Park Hotel.

Epic InksBongi & JudyEpic Records announces the

signing of a new teen-age duo,Bongi and Judy. Bongi, 16years old and daughter ofMiriam Makeba, and Judy, 18,daughter of Josh White, joinedup as a singing team last yearwhen they were both studentsat the High School of Musicand Art. Judy has since gradu-ated and Bongi will do so nextyear.

Bongi & Judy

Bongi and Judy recentlymade their professional debutat Philharmonic Hall during aMiriam Makeba concert. Thetwo songs they sang were wellreceived and music critic BobShelton wrote in the New YorkTimes," . . . they had powerfulvoices and a swinging rhythmicapproach . . . we should behearing a lot from these giftedgirls." Bongi and Judy will beindependently produced by theSchwaid-Lewis Production Com-pany.

Canada's Classels Cop Kudoes in Cleveland

Above, Main Line Records' first signed recording group, the Classelsof Montreal, Canada. Boys are shown with their manager, Ben Kaye(left), and Mayor Drapeau (center) of Montreal following an OhioRotary Club Convention luncheon recently in Cleveland, the diskery'sbase. Mayor Drapeau was guest speaker and called upon the Classels(whose latest record is "Tomorrow May be Too Late") to sing theCanadian national anthem, "Oh Canada," for which the lads receiveda standing ovation, label's Product Manager Jerry Sharell reports.

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Libraries Focus on Pop MusicThe increasing interest of

university and public librariesin today's pop music was high-lighted at a panel discussionduring the Music Library As-sociation's Annual Meeting heldin Rochester, N.Y., Friday, Jan.20. The subject of current popmusic, which had not been in-cluded in the association's pre-vious programs, was coveredat the recent meeting by JayLeipzig, PR Director of the Big3 Music Corp.

Leipzig, substituting for Big3 executive head Arnold Maxinwho was unable to attend, ex-pressed Maxin's views concern-ing the changing nature of pop-ular songs, their sociologicalsignificance and the importanceof the nation's libraries func-tioning as a repository in thisvital area of Americana.

Following speeches by keymusic publishing executives, theassociation's membership indi-cated their interest in develop-ing closer ties with the popmusic field and asked for moreday-to-day information aboutnew pop music publications.Leonard Feist, Executive Secre-tary of National Music Pub-lishers' Association, who wasthe moderator of the panel, as-

sured those present that stepswill be taken to improve theflow of this information frommajor music publishers. Thegreater utility of pop folios wasalso mentioned by the librar-ians who pointed out the diffi-culty of cataloging and collect-ing single sheet music editions.

Other members of the Panelon the general subject of "ThePublication of American Music"were Felix Greissle, Editor -in -Chief of Edward B. MarksMusic Corporation, who spokeabout the standards of editingand publication; Arthur A.Hauser, President of TheodorePresser Company, who reviewedthe history and economics ofAmerican music publishing andStuart Pope, Managing Directorof Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., whocovered music marketing, dis-tribution and promotion. Leon-ard Feist closed the meetingwith a discussion of the forcesshaping the future of Americanmusk publishing.

Solid Sound FormedWoodbury, N. Y.-Joe Docko

of Esquire Records announcesthe launching of a new label,Solid Sound.

Will LightingNEW YORK In the latter

part of 1965, MusicMusicMusicInc. execs Chet Gierlach andPhyllis Fairbanks brought RCAVictor a new song and a newartist, "Ballad of the Green Be-rets," by Barry Sadler.

On Jan. 9, 1967, PresidentChet and VP Phyllis, along withMMM Managing Director Leon-ard Whitcup, were back at RCAwith another new song and an-other artist new to the record-ing field, disk jockey JimAmeche, heard over WHN andsyndicated to other cities.

24 hours after the conferencewith RCA's Don Burkheimerand Andy Wiswell, RCA topbrass had given the go-ahead to

Strike Twice?the new MMM project, "JohnFitzgerald Kennedy," a song byWhitcup (music) and MorrieAllen (lyrics). Glen Osser wascalled in to do the arrange-ments for 10 voices and 20 menand the recording session tookplace on Jan. 13. Jim Ameche's"John Fitzgerald Kennedy" iscurrently being rushed to diskjockeys across the nation. RCAis planning an intensified promocampaign for the record.

Whitcup has announced thatFirst Edition copies of the sheetmusic and initial pressings ofthe disk have been set aside tobe distributed to all the mem-bers of the House and Senate.

An Ameche LP may follow.

More Arthurs DueChicago is going to have its

own Arthur. So are St. Louis,Montreal and Miami. London,Los Angeles, San Francisco,Monte Carlo are all in negotia-tion.

Sybil Christopher, Roddy Mc-Dowall and Edward Villella,directors of New York's popu-lar discotheque, have finallyagreed to grant licensing rightsto duplicate the club in othercities throughout the world.

Bakst Assists TrustThe appointment of Mrs.

Anne Bakst as assistant toSamuel Trust, Director of Pub-lisher Administration for Broad-cast Music, Inc., has been an-nounced to be effective imme-diately.

Both Mrs. Bakst and Trustreport to Mrs. Theodora Zavin,BMI Vice President in chargeof performing rights adminis-tration.

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Money MusicWe pulled it off! Three weeks ago we told you that there was

a cut in the Frank Sinatra "That's Life" LP that is so big, bad,boss and funky, that we thought it could be a smash, and wetold you that we would try to prove it, via, of all places, theR&B deejays! So Dr. Fat Daddy of WWIN, Baltimore, "carted"it and it broke wide open. In the meantime, KQV, Pittsburgh,saw the item and went on it, and it has exploded there! We calledMo Ostin, Head of Reprise, and he is taking the whole matterup with Sinatra. We'll soon know if this cut, "I Will Wait ForYou," written by Michel LeGrand for the film, "Umbrellas ofCherbourg," is to be the new single.

"Kind of a Drag," Buckinghams, hit #1; and "The Beat GoesOn," Sonny and Cher, is the next $1. Did you ever think that"Georgy Girl," Seekers, would go #1 nationally? KPOI, Honolulu

did-a long time ago! We knew it was a suretop 5 smash! Smashing 1#1 at KPOI right nowis, "I've Been Lonely," Young Rascals, withmonstrous sales . . . Left Banke is an "All theWay monster!"

TOP 10 SALES NATIONALLY: Keith; PaulRevere; Bob Crewe; Spencer Davis; TommyRoe; Mama Cass; Tom Jones ... Top 3: "Nash-ville Cats," Lovin' Spoonful.

United Artists came roaring back with agiant, the Spencer Davis . . . "You Got To Me," Neil Diamond,will be his biggest hit yet . . . "Lovin' You," Bobby Darin, is astone giant . . . Then WKNR, WMCA, WLS, WCFL all picked,"Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," Wilson Pickett, and thisshould be his biggest pop hit ever.

Charlie Fach is thrilled because "Pretty Ballerina," Left Banke,has Lou Dennis getting writers' cramp from writing orders, andditto for Allen Mink on the Lesley Gore. Our condolences to LouSimon who lost his mother. When he gets back to his desk, hewill learn that the Prince Buster is going pop at a lot of sta-tions. Charlie Fach informs me that Dusty Springfield is so dedi-cated an artist and such a perfectionist, that she flew in fromEngland last Sunday for a few hours, just to over -dub somerhythm on her new single, "I'd Do Anything." Barbra Streisandis another artist who does this kind of thing . . . There are bigback -orders on the new New Vaudeville Band single, "Peek -A -Boo," which is in the same thirties bag. Lightening should striketwice !

Business Is Good for SinglesThere are a lot of new smashes in the pop world: Electric

Prunes; Supremes; 5th Dimension; Spyder Turner (which wasfirst reported in these columns) ; Rolling Stones; New Colony 6;Byrds; Elvis Presley; Association; Cyrkle; Marvelettes; Arbors;Turtles; Youngbloods; Lettermen; 2 of Clubs; Johnny Rivers;Casinos (giant) ; Tommy Roe; Seeds; Brass Ring; Rodger Collins.

Advance Top 10 for FebruaryThis column was first to report the top 40 hit potential of

"My Cup Runneth Over," Ed Ames, RCA . . . Smashing actionon "She's Looking Good," Rodger Collins, Galaxy, in S.F., andPhilly. We predict top 5. It's another "mashed potatoes" like"Treat Her Right," Roy Head (which we were also the very firstto discover) . . . "59th Street Bridge," Harper's Bizarre, WB,is a sureshot . . . "Got To Go Back," McCoys, Bang, is top 10in Cincinnati and a pick in Cleveland . . . This column was firstto predict and report "Ballad of Walter Wart," Thorndike Pickle -dish Choir, MTA, and it's now a smash for Bob Thompson in:Seattle, Louisville, Minneapolis, California. The voice is a dee-jay at KMBY, Monterey . . . Neil Diamond has a stone giant inPhiladelphia . . . "I'm Gonna Miss You," Artistics, is top 5 inPhilly and Detroit sales. Doesn't anybody wanna play a smash?. . . Charlie Fach is in with another smash on Smash label with,"Kind of a Hush," Gary & Hornets . . . "For What It's Worth,"Buffalo Springfield, looks like #1 in L.A. and broke at WMCA.It also broke in Seattle and Pittsburgh . . . Bobby Darin is near18,000 in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

West Coast Giants Spreading"Sit Down," Mojo Men, WB; Cannonball Adderley; "Mr.

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Kay Managementinks Schroeck

NEW YORK-Jack Lewis ofMonte Kay Management an-nounces the signing of ArtieSchroeck, "one of the freshestyoung talents in today's popscene."

Although he has only beenon the record scene for a year,Schroeck's list of credits as acomposer and arranger arelengthy. In the past few months,his songs have been recordedby Paul Anka, John Gary, theFour Seasons, Clara Ward,Johnny Tillotson, Jackie & Roy,Bobbe Norris and JoanneMorgan. He also has arrangedand conducted the last two hitrecords of the Four Seasons,"I've Got You Under My Skin"and "Tell It To the Rain." Lastweek he arranged and con-ducted the next singles of theFour Seasons and Frankie Valli.

Still in his early twenties,Schroeck has just finishedracking up his first major mo-tion picture credit, the all-starfilm, "You're A Big Boy Now,"a Seven Arts release. JohnSebastian of the Lovin' Spoon-ful was engaged to write thescore for the picture. He, inturn, requested Jack Lewis behired to supervise the music.Lewis, in turn, hired Schroeckto arrange, orchestrate andconduct Sebastian's music.Schroeck wrote not only for theSpoonful but for an orchestranumbering 40 pieces.

Schroeck's performing ca-reer is being launched thisweek by Columbia Records witha multi -media promotion cam-paign on his vocal version ofthe John Sebastian tune, "Coco-nut Grove."

Bones Forms FirmBones Howe, independent

producer who has produced theTurtles, the Everpresent Full-ness, Lyme and Cybelle andEddie Cano; and who has beenresponsible for the audio soundon the recordings of such actsas the Mamas and the Papas,Johnny Rivers, Gary Lewis,Jan and Dean, April and Ninoand Barry McGuire, has formedMr. Bones Productions.

The company's initial releaseis "Nadine" b/w "CrossroadsBlues" by the SmokestackLightnin' which is being re-leased on White Whale Records.Damian Gonzales is headingthe management and New Tal-ent Divisions.

In addition to his recordproduction activities, Howe willcontinue to be active in thewriting and production of"Contemporary Music" jingles.

Dot Signs TVStar Barbara

HOLLYWOOD-One of tele-vision's most important seriesstars, Barbara Eden, has beensigned to an exclusive, long-term recording contract to DotRecords, Inc., announces labelPresident Randolph C. Wood.

Left to right, George Cooper, Na-tional Sales Manager; RandyWood, President; and Chris Hamil-ton, Exec Vice -President, are pic-tured with Barbara Eden follow-ing latter's signing of an exclu-sive long term recording contractwith the Dot label.

Actress -singer, star of NBC -TV's successful "I Dream OfJeannie" series, will record herfirst single and album for Dotlater this month in Hollywood,with Wood personally supervis-ing the sessions.

Miss Eden, who began hercareer as a singer before mov-ing into motion pictures andTV, was spotted by Dot founder -topper Wood when she made herfirst variety TV show guestintrecently on "The Dean MartinShow."

Atlantic Li'l LPsAtlantic Records has released

six more seven inch stereo LPsfor Seeberg juke boxes. Thisraises the Atlantic seven inchstereo LP catalogue to 29.

Berle FormsEmbassy LabelMilton Berle announces the

formation of Centaurus Produc-tions, the first project of whichwill be a recording label, Em-bassy Records.

Berle, who is also presidentof Sagebrush Productionsgeared to movie and TV pro-ductions, will head the newcompany. Other officers of Cen-taurus will be Mitchell Table -porter, Vice -President; BertPellish, Secretary and JackBerle, Treasurer. Offices arenow set up at 1717 North Vine,Hollywood.



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Farmer," Seeds (L.A. giant) ; Rodger Collins; Buffalo Sprinfield"Wedding Bell Blues," Laura Myro, Verve; "She," Del Shannon;`Winter Outside," Felice Taylor (solid national sales) ; "NikiHoeky," P. J. Proby; "Happy Together," Turtles; "Snow Queen,"Roger Nichols, Valiant; "My Best Friend," Jefferson Airplane,RCA (giant in S.F.), broke in Seattle, (going in a lot of places).These are all big records on the West Coast.

Now, what % of the top 100 would you say is coming fromthe West Coast? And what % of the top 100 is coming from theR&B world? And what % is coming from the smooth music sta-tions? Do your answers give you a clear picture of the currentmarket place in singles?

Ideas of Week to Double Single Sales NationallyAny record company worth its salt has to be looking for new

merchandising ideas to increase their volume! With 190 millionpeople in this country and with over 50% of the people underage 25, Ford did its marketing research homework and sold alot of Mustangs. Well, I've done my marketing research home-work, and I can tell you that the best customer for singles andalbums is a person who just got a new record player. So we areloaded with ideas on how to get new record players into thehomes. Two weeks ago we spoke about giveaways at radio sta-tions. Now, couldn't a couple of big record companies put apremium stamp, worth a 1/4 cent, on the label of each single?When you get enough stamps, you get a portable record player.Couldn't RCA; Columbia; MGM; Capitol; Tamla-Motown; Atlan-tic; ABC; Amy -Bell; W.B.-Reprise; U.A.; Philips; London;Liberty -Imperial get together and pull it off? It would onlydouble sales for everybody, that's all! Isn't it worth it? Yourproduct is out there on the market -place anyway, looking forbuyers! You amortize the expense over a year, and you comeout way ahead!

We feel that Tamla-Motown has the right idea in using onlycolored sleeves on their hit singles, and putting the list of theartists LPs on the sleeve. They sell a lot of Supremes, Tempta-tions, 4 Tops, etc., LPs. Is there a better way to re-mind an artist's fans of what is available? If you want moreideas, just call us.

Cruising Record RowProducer Brad Miller of Mobile Fidelity, Burbank, writes:

"Because of your raving about the Acker Bilk 'B' side of 'WhenYou Are There' on Atco some months back, we have includedthis gem in the third Mystic Moods Orchestra LP for Philips."These LPs are a unique concept in that Brad makes "location"sound recordings of nature "in action" (thunder, rain, crickets,huge crashing waves, etc.), and blends nature's own "symphonyof sounds" into the orchestrated music. The sales results havebeen phenomenally successful! (The other LPs are titled: "OneStormy Night" and "Nighttide.") Brad is also the producer of"Ballad of Walter Wart" for MTA, which we reported first inthe country. ("When You Are There" is the only song in thisnew LP that is not from a movie soundtrack.)

"Don't Go Home," Shirelles, is a smash in N.Y.C. and is spread-ing through the South . . . Gaye and Weston are selling big inPhilly . . . Scott Holtzman of the Houston Post reports that,"Sweet Thang," Frankie & Johnny, IA, is breaking through theSouth, and, "Gonna Be My Girl," Neal Ford & Fanatics, Hickory,made #1 in Houston in two weeks. Scott and his wife wrote, "LaFolklore Americain," which went n in France last year bySheila on Philips. This and six other of their tunes have beendone in New Christy Minstrel LPs.

