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EUROTIPSHEETE M R
in partnership with Billboard
The Pan -European Newsweekly For The Music Trade
MIDEM CELEBRATESWITH EUROVISION BROADCASTS
Cannes- Midem. the internationalrecord and music publishing mar-ket which will be held in Cannes:January 27-31, has increased itsexhibitors 'over 1985 .and manyvideo managers, radio andtelevision programme directors,publishers and record labelshave recently confirmed theirparticipation.
The Midem organization hasscheduled gala evening concertsto help celebrate Its 20th anniver-
sary, Various festivities will beHeld, including two Eurovisionbroadcasts. The Midem trophiesgala concerts will honour'the majordiscoveries of 1985. The winnershave been chosen by a selectionof European media people andare based on facts from Eurotip-sheet, The award winners includeMatt Bianco, Fine Young Can-nibals and John Parr from' theU.K., OpuS (Austria). A -Ha (Nor-way); Mai Tai (Holland), Jennifer
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MAJOR SPONSOR FOR ROCK CONCERTSby Peter Jones & Nick Robert:show
In one of the biggest rock sponsor-ship deals ever arranged in theU K., brewery firm Harp Lager isto promote at least 150 concertsduring 1986, including nationallours by Marillion and OrchestralManoeuvres In The Dark.
"Nearly half a million pop tansare expected to attend the con-certs around the country," saysSimon Mallalieu, director of HarpLager Franchise, "The program-me has been structured to appealto a wide spectrum of thepopulation."
At least 15 acts will be involvedin the year -long sponsorship,which will also include the CastleDonington and Milton Keynes out-door festivals, The slogan for the250.000 pound programme is
Harp Beat - The Best Beat, Of All.and the Harp Beat identity will bevisible on tickets, advertising,programmes arid at the venuesthemselves,
A subsidiary of the Guinnessbrewery group, Harp Lager has al-ready been involved in the music
1985's ICA RockWeeks. The company is trying toboost its market share and seesrock as reaching its target marketof young people in the 18-35 agebracket,
A partnership was set up withthe Keith Browse Agency to inves-tigate ways of stepping up Harp'sinvolvement, and Midland ConcertPromotions was brought in to
negotiate the programme of
events. Says KPA managing -direc-tor Alan Callan: "Nobody has at-tempted anything on this scale inthe U,K. before. Normally popsponsorship is for an isolatedevent and a product identified withone particular act. We're delightedto be working on a .project that hassuch tremendous potential and willbe good foil the music industry asa whole''...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERSIn this first issue of 1986, wepresent the trendsetting awardsfor European artists 1985. Theseawards are intended as an en-couragement to the growing suc-cess of European artists crossingtheir national borders. During1985, media became increasinglyaware of the European market as awhole: national media were nolonger confined to their own bord-ers and 1985 saw a radicalchange in satellite and cableprogramming. This gave a strongboOst to the development of the"Pan -European market".A stronger European coordinationby the major international record
labels and the emerging of Euro-pean music channels like MusicBox and Sky Channel have tr. -
gered off a c uous hyc ofPan-Europea activities
Eurotipshe t has blis d it-
self throughout 9 an., espe-cially since the jo ture withBillboard. Pan-Euro an activitiesaround Eurotipsh and the Euro-pean Hot 100 ve soared. Thereare many plans to further improvethis situation in 1986. There will bean increase in editorial with morewriters and correspondents in the'18 European countries and editori-al teams in Amsterdam and Lon-don. We will co -organize the first
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Norwegian Gold- European Trendsetting Award VVinners,A-Ha recentlyvisited Holland to perform for the NCRV pop programme Popsjop.Presenter Jaap de Groot (right on the photo) hands out golden recordsfor Dutch single sales of over 100.000 copies for the Take On Me single.Band member Mags (trying to eat the award) is flanked by Morten (left)and Pal. Both NCRV radio (weekly) and TV (br-weekly) use Eurotipsheetextensively to compile their programmes.
EUROTIPSHEET
1985 TRENDSETTING AWARDSSpecial issue with the 1985 Trendsetting Award winners!
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EUROPEAN PLAYLIST REPORTS
U.K. RADIO AIRPLAY REPORTMost played records in England during the week of publication on thefollowing stations: BBC 1, BBC 2, Capital Radio, Radio London and themajor independents.
1. Band-Aid- Do They Know It's Christmas2. Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls3. Bruce Springsteen- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town4. Whitney Houston- Saving All My Love For You5. Sophia George- Girlie Girlie6. Go West- Don't Look Down7. Madonna- Dress You Up8. Starship- We Built This City9. Wham!- I'm Your Man
10. Feargal Sharkey- You Little Thief11. Shakin' Stevens- Merry Christmas Everybody12. Wham!- Last Christmas13. Dee C. Lee- See The Day14. Bronski Beat- Hit That Perfect Beat15. Elton John- Wrap Her Up16. Level 42- Leaving Me Now17. Concept- Mr. Deejay18. Paul McCartney- Spies Like Us19. Aretha Franklin- Who's Zoomin' Who20. Cameo- She's Strange
MOO :1.2J GERMANYFrom the airplay hitparade from Media Control including 29 radio chan-nels. Media Control is checking nationwide airplay on records requestedby companies. For more info pis contact Media Control - Postfach 625,D- 7570 Baden Baden, Tel. (0)7221 - 33066
1. Elton John- Nikita2. Shakin' Stevens- Merry Christmas Everyone3. Sandra- In The Heat Of The Night4. Wham!- I'm Your Man5. Heinz Rudolf Kunze- Dein 1st Mein Ganzes Herz6. Lionel Richie- Say You Say Me7. Mr. Mister- Broken Wings8. Feargal Sharkey- A Good Heart9. A -Ha- Take On me
10. Starship- We Built This City11. Jennifer Rush- Destiny12. Mike Oldfield- Pictures In The Dark13. Dire Straits- Walk Of Life14. Muencher Freiheit- Ohne Dich Schlaf Ich Heut Nacht15. Herwig Mitteregger- timer Mehr16. Matt Bianco- Yeah Yeah17. Falco- Jeanny18. Talking Heads- Road to Nowhere19. Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls20. Purple Schulz- Kleine SeenTips: STS- Goe, Du Bleibst Heut Nacht; Simply Red- Holding BackThe Years; Tommy Shaw- Remo's Theme; Karel Gott & Darinka-Fang Das Licht.
meow mon' FRANCEFrom the Airplay Hitparades provided by Media Control France. For com-plete weekly up-to-date Airplay Reports pls contact Media Control France- 29 Blv Tauler - 67000 Strasbourg - France. Tel. (88)366580
Radios Poripheriques (AM Stations):1. Michel Berger- Y'a Pas De Honte2. Michel Sardou- Chanteur De Jazz3. A -Ha- Take On Me4. J-J.Goldman- Je Te Donne5. Bill Baxter- Embrasse-moi Idiot6. Daniel Balavoine- L'Aziza7. Gilbert Montagne- Robinson Crusoe8. Johnny Hallyday- Quelquechose De Tennessee9. Francis Cabrel- Encore Et Encore
10. Stevie Wonder- Part-time Lover11. Alain Souchon- C'est Comme Vous Voulez12. Pierre Bachelet- L'An 200113. Telephone- Le Jour S'est Leve14. Charlotte Et Serge Gainsbourg- Lemon Incest15. Sade- The Sweetest Taboo16. Jean -Luc Lahaye- Papa Chanteur17. Louis Chedid- God Save The Swing18. Renaud- Miss Maggie19. Capitaine Abandonne- Gold20. Andrea- I'm A Lover
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Radios FM:1. Jean -Jacques Goldman- Je Te Donne2. A -Ha- Take On Me3. Andrea- I'm A Lover4. Matt Bianco- Yeh Yeh5. Sade- The Sweetest Taboo6. Madonna- Dress You Up7. Stevie Wonder- Part -Time Lover6. The Communards- You Are My World9. Simply Red- Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
10. Daniel Balavoine- L'Aziza11. Wham!- I'm Your Man12. Elton John- Nikita -
13. Cock Robin- When Your Heart Is Weak14. Indochine- 3eme Sexe15. Michel Berger- Y'a Pas De Honte16. Sandra- Maria Magdalena17. The Cure- In Between Days18. Johnny Hallyday- Quelquechose De Tennessee19. OMD- Secret20. Simple Minds- Alive And Kicking
/55ifiX/37/716/ /WIUhIW/ ilLe/A/Se/Airplay checked on Radio 1, 2 and 3, the Dutch National Pop Chan-nels. For a complete up-to-date report contact Stichting NederlandseTop 40, PO Box 706, 1200 AS Hilversum. Tel. (0)35 - 231647.
1. Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls2. Dolly Dots- Unique3. Gino Vanelli- It Hurts To Be In Love4. Elton John- Nikita5. Sting- Russians6. Simply Red- Holding Back The Years7. Starship- We Buiit This City8. Rob De Nijs- Alles Wat Ademt9. Feargal Sharkey- A Good Heart
10. Artists United Against Apartheid- Sun City11. Talk Talk- Life's What You make It12. Mr. Mister- Broken Wings13. Drum Theatre- Eldorado14. Whitney Houston- Saving All My Love For You15. Nona Hendrix- I Need Love16. David Grant & Jaki Graham- Mated17, Anita Meyer & Lee Towers- Run To Me18. A -Ha- Take On Me19. Lionel Richie- Say You Say Me20. Pete Townshend- Face The face
ifieflia OltIVI AUSTRIA -
Most played records as checked by Media Control on the national chan-nel OE 3 and Radio Brenner. For more info plc contact Media Control -Postfach 625, 7570 Baden Baden, telephone (0)7221 - 33066
1. Wham!- I'm Your Man2. Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung- Bankueberfall3. Jennifer Rush- The Power Of Love4. Falco- Vienna Calling5. Elton John- Nikita6. A -Ha- Take On Me7. Midge Ure- If I Was8. Shakin' Stevens- Merry Christmas Everyone9. Patricia Simpson- Dreams In The City
10. The Cars- Tonight She Comes
SO(IEDAD ESPANOLA DE RADIODIFUSION - SPAINThe 15 best played records in Spain from Cuarenta Principales:
1. Juan Manuel Serrat- El Sur Tambien Existe2. Nacha Pop- Grite Una Noche3. Simple Minds- Alive And Kicking4. La Decade Prodigiosa- Medley5. Luz- Voy A Por Ti6. Modern Talking- Cheri Cheri Lady7. Hombres G- Dejad Que Las Ninas Se Acerquen A Mi8. Bryan Adams- Heaven9. Sade- The Sweetest Taboo
10. Propaganda- P. Machinery11. Objetivo Birmania- En Un Rincon Del Corazon12. Elton John- Nikita13. Katrina & The Waves- Que Te Quiero14. La Union- Entre Flores Raras15. Arturo Pareja Obregon- Sevilla
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pageThs page is meant to be a guide to European Radio Programming. It contains suggestions for airplay on Rock, Pop, MOR and Dance records, selectedbythe editorial staff of Eurotipsheet with recommendations from some of the major Program Directors throughout Europe.
RECORDS OF THE WEEK:EURYTHMICS- IT'S ALRIGHT (BABY'S COMING BACK) (RCA)FEARGAL SHARKEY- YOU LITTLE THIEF (Virgin)
SURE HITS:
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- STEREOTOMY (Arista)SADE- IS IT A CRIME (Epic)
BILLY OCEAN- WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH (Jive)MIKE & THE MECHANICS- SILENT RUNNING (WEA Int.)NONA HENDRYX- I NEED LOVE (RCA)
EURO-CROSSOVER:
JANE WIEDLIN- BLUE KISS (IRS)KING- TORTURE (CBS)SNOWY WHITE- FOR YOU (Towerbell)
A -HA- THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV (Warner Brothers) MAX -HIM- JAPANESE GIRL (Cruisin Records/Zyx Germany)
THE EDITOR'S 1985 FAVOURITES
Depeche ModeShake The Disease (Mute)The Big DishBig New Beginning (Virgin)Fine Young CannibalsJohnny Come Home (London)Matt BiancoMore Than I Can Bear (WEA)Fruits Of PassionAll I Ever Wanted (SirenNirgin)Loose EndsHangin' On A String (Virgin)Mick JaggerJust Another Night (CBS)The CultRain (Beggars Banquet)Bruce SpringsteenDancing In The Dark (CBS)Katrina & The WavesWalking On Sunshine (Capitol)
In this first issue of the new year, I'd like totake the opportunity to give my personalreflection of the year 1985 on the basis of myfavourite top 10 singles. It is a subjective top10, only based on my own preferences andtherefore subject to discussions.
1985 didn't bring us many new musicaltrends, most of them came up in '84 andflourished the year after. The trend of coolja77;commercialized in '84 and has now becomefully common property. Apart from Sade,Matt Bianco was its most viable exponent.Preceded by 3 other hitsingles, More Than ICan Bear has proven to be the definite 'sleep-er' of the year; a song that refused to leavethe charts and that had a life span of at leasthalf a year. One cannot fail to notice its acces-sible melody interwoven in a smooth anddanceable production.
Another polished production, yet operat-ing in the disco/dance style, was Loose Ends'Hangin' On A String. Perhaps not a very origi-
nal melody, but enwrapped in such a magni-fied production (by Nick Martenelli), undoubt-edly one of the best trendsetting songs of thisstyle. The song gave way to a new trend, thatof the pop -polished disco production, infavour of the more funky and rough disco ap-proach of a few years back. A man like MickJagger, always very keen in adjusting himselfto the latest fashions, clearly profited from thedisco field and his solo single Just AnotherNight was straight forward, danceable andwith just the right production (Mick Jagger/BillLaswell- of Material fame).
