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FROM MANCINI WITH LOVEA NEW ALBUM WITH MORE OF THAT MONEY -MAKING "MOON RIVER SOUND"
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from the new movie "Dear Heart" plus RCA VICTOReleven other sure hits. LPM/LSP-2990Themosttrustednameinsound
MUSIC BUSINESSJanuary 16, 1965
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Victor's Top YearThe year just passed, 1964,
was the greatest year for RCAVictor Records in its history,which makes it a sensationalyear indeed. As it was put inGeneral Sarnoff's report lastweek, "The RCA Victor Rec-ord Division achieved the high-est sales volume in its history.RCA Victor currently leads inthe lucrative Broadway showalbum field with two of theseason's greatest musical hits,`Hello Dolly,' and 'Fiddler OnThe Roof.' "
In addition to the two showalbums Victor also hadhealthy sales due to Al Hirt,whose "Honey In the Horn"and "Cotton Candy" LP's bothwere 500,000 sellers in 1964,from Henry Mancini with histracks of the music from "Cha-rade," "Pink Panther" and"Dear Heart," with Elvis' LP'sof music from "Viva Las Ve-gas," "Kissin' Cousins" and"Roustabout," plus strong al-bums by John Gary and JimReeves, and powerful singlesby Al Hirt ("Java"), Gale Gar-nett ("We'll. Sing In The Sun-shine"), Elvis ("Kissin' Cous-sins"), Sam Cooke ("GoodNews"), and Lorne Greene,("Ringo").
At the same time the parentcompany, RCA, announced thatfor the third successive yearthe firm had the highest profitsin its history, with earnings toexceed 80 million, up morethan 20 per cent over 1963.
A fine year, 1964!
Nina Simone SuesNina Simone filed for a tem-
porary injunction last weekagainst the continued sale anddistribution of an LP called"Starring Nina Simone" re-leased on the Premier albumlabel. Suit, for $1 million,names Philip Landwehr, LewisHarris and "John Doe" as of-ficers of Premier Albums, andR. H. Macy and Company andother retail outlets and distrib-uters. Miss Simone claims thatshe purchased the album at 98'cents in Washington at WaxeyMaxey's (Silverman) QualityMusic record store. After lis-tening to the album she claimsshe recognized various selec-tions as some old demonstra-tion tapes she made in 1955and 1956 and taped under in-ferior recording conditions.Her attorney's claim that the
Disc-Schticks By Ed Sherman
"Okay ... we got the new dresses ... now take us toyour discotheque!"
copy on the Premier albumjacket misleads the public intobelieving that the set containscurrent performances recordedwith high fidelity equipment.The court was told that MissSimone's attorneys had askedPremier Records to stop dis-tributing the album, but thatPremier claimed it had a validcontract between plaintiff andGlory Records, executed byformer manager Jerry Field.Phil Rose of Glory Records al-legedly said that no such re-cording agreement was everauthorized by or issued by hiscompany.
Columbia Buys FenderColumbia Records and its
parent firm CBS, are really inan acquisitive mood these days.Last week Columbia RecordsDistributing Corp. purchasedthe Fender Guitar and Ampli-fier Company for $13 million.Fender developed the solidbody guitar in 1946 and itssales skyrocketed when thou-sands of rock and roll acts,and other touring combos,adopted the Fender as theirown. Firm has continued to bea leader in the field, and hasled with innovations and de-signs. The two former ownersand officers, Donald Randalland Leo Fender, will continuewith the company. Randallwill be vice president and gen-eral manager of the FenderMusical Instruments operatingunit of CRDC, and Fender will
continue as special consultantin research and development.
CRDC's parent, ColumbiaRecords, recently acquired Ori-ole Records in England,buying into record companiesin France and Germany. AndColumbia Records' parent,CBS, just purchased a baseballteam, the New York Yankees.
Chess InternationalChess Records will launch a
world-wide expansion programin early February beginningwith the setting up of an of-fice in London. Firm, accord-ing to veepee Marshall Chess,will open offices in many oth-er major cities in Europe, Asia,and South America. Accordingto Marshall, all releasesabroad will now bear theChess trademark. Marshalland Phil Chess will journeyto Europe to celebrate the op-ening of the London office inFebruary.
Mainstream MeetingsMainstream Records held re-
gional distributor meetings lastweek in New York, San Fran-cisco and Chicago. Execs BobShad, Phil Picone and JuggyGayles chaired the New Yorkmeet and Bobby and Phil cov-ered the other two. On Janu-ary 8, 9, 10 Bob Shad andPhil Picone were in Miami forfurther distributor meetings,and this week will be in everymajor market to promote thefirm's 10 new albums.
A PPM, Trini WorldThe next single records by
Peter, Paul and Mary on War-ner Bros., and by Trini Lopezon Reprise will be issued si-multaneously throughout theworld. Sides by PPM are "ForLovin' Me," and "MondayMorning," and by Trini "TheLemon Tree" and "PrettyEyes."
Al Hirt's GoldieAl Hirt will receive his sec-
ond gold record award for 1964when he obtains his goldie foralbums sales of over $1 mil-lion for his RCA Victor LP of"Cotton Candy." "Cotton Can-dy's" sale of over 500,000 LP'swas certified last week by theRIAA. Set was produced byNashville record chief Chet At-kins, who also produced Hirt'sfirst 1964 goldie "Honey InThe Horn," which was certi-fied by the RIAA last Aprilfor sales of over $1 million.
Philips Jan. ProgramPhilips Records new Janu-
ary program, which goes un-der the title of "3 For TheMoney -4th To Go," was pre-sented to distributors lastweek in New York, Atlanta,Chicago and Los Angeles. Pro-gram features 13 albums, in-cluding sets by the SwingleSingers, Teresa Brewer, John-ny Mathis, Lester Lanin, the'sound track of "The Umbrel-las of Cherbourg," Edith Piaf,the London Symphony Orches-tra under Pierre Monteaux,and Arthur Grumiaux and theLamoureux Orchestra.
Meanwhile Philips Recordsalso announced the first releasein its new "Double Hit" se-ries, a special series of pastsingle hits featuring two hitson each record. The series isbeing made available initiallythrough a pre -pack which con-tains 72 records. Artists in-clude the Four Seasons, Seren-dipity Singers, Nina Simone,Springfields, and Woody Her-man.
Liberty Names ExecsLiberty Records has appoint-
ed Lee Mandell, former LPsales manager, as marketingdirector for Liberty Records aswell as subsidiaries Dolton andImperial Records. Bob Fead,former promotion director, hasbeen named national salesmanager of the labels.
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 1965 3
REVIEW OF THE WEEKColpix' New PlansBob Yorke, new head of
Colpix Records, introducedsome sweeping changes lastweek in the firm's marketingand wholesale pricing proced-ures. The firm reduced distrib-utor price for product, and si-multaneously eliminated allfree -goods deals on singles.
The new policies include re-placement of free -goodsbonuses and of other discountsby a consistantly-maintainedreduced distributor price foralbums as well as singles; anincreased return privilege onsingles; and complete elimina-tion of allocations and guar-anteed sales. Firm says it re-cognizes distributors specialneeds in connection with quan-tity album sales to rack job-bers and one stops. On thesesales a 10 per cent free mer-chandising allowance is pro-vided.
Under the Colpix 1965 plan,distributors cost on 45 rpmsingles will be "reduced sub-stantially" from the formerprice level. Distributor cost on$3.98 albums will be 18 centsless per album, and on higherpriced albums reduction willamount to 22 cents per albumagainst previous prices.
WB-Reprise MeetsWarner Bros. and Reprise
Records held sales meetingswith distributors last week inSan Francisco, Los Angeles,Seattle, Chicago, Washington,Detroit, New York, Boston,Houston, Miami, Denver andAtlanta. Meetings were chairedby WB-Reprise President MikeMaitland, and covered the twolabels' January -February re-leases. Attending the meets
CHARTS & PICKSPop 100 .. 16Pop LP's 20Country Chart 28Single Picks 23Radio Exposure Chart 26Album Picks ..... 27R & B Chart 29British Chart 29
MEETS COLLEGIANS: Prior to her annual solo concert at Carnegie Hall Fri-day, January 15, Philips Records' Nina Simone held an all -day taping sessionlast week with some thirty college radio stations from metropolitan New York,New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
were executives Mo Ostin, JoelFriedman, Bob Summers, Ar-tie Mogull, Bruce Hinton, SidSchaffer, Sonny Burke, JimmyHilliard, Jimmy Bowen, JoeSmith, Stan Cornyn, and EdThrasher.
Murray's Big WeekMurray the "K" Kaufman's
annual Christmas holiday rockshow at the Brooklyn Fox wasa winner with a 10 -day grossof $186,000. The jockey's takewas a new record for hisChristmas shows, and wasonly $20,000 below his all-timehigh gross last Labor Day of$206,000.
Kaufman said that his nextBrooklyn Fox show, whichdoesn't start until Easter Sun-day, next April 18, is alreadythree-quarters set in terms oftalent. Featured will be Mar-vin Gaye, the Miracles, theRighteous Brothers, Little An-thony and the Imperials, Mar-tha and the Vandellas, the Su-premes, the Temptations andthe Four Tops. In addition,Kaufman expected either Ger-ry and the Pacemakers orTommy Quickly. Decision wasdue to be made late last weekby phone with Britain's BrianEpstein, manager of both acts.
Goody Price SlashThe top record albums by
the top pop artists at $1.79.That's the latest promise ex-tended to disc fans by the re-tail record wizard of NewYork's West 49th Street, SamGoody. "This is no temporarything," Goody said last week."You can take my word thatit's permanent. Late last yearI said I'd do it and now it'sdone."
Actually, the $1.79 albumprice is pegged to Goody'sregular schedule of ads in theNew York Times (Monday,Thursday, Saturday and Sun-day) and in the afternoon NewYork Post on Fridays. "Any-one who brings the ad in toany of the stores gets the $1.79price, Goody continued. Pre-viously the "bring in the ad"price was $1.89. Without thead, the same product costs$2.98 in most cases.
Product involved is by suchartists as the Beatles, the DaveClark Five, the Rolling Stones,Peter and Gordon, Pete Seeger,Andy Williams, Robert Gouletand Barbra Streisand.
Goody added that his storesenjoyed a $1,000,000 increasein sales last year over 1963.
Victor Gets "Flora"RCA Victor Records has
secured the recording rights tothe forthcoming Broadwaymusical, "Flora, the Red Men-ace," which will star Liza Min-nelli. Miss Minnelli, daughterof veteran performer JudyGarland, was last seen on theNew York stage in the off-Broadway revival of "BestFoot Forward."
The musical has music byJohn Kander, lyrics by FredEbb, and book co-authored byRobert Russell and George Ab-bott. Abbott will also directthe opus, which is being pro-duced by Harold Prince.
Meanwhile the LeonardBernstein - Comden - Greenshow, a musical adaptation of"The Skin Of Our Teeth," wascanceled last week due to adispute between Bernstein andhis collaborators. CBS wasbacking the show to the tuneof $400,000 and the cast setwas expected to go to Colum-bia. Columbia officially an-nounced it would record "Kel-ly," which was understandablesince it had invested $50,000in the show.
Meanwhile, rumor had itthat United Artists Recordswould get cast rights to thenew Frank Loesser Show "Ex -Lover" and that papers wouldbe signed next week.
Mercury Records, which hadjust issued the cast recordingof Buddy Hacket's "I Had ABall," obtained the cast rightsto the musical version of "TheYearling," Firm put up a ma-jor share of the $300,000 back-ing in the show.
Angel's "Carmen"The big release from Capi-
tol's Angel label this week isthe Maria Callas "Carmen," adeluxe three -LP set. In addi-tion to Miss Callas, NicolaiGedda, Andrea Guiot and Rob-ert Massard are starred. An-gel also issued a lot of otherstrong classical wax includingsets by Yehudi Menuhin, anda new Artur Schnabel LPfrom his Beethoven Sonataspackage on Great Recordingsof the Century.
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KAMA-SUTRA PRODUCTIONS
6 BIG ONES FOR '65"LET'S LOCK THE DOOR"
(And Throw Away The Key)
Jay and the AmericansUnited Artists
"GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS"The Shangri-Las
Red Bird
JAN. 15th
"PLEASETo
BeReleased
DON'TSAY GOODBYE"
The TownsmenColumbia Records
To Be Released
A big explosion comingstraight out of the cannon!
A smash from . . .
FREDDIE CANNONWarner Bros.
JAN. 15th
"IS 13 TOO YOUNG
TO FALL IN LOVE"The PetitesAscot Records
To Be ReleasedJAN. 15th I
"ROCK AND ROLL SYMPHONY"Paul Anthony
World Artists
STEVE LAWRENCE:He made"Sammy"run andit's stillrunningdue to hisdynamicperfor-mance
Critics praised him. About a year agoa show opened on Broadway at the 54thStreet Theater called "What Makes Sam-my Run?" The critics panned the showunmercifully, but one of the actors inthe show received universal praise. Hewas the young man who played SammyGlick. His name -Steve Lawrence.
By now it is generally accepted thatSteve and Steve alone has been responsi-ble for keeping "What Makes SammyRun?" running, in spite of those criticalraps handed the show a year ago. He hasproved that he has a tremendous follow-ing among the millions of New Yorkersand citizens from surrounding areas, whohave seen him on TV, in night clubs, onpersonal appearances, or have heard himon disc.
Fought for part. Lawrence got the partof Sammy in the show because he wantedit and fought for it. "I made sacrificesboth professionally and economically tobe in 'Sammy'," Steve said last week. Iput my career on the line. If I had floppedin the show I would have hurt my showbusiness career severely. From a finan-cial standpoint I could have earned five
times what I do in the show by playingnight clubs and TV.