Columbia has discovered a new Righteous Brothers who arecalled The Chambers Brothers and "All Strung Out" is a smashin Boston and it went on WMCA "I Was Only Playing Games,"Unit 4, London, looks good in N.Y. . . . "I Wish You Didn't Haveto Go," James and Bobby Purify, looks very strong . . . "RainRain," Lee Dorsey, looks very potent . . . "Dark End of theStreet," James Carr, will go pop, in our opinion . . . "Hey Girl,"Woolies, Dunhill, is breaking as a solid hit out of the mid -Westwith Cleveland, Detroit, Lansing leading the way.

DOESN'T ANYBODY WANT TO PLAY A SMASH?-"Fridayon My Mind," Easy Beats, U.A., is la in Holland and Australiaand getting close to #1 in Britain. This is a fantastic record, andUA has wisely re -serviced. Jim Brown is all out! We predict it


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WLIB-New York City was the first radio station to play seg-ments from Jubilee's "Keep the Faith Baby" package by AdamClayton Powell . . . KSOP-Salt Lake City is celebrating its 11thyear. The FM branch is now c/w 24 hours a day ... WLS-Chicagois running a "Secret Word Contest" with $6,000 as the prize.

Bob Hope was elected president of the U.S. in a poll conductedby KVI-Seattle, Wash. . . . The Good Guys of WPOP-Hartford,Conn. have inaugurated "Go" magazine to cover local events . . .

KSFO-San Francisco in the midst of a "Valentine of YourDreams" contest, is distributing "KSFO Loves You" stickers forcar bumpers . . . KBER-San Antonio writes they've set up somewow country shows for the coming year ... AVCO's "MidwesternHayride" announces Wilma Burgess, David Houston, Ray Pillow,Charlie Louvin, Jean Shepard, Bobby Lord and Jim Edward Brownfor up -coming shows.

Marks Filmusic"Eric Soya's 17," the contro-

versial Danish film whoes musi-cal score is published by E. B.Marks, had its New York pre-miere Tuesday, Jan. 24, at thenew Studio Cinema at LincolnCenter. Mercury Records willrelease the soundtrack LP andsingles of the titles songs havebeen made by Enzo Stuarti(Epic) and Lou Monte (RCA)-the latter version is in the film.

The soundtracks on two otherMarks properties, "Seven Gold-en Men" and "The Birds, theBees and the Italians," havebeen picked up by United Art-ists. "The Birds," etc., sharedfirst prize with "A Man and aWoman" at the 1966 CannesFilm Festival. Both will be dis-tributed by Seven Arts. Alreadyrecorded from "Seven GoldenMen" is "Rossana's Theme," bythe Sunset Strings on Liberty.

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FLASH: The Impressions and Eddie Thomas have re -united.They have signed a life -time contract. Their new release is,"You Always Hurt Me."

Top Pick of the Week: "With This Ring," the Platters. WhenLuther Dixon, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie and Tony Hester ofDetroit get together on a swinging, driving sound that emu-lates the 4 Tops, you can only ask, "Can this really be thePlatters?" Ernie Durham heard it and ate the grapes off thewallpaper. We predict a certain number one! Chris Spinosais all out!

Top Blues Pick of the Week: The great Harold Burrage diedin Chicago recently of a heart -attack at the age of 34. Ironi-cally, "Take Me Now" should turn out to be the greatest hithe ever had. It already broke at WVON, WMPP, WBEE,Chicago.

Fat Daddy Really Went and Did It Again!When an R&B deejay goes and breaks a Frank Sinatra song

out of an LP ("That's Life" LP), that's really big news! Hetook "I Will Wait For You," put it on a "cart" and zoom inBaltimore! Meanwhile KQV, Pittsburgh, did the same thingpop. We called the shot on this cut, played it for Fat Daddy,and he did the rest! Mo Osten, head of Reprise, just can'tbelieve it. The publisher, Don Costa, is amazed! Sinatra isstunned!

Brunswick ExplodesNat Tarnopol wants the world to know that producer -writer

Carl Davis is the genius of the year! Both sides of the newJackie Wilson, "Just Be Sincere" (giant in Detroit), andespecially the "I Don't Want To Lose You" side (in most othermarkets) have exploded in sales! The world knows thatLaVerne Baker is a fantastic performer in clubs, and her newone, "Wrapped, Tied And Tangled," should put her right backon top where she belongs. The new Gene Chandler, "The GirlDon't Care," has to be one of his biggest ever. These will cer-tainly go pop! "Wack Wack," Young Holt, has gotten large popin many markets. The next Artistica will be even larger. Carldeserves all the credit in the world for doing such a fantasticjob. Joe Medlin is doing a tremendous job of promotion aroundthe country. Jocky Jack Gibson is also covering a lot of ground.

Atlantic-Stax-Volt on FireWilson Pickett has a stone giant . . . The Johnny Taylor has

exploded in Detroit and is big in N.Y.C., S.F., L.A., Chicago, St.Louis, Miami, Charlotte, etc. . . . Solomon Burke is big inChicago, L.A., N.Y., New Orleans, Baltimore, Washington,Miami, Charlotte, etc. . . . "Why Not Tonight," Jimmy Hughesis top 5 in many cities in the South-sales are huge in Dallas,Miami, New Orleans, Memphis, Dallas, Detroit, the Carolinas,N.Y.C., Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, Nashville . . . "IDon't Want To Lose Your Love," Mad Lads, Stax exploded inPhilly, Baltimore, Memphis, and looks good in N.Y. and Miami.

Sleepers From Dial & FameKen Hawkins, PD of WJMO, Cleveland, was the first to spot

the hit potential of the "B" side of the current Joe Tex,"Truest Woman in the World." Many stations are going withit, and the public is asking about the "new" Joe Tex. "TellDaddy," Clarence Carter, Fame, has been reported a dozentimes as a smash in this column. It did 20,000 in Baltimore,went top 5 at WAME, Miami, and is now a smash through theSouth. Atlantic has now re -serviced this record. Are you abeliever now, Marty Wekser? Watch Rocky Groce bust it open!

A tremendous number of new records have broken in Balti-more as WWIN flexes its muscles! PD Al Jefferson, KelsonFisher, Hot Rod, Johnny 0, 7th Son are cooking with FatDaddy . . . Smashes: Eddie Floyd; Wilson Pickett; "TheseSimple Reasons," Mad Lads; Big Blues: "Outside Love,"


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will end up #1 at WLS and you name the station. Why wait?Congrats to Eddie Levine who is the new head of singles pro-

motion for U.A. and Jim Brown goes to LP promotion.The new Bobbie Hebb is "Oo Lah Lah" which is n in Aus-

tralia.Tijuana Brass-How Can Anything Be So Big?

Every seat in Philadelphia's Convention Hall was filled. Thatmeans there were over 15,000 people there. It was a bigger crowdthan came to see the Beatles. Some of the seats were so far awayfrom the stage, they bordered on Camden. They could have soldenough seats to fill the Hall over again. The Tijuana Brass hadcome to town! Why? The answer is simple. This is the era ofthe "turned on," mature adult. Herb Alpert and his musiciansappeal to the broadest possible age spread. And they were allthere-from the children to the grand -parents! Take away theirmoney and take away their beer, but don't ever take away THEIRswingin' music! It's the sugar of the earth!

More About RecordsThe title of the new Chicago Loop from Bob Crewe is, "Rich-

ard Cory" . . . "The Great Name Dropper," Legion of SuperHeroes, Amy, went on WIBG with a contest, "Name the recordsof the people mentioned in the song." It broke in Allentown withGene Kaye ... "In the Midnight Hour," Dick Whittington's Cats,Amy, is close to 10,000 in Cleveland and went on WBZ & WMEX,Boston. Could be?

The big side on the Vera Lynn on UA is, "It Hurt To SayGoodbye" . . . "Rhoda Mendelbaum," the Doughboys, can be agoodie for Bell . . . WCOL, Columbus, Pick: "Don't Go Home,"Shirelles . . . Chart: Peaches & Herb.

Dex Allen, KOL, Seattle, reports the Blues Magoos at #1 andthe Seeds at n, and the Nightcrawlers at 1;.3 and the ElectricPrunes at 1#5. Top 20: Left Banke; Lesley Gore.

Philly Giant"I'll Take Care," Frankie Laine, is a giant in Philly. This is a

hit record. We see that many top 40 stations have finally gottenaround to our old smooth music tip of "My Cup Runneth Over,"Ed Ames, RCA. As we kept telling you, this also is a HIT! . . .

The big R&B smash, "Find Me," Attractions, Amy, is now a giantpop sales smash at WQXI, Atlanta. It went #1 on WIGO, Atlanta.We predict top 10 pop nationally, if it gets played!

Gene Armond knows in his heart that "Lady," Jack Jones, isa top 10 pop smash. We hope to see Jack Feb. 2 at the LatinCasino ... Another R&B giant went pop large at WQXI, Atlanta,"I Can't Please You," Jimmy Robins, Onederful. This is a HITrecord and an adult favorite, if YOU play it! . . . "People LikeMe." Eddie Fisher, RCA, is another adult hit . . . "Daddy's LittleGirl," Al Martino, is a smash in Philly . . . "Mary Mary" and"She" in the Monkees LP is #1 where played . . . The "B" sideof the Nancy Sinatra, "Summer Wine," is a giant where played. . . "Love, Hate, Revenge," Del Satins, Diamond, looks potentwith Dick Buckley in Nashville ... "The Tramp," Lowell Fulsom,is a pop hit in Birmingham . . . "Truest Woman In the World,"Joe Tex, "B" side, looks like a smash . . . Wilson Pickett is suretop 10 in the South says Dick Reus . . . Herb Bernstein has a hitfor Scepter with "Don't Go Home," Shirelles . . . "Every Day IHave the Blues," Billy Stewart, Chess, has to be a pop Smash ..."Marrying Kind of Love," Critters, sounds potent.

Strong DovePOWERFUL IN THE RONNIE DOVE LP: "Walkin' My Baby

Back Home"; "Little White Cloud That Cried"; "Wheel Of For-tune." Put these on a "cart" and they're all hits.

Mickey Wallich of ABC flashes that "I'll Take Care," FrankieLaine, is over 100,000 in sales nationally and it is a giant inN.Y,C. and Philly (where the Genius, Matty "Humdinger" Singer,broke it). There are more than three re -orders in each of thefollowing cities: Buffalo; Chicago; Detroit; Miami; Newark; St.Louis; S.F. We predict that every top 40 station will soon startjumping on it. Moe Preskell will shortly join Mickey in promotion.

Bertha Porter, WDRC, Hartford, Station Pick: "No Milk To-day" and "There's a Kind of a Hush," Herman's Hermits. Newat WDRC: Mitch Ryder; "Darling Be Home Soon" and "DarlingCompanion," Lovin` Spoonful; Johnny Rivers; "Mairzy Doats,"Innocence.

Doug Moody is doing the heavy promotion for Kama Sutraas Eddie Levine moves over to U.A.



1. TELL IT LIKE IT ISAaron Neville-Parlow 101

2. STANDING IN THE SHADOWS 17Four Tops -Motown 1102

3. LET'S FALL IN LOVE 5

Peaches & Herb -Date 15234. TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS 4

Otis Redding -Volt 1415. MERCY MERCY 6

Cannonball Adderly-Capitol 57986. TEN COMMANDMENTS 7

Prince Buster -Philips 5404277. ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME 2

Freddy Scott -Shout 2078. HEY LEROY 8

Jimmy Castor -Smash 20699. STAND BY ME 3

Spyder Turner -MGM 1361710. THE TRAMP 11

Lowell Fulsom-Kent 45611. PAPA WAS TOO 9

Joe Tex -Dial 405112. WACK WACK 10

Young -Holt Trio -Brunswick 5530513. I'M GONNA MISS YOU 12

Artistics-Brunswick 5530114. OOH BABY 14

Bo Diddley-Checker 115815. CAN'T PLEASE YOU 15

Jimmy Robins-Jerhart 20716. LOOK AT GRANNY RUN RUN 16

Howard Tate -Verve 1046417. HUNTER GETS CAPTURED 44

Marvelettes-Tamla 5414318. SKATE NOW 21

Lou Courtney -Riverside 458819. 96 TEARS 23

Big Maybelle-Rojac 11220. EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY 48

Wilson Pickett -Atlantic 238121. WHY NOT TONIGHT 50

Jimmy Hughes -Fame22. GRITS 'N' CORNBREAD 27

Soul Runners-Mo Soul 10123. IT WON'T WORK OUT BABY 46

Lost Souls-Glasco 20124. I DIG YOU BABY 45

Jerry Butler -Mercury 7264825. WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO 33

James & Bobby Purify -Bell 66026. LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU'RE

GONE 37Suoremes-Motown 1103

27. DANGER! SHE'S A STRANGER 26Five Stairsteps-Windy C 604

28. TIP TOE 42Robert Parker -Nola 729

29. IT TAKES TWOKim Weston & Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54141

30. IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE 36Felice Taylor -Mustang 3024

31. LIGHT IN THE WINDOW 35Solomon Burke -Atlantic 2378

32. I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE 18Jimmy Ruffin -Soul 35027

33. KARATE 22Emperors-Mala 543

34. BLACK OLIVES 28Bad Boys -Paula 254

35. GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YOU 47Fascinations -Mayfield 7714

36. HUMPHREY STOMP 50Earl Harrison -Garrison 3001

37. THAT'S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS 32Mottle Moultrie -Columbia

38. THE BIGGEST MAN 39Tommy Hunt -Dynamo 101

39. FEEL SO BAD 41Little Milton -Checker 1162

40. MY SPECIAL PRAYER 34Joe Simon -Sound Stage 5277

41. DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL SO BAD 38Radiants -Chess

42. SWEET DARLIN' 40Jimmy "Soul" Clark -Palmer

43. GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT 43Bunny Sigler -Parkway

44. ME AND MY IMAGINATION 49Ovations-Goldwax

45. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUJackie Wilson -Brunswick 55309

46. WAITING ON YOUB. B. King -ABC 10889

47. DRY YOUR EYESBrenda & Tabulations-Dionn 500

48. RAISE YOUR HANDEddie Floyd-Stax 208

49. GIMME SOME LOVIN'Spencer Davis Group-U.A. 50108

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Johnny Taylor . . . Smash: "Grass Is Always Greener," EllaWashington, Atlantic; Jimmy Hughes . . . #2 Giant in sales:"When I Stop Loving You," George Jackson . . . Giant: SolBurke; Mitch Ryder; "If It's All the Same," Luther Ingram;Spencer Davis; Sam and Dave . . . Cooking: "Such Misery,"Precisions; Bunny Sigler; Jimmy Soul Clark . . . WWIN Pick:"Crazy Bout Entertainers," Jerry McCain . . . New at WWIN:"Greatest Love," Willie West; Robert Parker; "Philly Walk,"Boogie Kings; Billy Stewart; Ramsey Lewis; Little Richard;Walter Jackson; "Ali Shuffle," Alvin Cash; Jackie Wilson;"Now," Dick Jacobs . . . Giants: "It's a Mess," Ricky Allen,Atlantic; Eddie Floyd.

Around the CountryThe Pick at WJMO, Cleveland, is "I've Been Lonely," Young

Rascals. New: Buddy Ace; Chuck and Maxine; "Shy Guy,"Billy McGregor; Fantastic 4; Bo Diddley; Earl Harrison;Shirelles; Willie West; Tommy & Cleve; L. Jennings; JerryButler.

