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REVIEW OF THE WEEKMiller's Big Year
Roger Miller, the subject ofa recent MB feature article, isreported to be Smash Records'best selling artist to date. Hiscurrent hit single "King of theRoad." is his first departurefrom the whimsical, "DangMe" style which first broughthim fame. Smash is said tohave shipped over 550,000copies of the single as of lastweek.
Miller's appearance on theAndy Williams Show (March1) will mark another first. Hewill have a 15 minute solosegment; the first artist to bethus featured on that show. OnMarch 1 he commences on atour of colleges, mingled with afew club dates previouslybooked. Miller has just signedwith GAC who will book himfor radio, TV and personal ap-pearances. They are presentlyarranging his first internationaltour for this summer, whichwill take him to Europe, Japanand Australia.Scepter ConsolidatesScepter Records has decided
to drop all of its subsidiarylabels for singles product.From now on all future singleswill be issued on Scepter/Wand labels only.
At the same time Scepter isextending its album programwith a new jazz series underthe direction of Tom McIntosh,and a folk department headedby Paul Stookey, the Paul ofPeter Paul and Mary. Stookeywill handle both singles andalbums. The first releaseunder his aegies will featureTwo Guys From Boston.
Another new album seriesfor Scepter is called "Festive."These LP's will encompassethnic groups, with the firstmusic of American and foreignLP featuring The Mighty Spar-row of Trinidad.
Two other LP series aredoing well for the label. Oneis the Mace series, which spot-lights classical music, and theother is the Hob line, whichconsists of gospel recordings,and features James Clevelandand The Voices of Tabnernacle.
Oscar To FontanaIrwin Steinberg, executive
vice president of Mercury Rec-ords has signed composer -singer Oscar Brown Jr. to anexclusive contract with thecompany's Fontana label.Brown's first album for Fon-tana will be cut live with the
backing of the Floyd MorrisTrio at the Cellar Door, Wash-ington D.C., on February 5-6.Lucchi DeJesus will producethe album.
Fontana will have a singlerelease by Brown ready for hisopening at the Gramercy ArtsTheater in New York in hisone-man show, "The Worlds ofOscar Brown," on February 18.The show will have a limited,one -month run.
Fontana has also arranged torelease a single by England'sBobby Graham of Louis Bel -son's "Skin Deep." Graham isreportedly one of Britain'sbusiest session drummers, andhas worked as drummer withsuch Liverpool groups as theOutlaws and the Bruvvers.
Neophonic ConcertStan Kenton's new Neo-
phonic orchestra played itssecond concert in Hollywoodlast week to a large and en-thusiastic audience. After theconcert Kenton played to an-other large audience, made upof 400 visitors to a receptionthrown in his honor by CapitolRecords at the Eldorado Roomof the Los Angeles MusicCenter. Among the guestswere Glenn Wallichs, ChiefExecutive Officer and Chair-man of the Board of Capitol,Alan Livingston, Capitol Presi-dent, and his wife Nancy 01 -
son, Mel Torme, Mort Sahl,Skitch Henderson, Dizzy Gil-lespie, Stuart Whitman andGeorge Shearing.
Gleason Jazz CourseRalph J. Gleason, the jazz
critic and columnist of the SanFrancisco Chronicle is nowteaching a course called "JazzIn American Society" atSonoma State College, outsidethe Bay City. Course, whichhas full credits, is given oncea week at night. It consists ofa series of discussions aboutthe jazz artist and his environ-ment, and the meaning in oursociety of jazz and jazzmusicians.
Village Gate LabelArt D'Lugoff, veteran Green-
wich Village impresario, whoseVillage Gate Club is well-known as a talent cradle, hasstarted his own label, VillageGate Records. Initial releasecontains four albums, by theNew Wine Singers; Argentin-ian guitarist, Jorge Morel; afolk trio known as the Moon -shiners; and the Saints ofBleecker Street, a dixie combo.D'Lugoff currently plans on 12to 18 album releases a year.
Virzi's New SlotLondon Records has named
Tom Virzi to the post of pop
Stan Kenton Skitch Henderson
Where the Neophonic meets the blue Pacific
LP promotion manager. Na-tional sales manager, HerbGoldfarb, said Virzi, who for-merly did promotion for bothMercury and Columbia on theWest Coast, will coordinate na-tional promotion pertaining totrade magazines and radio sta-tions. He'll work through localdistributors and promo men.
Alan Freed ServicesAlan Freed's family and
friends gathered in New Yorklast Saturday (6) at the Com-munity Church off ParkAvenue for a memorial servicefor the late disc jockey. At-tending were his widow, Mrs.Inga Freed, his son Lance, hissecond wife Jackie and theirtwo children, Alan Jr., andSeiglinde, his father and hisbrother David Freed, a Cleve-land attorney. The memorialservice was arranged by War-ren Troob, Alan's friend andattorney, Mrs. Freed andAlan's staunch friend JackHooke. Others present includedSammy and Hy Weiss, LouKrefetz and Mrs. Krefetz (whodrove up from Baltimore,Monte Bruce and Mrs. Bruce,Leo Rogers, Johnny Brantley,Jack Walker, Dave Berger,Johnny Halonka, AdrienneLawner, Goldie Goldmark,Morris Levy, the guys and girlsfrom Alan's TV show, andothers who knew Alan when hewas the king of disc jockeys inNew York.
The service was simple anddirect. Dr. Harrington readfrom three of Freed's favoritepoets, and the organist playedtwo of Freed's compositions"Sincerely," and "Most of All".Warren Troob gave the eulogy.It was suggested that anyonewho wanted to do something inAlan Freed's memory make adonation in his name to one ofhis favorite charities, the Jew-ish National Hospital for Asth-matic Children in Denver,Colo.
Producer KurlandJohn Kurland resigned from
his post as director of publicrelations for Columbia Recordslast week to produce a Broad-way musical based on ElaineDundy's best-seller "The DudAvacado." Miss Dundy herselfwill adapt the book, and a ma-jor star, composer and lyricistwill be announced by Kurlandshortly. Show is set to pre-miere in January of 1966.
Continued on page 30
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Alan FreedDear Bob:
The piece you did on AlanFreed's passing seems to il-lustrate, more than anything,that not pecLiiar to either therecord business or the broad-casting industry is the fact that"Nobody loves you whenyou're down and out." It is ourway of living.
I was a teen at the start ofFreed's heyday and used tolook forward to being in theNew York area to hear his showwhen he was on a station thatdidn't beam into the Nation'sCapitol. But like thousands ofother individuals who mayhave admired his ability andsuccess, when the slide began,we just sat back and didnothing.
It is perfectly human in oursociety to produce sacrificiallambs, but by updating theBiblical practice and harkingback to the time of the Aztecsusing humans. Thus, whathappened to Freed, whether hewas guilty or not, is a rathercommon event in all walks oflife.
I agree that a lot of peopleare enjoying the fruits offortune only because one mantook a hellava big rap for him-self and individuals who couldhave gone the same route.
I was very happy thatMUSIC BUSINESS chose to re-member and appreciate whatAlan Freed did for the indus-try in general and Negro per-formers in particular. A lot ofpeople are too quick not toadmit these accomplishments.People are really funny, theydwell on a turkey as much asa smash, even more so if theformer isn't followed by thelatter.
Since I didn't know Freed,I'm not at liberty to commenton just what kind of fellow hewas. But, I think it's safe tosay, his deeds won't slip intoanonymity.
Best Regards,Mitch LitmanDirector of Publicity
& Sales ServiceWWDC Radio, Washington
Dear Mr. Chase:I have just finished reading
my copy of the February 6thMusic Business and I feel Imust thank your magazine andin particular Bob Rolontz andJune Bundy for the kind wordson Alan Freed.
I was a daily listener of theAlan Freed show while hewas on WINS and I firmly
Letters To The Editorbelieve that he was the Kingof Rock and Roll. He was kingbecause he wasn't an outsider,rather he was part of the scene-he really liked what was thenhappening to music.
Let today's trend towardr & b oriented music and thesurvival of rock and roll liveon in tribute to Alan Freed,for although others have re-placed him no one will evertake his place.
Sincerely,William F. AbeleBelleville, New Jersey
On Small StationsGentlemen:
I was stunned to say theleast when I read your col-umn and the letter from Mr.Johnny Young of Nashville,Tennessee and his complaintsagainst the disc jockey.
First, Mr. Young soundedoff about "the poor helplessjock in some small town noone has ever heard of beg-ging for records. They claimthey have been mistreated andfeel neglected." Wheeling, W.Va. is no large market but peo-ple do reside here, almost55,000 worth, as a matter-of-fact. If you don't think weshould receive the records, youare sadly mistaken. Wherethere are people there are rec-ord buyers. As for the busi-ness of "begging" for records,we beg because we don't likehearing our competitor play-ing a record 3 weeks beforewe have it. If the record com-pany doesn't care about our"begging," they're only hurt-ing themselves.
Mr. Young also mentionedthat smaller radio stations feelthey should receive the sameattention as say, KYW orWBZ. EVERY RADIO STA-TION FROM "THE BIGGUNS" TO THE SEEMINGLYINSIGNIFICANT 250 WATTSTATION SHOULD RECEIVEFREE EVERY RECORDTHAT THE RECORD COM-PANY FEEL IS GOODENOUGH TO RELEASE. If arecord company wants a hitrecord, they have to let thepublic hear it . . . right?
The way I understand Mr.Young, he seems to think thatthe only people who buy rec-ords live in Boston, Cleveland,L.A. or New York. This is cer-tainly not true. I would imag-ine that there are even peo-ple in Beach Creek, Kentuckywho buy records.
My thanks to MB for hear-ing our side of the question.I'm sure that there are someintelligent people who see itour way.
Brent Walton P.D.WHLL Radio,Wheeling, W. Va.