"I wanted to be in 'Sammy' for a lotof reasons. First of all I wanted to proveI could play the part. Second, I feel thatit is important for an entertainer's careerto get involved in as many areas of theentertainment business as possible, forthe more areas that a performer canwork the more longevity he adds to his ca-reer. It also increases his earning capacityin other fields, and doesn't make him asdependent on one branch of show busi-ness only.
"The third reason I wanted to play'Sammy' was because I want to get in-volved in motion pictures, and one of theways to do this is to get good reviews ina Broadway show.
Other fields. "You know, record per-formers have a hard time breaking intoother show business media. I find thisstrange since we are all in the same busi-ness-show business. Anyone who sells rec-ords and can perform has appeal, andcould do well on the stage or in motionpictures. I think film producers are idiotsfor not trying to groom a Bobby Vintonand other solid record performers to be-come movie names."
Although Steve has been praised for hisportrayal of the mean, egocentric Sammy
he is as much like Sammy as Santa Clausis like the Big Bad Wolf. He is happi-ly married to the attractive Eydie Gorme,and he has two young sons, David andMichael. He-and Eydie-have had thesame manager, Kenny Greengrass, for al-most 10 years, a most unusual thing inthe mercurial entertainment business, andKenny is more like a friend than a man-ager.
Charitable enterprise. Every year, forthe past five, he and Eydie have starredon the New York Cerebral Palsy Tele-thon, an arduous task at best and aneven tougher one for Steve these dayssince they start on a Saturday after hehas played two performances of "Sam-my." It is estimated that Steve and Eydiehave raised between $2.5 and $3 millionfor the charity via the Telethons.
Steve intends to stay with "Sammy"until his contract runs out, (it still hasfive months to go). He's not only inter-ested in getting into movies, but he in-tends to resume his night club career(with Eydie) and of course to keep onmaking records.
Something to say. For himself Stevelikes "good" songs, "songs that are wellwritten and have something to say." Hebelieves that songs that make the top 10are usually "good" songs since "they had
Steve and Eydie threw a cocktail party for Joe Mooney at New York's Penthouse Club when theorganist joined the Columbia label last summer.
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Red Buttons and Enzio Stuarti ham it up backstagewith Steve in his dressing room at the 54h StreetTheater
to have something to say for the publicto buy them." He also believes that "mu-sic, like other arts, reflects the times welive in, and if songs are frantic today,it's because the times we live in arefrantic."
Hard to break through. "I think it istougher for a good singer to breakthrough today than it has ever been be-fore," Steve said, when asked about to-day's pop disc scene. "The reasons aremany, the first being the lack of thetype of material that a good singer needs.Writers don't turn out the older, standardtype of material in any quantity today,and this is what a good singer must have.
"Next is the fact that there are fewerplaces for a good singer to get his basictraining. Most of the clubs where I brokein have closed. So there is nowherefor the young singer to go to make hismistakes as he is learning his business.
"Instead he has to make his mistakeson TV before millions of people, which Ithink is unfair to the singer. But whereelse can he go:
Radio no help. "The good young singergets no help from the radio stations whenhe is starting. The kind of material thata good singer performs, especially a newsinger, isn't played by many stations to-day. Once a good music record would beplayed by seven or eight stations in NewYork. Now all you can do with a recordlike that, if you are not a star, is to get itexposed on one or two stations. JackJones has made it, but how many JackJones's are there? Very few."
Steve's favorite people, singers that is,are Jack Jones, Andy Williams, Tony Ben-nett, and Vic Damone. As for girls-well,it's all Eydie Gorme.
BOB ROLONTZ
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 1965
He writes themusic for007
John Barry, who is having a lot of funcomposing the scores for the JamesBond epics, started his career lead-ing a rock and roll band in London.
Started with rock. If you want to become a composer formovies, start out with a rock and roll band. At least that's thepath followed by John Barry, who has written the scores forall of the James Bond movies, "Dr. No.," "From Russia WithLove," and "Goldfinger." He does much of his work for UnitedArtists music, among other firms.
Barry, who is now in his early thirties, is an Englishman whoentered the music business as the leader of a rock and roll bandin London back in 1957. After a few years working with the rockgroup, he became a record producer for EMI and handled AdamFaith's recording dates. Faith, a big star in England (and nowmaking some noise here) was featured in two films "BeatGirl," and "Never Let Go," and Barry handled his recordingwork in both. Barry also scored the latter picture.
Gave up band. From then on Barry was set as a screen com-poser. He gave up the band (although he still digs the rock)and has concentrated on music for the films. Among his credits,in addition to the Bond features, are "Zulu," "Seance On A WetAfternoon," and the upcoming "Mr. Moses." He will also scorethe next James Bond picture "Thunderball," and the picture"King Rat," from Jimmy Clavell's best-selling novel.
"I've tried to retain a continuity in the Bond picture," saidBarry when interviewed in New York last week. "The Bondmovies are not very subtle, everything happens out in front,and the music has to go along with it. However, they are the
type of movies you can write a main theme for, and withluck the theme can become popular like "From Russia WithLove."
Not always commercial. Barry points out that it isn't neces-sary to write a pop song for a movie, or even a commercial score,for the music to be commercial on LP. "If the music works forthe movie, and it isn't necessarily commercial, that doesn'thave to hurt its LP chances. You can't always write com-mercial scores. Take "Seance On A Wet Afternoon," for in-stance. A pop song, or even a main theme, would have destroyedthe mood of the picture. I admit that "Seance" is rather far out,but it points up the importance of creating music to fit themood of the picture, not to make a hit single, or even a hit LP.But if the music is honest the public will appreciate it."
Barry is very pleased with the sound quality of the track of"Goldfinger" now out on the United Artists label in the U.S."We recorded it at the CTS Studios in Bayswater in London," hesaid. "The size of the orchestra was the same as we had usedon other Bond scores, but we had a lot of time to plan for thisone. We used the top musicians in London on the date, andeverything came out just right."
What's it like to write music for movies starring such glamor -our females as Honor Blackman, Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton,and others? "Fun, just fun," said Barry, like any other old rockand roller, who had it made, might say. B.R.
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THIS GREAT SINGLE STARTSWHERE HER SENSATIONAL"HOW GLAD I AM"LEFT OFF
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b/w "Love has Many Faces"theme as Nancy sings it inColumbia Pictures' new re-lease starring Lana Turner!
Fancy wonThe title song as Nancy sings it in the motion picture.
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"There's no formula
A modest man. Henry Mancini is a slender, dark haired, modest -talking man from California who, for almost a decade, has repre-sented one of the key and often infrequent links between theworld of good (non -rock) music and the pop singles charts.
He is also a member of that select West Coast music fraternitynot associated with surfing and hot-rodding who have neverthe-less, played an increasingly important role in creating hit popularmusic. Mancini did a number of years of apprenticeship on theCoast movie lots writing background scores for pictures before hiswork as the writer of the "Peter Gunn" TV soundtrack scoremade the music -buying public suddenly aware of television as anew source of pop hits.
Always on scene. Since the mid -'50s arrival of "Peter Gunn," hehas been on the scene almost constantly as a writer of such TVthemes as "Mr. Lucky" and such movie smash scores as "Breakfastat Tiffany's," "A Shot in the Dark," "Pink Panther," "Charade"and most recently, "Dear Heart," and as a recording artist whoseown hit of these tunes have continued to enrich the coffersof RCA Victor Records.
Despite his track record, he says there is no real hit formula."Sure I have a den in my house but I also have three kids. Thereis no such thing as being able to close yourself off completely to bethe great creator," he said during one of his rare recent visitsto Victor's New York headquarters. "Despite the interruptions, Istill do most of my work at home. And I guess I do a lot of thinkingwhen we get up early on a Saturday and drive over to our boat atNewport Beach.
"It's a sea -going power boat and there'slike better than getting aboard and sailing
nothing my wife and Iout to sea for a day or
a
Mancini, a meticulous recording man, gives a downbeat ...
Talks over an approach with his colleagues .. .
weekend. If I have a my work, it's the boat.No pat formula. "As for writing, there's no pat formula. We
had hits with "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses," andthen there was a loser with "Charade," so we all strike out too.
"One thing really helps me in addition to getting into the denand going to work. That's the habit I've developed of doing a lotof listening. I can't ever really sit down and listen to records forfun. But I hear a lot at home and on the radio just in line withkeeping up to date. I like to know what's going on with the newpeople, writers and artists, who are making themselves heard.You can't sit still in this business or you get lost.
A Johnny Mercer fan. "Johnny Mercer is one of the top popwriters in the country if not the whole world. I know that becauseI've worked with Johnny on two Oscar -winning songs, 'MoonRiver' and 'Wine and Roses.' You know what he does? He spendshours driving around town in his car listening to the radio just tokeep tabs on what's happening.
"I have great respect for this guy. I've often thought of tryinga different tack and getting into Broadway show stuff. If I ever do,I'd want Johnny working with me.
Concerts take time. "I don't really know if I'll ever have enoughtime to really think about Broadway as much as I'd like to. I do agood many concerts. That takes a lot of time flying all overthe country, getting local musicians together for my orchestra.On these we do mostly my own things because I don't thinkanybody would want to pay to watch me conduct a Stravinskyprogram. Others do that a lot better than I could. I enjoy doingthe concerts but then I like to get back to my first love of compos-ing.
"As soon as I go home, I'll be starting on a new picture, The
hobby besides
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for writing hits".. .
Henry ManciniGreat Race,' with Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk andKeenan Wynn. It's a three hour picture so it's going to take somework.
His sound track method. "I'll start by just seeing the picture. Iprefer to work from the finished product. I know some writers liketo get involved with the producer and the director while the shoot-Mg's going on. I'm not even for showing up on the lot because youwaste a lot of time. You can reach the point where you can't seethe forest for the trees. I just see the picture as often as I have toand work from that.
"Every picture is different. Sometimes there'll be just a basictheme like in `Pink Panther.' It'll run all the way through indifferent settings. In other cases you'll have various individualsongs. Some of these are what we call source music becausethey're actually made by a band or a singer, in other words asource that you see in the picture. In 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,'there were four or five of these in the party scene alone. `MoonRiver' was the same type because it was sung by AudreyHepburn."
Started piano at eight. Mancini has studied music since he waseight, starting at that age by taking piano lessons. "But I onlyconsidered being a concert pianist once-for about 10 minutes onetime-when I got inspired by Art Tatum. As far as pianists go, noone had his stature before or since."
Mancini has other favorite people too. "Jerry Goldsmith is cer-tainly one of the newer Hollywood writers to watch. He's good.So is Johnny Winters. Johnny was the pianist on 'Peter Gunn'and he's been doing some good things of his own lately. I thinkBill Evans is a pianist to watch too.
Plays the flute himself on a date ...
And listens to a playback in the control room ...
Exposed to the rock. "In my house I am also exposed to rock androll. I don't think I'll ever be called on to score a rock and rollmovie because they probably wouldn't want to pay my price butI'm aware of it all, thanks to my kids. I think what the Beatles dothey do well, but it's awfully hard. There's no let-up on the pushand drive and sometimes I have to withdraw, but they have avitality and you can't put them down.
"Their songs are well -constructed and geared right down toteen-agers especially in their language and grammar. I recordedone of them, 'Can't Buy Me Love,' in an album, and I must saythey have a good melodic quality. But they're not really in thegreat songwriting tradition.
Likes Rolling Stones. "The Beach Boys sound like a good sing-ing group with a lot of harmony. And another group that a lot ofpeople put down, the Rolling Stones, have quite a sound too.You get inside the first track or two on their albums and you findsome really authentic sounding copies of American rhythm andblues from the South with their singing and their guitars.
"We certainly have to keep aware of what fellows like this aredoing. I've even introduced a mild rock quality in some of thethings I've done. As I've said, both Johnny Mercer and I do a lotof listening to try to keep up to date on what these people aredoing with popular music.
"I don't see any reason to think, though that there's any basicchange in pop records coming up. I get my share of hits and theydon't rock. You have people like Andy Williams and TonyBennett and Jack Jones getting them too, but there have to be alot more than four or five out of a hundred on the charts beforeyou can say that the good music is taking over."
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 1965
R EN G REVATT
Mickey & SylviaTogether Again
Legendary team. The legendary teamof Mickey and Sylvia is back togetheragain. After almost four years of work-ing apart, the best-selling duo decided towork together both in the U.S. and Eu-rope for at least six months of the year,starting next week, when they open atNew York's Apollo Theater.
They have obtained for themselves abrand new recording contract from RCAVictor (with a sizable guarantee) andtheir first records on the label will becoming out shortly.
Remarkable run. Mickey and Sylviahad a remarkable run for themselves backin the mid -1950's. Their first recordings,on the now defunct Rainbow label, didwell, but it was on Victor's subsidiarylabel, Groove, that they made a world-wide impact in 1957 and 1958. They soldclose to a million copies of "Love IsStrange," and had a flock of other hits like"Love Will Make You Fail in School,""Dearest," "No Good Lover," and"Walkin' In The Rain."
Their record hits made them into a na-tionally known act, and the attractiveSylvia and the personable Mickey attract-ed huge crowds when they appeared innight clubs or in theaters. They were oneof the few rock acts to ever appear onthe Perry Como TV show.
Broke up team. In the early 1960'sMickey and Sylvia decided to strike outon their own. Sylvia went out as a singleand Mickey went back to composing, ar-ranging and playing on New York re-cording dates. In 1961 Mickey decided tolive in Europe and he and his wife Bar-bara (Baker) moved to Paris. Since thenMickey has been handling recording dates,teaching, arranging and composing. Hehas done most of his dates for the CBSlabel, in Paris. His wife, Barbara, runstheir music publishing firms, Melee, Con-cord and Bonita.