And although the productions in 1985 be-gan to employ more and more advancedtechniques, an opposite tendency was per -
the Singles routeMost recommended singles not yet showing in theEuropean Hot 100
Pat Banger,Sex As A Weapon (Chrysalis)Patris ZLove Oasis (MOM/Emergency)Ruby Turner";If You're Ready (Jive)A -Ha IAThe Sun Always Shines On TV (Wathe7-Brothers)The WinansLet My People Go (Owest)Jon AndersonEasier Said Then Done (Elektra),daSadeIs It A ClimeAlan Parsons Project aStereotomy (Arista)EurythmicsIt's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) (RCA)Green On Red 4...o
0- Time Ain't Nothing (Mercurye'-'110,Billy Ocean Ll
When The Going Gets Tough (Jive)Tommy Shaw ttRemo's Theme (A&M)Snowy White aFor You (Towerbell)Gino VanelliIt Hurts To Be In Love (Dreyfuss)Drum Theatre tr-El Dorado (Epic)Jane Wiedlin t.Blue Kiss (IRS)AsGo
(Se ten) %AdaFull Force LWAlice, I Want You Just For Me (CBS)Joni MitchellGood FriendsViteffen) "Alt
)(The Cars -2.-0onight She Comes (Elektra)- W1-1/4
ceptible, a return to acoustic values. Groupslike R.E.M., Lloyd Cole and Icicle Works, toname but a few, rehabilitated the roots of thesixties and brought the acoustic guitar back topop music. The Big Dish is such a band anddespite the fact that their debut single BigNew Beginning failed to evoke any reaction,it was nevertheless one of the best singlesreleased this year; a glorious pop song in aclear production by Paul Hardiman.
Techno-pop seemed to lose grounds in'85, although Depeche Mode knew how toprevent the decreasing popularity of the syn-thesizer in its own right. Shake The Diseasehad an almost God-given melody that lin-gered long after hearing it. In my opinion thebest and most inspired song of the year.
The acoustic guitar was not the only wayto get away from the doomy atmosphere oftechno-pop. A group like The Cult found itsinspiration in a combination of sixties heroslike Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Withbrooding singles like She Sells Sanctuary andRain the group escaped their cult status andbecame one of the major revelations in theEnglish music scene in '85. Another new-comer were the dynamic and Fine YoungCannibals with their debut Johnny CameHome, full of immediate sparkling energy.Energy was also the keyword of the debut sin-gle of the English band Fruits Of Passion. Al/I Ever Wanted carried a charming innocencebut with such a persuasive power. that onecan hardly understand why no one in Europeever played this wonderful single.
Most of my favourite records this yearsomehow seem to come from England, stillthe country in the world that dominates musi-cal trends and fashions. However, nobodycan run away from the Boss. Although hisBorn In The U.S.A. album was released in'84, CBS issued Dancing In The Dark in '85and I think it was one of the best American sin-gles of this year.
Americans, as it appears, never forget thesunny sixties. A band that revitalized the L.A.pop sensibilities was Katrina & The Waves.This Capitol signing took everybody by sur-prise with the unassuming and cheerful popof Walking On Sunshine.
See you all next week with the usualchart -chatting.
Machgiel Bakker
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VOLUME 3 - NO 1 - WEEK OF JANUARY 6TH 1986
The EUROPEAN AIRPLAY TOP 50 is compiled through all our correspondents tips received this week. (r.) Records of the week receive extra points. The airplaylists of the airplay repel organisations withinsome of the European countries are also used in the calculations, as well as playlists of the m2/or radiostations,HPlease note that not all received tips appear in EUROTIPSHEET but they are All used for the celcularon of the AIRPLAY TOP 50.
Nikita1 13 Elton John - Rocket (Big Pig Music)
Take On Me2 2 12 A -Ha - Warner Brothers (ATV Music)
3 5We Built This City
7Starship - Grunt/RCA (Various)
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West End GirlsPet Shop Boys - Parlophone (Cage Music/C. Control)
I'm Your ManWham! - Epic (Morrison Leahy)
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Broken WingsMr. Mister - RCA (Warner Tamerlane/Entente)
A Good Heart7 4 9Feargal Sharkey - Virgin (RCA Music)
8 Saving All My Love For You7 5 Whitney Houston - Arista (Warner/Screen Gems EMI)
9 6 6Say You, Say MeLionel Richie - Motown (Brockman/Warner Bros.)
10 13Sun City
. Artists United Against Apartheid - Manhattan (Solidarity)
Dress You Up1 1 11 a Madonna - Sire (House Of Fun Music)
12 41 2Merry Christmas EveryoneShakin' Stevens - Epic (EMI Music)
13 8 5RussiansSting - A&M (Magnetic Music)
14 12 9Je Te DonneJean -Jacques Goldman - Epic (JRG/NIEF Marc Lumbroso)
15 Road To Nowhere10 10
Talking Heads - EMI (Warner Bros. Music)
16 21 17Part -Time LoverStevie Wonder - Motown (Jobete/Black Bull Music)
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Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town/My HometownBruce Springsteen - CBS (United Partnership/Zomba)
The Sweetest TabooSade - Epic (Angel Music)
Dein 1st Mein Ganzes HerzHeinz Rudolt Kunze - WEA (SchachtlWarner Brothers)
20 Destiny1"Jennifer Rush - CBS (CBS Songs)
Do They Know It's Christmas33 2 Band Aid - Mercury (Copyright Control)
22 26 4Don't Look DownGo West - Chrysalis (ATV Music)
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32 5In The Heat Of The NightSandra - Virgin (Mambo)
30 3L'AzizaDaniel Balavoine - Barclay (Barclay Morris/Bicycle)
35 14Matt Bianco - WEA (EMI Music Publishing)Yeh Yeh
26 Hit That Perfect Beat15 4 Bronski Beat - London (Bronski/W.A. Bong Music)
When Your Heart Is KO(27 14 5 Cock Robin - CBS (Chappell)
28 2Girlie GirlieSophia
34George - Winner (Shad Music)
29 17 8That's What Friends Are ForDionne Warwick & Friends - Arista (CarlinAhiarner Bros Music)
30 23 5
Spies Like UsPaul Mc Cartney - MPUParlophone (MPL Communications)
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Pictures In The DarkMike Oldfield - Virgin (Virgin Music)
28 4Life's What You Make ItTalk Talk - EMI (Hollis/IslandlZomba)
33 20 6MatedDavid Grant & Jaki Graham - EMI (Warner Bros. Music)
34 18 14Cheri Cheri LadyModern Talking - HansaiAriola (IntrolIntersong)
Y'A Pas De Honte4" Michel Berger - Apache/WEA (Copyright Control)
36 Don't You Just Know It3' Amazulu Island (EMI Music)
37 Alive And Kicking- Simple Minds - Virgin (EMI Music Publishing)
38 27 2BecauseJulian
Lennon - EMI (Spurs Music/Ivy Music)
If I Was39 31 15 Midge Ure - Chrysalis (Mood Music)
See The DayRE -
D.C. Lee - CBS (EMI Music)
41 22 4Separate LivesPhil Collins & Marilyn Mactat - Mantic (Bishop/Pun/Gold Horizon)
4, You Little ThiefFeargal Sharkey - Virgin (Blue Gator)
Walk Of Life43 50 2Dire Straits - Vertigo (ChariscourtlRondor Music)
44 RE _Last ChristmasWham - Epic (Morrison Leahy Music)
45 Leaving Me NowLevel 42 - Polydor (Various)
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You Are My WorldThe Communards - London (Bronski/Bong/C. Control)
47 47 2Mr. D.J.The Concept - Fourth & Broadway/Island (MCA Music)
48 Chanteur De JazzMichel Sardou - Trema (Art Music France)
49 4, JeannyFalco - Gig/A&M (Bolland/Nada/Manuskript)
50 The Captain Of Her Heart29
1" Double - Metronome (Z-Muzik)
HOT RADIO ADDSThe new hot radio adds an Euro-radio just prior to publication
SADE- IS IT A CRIME (Epic)DRUM THEATRE- EL DORADO (Epic)A -HA- THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV (Warner Brothers)ELTON JOHN- WRAP HER UP (Rocket)
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POLYGRAM AUSTRIACONGRATULATES
OPUS!
The young rock group from Austria which stormedto no 1 this summer in many countries of the
world and was the discovery of 1985 ! !
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ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- STEREOTOMY (Arista)LW5- GET TO KNOW YOU (Virgin)THE INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR- SWEET INSPIRATION (Portrait/Epic)ATLANTIC RHYTHM & BLUES 1947- 1974 (Atlantic- 7 Double Set)
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THE EDITOR'S 1985
FAVOURITE ALBUMSChris !seekSilvertone (Warner Brothers)StingThe Dream Of The Blue Turtles (A&M)Prefab SproutSteve McQueen (Kitchenware/CBS)Suzanne VegaSuzanne Vega (A&M)Katrina & The WavesKatrina & The Waves (Capitol)Simply RedPicture Book (Elektra)BanglesAll Over The Place (CBS)Billie HolidayThe Legend Of (MCA)Aretha FranklinSings The Blues (CBS)MadonnaLike A Virgin (Sire)
Instead of the usual albums guide, this weekan overview of the best albums of 1985 on thebasis of my favourite Top 10 Album List. Forme personally, the best album of '85 camefrom a man with the looks of Presley and thevocal diction of Roy Orbison: Chris lsaakfrom Stockton, California. His debut album Sil-vertone combined the best elements of therich tradition of the American musicalheritage: blues, rockabilly, c&w and teenage -drama. His single Dancin' picked up some ra-dio reactions but for the rest he was somehowcompletely unnoticed by European radio.
However Suzanne Vega, another new ar-tist who released her debut LP in '85,received far more attention. Her self -titled al-bum marked a return to the singer/songwriterera and her folky pop songs evoked compari-
sons with Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones andLaurie Anderson. Her European tour trig-gered off good media reaction, establishingher as a definite talent to watch.
Another very remarkable solo album wasthe one by Sting. As pointed out in the lastyear-end issue, the likeable ex -Police singercame up with an album full of different musi-cal styles, one that crossed the rigid bordersbetween pop and jazz. An album that was afavourite for most of our European dj's aswell. An even wider versatility of musicalstyles was displayed on the Prefab Sprout al-bum Steve McQueen, the album that finallymeant the breakthrough of this talented andunique band. Although the album needs acouple of plays to appreciate its full value, it isclear that the band's vocalist Paddy McAloonis one of the best songwriters to emerge for along time.
Simply. Red have a very gifted vocalist inthe person of Mick Hucknall. Jazz, soul andpolished funk were mixed into a commercialframework and the LP already yielded thethree singles that broke all over Europe,Money's Too Tight, Come To My Aid andHolding Back The Years. Fusion at its best.
Madonna was a phenomenon in her ownright. She was able to attract a vast amount ofmedia coverage and it is no exaggeration toname '85 as the year of the Madonna Mania.Not everybody was so keen on the dominantrole she exerted this year, but it can't be de-nied that the Like A Virgin album is still a veryattractive Best Of album, containing one hit af-ter another.
The debut album of Katrina & The Waves
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was also a 'hits' -album, albeit not reachingthe same levels of success as the former. Theband recaptured some of the lost innocenceof the 60's, sunny LA sounds and cheerfulMersey and r&b. Walking On Sunshine was agood single, but the LP had more; Que TeOuiero, a Mexican Trini Lopez -tinged tune; orthe raunchy Machine Gun. All done equallyconvincing.
From Katrina & The Waves it is not a bigstep to the all -female band The Bangles.They also recorded the track Going Down toLiverpool and the album, All Over The Place,was full of 60's influences as well. From TheMonkeys to The Mamma's And The Pappa's,from The Byrds to The Seeds.
Some may wonder if an album of BillieHoliday really belongs in a Top 10 album list.But if we come to think of the cool jazz trendthat came up in '84 and the fact that many ar-tists these days list as one their favouritesingers Billie Holiday (just think about the Ali-son Moyet cover That Ole Devil Called Love),it is abundantly clear that the MCA compila-tion The Legend Of certainly belongs in sucha list. Sixteen classic tracks of the best jazzvocalist ever. From the sad Don't Explain tothe optimistic Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do.
Aretha Franklin is one of those otherlegendary vocalists whose influence on otherpeople's styles is immense. Before she wassigned to Atlantic and made her break-through, she recorded for CBS and the SingsThe Blues album is an excellent and intimateset of jazzy and gospel influenced material.
Machgiel Bakker
V1/4.-This week's most played albums on European Radio.