Needs RecordsDear Mr. Chase:
I have been reading yourwonderful magazine since lastSeptember and enjoy it verymuch. It's a very imformativemagazine in all the music fields.
Our station went on the airin September so we are reallynew. We have already becomevery popular with the localpeople and have lots of listen-ers. We are an FM stationwith a power of 3,000 wattsand radius coverage of ap-proximately 80 miles, and ourbroadcasting day is 5:30 AM to12:00 midnight, 7 days a week.
WVLR would really appreci-ate any 45 singles and albumsthe record company or dis-tributor can supply. I wouldlike to say thanks to the peopleof Starday, Fabor, RCA, Cru-sader, Argo, Scepter and TellMusic Distributors of Madisonfor all the help they havegiven us.
Sincerely,Del J. VincyMusic Director,WVLR,Sauk City, Wis.
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New dances are here!The year has started off with a flock of new dances bidding to replace the Frug,
Mashed Potato, et. al. For 1965 it's the Jerk, Twine, BosteIla, Ski and Mlle.
Everybody's doing them . . . everyone who's in, that is . . .(PHOTO BY B. WEST)
You can cool it . . .
One of the newest is the Ski-ski clothes add flavor
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For Killer Joe the Mlle is the first "touch"
DANCES BY THE SCORE. If youmom to be really in, these days you'vemit ft dig hundreds of new dances a year.111 Owes exaggerating, take a look; thereMe three records happening right nowad they all have the same title, "Landat a Thousand Dances."
Lae: year it was the Frug, the MashedMarx, the Bird, the Watusi, and theirm.. Now there's a brand new spateat dances which record companies andtee studios alike are hoping will get11115 started on the right track . . . or kickmet be a better word.
Already a fact, of course, and a hold-over from the end of 1964, is the Jerk.Amy number of records have come outea this and some have gone to the top
:. go wild like these Bostella fans
dance in seven years (PHOTO BY POTEMKIN)
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of the charts (The Larks on the Moneylabel made it to the top five). The Jerk,in fact, seems destined to hang on forawhile, since it's been accepted by thediscotheque set.
BOSTELLA, TWINE & SKI. The newestof the new include the French -originatedBostella, the Twine and the as yet un-launched "Mlle," (pronounced Millie),the Mule and the Ski. The Bostella isactually the first non-native dance to hitthe States since the Limbo caught fireseveral seasons ago with the help ofChubby Checker. Three records have beenrushed out (Victor, Epic and Atco) andthe dance has grabbed lots of press cov-erage (Newsweek, New York Times andWoman's Wear Daily," among others).
The dance started, the story goes, in ahip Parisian boite, the Chez Castel, whereearly one morning (about 6:00 a.m.) some-body put on a record with strong middleeast roots and a little beat. Paris Matchreporter, Honore Bostel, and a few friendsstarted dancing wildly, uncontrollably tothe rhythms, employing violent parox-ysms of the body and finally when thepace slowed down, throwing themselveson the floor to roll about convulsively.
As news of the dance moved across theAtlantic into the jet set circuit, one NewYork discotheque, the Ondine, put outthe word, according to a New York Timesstory, that the Bostella was not allowed.But as a spokesman for Killer Joe Piro,dance teacher for the jet set, put it, "Howcan they forbid it? If it catches on withthat crowd, and that club doesn't allow it,it'll be empty the next night."
KILLER JOE'S SCENE. Killer Joe, alean, diminutive and agile dance teacher,who got his name from his participationin days gone by in dance marathons andjitterbug contests, has been teaching for17 years, mostly on the Latin kick, untilthe twist took over and until the teendances began making headway withadults. Piro will quickly learn any dancehe thinks may last and teach it quicklyto his clients. This applies to most, butnot all the newer steps. The Bostella he'swith. The Piro dancers demonstrated thewild dance at Shepheard's in New Yorklast Tuesday evening (9) to a select groupof the jets.
The Twine has also manifested itselfin terms of new records-three of themin fact, and they're all from Chicago. Thehottest is "Twine Time," by Alvin Cashand the Crawlers, on Mar-V-Lus; "Jerkand Twine," (on the theory you can starta new dance by mentioning an old one)by Jackie Ross on Chess; "WoodbineTwine," by the Five Du -Tones on One-Der-Ful (companion label of Mar-V-Lus)and the newest, "Let's Twine," by DeeDee Sharp on Cameo. The dance, accord-ing to the experts, is best described as amaneuver where the dancers "unwrapeach other."
Killer Joe and his forces haven't gottenwith the Twine yet, but they're alreadyinvolved in creating a brand new dance,in association with Mademoiselle Maga-zine, to be called the Mlle (pronouncedMillie).
"NO -TOUCH DANCES. Len Newton,one of Killer's partners, says the Twistushered in a new "no -touch" dance age.
The Mlle, he says, is the first real touchdance in seven years. The group intro-duced the dance officially at a Mademoi-selle cocktail party and fashion show andlater went through the paces on the ClayCole TV show (Channel 11, New York).The next phase of the exploitation in-volves Piro becoming a record artist.Plans are already well advanced for analbum on Atlantic featuring Killer Joeand his orchestra. It'll consist of all popu-lar dance numbers, including the Mlle, tobe issued also as a single.
The dance craze, nothing new for thekids who've been twisting, dogging, mon-keying and frugging away to a fare theewell, really hit paydirt with the fast-moving, club -going urban crowd with therevival of the twist, a few years back,a year and a half after most kids hadditched it. The pattern has continuedsomewhat in that vein, with youngstersinitiating new dances, pop and r. and b.record artists jumping on them quickwith matching discs and the adults latch-ing on to them last. By the time thishappens, the kids automatically stop do-ing the dance.
INSTANT DISCOTHEQUES. Now athird wave of dancers is very much inthe offing-the great masses of neighbor-hood tavern and restaurant goers-withjuke box manufacturers pioneering in thisdirection. Seeburg has already launchedwhat it calls a package, portable dis-cotheque, which makes it possible for anytavern proprietor to make his place intoa common man's discotheque. Seeburghas now taken its idea back to Europe(where the started) in anattempt to sell a lot of juke boxes andget even more people dancing. Rowe-AM',another major American coin photographproducer, is featuring its own line ofdeluxe new juke boxes, tailored with twohigh powered (and high priced) separatespeaker enclosures for the discothequetrade. The hang-up on the juke front isthe lack of availability of the so-calledlittle LP records which adapt themselvesto rock and roll type dancing.
Another new dance on the athletic kick(like the Swim and the Surf) is the Ski.The Piro people are putting this downas "the creation of a Colorado ski areathat wanted to be identified with a skibum dance in order to make itself thechi chi ski resort." On the other hand,United Artists Records has put out in-struction leaflets with its single disc bythe Kings and Queens titled "The Ski."The label hopes to get the dance, andobviously the record, going with "young-sters from Maine to California."
ROCK & ROLL BEAT. The big danceinterest for the past year and currentlystill hinges on the rock and roll beat.Dancing has brought rock and roll a newrespectability with adults. Now thatthey've found out what's really happen-ing, on that front, now that they've gottena taste, they like it. And the chances arethat they'll keep right on dancing theirway through 1965 to a rock beat.
To provide a little more accompanimentto it all, Elvis Presley is obliging with hisnext single, a dance record called "TheClam."
REN GREVATT
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Alvin Cash and the Crawlers
Their smash hit "Twine Time" has sparked
the biggest teen dance of the year, the Twine
THE LITTLE STEPS. Jerry Lewis calledthem the Little Steps (Step Brothers)when he hired them for his Sands HotelShow in Las Vegas. Disc Jockey Robert"B. Q." on KATZ, St. Louis, called themthe Crawlers ("the crawl is a dance,man"). Alvin Cash and his group still gounder both names (depending on whetherit's records or night club work you're talk-ing about) and Cash has the distinction tooof having the only group that's basically inthe dance business, with a hit record underits belt.
The record, "Twine Time," on the Mar-V-Lus label out of Chicago, is still movingup this week, and, among other things, itagain highlights the record power of adance title. "I've been dancing for quitea few years," Alvin Cash said this week,as he took a break between photographsessions of him and his group doing theTwine, "And the group has been goingfor two years. We still really just dance.
"I have a good band on the records andwe do a little singing and shouting. I guessthat's what really makes it."
Cash is 23 and from St. Louis. His groupconsists of crawlers Charles Tait, 17 andEdward Lance (no relation to Major) 19,plus Cash's two younger brothers, Georgeand_Robert, when they are not in school.
STARTED IN CHICAGO. "The twinedance started at Dunbar Vocational HighSchool in Chicago," added Chicago -bornCharlie Tait, and Andre Williams wrote thetune for our record which we did real quickafter hearing about the dance. We don'tdo much of our own writing but Alvindid write one called 'The Bump' for thealbum we just recorded."
"It has all the dances you could want,"continued Eddie Lance. "We like to featurethe dances at our own shows and we dothe same in our first album. It's got 'Shakea Tail Feather,' The Shake,' The Jerk,'`The Twine,' The Bump,' (which startedas a dance in Louisville before Alvin wrotea tune to go with it), and 'The Barracuda.'
"The Barracuda will probably be ournext single to follow up `Twine Time.'It's another strong dance and when therecord comes out, we'll feature it in ourshows. Right now we're getting ready to doa series of one-nighters in the East.
JERRY LEWIS MOVIE. "We've beenasked to do a movie with Jerry Lewis. Hesaw us on the Hollywood Palace television
show last December with Ginger Rogersand he signed us for his Las Vegas showat the Hotel Sands. The Step Brotherswere on the show and since we dancedthe real modern teen dances while theydid their own dances, they called us theLittle Steps. Now he says he wants us inhis next picture."