Sylvia meanwhile, has been workingon her own as a single. Her husband, JoeRobinson, who manages her and also han-dles their music firm, has been handlingher bookings. Again and again club own-ers would ask him when Mickey andSylvia would get together again, and tellhim how well they could do if they wereagain a team. One day last November JoeRobinson flew to Paris and talked toMickey-and now the team of Mickeyand Sylvia is back together.
U.S. and overseas. It is expected thatMickey will come to this country to per-form with Sylvia for three or four monthsof the year, and that then they will goto Europe and play three or four monthsof theaters, clubs and TV over there. Allin all, the team seems headed for a busy,
busy future. If, by good fortune theycome up with a big hit-as is highly pos-sible-they'll probably find themselvesworking together a solid 12 months ofevery year, for many years to come.
BOB ROLONTZ
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CERULEAN BLUES
It Just Gets Later
by Dom Cerulli
A couple of unrelateditems in the news recentlyset me to thinking.
First of all, we had a finehour-long TV show withLena Home, a huge or-chestra, and guest JamesMason aired on a New Yorkindependent station. Theshow was produced in Eng-land.
Then we had the distres-sing news of Nat (King)Cole's serious illness.
And I thought that we areindeed being deprived ofgreat entertainment, and, inturn, are seeing great andtalented entertainers de-prived of their full audiencepotential when such as Natand Lena and Ella Fitz-gerald and Sammy DavisJr. and Louis Armstronghave no regular shows onthe tube.
It's true that Cole's firstattempt at a network showbombed for lack of spon-sorship. And it's equallytrue that Lena and Ella andSammy and Louis andSarah Vaughan and PearlBailey and so many deserv-ing Negro entertainers makebig money doing guestshots on all the majorshows.
Not the sameBut a guest shot on Ed
Sullivan or The HollywoodPalace is a far cry from theprestige and exposure thata regular series commands.And there is no Negro en-tertainer who has a regularnetwork series.
Any number could, andthe shows could be as strongand musical as, say, theAndy Williams or the PerryComo or the Dinah Shore,shows were.
It's easy enough to carpabout this and urge thatsomebody take a chance onthe Negro entertainer asstar of a musical series. Butthe answer, inevitably, will
be the same: the South willboycott the show. Or theSouth will boycott the prod-uct.
Well, next time (if ever)that argument comes up, Ihope that someone will urgethe manufacturer to look atthe amount of his sales inthe South and determinewhether it's worth protect-ing at the risk of losinggreat music by great talents.Or ask the stations and/orthe network to determinehow many viewers they'lllose by carrying such ashow.
Better days comingIt's not that simple, of
course. And we are going tohave a good many leanyears before we start tohave the good ones. Butmay I point out a coupleof recent items that indicatethat good days may be com-ing after all:
-Louis Armstrong wasbarred from appearing atthe University of Alabamaover severe protests by thestudent body. The youngpeople wanted him to ap-pear.
-Louis Armstrong ap-pears and cavorts with whitechildren in a charming TVcommercial for a new toydoll.
-Harry Belafonte is set tobe Dinah Shore's sole gueston her next hour-long show.
-Comedian Bill Cosbyplays a straight acting rolewithout reference to colorin an upcoming spy series.
Yes. . . . we're gettingthere but Nat Cole growsolder and Lena Home goesto England to have herhour-long show and wehave three and five minutespots of Ella and Sarah andLouis while we have hourafter hour of Peyton Placeand Many Happy Returnsand Broadside and TheMunsters and like that. . . .
RADIO AND TV
Les Crane Likes The Rock
by June Bundy
Les Crane has been look-ing for a gimmick to bolsterratings on his new latenight ABC-TV show, androck and roll may be theanswer. At any rate he hasapparently decided to con-centrate on attracting younglisteners, and, as a result,rock and roll performersare garnering late nightnetwork TV exposure forthe first time.
Jack Paar was strictly amusical comedy man duringhis late night NBC televi-sion period, and his succes-sor, Johnny Carson, prefersjazz. With rare exceptions(i.e. Paul Anka) both menhave always treated teen -oriented music and its starsas something of a joke.
Not a JokeThey are obviously not a
joke to Crane. He presentsthem with positive pride-backed by a fine swingingband and sufficient time tobuild for maximum audi-ence impact.
The talent - accustomedto the usual "do your mil-lion seller and get off fast" -type shuffle on network TV-responds beautifully toCrane's respectful treat-ment. In recent appearanceson the show, such top r. &r. stars as Gene Pitney, TheSupremes and Johnny Nashhave projected a stronger,more vital TV image thanever before.
The Supremes were par-ticularly outstanding lastMonday (4) with threetunes, including, of course,their big hit "Baby Love"and a remarkable renditionof "I Am Woman" from"Funny Girl." The photo-genic lead singer (who canmake it on her own any-
time she wants to) is load-ed with audience appealand visual showmanship.
Phil profiledTycoon of teen: There was
a fascinating article on Phil-les Records 23 year oldPresident, Phil Spector("The First Tycoon ofTeen") in last Sunday'sNew York Herald Tribuneby Tom Wolfe. Spector mayhave been putting Wolfe ona bit and the prose is pur-ple in spots. However, thefeature over all is a haunt-ing portrait of a complexbrilliant man who is con-stantly tortured by his ef-forts to remain true to him-self and his talent in thepop music business.
Spector is bitter aboutmany things, including histreatment in a TV debatewith David Susskind andWilliam B. Williams, ruderemarks about his non -con-formist hairdo, and recorddistributors whom he de-scribed to Wolfe as "cigar -smoking sharpies."
"These characters don'teven pay you until you'vehad three or four hit rec-ords in a row." Spector toldWolfe. "They order the rec-ord and sell them and don'tpay you. They don't payyou because they know theydon't have to . . . They lookat everything as a product.They don't care about thework and sweat you putinto a record. They respectme now because I keepturning out hits, and afterthat they become sort ofhonest - in their own de-cayed way."
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Instrument Sales UpInstrument sales, according
to William Gard of the Na-tional Association of MusicMerchants, increased by 14 percent in 1964 over 1963 to hita gross of over $700,000,000.The biggest gain in instrumentsales in 1964 was made by gui-tars due to the continued in-terest in folk music.
Warren Ling MovesWarren Ling, vice president
and general manager of KappRecords, left Kapp last weekto join Utilities and Indus-tries Corp. U. & I. is the Rich-ard Rosenthal firm which re-cently purchased Mills Music.Ling will be consultant andadvisor on entertainment in-terests of U. & I., such as MillsMusic.
Decca PhonosDecca has added eight new
phonograph models to its 1965line of popular priced units.Suggested list price ranges onmodels from $19.95 to $159.95.The highest priced of these isthe new Monitor 1, a deluxestereo automatic componentsystem with separate speakerenclosures. All models are cur-rently in stock at Deccabranches.
Trade ChafferJules Malamud, the man
who runs the ship of the Na-tional Association of RecordMerchandisers, said last weekthat the upcoming NARM Con-vention (February 28 -March4; San Francisco) gives prom-ise of being the biggest inthe association's history. Pres-ent will be the greatest num-ber of regular members everto attend a NARM confab,with a select group of non-members on hand by specialinvitation. There'll be twomornings of business sessionsand two afternoons and a fulladditional day of face-to-facemeetings between rackers andmanufacturers. Numerous so-cial events are also in pros-pect, plus an active daytimeprogram for wives of attend-ing members.
DCP Records, Don Costa'sown label, handled by UnitedArtists, held a series of salesmeetings in Miami last week.The distributors attending thetwo day affair at the EdenRoc Hotel, were shown fournew albums in the line, plusa number of new singles. Pres-ident, Don Costa and sales pro-
motion manager, Joe Zaleski,ran the meetings . . . Roulettevice presidents, Hugo and Lu-igi, have named Pete Spargoas an a. and r. producer . . .
Harriet Wasser is now han-dling U.S. representation forthe Canadian -based Tamaracand Bigland labels . . . JeffKruger, head of Britain's Em-ber Records, arrived in the U.S.Thursday (7) for a three-weekbusiness visit.
Colpix Records is putting amajor promotion drive on itsrecently signed singer JohnDavidson. He's now a regularon TV's "The Entertainers,"and has his first album out onthe label. A host of personalappearances are planned onTV interview and disc jockeyshows and heavy trade adschedules and mailings are inthe works . . . Trini Lopezwon't play Miami's Eden RocHotel until February 12, butadvance reservations for thedate have been heavy enoughto bring about an additionalthree days booking. The en-gagement now run" February12 to 21 . . . Betty Hutton's 18year old daughter, DianeLindsay, has been signed byVee Jay Records. She now at-tends UCLA and has done TVand summer stock work.
Jerry Rader, ABC Para -mount's foreign supervisor, be-came the father of a boy, Jef-frey Philip, December 23. . . .
London Records has issued analbum of James Bond themesby the Roland Shaw Orchestra.London also has released anLP by Honor Blackman, who
plays Pussy Galore in the newBond flick, "Goldfinger" . . .
The Warren Bros., Shorty andSmokey, split up after 27 yearstogether in the country field.Shorty is moving to Hollywoodto manage his daughter Bar-bara's career. She is a dramaticactress. Smokey will continueto lead the band and managethe Copa Club in Secaucus,N. J. that his brother formerlyowned, and will also continueto promote, produce and sup-port country music and stars,and do personals. . . . SteveKeegan is the new manager ofWLIZ in Palm Beach, Fla. . . .
Ed Pearle has joined theKragen-Carroll management aspublicist.
Nina's Carnegie DateNina Simone will make her
third annual appearance atNew York's Carnegie Hallwhen she performs there onJanuary 15 . . . April -Black-wood Music chief, Dave Kap-ralik, is a partner in the sup-per club, The Loft, in St.Thomas, V I Morton Gouldwill conduct the Tri-City Sym-phony Orchestra of Davenport,Iowa January 16 in the worldpremiere of his new composi-tion, "Festive Music," dedicat-ed to the great Bix Beider-Becke, who was born in Dav-enport . . . Hawthorn Books ispublishing a biography ofJohn McCormack by Ruth andPaul Hume called "The KingOf Song." Paul Hume is musiccritic for the Washington Post.
SIGNS NEW CONTRACT: John Andrea, discovery of talent manager Bob Mar-cucci, has just signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Bros.-Reprise Records. Reprise general manager, Moe Austin (I.) and Marcucci (r.)are meeting with Andrea to plan waxing and promotion on first single and LPfor the new singer.
Leontyne's RecitalOn February 28 Leontyne
Price will give a benefit re-cital at Carnegie Hall with allproceeds going to NAACP, Dr.Martin Luther King's SCLC,and the UN . . . Viola virtuosoEmanuel Vardi has formed anew company, called EV Pro-ductions, to make TV commer-cials.
SAN REMO BOUND: Jody Miller stepsaboard an Alitalia Airlines jet at NewYork's John F. Kennedy InternationalAirport enroute to Italy where she'llparticipate in the annual San RemoSong Fesival to be held on January23rd. The Capitol singer is the onlyAmerican artist who has been invitedto perform. Miss Miller will make re-cordings in Milan before continuingon to San Remo.
Ferrante-Teicher ProfileFerrante and Teicher are
profiled in the February Cor-onet Magazine . . . ProducerGeorge Grief (of Grief-Garris,managers of New Christy Min-strels, Kirby Stone Four, etc.)has started a production firmwith actor Anthony Quinn.First project is a story ofAmerica, to be written by Nor-man Corwin . . . Perez Pradohas completed his first albumfor United Artists Records . . .
Publisher Ivan Mogull isflipped over the recording thatFrench star Sylvie Vartanmade of his song "One MoreTime" for RCA Victor whileshe was in this country.