Ken Reeth, WAMO, Pittsburgh, New: Lee Dorsey; "Heartand Soul," Lorraine Ellison; "World Is a Stage," Fantastic 4;"Mr. Shy," Billy McGregor; Billy Stewart; Ramsey Lewis.WAMO Pick: "Hold On," Chuck and Maxine. 11 in Pittsburghis Peaches and Herb. Smashes: 5 Stairsteps; "Black Olives,"Bad Boys (#4) ; Soul Runners; Ideals; Tommy Hunt; Inez andCharlie. Smash: "Find Me," Attractions, Amy.

Ernie Durham, WJLB, Detroit, Likes: "Greatest Love,"Willie West; "365 Days," Donald Height; Jimmy Hughes;Wayne & Exceptions; Earl Grant; Baby Cortez; Lenny Jen-nings. Hitting: Earl Harrison; Don Covay; Shirelles.

Bill Terrell, WDIA, Memphis: New: Mad Lads; JohnnyTaylor; Roy Thompson; J&B Purify; Mary Love; 5 Stairsteps;Nickie Lee; Earl Grant. Hot: Robert Parker; Joe Simon; EddieFloyd; Jerry Butler; Van Dykes; Dean Parrish; Marvin & Kim.#1 Smash: Sam and Dave. Hit: Peaches & Herb.

KSOL, San Francisco, New: Vernon Garrett; Jackie Wilson;Joe Simon; Sonny Fisher; Little Milton, Sol Burke.

Robbie D, WCHB, Detroit, loves: Donald Height; Chuck &Maxine; "I'm a Fool," Falcons; Eddie Floyd; Wilson Pickett.Smash: "The Way You've Been Acting Lately," Al Kent, RicTic. (So, Ed Wingate has two smashes, this, and the Fan-tastic 4), Hits in Detroit: Tommy Hunt; Precisions.

Hot New Releases Excite BusinessEffie Smith and Bert Berns were thrilled by Ernie Durham's

and Fat Daddy's reaction to "Three Hundred and Sixty Five(Days of Trouble)," Donald Height, Shout. It looks like awinner! . . . "Ali Shuffle," Alvin Cash, has to be a smash!However, Robbie Dee, hot evening deejay on WCHB, Detroit,is all turned on about the great instrumental on the "B" side,"Feel So Good." So check it out! . . . "Philly Walk," BoogieKings, Paula, has to be the greatest record Stan Lewis evershipped out of Shreveport. Joe Bahari of Kent -Modern told usthat every station in the South is wailing Stan's great blueson Ronn, "Nothing Takes the Place of You," Toussant . .

Meanwhile, Fat Daddy loves Stan's "She's Crazy 'Bout Enter-tainers," Jerry McCain, Jewel . . . We think that Bill "Bunky"Sheppard will have his first hit for King with, "Why Why,Why," Mill Evans . . . He is high on, "Why Am I Crying,"Shirley Wahls.

Ken Reeth, WAMO, Pittsburgh, feels that the side on thenew Lorraine Ellison is, "Heart and Soul." Others are goingwith the "A" side (for Buzzy Willis), "If I Had A Hammer."Ken heard the advance on the new Roddy Joy on Parkway,"Every Breath I Take," and says that "it is most fantastic !"

Chess looks like it will have two immediate smashes in"Every Day I Have the Blues," Billy Stewart, and "1-2-3,"Ramsey Lewis . . . Guy Ward in L.A. has an "old sound" R&Brecord that blew Fat Daddy, Chatty Hatty and Ken Reeth out-title, "Victim of Circumstance," Mike & Censations, High-land . . . "Such Misery," Precisions, is top 10 in Detroit, isnow breaking in Baltimore at WWIN, and looks good in Cleve-land.

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has announced the formationof T.A.G. Ltd. Records here.Officers of the new firm areRoker, Sales and Promotion;Magnificent Montague, A&R;and Jan Harvey, Chief Engin-eer.

Roker said the new label willconcentratemainly in theR&B field withsome productalso plannedin the LatinAmerican field.First releasefor T.A.G. is"StraightLove, No Chas-er" by Syl

Johnson, a purchased mas-ter which is getting chart ac-tion in the Chicago area. Alsoscheduled on T.A.G is a singleand an LP by Willie Baby, aLatin artist from Cuba. A sub-sidiary label, Mark II Produc-tions, has also been formedwith product slanted for amiddle-of-the-road pop sound.

T.A.G is initiating weeklytalent auditions among young-sters in the Watts area of LosAngeles, who obtain applica-tions to audition through theAmerican Record Shops, a chainof discount record stores ownedby the principals in the newlabel.

Roker was formerly R&BPromotion Manager for theImperial and Minit labels, andMontague is the well-knowndeejay, formerly on WWRL,New York, and currently heardin the 9-12 p.m. slot on KGFJ,Los Angeles. Offices and stu-dios of the new company arelocated at 5371 West Pico Blvd.in Los Angeles.

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Becca, billed as "The Boss Mom,"reviews material for her firstUnited Artists Records sessionwith the label's Coast Manager,Norm Weiser. She's a Californiahousewife, mother of two teen-agedaughters.

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Baltimore and is a hit in Detroit . . . "When I Stop LovingYou," George Jackson really made it in Baltimore. Otis Pollardis IN! It's n at WWIN! . . . Everyone in Detroit tells us thatEd Wingate and JoAnn Brantley have their biggest smashever: "The Way You've Been Acting Lately," Al Kent, Ric Tic.This is on top of their Detroit top 10 giant, "The World Is aStage," Fantastic Four.

Phil Kahl Discovers Southern SoulPhil Kahl of Diamond Records went down to Nashville, and

with Buddy Killen, went in to cut Johnny Thunder and RubyWinters, using Memphis musicians on some real R&B soul.They mean to make it in R&B with these great sounds. Theycut Johnny and Ruby individually and in duets. Joe Kolsky ofDiamond will decide on the specific releases this week.

It looks like Jerry Ross struck it rich on the albums heproduced on Mercury for Dee Dee Warwick and Jerry Butler.Fat Daddy discovered that "Good Good Lovin' " in the ButlerLP and "Another Lonely Saturday Night" in the Dee DeeWarwick LP are stone smashes! . . . Another super cut in theJerry Butler LP is, "Why Did I Lose You Baby." This cut isvery strong! Also dig: "The Way of Love" and "You Don'tKnow What You've Got Until You Lose It" . . . The new LesMcCann single is "All" and the LP is called "Bucket ofGrease." It's a Boogaloo LP.

Ernie Durham, WJLB, Detroit, did it again! He found that,"Night Time Is the Right Time" in the new Joe Williams LPon Solid State (U.A.) is an adult smash in Detroit! The LP isnow back -ordered! Ernie reports that "Now," Dick Jacobs,Brunswick, is strong, Steve Mancha is #2, Fascinations is #8,and "Summer Song," Michel Rubini, Atco, looks great.

Chatty Batty, WGIV, Charlotte, reports hit sales on theChuck and Maxine; Mighty Sam; and Young Rascals. Picks:Lenny Jennings; Billy Stewart; Eddie Floyd; Bobby Marchan;Earl Grant.

Jimmy Bishop, WDAS, Philadelphia, New : "Don't Shine," DialTones, Dial; Jackie Wilson; Darrow Fletcher; Roger Collins;Ramsey Lewis; Billy Stewart; Shirelles (Jimmy feels this onecan make it). Smashes: Marvin & Kim; Peaches and Herb;Brenda & Tabulations; Marvelettes; Bo Diddley; LowellFulsom.

Jimmy Bishop now goes from 5 to 8 p.m. and Donny Brooksgoes from 8 to 11 p.m.... Sonny Hopson, known as the "MightyBurner, Soul Sound Sunny," is cooking all afternoon on WHATand he is quite the rage with the Philly teen-agers-who dig his"Funny Car" (a brilliant promotion device). Sonny is veryhigh on "It's Soul Time," Shirley Ellis. . . . Meanwhile, LarryDaly looks very strong in the morning drive slot for WDAS,and veteran Kae Williams is cooking on WDAS in the mid -dayslot opposite Billy Fox on WHAT.

Bob Robin and Cosmo of Dover Music are getting great playon "Greatest Love," Willie West, in many markets and it looksgreat. Meanwhile, "Tip Toe," Robert Parker, has turned intoa big record nationally for them . . . Ronnie Procter of CallaRecords is thrilled that, "Girl's Out To Get You," Fascinations,is a hit in a number of markets like Detroit . . . "Shine It On,"Vernon Garrett, Kent, looks very good in a lot of markets-also the Mary Love, "Baby I'll Come"

Al Jefferson, PD of WWIN, Baltimore reports good actionon a local item, "That's What I Want," Syng McGowan, Hope.

LeBaron Taylor has two sales smashes in Detroit: "I'm InLove Again," Debonaires, and "Warning," Pat Lewis. The newHolidays is called "Love Is Creeping Up On Me" . . . PeteGarris is thrilled with the sales on, "Humphrey Stomp," EarlHarrison (which broke big in N.Y.), and "Please Come Home,"Shirelles (which is big in Philly and N.Y.).

Rocky Groce and Frankie Crocker have opened at the world'slargest discotheque, the Cheetah, in Manhattan. They openedwith Wilson Pickett, and will have a long list of the top recordstars like the Young Rascals, Shirelles and many top R&B starswho will be performing in downtown New York City for thefirst time ever. Congrats to the boys!

Les Anderson, KYOK, Houston, is going to get marriedshortly. He reports as Big: Fascinations; Prince Butler; At-tractions; Incredibles; Lou Courtney; Buddy Ace; Big May -





belle. Likes: Eddie Floyd; Marvelettes; Baby Cortez. 1#1,Cannonball Adderly. . . . Flip Action: "I Ain't Myself Any-more," Bobby Bland. Top LP Cut: "Girl, I Need You," ArtisticsLP.

Rudy Runnells, WOL, Washington, has James Brown at the#1 slot which made James Brown flip out of his mind in Philly.New: Patti Austin; Don Covay; Donald Height; "Philly Walk,"Boogie Kings; Lou Rawls; Hoagy Lands.

Robert B.Q., PD of KATZ, St. Louis, reports that the KATZBlast is "Tip Toe," Robert Parker and "The Teen Pick" is"Watching and Waiting," Mitty Collier. Good Sales: Fascina-tions; Luther Ingram; Jerry Butler; Sol Burke.

Al Perkins, PD of KALO, Little Rock, informs us that hislineup of deejays is: the Bull; Rocky C; Larry Hayes; andLee Fox. Hits: James Carr; Little Milton; Jerry Butler; JoeSimon; Jimmy Hughes; Clarence Carter; Marvin L. Sims.Strong New Records: Darrow Fletcher; Eddie Floyd; Intrud-ers; Jimmy Taylor; Chuck & Maxine; Sam & Dave; ShirleyWahls.

Jerry Thomas, PD of KNOK, Ft. Worth -Dallas Pick: "Cer-tain Little Something," Darrow Fletcher. New: Patti Austin;Spencer Wiggins. Top 2 Smash: Buddy Ace. 1#4, Jerry Butler.1;6, Prince Harold. Charted: Vernon Garrett; Clarence Carter;Joe Simon; Felice Taylor; Marvin & Kim.

WTMP, Tampa, George C picks: "Mr. Shy," Billy McGregor.Gil Larmar picks: Intruders. Jim Murray picks J&B Purify.Tal Forrest picks Johnny Nash. Hits: Jimmy Robins; Fascina-tions; Attractions; Clarence Carter.

It appears that "Dark End of the Street," James Carr, Gold-wax, will go #1 in all Southern markets . . . WIGO Picked"Baby I'll Come," Mary Love, and "Never Leave Me," ThelmaJones, is a giant in Atlanta . . . Rick Darnel, PD at WLLE,Raleigh, reports that the Jimmy Hughes is a giant. He picks"It Won't Work Out Baby," Lost Souls, for Tommy Glascoe . .

Ruben Hughes, WMOO, Mobile, is high on, "Tip Toe," RobertParker .. . Hamp Swain, WIBB, Macon, reports MaryLove is already a smash. It looks like Joe Bahari did a greatjob of promotion on his tour of the South . . . Erwin Hestor,WSRC, Durham, is very high on Joe Simon and Prince Buster.

Cecil Holmes of Cameo is all out on "Meet Me in Church,"Bobby Marchan, which is already a hit in New York, where healways does well, and looks great in the South . . . "Don't Letthe Sun," Dialtones, Dial, looks very good in the South forBuddy Killen and Fat Daddy is very high on it.

Eddie O'Jay, WLIB, N.Y., predicts: "Need Your Lovin',"Dynamics, RCA, will be a smash. It's the Jack Walker Pick ofthe Week . . . Eddie loves "I'm Coming Home," SeptemberJones, Kapp. He agrees with Ernie Durham on "Hold To MyBaby," Cavaliers, RCA. Eddie was first to pick "Hold On,"Buddy Ace, Duke, in N.Y. and it is breaking. He hopes for bigsuccess on the Solomon Burke. He says WLIB was first toplay, "Grits and Cornbread," Soul Runners, which is a hit.Play: "Mongo's Boogaloo," Mongo Santamaria, Columbia: "ItWon't Work Out," Lost Souls, was broken at WLIB. They areon "Hold On," Chuck and Maxine.

Charles Derrick, WOIC, Columbia, South Carolina has agreat new side out called, "Money, You Never Get Tired Of,"and he will have his new Kip Anderson out next week. Hepicks: Buddy Ace and Nickie Lee.

Congrats to Jack Walker and Eddie O'Jay at WLIB, N.Y.who got a number of records rolling in the New York market. . . Matt Parsons is quietly doing a great promo job forScepter nationally, and Herb Bernstein is cooking right alongwith him ... Boo Frazier did a great promo job on "I Dig YouBaby," Jerry Butler, especially in the South.

Jim Stewart and Al Bell say that this Sam and Dave is agiant . . . Johnny Taylor has never had a big record in L.A.before, but "Ain't That Lovin' You" has gotten immediate bigreaction off KGFJ, off the "Soul Sound." Washington andBaltimore and Connecticut look big for Taylor . . . They cutan LP with Carla Thomas and Otis Redding together, and thetitle of the LP is "King and Queen." It's dynamite, but won't


On Strong

Coming on strong with pop as wellas R&B stations is "Go Where YouWanna Go," Soul City platter bythe Fifth Dimension. According toMacey Lipman, World Pacific sales -promo topper, who distributes thedisk, a follow-up LP is already inthe works. Pictured with the FifthDimension, during a session, on ex-treme right A&R producer-Gen-eral Manager Marc Gordon. Sitting,Lipman.

BluesWay 4ABC Records is kicking off its

new BluesWay label with fouralbums, featuring blues singersB. B. King, Jimmy Reed, JohnLee Hooker and Otis Spann. Anextensive promo and ad cam-paign is under way.

LHI Pacts LadyBarber Lynn CastleSinger Lynn Castle has been

signed to the LHI label, an-nounces President Lee Hazle-wood. The thrush was dis-covered by Hazlewood at Holly-wood's Rogue Barber Shopwhere she was a lady barber.She recorded her own tune "TheLady Barber," being releasedthis week, and along with Na-tional Promotion Director TomThacker sets out on a nine -citypromo tour (Monday, Jan.30). Kicking off in Chicago,Lynn hits Boston (31), NewYork (Feb. 1 & 2), Philadelphia(3) Baltimore (6), Washington(7), Miami (8), New Orleans(9) and Dallas (10).

LBJ Hosts AlMr. & Mrs. Al Hirt were

guests of President and Mrs.Lyndon B. Johnson for dinnerat the White House on a recentTuesday evening. It concludeda busy week for Al, commenc-ing with an appearance at theSuper -Bowl in Los Angeles, aconcert in Detroit on Mondayand a recording session in NewYork for RCA on the followingday.

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WCHB, Detroit: Pick: "365 Days," Donald Height . . . LooksBig: Billy Stewart: "Just Be Sincere," Jackie Wilson . . . RayHenderson is on from 9:45 to 12:45 on WCHB, and he is adefinite power in the Detroit market. We're very proud of thiscooker from Raleigh. Since he and Jay Butler look like broth-ers, they are called "The Soul Twins," because they "sock itto 'em."