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VOLUME 3 - NO 1 - WEEK OF JANUARY 6TH 1986
TOP.3 in EUROPE 2
COUNTRY 1 2 3
UNITED KINGDOM Shaun'MetmChnstircias Everyone Saving All My Love For You
Whitney uston (Arista)
West End GirtsPet Shop Boys (Radaphone)
GERMANY NikitaElton John (Rocket)
In The Heat Of The NightSandra (Wein)
JeannyFalco (Gig)
FRANCE Je Te DonneJean -Jacques Goldman (Epic)
Et Tu Danses Avec LuiC. Jerome (Zone Music)
Aw,Part -Time LoverStevie Wonder (Motown)
ITALY Election DayArcadia (Padophone)
Questione Di FeelingCoodante a Mina (Virgin)
Take On MeA -I -la (Warner Brothers)
SPAIN Part Time LoverStevie Wonder (Motown)
Into The GrooveMadonna (Sire)
We Don't Need Another HeroTina Turner (Capitol)
HOLLAND NikitaElton John (Rocket)
Say You, Say MeLionel Fkchie (Motown)
Sun CityArtitsts United Against Apartheid (Manhattan)
BELGIUM Say You, Say MeLionel Richie (Motown)
NikitaElton John (Rocket)
Maria MagdalenaSandra (Virgin)
SWEDEN Take On MeA -Ha (Warner Brothers) Sandra (Virgin) Mats United Against Apartheid (Manhattan)
DENMARK I'm Your ManWham! (Epic)
Take On MeA -Ha (Warner Brothers)
AfrikaVarious Artists (Genlyd)
NORWAY Say You, Say MeLionel Richie (Motown)
The Power Of LoveJennJennifer Rush (CBS)
NikitaElton John (Rocket)
FINLAND Maria MagdalenaSandra (Virgin)
Cheri Cheri LadyModern Talking (Hansel/viola)
Blind In TexasWASP. (Capitol)
IRELAND Thank You Very Much, Mr. EastwoodDermot Morgan (Elolphine)
Do They Know It's ChristmasBand Aid (ttercury)
Merry Christmas EveryoneShekel Stevens (Epic)
SWITZERLAND NikitaElton John (Rocket)
Say You, Say MeLionel Riche (Motown)
The Power Of LoveJennifer Rush (CBS)
AUSTRIA The Power Of LoveJennifer Rush (CBS)
Goe, Du Bleibst Heut Nacht Bei MirSTS (Amadeo)
Touch By TouchJoy (OK)
GREECE Cheri Cheri LadyModern Talking (HansafAnola)
Election DayArcadia (Parlophone)
Alive And KickingSimple Minds (Virgin)
PORTUGAL NikitaDion John (Rocket)
You're My Heart, You're My SoulModern Talking (Hansa/Arida)
Maria MagdalenaSandra (Virgin)
For You Only 90 Les Mendes Engloutis 64 See The Day 52
A/Z Index Future Brain 84 Life's What You Make It 57 Separate Lives 36
European Hot 100 Singles GamblerGirlie Girlie
1858
Lover WhyMaria Magdalena
3727
She's StrangeSisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
7945
A Good Heart 5 Heart Of Lothian 94 Mated 97 Slave To The Rhythm 21
Aker The Love Has Gone 20 Hit That Perfect Beat 28 Merry Christmas Everyone 40 Spies Like Us 49
Alice:, I Want You Just For Me 93 Hot Shot 71 Money Far Nothing 41 Stairway To Heaven 33
Alive And Kicking 16 Got You Babe 92 More Than I Can Bear 99 Sun City 13
Bibiloc 89 'm A Lover 77 Ne Raccroche Pas 95 Take On Me 1
Broken Wings 17 'm Your Man 2 Nikita 4 That's What Friends Are For 19
Cha Cha Cha 47 f I Was 98 One Vision 26 The Hokey-Cokey 88
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Cloudbusting 60 Je Marche Seul 85 Pictures In The Dark 35 The Sweetest Taboo 66
Destiny 73 Je T'Airne A L'Italienne 96 Power Of Love 42 There Must Be An Angel 46
Do They Know It's Christmas 44 Je Te Donne 29 Ouralque Chose De Tennessee 67 Trapped 23
Don't Break My Heart 39 Jeanny 68 Ring Of Ice 81 Una Storia Importaree 76
Don't Look Down The Sequel 61 L'An 2001 31 Road To Nowhere 14 Vienna Calling 100
Don't You Just Know It 59 L'Aziza 74 Run To The Hills 82 Walking In The Air 48
Dress You UpElection Day
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54La Chanson De ZorroLast Christmas
9143
Running Up That HillRussians
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We All Stand TogetherWe Built This City
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Embrasse-Moi Idiot 63 Le Geant De Papier 72 Santa Claus Is Carney To Town 34 We Don't Need Another Hero 30
Et Tu Danses Avec Lui 32 Le Jour S'est Leve 75 Saturday Love 69 West End Girls 10
Face The Face 55 Leaving Me Now 70 Saving All My Love For You 12 When Your Heart Is Weak 24
Femme Publioue 65 Lemon Incest 38 Say You:, Say Me 3 Wrap Her Up 62
Echo S The Bunnymen 72 Jennifer Rush 30 Roger Whittaker 88
A/Z IndexEuropean Hot 100 Albums
Elaine PaigeElton JohnElvis Presley
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A -Ha 14 Eurythmics 44 Klaus Lage Band 45 Sade 1
Alan Parsons Project 52 Falco 34 Level 42 19 Sade 21
Aled Jones & The BBC Welsh Chorus 57Alison Moyet 53
Feargal SharkeyFine Young Cannibals
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Lloyd Cole & The CommotionsMadonna
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SandraScorpions
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Arcadia 43 Francis Cabral 81 Madonna 32 Serge Gainsbourg 61
Artists United Against Apartheid 36 Frank Duval 50 Marillion 24 Simple Minds 4
AsiaBarbara Dickson
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Fritz BrauseGeorge Benson
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Malt BiancoMichel Sardou
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Simply RedSoundtrack - Rocky IV
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Barry WhiteBilly Joel
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Go WestGoldene 13
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Midge UreMike OlcIfield
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Spandau BalletStevie Wonder
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Black Lace 83 Grace Jones 25 Modern Talking 12 Sting 5
Blaeck Foeoess 62 Grace Jones 23 Modern Talking 42 Talking Heads 22
Bruce Springsteen 7 Heinz Rudolf Kunze 48 Pat Benatar 55 Tears For Fears 31
Bryan Adams 29 Henry Mancini 54 Pete Townshend 40 The Cure 39
Bryan Ferry 93 Howard Carpendale 66 Peter Hofmann 38 The London Symphony Orchestra 26
Chantal Goya 87 Iron Maiden 17 Peter Maffay 37 Tina Turner 28
Chas & DaveCommodores
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Jacques HigelinJames Last
9471
Phil CollinsPierre Bachelet
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Daniel Balavoine 70 James Last 73 Queen 89 Udo Juergens 49
Depeche Mode 13 Jean Ferrat 80 Renaud 76 Wham! 96
Dire Straits 2 Jean -Jacques Goldman 47 Richard Clayderman 75 Whitney Houston 15
Double 97 Jennifer Rush 9 Roger Whittaker 33 ZZ Top 10
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TVemroclipsThe most aired music video clips throughout Europe in the week prior topublication. It includes more than 50 video-tv programs and other t v.shows partly using videos from 14 European countries.
THE CLIP WINNERS OF 1985The most aired video clips throughout Europe in 1985:
David Bowie & Mick Jagger- Dancing In The StreetMadonna- Into The GrooveA -Ha- Take On MeDuran Duran- A View To A KillPaul Hardcastle- 19USA For Africa- We Are The WorldEurythmics- There Must Be An AngelBruce Springsteen- I'm On FireEurythmics- Would I Lie To YouDavid Bowie- Loving The AlienPhilip Bailey- Easy LoverSimple Minds- Don't You (Forget About Me)Madonna- Material GirlTears For Fears- Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldElton John- NikitaKate Bush- Running Up That HillMadonna- Like A VirginTina Turner- We Don't Need Another HeroBruce Springsteen- Glory DaysKing- Love And PrideArtists United Against Apartheid- Sun CityBilly Ocean- LoverboyLionel Richie- Say You Say MeSimple Minds- Alive And KickingThompson Twins- Dr. DreamUB 40 & Chrissie Hynde- I Got You BabeDavid Bowie- This Is Not AmericaDavid Lee Roth- California GirlsKate Bush- CloudbustingPhil Collins- One More NightArcadia- Election DayMidge Ure- If I WasForeigner- I Want To Know What Love IsPowerstation- Some Like It HotSting- Love Is The Seventh WaveFeargal Sharkey- A Good HeartCommodores- NightshiftDead Or Alive- You Spin Me AroundAlison Moyet- That Ole Devil Called LoveAshford & Simpson- SolidBronski Beat- I Feel LoveBryan Adams- Run To YouDon Henley- The Boys Of SummerHarold Faltermeyer- Axel FHuey Lewis & The News- The Power Of LoveFreddie Mercury- I Was Born To Love YouHall & Oates- Method Of Modern LoveWham!- I'm Your ManScritti Politti- The Word Girl
deDMUSIC BOX STOPS V&DLegal action by the Music Box satellite music channel has forced Dutchretail chain V&D to withdraw from sale a bogus compilation album mar-keted and packaged under the "Music Box" name. The station saysit has no involvement in the LP, which was released without authorisa-tion from parent company The Music Channel. -Music Box's media head Maria Morgan says imitation is the sincerestform of flattery and that the use of the channel's name shows the extentof its influence in Europe, but adds: "It would be nice for our 3.5 millionEuropean viewers to know that if it says Music Box on the cover it'sMusic Box all the way through!"Ironically Music Box viewers will soon be able to do just that, becausethe station is currently negotiating with major record companies in theU.K. with a view to putting out its own compilation album early nextyear.
MUSIC BOX PLAYLISTList of video's played on the Music Box Satelite Channel.
Sure Shot: Elton John- Wrap Her Up.Ones To Watch: Dingo Boingo- Weird Science; Vitamin Z- High HighFriend.Heavy Action: Dee C. Lee; Ray Parker Jr. Midge Ure; Go West; Maril-lion; Nik Kershaw; Jan Hammer; Dire Straits; Sting; John Lennon;Julian Lennon; Grant & Graham; It's Immaterial; The Untouchables:Bronski Beat; Lloyd Cole; The Cult; Sun City; Lionel Richie; Wham!; TheWaterboys; Drumtheatre; Mick Jagger; Bonnie Tyler; Eurythmics;Madonna- Gambler; Grace Jones; Feargal Sharkey; Elton John; StevieWonder; Queen; LIB 40; Arcadia; Simple Minds; Talking Heads;Cameo; Whitney Houston; Pet Shop Boys; Band-Aid.
SlOfCHANNELSKY TRAX
Heavy Plays:Whitney Houston- Saving All My Love For You; Wham!;Feargal Sharkey- A Good Heart; Queen; Lionel Richie; Starship; Collins& Martin; Nik Kershaw; Paul McCartney; Grant & Graham; Madonna -Dress You Up; Sun City; Dee C. Lee- See The Day; Bronski Beat- HitThat Perfect Beat; Pet Shop Boys; Jean -Jacques Goldman- Je TeDonne; Bruce Springsteen- My Hometown.
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NEW TALENTRecords by new acts as selected by the editorial team of Eurotipsheet for the Pan -European market and beyond. Active radio/tv programmers, who want to program theserecords should be aware that these are not necessarily released in all territories. International A&R experts and music publishers on the look out for new deals could contactthe original master/publishing owners. Original country and telephone numbers are mentioned as known.
.><Secret Service - When The Night Closes In (Sonet) Sweden.publ. Cloudberry Songs. Master owner: Sonet, tel. 8-7670150.5 -Piece Swedish pop act with their follow-up to 'Let Us Dance Just A Little Bit More', one of oureuro-crossover picks this summer and currently getting good radio reactions in France at the mo-ment (licensed on Vogue). 'When The Night' is a winsome pop tune backed up with some finemelodic arrangements.
Moskwa TV - Generator 7/8 (Zyx) Germany.publ. Melodie Der Welt, tel. 69-287847. Master owner: Zyx, tel. 6436-4052.The follow-up to 'Tekno Talk', which sold over 30,000 maxis in Germany and even entered theUS Billboard Dance charts. Moskwa TV is a disco -cult project, set up by Frankfurter Talla. Post -doom industrial electro beats and a remarkable voice (reminiscent of Cy Cumin, of Fixx fame) sup-porting it.
The Monroes - Cheerio (EMI) U.K.publ. Sweden Music, tel. (Sweden) 8-143020. Master owner: EMI UK, tel. 1-4864488.This Bob Sergeant produced single has topped the Norwegian charts for one and a half monthand was 11 in Sweden. The Norwegian duo, signed to EMI UK, are picking up good responsesoutside Scandinavia with this typical MOR ballad with some very strong and commercialcommunity -singing on the end. Album sold 280.000 copies so far, which is more than any otherNorwegian act has sold before (including A -Hal). Publishing available outside Scandinavia.
4 Stephan Eicher - Two People In A Room ( 'EA) G -A -S.I NiU2u bl. Electric Unicorn, tel. (Switzerland) 1-2411911. Master owner: WEA for GAS countries; Poly-
gram rest of Europe.25 year old Swiss based multi -instrumentalist with a well -arranged pop song featuring Eicher'sslightly romantic voice. The Howard Jones of Zurich. Eicher debuted in the band Grauzone whohad a good hit with "Eisbeer" in GAS. Album just entered Swiss charts this week and a major cam-paign in '86 for the rest of Europe will follow. Watch out for it.
Gianni Togni - Segui II Tuo Cuore (CGD) Italypubl. Sugarmusic/Acquarello. Master owner: CGD, tel. 2-5084'Best Song Award' winner at the Yamaha Festival (Tokyo) in 1981, with a follow-up to Giulia, oneof our Italian faves July, earlier this year. Togni continues his melodic base with familiar Self Con-trol/Tarzan Boy/Maria Magdalena- vocals supporting it.
Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Situation Two) UKpubl. Copyright Control. Master owner: Beggars Banquet, tel. 1-8709912.Indie sellers whose album The Immigrant was one of our faves on the Indie Route. The band, cen-tered around the Welsh twins Jay and Michael Aston, just returned from a lenghthy US tour andcame up with a sound, cast in the same mold as The Cult; arresting vocals against a powerfuldance beat. UK press describes them as 'dark and gothic'.
Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet (Big Time) Australiapubl. Chrysalis Music, tel. 1-4082355. Master owner: Contact Fred Bestall at Big Time Australia,Telex, AA 71181 Bestall.Chrysalis UK picked up the rights to this former A&M act from Australia. Watch out for this talented4 -piece band with a brooding mix of 6T's guitar sounds, good hooks and the general psychedelic'underground' overtones. Single has undeniable pop appeal. UK already likes them and a bigcampaign on the Continent beginning of '86 follows.
The Adult Net - Edie (Beggars Banquet) UKpubl. Minder Music, tel. 1-2897281. Master owner: Beggars Banquet, tel. 1-8709912Captivating 6T's sounds in a production by John Leckie, about Edie Sedgewick, a protege ofAndy Warhol. Adult Net is a project set up by Fall member Brix Smith, who debuted with TheStrawberry Alarm Clock cover Incense and Peppermints.
-)44. Fake - Brick (Did Records) Italypubl.Art Nouveaux/VVarner/Perche/Comanchero. Master owner: Did, tel. 543-30563Swedish trio signed through Did in Italy. Master is still available for UK and Spain. Already forweeks Eurotipsheet's fave production from Italy: exallted vocals combined with the polished discoproduction give lasting effects.
Miko Mission - Two For Love (Saar) Italypubl. Saar. Master owner: Saar Italy, tel. 20-4696251.!talo disco with its characteristic 'Woody Boogie' back beats. Follow-up to The World Is You, thatcharted in Spain, Italy and Germany. Could do well with its Euro-feel.
Joachim Witt - Moonlight (D.G.G.) Germany.publ. Chappell Music, tel. 40-441531. Master owner: contact Mrs. Polly Schlodtmann at DGG, tel.40-3087441.German pop star who reached high levels of success during the days of the New German Wave(on the WEA label). Change of label, change of style. Witt is now fully embodied in the synthi-popmainstream, more Top 40 orientated than ever. From his English language album 'MoonlightN ights' .
Matta Bazar - Angelina (Ariston) Italy.publ. Ariston Music. Master owner: Ariston, tel. 2-9846974.High classy pop from a band that established their name a few years back with the beautiful track'Vacanze Romane'. We were always strong followers of this majestic band and this new single onlyconfirms our belief: a stirring song with strong vocals from Antonella Ruggiero. From the LP'Melancholia'.
TUNING IN
Dave Eastwood - Radio EssexDave Eastwood is the Senior Presenter atthe Southend-on-Sea based ILR station,Essex Radio. He hosts the breakfast showbetween 6-9 am.
"I only moved to Radio Essex a couple ofweeks ago and I find the breakfast showobviosly quite a change after my nighttime spot with Radio Luxembourg. I enjoythe fact that I'm now working for a localstation. I can go to the local discos, openfairs and know that I'm meeting the peoplewho actually listen to my music.I generally play two oldies (say one fromthe 60's and one from the 70's) to one cur-rent chart song. The format is in manyways not dissimilar to the old Laser. Weuse the Network charts, as do all ILR sta-tions. We club together to pay for It and thecomplete chart is broadcast by Kid Jen-son on Sundays.Radio Essex is a big soul station in theevenings. This could be because we areso close to London where the BBC has abig name for soul and we therefore tend tofollow similar trends.I like to play bright entertaining music toget the people up in the mornings but un-fortunately the amount of music I can playis limited because of the nature of a break-fast show. We have to include all the usualextras like traffic news".
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CORRESPONDENT REPORTS
Please note that not all of our cor-respondents have returned from theirholidays, so only limited reports thisweek. Due to the special season, somereports may have dated value. Below aselection of the favourite Top 10's ofsome of the European stations.
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC RADIO LONDON - LondonGuy Hornsby- dj/prod.Record of the week: James Brown; Adds: ElDeBarge & DeBarge- The Heart Is Not SoSmart Whodini- The Freaks Come Out AtNight; Masquerade- One Nation; Sure hit:none!... So few good records...; Album: OSTRocky IV (track: James Brown).
CAPITAL RADIO - LondonBest singles of '85: Mark Story: FeargalSharkey- A Good Heart; Lloyd Cole- LostWeekend; Paul Hardcastle- 19; Eurythmics -Angel; Tears For Fears- Everybody Wants;Best LPs: Bruce Springsteen; Tears ForFears; Dire Straits; Phil Collins; FeargalSharkey.Jon Meyer: Don Henley- Boys Of Summer;Propaganda- Duel; F.Y.C.- Johnny ComeHome; Echo & The Bunnymen- Bring On TheDancing Horses; Billy Brag- Between TheWars; Best LPs: Prefab Sprout; Madness;Green On Red- No Free Lunch; Lloyd Cole;Tears For Fears.Tony Hale: Springsteen- My Home Town;Cameo- Single Life; Doug E Fresh- The Show;Huey Lewis- Power Of Love; Red Box- LeanOn Me; Best LPs: Prefab Sprout; WhitneyHouston; Simple Minds; Bryan Adams; StevieWonder.
RADIO CITY- LiverpoolTony Newman- head of musicBest singles of '85: Cars- Drive; Foreigner- IWant To Know What Love Is; Tears For Fears -Everybody; Colourfield- Thinking Of You; BillyOcean- Suddenly; China Crisis- Black ManRay; Eurythmics- Angel; Go West- We CloseOur Eyes; Scritti Politti- The Word Girl; BestLPs of '85: Sade; Feargal Sharkey; Tears ForFears; Phil Collins; Bruce Springsteen.
PICCADILLY RADIO - ManchesterMark Radcliffe- head of musicBest LPs of '85: Waterboys; Lloyd Cole;Squeeze; Prefab Sprout; Scritti Politti; TalkingHeads- Little Creatures.
BRMB - BirminghamRobin Valk- head of music5 best singles '85: U B40 & Chrissie Hynde- IGot You Babe; Bryan Adams & Tina Turner -It's Only Love; Marshall Crenshaw- Little WildThing No. 5; Sade- Maureen (LP track); PaulYoung- Tomb Of Memories; 5 best LPs '85:Grace Jones; Steve Morse Band- Stand Up;Eurythmics; Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog; TheJudds.
RADIO CLYDE - GlascowRichard Park- music controllerRecord of the week: A -Ha- The Sun AlwaysShines On TV; Album: Arcadia; Entries:Shakin' Stevens; Paul Young- Playhouse;Bruce- My Hometown; Wham!; O'Chi Brown -Whenever You Need Somebody.
SWANSEA SOUND - WalesAndy Lee- head of musicBest singles of 1985: Philip Bailey- EasyLover; Foreigner- I Want To Know What LoveIs; Springsteen-. Dancing In The Dark; DireStraits- Money For Nothing; Jennifer Holiday -Hard Times For Lovers; Best LPs: Sade- Dia-mond Life/Promise; Philip Bailey; Diana Ross -Swept Away; Dire Straits.
DEVON AIR - ExeterDebbie Richards- head of musicBest LPs of 1985: Tears For Fears; Phil Col-lins; Billy Joel- Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2; DireStraits; Chris Rea- Shamrock Diaries.
RED DRAGON RADIO - CardiffPeter Milburn- head of music/djAdds: El DeBarge; Miami Sound Machine;Springsteen; Ray Parker Jr.; Colonel Abrams;Entries: Shakin' Stevens; Band-Aid; AlertJones; Sure Hits: Whami- Last Christmas;USA For Africa; Best records of '85: Chicago -You're The Inspiration; Lloyd Cole- LostWeekend; Tiers Opera- Girls Voices; GreenOn Red- Time Ain't Nothing; Fine YoungCannibals- Blue.
SOUTHERN SOUND RADIO - BrightonLewis Borg -Cardona- head of musicFive fave LPs: Prefab Sprout; Suzanne Vega;Prince; John Cougar Mellencamp; MarshallCrenshaw; 5 fave singles: Don Henley- Sun-set Grill; Sting- Fortress; Waterboys- Whole OfThe Moon; Propaganda- Duel; Starship- WeBuilt This City.
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SWF - Baden BadenRainer Cabanls- head of music SWF35 best singles of 1985: Bowie- This Is NotAmerica; Prince- Purple Rain; Scorpions- StillLoving You; Foreigner- I Want To Know WhatLove Is; Paul Hardcastle- 19; Best LPs: Sting;Mr. Mister; Talking Heads- Stop MakingSense; Sun City; Foreigner.
SWF - Baden BadenBruno Maeder- dj/producer5 best LPs of '85: Kate Bush; Sting; TomWaits; Simply Red; Latin Quarter- ModernTimes.
NDR2 - HamburgMal Sondock- and. dj/prod. Hit Oder NieteNeuvorstellungen: Shakin' Stevens; Pet ShopBoys; Mike Oldfield; Slade- Miracles; JamesBrown; Album: Go West.
WDR - KoinBuddah Kraemer- dj/producer5 best singles of 1985: Murray Head- Bang-kok; USA For Africa; Blue Night Shadow- TwoOf Us; Modern Talking- You're My Heart; TinaTurner- Hero; Best LPs: Sting; Dire Straits;Phil Collins; Bruce Springsteen; Kate Bush.
SFB - BerlinHelmut Lehnert- dj/producer SFBeat5 best singles 1985: The Associates- Break-fast; Ramones- Bonzo Goes To Bittburg;Stranglers- Skin Deep; Beach Boys- GetchaBack; The Damned- Grimly Fiendish; BestLPs: Tom Waits; Michael Nyman- The Kiss &Other Movements; Love & Rockets- 7thDream Of Teenage Heaven; Lost In TheStars- Various Artists; Water Melon Men- Past,Present & Future.
RTL - LuxembourgHiIde Mueller -Arens- producerBest singles/tracks of 1985: Bryan Adams -Heaven; Kool & The Gang- Cherish; Survivor -Search Is Over; Purple Schulz- VerliebteJungs; Freddie Mercury- I Was Born To LoveYou; Best LPs: Bryan Adams; Feargal Shar-key; Bruce Springsteen; Kenny Loggins;Sting.Harald Rehmann: Joni Mitchell- GoodFriends; Dolby's Cube- May The Cube BeWith You; Nik Kershaw- When A Heart Beats;George Benson- 20/20; Fave LPs: Joni Mitch-ell; Michael Franks; Manhattan Transfer -Vocalise; Scritti Politti.Frank Eicher: Shakatak &Al Jarreau- Day ByDay; Arcadia- Election Day; Hall & Oates -
Method Of Modern Love; Mink DeVille- ItalianShoes; Chaz Jankel- No. 1; Fave LPs: GraceJones; Scritti Politti; Level 42; Prefab Sprout;Sting.Honey Bee Benson: Waterboys- The WholeOf The Moon; Midge Ure- Waste Land; Mr.Mister- Broken Wings; Johnny Winter- Mur-dering Blues: Starship- Sarah; Best albums:Johnny Winter- Serious Business; RickSpringfield- Tao; Springsteen; Midge Ure;Starship- Knee Deep In The Hoopla.
RB - BremenAxel P. Sommerfeld- djRecords of the week: Prefab Sprout- WhenLove Breaks Down; Peter Murphy- Final Solu-tion (4th version); Isley Jasper & Isley-Caravan Of Love; Albums: GoldenPalominos- Vision Of Excess; S.Y.P.H.- Vie-leicht; The Wake- Here Comes Everybody.
SDR - StuttgartHans Thomas- producerRecord of the week: Bruce Springsteen- MyHome Town; Sure hits: Asia- Go; Pat Benatar-Seven The Hard Way.
RADIO XANADU - MunchenNic Vogelstein- dj/producerTop 5 of 1985: Eurythmics- Angel;Propaganda- Duel; Rah -Band- Clouds AcrossThe Moon; Marillion- Kayleigh; Simple Minds -Don't You.
RADIO M1 - MunchenArmand Presser- progr. coord.Neuvorstellungen: The Arrows- HamptonAvenue; The Raiders- Touch Me; John Miles -Blinded; Vector- Surrender; Clemons &Browne- You're A Friend Of Mine.
RADIO GONG - MunchenWalter Freiwald- musikchefBest played singles of 1985: Falco- Rock MeAmadeus; A -Ha- Take On Me; Phil Collins-Sussudio; Bryan Adams- Somebody;Foreigner- I Want To Know What Love Is;Jack Wagner- All I Need; Relax- Ein WeissesBlatt'l Papier; Reo Speedwagon- I Can't TakeThis Feeling Anymore; Double- The CaptainOf Her Heart; Phil Collins- One More Night.
FRANCE
RTL - ParisMonique Le Marcia- head of progr.Best singles of '85: (international) Alphaville;Al Corley; Tears For Fears; USA For Africa;(French): Jean -Jacques Goldman; JohnnyHalliday; Michel Sardou; Julien Clerc; NanaMouskouri; Top 5 Hit Des Clubs '85: ModernTalking; Madonna; Jean-Pierre Mader; Kool& The Gang; Ivan.
RTL - ParisGerard Nublat- progr.Adds: Nik Kershaw- When A Heart Beats;Dee C. Lee- See The Day; Album: Fine YoungCannibals.