Also on tap for the three-man (some-times augmented to five) group are tap-ings for the two top teen TV shows, "Hulla-balloo" and "Shindig." The former wasdue almost immediately; the latter willcome when the boys tour their way backto the Coast.
In addition, according to Alvin, 'We'rehoping to go into the Apollo Theater in
with the Righteous Brothers.That's supposed to be March 12 and we'rewaiting for the final word right now. Ihope we can make it there and I thinkwe will because we've had a lot of practiceworking for an audience. Back home weoften appear at a place called the BudlandClub. It's a teen age spot at 64th and Cot-tage Grove Avenue in Chicago. It's beengreat experience for us, especially forworking out new things.
ST. LOUIS DAYS. "I had in -person ex-perience even before that," Cash continued,recalling his earlier years in St. Louis. "Atleast five years ago, I got a real break fromE. Rodney Jones. He's a famous deejayand he's on WVON in Chicago today, butthen he was in St. Louis. He booked me anda group onto the Jackie Wilson show andlater on, we did our first TV show withRodney.
"When we're home in Chicago, we tryto listen to Rodney on the air. He's an oldfriend. But if I'm not listening and notworking, well then, I like bowling andhorseback riding. I like seeing stars likeNancy Wilson, the Impressions and theTemptations too."
As for Charlie Tait and Eddie Lance,both live at home, but both also have theirown interest. "I like to draw cartoons andI spend a lot of time doodling at it," saidCharlie.
Ed, on the other hand, is a sports fanand enjoys playing pick-up basketballgames at Chicago's Jackson Park FieldHouse. "I dig the Harlem Globetrotterstoo," he admitted "But the way things aregoing now, I guess I won't be having toomuch time for basketball." R. G.
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SMASH THREE:
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The art of press agentryConnie De Nave, one of the hottest of publicitypeople for record acts, tells some of the secrets offlackery, the triumphs and the brick bats
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Bright-eyed distaffer De Nave with the Manfred Manns
A TOUGH LIFE. If there's one personwho faces combat in the line of action,it's the press agent. Yelled at, troddenon and often unjustly accused of creatingphoney publicity stories, the press agentis generally the target for all the personalgrievances of the press. If the plane bring-ing a client from West Coast to East islate, the press agent is at fault for mak-ing newspapermen wait. If the client ison time and the press cocktail party issuccessful, the publicist doesn't get thanks.
Press agents in the music industry, es-pecially those dealing in the pop market,have been particularly active in the lastyear. There's no disputing that Connie deNave, who currently handles twentynames, with a roster that grows almostdaily, is a leading firm in this direction.In fact, she should be presented withdual nationality papers for the work she'sdone for her British acts alone.
LUMINOUS STABLE. Connie's Ameri-can stable includes such luminaries asSarah Vaughan, Bobby Rydell, Roger Mil-ler, Lesley Gore and Sal Mineo. HerBritish list is headed by the Dave ClarkFive, Rolling Stones, Peter and Gordon,Dusty Springfield, The Bachelors, ManfredMann and, on the road, Gerry and thePacemakers and Billy J. Kramer with theDakotas. She's one of the few press agentsin New York whose business is devotedentirely to the world of black vinyl discs.In the case of several of her clients, shenot only handles their press affairs, buthas been accepted as a close friend andconfidante.
Connie has one problem. There aren'tenough hours in the day to cope with thework. And if the day were 48 hours long,she'd still need more.
In her office on 57th Street, which she
refers to as being her 'battleship', Connieimparted the news that her newest clientis Sarah Vaughan.
PRESTIGE ARTIST. Connie doesn'tthink of Sarah Vaughan as 'Sassy' or 'TheDivine One', but as a prestige artist who,along with Miller and Mineo are namesthat have to be given equal treatmentwith the Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Fiveand Bobby Rydell. If Connie is planningan entire press campaign on a lesserknown group such as Freddie and theDreamers or the Merseybeats, it doesn'tmean she's applying less pressure forLesley Gore or Dusty Springfield.
"The most important thing when you'redealing with people is contact", says Con-nie. "Establish a bond with your clientfirst, and then one with the press. Onceyou're allied to both, your job is easier.
"Before I even sign an act, I have themin my office, and we just sit around talk-ing. I have to find the real person beforeI can take any press action. Forget thegimmicky angles-they're only good forone shot artists.
DEVELOPING AN IMAGE. "After youget to know them, you try developing animage along the lines of the true person.That's how they will appear in print. Forinstance, Lesley Gore exemplifies thetypical American girl. That's what she is.Roger Miller has an offbeat sense ofhumor. People who interview him willdiscover this is natural.
"The long standing success of any artist,depends a great deal on his press agent.The publicist has to create an image,keep them in front of the public and makesure the angle is always fresh."
Connie says a planned press campaignon either an unknown artist, or onewhose image needs recreating, is one
which takes several weeks hard work be-fore being launched into orbit, and eventhen, immediate results don't mean it'ssuccessful.
MAKING THE STONES. "Take theRolling Stones. They didn't even have ahit record when they first came toAmerica. We had a tough job gettingpress breaks, but as soon as we couldcreate an image that they were actuallylong haired rebels, we sparked off aninterest. They've had a pretty fair whackof press since then." With other Britishartists, there have been times when Con-nie has had to plan an entire campaign onnothing but newspaper clippings, longdistance phone calls and second handscraps of information from across theAtlantic.
"The handling of acts doesn't begin andend with press releases", said Connie."A piece of paper merely serves to putthe name of a person in front of a news-paperman's nose. There are numerousother facts involved, from telling themto wear a certain color on television toarranging flight schedules, arrival recep-tions and hotel bookings. I have to re-member if it's someone's birthday, arrangebouquet of flowers for arriving girl singersand, more essentially, know everyone'slikes and dislikes.
"Because he's British, my assistant KenKendall has been of immeasurable helpto me in handling English clients. Theycan identify themselves with him. He'sa good press agent on any score-tactfuland pacifying if need be, but always hardworking.
DAYS TOO SHORT. "When you're apublicist, there's no 24 hour day. Youjust keep working until you're finished.Sometimes the job can be very reward-ing and other times it can be heartbreak-ing. When I worked with Dick Clark I hadan easy commodity to sell, but havingyour own public relations firm is very dif-ferent from working for someone becauseyou're responsible for every one of yourclients.
"There are times when I could cry atnot getting what I consider to be enoughpress coverage, and there are the goodtimes when I pick up a magazine and seea wonderful spread which took a lot ofpersuasion and hard work.
"But what is there to say when anartist can be the darling of the press oneday, and on the persecution line 24 hourslater?"
That's the way it is in the publicity busi-ness!
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TOPS IN BRITAIN. The Ronettes are the top female vocalgroup in Britain. They are also the third most popular groupthere. In the most recent nationwide poll, conducted by Britain'sleading music paper, the trio of American lovelies shared topthree billing with the Rolling Stones and Beatles.
"We were completely knocked out with the news" said RonnieBennett. Especially as we've only ever had two hits there, andwe came in above groups like The Searchers and Gerry and thePacemakers whose records never stop selling." She didn't addthat those two Ronette hits, "Be My Baby," and "Baby I LoveYou," sold over half a million discs, or that their high place inthe poll is partially due to their series of knockout personalappearances in England last year.
PHIL HELPED. "We had a lot of television exposure in Eng-land" continued Ronnie, and our association with Phil Spectormeant a lot. Phil, who both records and manages us, is consideredto be a genius over there, and his reputation alone may havehelped."
Not only are they a powerhouse group across the pond,but the Ronettes have also won "Sixteen's" annual `Gee -Gee'award for the best girl group for two years in succession in thiscountry.
As an act, their drawing power is pretty tremendous, eventhough they don't go out on that many personal appearances.For instance, last Saturday (23), even with all the snow, thegirls drew over 1100 at the Community Gardens in Queens, andpractically every club is screaming to have them play a date.
For a while, it looked as if the East Coast might be losing thetrio on a permanent basis when it was decided that PhilSpector was going to move his entire operation to California.The Ronettes are out there with him now, but assured us they'llbe back in New York in a little while.
TWO YEARS WITH SPECTOR. The girls-sisters Ronnie andEstelle Bennett, and cousin Nedra, have just celebrated theirsecond year with Phil Spector. "It was a long grind in the begin-ning" said Estelle, "We'd been trying for a long time to hit itbig, and when we finally met Phil we were almost on the pointof breaking up.
"Phil spent four months rehearsing us before he let us intothe studio to cut 'Be My Baby,' which eventually sold a milliondiscs. Even after it became a hit, he delayed doing an albumwith us. But he did use us as a backing group for his other acts,and still does. As a matter of fact we did the backing on 'You'veLost That Lovin' Feelin,' which we knew was going to be asmash as soon as we got in the studio."
Although the girls haven't had top ten winners with eachrelease, their personal appearances are so great-full of move-ment and excitement-that they've reached the stage in theircareer where they don't have to rely on record hits to drawaudiences on their personal appearances.
MURRAY'S DANCING GIRLS. Still known as Murray the K's`dancing girls,' the Ronettes say that it was through Murray thatthey've reached this stage in their career.
"In the early days he used us on practically every one of hisshows" said Ronnie. "As a matter of fact, he took us out of theJoey Dee revue and gave us our first real personal appear-ance break. He's been terrific to us."
Phil Spector's permanent move to the West Coast will notaffect the girls' career. If anything, they feel it would be a goodthing to fend for themselves in New York and they intend toselect a substitute manager here to look after Ronettes Incor-porated, meaning the trio and their interests. The girls will bespending more time out in Hollywood, and a lot of it will bepersonal appearances as well as the recording studio.
"SHINDIG" REGULARS? "We've had an offer to appear on`Shindig' on a regular twice a month basis," said Ronnie. "We'dlike to accept this. Phil has also had offers for us from WestCoast promoters."