Larry Williams has joined the Okeh label as a producer.He has a fine track record . . . Freddie Frank is very excitedabout the L.A. action on "Hurry Sundown," Little Richard,and Okeh is all out on, "Speak Her Name," Walter Jackson.They have turned the Major Lance over to "I."

Steve Nolan, Music Director formerly of WMPP, Chicago, isnow, Paul Major, at WGEE, Indianapolis. Other R&B deejayis Jim Smith. Sid Woods resigned from WGEE. Records areSelling: Jackie Wilson; Platters; Sam and Dave.

Crown Prince, Larry Hargrove and Willie Martin, WRBD,Ft. Lauderdale, report top 5 sales on, "Grass Seems Greener,"Ella Washington, Atlantic.

Marty Wekser, WWRL, N.Y., reports that Prince Buster is#3 and going to #1. Freddy Scott is now #1. #4 is the 5Stairsteps and Jerry Butler is a smashing #8 and #9 is Fasci-nations. Busting into the top 16 are: James Carr and WilsonPickett. NEW at WWRL: Young Rascals; Alvin Cash; MitchRyder; "When I Stop," George Jackson, Cameo ; Jr. Walker;Lou Rawls; Roscoe Robinson; Joe Simon; Sam and Dave;Billy Stewart; Lee Dorsey.

Note: Cameo -Parkway has picked up the #2 Baltimore smash,"When I Stop Loving You," George Jackson.

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Larry McKinley of WYLD, New Orleans, writes: "Please donot refer to me as PD, as I am the Music Director. I don'thave enough brains to be PD." Oh sure Larry, sure, but youshoot golf in the seventies, don't you !" Hits at WYLD, NewOrleans: Earl Harrison; Don Covay; Buddy Ace; Sol Burke;"Poor Sam," Earl King.

John Rhys flashes from Detroit that "Step Aside Baby,"Lollipops, Impact, broke in Detroit to the tune of 6,000 soldand they are running.

Vanguard Records, a successful folk -jazz LP label, hascome up with a fantastic blues single by Junior Wells ofChicago. It's called ("I Got A) Stomach Ache." Fat Daddyfound it in a Vanguard LP on Jr. Wells. Herb Corsak is run-ning hard to bring this record in all the way, and WABQ,Cleveland went right on it and sales started immediately. Itshould be a giant in Chicago as Jr. Wells went #1 with "UpIn Heah."

Ed Wright of Minit Records reports tremendous action tohis three new releases: "Everybody Needs Help," Jimmy Hol-liday; "Workin' on Your Case," the O'Jays; and the newJimmy McCracklin . . . Rennie Roker has national distribu-tion on the former Chicago hit by Syl Johnson and has picksin Detroit and St. Louis . . . Steve Byrd is cookin' in the after-noon drive -time slot at KXLW-St. Louis and reports an im-mediate breakout on "Check Yourself," Intruders . . . Thename of the new Emperors on Amy is "My Baby Does theBoogaloo" . . . Donny Brooks, WDAS-Philly, reports a smashbreakout on "Philly Walk," Boogie Kings, Paula.

Robbie D, a blue-eyed soul brother, is now the top deejayin Detroit playing R&B on WCAB from 7:45 to midnight. Hehas grabbed a large part of the white teen-age audience andis even breaking records in Dearborn. His newest breakout is"Greatest Love," Willie West. He reports smash action onHolidays, Fantastic 4, Al Kent, Tommy Hunt, Wilson Pickett,Donald Height and both sides of the new Alvin Cash, "AlleyShuffle" b/w "Feel So Good." Speaking of the Alvin Cash, itis a smash breakout in New York City and went on all thepop stations in Houston.

Johnny Persons and Bob Jones, WIGO, Atlanta, No. 1:Thelma Jones. Smashing "Wish You Didn't," James andBobby Purify; 141: "Greatest Love," Willie West. Picks: JackieWilson, Intruders, Shirelles, Donald Height, Platters, Jr.Parker, Darrow Fletcher, Lorraine Ellison. Blues Action:"Outside Love," Johnny Taylor. All-night man Steve Camp-bell, "The Soul Popper," is tearing Atlanta up! . . . NickieLee and Fred Hanna, WAME-Miami, : Lowell Fulsom;Joe Simon. Smashing Top 10: Jimmy Hughes, Little Milton,Aztecs, James Carr, Van Dykes. Sales: Brenda and Tabula-tions. Picks: Donald Height, Buddy Ace, Shirelles, Cooper-ettes, Alvin Cash, Johnny Taylor, Lorraine Ellison, TommyHunt, Platters, Billy McGregor.

Ricky Williams, WGOK-Mobile, Pick: Thelma Jones. Hits:Donald Height, Wilson Pickett, Chuck and Maxine.

Pace Inks BlockerAs Indie ConsultantHOLLYWOOD-Don Blocker,

the head of T A P, has beensigned by Pace Records of LosAngeles to run the newlyformed label.

Pace will operate as a sub-sidiary of the Moral Rearma-ment movement. Blocker'sagreement with the patrioticorganization is for his servicesas an independent consultant.He will handle national distri-bution, promotion and A&R co-ordination for the label.

The decision by Moral Re-armament to form a record sub-sidiary follows the successfulsale of a premium album offeredin conjunction with the recenttelevision special, "Up with

People," which played on in-dependent television stationthroughout the nation. Blockersaid 750,000 copies of an "Upwith People" television soundtrack album were sold throughSchick Blades, the show's spon-sor.

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Raush to LonghornDALLAS - Leon Raush has

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Sol Burke; Boobie Kings; Tommy & Cleve;Sam Baker; Jackie Day; Ricky Allen;Donald Height; Ramsey Lewis; JamesCarr; Vernon Garrett; Eddie Floyd; Su-premes; Carla Thomas; King Curtis; Moni-tors; Ideals; Vontastics.

GERRY COLLINS, FRANKLIN COLLINS,JOE GUNN, KEN HAWKINS,

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J. & B. Purify; Jimmy Hughes; ClarenceCarter; Aztecs; Buddy Ace; Felice Tay-lor; Tommy & Cleve; Vernon Garrett;Bobby Hebb.

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CHARTEDJ. & B. Purify; Donald Height; Sol Burke;

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McKINLEY "CROWN PRINCE" WILLIAMS;LARRY HARGROVE; WILLIE MARTIN,

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Vernon Garrett; Sol Burke; Eddie Higgins;Willie West; Roy Thompson; Tommy Hunt;Luther Ingram; Aztecs; Buddy Ace; JamesCarr; Carla Thomas; Bad Boys; SpencerWiggins. Top 5: "Grass Seems Greener" -Ella Washington Atlantic.

Gibbs at MotownNEW YORK - Motown Rec-

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Chicago, Illinois1. I'm A Believer (Monkees)2. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron

(Royal Guardsmen)3. Georgy Girl (Seekers)4. Kind Of A Drag (Buckingham)5. Wild Thing (Senator Bobby)6. Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)7. We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet (Blues Magoos)8. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (Casinos)9. I've Been Lonely Too Long (Young Rascals;

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Newark, New Jersey1. I'm A Believer (Monkees)2. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron

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Chicago, Illinois1. I'm A Believer (Monkees)2. Love You So Much (New Colony Six)3. Georgy Girl (Seekers)4. Kind Of A Drag (Buckinghams)5. Knight In Rusty Armor (Peter & Gordon)6. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron

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ProductionsHOLLYWOOD - Lord Tim

Hudson and Edward B. Garnerhave announced the formationof a new production companyto be titled Brompton Produc-tions.

Lord Tim was formerly withKFWB radio in Los Angeles andhas the distinction of being thefirst English disk jockey to workin America. He is from Man-chester. He and Ed Garner,motion picture and televisionactor, are managing the Seedswhose record "Pushin' TooHard" is riding high.

Associated with Bromptonwill be William R. Howard whorepresents Dino, Desi & Billyas well as Gail, Deana andClaudia Martin.

Offices are located in Suite206, 8255 Sunset Boulevard.

The Seeds take off Feb. 4on a tour beginning in SanBernardino and ending in Ber-keley after covering 37 differ-ent cities. Cities to be plantedwith the Seeds' special soundinclude, Jacksonville, F 1 a . ;

Nashville, Memphis, Dallas,Kansas City, Denver, Salt LakeCity, Phoenix.

Other acts on the bill includeB. J. Thomas and the BuffaloSpringfield.

BELMONT RECORD "ONE STOP"Newark, New Jersey

1. Stand By Me (Spyder Turner)2. Are You Lonely For Me (Freddy Scott)3. It Takes Two (Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye)4. Oh Yeah (Joe Cuba Sextet)5. Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)6. Papa Was Too (Joe Tex)7. Mercy Mercy (Cannonball Adderly)8. Standing In The Shadows Of Love

(Four Tops)9. Hey, Leroy Your Mama's Calling You

(Jimmy Castor)10. Dark End Of The Street (James Carr)

DAVE'S ONE STOPEast Hartford, Connecticut

1. Green Green Grass Of Home (Tom Jones)2. let's Spend The Night Together

(Rolling Stones)3. Georgy Girl (Seekers)4. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (Casinos)5. Daddy's Little Girl (Al Martino)6. Kind Of A Drag (Buckinghams)7. Knight In Rusty Armor (Peter & Gordon)8. Lovin' You (Bobby Darin)9. Mercy Mercy (Cannonball Adderly)

10. Our Winter Love (Lettermen)

SPRUCE RECORD SHOP

Scranton, Pennsylvania

1. I'm A Believer (Monkees)2. Nashville Cats (Lovin' Spoonful)3. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron

(Royal Guardsmen)4. Tell It To The Rain (Four Seasons)5. Single Girl (Sandy Posey)6. Where Will The Words Come From

(Gary Lewis)7. Color My World (Petula Clark)8. Words Of Love (Mama's & Papa's)9. There's Got To Be A Word (Innocence)

10. Knight In Rusty Armor (Peter & Gordon)

Magoos on Move!NEW YORK - Mercury's

unique airborne promotion tourof the chart -riding group, theBlues Magoos, is garnering"unprecedented" press, radioand TV exposure for the label'sleading exponents of the "psy-chedelic sound," Mercury an-nounces.

At least one performance inPittsburgh was canceled bylocal police officials whencrowds became too large tohandle. Earlier, on arrival inPittsburgh at the AlleghenyCounty Airport a crowd ofabout 2,000 teens turned out togreet the arrival of the specialMagoos airliner and police pro-tection was again required.

It Began at LaGuardiaThe trip began Friday, Jan.

20 at LaGuardia Airport's Ma-rine Air Terminal when thegroup boarded a specially char-tered executive aircraft, head-ing for the first stop -Boston.They were met at Logan Inter-national Airport by Bert John-son and Joe Brenner of MerrecDistribs and whisked by motor-cade to their motel and tapedradio interview show swithdeejays. The first evening fea-tured a cocktail party for press,radio, TV and key retail per-sonnel at which the group per-formed. They followed this withanother guest performance atBoston's leading teen club,"Where It's At." Local deejayDave Maynard introduced themand the audience greeted themwith roaring approval. Satur-day, Jan. 21, found them at anin-store appearance for MinuteMan Radio in Harvard Squarewhere they met fans, signedautographs and personally soldtheir hit LP, "Psychedelic Lol-lipop."

They arrived in Baltimorejust in time for a scheduledreception in Washington, D.C.at the Marriott Motor Inn.

The Magoos then went totheir tumultuous reception inPittsburgh, followed by a jour-ney to Columbus where theytaped TV shows, conductedpress interviews and appearedat a record hop. Continuingtheir whirlwind pace, the groupflew on to Dayton, Cincinnati,Louisville and St. Louis. By thetour's end on Feb. 3, they willalso have visited St. Paul, Min-neapolis, Milwaukee, Toledo,

Wheeler to TreeNASHVILLE -The most re-

cent addition to the growingwriters' roster at Tree Publish-ing Co. is Onie Wheeler, accord-ing to Tree Exec VP, BuddyKillen.

Mercury Records' National PromoDirector Dennis Ganim chats withRalph Magoo on chartered execu-tive airliner during flying promotour undertaken by label and BluesMagoos.

Erie, Buffalo, Rochester, Syra-cuse and Hartford.

Mercury National Promo Di-rector Dennis Ganim is accom-panying the group throughoutthe tour. He was joined brieflyin parts of the itinerary byMarty Hoffman and Jere Realof the New York and Chicagopublicity departments, respec-tively.

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(This column appears first in Spanish and then in English.)Hemos sido testigos durante meses, de la batalla establecida

por nuestra musica latina contra las estaciones "pop" del mer-cado norteamericano, que la habian rechazado de piano, ya queera considerada como expresion "etnica." Las estaciones R&Bbrindaron un respaldo absoluto a nuestra musica y han forzadoa gran cantidad de estaciones "pop" a que estas incluyan en susprogramaciones nuestro ritmo "latin rock." Felicitamos con todonuestro corazon a todos los sellos grabadores, artistas y "disc -jockeys" que han hecho posible nuestra triunfo en este mercado.Son "hits" en estos momentos "Oh, Yeah!" de Joe Cuba y suSexteto, del sello Tico, "At the Party" por Hector Rivera, en elsello Barry, "Wack Wack" por el Young Holt Trio en el selloBrunswick y suben de posiciones "Fat Mama" de Tito Puente yel "Viva Arsenio" de Arsenio Rodriguez, en los sellos Tito y Bangrespectivamente. Las puertas del "gran mercado" han caido bru-scamente ante la decision y energia de un grupo he hombres, quedecidieron cambiar un mercado . . . Y asi vemos coma gran can-tidad de las estaciones de radio americanas estan prestas ya arecibir nuestra musica sabre una alfombra roja de bienvenida .Tambien van realizandose cambios en el mercado latino, ya quemuchas empresas estan buscando y grabando nuestra musica,con cierto caracter y ritmo norteamericano, tales como lo dadoen llamar "latin-soul," "latin-rock" y "latin-boogaloo." El selloGema acaba del anzar "Guiro" por Los Guajiros y se organizanpara hacerle frente a la avalancha del mercado americano. LaMusart este, dando pasos importantisimos en este aspecto, asicomo Decca, Kubaney, Bang y otros que harian nuestra lista im-presionante . . . Triunf6 Lucha Villa en sus actuaciones en elTeatro Puerto Rico en Nueva York . . . Lanzard a este mercadoel sello RCA, una grabaciOn de larga duration de Palito Ortega. . . !Albricias !

Osvaldo Farres Lucha Villa Palito Ortega

Muy bueno el "Piano Romantico" al estilo de Anibal Angel,Vol. III, del sello Fuentes que incluye: "Mar y Cielo," "CariiioVerdad," "Mi Suplica," "Plazas Traicioneros," "Amor que MaloEres" y otros . . . Muy buenas las interpretaciones de Los Emba-jadores, en una grabaciOn Sonolux lanzada al mercado reciente-mente, en la cual se interpretan entre otros: "Eres todo Para Mi,""Las Golondrinas," "Desde que to Fuiste," y "Gaviota" . . . Salleal mercado el "elepe" "El Diluvio," interpretado por Los Panchos,en el sello Columbia . . . I Fabulosa interpretacion! MardiGrasacaba de sacar el Volumen I de su coleccion interpretada porel Sextet() La Playa con: "Jamaica," "Dry Cocoanuts," "Chiquita,"y "Delicado" entre otras Muy buena la interpretation de CheloSilva en el "Amor Aventurero" del sello Columbia . . . Muy buenoel instrumental "A la Manera de Lucho Neves" del sello Odeondel Peru (IEMPSA) con "Claro de Luna," "Milagro," "NubeGris," "Bouquet," "Estampas de Ayer," y "Mi Dueiia" entre otras.Le presentaci6n de los "elepes" de este sello es de primerisimacalidad en tado sentido . . . !Les felicitamos!