WRTL - ParisDominique Farran- progr. dlr.Entries: Simple Minds- Alive And Kicking;Double; JJ Goldman- Je Te Donne; MattBianco- Yeh Yeh; Sade- Taboo; Adds: PaulHaig- Heaven Help You Now; Latin Quarter -Radio Africa; Dead Or Alive- My Heart GoesBang; Bronski Beat- Hit That Perfect Beat;Sun City.
EUROPE 1 - ParisAlbert Emsalem- progr. dir.Entries Hitparade: Chantal Goya- L'AlphabetEn Chantant; The Commu nerds- You Are MyWorld; Indochine- 3ieme Sex; Simple Minds -Don't You. (continued on page 24)
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RMC - ParisYvonne Lebrun- progr. dir.Entries Hitparade: Matt Bianco- Yeh Yeh; ZZTop- Sleeping Bag; Jennifer Rush- The PowerOf Love; Modern Talking- Cheri; Gold- Capi-taine Abandonne.
SUD RADIO - ToulouseMarie Ange Roig- progr. dir.The no. l's of '85: Chanteurs Sans Frontieres-Ethiopie (4 wks); Jeanne Mas- Johnny John-ny (3 wks); Opus/Stargo- Live Is Live (3); Mur-ray Head- One Night In Bankok (2); Al Corley -Square Rooms (2); Michel Sardou- loDomenico (2); Modern Talking- You're MyHeart (2); Gold- Plus Pres Des Etoiles (2); J.J.Goldman- Je Marche Seul (2); Baltimora- Tar-zan Boy (2).
NRJ - ParisMax Guazzini- dirEntries: Partenair Particulier- Partenair Par-ticulier; Bonnie Tyler- Loving You's A DirtyJob; Sting- Russians; Ken Laszlo- Tonight.
NRJ - ParisJean Pierre D'Amico- progr. dir.Adds: Mr. Mister- Broken Wings; Propagan-da- P. Machinery; Sting- Russians; Top 5 Air-play: Mr. Mister; Sting- Russians; King- AloneWithout You; Al Jarreau & Shakatak- Day ByDay; Rose Laurens- Quand Tu Pars.
RMP- Aix En ProvenceMelissa TemplePowerplays: Starship; Muriel Dacq- Tropique;The Waterboys- The Whole Of The Moon; Di-onne & Friends; Clemons & Browne; Sense -Jamie; Kaja- Shoudn't Do That; Louis Chedid-God Save The Swing; Kelly- II Amait Les Gar-cons; Femmes Du Monde- Chanson De LaVie.
RIVIERA 104 - San RemoPaul James- music director5 most played singles of '85: USA For Africa;George Benson- La Mer; Go West- We CloseOur Eyes; Rah Band- Clouds Across TheMoon; Propaganda- Duel; 5 most played LPsof '85: Jaki Graham; Dire Straits; MikeFrancis- Features; Scritti Politti; Go West.
88,5 FM - Neuilly-Sur- SeineJoel Gilbert- programme directorRecord of the week: Stephen Eicher- TwoPeople In A Room; Add: Stevie Nicks- Rock ALittle; Entry: Thelma Houston- MoonlightSerenade; Fast mover: Double- Blue.
TV PROGRAMMESZENITHClaude Brasseur; Mylene Farmer; SophieMarceau; Jesse Garon; Hallyday; Marc La-voine; Phil Bailey; Renaud; Michel Berger;Baiavoine; Christine Okrent; Video power -play: A -Ha; Stevie Wonder; JJ Goldman- JeTe Donne; Sting- Set Them Free; SimpleMinds- Alive And Kicking.
HOLLAND
VERONICA - HilversumLex Harding- progr. dir.Record of the week (Alarmschijf): DrumTheatre- Eldorado.
VERONICA - HilversumAlfred Lagarde- dj/producer5 best singles of 1985: John Parr; ZZ Top -Gimme All Your Lovin'; Foreigner- I Want ToKnow What Love Is; Bowie & Jagger; Star -ship; 5 best LPs of 1985: ZZ Top; BryanAdams; John Parr; Hall & Oates- Live At TheApollo; Jody's Private Luxury.
VERONICA - HilversumAdam Curry- dj/producer
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Fave singles of 1985: Madonna- Dress; JohnParr- St. Elmo's Fire; Sting- Russians; U2 -Sunday; Simple Minds- Alive And Kicking;Fave LPs of 1985: Sting; Simple Minds; MiamiVice- OST; Propaganda- Secret Wish; INXS.
AVRO - HilversumJan Steeman- progr.dir.Record of the week: Sade- Is It A Crime.
KRO - HilversumPaul van der Lugt- progr. dir.Record of the week: Sade- Is It A Crime.
NCRV - HilversumJan Rietman- dj/producerRecord of the week: Willeke Alberti- MijnHoofd Weer Op Je Schouders.
VPRO - HilversumBram Van Splunteren- dj/producerFave singles 011985: The Beasty Boys- She'sOn It; Don Dixon; The Saints- Ghostships;Dalbello- Black On Black; Sun City; Fave LPsof 1985: The Fleis- Get Wise; Huusker Du -New Day Rising; REM- Fables Of The Recon-struction; Tex & The Horseheads- Live's SoCool; Red Hot Chili Peppers.
TV PROGRAMMESCOUNTDOWN - HilversumCountdown TeamStudio: Level 42; Drum Theatre; RobertoJacket ; Labyrint- Help Me Out; From Top 10:Feargal Sharkey; Elton i John; Premiere:Eurythmics- It's All Right; Billy Ocean- WhenThe Going Gets Though; Sting Special;programme will be presented by known tvpresenters of all different Dutch broadcastingcompanies including Sky Channel.
VARA CLIPPARADE - HilversumHarry de Winter- producerSting- Love Is The 7th Wave; Talking Heads -Slippery People; Prince- Harry de Winter -producerRaspberry Beret; Bowie & Jagger; BillyCrystal- You Look Marvellous.
MUSIC BOX - TIME OUT FOR HOLLANDHarry de Winter- producerBruce Springsteen- I'm On Fire; Jeff Beck &Rod Stewart; Herman Brood- SomethingWrong With My Baby; Dennis De Young -Desert Moon; Prince- Purple Rain.
BELGIUM
RADIO CITE - BrusselsMarc Moulin/J.-P. HautierRecord of the week: Full Force- Alice, I WantYou Just For Me; Add: Nicole & TimmyThomas- New York Eyes; Sure hit: Sun City.
BRT 2 - BrabantGuy De Pre- dj/producerRecord of the week: Dee C. Lee- See The Day(Reminds me of Just A Little by Dusty Spring-field); Adds: Sade- Is It A Crime; Pet ShopBoys (just like 2 years ago); Album: GraceJones- Island Life.
BRT 2 - Hessen:Marc Brlllouet- dj10 best singles of 1985: Echo & TheBunnymen- Bring On The Dancing Horses;The Smiths- The Boy With The Thorn In HisSide; Simply Red- Holding Back The Years;Dick Blanchart- Fool Yourself Forever; Bowie -This Is Not America; Paul Hardcastle- 19;Colourfield- Thinking Of You; Cars- Drive; El-ton John- Nikita; China Crisis- Black Man Ray.
FM 58 - LuikPierre Ball- coordinatorRecord of the week: Prefab Sprout- Appetite;Entries: Bryan Ferry- Windswept; John
Lennon- Jealous Guy; Talk Talk; SheenaEaston- Do It For Love; Michel Berger- Y' APas De Honte; Album: The Hooters- NervousNight.
TV PROGRAMMESRTBF - ROX BOXClips: Whaml- Last Christmas; Eddy Murphy -Party At The Time; Grace Jones- Slave ToThe Rhythm; Sting- Russians; Level 42- Leav-ing Me Now; Shakatak- Day By Day; Frond242- Commando Mix; flew Order- PerfectKiss; Billy Joel- While The Night Is Still Young;Interview: Dire Straits; Reportage: MortCreesy.
ITALY
STUDIO 105 - MilanoAlex Peroni- progr.dir.Entries: Vision- Everybody; Bronski Beat- HitThat Perfect Beat; Top 3: A -Ha; Falco; EltonJohn.
STUDIO 105 - MilanoGrant Benson- dj/producerAdds: Sandra- In The Heat Of The Night; BigSound Authority- Moving Heaven And Earth;Latin Quarter- No Rope As Long As Time.
RAI STEREO DUE - RomaMaurizio RigantiEntries: Rondo Veneziano- Casanova;Arcadia- LP; Gianni Morandi- Uno Su Mille;Magnifici 10: Fine Young Cannibals- Blue; Al-berto Fortis- West Of Broadway; FeargalSharkey; King; Den Harrow- Bad Boy; Mr.Mister; The Communards; Queen; Locasciulli& Ruggeri- Confusi In Un Playback; Fidati.
RADIO ONE - FirenzeStefano Damasceni- dj/producerRecord of the week: Pet Shop Boys; Adds:Asia- Go; Bryan Ferry- Windswept; Entries:Squeeze- Heartbreaking World; Joni Mitchell -Good Friends; Sure hits: Level 42- LeavingMe Now; Phil Carmen- On My Way In LA.
RADIO MONTESTELLALuca Dondoni- dJ/progr. dir.Record of the week: Billy Ocean- When TheGoin' Gets Tough; Adds: Everly Brothers -Born Yesterday; Marvin Gaye- RomanticallyYours; The Conway Brothers- Raise The Roof;Album: Marvin Gaye.
RADIO DEEJAY - MilanoDario UsuelliAdds: Feargal Sharkey- Love Don't Live HereAnymore; The Communards- Heaven Above;The Cult- Revolution; Joni Mitchell- ShinyToys; Hong Kong Syndicat- Too Much; Top 51985 singles: Tears For Fears- Shout; SimpleMinds- Don't You; Madonna- Groove;Propaganda- Duel; Sandy Marton- ExoticAnd Erotic.
RADIO MILANO INTERNATIONAL 101Massimo Braccialarghe/Patrizia ZaniTop 5 1985 singles: USA For Africa; PhilCollins- Sussudio; Simple Minds- Don't You;Duran Duran- A View To A Kill; Propaganda -Duel.
RADIO SUBASIO - AssisiSergio Menghini- progr.dir.Record of the week: Alberto Fortis- Dal Mare;Sure hit: Locasciulli Ruggeri- Confusi In UnPlayback; Fast mover: Francesco De Gregori-Scacchi E Tarocchi; Album: Suzanne Vega;Golden hits albums: Francesco De Gregori-Scacchi E Tarocchi; Pino Daniele- Ferry Boat;Roberto Vecchioni- Bei Tempi.
RADIO T.I.R. - MilanoFlavlo Vitali/Guido RobustelliTop 10 Hit Italia: Matia Bazar- Melancholia.
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Tuo Cuore; Mike Franics- Features; Locas-ciulli & Ruggeri- Cactus! In Un Playback; Ric-cardo Cocciante- II Mare Del Papaveri; GianniMorandi- Una Su Mille.
RADIOFLASH - Turin°Gigi Restagno/D.AbbattislaEntries: Talk Talk; Double; The Communards;Top 5 LP's: Sade; Simply Red; Matt Bianco;ZZ Top; Arcadia.
RADIOFLASH - TurinoClaudio ManzoniRecord of the week: Sade- Promise; Adds:Arcadia- So Red The Rose; Simple Minds -Once Upon A Time; Simply Red; ZZ Top;Sure hits: Lionel Richie; Whaml.
RADIO KISS KISS - NapoliSasa Capobianco- progr. dir.Top 10: A -Ha; Kate Bush- Hill; Linda DiFranco -TV Scene; Huey Lewis- The Power OfLove; FYC- Johnny Come Home; Arcadia -Election Day; Twiggy- Feel Emotion; Kaja-Shouldn't Do That; Collins & Martin; LP: Sade-Promise.
RADIO BOLOGNA 101Gianni Barba- djlproducerRecord of the week: Jay Roland!- Call Me ...My Baby; Adds: Meccano- Down DownRomeo; Lionel Richie; Entries: Mina- Final-ments Ho Conosciuto 11 Conte; Thomas Leer -The Scale Of Ten; Elton John- Ice On Fire;Paolo Conte- Concerti; Album: Fine YoungCannibals.
RADIO ANTENNA:DELLO STRETTOMessina - Antonio LeonettiRecord of the week: Clannad & Bono- In ALifetime; Adds: Elton John- Wrap Her Up;Grant & Graham- Mated; Solo- Poland; En-tries: Shakin' Stevens; Amazulu; Pat Benatar;Sure hit:. Far Corporation- Stairway ToHeaven.
RADIO BABBOLEO - GenovaGiorgio Bacco- djlproducerTop 10 1985: Baglioni- La Vita E Adesso;Springsteen- Glory Days; Style Council- BoyWho Cried Wolf; USA For Africa; SimpleMinds- Don't You; Sting- If You Love Some-body; FYC- Johnny Come Home; SimplyRed- Money's Too Tight; Eros Ramazzotti-Una Storia Importante.
RADIO SOUND INT. - RoccadevandroGuiseppe Giovini- progr. dir.Record of the week: Julian Lennon- Because;Adds: Sandra- In The Heat Of The Night;INXS- Kiss The Dirt; Wham!; Den Harrow -Bad Boy; Bryan Ferry- Windswept; Collins &Martin; Most played albums: Sandra- TheLong Play; Modern Talking- Let's Talk; Sim -pie Minds.