"We'll also have to work hard on promotion for our newsingle, 'Born To Be Together,' which we think will need a lotof airplay before it becomes a hit, if it does."
From Europe, the Ronettes get repeated offers for tours, andthis coming summer, they're heading out to France and Switzer-land as well as returning to England. In the meantime, they'llremain here just chalking up one well deserved success afteranother. JUNE HARRIS
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BAR OF STARS. Bill's Restaurant andBar is not what you'd call a very glamor-ous looking spot. Long, narrow, pleasant,home -type cooking served in the booths inthe back. There are thousands like it acrossthe country. What distinguishes Bill's isits location. Seated at the bar you can ob-serve the world's most famous opera sing-ers; comers and goers through the stagedoor of the Metropolitan Opera House,which, come to think of it, isn't very glam-orous looking from the outside either.Many of the Met's singers are patrons ofBill's.
Giorgio Tozzi, one of the Met's leadingbassos, joined us at Bill's one afternoonfollowing a rehearsal. An inevitable ques-tion was how it felt to be a basso when themass opera -going public generally reservesits heartiest enthusiasm, if not hysteria,for the higher voices-sopranos and tenors.He answered by relating an incident whichconicidentally involved the very booth wesat in at Bill's.A CASE OF IDENTITY. "One eveningafter a performance I sat right here witha friend and a young boy, opera programin hand, came in. He did a sort of double -take and then very apologetically ap-proached me and said: 'You're an operasinger aren't you?' I said, yes I was andhe said: 'Don't tell me, I know . . . you're. . . Cesare Siepi, aren't you.' I smiled andsaid, yes I was, and obliged him with afaked Siepi autograph. A few seconds laterhe returned with a friend and apolo-
"I only wish more peoplein opera took their artseriously . . . the attitudethat opera is a bit ridicu-lous . . . is used as anexcuse for resorting tothe clutch and scatterschool of acting."getically requested that I do the same forhim. Again, I signed it Cesare Siepi. Afterthey left, my friend asked if I wasn't in-sulted. 'He didn't even recognize you,' hepersisted. Well, I said, why should I feelso bad . . . he didn't recognize Siepi either,did he?
"So you see, I don't feel my ego is par-ticularly neglected, but this touches onanother area I'm very sensitive about. Iam disenchanted with the public's willing-ness to accept what is frequently an artis-tically bankrupt performance, just as longas the top notes come out alright. Attitudeslike this keep opera in the dark ages; keepit from becoming appreciated as the gen-uine art form it is. It is an extension ofthis attitude, in fact, that gives us licenseto butcher Verdi; drop scenes here, cutthere, just so the set crowd -pleasing ariasare intact. But try to do this to Wagnerand the whole cultural community is downon your neck.ERA OF SLOBS. "What can you expect. . . you see, we're in the era of the slob!I know that sounds strong, but it's true.Not only in opera but in our whole cul-tural structure, we're ruled by the opinionand taste of slobs. The intelligent people,who ought to be the guideline to themasses are too lazy to take the reins. Theydon't write letters of protest or sugges-tions for improvement. They sit back andcriticize, but they don't act. The slobs actthough. They write letters. They makesure they're heard. So they become theguidelines. Simple as that."TENTH MET SEASON. We'd best clarifyhere something of the person behind theseremarks. At 42, the Chicago born Tozziis celebrating his tenth season at the Met.He is, of course, familiar to opera audi-ences the world over as a performer inover eighty roles. He has performed on
recordings of many RCA Victor operas,and is also the voice of Rossano Brazziin the film soundtrack "South Pacific."
Many have had an opportunity to catchhim at one of his favorite sports, playingmusical comedy roles in summer stock.He's dynamic, an inventive conversation-alist, and as literate as the nearest collegeprofessor. He has an infectious and heartylaugh which serves to punctuate his con-victions-which, incidentally, are many andvaried. Beside the image of what mostserious artists are supposed to be like, hemight seem a trifle irreverant . . . and heloves it.
From his bag of convictions, Tozzi pulledout another of his favorites: the need forbetter acting among singers. "You see,there are two types of performers: artistsand entertainers. Artists are those indi-viduals who use their personalities andtalents as a vehicle for the music and thedrama. Entertainers are those who use themusic and drama as a showcase fortheir own personality. They're vocal nar-cissists, all wrapped up in their own beau-tiful sounds. Both serve a purpose, andboth can be exciting, but in a differentway. When you run a big operation likethe Met, you really need both types, be-cause the public wants them.A SERIOUS ART. "I only wish morepeople in opera took their art more seri-ously. We've got to evolve a more contem-porary method to acting in opera, butthere's a great deal of resistance to thisevolution. The attitude that opera is a bitridiculous to begin with is used as an ex-cuse for resorting to the clutch and scatterschool of acting. It doesn't have to be thatway. When there are no human values ina performance there simply is no art.Some of my colleagues are exceptionalactors; like George London, Siepi, TitoGobbi. And Irene Dallis, is a tremendousthough underrated artist. These peoplegive you contact on stage. They're in-volved."
Next summer, Tozzi will star in a re-vival of "The Great Waltz," opening forseven weeks in Los Angeles, July 26. Itthen moves to San Francisco, and fromthere, possibly to Broadway for a limitedrun. "I really love musicals," said Tozzi,"because they re -affirm my faith in theevolution of acting in musical theater."
"We'd better leave now. I've got a per-formance to do of the 'Flying Dutchman'. . . that is, if the dock strike doesn't inter-fere with us."
BARRY KITTLESON
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LOVE POTION NO. 9...Searchers (Kapp)
THE MAN... Lorne Green (RCA) MARRIED MAN... Richard Burton (MGM)
MARY ANN...Gene Pitney (Musicor) MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. .Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
THE MINUTE YOU'RE GONE... Cliff Richard (Epic)
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GOOD NIGHT... Roy Orbison (Monument) GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD... Ferrante & Teicher (United Art.).
HAVE YOU LOOKED ...Jetry Vale (Col.) HE DON'T UNDERSTAND...Brian Hyland (Philips) HE WAS REALLY SAYIN'... Velvelettes (VIP)
HEART OF STONE ...Rolling Stones (London) HELLO DOLLY... Bobby Darin (Capitol) HELLO PRETTY GIRL ...Ronnie Dove (Diamond)
HERE SHE COMES...Dusty Springfield (Philips) HE'S A REAL GONE GUY...Dorothy Ramsey HIGH ON A HILL... Danes
HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT ...Joe Tex (Dial) HOW SWEET IT IS...Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
HURT SO BAD... Little Anthony (DCP)
CAN MAKE YOU MINE... Originells 4 (Apt) CAN'T EXPLAIN
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FOUND YOU... British Walkers (Try) GO TO PIECES... Peter & Gordon (Cap.)
GOT TO KNOW HIM...Kittens (ABC) MUST BE SEEING THINGS... Gene Pitney (Musicor)
UNDERSTAND...Freddie & Dreamers (Mercury) WANNA BE YOUR EVERYTHING...Manhattans (Carnival)
WILL WAIT FOR YOU ... S. Lawrence (Col )
"IF I LOVED YOU" ...Chad & Jeremy (World Artists) IF I RULED THE WORLD...Tony Bennett (Columbia)
I'M NOT WORTH IT... Rocky & the Visions I'M OVER YOU...Jan Bradley (Chess) I'M STILL LOVING YOU... Kim Weston (Tamla)
"IN" CROWD... Dobie Gray (Charger) T HURTS ME... Bobby Sherman (Decca)
T'S ALRIGHT...Adam Faith (Amy) T'S BETTER TO HAVE IT... Barbara Lynn (Jamie) T'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT...Maxine Brown (Wand) T'S GOTTA LAST FOREVER... B. J. Kramer (Imp.) 'VE GOT TIGER BY TAIL... Buck Owens (Capitol)
JERK AND TWINE ...Jackie Ross (Chess) JOLLY GREEN GIANT... Kingsmen (Wand)
JUST LIKE A BOY ...Ginny Arnell (MGM) JUST SAY I LOVE HER...Jimmy Roselli (Ric)
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14 TELL HER NO... Zombies (Parrot) 10 9 17 4 47 29 23 29 22 8 24 18 19 9 TERRY .Twinkle (Tollie) 29 36 THANKS A LOT... Brenda Lee (Decca) 29 24 52 26 25 26 43 THAT'S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS. ..Otis Redding (Volt.) 69 19 2 THIS DIAMOND RING.. .Gary Lewis (Liberty) 1 5 2 2 18 16 19 3 25 1 2 16 3 2 2 7 THIS IS IT .Jim Reeves (RCA) 48 95
85 THIS IS MY PRAYER... Ray Charles Singers (Command)
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WATUSI '64 .Jay Bentley (Crescendo) 6 WE WERE LOVERS .Sandra Barry (Parkway) 78 X
34 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN...Searchers (Kapp) 43 17 43 18 42 67 37 34 26 WHATCHA DOING... Beatles (Parlophone LP) 16
WHERE LOVERS GO. Jaguars (Faro) 24 76 WHIPPED CREAM. .Herb Alpert (A & 96 X 43 WHOSE HEART ARE YOU BREAKING. Connie Francis (MGM) 53 36 14 51 32 37 38
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WISHING WELL. .Shangri-Las (Scepter) 94 (THE) WITCH... Sonics (Etiquette)
WORDS OF LOVE... Beatles (Parlophone LP) 9
29 YEH, YEW...Georgie Fame (Imperial) 41 25 P 28 20 61 8 P 13 10 40 22 YOU CAN HAVE HIM. .Timi Yuro (Mercury) 97
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89 YOU'RE NEXT... Jimmy Witherspoon (Prestige) 15 47 YOU'RE REASON I'M IN LOVE...Rod Bernard YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' ...Righteous Bros. (Philles)
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MUSIC BUSINESS SINGLE PICKS Supremes Could Hit The Top Again
Chart Picks
THE SUPREMESMotown 1074STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE
(Jobete, BMI) (2:51)-Holland,Dozier, Holland
Flip is "I'm in Love Again."Gals add to their string with a top-
notch new ballad done with all theirusual frills. Great arrangement.