Agradecemos profundamente las atenciones brindadas a nue-stro "Publisher," Sr. Bob Austin, en su reciente visita a CiudadMejico, por los distinguidos amigos: Louis Couttolenc Jr., presi-dente y Gerente General de RCA Victor Mexicana, S.A., LuisHasten T. de CBS, Juan Calderon y Ruben Fuentes de RCA.,Mario Freidberg, de Discos Tizoc, y Heinz Klinckwort, Presidentede Peerless de Mexico, S.A.


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QSinglet Hit Parade

1. MALDITO SEASAutor: A. D. RiveraBlanca Rosa Gil (Velvet)

2. TE AMARE TODA LA VIDAAutor: Coqui Navarro*Sonia (RCA) (Ansonia)Olga Guillot (Musart)Marco A. Muiliz (RCA)Sonia Lopez (Columbia)Javier Solis (Columbia)

3. EL INFIERNOAutor: Mario de JesusMarco A. Muiliz (RCA) (Ansonia)Olga Guillot (Musart)*Nahro Diaz (Ansonia)Julio Jaramillo (Sonolux)Javier Solis (Columbia)

4. OH YEAHAutor: Jaime Sabater*Joe Cuba (Tico)

5. FAT MAMAAutor: Tito Puente*Tito Puente (Tico)

6. AMOR SIN HUELLAAutor: A. Manzanero-R. Cardoso*Olga Guillot (Musart)

7. AZABACHEAutor: Placido Acevedo*Julio Jaramillo (Sonolux)

8. QUE NO TE CUENTEN CUENTOSAutor: F. Baena*Johnny Albino (Stardust)Lila Morillo (Velvet)Los Ponchos (Columbia)Magda Franco (Columbia)Julio Jaramillo (Sonolux)

9. "CELOSO"*Trio Los Ponchos (Columbia)

10. LE FRISSONAutor: Eduardo Davidson*Eduardo Davidson (PopArt)

11. EL DESPERTARAu tor: Fuentes -Roth*Marco A. Muiliz (RCA) (Ansonia)Juan Jose Ramos (Musart)Felipe Pirela (Velvet)Flor Silvestre (Musart)

12. AT THE PARTYHector Rivera (Barry)

13. DILUVIO*Los Panchos (Columbia)Johnny Albino y Trio (Stardust)

14. AGUA QUE VA RIO ABAJOJose A. Romero (Jenny)

15. YO SOYAutor: Fundora-Pou*Eva Flores (Bego)E. Davidson (Pop Art)

16. PRIMER VIM PA' LA LUNAAutor: B. Nunez*El Gran Combo (Gema)

17. LLEVATELAAutor: A. ManzaneroTito Rodriguez (Musicor)

18. PETE BOOGALOO*Pete Rodriguez (Alegre)

19. BANG -BANGAutor: Jaime Sabater*Joe Cuba (Tico)

20. LA NINA DE GUATEMALA*Sonora Matancera (MRVA)



MONTHLYhonor awards

January

Menciones de Honor

Enero

Union(Song)

Te Amare Toda la VidaAutor: Coqui Navarro

Interprete (Femenino)(Singer-Female)

Sonia (la Unica)

Interprete (Masculine)(Singer-Male)

Johnny Albino

Arreglos Musicales(Musical Arrangements)

Tito Puente

Productor(Producer)

Pancho Cristo!

Portada de LP(LP Cover)

El Diluvio(Columbia)

Disco de Impacto

(Smash)

Le Frisson

E. Davidson

Conjunto Vocal(Vocal Group)Hermanos Castro

C Latin AmericanAlbum Reviews

20TH ANNIVERSARYTITO PUENTE-Tico 1151

Contiene el "hit" "Fat Mama." SuperaTito sus interpretaciones llenas deritmo, sabor, alegria y dinamismo, a lascuales nos tiene acostumbrados. Seraun gran vendedor.

"Fat Mama" is included. Tito is greatin this album and with such a fabulousrepertoire, this will be a top seller.

"VUELVE EL TRIO QUE ESPERABAMOS"LOS EMBAJADORES-Sonolux LP 12-533

"Los Golondrinas," "La Mariposa,""Encadenados," "Amemos como Antes,"y "Eres todo para Mi," entre otras,unidas a muy buenas interpretaciones.

Glad Trio Los Embajadores is backwith this album. Expert renditions.

HERMANOS MARTINEZ GIL-Odeon LP 12-506

Se interpretan entre otras: "Lucero,""La Ausencia," "Carifio," "Huracan"y "Falsa." Un gran trio con un magni-fico repertorio.

A well balanced repertoire and nicerenditions will make a good seller outof this package.

Rand Music DivA new division, designed to

fulfill the signal needs of clientsin the music and recordingfields, has been formed by thepr firm of Harold Rand & Com-pany.

Eddie Kalish, recently Pub -ad Director for Greengrass/Talan Management Associatesand GLG Productions, heads thenew operation. Assisting Kalishwill be Martin Goldblatt, vetpublicist formerly exec assistantto Don Kirshner, President ofColumbia -Screen Gems MusicDivision and Colgem Records.

CON SABOR TROPICALCARLOS HAYRE Y SU ORQ.-Virrey DV 571

Grabacion llena de sabor. Muy buenoVictor Fuentes en los vocales. Entreotras: "El Payande," "Nube Gris,""Amur en Secreto," "Indio," y Carifio."

Nice Latin beat and a good reper-toire. Victor Fuentes is excellent on thevocals. Recorded in Peru.


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Filmed in color in Denmarkand based on Eric Soya's novelof the same title, "17" is billedas an adult film exploring theproblem of youth awakening tomaturity. The action transpiresin the early part of this cen-tury and reflects pre -WorldWar I middle class Europeanlife.

The soundtrack album wasacquired for Mercury by A & RProducer Hal Mooney. EdwardB. Marks is publisher of thedramatic score.

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Latin American LP Reviews(Continued from page 45)

BOLEROS DE AMORCHUCHO AVELLANET-United Artists UAL 3567

Ma g n if i c a s interpertaciones deChucho. Llena de "feeling" y senti-miento esta grabacion, tiene un mer-cado seguro.

Chucho is marvelous on these boleros.Fine musical arrangements and selec-tions. * * *

EL DILUVIOTRIO LOS PANCHOS-Columbia EX 5184

Esperado por largo tiempo desultaraun vendedor formidable. Superan sustriunfos Los Panchos en este album.

"El Diluvio," a hit for some months,has been eagerly awaited, album -wise.Nice cover, good repertoire and greatvocals.

Drive for DanaColumbia Records has re-

leased a single by new vocalistDana Valery, signaling the startof an all-out promotion by thelabel on the talented artist.The record features the song"You Don't Know Where YourInterest Lies," written by PaulSimon of Simon and Garfunkel.

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LatinDeejayReports

Nos reporta Jose EnriqueGirona, de WHOM, N. Y. enPrimer Lugar, "El Vicio" porMarco A. Muiliz en Segundo :"El Infierno" por Nahro Diazen Tercer lugar : "Cocinando"por Joe Cuba, "Pongamonos deAcuerdo" por Rosita Rodriguezen Cuarto, "Yen que to Quiero"por Juan Mendoza en Quinto.Jose Enrique es ademas delocutor, compositor y cantante,contandose entre sus composi-ciones "Escombros" exito en lavoz de Blas Hernandez. Gironaha grabado docenas de can-ciones y tuvo el privilegio deser escogido por Rafael Hernan-dez para su programa radial"Como Nacieron mis Can-ciones." Jose Enrique vuelve adesempefiar sus funciones enlos noticieros de radio WADO.

Nos reporta William ValentinRico, de WHOM, N. Y. "Y . . .

Hablame ! de Lucha Villa enPrimer Lugar, "El Despertar"por Marco A. Mut-11z, en Seg-undo, "El Vicio" por JulioJaramillo en Tercero, "Egois-mo" por Rosita Rodriguez enCuarto, "Oh Yeah!" de JoeCuba en Quinto, "Lo Mismoque a Ud." de Tito Rodriguezen Sexto, "Maldito Seas" porBlanca Rosa Gil en Septimo,"Yo Soy" por Eva Flores enOctavo, "Imploracion" porLucha Villa en Noveno, "LeFrisson" por E. Davidson enDecimo, y subiendo de posi-ciones los siguientes : "Aza-bache" por Julio Jaramillo, "TeAmare toda la Vida" por Sonia,


Flashes...Se presenta en Puerto Rico,

como buen prospecto para unfuturo no muy lejano el jovenVictor Bari. Grab() Victor enSanto Domingo la pagina musi-cal de Arturo Diaz Rivero"Sofiando Quimeras," que co-mienza a oirse en la "Isla delEncanto."

Los Condes estan situandomuy bien su grabacion de "MiLoca Fantasia," de J. A.Jimenez en Puerto Rico.

Carlitos Velez pasa a formarparte como Primera Voz, delTrio Vegabajerio.

Grabo Julito Rodriquez Reyessu primer larga duration paraAnsonia, todo en Ingles.

Fue al Canada, para con-seguir su residencia norte-americana, el gran cantantepanamefio "Azuquita," dltimaadquisicion de Kako y suCombo.

Joe Cotto, quiet' hizo famosala pachanga "Dolores," cuandoestas comenzaron, esta en estosmomentos en Puerto Rico.

Willie Rosario se despidio enel Club Tropicoro de NuevaYork, saliendo inmediatamentepara Venezuela.

Wilfredo Figueroa esta "fil-mando" una serie de TV deRevistas Musicales, que serailpresentadas en varios paisessuramericanos. Entre los art-istas que presentaran se cuen-tan a Yayo el Indio y MiriamMorales. Se estrenaran estosprogramas en Puerto Rico,actuando de anfitriOn el buenamigo Figueroa.

Alberto Beltran, quien estuvoresidiendo en Espana, esta denuevo radicado en Mejico,teniendo tres contratos pen-dientes con el "Show de MaxFactor," y con el Teatro Lirico.Ha sido brillante la acogidabrindada al "Negrito del Batey."

Grabare, Carlos Pizarro un"elepe" en Mejico, acompariadopor Mariachis.

Se acabe de "filmar" enNueva York, la pelicula "Pes-quen a Ese Hombre," con RaulMarrero como figura principal,Olga Agostini y Chago Rodrigo,quien comenze con el gran TitoGuizar sus caminos de triunfo.

Presentaron en el TeatroPuerto Rico, al magnate teatralpuertorriquefio, Rafael RamosCobian, quien rige los destinosahora de los teatros : Tapia,Jefferson y Puerto Rico enNueva York.

Latin American

ON, LP

Hit Parade1. CELOSO

Johnny Albino (Stardust)

2. SE BUSCAJoe Cuba su Sexteto (Tico)

3. TE AMARE TODA LA VIDASonia (La Unica) (RCA)

4. 20th ANNIVERSARYTito Puente (Tico)

5. EN SU MOMENTOBlanca Rosa Gil (Velvet)

6. GRACIAS AMERICAOlga Guillot (Musart)

7. MIS 25 ANOSJohnny Albino (Stardust)

8. LATIN JAllVladimir (Alegre)

9. PACHECO Y SU CHARANGAPacheco (Fania)

10. LE FRISSONE. Davidson (Pop Art)

11. LATIN BOOGALOOPete Rodriguez (Alegre)

12. EN ESCENARIOTito Rodriguez (Musicor)

13. LA VOZ EMOTIVACarlos Pizarro (Mayra)

14. BOOGALOO BLUESJohnny Colon (Cotique)

15. jVIVA ARSENIO!Arsenio Rodriguez (Bang)

16. LA COMBINACION PERFECTAGilberto Monroig (Alegre)

17. EL DESPERTARMarco Antonio Muiz (RCA)

18. LA NINA DE GUATEMALASonora Matancera (MRVA)

19. FIESTAGran Combo (Gems)

20. BIENVENIDOCortijo con I. Rivera (Tico)

Lib Trio ToursLOS ANGELES - Alvin S.

Bennett, President, Liberty Rec-ords, Inc., International SalesDirector Jerry Thomas andVice -President Seymour Zucker,have departed on a Europeanbusiness trek. The men plan tovisit the label's licensees inGermany, England and France,accompanied by Ron Kass,Overseas Operation Director.While abroad, they will attendthe San Remo Festival in Italyand MIDEM in Cannes.

A quartet of Liberty starsare presently in Europe, in-cluding Cher, Johnny Rivers,Vic Dana and Del Shannon.Numerous promo activities onbehalf of the artists are alsoon the agenda.



Desde Nuestro (Continued from page 42)

Saco almercado United Artist, una nueva grabacion de ChuchoAvellanet, interpretando "Boleros de Amor." Entre ellos: "Incon-solable," "Duerme," "Cuando la Lluvia Cae," "La Vida en Rosa,""Si no Eras TO" y otras . . . Tambien de este sello, "Bailandocon Tito," por Tito Rodriguez interpretando "Vieja Luna," "EseEres TO," "Dudas de Mi" y otras . . . Fabuloso el "Guajira conBoogaloo" con Alfredito, del sello Cotique . . . Se lucentabien eneste sello, Johnny Colon y su Orquesta interpretando "BoogalooBlues," con una "guantanamera" muy buena .. . El sello Virrey,del Peril, agrega una hermosa portada a su catalog°, con el"Cumbia, Pompo y Guaracha," Vol. II interpretado magistral-mente por la Sonora de Lucho Macedo. Muy bueno tambien deVirrey, el "Con Sabor Tropical" de Carlos Hayre y su Orq., in-terpretando: "Hilda," "Nube Gris," "Despertar," "Paloma" y"Caririo" entre otras . . . Exquisito el "Te Esperare Mariana"por Horacio Molina en CBS . . . Rampa lanzo al mercado enSanto Domingo, Rep. Dominicana "Soriando Contigo" por RafaelCob:in, con magnificos arreglos de Luis Perez y su Orq. Especialy Gollo Rivas y su Orequesta "Santa Cecilia." Y ahora ihastala proximal * * *

Lend an Ear .. . In EnglishLatin-rockmusic is getting strong in the American market.

Considered "ethnic music" by the pop radio stations in theStates for a long time, R&B stations are giving a very heavyairplay to this new sound and have forced the pop stations toplay this kind of music. The hottest records at this moment are"Oh, Yeah!" by Joe Cuba Sextet on Tico, "At the Party" byHector Rivera on Barry, "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Calling You"by Jimmy Castor on Smash. Coming up: "Wack, Wack" by theYoung Holt Trio on Brunswick and others like "Fat Mama" byTito Puente, "Viva Arsenio!" by Arsenio Rodriguez, Pete Rodri-guez, Alfredito, Mauricio Smith, Johnny Colon, Manny Corchadoand Los Guajiros, all with great potential.

Fuentes released "Piano Romantico" by Anibal Angel, Vol. III,containing "Caririo Verdad," "Mi Saplica" andothers . . . Los Embajadores are doing well with their latest re-lease by Sonolux in which they sing "Eres todo Para Mi," "LasGolondrinas," "Desde que to Fuiste," "Gaviota," others . . . Co-lumbia released "Diluvio" by Trio Los Panchos containing thissmash hit, plus: "Angelitos Negros," "Caera la Noche," "NocheCriolla," "Orfeo Negro," "Me Hace Falta to Amour," others . . .

Mardigras released La Playa Sextet, Vol. No. 1 with "Jamaica,""Dry Cocoanuts," "Chiquita," "Delicado" and others . . . Colum-bia released "Amor Aventurero" by Chelo Silva ... "A la Manerade Lucho Neves" (Odeon-IEMPSA) is a nice instrumental. Arerendered: "Claro de Luna," "Milagro," "Nube Gris," "Bouquet,""Estampas de Ayer" and "Mi Dueria."

We deeply appreciate courtesies extended to our Publisher,Bob Austin, during his visit to Mexico City from Louis Cout-tolenc Jr., President and General Manager of RCA Victor Mexi-cana, S. A., Luis Baston T. from CBS, Juan Calderon and RubenFuentes from RCA, Mario Freidberg from Discos Tizos S.A. andHeinz Klinckwort, President of Peerles de Mexico, S. A.