Sacred Album Picks
THE BEST OF THE BLACKWOODBROTHERS QUARTET
RCA Victor LSP 2931
THE BEST OF THE STATESMENQUARTET
RCA Victor LSP 2933
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MUSIC BUSINESS POP 100JANUARY 16, 1965
Record below Top 10 listed In BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Check symbol ( goof ) indicates new on chart this week.Rational popularity based on sales data provided exclusively to Music Business by the nation's largest retail chains, plus radio play and sales by standard retailoutlets, one stops and real
'Downtown'- Expresses To Top!THE MONEY RECORDS SALE BLAZERS
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DOWNTOWNPETULA CLARK, Warner Bros. 5494
I FEEL FINEBEATLES, Capitol 5327
LOVE POTION #9SEARCHERS, Kapp KW 27
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN'FEELIN'
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, Philles 124THE JERK
LARKS, Money 106COME SEE ABOUT ME
SUPREMES, Motown 1068AMEN
IMPRESSIONS, ABC Paramount 10602THE WEDDING
JULIE ROGERS, Mercury 72332GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD
LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS,DCP 1119
MR. LONELYBOBBY VINTON, Epic 9730
HAWAII TATTOOWAIKIKIS, Kapp KJB 30
WILLOW WEEP FOR MECHAD AND JEREMY, World Artists 1034
DEAR HEARTJACK JONES, Kapp 635
ROGER MILLER, Smash 1947
LESLEY GORE, Mercury 2372HEY DA DA DOW
AS TEARS GO BYMARIANNE FAITHFUL, London 9697
BOOM BOOM
DO WAC KA DO
LOOK OF LOVE
DOLPHINS, Fraternity 937
ANIMALS, MGM 13298ONE MORE TIME
RAY CHARLES SINGERS, Command 4057LET'S LOCK THE DOOR
JAY & THE AMERICANS, United Artists 805LOVI N' PLACE
GALE GARNETT, RCA Victor 8472PROMISED LAND
CHUCK BERRY, Chess 1916HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO YOUR HEART
JERRY VALE, Columbia 43181WHAT NOW
GENE CHANDLER, Constellation 141DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
BEACH BOYS, Capitol 5306MAKIN' WHOOPEE
RAY CHARLES, ABC Paramount 10609SOMEWHERE IN YOUR HEART
FRANK SINATRA, Reprise 0332RINGO
LORNE GREENE, RCA Victor 8444MY LOVE (ROSES ARE RED)
YOU KNOW WHO GROUP, 4 Corners 113I GO TO PIECES
PETER & GORDON, Capitol 5335I'M GONNA LOVE YOU TOO
HULLABALLOOS, Roulette 4587BUCKET "T"
RONNY & DAYTONAS, Mala 492THIS DIAMOND RING
GARY LEWIS, Liberty 55756
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HOW SWEET IT ISMARVIN GAYE, Tamla 54107
LEADER OF THE LAUNDROMATDETERGENTS, Roulette 4580
KEEP SEARCHIN'DEL SHANNON, Amy 6239
GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISSSFIANGRI LA'S, Red Bird 10-018
SHA LA LAMANFRED MANN, Ascot 2165
MY LOVE FORGIVE MEROBERT GOT -LET, Columbia 43131
SHE'S A WOMANBEATLES, Capitol 5327
ANYWAY YOU WANT ITDAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic 9739
HOLD WHAT YOU GOTJOE TEX, Dial 4001
WILD ONEMARTHA & THE VANDELLAS, Gordy 7036
This LastWeek Week
21 23 DEAR HEARTANDY WILLIAMS. Columbia 43180* 32 DON'T FORGET I STILL LOVE YOU
B013BI MARTIN, Coral 6242641b- 36 I'LL BE THERE
GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS, Laurie 3278ibt 56 THE NAME GAME
SHIRLEY ELLIS, Congress 23025 8 SHE'S NOT THERE
ZOMBIES, Parrot 9695All' 50 YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY
LOVES YOUDEAN MARTIN, Reprise 0333
27 29 TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEAMARVELETTES, Tamla 54105
41k- 31 WALK AWAYMATT MONRO, Liberty 55745
-db 55 ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHTKINKS, Reprise 0334
30 28 THOU SHALT NOT STEALDICK & DEEDEE, Warner Bros. 5482
ACTION RECORDS
NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOUBACHELORS, London 9724
HONEYCOMBS, Interphon 7713
SUE THOMPSON, Hickory 1284USE YOUR HEAD
MARY WELLS, 20th Century Fox 555
BETTY EVERETT & JERRY BUTLER,Vee Jay 633
I CAN'T STOP
PAPER TIGER
SMILE
SHAKESAM COOKE, RCA Victor 8486
JOLLY GREEN GIANTKINGSMEN, Wand 172
COME ON DO THE JERKMIRACLES, Tamla 54109
TELL HER NOZOMBIES, Parrot 9723
LAUGH, LAUGHBEAU BRUMMELS, Autumn 8
THE 81CANDY & THE KISSES, Cameo 336
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE ONE I LOVEDEAN MARTIN, Reprise 0333
LITTLE BELLDIXIE CUPS, Red Bird 10-017
I FOUND A LOVE, OH WHAT A LOVEJO ANN & TROY, Atlantic 8178
BYE BYE BABYFOUR SEASONS, Philips 40260
CAN YOU JERK LIKE MECONTOURS, Gordy 7073
SEVEN LETTERSBEN E. KING, Atco 6328
HEART OF STONEROLLING STONES, London 0725
SOMETIMES I WONDERMAJOR LANCE, Okeh 7209
DO WHAT YOU DO DO WELLNED MILLER, Fabor 137
LEMON TREETRINI LOPEZ, Reprise 0336
HE'S MY GUYIRMA THOMAS, Imperial 660E0
BLIND MANBOBBY BLAND, Duke 386
V CRYING GAMEBRENDA LEE, Decca 31728
78 75 ARE YOU STILL MY BABYSHIRELLES, Scepter 1292
79 88 (THE) IN CROWDDOBIE GRAY, Charger 105
80 82 WHENEVER A TEENAGER CRIESREPARATA & DELRONS, World Artists 1036
84 I'LL COME RUNNING
V BOY FROM N.Y.C.
BLIND MAN
V THANKS A LOTBRENDA LEE, Decca 31728
95 LOVELY, LOVELY
LULU, Parrot 9714
AD LIES, Blue Cat 102
LI'L MU TON, Checker 1096
CHUBBY CHECKER, Parkway 936V TWINE TIME
CASH & REGISTERS, Mar V Lus 6002V
88 93 THE CRUSHER
g/ WHAT A SHAMEROLLING STONES, London 9725
90 99 NO FAITH, NO LOVEMITTY COLLIER, Chess 1918
91 Eolf MY GIRL
RAG DOLLS, Mala 493
NOVAS, Parrot 45005
TEMPTATIONS, Gordy 703892 V ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK
BILLY EDD WHEELER, Kapp 61793 V HEY -0 -DADDY -0
NEWBEATS, Hickory 45-129094 goor HELLO PRETTY GIRL
RONNIE DOVE, Diamond 176
P. J. PROSY, Liberty 5575795 V SOMEWHERE
96 V LIVE IT UPDUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Philips
96 V FANCY PANTS98 V I FOUND YOU99 V SO WHAT
AL HIRT, RCA Victor 8487
BRITISH WALKERS, Try
BILL BLACK'S COMBO, Hi 2055100 V FOR LOVIN' ME
PETER, PAUL & MARY, Warner Bros.
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Fabor # 137Selling great around the world!Becoming an international hit!Thanks, DJs. We felt that it "hadit" and you proved it.
"RA -TA -TA -
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BMI's SIDE
By Bob Rolontzrecord business is finally dis-
The Numbers Game persed.
This is the time of yearwhen estimates for recordsales in 1964 start coming outof various organizations andresearch departments. The Rec-ord Industry Association ofAmerica (RIAA) will give outits set of figures, based on ex-cise tax returns and other data.Billboard's market researchdepartment will also give outa set of figures, based on itsown research in the field. Andfrom other places, ad agencies,record companies, etc., otherestimates will be cheerfullygiven.
Some will call it an $800million year; more conserva-tive sources will say $750. Nomatter who gives out with thefigures they will be incorrect,for they will be based on re-tail list price, and who buysat list price these days any-way?Guesswork, pure guesswork
Even if the RIAA or Bill-board wanted to it would beimpossible to apply a discountfigure against the estimatedsales at list price for 1964 be-cause no one really knows whatthe discount was on recordssold in 1964. Some stores dis-count, others do not, discountson records vary according totype of material, etc.
Premium records, a greatsource of disc income, are rare-ly included in overall recordsales because they are sold inautomobile stores, gas stationsand via mail. Excise tax figuresare not an accurate reflectionof total sales because manu-facturers pay excise taxes ac-cording to their selling price,not according to list price, andmanufacturer selling pricesvary. Club sales cannot betruly estimated because clubfigures are secret, and so on.
In other words, there arefew reliable indicators for es-timating the retail value ofrecords sold in any given year.
However there should be away to estimate how the rec-ord business does from oneyear to another, whether busi-ness is up or down, stagnantor on a plateau. There is away-on condition that therather absurd secrcey that sur-rounds figures in the modern
The way outThe way to estimate how the
record business did or is do-ing is to obtain production fig-ures from the nation's recordpressing plants. This is the sys-tem used by most industries,i.e.: the automobile industry.Every month General Motors,Chrysler, Ford, American, etc.reveal their production figureson their models, from the Lin-coln to the Rambler. They areavailable for perusal in theNew York Times' business sec-tion by anyone who buys thepaper.
If production figures forLP's, 45's and small 33's and78's were sent in to the RIAAeach month by all pressingplants, large and small, thenwe would know what was hap-pening in our industry. Itwouldn't be necessary to breakdown these figures by companysince all that is needed is theoverall production, not a labelby label inventory.
It's true that not all of therecords pressed ever leave acompany's warehouse. It is alsotrue that plants roll off a lotof Christmas product in thesummer, and thus a July's pro-duction could be all out of pro-portion to the amount of rec-ord sold that month.
These are of little matterhowever. Production figuresfrom pressing plants wouldgive the industry an accuratepicture of record output eachmonth, enabling the industry tocompare production on amonth by month basis, andeventually, when enough timehad passed, on a year by yearbasis. Then the research or-ganizations, ad agencies, etc.could do all the projectingthey wished, on the so-calledbasis of "list" price or onwholesale price or whatever.We all at least would knowfrom whence they derivedtheir figures.
It might be worthwhile forthe RIAA to inaugurate theproject of getting monthly pro-duction figures from pressingplants throughout the countrystarting fairly soon. Thismonth maybe. After all it is aNew Year, and it is bright fornew, valuable projects.
Fan ClubsThe Emotionsc/o Miss Diane De Salvo1718 Madison PlaceBrooklyn, New York
The Animalsc/o Miss Peggy Schibe49 Malden Avenue,Lynbrook, New York
The Belmontsc/o Eddie Caiazzo6 Silver CourtStaten Island, New YorkJohnny Mathisc/o Miss Shirley Robinson114-30 200th Street,St. Albans, L.I.
Christy SchoolThe New Christy Minstrels
will start a music school inNew York City this spring.School will be called the NewChristy Minstrel College andwill be for amateurs who wantto gain experience playing infolk and other instrumentalgroups. Accent will be onvoice, but there will also beinstruction in guitar, banjo,etc. The Christy's will notteach at the school, but Christyarrangements and lyrics willbe used exclusively. Themesong "Your Land Is MyLand."
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MUSIC BUSINESS POP LP'sJANUARY 16, 1965
Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Check symbol (100) indicates new on chart this week.Netiestel popularity based on sales data provided exclusively to Music Business by the nation's largest retail chains, plus radio play and sales by standard retail outlets. one stops and rates.
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LastWeekI& 17 BEATLES '65 11 6 12 X 5 21 16 GETZ/GILBERTO
Capitol T/ST 2228 ROLLING STONES, London LL 3402/PS 402 Verve V -V6-85452 1 BEACH BOYS CONCERT 12 10 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN 22 23 HELLO, DOLLY!
Capitol STA/STAO 2198 DEAN MARTIN, Reprise R 6140 ORIGINAL CAST. RCA Victor LOC 1087db. 5 ROUSTABOUT 13 14 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT 23 21 INCOMPARABLE MANTOVANI
ELVIS PRESLEY. RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2999 BEATLES, United Artists UAL 3366 London LL 3392/PS 3924 4 MARY POPPINS
SOUNDTRACK. Vista BV 4026la' 18 BOBBY VINTON'S GREATEST HITS
Epic LN 2409824 20 ALL SUMMER LONG
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PEOPLE BARBRA STREISAND,
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EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODYDEAN MARTIN, Reprise RS 613
MY FAIR LADYANDY WILLIAMS, Columbia CL 9005
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PETER, PAUL & MARY IN CONCERTWarner Bros. 2W 1555
IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVEColumbia CL 2215, CS 9015 17 15 SOMETHING NEW GENE PITNEY, Musicor MM 2019/MS 3019
7 7 JOAN BAEZ/5 BEATLES, Capitol T/ST 2108 36 GOLDEN BOYVanguard VSD 79160 lib 37 A BIT OF LIVERPOOL ORIGINAL CAST, Capitol VAS 2124
8 2 THE BEATLES' STORY SUPREMES, Motown MLP 623 28 26 SUGAR LIPSCapitol STBO 2222 19 19 POP GOES THE TRUMPET AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2965
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AL HIRT & BOSTON POPSRCA Victor LM/LSC-2721
YESTERDAY'S GONECHAD STUART & JEREMY CLYDE,
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GETZ AU GO GOSOUNDTRACK, Columbia KOL 8000 World Artists WAM 2002/WAS 3002 STAN GETZ. Verve V -V6 8600
ACTION ALBUMS31 35 TRINI LOPEZ . . . LIVE AT 55 56 GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS/ 78 77 LATIN ALBUM
BASIN STREET EASTReprise RS 6134
SECOND ALBUMLaurie LLP 2027 89
TRINI LOPEZ, Reprise R 8125THE KINGSTON TRIO
32 30 FUNNY GIRLORIGINAL CAST, Capitol VAS 2059
56 44 WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINEGALE GARNETT, RCA Victor LPM 2833 80 88
Decca DL 74813RUNNIN' OUT OF FOOLS
33 32 BEST OF JIM REEVESRCA Victor LPM/LSP 2890
57 40 LAST KISSJ. FRANK WILSON, Josie 4006 81 92
ARETHA FRANKLIN, Columbia CL 2281I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN
340 69 COAST TO COAST ilk 70 THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE PETER & GORDON, Capitol T -ST 2220DAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic LN 24128 FERRANTE & TEICHER. 82 82 GOLDFINGER SOUNDTRACK.