THE BEACH BOYSCapitol 5372DO YOU WANNA DANCE (Clock-
ers, BMI) (2:17)-FreemanPLEASE LET ME WONDER (Sea of
Tunes, BMI) (2:45)-Wilson, LoveBoys come on strong with a former
Del Shannon hit on top, followedby a neat softly -rendered ballad, intypical Beach Boys harmony style.
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLASGordy 7039NOWHERE TO RUN (Jobete, BMI)
(2:48)-Holland, Dozier, HollandFlip is "Motoring," (Jobete, BMI)
(2:44)-StevensonAnother fine rocking side by the gal
group and it could be one of theirbiggest.
DEL SHANNONAmy 919STRANGER IN TOWN (Vicki/
McLaughlin, BMI) (2:28)-ShannonFlip is "Over You," (Vicki/McLaugh-
lin, BM) (2:34)-ShannonA slick side for Del and it really
moves. Could be one of his bestefforts.
RODDIE JOYRed Bird 10-021COME BACK BABY (Trio/Wemar,
BMI) (2:20)-Lewis, LisiFlip is "Love Hit Me with a Wallop,"
(Trio/Wemar, BMI) (2:20)-Wiener, Phillips, Brandon
A fine new thrush makes her bow hereand it's a winner. Employs a trickygirls' chorus with Miss Joy. Watchthis gal.
JACK JONESKapp 651I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LOSING YOU
(Hollyland/South Mountain, BMI)(2:40)-Zeller, Costa
Flip is "The Race Is On," (Glad/Ac-claim, BMI) (1:45)-Rollins
Jack continues in the smooth balladgroove here with a nice ditty, co-authored by Don Costa. Much playindicated from all ranges of sta-tions.
JERRY VALEColumbia 43232FOR MAMA (Ludlow, BMI) (2:47)-
Gall, Black, Aznavour
MUSIC BUSINESS DISCOVERIESALVIN ROBINSONBlue Cat 108HOW CAN I GET OVER YOU
(Trio/Melder BMI) (2:59)-Mosely
I'M GONNA PUT SOME HURTON YOU (Tune-Kel, BMI)(1:46 )-Lewis
Alvin has a solid r. and b. soundand the disc, produced by JoeJones, has lots of that good NewOrleans flavor. Both sides havewhat it takes.
RAY SHARPEMonument 874IT'S TOO COLD (Green Door,
BMI) (2:46)-MooreFlip is "Let's Go Let's Go,
Go," (Lois, BMI) (2:37)-Bal-lard
Another good new artist has beenuncovered by Monument andSharpe could step out smartlywith this strong item.
THE BENTLEYSSmash 1967SHE'S MY HOT ROD QUEEN
(Raleigh, BMI) (1:58)-Ken-nedy, Singleton
Flip is "Why Does EverybodyWant to Hold My Baby,"(Raleigh/Lyn Lou, BMI) (2:13)-Yancey
A good new group with a groovyteen -type ditty with touches ofhumor. Has a chance.
FLORENCE DEVOREPhi -Dan 5000KISS ME NOW (Don't Kiss Me
Later) (Mother Bertha/Bob Mar,BMI) (2:37)-Cooper, Susser
"We're Not Old Enough,"(Mother Bertha/Bob-Mar, BMI)(2:25)-Cooper, Susser, Tinter
Here's a new subsidiary label ofPhil Spector's and he's got aninteresting new sound with thisgood thrush. Watch the side.
TI ADORO (Ritvale, ASCAP) (2:08)-Pataky
Jerry could have a two-sider here,coupling +he power -packed ballad,penned and first sung by CharlesAznavours, with a pretty, Latinishsong that just fits Jerry's style.
THE CHARTBUSTERSMutual 511BREAKIN' MY HEART (South Moun-
tain, BMI) (2:19)-Randazzo, Wein-stein, Meshel
Flip is "Can't You Hear Me Callin',"(Chartbuster/Eastwick, BMI) (2:10)-Dubas, Sandusky
The boys have something of the Brit-ish group sound as in their hit latelas+ year and this bright ditty couldbe a repeater.
ROBERT GOULETColumbia 43224BEGIN TO LOVE (Cominciano ad
Amarci) (2:09) Lee, Pallavicini,Mescolo
Flip is "I Never Got to Paris," (2:19)Segal, Ahlert
The baritone follows up his recentsmash with another listenable balladthat's worth a lot of attention.Could be another big one.
NEIL SEDAKARCA Victor 8511LET THE 'PEOPLE TALK (Screen
Gems -Columbia, BMI) (2:30)-Sedaka, Greenfield, Miller
Flip is "In the Chapel with You,"(Sutter BMI) (2:26)-Grossman,Migliacci
The first disc in a spell for Neil butif should be a winner. Tune is brightand the arrangement is full of Neil'ssmart vocal trademarks.
THE SOUL BROTHERSBlue Cat 107KEEP IT UP (Trio, BMI) (2:16)-Lei-
ber, StollerFlip is "I Got a Dream," (Trio, BMI)
(2:m57)-Barry GreenwichHere's a new act with a lot of what
their name implies. Side is a rousing,down-to-earth rocker and it couldstep out fast.
MATT MONROLiberty 55763FOR MAMA (Ludlow, BMI) (2:55)-
Aznavour, Gall, BlackFlip is "Going Places," (Essex
ASCAP) (3:02)-Black, SpenceThe British chanter is just coming off
a hit and this reading of the tune,first cut by French singer, CharlesAznavour, seems a likely follow-up.
DUSTY SPRINGFIELDPhilips 40270LOSING YOU (Springfield, ASCAP)
(2:59)-T. Springfield, Westlake
Flip is "Here She Comes," (Al Gal-lico, BMI) (2:21)-Kookoolis, Tri-mach;
Dusty just could have her biggest inmonths with this fine tune, writtenby her brother, Tom Springfield.Has much heart and feeling. Watchit.
CHAD AND JEREMYWorld Artists 1041IF I LOVED YOU (Chappell, ASCAP)
(2:08)-Rodgers, HammersteinFlip is "Donna Donna," (P.D.) (2:49)
-Zeitlin, SecundaThe British duo turns in a winning
reading of the well -rememberedRodgers and Hammerstein classic.Side builds nicely.
CILLA BLACKCapitol 5373ONE LITTLE VOICE (Ariston Music
(3:05)-Cappula, IsolaFlip is "Is It Love," (GAEP, BMI)
(2:53 )--Wil I isThe thrush from England has a pleasant
and moving ballad effort that couldbe her best so far in the U. S.
market.
ELVIS PRESLEYRCA Victor 8500DO THE CLAM (Gladys, ASCAP)
(3:17)-Wayne, Weisman, FullerFlip is "You'll Be Gone," (Elvis
Presley, BMI) (2:20)-West, Pres-ley, Hoage
Dances are big today and this wild,building side will make them bigger.Elvis is joined by 1 -he Jordonaires,the Jubilee Four and the CaroleLombard Trio.
JAN AND DEANLiberty 55766FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
(Trousdale, BMI) (2:40)-Sloan-Barri
FREEWAY FLYER (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) (2:37)-Altfeld,Christian, Berry
Top side is the theme from theT.A.M.I. Show and it's wild andhappy with plenty of screaming in+he background. Flip is a typicalhot -rod type which could also moveup.
THE NASHVILLE TEENSLondon 9736FIND MY WAY BACK HOME (Fling.
BMI) (2:20)-Lambert, PeguesFlip is "Devil -in -Law," (Fling, BMI)
(3:00)-Terry DavisGroup which recently visited here
from London turns out a fine side,full of basic beat. Could be thehot follow-up to "Tobacco Road."
vsV45efeiA_NO MATTER WHAT
ANYONE SAYS...GARY, WE THINKYOU'RE GREAT!!
"lee -Jay picked a winner in Gary LeMel. The kid singsup a storm, belts like a tornado and should breeze to star-dom like lightning:'-MIKE CONNOLLY Hollywood Reporter, Chronicle Syndicate
"Musically, the sound of a great, great singer, and verbally,the delivery of a great, great actor. Gary LeMel is a big,big talent, with a big, big future:'
-JOHNNY MAGNUS KNIPC, Los Angeles
"Loved listening to the new Gary LeMel album, and hopeto hear many more songs from this bright young star:'
- LOUELLA PARSONS"The disc debut of a winner..."Young, good-looking, with a big range and fine jazz feel.LeMel has big, bright future indeed!"
-JOE X. PRICE Variety
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MUSIC BUSINESS POP LP'sFEBRUARY 20, 1965
Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Check symbol (V) indicates new on chart this week.