RADIO ANTENNA NORD - TrentoRoberto GiampiccoloTop 10 singles 1985: USA For Africa; SimpleMinds- Don't You; Phil Collins- One MoreNight; Bowie & Jagger; Springsteen- I'm OnFire; Tina Turner- Hero; Madonna- Groove;Huey Lewis- Power Of Love; Kate Bush- Hill.
TV PROGRAMMESVIDEO MUSIC - Claudio de TommasiTop 10: Arcadia- Election Day; Wham!; SunCity; Sting- Russians; Sade- Taboo; GraceJones; A -Ha; Simply Red- Holding Back TheYears; King- The Taste Of Your Tears;Madonna- Gambler.
SPAIN
RADIO MADRID - SERRafael Revert- musical managerRecords of the week: Joan Manuel Serrat-Una Mujer Desnuda Y En Lo Oscuro; Cle-mons & Browne; Siniestro Total- BailareSobre Tu Tomba; Entries: Elton John- Nikita;Den Harrow- Bad Boy; Dyango- Esa Mujer;Madonna- Dress You Up; A -Ha- Take On Me.
RADIO ALICANTE - SERJose F. Anton- djlproducerRecord of the week: Flock Of Seagulls- Who'sThat Girl; Entry: Bruce Springsteen- Janey,Don't Lose Your Heart; Sure hits: Sun City;Sting- Russians; Talk Talk; Album: Arcadia.
RADIO SEVILLA FM - SERPaco Enrique- dj/coordinatorRecords of the week: Dionne & Friends;James Taylor- Everyday; Paul McCartney;Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms; Adds: TalkingHeads; Den Harrow- Bad Boy; La Union-Entre Flores Raras; Joan Manuel Serrat- ElSur Tambien Existe; Sure hits: Madonna -Gambler; Clemons & Browne; Albums: PaulYoung; Juan Pardo- Pardo Por La Musica.
RADIO ESPANA - MadridJorge De AntonRecord of the week: Sun City; Adds:Springsteen- Janey, Don't Lose Your Heart;Chaz Jankel- Looking At You; Sting- Russi-ans; Fast mover: Michael Cretu- Samurai; No.1 Hitparade: La Decade Prodigiosa- MuchoMejor.
PORTUGAL
RADIO COMERCIAL - LisbonAntonio Sergio- djlproducerRecords of the week: Anne Clark- Heaven;Blind Date- How Did You Get To Me; Pogues-Dirty Old Town; Adds: Pogues- A Man YouDon't Meet Everyday; The Waterboys- Trum-pets; Damned- Is It A Dream; Albums: Lost InThe Stars; Anne Pigalle- Everything Could BeSo Perfect.
GREECE
ERT 1 - AthensTennis Petridis- progr. dir.Records of the week: Peter Murphy -The FinalSolution; Cult- Rain; Gene Loves Jezebel -Desire; Album: Barbara Streisand- Broadway.
ERT 1 - AthensAkis Evenis- djlproducerRecord of the week: Lignel Richie; JamesBrown- Living In America; Sure hits: Mr.Mister- Broken Wings.
ERT 2 - ThessalonikiLefty Kongalides- djlproducerRecord of the week: Wham!; Adds: OliviaNewton -John- Toughen Up; Five Star- LoveTake Over; Mannheim Steamroller- Deck TheHalls; Oakridge Boys- Christmas Is PaintingThe Town; Album: Barbara Streisand- Broad-way; Best selling singles of '85: A -Ha; ModernTalking- Cheri; Lionel Richie; Wham!;Madonna- Angel/Into The Groove.
SWITZERLAND
RADIO 24 - ZurichClem Dalton- dj/coordinatorAdds: Stevie Nicks- Talk To Me; Dire Straits -Walk Of Life; Jon Anderson; Bryan Adams -Xmas Time; Springsteen- Santa Claus; BoKatzmann- Katz Kid; Entries: WhitneyHouston; Pete Townshend; Best 5 singles of'85: Tears For Fears- Everybody; Red Box -Lean On Me; Phyllis Nelson- Move Closer;Dream Academy- Life In A Northern Town;Simply Red- Money's Too Tight.
COULEUR 3 - LausanneGerard Saudan- head of musicEntries: Zazou Bikaye- Mr. Manager; DrumTheatre- Eldorado; The Big Sound Authority -Moving Heaven And Earth; Fear Of The Dark -This Is The Blues.
DRS 3Christoph Alispach- music coordinatorAdds: Zazou Bikaye- Mr. Manager; Green OnRed; Lloyd Cole; Steel Pulse- Babylon TheBandit; Album: Fine Young Cannibals; Favesingles '85 Madness- Uncle Sam; FYC- Blue;Stephan Eicher- Two People In A Room; Fear -gal Sharkey; Eurythmics- Sisters; Fave al-bums '85: Lone Justice; The Cure; TalkingHeads- Creatures; Cruzados; Double- Blue.
RSR- GeneveJ.P.Allenbach/C.ColombaraEntries Hitparade: Elton John; LaurentVoulzy- Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde; Top 5:Stevie Wonder; JJ Goldman- de Te Donne;Michel Sardou- Chanteur De J577; TinaTurner- One Of The Living; Grace Jones -Slave To The Rhythm.
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SR - StockholmNiklas Levy- dj/producerAdds Metropol: Amazulu- Don't You JustKnow It; Danielle Dax- Bad Miss. M; JoySmithers- Hearts Of Fire; Adds albums: PatBenatar; Oingo Boingo; Stevie Nicks; Album:Bob Dylan- Biography...new interestingmaterial from the past...
SR - VaexjoeMarian Christensson- producerRockdepartment5 best singles of 1985: Mats Ronander- KottOch Blod; House Of Anderson- A Hunter Is AHunter; Tom Petty- Don't Come Around HereNo More; Johnny T- Du Sager; Lloyd Cole; 5best LPs of 1985: The Nails- Mood Swing; ZZTop; John Cougar- Scarecrow; Yello- Stella;John Hiatt.
VSD - GothenburgRichard Ha!Wax- djTop 10. singles 1985: Springsteen- Born InThe USA; Opus; Dire Straits- Money For Noth-ing; Madonna- Groove; Springsteen- DancingIn The Dark; Baltimora- Tarzan Boy; Sandra -Maria Magdalena; Thompson Twins- King ForA Day; Simple Minds- Don't You; A -Ha.
NORWAY
NRK P1 - OsloHarald Are Lund- dyprod./progried.Record of the week: Anno Domino- TakeThat; Adds: Dead Kennedys- At My Job; WallOf Voodoo- Dark As The Dungeon; ChristianDeath- Believers Of The Unpure; Dead CanDance- Cardinal Sin & Avatar; Albums: DeadCan Dance- Spleen And Ideal; DeadKennedys- Frankenchrisb: Wall Of Voodoo.Downers is a new Norwegian group whichhas made a most surprising and welcomedebut on their first self -released single (De-cember Rain). Perfect blend of solid depres-sive rock and melodic -melancholic pop.
RADIO UNG - OsloRonald Borkamo- dj/producerRecord of the week: Feargal Sharkey- AGood Heart; Add: Christensen & Snortheim-Langsomt Mot Nord..Two young Norwegianrockmusicians with synthezisers and Nor-wegian folk -tunes...
DENMARK
RADIO VIBORGPaul Foged- dj/producerRecord of the week: Julian Lennon- Because;Adds: Barkou- Sundance; Pointer Sisters -Freedom; Stevie Wonder- Go Home; MikeOldfield; Cliff Richard- It's In Everyone Of Us;Fancy- Bolero; Scotch- Ecolution; OlsenBros.- Wings Of An Eagle; Vise-Vaerterne-Det Er Jul.
RADIO VIBORGHenning KristensenTop 5 Hitparade: TV -2- Rigtige Maend; AnneLinnet & Thomas Helmig- Venner; HazelDean- They Say it's Gonna Rain; A -Ha; Cher-ry Laine- Farewell Faroe Islands.
FINLAND
DISCOPRESS - TamperePentti Teravainen- progr. dir.Adds Finnish Dance Chart: Feargal Sharkey -A Good Heart; Wham!- I'm Your Man;Sandra- In The Heat Of The Night; Princess -
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TV PROGRAMMESTV 2 - HITTIMITTARI TOP 8The most popular foreign songs voted by 50people in provincial juries: Tina Turner- Hero;Stevie Wonder- Part -Time Lover; Sun City; A-Ha- Take On Me; Jennifer Rush- Power OfLove; ZZ Top- Sleeping Bag; Kate Bush-Cloudbusting; Sandra- In The Heat Of TheNight.
POLAND
POLSKIE RADIO - WarsawBogdan Fabianski- dj5 best singles of 1985: Paul Hardcastle- 19;OMD- Secret; Dead Or Alive- You Spin MeRound; Giorgio Moroder- Be My Lover Now;Opus; Most played albums of 1985: KateBush; Dire Straits; Springsteen; Sting; TinaTurner.
Here follow a selection of favourite '85 hitsfrom some of our editorial team (see also Sin-gles and Albums Guides).
Gerard: Singles: Kate Bush- Cloudbusting;Eurythmics- Julia 12"; U2- Sunday BloodySunday (Torhout '85 version); Madonna- An-gel 12"; Mercy Mercy- What Are We GonnaDo About It 12"; Art Of Noise- Moments InLove 12"; U2- A Sort Of Homecoming (livesingle edit); Prince- Raspberry Beret 12";New Order- Perfect Kiss (Of Death) 12"; ChrisRea- Josephine.
Alexandra: Singles: Mick Jagger- JustAnother Night; The Cult- Rain; China Crisis -Black Man Ray; Robin George- Heartline; Bil-ly Idol- Rebell Yell; LPs: Magnum- On AStoryteller's Night; Bryan Adams; TonyCarey- Blue Highway; Aldo Nova; GaryMoore- Run Far Cover.
Singles: Waterboys- Don't Bang TheDrum; Killing Joke- Love Like Blood; HowardJones- Things Can Only Get Better; MattBianco- More Than I Can Bear; Style Council -Boy Who Cried Wolf; LPs: Marc Almond- Sto-ries Of Johnny; Scritti Politti; Brian Ferry; Talk-ing Heads- Stop Making Sense; FrankBoeyen Groep- Foto Van Len Moole Dag.
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CORNERHi and Hello, for the first time this year. Dueto space shortage in the year-end issue therewas no room for this column. But here are mybelated 1985 reminiscences. Thinking aboutlast year leaves me with a lot of thoughts.Great things have been achieved. First of all,it was the year of the Youth, for the first timein history communist countries, like Russiaopened the iron curtain to let Western artistsperform. And of course WHAM! played Chi-na! * Musicians and artists have finally real-ized their influence and immense power onthe public, and have taken the responsibilityto do something about the injustice, consider-ing the large amounts of records released forcharity as well as benefit concerts. Musicianshave gathered together for the cause of help-ing US farmers, assisting the research onAIDS, concerts were organized to supportanti- heroin campaigns, and not to forget all
the other Ethiopian band aid projects! 1985also saw a good amount of record releaseswith a very strong political message likeSTING's Russians, Sun City against the mis-ery in South Africa and PAUL HARDCASTLEwith his excellent single 19 *
1985 also saw light to many popirock TVprogrammes aired throughout the wholeworld by satellite (think about the Prince con-cert in Syracuse). This was something in mus-ic's history which will be very hard, if not tosay impossible, to top! * Also many totallynew and never-heard-oThefore bands, havereached top chart positions with their debuts,like A -HA, being a real smasher, MR. MIS-TER, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS, SIMPLYRED, etc. This year has also been a big onein terms of succesful reunions, and come-backs with a good example set by DEEPPURPLE and others like STARSHIP, UFO,BEACH BOYS, STEELY DAN, MAGNUM,HEART, AEROSMITH and many more, of theolder guard *
Solo projects have done well fromPOWERSTAT1ON, ARCADIA, ALDO NOVA,ROBIN GEORGE, PHIL COLLINS, TOMMYSHAW, DON HENLEY, PHILIP BAILY,MAURICE WHITE, STING, DAVID LEEROTH, FREDDIE MERCURY (who dedicatedhis album to his cat, which is an absolute plusfor me personally), MICK JAGGER, MIDGEURE a.o. BILLY IDOL has finally brokenthrough, as well as HUEY LEWIS & THENEWS, BRYAN ADAMS, MARILLION, RATT,MOTLEY CRUE etc. (who will be touring Eu-rope in the next couple of weeks, so here'syour chance!) *
But besides that, it definitely has been theyear of Ballads reaching no. 1. RememberFOREIGNER, PHIL COLLINS, COLLINS &MARTIN, REO SPEEDWAGON, SURVIVORetc. *
As for tours, everyone, from fairly new, toalready big names have. played the completeglobe for tours lasting for months and months.Some longer than a year, like the IRONMAIDEN Powerslave tour and TINA TURN-ER, BOWIE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Rio hasbecome important tourwise with their hugelyset up festivals *
Also this past year was definitely the oneof new talents. I have already mentioned A -HA but they aren't the only ones. Too many tomention: GO WEST, KATRINA & THEWAVES, DRUM THEATRE (who undoubtedlywill be huge soon, as I mentioned a fewmonths ago and mark my word here!), KING,PREFAB SPROUT, DEL FUEGOS, CHARLIESEXTON, PRINCESS, THE CULT and many,many more exciting newcomers. All this givesa very clear picture of the fact that the musicbusiness is getting really healthy and strongagain. And let's admit, isn't music the interna-tional language of understanding?* Leaving you with all my best wishes for1986, let's keep rocking.luv' Alexandra
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
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Thank you for your supportin this extraordinary success! German LP chart positions 1 and in 2 December
(Numberl with "Moon- for 7 weeks) Platinum (500.000 sales) in Germany for -Mom- Platinum (500.000 sales) in Germany for "Jennifer Rush Sold -out German national tour in 1985 Top 10 single in Germany with -Destiny- (16 chart weeks) 65 chart weeks for album "Jennifer Rush"
Best-selling UK single 1985, 4 weeks at No. 1:-The Power Of Love"Also No. 1 In Australia, South Africa, Ireland and NorwayTop 10 in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark andFinland Top 20 in Holland and Sweden
UK and European tour in March 1986
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LAUNCH OF PAN -EUROPEANDIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM
by Willem
A tape -based digital video systemfor the 1990s to be developed on aPan -European basis by the conti-nent's leading electronics manu-facturers is already in the planningstages, according to Dutch multi-national Philips.