35 38 SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LIVERS United Artists UAL 3385 United Artists UAL 4117; CAS 5117ALLAN SHERMAN, Warner Bros. 1569 59 47 INVISIBLE TEARS 83 85 COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
36 29 WALK, DON'T RUN, VOL. 2VENTURES. Dolton BLP 2031 60 57
JOHNNY MANN SINGERS, Liberty LRP 3387ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN
JAY & THE AMERICANS,United Artists UAL 3407
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Columbia CL 2193; CS 8993ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL
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BURL IVES SINGS PEARLY SHELLSLEE MORGAN, Blue Note 4157 62 68 WELCOME TO THE PONDEROSA & OTHER FAVORITES
39 35 HELLO, DOLLY! LORNE GREENE, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2843 Decca DL 4578; 74578LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp KL 136 KS 3364 63 66 SONGS FOR LONESOME LOVERS 86 83 UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
418, 51 SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU RAY CHARLES SINGERS, Command RS 874 SOUNDTRACK, MGM E 4232FRANK SINATRA, Reprise 1013 64 64 SAM COOKE AT THE COPA 87 91 BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS
41 22 SHE CRIED RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2970 ORIGINAL CAST, Capitol VAS 2191LETTERMEN. Capitol T/ST 2142 65 60 BITTER TEARS 46- GOLDEN MILLIONS
42 46 I STARTED OUT AS A CHILD JOHNNY CASH, Columbia CL 2248 LAWRENCE WELK, Dot DLP 3611BILL COSBY, Warner Bros. 1567 /gSP 76 DEAR HEART 89 87 AT THE WHISKEY A GO GO
54 YOU REALLY GOT ME JACK JONES, Kapp KL 1415 JOHNNY RIVERS, Imperial LP 9284KINKS, Reprise 6143 67 59 DREAM WITH DEAN 90 98 I DON'T CARE
44 33 INVISIBLE TEARS DEAN MARTIN, Reprise RS 6123 BUCK OWENS. Capitol, T 2186RAY CONNIFF. Columbia CL 2264 68 71 TOUR DE FARCE 91 V PRESENTING THE FABULOUS
45 48 PETER & THE COMMISSAR SMOTHERS BROTHERS, Mercury MG 20949 RON ETTES I'hilles PHLP 4006ALLAN SHERMAN. RCA Victor LM 2773 69 65 THIS IS LOVE 92 96 FROM 'HELLO, DOLLY!' TOlet
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HOW GLAD I AMNANCY WILSON, Capitol T/ST 2155
WHO CAN I TURN TOTONY BENNETT. Columbia CL 2285
MORE OF ROY ORBISON'S HITSMonument MLP 8024
PINK PANTHERHenry Mancini, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2795
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THE ANIMALSMGM E 4264
MR. LONELYBOBBY VINTON, Epic LN 24136
KEEP ON PUSHINGIMPRESSIONS, ABC Paramount ABC 493
PETER NERO PLAYS SONGSYOU WON'T FORGET
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PEARLY SHELLSBILLY VAUGHN, Dot DLP 3605
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SWINGSINATRA & BASIE, Reprise FS 1012
EARLY ORBISONROY ORBISON, Monument MLP 8023
THE NEW EBBTIDEFRANK CHACKSFIELD, London SU 4405351 53 COTTON CANDY
AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2917 84RCA Victor LPM/ 2935
BLUE MIDNIGHT 97 V RIGHT NOWRIGHTEOUS BROS., Moonglow M 100152 43 KINGSMEN, VOL. 2
Wand 659 99BERT KAEMPFERT, Decca DL 4569
THE KENNEDY WIT 98 80 RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO AT53 50 AMOR RCA Victor VDM 101 BOHEMIAN CAVERNS Argo 741
EYDIE GORME & TRIO LOS PANCHOS,Columbia CL 2203
76 52 RIDE THE WILD SURFJAN & DEAN, Liberty LRP 3368
99 95 50 TENDERLYJOHN GARY, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 292254 55 BARBRA STREISAND/THIRD ALBUM 77 79 DISCOTHEQUE 100 93 DANG ME/CHUG A LUGColumbia CL 2154 ENOCH LIGHT, Command RS 873 ROGER MILLER, Smash MPS 27049
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ARE IOU IAINESOME TONIGHTRETURN TO SINDERKISS ME QUICK
HEARTBREAK HOTELASK MEGOOD lin CHARM
HITS MADE FAMOUS BY ELVISPRESLEY
THE HOLLYRIDGE STRINGSCapitol ST 2221
THE GOOD LIFE WITH THEDRIFTERS
Atlantic 8103
MORE MUSIC FROM MILLIONDOLLAR MOVIES
THE BOSTON POPS with ARTHURFIEDLER
RCA Victor LSC 2782
THE RETURN OF ROGER MILLERSmash MGS 27061
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SOUNDTRACKPhilips PCC 616
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THE COWBOYS AND INDIANSTHE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELSColumbia CL 2303
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TOBACCO ROADTHE NASHVILLE TEENSLondon PS 407
MERCY!DON COVAY AND THE GOOD -
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LATIN THEMES FOR YOUNGLOVERS
PERCY FAITHColumbia CL 2279
ANYONE FOR MOZARTTHE SWINGLE SINGERSPhilips PHS 600-149
THE JAMES BOND THRILLERSTHE ROLAND SHAW ORKLondon LL 3412
MUSIC BUSINESS SINGLE PICKS Trini, Seasons In Fast '65 Start
Chart PicksTRINI LOPEZReprise 0336LEMON TREE (Boulder, ASCAP)
(2:50)-HoltPRETTY EYES (South Mountain, BMI)
(2:45)-Randazzo, WeinsteinTrini picks up another former Peter,
Paul and Mary hit and pounds itout. Flip, a ballad, also has a chance.
THE FOUR SEASONSPhilips 40260BYE BYE BABY (Saturday/Seasons
Four, BMI) (2:21)-Gaudio, CreweFlip is "Searching Wind," (Satur-
day/Seasons Four, BMI) (2:28)-Crewe, Gaudio
Another smash for the Seasons donein their typical wide-ranging vocalstyle. Has the solid, strut beat andgood harmony figures.
SAM COOKERCA Victor 8486SHAKE (Kags, BMI) (2:43)-CookeFlip is "A Change Is Gonna Come,"
(Kegs, BMI) (2:36)-CookeThe late singer turns it on in romp-
ing style in this solid rock job. Al-ready getting strong airplay andit should make it.
THE NEWBEATSHickory 1290BREAK AWAY (FROM THAT BOY)
(Acuff -Rose, BMI) (2:25) - Al,Mathis
HEY -O -DADDY -O (Acuff -Rose, BMI)(2:17)-Finnicum, Parks, Turnbow
The boys' "Bread and Butter" was atop hit late last year and theycould click again with this zingycoupling. Either could make it.
THE VELVELETTESV.I.P. 25013HE WAS REALLY SAYIN' SOME -
THIN' (Jobete, BMI) (2:30) -Whitfield, Stevenson, Holland
Flip is "Throw a Farewell Kiss,"(Jobete, BMI) (2:27)-Whitfield,Holland
More of the good, down-to-earth,Detroit sound by this fine newgroup. Should be a hit.
JANE MORGANColpix 761OH, HOW I LIE (S and J, ASCAP)
(2:25)-Berner, Hirth, StillmanAFTER THE FALL (Colgems, ASCAP)
(2:45)-Frisch, TobiasThe thrush's best sides in a long time.
First was a hit in Germany lastyear while the flip, a good ballad,also could go. Watch both.
LORNE GREENERCA Victor 8490THE MAN (Lorne Greene, BMI)
(2:49)-KilgoreFlip is "Pop Goes the Hammer,"
(E.P.I., ASCAP) (2:34)-Roberds,Capps
MUSIC BUSINESS DISCOVERIESTHE CHIPSTollie 9042PARTY PEOPLE (Lowery, BMI)-
SouthFlip is "Long Lonely Winter,"
(Lowery, BMI)-SouthA good new group with an inter-
esting song. The message is
here for +he teens to hear andthe side builds all the way.
THE SIMPSON SISTERSDCP 1115I DON'T WANNA DANCE (Fire-
ball/Billbert, BMI) (2:43) -Leavitt, Simpson
Flip is "I Tore Up My Diary,"(Fireball/Billbert, BMI) (2:22)-Leavitt, Simpson
This new girl group sings withmuch drive on a dance sidethe teens should dig. It's worthwatching.
A solid follow-up to "Ringo," withGreene in a talk -sing role. Titlehas a religious -inspirational mes-
sage. Strong wax.
YVONNE CARROLLChallenge 59275A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP (Mellin,
BMI) (2:20)-RussellFlip is "Stop the Party," (Walcott,
BMI) (2:20)-SandersThis strong rock ballad was out earlier
by Garnett Mimms and here's an-other version that could easilybreak out.
AL HIRTRCA Victor 8487FANCY PANTS (Acuff -Rose, BMI)
( I :55)-CramerFlip is "Star Dust," (Mills, ASCAP)
(2:53)-Carmichael, ParishThe trumpet man turns in a rousing
go on a bright ditty by pianist,Floyd Cramer. Should continue thestring.
GEORGE MAHARISEpic 9753I'M COMING BACK TO YOU (B. F.
Wood, ASCAP) (2:1 I ) - Warren,Kent
Flip is "Lonely People Do FoolishThings," (Valencia, ASCAP) (2:10)-Snyder, Ahlert
Here's Maharis' strongest in a yearor so. He essays +he current, dual -track sound in a tune with a strongmelody and good lyric. Couldhappen.
JIMMY REEDVeeJay 642A NEW LEAF (Conrad, BMI) (2:45)
-ReedFlip is "I Wanna Be Loved," (Con-
rad, BMI) (2:26)-DunsonJimmy has a great r. and b. side here
done in a "live" night club milieuand it could go pop in a big way.Lots of excitement.
J. FRANK WILSONJosie 929SIX BOYS (LeBill, BMI) (2:20)-
Tarver, Montgomery, WilsonFlip is "Say It Now," (LeBill, BMI)
(2:06)-SkeltonThe boy could pop right back on the
charts with this new side as a fol-low-up to "Last Kiss." A good song,well -handled.
STEVE ALAIMOABC -Paramount 10620REAL LIVE GIRL (E. H. Morris,
ASCAP) (2:22)-Leigh, ColemanFlip is "Need You," (Malapi, Jamie,
BMI) (2:20)-WheelerSteve does a pretty ballad from a
Broadway musical of a year or soback, called "Little Me." It's welldone and it could make the grade.
BOBBY GOLDSBOROUnited Artists 810LITTLE THINGS (Liner+, BMI) (2:25)
-GoldsboroFlip is "I Can't Go On Pretending,"
(Unart, BMI) (2:48)-GoldsboroBobby has been waiting for another
solid hit and this could be it. Hewrote it himself and it moves neat-ly. Has a real chance.
THE FOUR SEASONSVeeJay 639CONNIE 0' (Bobob, ASCAP) -
Crewe, GuadioFlip is "Never on Sunday," (Una
Llee, BMI)-Hadjidakis, TowneThe boys have been away from this
label for some time, but the ma-terial has much the same soundeven now. It's a solid side worthyof lots of action.
THE SURFARISDecca 31731BLACK DENIM (Beechwood, BMI)
(1:55)-Usher, ChristianFlip is "Beat '65," (Calvary, BMI)
(2:11 ) -Burns, Podog orOne of the better West Coast groups
and they do a tune by Gary Usher
which could land them right backon the charts. Has the sound.
THE CHANCELLORSSoma 1421LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU (Conrad,
BMI) (2:32)-MedleyFlip is "Yo! Yo!," (Willong, BMI)
(2:22)-JudgeThis tune was a hit last year for an-
other group but this new version,by a new group, is distinctiveenough to make it again.
THE FLEETWOODSDolton 302LONELY IS AS LONELY DOES
(Blackwood, BMI) (2:20)-TaylorFlip is "Before and After," (Black.
wood, BMI) (2:15)-McCoyThe trio have had hits before and
they can again. This one particu-larly, a good tune with a goodlyric, has a chance.
FRANK !FIELDCapitol 5349DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH (Hill and
Range, BMI) (2:32) - Giant,Chavez
Flip is "Without You," (Peer, BMI)(2:36)-Farres, Gilbert
The British chanter has a strong balladeffort here and he sings with au-thority and feeling. Side could be achart winner.
FREDDIE SCOTTColumbia 43199LONELY MAN (Corpo, BMI) (2:35)
-DonellFlip is "I'll Try Again," (Blackwood,
BMI) (2:25)-McCoyFreddie has a powerful ballad side
that starts slow and builds all theway. He sings it with style to a
solid backing.
KAI WINDINGVerve 10343THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
South Mountain/Jon Ware, BMI)(2:00)-Legrand, Gimbel
Flip is "Baker Street Mystery," (E. B.Marks, BMI) (1:40) - Grudeff,Jesse!!
This could be Winding's long-awaitedsuccessor hit to "More." It's a
beautiful theme and it's handsome-ly arranged. Could be the best
version.
THE TEMPTATIONSGordy 7038MY GIRL (Jobete, BMI) (2:55)-
Robinson, WhiteFlip is "(Talking 'Bout) Nobody But
My Baby," (Jobete, BMI) (2:48)-Whitfield, Holland
This group has maintained a goodstreak of hits and here's another,sung with feeling and to a slickarrangement. Watch it.
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THE WEEK
STARS OF THE PARTY: The English group, The Hullaballoos, pose with theirRoulette recording chiefs, Hugo and Luigi, at a party tossed in their honorlast week at New York's Roundtable Club. Lads were featured on MurrayThe "K"'s Christmas Show at the Brooklyn Fox.
LENA'S BIG NIGHT: Lena Horne with actressHermione Gingold at a party given for herlast week in honor of her first major TV showon New York's WNEW-TV. Lena receivedloud praise from the critics for her perform-ance on the show, which was presentedtwice for New Yorkers during ChristmasWeek.