National 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 racks. Those Righteous Bros. at 3, 14 & 16
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RIGHTEOUS BROS., Philles 40073 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO 26
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SOUNDTRACK,United Artists UA 4117, UAS 5117
216 MY LOVE FORGIVE ME
ROBERT GOULET, Columbia CL 22968 COAST TO COAST 23
DAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic LN 2412818 14
5 BEACH BOYS CONCERTCapitol TAO/STAO 2198
4 MY FAIR LADY 19 16SOUNDTRACK, Columbia KOL 8000
9 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 20 22ORIGINAL CAST, RCA Victor LSO 1093
MONEY ALBUMS
DEAR HEARTJACK JONES, Kapp KL 1415
PEOPLEBARBRA STREISAND, Columbia CL 2215
ROUSTABOUTELVIS PRESLEY, RCA Victor LSP 2909
RIGHT NOWRIGHTEOUS BROS., Moonglow 1001
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOUFRANK SINATRA, Reprise 1013
SOME BLUE EYED SOULRIGHTEOUS BROS., Moonglow 1002
THE BEST OF AL HIRTRCA Victor LPM/LSP3309
JOAN BAEZ/5
HARD DAY'S NIGHTBEATLES, United Artists UAL 3366
MR. LONELY
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BOBBY VINTON, Epic LN 24136
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13 BOBBY VINTON'S GREATEST HITSEpic LN 24098
20 GETZ AU GO GOSTAN GETZ, Verve V/V6-8600
25 HELLO, DOLLY!ORIGINAL CAST, RCA Victor LOC 1087
19 YESTERDAY'S GONESTUART & CLYDE, World Artists WAM 2000
17 A BIT OF LIVERPOOLSUPREMES, Motown MLP 623
35 PEARLY SHELLSBILLY VAUGHN, Dot DLP 3605
42 THE FOLK ALBUMTRINI LOPEZ, Reprise 6147
27 YOU REALLY GOT MEKINKS, Reprise 6143
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32 MY FAIR LADY 56 47ANDY WILLIAMS Columbia CL 9005
29 THE BEATLE'S STORY68
Capitol STBO 2222 58 6238 SUGAR LIPS
AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2965 59 5728 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN
DEAN MARTIN, Reprise It 614053 BLUE MIDNIGHT
BERT KAE1VIPFERT, Dacca 456960 67
36 61 59GETZ/GILBERTOVerve V/V6-8545
40 I STARTED OUT AS A CHILD 62 52Bill Cosby, Warner Bros. 1567
33 ALL SUMMER LONGBEACH BOYS, Capitol T/ST 2110 63 54
44 SAM COOKE AT THE COPARCA Victor LPM-LSP 2970 64 63
51 STANDING OVATIONJERRY VALE, Columbia CL 2273; CS 9073 65 50
39 WHO CAN I TURN TOTONY BENNETT, Columbia CL 2285 edi 84
41 PETER, PAUL AND MARY IN CONCERT 67 66Warner Bros. 2W 1555
49 THE KINGSTON TRIO 68 77Dacca DL 74613
61 GREATEST LIVE SHOW ON EARTH 69 45JERRY LEE LEWIS, Smash MGS-SRS 27056
37 SOMETHING NEW 70 58BEATLES, Capitol T -ST 2108
46 FUNNY GIRL 71 72ORIGINAL CAST, Capitol VAS 2059
56 WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN 72 73
JOHN GARY, RCA Victor LPM-LSP 209443 POPS GOES THE TRUMPET
fat 89
AL HIRT & BOSTON POPS,RCA Victor LM-LSC 2721 74 75
55 TOUR DE FARCE 75 76SMOTHERS BROTHERS, Mercury MG 2094860 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
SOUNDTRACK, MGM E 426048 HELLO, DOLLY! 77 79
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp KL 136; KS 3364
SOUTH OF THE BORDERTIJUANA BRASS, A & M 108
THE NANCY WILSON SHOWCapitol SKAO 2136
SIDEWINDERLEE MORGAN, Blue Note 4157
SHAKESAM COOKE, RCA Victor LPM-LST 3367
THAT HONEY HORN SOUNDAL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM-LSP 3337
BURL IVES SINGS 'PEARLY SHELLS' &OTHER FAVORITES
Decca DL 4578; 74578THE RETURN OF ROGER MILLER
Smash MGS 27061THE MANFRED MANN ALBUM
Ascot ALS 16015THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
FERRANTE & TEICHER,United Artists UAL 3385
INCOMPARABLE MANTOVANILondon LL 3392; PS 392
SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LIVERSALLAN SHERMAN, Warner Bros. 1560
WELCOME TO THE PONDEROSALORNE GREENE, RCA Victor LPM-LSP 2843
JOHNNY RIVERS IN ACTIONImperial LP 9280; 12280
COTTON CANDYAL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM-LSP 2917
L.O.V.E.NAT KING COLE, Capitol T -ST 2195
THE KENNEDY WITRCA Victor VDM 101
THE CATJIMMY SMITH, V -V6-8587
THE GOOD LIFE WITH THE DRIFTERSAtlantic 8103
PINK PANTHERHENRY MANCINI, RCA Victor LPM-LSP 2795
WE COULDAL MARTINO, Capitol T -ST 2200
SHE CRIEDLETTERMEN, Capitol T -ST 2142
THE BEST OF PETER NERORCA Victor LPM-LSP 2978
DEAN MARTIN HITS AGAINReprise It 6146; RS 6140
HAWAII TATTOOWAIKIKIS, Kapp KL 1366; KS 3366
78 70 INVISIBLE TEARSRAY CONNIFF, Columbia CL 2264
100 ANYONE FOR MOZARTSWINGLE SINGERS,
Philips PHM 200-149; PHS 600-14980 82 FROM HELLO DOLLY TO
GOODBYE CHARLIEBOBBY DARIN, Capitol T -ST 2194
99 COWBOYS AND INDIANSNEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS,
Columbia CL 2303; CS 910382 71 MORE OF ROY ORBISON'S HITS
Monument MLP 802483 81 PETE'S PLACE
PETE FOUNTAIN, Coral CRL 5745384 87 HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT
JOE TEX, Atlantic 810685 92 GENE PITNEY'S BIG 16, VOL. 2
Musicor MM 2043; MS 304886 85 PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES
Philles PHLP 400687 74 THE KINGSMEN, VOL. 2 Wand 659
88 69 PETER AND THE COMMISSARALLAN SHERMAN, RCA Victor LM 2773
89 97 DOWNTOWNPETULA CLARK, Warner Bros. 1590
90 91 BEST OF SAM COOKERCA Victor LPM-LSP 2625
91 90 KEEP ON PUSHINGIMPRESSIONS, ABC Paramount ABC 493
92 93 THE JIM REEVES WAYRCA Victor LSP 2968
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RADIO AND TV
Rock's Rating Woesby June Bundy
We're beginning to thinkthat somebody up there atNielsen doesn't like "Top 40"music. Just as the networkswere finally beginning to getwith it, Nielsen issued somerather discouraging ratingfigures for the two weekperiod ending January 24.Needless to say, all the "theydon't - write - songs - like -they - used - to" columnistswere disgustingly jubilantabout the report.
ABC's "Shindig" was No.51. NBC's "Hullabaloo"(vastly improved since itsdebut) was only No. 78, and"The Les Crane Show"(ABC) a major exposureoutlet for "Top 40" recordtalent was a dismal No. 111.Bob Hope's Christmas tour(featuring his old WorldWar II format) and JudyGarland's 1939 movie musi-cal, "The Wizard of Oz",
were No. 1 and No. 3 respec-tively. Ed Sullivan, probablyTV's all-time rating king,was No. 6.
We hope the networks willcurb their usual hystericalreaction to survey informa-tion, and give "Top 40"performers a chance to buildtheir own audiences. TimeMagazine recently pointedup the startling growth ofthe under -20 market, notingthat there are now 24,000,000people in the U.S. aged 13 to19.
Time said the growth rateof teen-age population isfour times as high as theU.S. average. Furthermore,teenagers are potent con-sumers (and therefore solidsponsor bait) spending $570,-000,000 on toiletries alone.They account for 25 per centof the record industry and35 per cent of the motion
picture audience.Sullivan Books BeatlesCanny Ed Sullivan got the
message sometime ago, andlast month he reiterated hisfaith in the rating potentialof the teenager market bybooking The Beatles again.
Not that The Beatles haveany trouble getting bookedon U.S. television, but afterthe group's last appearancefor Sullivan old Smiley rue-fully told the press the boyswouldn't be back because hecouldn't afford to pay theirastronomical asking price.Sullivan said they deservedevery penny of it but thathis show just didn't pay thatkind of money.
We doubt if Brian Epsteinis making any cut-rate deals,so it would seem that Sulli-van believes the Beatles'rating potential is still ex-plosive enough to meritbreaking his budget.
Around The DialJay Kent has moved into
the morning slot at WSB,Atlanta, replacing JimmyDunaway. Kent has beenwith WSB since 1962. . . .
Rod Barken is production
director as well as deejay(3-6 p.m.) at KSFV-FM, SanFernando, Calif. . . . GaryBruno has succeeded MikePhillips in the noon -3 p.m.time slot at KJR, Seattle,Wash.... Kelly Green, for-merly with WHSL, Wilm-ington, N.C., is the new allnight jock at WOND, Atlan-tic City, N.J. . . . And,apropos of nothing, did youknow that Ed Sullivan'smusical director Ray Blockwas a boy soprano at eight?
Morton Downey Jr., son ofthe famous radio tenor, hasjoined WFUN, Miami, in anafternoon time slot. He for-merly was with WCPO, Cin-cinnati. . . . Tom Shannonhas replaced Terry Knightin the 6:30-11:30 p.m. timeperiod on CKLW, Detroit -Windsor. . . . Jim Randolphhas moved from WYNR,Chicago, to KGFJ, Holly-wood. . . . Ted Atkins hasreplaced Glenn Bell as pro-gram director of KIMN,Denver. Bell has moved toWMAQ, as p d FredHertz has been named di-rector of creative servicesfor the Gotham RecordingCorporation, New York.
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MUSIC BUSINESS ALBUM PICKS 0 First Shangri - Las' LP --- A Gas!
This Week's Block Busters
seatsREMEMBER * GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS
THE SHANGRI-LASRed Bird 20-101It's the gals' first LP and their three
big singles hits-"Remember,"-Leader of the Pack" and "GiveHim a Great Big Kiss" are all in-cluded. What a buy!
THE PLEASURE SEEKERSSOUNDTRACKRCA Victor LSO- 1 101The new picture stars Ann -Margret
and the cover photo of her is
enough to sell the album. Gal singsfour tunes in the set.