The project currently involvesPhilips itself, Telefunken, Grundig,Bosch/BEaupunkt, French hard-ware firm Thomson, and tapemanufacturers Agfa-Gevaert andBASE. Talks aimed at agreeing astandard for the new system havebeen under way for a year, andcould take another three years toresolve.
Initial development costs couldamount to 80 million Dutchguilders, but both the West Ger-man and French governments
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have reportedly agreed to providesubsidies, and Philips has submit-ted a request to the Dutch Eco-nomics Ministry for a similarsubsidy.
No technical details about thenew system have been revealed asyet, but Philips says it hopes to es-tablish it as a new global standard,and it does not rule out coopera-tion with Japanese hi4i makersduring the development phase."There is no doubt that Japanesemanufacturers are also working onnew video systems," says aspokesperson, "and it would obvi-ously be fantastic if we could worktogether with them on a systemwhich we feel sure will outdate allexisting formats."
TOTP - TWICE A WEEK?Top Of The Pops producers arenow eager to broadcast their showtwice a week. They have told theBBC's programme controllers thatno more studio time would benecessary as the programme is atpresent recorded well within the al-loted time. The decision thereforerests entirely with the schedulers.Speculation is rife that this bid togo out twice a week is related toThe Tube's own attempts to havetheir show repeated on Channel
Four, though this is itself still in thecards.
Top Of The Pops has until nowmade use of the Gallup charts tocompile their programme. How-ever it looks likely that a new or-ganisation will take over as Gal-lup's contract expires in April1987. Market Research organiza-tions are being asked by the BPI tosubmit ideas tor compiling the offi-cial record industry charts.
JAPANESE RESTRICTIONSLESS VIDEO RECORDERS TO EEC
by Peter Jones & Nick Robertsinne
Japan is to continue to restrict itsexports of video recorders to EECcountries in 1986, the country'sMinistry of International Trade andIndustry has announced, addingthat 1.5 million to 1.7 million units isseen as the "appropriate exportvolume for next year".
The decision to maintain curbson a voluntary basis is not expect-ed to affect an EEC Council deci-sion to lift the import tariff onJapanese VCRs from 8% to 14%,which at press time was regardedas imminent. The higher tariff is
designed to replace the EEC/MITIimport restraint agreements which
have been renewed annually forthe last three years.
In practice the slowdown in theEuropean market combined withthe dramatic increase in Japaneseinvestment in European -basedVCR manufacturing plants hasmeant that import numbers havebeen well below the agreed limits.The total for 1985, when the ceilingwas 2.25 million units, is estimatedat only about 1.8 million machines.
Japan says it will continue tomonitor export levels, and will con-fer with the EEC if they show signsof increasing beyond acceptablelevels.
RTL IN CANTONESERadio Luxembourg is learningChinese. The station reports it is toproduce two two-hour pop showsa week for the next 12 months inCantonese, following a deal withthe Chinese authorities.
Also being readied is a popshow in Mandarin which will be
sold to Chinese broadcasters, anda Top 30 chart show, in Englishtime, which is to be aired eachweek on Japan's FM Yokohama.
The Chinese agreement followsLuxembourg's successful series ofprogrammes on British pop hitsand standards, which went out to apotential 50 million listeners in andaround the Chinese city of Canton.
MOVINGMedia: Stefanie Tuecking will bethe new presenter of the Ger-man TV show Formel 1, as thesuccessor to Ingolf Lueck.Tuecking started her carreer atthe Munich cable station KMP* Talking about KMP, Wolf-gang Fischer has just taken overall the shares of the companyand becomes sole MD, now thatthe M. Dumont-Schauberg com-pany has announced its with-drawal * Rob de Boer has leftDutch broadcasting organiza-tion Veronica to set up his owncompany: Rob De Boer Produc-tions. De Boer will coninue mak-ing Countdown for Veronica aswell as for Europa TV, the multi-lingual television channel. Euro-pa TV will broadcast 5 times aweek a one -hour Countdownprogramme. De Boer will furtheract as an independent producerfor the European market, bothhandling music programmes aswell as concept programmes forbroadcasters and the industry *Recording Industry:Andre Otto,
who was Dire Straits projectmanager at Phonogram Interna-tional will start to develop theEnigma label for Europe and willbe based in Amsterdam * LisaAnderson takes over as head ofinternational for Polygram UKcovering the world for thePhonogram, Polydor and Lon-don labels. She was internation-al manager at Virgin. Talkingabout Polygram, the Phono-gram and Polydor Internationaldivisions are moving to the UK.Roland Kommerell is presidentof Polygram International, whileMathieu Vansweefelt is vicepresident * Richard Denen-kamp, ex-md VIP Records inHolland, assumes the duties ofPaul Hertog who has left CBSHolland to become MD of Poly-dor. As a vice-md Denenkampwill report to Koos de Vreeze* Jaap van Buchem, artist mar-keting director CBS Holland, hasleft this company alter being em-ployed for 17 years. His futureplans are as of yet unknown.
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Dutch broadcasting organisation Veronica recently celebrated theirachieved A -status with a live aired TV gala. Performing artists were a,o.Sandra, Dolly Dots, Demis Roussos, Talk Talk, Shaton' Stevens and Ger-ard doling. The picture shows the Veronica team, from I. to r. PolonPagano, Alfred Lagarde. Jan Lenferink. Chief van Praag, Tineke deNooy, Leo van der Goot, Veronica director Rob Out, Adam Curry andMarijke Benkhard.
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Rush (Germany) and Jeanne Masfrom France. This trophy gala,
to be held January 26th, is a
Eurovision broadcast co -produc-tion with the German BayerischerRundfunk.
Another Eurovision broadcastwill be the Rock Palest Concert, incollaboration with German WDR.Performing artists include JacquesHigelin, Pete Townshend, EricClapton and David Gilmour.
On January 28th the VideoMusic Awards Gala, in co -produc-tion with French FR3, will be held
mainly to promote young musi-cians from all over the world.Artists include Simply Red, CockRobin, Mr. Mister and PinoDaniele, Other gala concerts in-clude the RTL organized 'What'sNew In French Music - Generation'80 - Horizon '90' in which artistslike Jeanne Mas, Jean-PierreMader and Etienne Daho willreceive the awards of the year andnew discoveries like Rita Mitsouko,Jean -Jacques Lafon, Gold andVivien Savage will receive theawards of revelations of .the year.
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THE CONTINENTAL EUROPEANCROSSOVER PRODUCTIONS OF 1985The ultimate list of Continental productions that crossed their nationalborders in 1985. Titles are ranked in order of their appearance in the Hot100 from the first issue of 1985.
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A Boney M - Kalimba De Luna (Hansa Germany)/1 Alphaville - Forever Young (WEA Germany)4 Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody (WEA Germany)4 Boney M & Bobby Farrell - Happy Song (Hansa Germany)A Scotch - Disco Band (Discotto Italy)A Fox The Fox - Precious Little Diamond (CBS Holland)A Alphaville - Big In Japan (WEA Germany)4 Nena - Irgendwie, lrgendwo, Irgendwann (CBS Germany)4 Valerie Dore - The Night (Merak Music Italy)4,The Limit - Say Yeah (Portrait/Epic Holland)4 Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Zyx)1 Ivan - Fotonovela (CBS Spain)
Moon Ray (Reggio Di Luna) - Comanchero (Discotto Italy)Modern Talking - You're My Heart (Hansa Germany)Julio Iglesias - Moonlight Lady (CBS)RAF - Change Your MindVideo Kids - Woodpeckers From Space (Break Records Holland)Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love (CBS Germany)Scotch - Delirio Mind (Discotto Italy)Nana Mouskouri - Only Love (L'Amour En Heritage) (Carrere France)La Compagnie Creole - Le Bat Masque (Carrere France)Valerie Dore - Get Closer (Merak Music Italy)Fun Fun - Give Me Your Love (Energy Italy)
4 g Opus - Live Is Life (OK/Polydor Austria)Alphaville - Jet Set (WEA Germany)A. Carrara - Shine On Dance (ODD Italy)Moti Special - Cold Days, Hot Nights (Teldec Germany)Agneta Faltskog - I Won't Let You Go (Polar Sweden)Yello - Vicious Games (Vertigo Germany);/f Kasino - Around My Dream (Carrere France)
2t Silver Pozzoli - Around My Dream (Many Records/RCA Italy)91 a Modern Talking - You Can Win If You Want (Hansa Germany)'''2 4 Mai Tai - History (CNR Holland)2 Baltimore - TarZan Boy (EMI Italy))- Wind - Fuer Alle (DGG Germany)2- 1 Scotch - Take Me Up (Discotto Italy)
Nena - Feuer Und Flamme (CBS Germany)2,'A. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Gig Austria)2.4. Dollie De Luxe - Queen Of The Night/Satisfaction (Notabene Norway)z1:4- Round One - Theme From Rocky (Italy Heat Italy)2 4 Bad Boys Blue - You're A Woman (Coconut/Ariola Germany)2.g Moti Special - Don't Be So Shy (Teldec Germany)
Phil Carmen - On My Way In L.A. (Metronome Germany)Yello - Desire (Vertigo Germany)
S 0 T.X.T. - Girl's Got A Brand New Toy (CBS Germany)0 Sandra - Maria Magdalena (Virgin Germany)
3 4 Lee Marrow - Shanghai (Discomagic Italy)Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante (DDD Italy)Martinelli - Cenerentola (Cinderella) (EMI Italy)Ivan - Baila (CBS Spain)Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte (CBS Spain)George Baker - Santa Lucia By Night (CNR Holland)Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady (Hansa Germany)Blind Date - Your Heart Keeps Burning (Ariola Germany)Baltimore - Woody Boogie (EMI Italy)A -Ha - Take On Me (Warner Brothers)Falco - Vienna Calling (Gig Austria)Double The Captain Of Her Heart (Metronome Germany)Jennifer Rush - Destiny (CBS Germany)Michael Cretu - Samurai (Virgin Germany)Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven (IMP/Ariola Germany)Den Harrow - Future Brain (Baby Records Italy)Bad Boys Blue - Pretty Young Girl (Coconut/Ariola Germany)Round One - In Zaire (Italo Heat Italy)Sandra In The Heat Of The Night (Virgin Germany)Jennifer Rush Ring Of Ice (CBS Germany)
As stated elsewhere on this page,the creation of a Pan -Europeanmarket really began to take shapein 1985. It was no longer an excep-tion for Continental artists to breakdown barriers. The list of Continen-tal European crossover produc-
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tons printed on this page is an am-ple illustration of this.
Obviously not all of the men-tioned titles reached the same lev-els of success, some productionsonly hit one market outside theirhome country (e.g. T.X.T.'s Girl's
Got A Brand New Toy, charting inGermany and Italy), others only hitthe major countries of ContinentalEurope (Bad Boys Blue withYou're A Woman) and yet othersmade a complete European cross-over (Baltimore, A -Ha, ModernTalking etc.).
We intentionally left out Englishproductions because includingthem would make the list far toolong: England maintained itstrendsetting role in 1985 all overthe world.
The list is based on the recordsactually charting in the Hot 100 soit does not give an indication of allthose other European productionsthat, despite not making the Euro-pean charts, crossed borders andpicked up considerable mediainterest.
Starting with the Southern Eu-ropean countries, artists like Alice,Claudio Baglioni, Righeira, MafiaBazar, Loredane Berte and San-dy Marton (all from Italy) were ar-tists who not actually crossed overin terms of European chart posi-tions, but established their names
with the subsequent potential ofgrowing as major European acts.Spain had its share with Miko Mis-sion, Miguel Bose and Mecano,truly international stars whose pathEurotipsheet followed in 1985.
Apart from Mai Tai, Fox TheFox, The Limit and Video Kids, theTime Bandits were another solidmusical export product comingfrom Holland. They were howevermore successful outside Europeand had number one positionsDown Under and good reactionsin the US. The Dutch trio The StarSisters are still waiting for the finalbreakthrough abroad as well asDutch popular singer Gerard Jol-ing. Belgium had its talents in Lucvan Acker and TC Matic, definitelocal talents to watch.
Other European artists towhom Eurotipsheet expect thingsto happen include The Monroes(Norway), Stephan Eicher (Switzer-land), Mathilde Santing (Holland),Heinz Rudolf Kunze (Germany)and Jean -Jacques Goldman andJeanne Mas (both from France).
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annual International Music AndMedia Conference in Montreux(see separate article in year-end is-sue) and become more involved inradio and television programming,to name but a few. A number ofEuropean countries have in themeantime planned a broadcast ofthe Pan -European award presen-tations for the end of February '86.Those of you who would like to joinshould contact EMR.