RECEIVES DISC AWARD: The British maga-zine Disc presented its Silver Disc Awardlast week to Mrs. Mary Reeves in behalf ofher late huband Jim Reeves. Peter Baum-berger, of the RCA Victor International De-partment made the award presentation,which was given for sales of 250,000 inEngland of Jim Reeves single "I Won't For-get You." The disc, Reeves' current U.S.release, was produced by Chet Atkins (left),operations manager of Victor's Nashvillecomplex, who directed Reeves' Victor career.
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IN PICTURES
KICK OFF A "HULLABALOO" - The NewChrity Minstrels will star on the first showingof "Hullabaloo" this week (12) on the NBC-TV network. Show was taped in New Yorkon January 6, two days before the groupleft for a six week tour of Europe. Otherstars on the opening "Hullabaloo" show areWoody Allen, Joey Heatherton, and theZombies.
ON THE WALL: Bob Cobb, owner of Hollywood's Brown Derby, shows theSupremes (Florence Ballard, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson, where their goldrecord will be placed on the wall of the famed restaurant's Record Room.Gold discs are for "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," and "ComeSee About Me."
LASS WITH A FUTURE: Indie Producer Davis Gates has signed 13 year oldMargaret Mandolph to record for Planetary Records, the Dot Records' sub-sidiary label. Her first single is called "If You Ever Need Me."
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 196525
An Exclusive Feature
RADIO EXPOSURE CHARTThe hottest new singles not yet on the Pop 100 and where they stand
on surveys of leading radio stations in top marketsThis chart shows local and regional action by the hottest new
singles in the country, based upon surveys made by leadingradio stations. A different sampling of stations is used eachweek. Surveys are published with official authorization of thestations listed.
The letter "P" stands for Pick on a survey. The letter "X"stands for an Extra without numerical rank. Records includethose that have not yet earned a regular place on the nationalPop 100 chart.
STATIONS USED THIS WEEKEAST: CHUM -Toronto; WKBW - Buffalo; WMCA - New York; WORC - Worcester; WPGC - Washington
SOUTH: KLIF - Dallas; KOMA - Oklahoma City; WFUN - Miami; WQAM - Miami; WQXI - Atlanta
MIDWEST: KQV - Pittsburgh; KXOK - St. Louis; WDGY - Minneapolis; WING - Dayton; WKNR - Detroit;WRIT - Milwaukee
WEST: KEWB - Oakland; KFWB - Los Angeles; KIMN - Denver; KJR - Seattle
ACROSS THE STREET. Roy Peterson (MGM) WKNR 16 HAPPY. Steve Alaimo (ABC Paramount) WQAM 20ADDAMS FAMILY. Vic Mizzy (RCA) CHUM -P; KJR 21 THE HERO. Bernadette Carroll (Laurie) WFUN 23
HONEY DON'T. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WPGC 20; WORC 4HONKY TONK. Dave Lewis KJR 45BABY DON'T GO. Sonny & Cher HOW SOON. Henry Mancini (RCA) KJR 29(Reprise) KLIF 32; KFWB 38; KEWB 33
BABY'S IN BLACK. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WORC 27BEWITCHED. Steve Lawrence (Columbia)BIG BROTHER. Dickey Lee (Hall) ...WQAM 48; WING 24;BINGO RINGO. Daws Butler (Merri)BLUE NORTHER. Peyton Park (Alta)BREAK AWAY. Newbeats (Hickory)BUSY BODY. Jimmy Hanna (Atlantic)
KXOK -XKJR 25WDGY 50KLIF 38WKBW 49KJR 31
I CRIED ON MY PILLOW. Jamie Coe (Enterprise)I LOVE YOU BABY. Dottie & RayI WANT MY BABY BACK. Jimmy Cross (Tollie).WFUN 3;I WILL WAIT FOR YOU. Steve Lawrence (Columbia)I WONDER. Butterflys (Red Bird)I WOULDN'T TRADE YOU FOR THE WORLD
WKNR 22WMCA 54KIMN 5
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The Bachelors (London) ' WFUN 5; WQAM 2; KEWB 14(A) CHANGE IS GONNA COME. Sam Cooke (RCA)KLIF 50; WQAM -P IF YOU DON'T WANT MY LOVE. Jack London (Capitol) CHUM 26CHANTILLY LACE. McGraw Bros WMCA 43 IF YOU WANT THIS LOVE. Sonny Knight (Aura) KOMA 16CINNAMON CINDY. Jimmy Gilmer (Dot) WORC -X I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WPGC 12; WORC 11COME ON DO THE JERK. Bill Pinkey & Orig. Drifters I'M A LOSER. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WORC 49; KXOK 30
(Fontana) KEWB 39 IT'S ALRIGHT. Adam Faith (Amy) WMCA 49COMING ON TOO STRONG. Wayne Newton (Capitol) WORC 42
JIVIN' AROUND. Ernie Freeman (Ava) WORC -XDEAR HEART. Henry Mancini (RCA) WPGC 31; KJR 29 JOHNNY RABBIT. Peter Posa (Interphon) KXOK -XDO IT RIGHT. Brook Benton (Mercury) KLIF 49 JUAREZ. Baja Marimba Band (Alma) WORC -XDON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. Overlanders (Hickory) WPGC 40DON'T MAKE MY BABY BLUE. Lonnie Mack (Fraternity) . KXOK 17
LEAVE ME BE. Zombies (Parrot) WORC 41
EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BE MY BABY. Beatles(Capitol L.P)
EVERYDAY. The Rogues (Columbia) WPGC 32;WORC 26WQAM 14
LITTLE BITOF SOAP. Garnett Mimms (United Artists)...LITTLE EGYPT. Elvis Presley (RCA)LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU. Chancellors (Soma)LITTLE ROMANCE. Underbeats (Bangor)
WMCA 34WORC 1
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LITTLE THINGS. Bobby GoldsboroFIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Village Stompers (Epic) WKBW 30 (United Artists) WORC-X; KOMA 47
LONG GREEN. Kingsmen (Wand) WKNR 6LONG LONG WINTER. Impressions (ABC Paramount) WQXI 3
A GIRL IN LOVE FORGIVES. Bernadette Castro (Colpix) . WQAM 23 LOVE ME AS IF THERE WAS NO TOMORROW.GOLDFINGER. Billy Strange (Crescendo) KXOK 32; KIMN 41 Sonny Knight (Aura) KLIF 58
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Radio Exposure Chart (continued)
MONDAY MORNING. Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.) ... KOMA 50 SIX BOYS. J. Frank Wilson (Josie) WFUN -P
MORE. Fred E. Finn (Capitol) WORC -X (THE) SLIDE. Gregory Dee & Avantis (Bangor) WDGY 49
MR. MOONLIGHT. Beatles SUNRISE, SUNSET. John Gary (RCA) KOMA 33
(Capitol L.P) WPGC 5; WORC 12; KXOK 31MY BABE. Righteous Brothers (Moonglow) WORC 50
TALKIN' TO YOUR PICTURE. Tony Martin (Motown) WORC 34
NO REPLY. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WPGC 15; WORC 15 TILL WE KISSED. Guess Who CHUM -PTOKYO MELODY. Sheridan Hollenbeck (Interphon) KJR 40
TRY TO REMEMBER. Ed Ames (RCA) WORC -X
0 BAMBINO. Harry Simeone (Kapp) WMCA 27
VOICE YOUR CHOICE. Radiants (Chess) WKNR 14PARTY GIRL. Tommy Roe (ABC Paramount) WQXI 10PATCH IT UP. Linda Scott (Kapp) WQAM -PPEARLY SHELLS. Billy Vaughn (Dot) KOMA 43 WALK. The Fenways (Imperial) KQV 23
PINK DALLY RUE. Newbeats (Hickory) KJR 32 WALK FALL. Val Doonigan (London) WOR C -X
POOR UNFORTUNATE ME. J.J. Barnes (King) WING 19 WATCH OUT SALLY. Diane Renay (MGM) KOMA 31
PRETTY GIRLS EVERYWHERE. Walker Brothers (Smash). WING 37 WATUSI. '64. Jay Bentley (Crescendo) KLIF 41WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER. Sir Raleigh KJR 33
WHO CAN I TURN TO. Astrud Gilberto (Verve) KXOK -P
THE RACE IS ON George Jones (United Artists)KLIF 6 ; KOMA 15 WHOSE HEART ARE YOU BREAKING TONIGHTRINGO-DEER. Garry Ferrier (Capitol) CHUM 10 Connie Francis (MGM) WORC -P
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC. Beatles (Capitol L.P) WORC 3 WHY. Accents (Garrett) WDGY 10
RUNNING SCARED. Sunset Strings. (Liberty) WKBW 43 (THE) WITCH. Sonics KJR 26
SHABBY LITTLE HUT. Reflections (Golden World) WAKY 10
SHE. Michael Allen (MGM) KLIF 48 YOU'RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW. Sonny James
SIT BY THE FIRE. Willows WRAP -P (Capitol) WWDC 27
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MUSIC BUSINESS BIG 50 C&W HITSJANUARY 16, 1965
In he opinion of MUSIC BUSINESS' C&W chart research department, the following is a compilation of the nation's best selling and most played C&W phonograph records Records listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's charts.
This LastWeek Week
1 1 IT AIN'T ME BABEJohnny Cash-Columbia 43145
2 3 YOU'RE THE ONLY WORLDI KNOW
Sonny James-Capitol 5280
3 8 ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWNSHACK OUT BACK
Billy Edd Wheeler-Kapp 817
4 11 HAPPY BIRTHDAYLoretta Lynn-Decca 31707
5 2 FOUR STRONG WINDSBobby Bare-RCA Victor 8443
6 6 THE RACE IS ONGeorge Jones-United Artist 751
7 7 I THANK MY LUCKY STARSEddy Arnold-RCA Victor 8445
8 9 I WON'T FORGET YOUTim Reeves-RCA Victor 8481
9 12 I'LL REPOSSESS MY HEARTKitty Wells-Peeve 31705
10 10 I'M GONNA TIE ONE ON TONIGHTWilburn Bros.-Decca 31617
11 15 SITTIN' IN AN ALL NITE CAFEWarner Mack-Decca 31684
12 13 HALF OF THIS, HALF OF THATWynn Stewart-Capitol 5271
13 16 CLOSE ALL THE HONKY TONKSCharlie Walker-Epic 9727
14 5 THE LUMBERJACKHal Willis-Sims 207
15 23 DO-WACKA-DORoger Miller-Smash 1947
16 21 TRUCK DRIVING MANGeorge Hamilton IV-RCA Victor 8462
This LastWeek Week
17 17 THREE A.M.Bill Anderson-Decca 31681
18 28 ANOTHER WOMAN'S MAN-ANOTHER MAN'S WOMAN
Margie Singleton & Faron Young-Mercury 72313
19 22 LESS AND LESSCharlie Louvin-Capitol 5296
20 24 MULTIPLY THE HEARTACHESGeorge Jones & Melba Montgomery-
United Artist 784
21 19 CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACOBilly Walker-Columbia 43120
22 34 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOUDon Gibson-RCA Victor 8445
23 4 ONE OF THESE DAYSMarty Robbins-Columbia 43145
24 14 PUSHED IN A CORNERErnest Ashworth-Hickory 1281
25 18 LONELY GIRLCarl Smith-Columbia 43124
26 26 ONCE A DAYConnie Smith-RCA Victor 8416
27 36 WHAT I NEED MOSTHugh X. Lewis-Kapp 622
28 37 PLEASE PASS THE BOOZEErnest Tubb-Desca 31706
29 38 IN IT'S OWN LITTLE WAYDottie West-RCA Victor 8467
30 29 I'LL GO DOWN SWINGINGPorter Wagoner-RCA Victor 8432
31 30 MADDave Dudley-Mercury 72308
32 32 I DON'T CAREBuck Owens-Capitol 5240
This LastWeek Week
33 44 A TEAR DROPPED BYJean Shepard-Capitol 15304
34 41 WHIRLPOOL (OF OUR LOVE)Claude King-Columbia 43157
35 35 I'LL WANDER BACK TO YOUEarl Scott-Decca 31693
36 46 (MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE)STRANGERS Roy Drusky-Mercury 72376
Merle Haggard-Tally 179
37 20 MY FRIEND ON THE RIGHTFaron Young-Mercury 72313
38 40 WHAT MAKES A MAN WONDER?Jan Howard-Dwwa 31701
39 39 WHEN IT'S OVERCarl Smith-Columbia 43124
40 42 BETTER TIMES A -COMINGJim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys-Epic 9729
41 47 'GATOR HOLLOWLefty Frizzell-Columbia 43169
42 27 GIVE ME FORTY ACRESWillis Bros.-Starday 681
43 45 ENDLESS SLEEPHank Williams, In-MGM 13278
44 49 A THING CALLED SADNESSRay Price-Columbia 43162
45 48 ALONG CAME YOUWayne Kemp-Phila 1002
46 * SUMMER, WINTER, SPRINGAND FALL Roy Drusky-Decca 31717
47 31 BROKEN ENGAGEMENTWebb Pierce-Decca 31704
48 25 MISMATCHBobby Barnett-Sims 198
49 43 DON'T BE ANGRYStonewall Jackson-Columbia 43076
50 * BILLY BROKE MY HEART ATWALGREENS (I CRIED ALL THEWAY TO SEARS)
Ruby Wright-Rik 145 BIG C&W ALBUMS This LastWeek Week
1 1 BITTER TEARSJohnny Cash-Columbia CL 2248/CS 9048
2 2 THE BEST OF JIM REEVESJim Reeves-RCA Victor LPM 2840
/LSP 2890 (5)
3 6 I DON'T CAREBuck Owens & His Buckeroos-Capitol T 2186
4 4 TOGETHER AGAIN/MY HEARTSKIPS A BEAT
Buck Owens & His Ruckeroos-Capitol T 2135 (M
5 7 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THATI LOVE YOU
Jim Reeves-Camden 842
6 3 R.F.D.Marty Robbins-Columbia CL 2220/CS 9020
This LastWeek Week
7 10 LOVE LIFERay Price-Columbia CL 2189
8 8 THE BEST OF BUCK OWENSCapitol T 2105 (M) /ST 2105 (5)
9 9 I GET LONELY IN A HURRYGeorge Jones-United Artist UAL 3388
(M)/UAS 6388 (5)
10 5 GEORGE JONES SINGS LIKETHE DICKENS
United Artist UAL 3364 (M)/UAS 6384 (5)
11 11 COUNTRY DANCE FAVORITESFaron Young-Mercury MG 20931
(M)/60931 (5)
12 14 THE FABULOUS SOUND OF FLATT& SCRUGGS Columbia CL 2255/CS 9055
13 13 COUNTRY MUSIC TIMEKitty Wells-Decca DL 4554/DL 74554
This LastWeek Week
14 12 SONGS OF TRAGEDYHank Snow-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2901
15 15 MOONLIGHT & ROSESJim Reeves-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2854
16 19 FAITHFULLY YOURSEddy Arnold-RCA Victor LPM 262
(M) /LSP 2629 (5)
17 17 YESTERDAY'S GONERoy Drusky-Mercury MG 20919/SR 60919
18 * THE PICK OF THE COUNTRYRoy Drusky-MG Mercury 20973 (M)/SR
60973 (ED
19 18 I WALK THE LINEJohnny Casio-Columbia CL 2190/CS 8990
20 20 THANKS A LOTErnest Tubb-Deeca DL 4514 (M)/DL 7514 (S) 0
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Newton's New LineupLarry Newton took the bit
in his hands last week, hisfirst as new president of ABC -Paramount, and set his newexecutive lineup for the labeland its subsidiaries.