United Artists released a new record by Chucho Avellanetsinging boleros, which is fabulous. UA also released "Bailando conTito" by Tito Rodriguez containing "Vieja Luna," "Ese Eres TO,""Dudas de Mi" and others . . . "Guajira con Boogaloo" by Alfre-dito, released by Cotique, is doing nicely. Also from this label,"Boogaloo Blues" by Johnny Colon and his Orchestra was re-leased recently and is doing well . . . Virrey from Peru releaseda nice LP by Sonora de Lucho Macedo, "Cumbia, Pompo andGuaracha," Vol. II . . . Horacio Molina sings beautifully in hislatest LP for CBS, "Te Esperare Mariana" . . . Rampa (Domini-can Republic) released "Sonando Contigo" by Rafael Colon . . .

A single released by Bego containing "La Divina Garza" is sell-ing nicely on the West Coast . . . Osvaldo Farms's, the Cubancomposer, who scored with his "Egoismo," which has been re-corded by countless inter -artists throughout the world, is inNew York ... RCA will release a record by Palito Ortega in NewYork next week . . .Lucha Villa was a success in Teatro PuertoRico, N.Y.

Maine BreakoutCarl Strube of Critique Mu-

sic Promotions in Bath, Maine,

reports that "It's Your World"by Jonna Jaye on Boston'sJolar label has broken inMaine.

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JazzTaking Care of Business

By DEL SHIELDSis

Among the top men in thefield of promotion is Dick LaPalm of Chess/Checker/CadetRecords. It is no secret thatmuch of the success in the fieldof jazz promotion must firststem from people who are jazzfans. And this is Dick.

Under his direction, the Cadetproduct made the successfultransition from Argo to Cadet.As someone said, "Only thename has changed but theproduct is the same."

La Palm is a firm believer inpromoting and servicing andprobably maintains the mostaccurate listing of college sta-tions programming jazz in theindustry. He believes that to-day's student is tomorrow'sbuyer.

We received the followinganalysis of the label's 1966from Dick:

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Cadet's 10 best selling jazzalbums during 1966 (not inorder of sales) were:"HANG ON RAMSEY,"RAMSEY LEWIS; "WADE INTHE WATER," RAMSEYLEWIS; "SWINGIN," RAMSEYLEWIS; "MAN AT WORK,"KENNY BURRELL; "THETENDER GENDER," KENNYBURRELL; "SUMMERTIME,"BILLY STEWART ; "RHAP-SODY," AHMAD JAMAL;"GOTTA TRAVEL ON," RAYB R Y A N T; "TESTIFYIN'TIME," BUNKY GREEN;"COOKIN' THE BLUES,"JAMES MOODY.

It was a marvelous year forus, Del; and for the artists whohad the 10 albums listed above.Sales, of course, made it amarvelous year, but there'smore to it than that.

Unless you're sitting in myseat, you justcan't possiblyimagine howhot RamseyLewis happensto be. "Wadein the Water"and "Hang onRamsey" werenew albums."S w ingi n'"

Del Shields was a re -issueof the first album he recordedfor Cadet (at the time it wasknown as Argo). And it soldlike a brand, spankin' new al-bum. This was originally en-titled "Ramsey Lewis & His

Gentlemen of Swing." This isthe LP brought to the brothersChess by Chicago jazz diskjockey, Daddy -0 Daylie. Andhow Daddy -0 worked to pro-mote the group.

Planned Burrell CampaignWe planned the Kenny Bur-

rell campaign. Our extremelytalented jazz A & R man,Esmond Edwards, had alreadyrecorded "The Tender Gender"and we all knew it was a greatalbum. We also knew that "ANight at the Vanguard" was,too, but at the time it wasoriginally released, it simplywasn't properly promoted norwas Kenny as well known. Were -issued the "Vanguard" al-bum, gave it a new cover andnew title, "Man at Work," andthen proceeded to promote. Atabout the point that the albumstarted to sell steadily, thedistributors, dealers, jockeys,etc., were Burrell -conscious, wereleased "Tender Gender." Andlet me add that we worked likemad not only with the jazzjockeys and stations but withthe "Good Music" LP stations.

"Have Yourself a SoulfulLittle Christmas" added to thegeneral excitement. We were abit late in releasing this onefor the big Christmas season,but over-all response indicatedthat it's going to be a Christ-mas standard and will probablythe THE Christmas album nextyear. We look for Mr. Burrellto have a banner year in '67.

Seeing the Billy Stewart al-bum of "Summertime" listed asone of our 10 best selling jazzalbums may surprise you. Don'tlet it. This album broke in thejazz field before any pop orR & B station was aware of it.And all the credit must go toL.A. jazz jockey Les Carter ofKBCA-FM. He started thewhole thing with the constantplay on his jazz show. In fact,we had not even serviced thejazz guys with the album untilLes broke it. Billy has alwaysbeen in the R & B "bag," butthis put him into a new "bag."Funny part of it, Del, there'sno "in between" with Billy asfar as the jazz jocks go . . .

they either hated his approachor absolutely loved him andhave hailed him as the "JazzSinger" of the year.

Ahmad, Ahmad, Ahmad! Thelyrical Jamal . . . The intellec-

tual Jamal ... Always creating.Ahmad is, and always will be,one of our most consistentsellers. Distributors order himautomatically and in goodquantity. "Rhapsody" did muchto gain re-newed interest inhim. Stores that had not stockedmore than four or five Jamalalbums were suddenly stocking10's and 15's. The album hit allthe national charts and hereagain, his entire catalog got abig shot in the arm. Talk aboutbeing "back in business" . . .

Jamal sure is!Ray Bryant's "Gotta Travel

On" came on like gangbusters !The single released from thealbum, "It Was a Very GoodYear," got fantastic acceptancefrom all type stations. It was achart item for 12 weeks andit's still selling. We're going tobring Ray through in 1967.

Most of the guys who recordfor us are "groovey" people,but Bunky Green is not onlyunbelievable as a talent, but asa person! We were so delightedto see "Testifyin' Time" sell.It did much to establish himaround the country. He's al-ready a giant as a talent and ahuman being. He'll also be agiant seller. It has to be.

"Cookin' the Blues" by JamesMoody was recorded abouteight years ago. It was neverreleased until '66, of course,and how glad we are that wedid put it out of the vault!Oddly enough, we really didn't"work" this album at the off-set. The jazz jockeys aroundthe country "told us" about it.

Must Work ProductA point I must make, Del, is

that jazz albums like pop al-bums must be promoted. You'vegot to "work" product today.The competition is fierce! Itused to be that we'd have a fewjazz releases every month. Wechanged that . . . better torelease more albums less often.It gives us a chance to reallypromote, to get them out to thestores, to merchandise. It trulyannoys me when I hear somejazz albums released by certaincompanies who shall remainnameless and realize how littlethey do to promote them. Theresult is that some darnedgood albums never see the lightof day. This attitude hurts jazzin general, and while you mightthink that we at Cadet wouldwelcome the idea of several ofthe "majors" not promotingtheir jazz product (giving usmore room), we don't. Let's faceit, the more jazz is promotedand merchandised by the entirerecord industry, the bigger it'sgoing to get. And I sincerelybelieve that jazz is getting

much bigger. I think it can giveR & B, for example, a fight. AndI need not tell you how bigR & B is today.

Why Bigger in '67There are several reasons

why I believe that jazz will beeven bigger in 1967. First, it'sgetting "funkier" and even the"malt set" digs good, swingin'funk. I think, too, that the Latininfluence will get even strongerin jazz and based on sales of"Bang, Bang," for example,people dig the combination ofjazz, R & B and Latin rhythms.

Exposure of product via theFM dial is vital. Stations likeKBCA in L.A., WLIB-FM inNew York, WSDM in Chicago,WCHB in Detroit, WHAT inPhilly, KADI in St. Louis aredoing a wonderful job of sellingjazz. FM radio sales increasedby about 78% in 1966. The re-sult: more jazz sales via thisexposure. Guys like you, EdLove in Detroit, Les Carter inL.A., Joel Dorn and Sid Markin Philly, Jim Bolen in St.Louis, etc., are doing a reallyfantastic job of promoting jazz.

As long as we have at leasta few companies who considerjazz as important as their poprecords, as long as we havestations like those mentionedand guys who are devoted toplaying it, it'll always sell andthere will always be room fornew stars and new, excitingsounds.

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Next week, Bob Thiele ofImpulse Records.

Carmen SignsWith Atlantic

Atlantic Records has signed Car-men McRae, above, to a long-termexclusive recording contract. MissMcRae will record both albumsand singles for Atlantic under thesupervision of Atlantic VP NesuhiErtegun, also pictured, who nego-tiated the contract for Miss Mc-Rae with her manager, HarrySteinman. Miss McRae is fea-tured in the new Warner Brothersfilm, "Hotel," starring Rod Taylor.



TOP

20LPs

1. SOULIN'Lou Rawls-


2. ROUGH 'N' TUMBLEStanley Turrentine-Blue Note

BLP-4240: BST -84240

3. CARRYIN' ONLou Rawls-


4. BUCKETJimmy Smith-Blue Note

BLP-4235: BST -84235

5. LOU RAWLS, LIVECapitol 1-2459: ST -2459

6. WADE IN THE WATERRamsey Lewis-

Cadet LP -774: LPS-774

7. NEW MANN AT NEWPORTHerbie Mann-

Atlantic 1471: SD -1471

8. BLUES AT CARNEGIE HALLModern Jazz Quartet-

Atlantic 1468: SD -1468

9. SPELLBINDEERGabor Szabo-

Impulse A-9123: AS -9123

10. WACK WACKYoung -Holt Trio-

Brunswick BL -54121: BL -754121

11. PETER & THE WOLFJimmy Smith-

Verve 9652: V6-8652

12. ALFIESonny Rollins-

Impulse A-9111: AS -9111

13. LONESOME TRAVELERRay Bryant-


14. HEAT WAVEAhmad Jamal-


15. GOLDEN SWORDGerald Wilson-Pacific Jazz

P1-1011: ST -2011

16. MISTYRichard "Groove" Holmes-

Prestige 7485

11. FREE FORMDonald Byrd-

Blue Note 4118: BST -4118

18. THE SECOND JOHNHANDY ALBUM

Columbia CL -2567: CS -9367

19. RAY'S MOODSRay Charles-ABC Paramount

ABC -500: ABCS-550

20. WILD IS THE WINDNina Simone-Philips

PHM-200-207: PHS-600-207

Jazz Album ReviewsBy DEL SHIELDS

MERCY, MERCY, MERCY!CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET-Capitol 2663

It's been a long time coming but it'shere. Cannonball, one of the first jazzartists to break through, is back. Thereis no compromise of his musical stan-dards or his jazz taste. This is outand out jazz that communicates. WithBall and his brother Nat leading thefront line, and Joe Zawinul swingingpiano, this is an album that is reallyto be believed. Already a single "Mercy,Mercy, Mercy" has been taken from thealbum and is on the charts.

* * * *A SIMPLE MATTER OF CONVICTION

BILL EVANS. SHELLY MANNE ANDEDDIE GOMEZ-Verve 8675

Taste in jazz is a most importantmeasurement to determine where a jazzartist is musically. Here two of themost tasteful musicians offer their mu-sical beliefs in a most poetic, eloquentmanner. Evans, long one of the mostimportant pianists, displays a finenessthat can be equalled by few. Mannehas been swinging so long that he isgenerally taken- for granted. But hesurprises you with his consistent andimaginative drumming. Gomez backsup the group with a sure and subtlycontrolled bass.

Around Clock Country Gains MomentumRadio Station KARI is now

carrying around -the -clock Coun-try/Western music to the threemillion persons in the Belling-ham, Wash., and Vancouv-er, British Colombia, market.KERI-FM furnishes pop music.

ABC ProductShown in CanadaBud Katzel, National Sales

Manager for ABC Records; andCharlie Trepel, Sales Managerfor the Command Records divi-sion of ABC, were in Toronto,Ontario, Canada, recently pre-senting January releases fromall labels to Sparton of Canada,Ltd., whose distribution con-tract was recently renewed forABC's product.

Katzel and Trepel hosted themeeting on Jan. 25 at the Con-stellation Motor Inn, display-ing, discussing and presentingnew product to Sparton whoseentire Canadian sales force con-vened in Toronto. This markedthe most detailed presentationto Sparton of ABC'd product todate.

On Thursday, the 26th, Katzeloutlined the releases on ABC'sDunhill label to RCA Victor,Ltd., who handles the line inCanada.

HOLLYWOCD - MomentumRecords prexy Don Perry re-ports that the label is expand-ing its singles operation andmoving into the album marketin 1967. Perry plans to releaseno less than 24 singles and 6LPs.

First LP for the label willfeature singer Tom West,whose single of "Oh What aBeautiful Morning" receivedheavy air play and sales actionon the West Coast. Release dateis set for the end of January.Perry also announced the sign-ing of four more artists.

DJ Reports(Continued from page 44)

"Latin Boogaloo" por PeteRodriguez, "Llevatela" por TitoRodriguez, "El Infierno" deNahro Diaz y "Amor sin Huel-la" de Olga Guillot.

Nos reporta Jose RodolfoRuiz, de Radio Uno, San Juan,Puerto Rico, el Siguiente "Des -file de Exitos": "Libre, Sol-terito y sin Nadie" por LeoDan, "La Tristeza" por losHermanos Arraigada, "Son tusCelos" por Pepe Luis, "OneDream Away" por los Wander-ers (puertorriquefios), "ComoAyer" por el Dtio Dinamico,(abriendos paso), "EsoMerece un Trago" por el GranCombo, "I'm a Believer" porlos Monkees (gustando poco apoco), "Georgy Girl" por losSeekers, "Tus Besos" por PapoRoman, "Sugar Town" porNancy Sinatra, "El Despertar"y "Tu Ausencia" por Marco A.Muniz, y Lisette con "QueCalor," la cual poco a poco leva quitando favoritismo a"Entre Las Flores."

Comenzamos desde la semanapasada a publicar las foto-grafias de los "disck-jockeys"latinoamericanos. Con gustopublicaremos todas las querecibamos.

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Biff Collie's

Kelly Gordon, the great songwriter with Sinatra on his side("That's Life"), is also a great country music booster. Kelly willwrite special material for the March 6 Academy of Country &Western Music Awards show at the Beverly Hilton.

Justin Tubb two-day'ed in H'wd last week to promo his newall -markets entry "But Wait, There's More," station -hopping withdollar signs in his eyes. He's a credit to his great father . . .

Jimmy Dean coonskin -capped a "Daniel Boone" TV segment . . .

Eddy Arnold has become a "regular" guest on Danny Kaye's topTVer . . . Paul Wyatt rode the bird to N. Y. last week for Colum-bia business huddles ... Dan McKinnon, KSON Boss, to San Juanfor CMA meetings.

Rumors are flying re country station personnelswitches locally. Smokey Stover, longtime DJ(Houston & Tucson), sporting a hot -play Colum-bia item. Smokey currently Deputy Sheriffingin Tucson. If you get traffic -copped in his town,he'll propably sing you a couple of songs beforehe gives you the ticket . . . Central Songs hostedtradespeople in their new gorgeous facility at1804 Ivar Ave., H'wd. . . . Idea: Why don't pub-beries include in their new homes a trade lounge,

bug it, check all material sung by and to the visitors. Sneaky, huh?

Taking StockThe All -Country Nashville Record Shop in Long Beach hosted

an uninvited country fan last week. In the dark of night and thepeak of traffic -stopping fog, the culprit entered through the airconditioner (after removing it), shopped freely and carried offover $1,000 in country hits, drank the last Coke in the box anddeparted, but not before he left a note saying, "You're out ofDavid Houston's 'Almost Persuaded' album."