The Lettermen ft,
PORTRAIT OF OF MY LOVETHE LETTERMENCapitol ST -2270One of the label's staples, the Letter-
men continue to sell in hefty quan-tities. Pleasant mixture of old andrecent hits.
MY GAL SALANOTHER FAVORITES
BURLIVES
MY GAL SALBURL IVESDecca DL 74606Burl's on the album charts right now
with his "Pearly Shells" LP and thiscollection of time-honored oldiescould be a hot follow-up.
THE NEW SEARCHERS LPKapp KL-1412Producer Tony Hatch and the boys
combine talent in a winner here,highlighted by a hit single, "WhatHave They Done to the Rain."
THE FIRST HITS OF 1965
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GOLDFINGER'LL BE THERE
MOE. EEP FOR ETHE WEDDING*
HAWAII TATTOO .I FEEL FINEIJt%II HEARTSHE'S A WOMAN
FIVE YOU. LOOKED INTO YOUR HEART
THE FIRST HITS OF 1965FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND ORKLondon PS 416Powerful pop hits like "Downtown,"
"Dear Heart," "I Feel Fine" and"I'll Be There" are included hereand the set has fine, rhythmic ar-ra ngements.
New Talent Picks
FANTASTIC AND EXCITING DEBUTMARILYN MICHAELSWarner Brothers 1582The thrush has a power -packed de-
livery with familiar tunes here. Shecould make it big, and recent EdSullivan Show exposure won't hurta bit.
WHO IS DONNA FULLERDCP 3807The answer is that Miss Fuller is an
attractive thrush who sings up a
storm. An impressive debut on diskfor a singer who could go far.
Chart PicksLIVE FROM LEDBETTER'SBACK PORCH MAJORITYEpic LN 24134The four boy, three girl folk -pop group
turn out a rousing live show froma prominent West Coast haunt withsing -along lyrics on the jacket. Ahappy set.
ROGER WILLIAMS PLAYS THE HITSKapp KL-1414Roger's luxurious piano style comes
through resoundingly on pleasantand familiar songs like "DearHeart" and "Try to Remember."Strong wax.
GEORGE JONES AND GENE PITNEYMusicor MM 2044A clever gambit to get one of the
top country singers, George Jones,on to the pop lists by teaminghim with top pop star Pitney.Country tunes predominate.
OUT OF THE WOODSTHE GEORGE SHEARING QUINTETCapitol ST 2272Shearing works here with a slick wood-
wind quartet on a collection oforiginal pieces by vibist-pianist-composer, Gary Burton.
FUNNY (How Time Slips Away)JOE HINTONBackbeat BLP 60Joe, a great r. & b. stylist, had a
pop hit awhile back with the titletune (a country song). This new setcan also sell strong in the pop -r. & b. market.
COOKIN' WITH THE SPATSABC -Paramount 502The kids who introduced "Gator Tails
and Monkey Ribs" have a bright,new, teen -slanted album here thatcould do well. It rocks.
CAROL!CAROL VENTURAPrestige PR 7358Top-flight new talent. The gal is
shown off to great advantage on theway-out songs and arrangementschosen here.
THE NEW WAVETHE NEW WINE SINGERSVillage Gate 2003Five fine new folk -pop singers are here
presented in the best of the worksof Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, ShelSilverstein and others. Most im-pressive.
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R&B BEATBY KAL RUDMAN
Shame and Scandal In theFamily-Shawn Elliot, Roulette,is still top 10 with Fred Hanna,WAME, Miami. Fred gets thecourage medal of the year forplaying and breaking this kindof material. They must bebroad-minded down there.Washington is on it also. . . .
The Mr. Pitiful side of the OtisRedding on Volt is getting alot of pop play in the South.It seems to be the strong sideR&B. . . . How Do You Quit-Carla Thomas, Atlantic, is sell-ing in Cleveland, Atlanta,Miami, Shreveport, New York,Baltimore and Washington. . . .
Hot LP cuts reported by ChattyHatty, WGIV, Charlotte include:Money in the Larks' LP JerkOnce More and Its got the WholeWorld Shakin' in the Sam CookeLP. Her breakouts include theJerry Butler, Bobby Byrd, KimWeston, Aretha Franklin, JoeTex, Impressions, and TheTouch of Venus, Sandy Wynns,Champion. Both sides of theInvincibles are No. 1.
Artist and D.J. RamblingsThe Georgie Woods (WDAS)
show at the Uptown Theater inPhilly will run for 10 daysstarting Feb. 19. It features theVibrations, Radiants, PattyLaBelle, Alvin Cash, B.B. Kingand Orchestra, and the Drift-ers. The Drifters go to EnglandMarch 2 for the first time. . . .
Phil Solomon is handling muchof the arrangements for the bigtour and all the TV shots. . . .
Joe Tex and the Coasters areset for Shindig and the Thax-ton shows for the end of themonth.
Seattle gets its first R&B sta-tion on AM under the guidanceof Bob Summerice who ranthings at the now defunctKZAM-FM Seattle R&B opera-tion. That FM blast sold a lotof records. . . . Tony Quinn,formerly our correspondentfrom WZUM, Pittsburgh, hasjoined the staff of WUST,Washington where Al Bellstarts records in the early AM.. . . William (Butterball) Crainwho worked at WYNR andWBEE, Chicago has joinedWCHB, Detroit. . . . Lon Dyson,a power at WBEE, has decidedto leave the busines. . . . RayMeadows has joined WDAO,Dayton where George Truehartis Music Director and AssistantProgram Director. . . . The
Supremes have been all overthe TV scene lately spreadingthe word about the fabulousDetroit sound to the generalpublic. . . . Joyce Miller check-ed in from the new headquar-ters of Tres Productions inHollywood. She has the MaryAnn Miles record on Celestethat is the answer to the blueshit, Don't Answer the Door.
Donny (the Boy D.J.) Brookswho delights the teens viaKATZ, St. Louis tells us Dotwill distribute How High CanYou Fly-Willie Small that isstarting there. . . . Gettingheavy play in St. Louis are:J. J. Barnes; Willie Tee; Bar-bara Mason; Eddie & Ernie;Nolan Chance; Bobby Byrd;Maxine Brown; Jerry Butler;and Shi-lites. The Jan Bradleyand Fontella Bass are in thetop 5 in sales.
OK Revamps FormatTom Collins, Program Direc-
tor of the OK Group (5 keycity stations) has announced arevamping of format. They areincorporating "Big Hits" of thetop 40 tunes into the basicR&B format. Bill Moss tells usthat this format has workedvery well for WVKO in Co-lumbus, Ohio, and given thema high general market rating.Conversely there are manymarkets where this could bea kiss of death. As stated lastweek, this is being done byWAAA, Winston-Salem, butnear -by WGIV, Charlotte triedit and went back to the ChattyHatty brand of solid, up-to-the-minute R&B.
Ernie Durham, WJLB, De-troit is getting good action onEvery Night, Music City SoulBrothers; Be Yourself, Compan-ions, General American (whichis going pop); Willie Tee; OtisLaevill; Maxine Brown; Z. Z.Hill; Impressions; Eddie &Ernie; and Jackie Wilson.
Porky Che d wick, WAMO,Pittsburgh reports action onAretha Franklin; 3 Degrees;Dottie and Ray; Maxine Brown;Jackie Ross; and Mr. Pitiful.Shotgun is an all out smash asit is everywhere. As predicted,it has broken open pop.
Breakouts are reported onDon't Wait Too Long -BettyeSwann, Money by Johnny Pet-titt, WGOK and Ruben (Sug-ar Daddy) Hughes, WMOZ,both of Mobile; Al Bell,
R & B TOP 30"Shotgun
1 MY GIRLTemptations-Gordy 7028
2 SHAKE/A CHANGE ISGONNA COME
Sam Cooke-RCA Victor 84863 TWINE TIME
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers-Mar-VLus 6002
4 HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOTJoe Ten-Dial 4001
5 HOW SWEET IT ISMarvin Gaye-Tamla 54107
6 THAT'S HOW STRONG MYLOVE IS/MR. PITIFUL
Otis Redding-Volt 1247 I WANNA BE (YOUR EVERY-
THINGManhattan-Carnival 507
8 SHOTGUNJunior Walker & All Stars-Soul 35008
9 THE BOY FROM NEW YORKCITY
Ad Libs-Blue Cat 10210 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN'
FEELIN'Righteous Brothers-Philles 124
11 THE 'IN' CROWDDobie Gray-Charger 105
12 DON'T MESS UP A GOODTHING
Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure-Check 109
13 THE NAME GAMEShirley Rills-Congress 230
14 SUDDENLY I'M ALL ALONEWalter Jackson-Okeh 7215
Shoots Up!15 THE WORST THING IN MY
LI FEB. B. King-Kent 415
16 CAMEL WALKIkettes-Modern 1003
17 ASK THE LONELYFour Tops-Motown 1073
18 IT'S BETTER TO HAVE ITBarbara Lynn-Jamie 1202
19 USE YOUR HEADMary Wells -20th Century -FM 555
20 THE CRYING MANLee Lamont-Back Seat 542
21 NO FAITH, NO LOVEMitty Collier-Chess 1918
22 JERK & TWINEJackie Ross-Chess 1920
23 GET OUTHarold Melvin-Landa 703
24 HOW DO YOU QUITCarla Thomas-Atlantic 2273
25 HE WAS REALLY SAYINGSOMETHING
Velvelettes-V.I.P. 2501326 FINDERS KEEPERS, WEEPERS
LOSERSNella Dodds-Wand 171
27 I LOVE YOU BABYDottie & Ray-LeSage 701
28 LET 'HER LOVE MEOtis Lavill-Blue Rock 4002
29 LITTLE MISS RAGGEDY ANNAretha Franklin-Columbia 43202
30 PEOPLE GET READYImpressions-ABC Paramount 10612
WUST, Washington; Ed Tea-mer, WYLD, New Orleans.