Harry Levine, remains in hispost as Executive v.p. and willcontinue to supervise all for-eign licensees and affiliates.Enoch Light continues as v.p.and general manager of Com-mand Records. Dave Bergerwill assume the post of v.p.,in charge of artists relations.Irwin Garr has been namedv.p. in charge of Apt Records,the ABC -Par subsidiary label,with his operations centeredon the West Coast.
Other executives for ABC -Paramount and its jazz sub-sidiary Impluse are: AlbertGenovese, administrator -comptroller, Allan Parker,head of album sales (includ-ing Ray Charles' Tangerine la-bel), Howard Stark, head ofsingles sales and promotion,Sid Feller, head producer forABC -Par; Bob Thiele, headproducer for Impulse, JohnnyPate, Mid -west producer forABC -Par, Felton Jarvis, South-ern producer for ABC -Par,Paul Wexler, head of diversi-fication, Rick Ward, head of
BRITAIN'S TOP 20Courtesy Melody Maker, London
1 I FEEL FINE
2 DOWNTOWNBeatles-Parlophone
Petula Clark-Pye3 NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD
YOU
4 SOMEWHERE
5 WALK TALLVal Doenlean-Decca
6 I'M GONNA BE STRONGGene Pitney-Stateside
7 YEH YEH
Bachelors-Dacca
P.J. Proby-Liberty
0...,rgia Fame-Columbia8 I COULD EASILY FALL
Cliff Richard and the Shadows-Columbia9 GIRL DON'T COME
Sandie Shaw-Pre10 I UNDERSTAND
Freddie and the Dreamers-Columbia11 TERRY
Twinkle-Decoa12 LITTLE RED ROOSTER
Rolling Stones-Decca13 BLUE CHRISTMAS
Elvis Presley-RCA14 GO NOW
Moody Blues-Decea15 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO
THE RAIN?
16 PRETTY PAPERRoy Orhison-London
17 A MESSAGE TO MARTHAAdam Faith-Parlophone
18 THERE'S A HEARTACHE FOL-LOWING ME
Searchers-Pre
Jim Reeves-RCA19 GENIE WITH THE LIGHT
BROWN LAMPShadows-Columbia
20 WALK AWAYMatt Monro-Parlophone
R & B TOP THIRTYJoe Tex Topples Supremes
1 HOLD WHAT YOU GOTJoe Tex-Dial 4001
2 COME SEE ABOUT MESupremes-Motown 1068
3 THE JERKThe Larks-Money 106
4 HOW SWEET IT ISMarvin Gaye-Tamla 54107
5 AMENImpressions-ABC Paramount 10602
6 WHAT NOWGene Chandler-Constellation 141
7 VOICE YOUR CHOICERadiants-Chess 1904
8 SEVEN LETTERSBen E. King-Atco 8328
9 TOO MANY FISH IN THESEA
Marvelettes-Tamla 5410510 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN'
FEELIN'Righteous Bros.-Philles 124
11 REACH OUT FOR MEDionne Warwick-Scepter 1285
12 AIN'T IT THE TRUTHMary Wells -20th Fox 544
13 CHAINED & BOUNDOtis Redding-Volt 121
14 BLIND MANLittle Milton-Checker 1096
15 I FOUND A LOVEJo Ann & Troy-Atlantic 8178
16 SMILEBetty Everett & Jerry Butler-VeeJay 63:i
17 A WOMAN'S LOVECarla Thomas-Atlantic 2258
18 GOIN' OUT OF MY HEADLittle Anthony & Imperials DC? 1119
19 THE PRICESolomon Burke-Atlantic 2259
20 WALKIN' IN THE RAINRonettes-Philles 123
21 OH, NO NOT MY BABYMaxine Brown-Wand 162
22 IT'S ALL OVERWalter Jackson-Okeh 7204
23 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THEMOVIES
Drifters-Atlantic 226024 I WANT TO GET MARRIED
Delicatea-Challenge25 THE "IN" CROWD
Dobie Gray-Charger 10526 DIAL THAT PHONE
Effie Smith-Duo-O-Disc 10727 SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU
Chuck Jackson-Wand 16928 MAKIN' WHOOPEE
Ray Charles-ABC Paramount 1060929 PROMISED LAND
Chuck Berry-Chess 191630 TWINE TIME
Alvin Cash & Crawlers-Mar-V-Lus 6002
publicity and advertising, MelCheren, director of production,Eddie Thomas, national promo-tion, William Kaplan, generalattorney, Mike Graziadei, Of-fice manager.
The Westminster and MusicGuild labels will be headedby James Grayson, with JohnNatoli director of promotionand publicity, Marty Gold-stein, head of sales for bothlabels.
Joe Carlton has been namedrecord producer for the Aptlabel, and Carlton will workon the East Coast and coord-inating with Garr.
On the publishing frontGoldie Goldmark heads thefirm's Ampco and Pamco Mu-sic firms, while Paul Vanceheads the Apt and Ampar Mu-sic companies. Tangerine Rec-ords is headed by Charles andJoe Adams and will be givena special push by ABC -Parduring 1965.
ABC -Par meets with its dis-tributors in Miami on Janu-ary 13, 14, 15, to introduce thefirm's fall product for ABC -Paramount, Command, Im-pulse, Westminster and MusicGuild LP's.
CR1 Names V.P.Juan Manual Villarreal has
been named a vice-presidentof Columbia Records Interna-tional, handling Latin-Ameri-can operations. He will reportto Columbia International boss,Harvey Schein, and will super-vise Discos CBS in Mexico.
Mercury Sales ThemeMercury Records held its
January distributor meetingslast week in New York, Chi-cago, Atlanta and Los Angeles.Theme of the meetings was"Make Yours A Record Year,Every Day." At the meetingsKenny Myers, vice presidentin charge of sales and execu-tives Dick Bruce, and MorrisDiamond, introduced the firm's23 new LP's for the month.Executive v.p. Irwin Steinbergparticipated in two of themeetings.
New Mercury product in-cluded LP's by The MitchellTrio, Johnny Mathis, The Hon -dells, the cast albums of "IHad A Ball," and "After TheFall."
Decca-Coral LP'sDecca-Coral Records has re-
leased twenty-seven albums inJanuary to "spearhead thecompany's mid -winter restock-ing program." According to acompany spokesman, the dom-inant theme for the new yearis "Sales Powered ProvenProduct For '65." Artists fea-tured in the new releases in-clude Carmen Cavallaro, GuyLombardo, Sammy Davis, LesBrown, the Goldman Band,Florian Zabach, and a re -pro-cessed, stereo version of theFrank Loesser score to "HansChristian Andersen," starringDanny Kaye. Decca's classicalalbums feature Sylvia Mar-lowe, Erica Morini and the Ab-bey Singers.
Coral is leading its releasewith a Buddy Holly LP, "Hol-ly In The Hills."
New VeeJay SetsVeeJay put out one of its
most extensive album releaseslast week with 26 new pack-ages hitting the market, andsix others - now being cut-due for release before the endof the month.
Label president RandallWood said the new materialcovers numerous markets withseven pop LP's, six in the gos-pel area, four in the firm's"Great Moments Preserved"series, five in the new jazzseries under the direction ofrecently appointed jazz con-sultant, Leonard Feather, anda new series, commencing withfour albums consisting of in-strumental versions of vocalhits by such well-known art-ists as Elvis Presley, AndyWilliams, Bobby Vinton andPeter, Paul and Mary.
Pickwick Sales UpPickwick International, ma-
jor producer of budget discs,enjoyed a 29 per cent increasein earnings last year and seta new high in gross sales dur-ing the first six months of fis-cal 1964, according to presi-dent Cy Leslie. The companyis now 11 years old and dur-ing that time has shown in-creases in sales and earningseach year.
The firm chalks up its fav-orable position to its new Hill-top $1.98 line of country al-bums, a series of special pack-ages, music publishing activi-ties and to its budget (99 cent)LP lines.
Leslie looks forward to con-tinuing increases in the newyear, particularly in view ofthe firm's contract to provide"picture sound" programs forGeneral Electric's new "show'n tell" phono-viewer unit forkiddies. The $29.95 deviceshows color film strips in timeto lyrics and music on recordsfor the four to 12 age group.
New Atlantic LP'sAtlantic and Atco Records
have released thirteen albumsbetween them for January. Onthe Atlantic label are two re-leases following up currentsingles hits by Joe Tex ("HoldWhat You've Got") and DonCovay ("Mercy!"). Ben E.King is represented on Atcowith the album "Seven Let-ters."
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 1965 29
Dateline Music CityJack DeWitt Jr., president
of WSM, and his wife went tothe Grand Ole Opry the Sat-urday night following Christ-mas Day, anticipating that, asan aftermath of the Christmasholiday, they'd be among a fewhundred persons present. Totheir surprise they found theGrand Ole Opry House filledwith 3300 persons and the SROsigns out.
Robert E. Cooper, generalmanager of WSM radio andOpry director, who was recent-ly elevated to the position ofvice-president of WSM, re-marked to friends that hethought this was a significantproof of how country musicand the Opry have grown. Onthe corresponding date of theprevious year, his figures showthat 2172 attended the Opry.Cooper also disclosed for thefirst time that he expected dur-ing 1965 to give further pushto the Opry's delayed broad-casts which during the lastyear have climbed to include400 stations.
"There's no way to estimatethe audience of these 400weekly broadcasts of the Oprywith the audience of a Satur-day night performance," hesaid, "but one can see it's un-doubtedly tremendous whenone thinks that the delayedbroadcasts originate in stationsall the way from Alaska toNova Scotia, and cover the bigcities like San Francisco andothers. Through these delayedbroadcasts and the Opry itself,country music's exposure andappreciation has broadened toa point never reached before."
The trouble with New Year'sresolutions is that they're soquickly broken. Mary Reeves,president of Jim Reeves En-terprises, knows this, and soshe's not making any seriousones. But Mary came up lastweek with an apt quotationwhich the music industry couldwell adopt and it might sellrecords. It's "Come Alive andJive in '65." If Mary wereasked to add another mean-ingful line she might haveadded:
"That's The 'Way to MakeOur Business Thrive."
Mack On The MendDecca's Warner Mack who
wishes he had remained "Sit-ting in An All Night Cafe" atthe time of his accident Nov.29 when his car crashed intothe rear of a stalled car dur-
Music Business in Nashville
CHARLIE LAMB
GOING PLACES: Connie Smith whose "Once a Day" is still going placeschartwise, is all het up about her next one, "Tiny Blue Transistor Radio" b/w"Then and Only Then." The picture was taken at a recent Music Citysession. Left to right are RCA -Victor assistant A&R man Bob Ferguson; Connie,and Bill Anderson who wrote her "Once a Day".
ing a snow storm near Prince-ton, Ind., has returned home,but must undergo another op-eration, Mrs. Mack says. Thecrash caused him to suffer arupture in the digestive tract.She reported that he had beenpermitted by doctors at thePrinceton, Ind. hospital to re-turn home for Christmas onthe condition that further sur-gery would be performed atNashville. She also said thatsince his accident he had re-ceived letters and good willmessages from 2,000 deejaysacross the U.S. and that for allof these he is very grateful.He will not be able to returnto work for two more months,she said . . . Judy Lynn re-ceived two Pioneer awardsJan. 9 from the InternationalWestern Market at the RamadaInn in Phoenix, Ariz. Theawards are for "best dressedfemale western music and/orrecording personality" and as"best western female vocalistfor 1964." The awards wereannounced by Ray Odom, com-mittee awards chairman . .