Note from Jack Stapp, Tree Music prexy still enthusing over theTom Jones record of "Green Green Grass of Home" . . . Hugh X.Lewis says "Wish Me a Rainbow" is headed for an AcademyAward. It's certainly pretty enough! . . . Steve Stebbins an-nounces new country talent locations in So -Cal thusly: GoldenClub, Pomona, Jefferson Bowl Culver City, Players in Rosamond,Sportsman in Santa Suzana, added to the growing list of clubsand lounges in the Hollywood area who have found that there'sgold in those guitars . . . Jimmy Bryant, the guitar virtuoso who's"maiden name" (Orville & "Ivy") was used on the artist i.d.of the current hot instrumental item about "Shinbone," made a"demo" appearance at Nashville Record Shop, Long Beach, tosell his most unique and practical "Play Guitar with JimmyBryant" LP for Dolton (complete with instruction book andverbal assists). Too bad this is not an airplay item. It sellsgreat where exposed, through either advertising or word-of-mouth.Carol Hollis, local country fan, coined this pro-J.B. promo phrase:"You'll Never Guitar'ed of Jimmy Bryant."

Bobby Austin ("Apt. #9") has signed for extensive bookingdates through Steve Stebbins' Americana Corp. Steve announcesa 15 day tour of the great Bob Wills throughout So -Cal commenc-ing Feb. 8 . . . Eddie Dean opens at the Golden Nugget Feb. 9. . . Kenny Vernon (Epic's "It Makes You Happy") just closedanother successful stay at the Nugget. We get constant reportsfrom fans who've been to Vegas and lucked into one of Kenny'sshows: "He's so smooth and his group so clean-cut and all ofthem are very talented," etc. He's got top notch star -boosters,too . . . Ramco Records reports trade picks and quick jockeyreaction on their new country cutie Donna Fargo.

Biff Collie

Stapp's TravelsNASHVILLE -Tree Publish-

ing Co. Prexy Jack Stapp hasleft for overseas to set in motiona chain of foreign Tree subsids.

Jed MergerNASHVILLE - Jed Interna-

tional Records has officiallymerged with the Amy-Mala-BellRecord Corporation for nationaldistribution.

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DISKJOCKEY

COUNTRY.REPORTS

WMGS-Bowling Green, Ohio1. Burning Bridges (Glen Campbell)2. Seven Days Of Crying (Harden Trio)3. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)4. I Never Had The One I Wanted

(Claude Gray)5. If The Whole World Stopped Lovin'

(Roy Drusky)6. A Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)7. Once (Ferlin Husky)8. Little Things Every Girl Should Know

(Claude King)9. Whats Come Over My Baby (Dottie West)

10. Somebody Like Me (Eddy Arnold)KFOX-Long Beach, California

1. The Fugitive (Merle Haggard)2. Burning Bridges (Glen Campbell)3. Just Between You And Me (Charlie Pride)4. Shinbone (Orville & Ivy)5. Where Could I Go/Loser's Cathedral

(David Houston)6. Green River (Waylon Jennings)7. Happy Tracks (Kenn Price)8. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene;9. Once (Ferlin Husky)

10. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'(Loretta Lynn)

KWNT-Davenport, Iowa1. Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)2. Can't Take It No Longer

(Hank Williams Jr.)3. Happy Tracks (Kenny Price)4. Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves

5. C(R:duntrSPyimBosyo)Boys Dream(Carl Perkins)6. Wife Of The Party (Liz Anderson)7. Misty Blue (Wilma Burgess)8. Mabel (Skeets McDonald)9. Once (Ferlin Husky)

10. Pickin' Up The Mail (Compton Bros.)

RED SHIPLEYWKCW-Warrentown, Va.

1. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)2. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

(Loretta Lynn)3. Bear With Me A Little Longer

(Billy Walker)4. Misty Blue (Wilma Burgess)5. Hurt Her Once For Me (Wilburn Brothers)6. How Long Has It Been (Bobby Lewis)7. Once (Ferlin Husky)8. If The Whole World Stopped Lovin'

(Roy Drusky)9. Motel Time Again (Johnny Paycheck)

10.(Claude Gray)Naisver

Had The One I Wanted

KURV-Edinburg, Texas1. Once (Ferlin Husky)2. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)3. Green River (Waylon Jennings)4. Dream World (Playboys Of Edinburg)5. I Never Had The One I Wanted

(Claude Gray)6. What's Come Over My Baby (Dottie West)7. A Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)8. Put The Sugar To Bed (Johnny Cash)9. Tears Will Be The Chaser For Your Wine

(Wanda Jackson)10. Your Baby's Got A Brand New Baby

(Della Rae)

WSEL-Pontotoc, MississippiI. The Kind Of Woman I Got

(Osborne Bros.)2. Dumb Blonde (Dolly Parton)3. Hurt Her Once For Me (Wilburn Bros.)4. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)5. Hardly Anymore/Freedom Of living

(Bob Lumen)6. Don't Put Your Hands On Me

(Lorene Mann)7. The Fugitive (Merle Haggard)8. Country Boys Dream (Carl Perkins)9. There Ought To Be A Law (Billy Craddock)

10. All Of Me Belongs To You (Dick Curless)

KJOE-Shreveport, La.1. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)2. The Hurtin's All Over (Connie Smith)3. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

(Loretta Lynn)4. Hurt Her Once For Me (Wilburn Bros.)5. Misty Blue (Wilma Burgess)A. Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)7. I Never Had The One I Wanted

(Claude Gray)P. Somebody Like Me (Eddy Arnold)Q. Where'A Ya Stay Last Night (Webb Pierce)

10. Once (Ferlin Husky)

WILD WILLIEKOGT-Orange, Texas

1. Walk Through This World With Me(George Jones)

2. The Fugitive/Someone Told My Story(Merle Haggard)

3. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'(Loretta Lynn)

4. Where Could I Go (David Houston)5. Just Between You And Me (Charlie Pride)6. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)7. Stateside (Mel Tiflis)8. Dumb Blonde (Dolly Parton)9. Motel Time Again (Johnny Paycheck)

10. Third Time Down (Benny Barnes)

JOE POOVEYKPCN-Dallas, Tex.

I. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)2. The Fugitive (Merle Haggard)3. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

(Loretta Lynn)4. A Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)5. I Never Had The One I Wanted

(Claude Gray)6. How Long Has It Been (Bobby Lewis)8. Dumb Blond (Dolly Parton)9. Hurt Her Once For Me (Wilburn Bros.)10. Walk Thru This World With Me

(George Jones)B08 KOOLAGE

WEET-Richmond, Va.1. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene)2. Dumb Blonde (Dolly Parton)3. Bear With Me A Little Longer

(Billy Walker)4. Loser's Cathedral/Where Could

(David Houston)5. Ride, Ride, Ride (Lynn Anderson)6. Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feeling

(Don Gibson)7. Grain Of Salt (Penny Starr)8. Our Side (Van Trevor)9. Touch My Heart (Ray Price)

10. Misty Blue (Wilma Burgess)COYOTE WOLPE

Channel 13 -Miami, Ariz.1. Bear With Me A Little Longer

(Billy Walker)2. Once (Ferlin Husky)3. A Wanderin' Man (Jeannie Seely)4. Our Side (Van Trevor)5. A Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)6. Apartment No. 9 (Tommy Wynette)7. The Kind Of Woman I Got

(Osborne Bros.)8. Don't Put Your Hands On Me

(Lorene Mann)9. Lonesome 7-7203 (Burl Ives)

10. Mr. Shorty (Marty Robbins)ED MOSLEY

KPEG-Spokane, Wash.1. A Wanderin' Man (Jeannie Seely)2. Where Could I Go/Loser's Cathedral

(David Houston)3. The Fugitive/Someone Told My Story

(Merle Haggard)4. The Real Thing (Billy Grammer)5. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene6. Where Does The Good Times Go

(Buck Owens)7. Mabel (Skeets McDonald)8. Once (Ferlin Husky)9. Gone, On The Other Hand (Glaser Bros.)

10. You Beat All I Ever Saw (Johnny Cash)ACE BALL

KHEM-Big Springs, Texas1. There Goes My Everything (Jack Greene2. Where Does The Good Times Go

(Buck Owens)3. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

(Loretta Lynn)4. The Hurtin's All Over (Connie Smith)5. Wish You Were Here (Pat Boone)6. Mr. Shorty (Marty Robbins)7. I Can't Take It No Longer

(Hank Williams Jr.)8. Green River (Wayland Jennings)9. The Pleasure's All Mine (Edna Lee)

10. Someone Told My Story In A Song(Merle Haggard)

DON MACLEODKVEC-San Luis Obispo, Calif.

1. Cockfight (Archie Campbell)2. Hula Love (Hank Snow)3. I Won't Come In While He's There

(Jim Reeves)4. Mr. Do -It -Yourself (J. Shepard, R. Pillow)5. Heartstrings (Art Anis)6. Are You Sincere (Bonnie Guitar)7. Why Do I Put Up With You (Ferlin Husky)8. Almost Persuaded #3 (Ronnie David)9. Where Does The Good Times Go

(Buck Owens)10. Let The Four Winds Blow

(Hank Thompson)JIM CARTEE

KWOC-Poplar Bluff, Mo.1. You Can Have Her (Jim Edward Brown)2. Get While The Gettin' Good

(Bill Anderson)3. Please World (Norma Lee)4. I Won't Conte In While He's There

(Jim Reeves)5. Wife Of The Party (Liz Anderson)6. Words I'm Gonna Have To Eat

(Bill Phillips)7. All Of Me Belongs To You

(Hank Cochran)8. Walk Me To The Station (Stu Phillips)9. Wandering Man (Jeannie Seely)

10. Stand Beside Me (Jimmy Dean)EDDIE ZACK

WYNG-Warwick, R.I.1. There Goes My Everything (Jack G r2. Just Between You And Me (Charlie Pride)3. What Every Girl Should Know

(Claude King)4. Where Is The Circus (Hank Thompson)5. Forget Me (Don Gibson)6. A Loser's Cathedral (David Houston)7. Open Up Your Heart (Buck Owens)8. Once (Ferlin Husky)9. I'll Move On Down The Line (Bobby Bare)

10. Phantom On The Phone (Bobby Martin)

48 RECORD WORLD -February 4, 1967


laillirCOUNTRY SINGLEInk Aft.REVIEWS

SWEET MISERY (Cedarwood, BMI)

WHEN SOMEBODY MENTIONS YOUR NAME (4 Star, BMI)JIMMY DEAN-RCA Victor 47-9091.

A swinging tune that should start in the country area and thenmake a big pop dent.

SWEET THANG (Su -Ma -Stuckey, BMI)

BEAUTIFUL, UNHAPPY HOME (Sure -Fire, BMI)ERNEST TUBB AND LORETTA LYNN-Decca 32091.

A new version of the Nat Stuckey tune with Loretta and Ernestswapping lines. Marvelous version.

TOUCH MY HEART (Mayhew, BMI)

TOUCH MY HEART (Mayhew, BMI)LLOYD GREEN, MICK! EVANS-Little Darlin' 0019.

Lloyd plays it on the top side and Micki sings it on the flip.Both are worthy cuts.

BOB (Jack, BMI)

SHOW HER LOTS OF GOLD (Starday, BMI)THE WILLIS BROTHERS-Starday 796.

Fellows sing to their best buddy who is splitting now thathe's married. Bouncy singalong destined to score.

PRAY THE CLOUDS AWAY (Champion, BMI)

GIVE ME THE ROSES NOW (Champion, BMI)JIMMY MARTIN AND THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS-Decca 32092.

Rousing inspirational ditty with bluegrass delivery. Jimmyleads his singers with verve.

HASTA LUEGO (SEE YOU LATER) (T. M., BMI)WISHING ON A STAR (Coldwater, BMI)

HANK LOCKLIN-RCA Victor 47-9092.South of the border kind of country ditty with insinuating

beat. A new hit for the fellow.

MY KIND OF LOVE (Vector, BMI)SUBJECT TO CHANGE (Newkeys, BMI)

DAVE DUDLEY-Mercury 72655.Nitty gritty arrangement gives the new Dave Dudley the kind

of drive that sell his disks. Dave swings.

COFFEE CUP (Pamper, BMI)I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP LOVING YOU (Pamper, BMI)

FRED CARTER JR.-Monument 993.Tune is about a gal who makes a good cup of coffee and there's

no finer gal than that. Nifty singing and beat.

ME AND MY OWN GUN (Chappell, ASCAP)SONG FROM SLEEP WALK (T. M., BMI)

THE CHUCK CASSEY SINGERS-Dot 16988.Here's a compelling tale of a boy and his gun. Smooth, build-

ing group crooning will sell the timely wax.

LEAVING IS THE HARDEST THING (BMI)

TOO MANY THINGS GOING MY WAY (BMI)SMOKEY STOVER-Columbia 4-43968.

Bobby Boyd produced this one with classic country theme-afellow leaving his gal for good. Should connect.

EVERYBODY WANTA SEE THE ELEPHANT (New Keys, BMI)THE REASON IS YOU (New Keys, BMI)

HAPPY SHAHAN-Musicor 1224.Cute ditty that will please country adults and kids alike. The

angle is novel and the cut is strong.

Nugget Goes Big TimeLONZO & OSCAR ENTERPRISES SPEND $92,000 ON SOUND STUDIO

FIRST TWO RELEASES FROMNEW SOUND STUDIO

"NUGGET GOES FOR DOLLAR"

NORVILL DOLLAR LONZO & OSCAR

"IT ALL CAMEGHNOME TO ME""GETTIN' THE HANG OF IT NOW"

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RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3646.The chuckles, the guffaws and the

belly laughs are all packed into thesegrooves. Don reworks a few standardsand has his own amusing thoughts onother numbers. "Jimminie Cricket,""Surely Not," "The All American Boy."

ROY CLARK LIVETower (S)T 5055.

It's a live show and a lively one asRoy Glides through his show doing"Talk About a Party," "The Great Pre-tender" and unlikely tunes like "TicoTico," "That's My Desire." The guyhas a lot of fun and so will buyers.

New Look at StardayMADISON, TENN.-Starday

Records President Don Pierceannounced that his varied en-terprises will have "a wholenew look and sound for 1967."

Pierce also commented that"1967 is a brand new ballgameat Starday. We are strengthen-ing our artist's roster with theaddition of established starssuch as George Morgan and areconstantly on the alert for newacts and sounds. Our doors areopen to all songwriters, pub-lishers and independent pro-ducers."

He went out to point out thatA&R chief Tommy Hill has al-ready contracted with indepen-dent producers Jack Clementsand Shelby Singleton for pro-duction assignments.

Questioned about the Stardaygrowth plans, Pierce pointedout the executive assignmentsof General Manager Hal Neelyin the fields of premiums, mailorder, clubs and motion pictureproduction. In 1966 Starday in-vested in four Nashville -pro-duced full-length motion pic-tures. He said that, "althoughthe financial results have notbeen exciting, they are inter-esting. Just now most of ourlocal movies are aimed at oneparticular market, the pent-updemand for our country musicstars. This is by no means ademand to be shrugged off.Profitable exploitation of it cango on for a long time."

Pierce announced the com-pletion of a $50,000 rebuildingjob at the Starday Sound Stu-dios where the newest in soundequipment has been installed byChief Engineer Jack Linneman.Pierce said that "in addition tothe local production of countrymusic and full length -films, thegrowing production of televi-

sion shorts, jingles, spots andTV syndicated shows has cre-ated a need for large soundstage type of facilities and ourfirm is now on the drawingboards with such a facility."

1966 again saw a remarkablegrowth at Starday as Pierceannounced the best year in thefirm's history.

Col. Jim Wilson, VP of Mar-keting for Starday, proclaimedthe "new look and sound for '67"with the label's 6th annualWonderful World of CountryMusic stocking plan for dealersin a sales program, "CountryMusic Time is Starday Time."

Continuing through Feb. 28,dealers will receive a 20% dis-count off the regular dealerprice on the entire Starday andNashville album catalogs, in-cluding the nine new album re-leases during January and Feb-ruary.