With the opening up of nationalmedia and the gradual build-up ofthe Pan -European market, Con-tinental European artists foundgreater acceptance outside theirown home markets. Cable andsatellite programmes started to de-vote more of their airing time to lo-cal artists; artists who were luckyenough to have their own video -clips got coverage on Europeancables and satellites, thereby en-larging their scope. Many of thesecrossover artists are spotlightedon the following pages in separatearticles. Germany especially wasthe supplier of a flow of crossoverartists and the examples ofModern Talking, Jennifer Rushand Sandra speak for themselves.Smaller countries like Austria con-tributed with Opus and Falco andeven the Norwegians had their na-tional pride in A -Ha, the most suc-cessful European production of1985. Italy and Spain continuedtheir role as suppliers of summerhits with Baltimore and Ivan as themost successful ones. And whowould have thought that threelovely ladies from Holland couldhave two successive top 10 sin-gles in the UK? All in all, it provesthat European produced records
are gaining in impact and theirshare on the European charts willonly increase in '86.
Despite this boost of Continen-tal European talent, the role of theUK as the continuous cradle oftalent cannot be put aside. TheEnglish language is still thelanguage for musicians to conquerthe world and the amount ofEnglish productions scoringworldwide has not diminished over'85. It is therefore more thanlogical that we have decided topresent a trendsetting award to anew English band, that crossedborders this year. The Londonsigning Fine Young Cannibalswere chosen due to their trendset-ting role. They add another dimen-sion to soul music, mixing theelements of The Clash with thoseof Sam Cooke; they are new,innovative and are likely to expandtheir influence in 1986.
When it comes to France,things are a bit more complicated.A major amount of French artistsstill sing in their own language,which makes crossing over amajor problem. However, a grouplike Rita -Mitsouko, despite notactually breaking outside France,deserves to receive the Pan -European trendsetting award dueto their original and fresh ideasabout music. They were majorsellers in France in '85 with thesingle Marcia Baila, but we expectthem to make inroads on theEuropean market in '86.
Eurotipsheet has always fol-lowed the paths of the Europeancrossover artists and we will in-crease our activities in that direc-tion in 1986.
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TRENDSETTING AWARDS FOR EUROPEAN ARTISTS 1985
JENNIFER RUSHTHE POWER AND DESTINYShe is Germany's most successful singer thisyear with the melo-dramatic The Power 01Love reaching a number one position in theUK, the first Continental European artist tohave achieved such a feat. After hitting 1G rman charts, success spread over t Englen although initially very slowly. After
vering for 17 weeks in the U.K. it eventuallysieged. She was the first artist in England toreceive a platinum single (one million copies)and sales are now approaching the one anda half million mark.
After the phenomenal success in England.other European countries rediscovered its im-pact and the single experienced a re -birth inthe European Hot 100, as it hit the charts inFrance, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway
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and re-entered in Germany, Austria and Swit-zerland. The single even reached a highestposition of a number 3, which is the highestposition a German artist reached this year inthe Hot 100 (sharing the honours with ModernTalking's You're My Heart).
Success in Germany began in '84 whereshe had three consecutive top 20 hits with 25Lovers, Ring Of Ice and of course The PowerOf LOve. Her debut album Jennifer Rush solda staggering amount of copies and her follow-up Destiny was just as successful. In the Ger-man charts of December 17th, she even oc-cupied the first two positions of the Albumcharts!
Jennifer Rush was born in the U.S.A.where she enjoyed a thorough musical edu-cation, playing piano and violin. She startedher career in the U.S., but after moving toGermany her potentials where fully realised.
Sandra embrassing friend and producer Michael Cretu (Virgin)
THE CAPTAINS OF BLUEThe Captain Of Her Heart- one of our longtime favourites for Euro-Crossover, as ourregular readers are now certainly aware of. Afine melodic pop -easy listening song cen-tered around one repetitive theme. The songwas a hit in Germany and Switzerland andnearly made it in the Benelux. Even thoughseveral countries have still not released thesingle, it looks like they will eventually break in'86 The band is centered around Kurt Maloo(guitar and vocals) and Felix Haug (drums),both based in Zurich. Maloo and Haugformed a trio (together with a bass player)called Ping Pong and recorded four pieceswith Roxy Music member Phil Mazanera,songs that however were never released. Thetrio released their debut album in '82 andplayed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
In September 1985 Double became a fourpiece band and released their debut albumBlue, an album with a friendly mix of moodyand jazzy pop songs.
Jennifer Rush (CBS), the destiny is hers
SANDRAPOP -DISCO IMPACTThe Greeks were the first to notice the charm-ing impact of the pop song Maria Magdalenaby the slender 22 year old German singerSandra. The song had a good Euro-feel, wasexcellently produced and a long time discofavourite during the summer months all overEurope.
The song turned out to be Germany's se-cond successful production of '85 in terms ofEuropean Crossover, as it climbed up to num-ber 13 in the Hot 100, only topped by ModernTalking's You're My Heart (which reached ahighest position of number 3). The follow-upIn The Heat Of The Night seems to be des-tined to follow the same course; in its fourthweek already up to number 18.
Those songs were arranged, producedand co -written by her friend, the Rumanianborn Michael Cretu who has also released analbum on his own for Virgin. Sandra was onethird of the all female disco band Arabesque.before she teamed up with Cretu.
Swiss Double in a moody setting (Metronome/Polydor)
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FINE YOUNGCANNIBALSDYNAMIC AND YOUNGJohnny Come Home was one of the most sur-prising debut singles of '85; a nervous andjerky rhythm that supported a very soulful andblue voice. A song that immediately grabbedthe attention and established the band as aforce to watch for the future.
The band was formed from the ashes ofThe Beat, guitar player Andy Cox and bassplayer David Steele. After the break-up of TheBeat, Andy and Dave decided to form theirown band; all they needed however was asinger who could write lyrics to Andy andDave's tune. Their search took them to Ameri-ca where they listened to some 300 tapes, butThe States could not provide them with a newlead singer. On their return to the UK they fi-nally came across Roland Gift, singer in anamic band they are; crafted pop songs in thebest soul tradition. They have recentlyreleased their debut album containing newclassic songs like Funny How Love is, Like A
The dynamic and Fine Young Cannibals- overwhelming debut single -(tondo Records)
Stranger and Time Isn't Kind.
1978,a in fact once supported The Beat
Baltimora- the European summer hit of '85
RITA MITSOUKOAVANT-GARDE DUORita Mitsouko - not as many believe a femaleartist, but the successful pairing of CatherineRinger's distinctive vocals with Fred Chinchinon guitar and keyboards. A definition of theirstyle leads to a myriad of musical vogues, acompelling mix of rock, classical, blues, newwave, latin rhythms and electric sounds. Theyare a totally autonomous duo both in arrange-ments and compositions and the diversity oftheir inspirations is as surprising as their stagepresence. Rita Mitsouko frequently emit animpression of oriental exoticism but the origi-nality of dress has also included plastic bags,masks and pyjamas.
Several months last year were spent tour-ing throughout France, Europe and as far asJapan, where they are very popular. On stagethey are talented and funny. Their music iscommercial, without being repetitive andmany see in the group the future of FrenchRock. Their quick rise to fame came aboutwith their avant-garde disco hit Marcia Balla,a hommage to the Argentinian dancer MarciaMoreno. A video produced by Philippe Gauti-er together with a lot of publicity all helped thesales rocket up and in no time the record wentgold,
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BALTIMORAJUNGLE SOUNDThe European summer hit of 1985 was deli-vered by the Irish yet Italian based singer Jim-my McShane. Tarzan Boy had all the ingre-dients for an across-the-board smash; thetypical Italian 'Eurodisco' sound with the 'OhWoah Oh' jungle vocals and the innocent dis-co pop backing. Innocent or not, it was one ofthose records everybody could immediatelysing -a -long with. The Maurizio Bassiproduced single stayed for 8 consecutiveweeks at the top spot of the European Hot100, making it the longest number one runnerfor a continental European production. Apartfrom that, it was also the second longestcharting number one of '85, only topped by
Exotic duo Rita Mitsouko (Virgin)
IVANKEEP ON DANCINGAlthough the blond Spanish singer Ivan start-ed his musical carreer at the age of 17, realEuropean success took off in '84 whenFotonovela was no. 1 in Italy, Spain, France,Holland and Top 20 in Germany. The singlesold over a million singles on the Continentand Ivan's name was 'established. His '85
The newly formed trio turned out to bSmore than just a one -hit -wonder band; theirfollow-up Blue shows what a good and dtij
We Are The World staying for 10 weeks atnumber one.
After working as a dance and musicteacher in London McShane met singer Dee -Dee Jackson who asked him to do the back-ing vocals on a tour through Europe. Straightafter this tour he settled in Rome, and didseveral backing vocals on Italian productions(a.o. for Silver Pozzoli) Upon meetingproducer Maurizio Bassi he changed hisname into Baltimore, inspired by one of thesongs of Nina Simone, which whom heshared a passionate, though very short rela-tionship. The 28 year old red-haired singerrapidly found his way to the top and time willonly tell if he can maintain this position. EMIrecently released his debut album entitled Liv-ing In The Background, containing morecheerful disco pop tunes.
follow-up Balla (Spanish for dancing) reacheda highest position in the Hot 100 of 17 andwas charted in Belgium, Holland, Spain andSwitzerland.
Ivan's music is cheerful and danceabledisco -pop and is some of the most commer-cial music Currently coming from Spain. Andif acts like Baltimore and Opus have proven todo well in the English charts, it is only a matterof time before Ivan conquers England. In themeantime, keep on dancing...
Ivan- cheerful disco -pop (CBS)
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MAI TAIDUTCH PRIDEThe conquering of the English charts byDutch female trio Mai Tai came right in themiddle of the recent upsurge of discoidancematerial. Acts like Princess and Amii Stewartwere all top 10 chart makers and Mai Tai wasamong them. It doesn't happen too often thatContinental European productions do well inEngland, not in the least Dutch productions.However, Mai Tai succeeded in bringing bothHistory and Body And SOLd in the Top 10 ofEngland.
All three girls were born in Dutch overseascountries (two from Curacao and one from
Live is Opus (Polydor)
A -HAA PLEASANT SURPRISEIt doesn't happen too often that a Scandinavi-an act, and in particular a Norwegian one,crosses the Atlantic and hits the top of theAmerican Billboard charts. It took A -Ha threemonths to accomplish this feat and soon afterEurope followed. The UK was trendsetting incharting the Norwegian trio but countries likeGermany and Benelux came next. After ex-actly two months the whole of Europe wascontaminated with this sparkling danceablepop tune and the single went to number onein the European Hot 100. With top positions in14 European countries the A -Ha single is stillnumber one in the Hot 100. The follow-up TheSun Always Shines On TV has just beenreleased by Warner Brothers.
Modern Talking (Hansa/Arioia)- ail 3 debutsingles to no. 1!
Surinam), but came at an early age to Hofland. All started as background vocalists tovarious Dutch pop bands but real acclaimcame with their first single for CNR entitledKeep On Dancin'. It became a heavy discofavourite and upon the release of the follow-ups What Goes On and Body And Soul thevocals of the three ladies came to full power,making them the best soul outfit Holland cur-rently hag, And with tracks like Am f LosingYou Forever (a delightful ballad) and History,Mai Tai started to cross borders and becamea European sensation.
Early January sees the release of theirnew single Female Intuition (for U.K. therelease date will be February 3rd) and theywill also play at the Midem gala this month. Mai Tei - Dutch success story of '85 (CNA)
OPUSLIVE AND MELODICAlthough the Austrian formation Opus scoredtheir first big European hit Live Is Life thisyear, the band already exists for 12 years andhas scored many golden albums in theirhome country. They were guests on many Eu-ropean festivals and their excellent live soundwas often praised. All the five members ofOpus are well -trained musicians able todeliver harmonic and melodic oopfrockmusic.
The major appeal of the song was the live-ly atmosphere and the lightheartedness of thechorus, reminiscent of the 1984 Euro-smashSuzannne by the Dutch Art Company. fn 16weeks the single climbed up to number oneand stayed six weeks on the top only once in-termitted by Duran's A View To A Kill.
Morton, Pal and Maps, the successful A -Ha trio (Warner Brothers)
MODERN TALKINGTHE MODERN HIT CONCEPTThe most successful export article of the Ger-man music industry in 1985 was undoubtedlythe duo Modern Talking. All their first threesingle releases went to number one in theirhome country and were massive hits in Eu-rope as well. Their debut single You're MyHeart, You're My Soul created an unexpectedbuzz on retail level and this featherweight popsong immediately went to number one in Ger-many and was one of the most requestedsongs on the German radio stations. In Eu-rope the reaction was unanimous and the sin-gle reached a highest position of number 3 inthe European Hot 100. The follow-ups, You
Can Win If You Want and Cheri Cheri Lady,were moulded along the same musical linesand immediately charted everywhere. YouCan Win reached a highest position of 16 andis in its 33rd week still on the Hot 100, whileCheri hit top 10 and is still in its 15th week inthe Hot 100.
Modern Talking consists of the duo DieterBohlen and Thomas Anders. Bohlen has al-ready been involved with the German musicbusiness for years as composer for manydifferent 'schlager' artists. The two met whenBohlen was asked to produce the Germanversion of F.R. David's Pick Up The Phone bya new schlager talent, Thomas Anders. Theirideas about music immediately clicked andthey decided to join their musical forces intothe band concept of Modern Talking.
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