The Ernest Tubb Fan Club, ofwhich Norma Barthel is presi-dent, has been designated byCountry Music Review Maga-zine as "best fan club of 1964."Norma is just rounding outher 20th year with the club.. . . Buck Owens and his Buck-aroos made such a big hit ontheir recent Hawaiian visit thatthey were persuaded to return
for another show in July.Meanwhile Owens will gueststar on the Jimmy Dean showJan. 21 . . . George Jones andThe Jones Boys have a busyJanuary -February sked com-ing up. Starting Jan. 12, they'llplay a series of 12 shows inTexas, Louisiana and Okla-homa. In February they'll bein the Alabama, Georgia, Flor-ida, and North and South, Car-olina areas, it was announcedby the Jimmie Klein Agency.
Bobby Wooten, C&W per-sonality at Kountry KAYO inSeattle, was appointed PD forthe station effective Jan. 1."Bashful" Bobby succeedsChris Lane who has been re-leased from his contract to ac-cept a position as PD of a Chi-cago station planning a change-over to a C&W format. . . .
Carlos Minos of Sesser, Ill. re-ports that the Grand Ole Oprylounge in the Emerson Hotel atMt. Vernon was recently re-opened and they intend tobring in acts from the Opry inMusic City . . . Kay Arnold re-cently finished a six days tourin Indiana and Illinois withWilma Lee and Stoney Cooperand the Clinch Mountain Clan.This month she'll appear withthe Wilburn Brothers in Northand South Carolina and nextmonth she'll do 10 days withBilly Walker in Ohio and Flor-ida, all tours being booked byBuster Doss Talent in associa-tion with Martin Productions
. . . Those in the know seestrong potential in two newrecords and deejays will dowell to watch. They're DonGibson's "Cause I Believe inYou" on RCA -Victor, and aduet record with George Joneswith Melba Montgomery, ti-tled "Once More" on UnitedArtists . . . Columbia's Johnny& Jonie Mosby, have an-nounced their affiliation withthe Bob Neal Agency in Nash-ville . . . Sonny James pulleda surprise for his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Loden, at Hackle -burg, Ala. for the Christmasholidays. He arranged for anumber of performers whohad worked with the old "Lo-den Family" unit to come toHackleburg. Mom Loden andSonny's wife, Dorris, were keptbusy with the food prepara-tions and all enjoyed the en-tertainment . . . Buck Owens,Capitol's super heated song-ster, asks jocks who haven'treceived his latest release,"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail"backed with "Crying Time," towrite him for copies, Box 234,Route 5, Bakersfield, Calif . . .
Kapp Records' Dick Floodsings a sad song about a guywith a heartache in his newrelease, "These Things Makea Heartache" backed with "INeed All The Friends I canFind." Produced by that mas-ter A&R'er, Paul Cohen. . . .
Likewise a C&W'er by Kapp'sSammy Masters, titled "Barce-lona Baby" backed with "Lou-isiana Jane" . . . Joe Wrightof the Talent Agency says he'sgetting strong sales on JimmyWalker's Topic record, "Obe-diah" backed with "The Bal-lad of Okefenokee" . . . FredGoldrup, PD of Tape StationWYL, catering to the shut-ins,says that after operating for10 years, he's currently $1,000in the hole, and must termin-ate unless he gets some help.He needs a good recorder-nota stereo deck with 33/4 and71/2 speeds.
Guy Newman of "The Friend-ly Tiger" station - WHLL,Wheeling, W. Va., writes tothank all those artists andcomposers who have broughtforth the various tiger songs- such as Sue Thompson's"Paper Tiger," The Chariots'"Tiger In The Tank" and TheIntimates' "I've Got a Tiger InMy Tank." . . . G. Brad Nor-man Jr. at KOHI Radio, St.Helens, Ore., needs sampleLP's, especially C&W which hepromises to spin. . . .
Ruby's Big DiscEveryone who ever shopped
at Walgreen's or at Sears criedin joy or sympathy with RubyWright, RIC Records artists,over her "Billy Broke MyHeart At Walgreens (I CriedAll the Way to Sears)" whenStation KFDI at Wichita, Kan.,recently held a remote broad-cast at a local Sears storewhen Ruby and other mem-bers of a Hap Peebles pack-age were in town.
Mike Oatman, KFDI deejay,sold Ruby's tear jerker for twohours to shoppers with allmembers of the package auto-graphing photos and records.The package included KittyWells, Johnny Wright, LeroyVan Dyke, and Bill Phillips.
Meanwhile at Salt Lake City,Will Lucas of the Intermoun-tain Network, says the publicis clamoring for copies ofRuby's record but can't buythem because there aren't anyleft in the music stores."There's a movement afoot bycommunity leaders to askRuby to rush to Salt Lake Cityand sing her moving rendi-tion, with visits to Walgreen'sand Sears as a commercial tie-in."
Ruby recently returned fromHouston, Texas, where she wasfeatured on the Big LarryKane Teen TV'er and playedat Dancetown USA.
Cash Show ScheduleThe Johnny Cash Show ismidway in a heavy Januaryschedule covering Texas, NewMexico and Georgia. . . . Sam-ple copies for the asking . . .
Howard Perkins' "Lazy Sonof-agun" on Rem, Write to Tri-Son Promotions, Box 177, WildHorse, Colo.
Initial response to the LP,"Kay Arnold Sings Eddy Arn-old" has been excellent, ac-cording to Gary Walker, ofNashville's Painted DesertCorp.'s offices . . . Wanda Jack-son and her Party Timers areheading two weeks of showsat the Holiday Hotel, Reno.Late in January the group willstart a string of one-nightersthrough Colorado, Kansas, Ok-lahoma and Texas. . . . CapitolRecords' Roy Clark has justfinished a successful engage-ment at The Tidelands, Hous-ton, and has been re -bookedfor the Spring. Both are man-aged by Jim Halsey. HankThompson is on a heavy skedin the far west. . . . MorissTaylor says jocks wanting acopy of his "Red Roses andOld White Lace" should writehim, c/o Station KPAY, Chico,Calif.
Country Single PicksTEX RITTERCapitol 5347I DREAMED OF A HILL -BILLY
HEAVEN(Sage and Sand, SESAC) (3:08)
-Dean, SothernFlip is "She Loved This House"(Vidor, BMI) (2:50)-Howard
MARTY ROBBINSColumbia 43196I-EISH-TAY-MAH-SU (I Love
You)(Mariposa, BMI) (2:29)-RobbinsA WHOLE LOT EASIER(Mariposa, BMI) (2:28)-Robbins
ROY CLARKCapitol 5350WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IN
CHICAGO(Irving, BMI) (2:31)-Murphy,
TurnerFlip is "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die
Young(Central Songs, BMI) (1:51) -
Allison
STONEWALL JACKSONColumbia 43197I WASHED MY HANDS IN
MUDDY WATER(Maricana, BMI) (2:42)-
BabcockFlip is "I've Go+ to Change,"(Cedarwood, BMI) (2:07)-
Jackson, Joy
BUCK OWENSCapitol 5336I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL(Bluebook, BMI) (2:10)-
Howard, OwensCRYIN' TIME(Bluebook, BMI) (2:27)-Owens
CONNIE SMITHRCA Victor 8489THEN AND ONLY THEN(Moss Rose, BMI) (2:23)-
AndersonTINY BLUE TRANSISTOR RADIO(Moss Rose, BMI) (2:30)-
Anderson
CARL SMITHColumbia 43200SHE CALLED ME BABY(Central Songs, BMI) (2:48)-
HowardMY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE
STRANGERS(Yonah, BMI) (2:57)-Anderson
HANK SNOWRCA Victor 8488THE WISHING WELL(Jasper/Silver Star, BMI) (2:08)
-HiscockFlip is "Human"(4 Star, BMI) (1:50)-Usher
TOMMY COLLINSCapitol 5345ALL OF THE MONKEYS AIN'T
IN THE ZOO(Central Songs, BMI) (2:11) -
CollinsFlip is "Don't Let Me Stand in
His Footsteps"(Central Songs, BMI) (2:40) -
Collins
TONY DOUGLASSims 221I'M HAPPY(English/Marrett, BMI) (2:37)-
Smith, Douglas, BruceFlip is "Big Ache of the Year"(English, BMI) (2:42)-Hughey,
Smith
ROY ACUFFHickory 1291FREIGHT TRAISMUES(Acuff -Rose, BMI; (2:02)-AcuffFlip is "All the World Is Lonely
Now"(Acuff -Rose, BMI) (2:22)-Foree
FREDDIE HARTKapp 632LOVE CAN MAKE OR BREAK A
HEART(Laredo, BMI) (2:15)-HartFlip is "The Hurt Feels So Good"(Laredo, BMI) (2:31)-Hart
MAYBELLE CARTERSmash 1948STRUMMIN' MY GUITARO(Wilderness, BMI) (2:20)-
HowardFlip is "Sail Away Lady"(Wilderness, BMI) (I:50)-
Carter
DICK FLOODKap,o 640THESE THINGS MAKE A
HEARTACHE(Chu-Fin/Ralston, BMI) (2:06-
Duncan. ReedFlip is "I Need All the Friends I
Can Find"(Regent, BMI) (2:20)-Tubert
Topp
SAMMY MASTERSKapp 638BARCELONA BABY(American, BMI) (3:07)-MastersFlip is "Louisiana Jane"(American, BMI) (2:14)-Masters
CHUCK HOWARDColumbia 43194I HOPE YOU HEAR SAD SONGS(Pamper, BMI) (2:44)-Howard,
RacierFlip is "After Laughter Came
Tears"(Shapiro-Bernstein/Cromwell,
ASCAP) (2:25)-Turk, Tobias
Country Album Picks
TROUBLE AND MESTONEWALL JACKSONColumbia CL 2278
THREE SHADES OF BROWNTHE BROWNSRCA Victor LPM 2987
THE BLUE GRASS STORYPORTER WAGONERRCA Victor LPM 2960
BURNING MEMORIESRAY PRICEColumbia CL 2289
YOU'RE THE ONLY WORLDI KNOW
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Trade ChatterMr. "D" (The Mojo Man)
on WHLL in Wheeling, W. Va.,needs hit records to play onhis radio show . . . Audio Fi-delity has started a new label,Karate, for the production andpromotion of r. & b. material.Label, under the helm of BarryOslander, will debut with adisc by Erik and the Vikingsnext week . . . Paul Ankataped a special for the ItalianTV network last week . . .
James Myers, head of MyersMusic, has sold his firm to Al-lied Entertainment Corp., theEddie Kassner outfit. Myerswill concentrate on movie pro-duction with Norman "Red"Benson. Myers Music's biggestcopyright is "Rock Around TheClock" . . . Mills Music has is-sued four more Bach selectionsfor mixed chorus arranged byWard Swingle of the SwingleSingers.
Bob Cooper PromotedBob Cooper, general manag-
er of WSM Radio and Direc-tor of the Grand Ole Opry hasbeen promoted to the post ofVice President of WSM, Inc.. . . Jay and the Americanscut short their mid -west tourafter Jay Black, group's lead-er, suffered a wrenched backwhen their car skidded andplunged into a ditch while theywere driving to a concert date. . . Jay Harrison, head of liter-ary services for Columbia Rec-ords, was a guest lecturer atthe University of SouthernCalifornia January 4. He willlecture there three more timesduring the winter under theauspices of the music depart-ment . . . Robert Goulet hassigned a lucrative new con-tract with Columbia Records.Occasion was celebrated witha luncheon attended by theColumbia brass last week.
Benton Names ManagerBrook Benton has named
Buddy Friedlander as his newmanager . . . The Capitol Rec-ord Club advertising account isnow being handled by themail-order division of Foote,Cone & Belding, Rapp & Col-lins . . . Sal Licata has joinedTower Records as regionalsales and promotion manager. . . R. 0. Price is the newmanager of manufacturing andrecording at RCA Victor Rec-ords. Price succeeds A. L. Mc -Clay who has retired . . . Ar-tur Rubinstein, who returnedfrom a round the world tour inDecember, spent Christmasweek recording at CarnegieHall for Victor Records.
MUSIC BUSINESS, JANUARY 16, 196531
CHANCE EDEN
YOU'D BETTER GO
CHANCE EDENYOU'D- BETTER GO
CHANCE EDENThat
ogy D BETTER GOa second CHANCE .
Several weeks ago we issued a recordcaned "YOU'D BETTER GO" byCHANCE EDEN. CHANCE is new onthe record scene, and we had the usualtough time getting the few plays news -corners get. We had faith in the record,and asked our distributors and promo-tion people for an extra push. on thisone. As they started to cooperate, theyran right into the Christmas holidays.Now Christmas is nice for children andfamily reunions and sleigh -bells ring-ing in the snow . . . but it's murder ona new artist out with his first record.So . . . "YOU'D BETTER GO" lookedlike it was going fast. We almost gaveup.
Then, last week, with no extra pushon our part, the record seemed to begetting a second chance. Two disefock-eys from different cities reported theywere getting listener requests for"YOU'D BETTER GO" by CHANCEEDEN. A distributor called in to seeif CHANCE was available for hops. Hewas starting to get calls.
From the West Coast, Bill Gavin re-ported on his front page:
"Record to watch: YOU'D BETTERGO-Chance Eden (Roulette). A fewcorrespondents have pulled this out ofthe grab-bag and report encouraginglistener response".
That's enough for us. We still believein the record and we are reissuing it. . . this time with a picture sleeve.CHANCE is a tall, good-looking young-ster from the Seattle area and we be-lieve the teen-age girls are not goingto resist the picture sleeve.
"YOU'D BETTER GO" is a powerfullove ballad, and CHANCE EDEN is atalented new performer on the recordscene. When the new record reachesyou, give it a spin. We believe you'llwant to give it a second chance.Thanks,
HU 0
Hugo and Luigi
ChanceEden
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