"Dealers everywhere look for-ward to Starday's annual long -profit January sales program,"stated Wilson. "It's an extraincentive for dealers to replacemerchandise sold during thebusy holiday season and in ad-dition, it stimulates immediateacceptance and exposure of newalbum releases." In co-opera-tion with ONSA, official timepiece of Sabena Belgium WorldAirlines, especially designedand inscribed gold watches willgo to the Starday distribu-torship staff which surpassesits sales quota by the biggestpercentage during the CountryMusic Time is Starday Timesales plan.

The nine new album releases:"White Lightning," the Stone -man's; "Cream of the CountryCrop," Twelve All Star Artists;"Shall we Gather at the River,"the Lewis Family; "The Nash-

NARM & NY

Figure InCMA Meets

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO-The Country Music Associa-tion completed its first quarter-ly Board Meeting for 1967 atthe Americana Hotel on Jan.24. The three-day meet covereda host of subjects with over 26items on the packed agenda.

Hubert Long, the MembershipChairman, reported that 110members have been added sincethe last CMA Board Meeting,to bring the total membershipto 1778. The Board also estab-lished five new classificationswithin the Organization Mem-bership, which will classify Or-ganizational members as bene-factors, patrons, sponsors, do-nors and contributors.

Hal Neely reported on theNARM Country Music Presen-tation, which will be made bythe CMA on March 8 in LosAngeles. This marks the firsttime the NARM organizationhas invited a trade associationto make a presentation.

Carl Brenner, who is Chair-man of a special committee ar-ranging a presentation of coun-try music in New York, reportedthe show will be staged May 17and styled after the recent suc-cessful CMA show in Los An-geles. Radio stations fromacross the country will againhave an opportunity to joinwith the CMA in sponsoring thepresentation. Over 500 key ad-vertising executives are ex-pected to attend the show.

Frances Preston reportedApril 1 has been set for theofficial opening of the CountryMusic Hall of Fame and Mu-seum in Nashville. Steve Sholesnoted the progress of his Com-mittees' work in further estab-lishing CMA as an Interna-tional Organization.

In response to requests fromvarious Country and Westernartists, Hank Thompson is head-ing a committee to establish aCode of Ethics for the CMAmembers in the artists' cate-gory.

The next two CMA BoardMeetings have been set: in mid -April in Nashville, and in mid -July at Lake Tahoe, Nev.

ville Sound of Red Sovine,""The Country Music Story";Minnie Pearl; "Sick, Sober &Sorry," Johnny Bond; "Travel -in' and Truck Driver Hits," theWillis Brothers; "I Fall toPieces," Dottie West; and "Ten-nessee Waltz," Pee Wee King.

TOP LP'

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SThis Last VAL OSWk. Wk. ChartFcb 4 Jars 28

1 2 SOMEBODY LIKE ME 8Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor

LPM-3715: LSP-37152 1 THE BEST OF

SONNY JAMES 11Capitol T-2615: ST -2615

3 3 YOURS SINCERELY 10Jim Reeves-RCA Victor

LPM-3618: LSP-36184 9 THERE GOES MY

EVERYTHING 6Jack Green-

Decca DL -4828: DL -748285 16 OPEN UP YOUR HEART 3

Buck Owens-Capitol T-2640: ST -2640

6 8 ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE'N' WAR 12

Stonewall Jackson-Columbia CL -2509: CS -9309

7 6 SWINGING DOORS 14Merle Haggard-

Capitol 1-2585: ST -25858 11 WHERE IS THE CIRCUS 10

Hank Thompson-Warner Bros. W-1664: WS -1664

9 10 HAPPINESS IS YOU 14Johnny Cash-

Columbia CL -2537: CS -9337

10 4 BORN TO SING 15Connie Smith-RCA Victor

LPM-3628: LSP-362811 5 NAT STUCKEY SINGS 4

Paula LP -219212 12 KITTY WELLS SHOW 10

Various Artists-Decca DL -4831: DL -74831

13 14 BIG BEN STRIKES AGAIN 6Ben Colder-

MGM E-4421: SE -4421

14 30 YOU AIN'T WOMANENOUGH 18

Loretta Lynn-Decca DL -4783: DL -74783

15 7 FREE AND EASY 8Dave Dudley-

Mercury MG -21098: SR -61098

16 11 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS 4Don Gibson-RCA Victor

LPM-3680: LSP-3680

11 13 I'LL TAKE THE DOG 8Ray Pillow & Jean Shepard-


18 21 NASHVILLE REBEL 4Waylon Jennings-RCA Victor

LPM-3736: LSP-3736

19 20 COUNTRY CHARLIEPRIDE 9

RCA Victor LPM-3645: LSP-3645

20 15 WE FOUND HEAVENRIGHT HERE ONEARTH AT 4033 12

George Jones-MusicorMM -2106: MS -3106

21 28 MY HEART'S IN THECOUNTRY 2

Skeeter Davis-RCA VictorLPM-3667: LSP-3667

22 (-) LIVE CONCERT 1

Willie Nelson-RCA VictorLPM-3659

23 25 OUR KIND OF COUNTRY 2Browns-RCA Victor

LPM-3668: LSP-3668

24 18 LEAVIN' TOWN 15Waylon Jennings-RCA Victor

LMP-3620: LSP-3620

25 22 ANOTHER BRIDGETO BURN 21

Ray Price-Columbia CL -2528: CS -9328

26 24 IF THE WHOLE WORLDSTOPPED LOVIN' 7

Roy Drusky-Mercury MG -21093: SR -61093

27 26 LOOK INTO MYTEARDROPS 5

Conway Twitty-Decca DL -4828: DL -74828

28 29 TALE OF TWO CITIES 2Frank Ifield-Hickory 136

29 (-) TWO FOR THE SHOW 1

Wilburn Bros.-Decca DL -4824: DL -74824

30 (-) TOUCH MY HEART 1

Ray Price-Columbia CL -2606: CS -9406



TOP C&W SING-4 :ESThis Last Wks. onWk. Wk. ChartFeb. 4 Jan. 28

This Last Wks. onWk. Wk. ChartFeb. 4 Jan. 28

1 2 DON'T COME HOME A 38 40 GET WHILE THE GETTIN'SDRINKIN' 14 GOOD 4

Loretta Lynn-Decca 32045 Bill Anderson-Decca 320772 1 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING 18 39 42 DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS

Jack Greene-Decca 32023 ON ME 53 4 ONCE 10 Lorene Mann-RCA Victor 9045

Ferlin Husky-Capitol 5775 40 51 I WON'T COME IN WHILE4 9 HURT HER ONCE FOR ME 12 HE'S THERE 5

Wilburn Bros.-Decca 32038 Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 90575 5 MISTY BLUE 14 41 46 LITTLE THINGS THAT EVERY

Wilma Burgess-Decca 32027 GIRL SHOULD KNOW 106 6 MR. SHORTY 13 Claude King-Columbia 43867

Marty Robbins-Columbia 43870 42 59 DUMB BLONDE 27 3 BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE Dolly Parton-Monument 982

LONGER 12 43 43 THE KIND OF WOMAN I GOT 7Billy Walker-Monument 980 The Osborne Bros.-Decca 32052

8 11 A LOSER'S CATHEDRAL 7 44 17 DON'T LET THAT DOORKNOBDavid Houston-Epic 10102 HIT YOU 12

9 7 STAND BESIDE ME 15 Norma Jean-RCA Victor 8989Jimmy Dean-RCA Victor 8971 45 45 I CAN'T TAKE IT NO LONGER 6

10 12 IF THE WHOLE WORLD Hank Williams Jr.-MGM 13640STOPPED LOVIN' 13 46 47 APARTMENT #9 18

Roy Drusky-Mercury 72627 Tommy Wynette-Epic 10095

11 16 A WANDERIN' MAN 8 47 49 GONE ON THE OTHER HAND 5

Jeannie Seely-Monument 987 Tompall & Glaser Bros.-MGM 13611

12 18 I NEVER HAD THE ONEI WANTED 10

48 48 STRANDED 7Jim Nesbitt-Chart 1410

Claude Gray-Decca 32039 49 61 DROPPING OUT OF SIGHT 313 8 FUNNY, FAMILIAR, Jimmy Newman-Decca 32067

FORGOTTEN FEELING 13 50 57 COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE 3Don Gibson-RCA Victor 8975 Porter Wagoner-RCA Victor 9067

14 26 HULA LOVE 7 51 50 GAMES OF TRIANGLES 17Hank Snow-RCA Victor 9012 Bobby Bare, Norma Jean,

Liz Anderson-RCA Victor 869315 13 THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER

Connie Smith-RCA Victor 886917 52 56 DIESEL SMOKE, DANGEROUS

CURVES 616 25 SOMEONE TOLD MY STORY/ Red Simpson-Capitol 5783

I'M A LONESOME FUGITIVE 8 53 62 FUEL TO THE FLAME 4Merle Haggard-Capitol 5803 Skeeter Davis-RCA Victor 9058

17 24 WHERE DOES THE GOOD 54 52 THAT'LL BE THE DAY 13TIMES GO 5 Stotler Bros.-Columbia 43868

Buck Owens-Capitol 581155 53 YOU BETTER BE BETTER TO ME 4

18 19 OUR SIDE 13 Carl Smith-Columbia 43866Van Trevor-Band Box 371

56 55 HEART FULL OF LOVE 619 20 RIDE RIDE RIDE 17 Johnny Dallas-

Lynn Anderson-Chart 1375 Little Darlin' 0013

20 21 MR. DO-IT-YOURSELF 10 57 67 I DIDN'T JUMP THE FENCE 2Ray Pillow & Jean Shepard- Red Sovine-Starday 794

Capitol 576958 58 TOUCH MY HEART 17

21 23 WIFE OF THE PARTY 10 Ray Price-Columbia 43795Liz Anderson-RCA Victor 8999

59 60 SHOOT LOW SHERIFF 7

22 14 MOTEL TIME AGAIN 15 Cash McCall-Sincere 8336Johnny Paycheck-

Little Darlin' 0016 60 75 URGE FOR GOING 2George Hamilton IV-

23 27 GREEN RIVER 10 RCA Victor 9059Waylon Jennings-RCA Victor 9025

61 54 BURNING BRIDGES 724 15 HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN 17 Glenn Campbell-Capitol 5773

Bobby Lewis-United Artists 50067 62 63 SILVER SPOON, LONELY ME 6

Jimmy Grace-Dot 1698325 10 UNMITIGATED GALL

Faron Young-Mercury 7261713

63 65 A GRAIN OF SALT 4Penny Starr-Band Box 372

26 29 WHAT'S COME OVER MYBABY

Dottie West-RCA Victor 901110 64 64 PICKIN' UP THE MAIL 7

Compton Bros.-Dot 16948

27 30 HAPPY TRACKSKenny Price-Boone 1051

6 65 66 MABEL 4Skeets McDonald-Columbia 43946

28 28 YOU BEAT ALL I EVER SAWJohnny Cash-Columbia 43921

66 68 STAMP OUT LONELINESS 4Stonewall Jackson-

Columbia 4396629 33 TEARS WILL BE A CHASER

FOR YOUR WINE61 (-) LONELY AGAIN 1

Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor 9080Wanda Jackson-Capitol 5789

30 31 THE REAL THINGBilly Grammer-Epic 10103

5 68 71 DRIFTING APART 2Warner Mack-Decca 32082

31 32 OFF AND ON 8 69 69 LONESOME 7.7203 4

Charlie Louvin-Capitol 5791 Burl Ives-Decca 32078

32 37 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME 9 70 72 ALL OF ME BELONGS TO YOU 2Country Charlie Pride- Dick Curless-Tower 306

RCA Victor 9000 71 74 THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW 3

33 34 COUNTRY BOY'S DREAM 10 Crash Craddock-Chart 1415Carl Perkins-Dollie 505 72 (-) NO TEARS MILADY 1

34 36 FIRST WORD 6 Marty Robbins-Columbia 43845Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor 9027 73 (-) WORDS I'M GONNA HAVE TO

35 35 MAMA'S LITTLE JEWEL 8 EAT 1

Johnny Wright-Decca 32061 Bill Phillips-Decca 32074

36 22 SOMEBODY LIKE ME 18 74 (-1 HEART WE DID ALL WE COULD 1Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor 8965 Jean Shepard-Capitol 5822

37 39 OH! WOMAN 5 75 1-) WALKER'S WOODS 1

Nat Stuckey-Paula 257 Ed Bruce-RCA Victor 9044

By PAUL PERRY

Rivers Leaves Fiddle For DeskMulti -talented Jerry Rivers leaves the Homesteaders group ef-

fective Feb. 1 to manage Nugget Records, Nugget Sound Studioand Lonzo & Oscar Enterprises.

Rivers was initiated into country music as the burrhead fid-dler with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys of the late '40s andearly '50s. He did sessions, as a musician and backup singer, andwas a staff musician on the Grand Ole Opry until he formed thepopular trio, the Homesteaders in 1963. Jerry's new duties willalso include the management and booking of the Homesteaderswho currently have what looks like a smash on Little Darlin',"It's a Woman." At the same time, the Jimmie Klein Agency an-nounced exclusive booking rights on the Lonzo & Oscar countrymusic comedy show.

The blue ballad singer Carl Belew has movedto Nashville permanently according to the RCAVictor songster. Carl's current release, "IDream Too Much," is out of sight.

Buck Buys Second Station in YearEddie Briggs, Buck Owens' national promo-

tion whiz, just announced the purchase ofC & W station KYND in Pheonix by Buck.This makes the second station purchased bythe buckaroo in the past year. The Buck Owensshow, incidentally, leaves for Japan next week

with Capitol's Ken Nelson skedded to join the festivities to re-cord a live, on-stage album in that country. There have beenscattered reports on the flip of Buck's latest, "The Way That ILove You," but Capitol says that "Where Does the Good TimesGo," is still definitely the side. Congratulations to the all C & Wplough station in Atlanta, WPLO, on their celebration conclud-ing one year of the country -wide format on Jan. 15.

Coffeed with attractive Billie Jean Horton last week in themidst of one of her hurried visits to country music town. Planswere right away revealed that Columbia will re-release "TheBattle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton in early March. De-tails were also worked out by Columbia for an LP release aroundmid -March on the immortal C & W great. The album will betitled "Johnny Horton on Stage." It consists of excerpts froma series of shows pieced together by local Columbia assistantA & R Director Frank Jones. These excerpts were tied aroundsong cuts that were in the can, and the Columbia people havegreat hopes for this one. Billie Jean still resides in Shreveportand spends much of her time managing 17 -year -old pop starLinda Gayle.

The folk act of Peter, Paul & Mary performed here last weekat the Municipal Auditorium. This group is always a hit witheveryone.

Deejays needing copies of Dick Flood's new turntable twister,"Willow in the Wind" b/w "Miung Sun Lee," on Dick's new labelTotem Records may obtain same by writing P.O. Box 2243, Nash-ville 14 code 37214.

Major label interest has poped up due to the early rise andpicks on Kitty Hawkins' latest Capa release, "Forgetting You"b/w "You Get What You Pay For."

Copies of Johnny Dollar's new Dot release, "Your Hands,"are available by writing to Dick Heard, Suite 1527, 250 W. 57thStreet, N.Y.C. 10019.

Band Box Queen Penny Starr, just back from a tour of Vietnamand Puerto Rico, appeared over the weekend with Van Trevorin Albany, N.Y.

RCA Victor's Bob Ferguson who A & R'd the starter "Oncea Day" for Connie Smith has announced the release this weekof a new LP entitled, "Downtown Country." It consists of a blendof rural and urban flavorings and includes such ditties as "Down-town," "Ride, Ride, Ride," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "TheHurtin's All Over" and "Born a Woman."

And do you know who the chicken voice is on the new ArchieCampbell "Cock Fight?" Ricky Rotten . . . Known in the tradeas Norris Wilson. What a talent!

Paul Perry



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