Burke Johnson, WAOK, At-lanta, is getting strong reactionon the 4 Tops which is a solidlyestablished national hit. TheEddie & Ernie broke intoBurke's top 15 in sales. (InNYC it went on WINS &WMCA.)
WWIN Charity ShowWWIN, Baltimore packed the
Douglas H.S. auditorium witha live benefit show on behalfof Rosewood Hospital for theMentally Retarded. Charge was$1.50 a head and every pennywent to the hospital. LarryDean, Al Jefferson, Kelson(Chop, Chop) Fisher, Hot -Rod,et. al., em-cee'd. P.S. Director,Kitty Broady put it together.Billy Stewart headlined theacts, and his record I Do LoveYou is big in Balt.-Washington.The WWIN pick is Danny Boyby Jackie Wilson.
The big "integration" recordwith Ed Wright, WABQ, Cleve-land, is Downtown. As MB re-ported in its feature article onPetula Clark, Tony Hatch cutit deliberately with an R&Bfeel. Ed agrees with Chattyand Burke on the potentialof Touch of Venus by SandyWynne. Wright, Teamer, andKen Hawkins, WJMO, Cleve-land are excited about ShotGun Wedding by Clay Ham-mond, Camel Walk-Ikettes isa hit in Cleveland, and we en-joy hearing Lloyd Fatman,WHAT, Philly "turn himselfon" from the crazy drummeron the Camel Walk side.
Picks at KYOK, Houston in -
elude I Don't Care, James Craw-ford; He's The One, Ike & TinaTurner; and Soul Time, JackieWilson. Crown Prince, Al Gar-ner, A.F.D., and Chet McDow-ell are cookin'.
E. Rodney Jones and his mainman Pervis are using ArethaFranklin as the headliner atthe Regal in Chicago Feb. 13-20.Selling in Chicago are: Sugar -Pie DeSanto; Fontella Bass;Maxine Brown; Jr. Walker; thenew Gene Chandler, You Can'tHurt Me No More; Drifters;Joe Hinton; 4 Tops; Impres-sions; Eddie & Ernie; and Wil-son Pickett.
WRBD, Ft. Lauderdale andKNOX, Ft. Worth picked theBobby Byrd which is cookingat WWRL, New York. RockyGroce reports the new IrmaThomas starting to sell well inthe Big Apple.
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Sutherland, Horne, DazzleBostonians In "Semiramide"
BOSTON
It has been some sixty yearssince Rossini's "Semiramide"was staged in this country. Fortwo very good reasons a con-cert version was given in NewYork last season. For thesesame two reasons-Joan Suth-erland and Marilyn Home-"Semiramide" was given thefull treatment by Sarah Cald-well's Boston Opera group lastFriday (5) and repeated onSunday (7), at the Back BayTheater.
It was a gala evening. WhenMiss Sutherland and/or MissHome were on stage-which,fortunately, was most of thetime-it was an evening of ex-traordinary vocal beauty andmatchless technical display. Itis difficult to imagine a finerpair of mistresses of bel cantostyle, even in the golden ageof Grisi, Pasta, Lind and Son-tag. They were simply breath-taking.
Miss Sutherland's art, ofcourse, was no great surprise
to the large audience at theBack Bay Theater. Hers is,after all, one of the greatestvoices of the century. Whatdoes startle one, however, isthat the voice is actually asperfectly placed, open, andfree in person-time and timeagain-as it is on her manyrecordings. She is simply su-perhuman in her consistency.
Marilyn Horne's TriumphThe audience, however, was
less prepared for the dazzlingabilities of Miss Home, mak-ing her Boston debut. The well-earned ovation which followedher first aria literally stoppedthe performance, and if it ispossible, from that point onshe simply got better and bet-ter. Her rich contralto is evenfrom top to bottom, more flexi-ble than most sopranos, anddelivered with some rarefringe assets-excellent dictionand dramatic conviction. Herswas an evening of absolutetriumph.
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Unfortunately it was not aperfect evening. "Semiramide"is not the most stageworthy ofoperas, suffering from a verydull libretto, and includingsome of Rossini's least effec-tive music along with some ofhis most superb. While we dohave a Sutherland and aHome, there simply are notenough male singers who canhandle this music to even raiseour interest. With the excep-tion of Guus Hoekman's Pinza-like basso, the men broughtnothing of value to the per-formance. Unfortunately thisgoes for conductor RichardBonynge as well. Granted, Ros-sini's is not the easiest musicto conduct, but then that's allthe more reason not to conductit if you're incapable of thetask.
Some Magnificent MusicStill, the positive qualities of
the evening far out -distancedthe negative ones. While theoverture and the aria "Belraggio" are quite familiar tothe public, there is an abund-ance of magnificent music inthe opera's set pieces whichdeserve a good hearing. Onecould hope for a complete re-cording of the opera while wehave this perfect pair of belcanto singers in our midst.
For those who are not al-ready aware of the fact, JoanSutherland and Marilyn Hornecan be heard together on Lon-don's "Age of Bel Canto" al-bum and on the February re-lease of Bellini's "Norma" onRCA Victor. They know nopeers. B.K.
"Greasepaint" Songs"The Roar of The Grease-
paint" is the new show byTony Newley and Leslie Bri-cusse, (writers of "Stop TheWorld I Want To Get Off")which stars Newley and CyrilRitchard. It opened last weekin Washington to excellent re-views. The score of the show(which will be waxed by RCAVictor) has already been wide-ly recorded, and The RichmondOrganization, which publishedthe highly successful scorefrom "Stop The World," ex-pects the same smashes with"My First Love Song," "AWonderful Day Like Today,""This Dream" and others, andalready has a hit with "WhoCan I Turn To?" TRO attrib-utes its success with Grease-paint songs to a policy of norestriction on the songs. Thispolicy encompassed licensingRCA Victor to release a TonyNewley LP (cut in London)with the songs from the show.
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CERULEAN BLUES
Beginnings
by Dom Cerulli
I went to the JanuaryFilm Program of the JazzArts Society recently, and itwas, in many ways, a mov-ing experience.
To begin with, the filmswere, as Thorne Smithmight have said, old andrare. There was an ArtieShaw band short with avery young Buddy Rich, alikewise Tony Pastor, and alikewise Georgie Auldamong the sidemen. A slimand svelte Helen Forrestsang.
Louis Armstrong sangShine with his big band.Anita O'Day sang with GeneKrupa's mid -War bandwhile Roy Eldridge blew atrumpet that looked threefeet long. Cab Calloway'sband, with Milt Hinton andCozy Cole among the side-men, did Minnie The Mooch-er.
There was a documentary
on the blues that had a badsound track or was pro-jected by a bad machine. Infact, projection and soundwere rocky throughout theprogram. Also on hand werea short featuring, alternate-ly, Duke Ellington's band ofthe late 1940s and PeggyLee with a rhythm section;a Benny Carter -scored artshort, and the now -classicJammin' The Blues.
The Jazz EnsembleWhat really got to me
more than the shadow showout of the past or the musi-cal relics of other years wasa brief interlude by the NewYork School and Jazz En-semble.
These young musicians,nervous and earnest, wereunable to read music justfour short months ago, wewere told. Their playing wasrigid and forceful, but it wasalso the sound of young peo-
ple embarked on an adven-ture, one perhaps a bit overtheir heads, but dazzlingand eternally promising.The sight of them there, onthe same floor level with theaudience; and the sound ofthem, reading and playingfor all they were worth;brought back to me a mem-ory that had been buried formost of my life.
In the summer of 1936, mygrandmother brought me toan evening concert spon-sored by the W.P.A. in thehall of the Protestantchurch. God knows whoseband it might have been.But the song they playedseveral times during theevening, sung by a male vo-calist, was Until The RealThing Comes Along.
i Extraordinary EveningI can remember that the
hall grew steadily warmer,and that the band playedthe second half in shirt-sleeves. I can see dimly thedark faces, the flashingsmiles, the glistening instru-ments. I can almost hear thesmack of the ensemble asthey drove home the up
tempo tunes. I recall that Inearly leaped into mygrandmother's lap when thedrummer fired a barrage atthe close of the openingnumber.
I have no idea what mygrandmother or the otheradults in the audience feltabout the concert. Theywere mostly immigrant Ital-ian and Irish workers, strug-gling toward middle class.
But one memory standsout crisply. When the con-cert was over and we wentinto the steaming summernight, I held my grand-mother's hand and foughtsleep and what must havebeen my first full-blownheadache.
She asked me if I wantedan ice cream and I shook myhead negatively.
You see, I was walkingalong with my eyes closedand with myself all con-tained in me so that noneof this wild and crashingmusic would escape fromme.
And judging by my reac-tion to the youngsters of theSchool of Jazz Ensemble, itnever did.
"DON'T BE GOOD TO MEIS BEING GOOD TO
MARGIE
SINGLETONB/W "IT'S TOO MUCH"Thanks, D.J.'s, for giving this record the exposure
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REVIEW OF THE WEEKContinued from page 3
Kurland has been with Col-umbia for three years. He wasinvolved with a number of ma-jor Columbia artists includingBarbra Streisand, VladimirHorowitz, Bob Dylan, TheNew Christy Minstrels, GlennGould, Robert Goulet and The-lonious Monk, among others.He came to Columbia in 1961,working under Debbie Ishlon,then head of Creative Servicesat the label, and was placed incharge of the Columbia andEpic publicity department.
Before joining ColumbiaKurland was with RCA Victor,where he worked in the ad-vertising, promotion and publi-city departments. At that labelhe helped launch campaignsfor The Limelighters, AnnMargret and Peter Nero.
Kurland, who recently wedLinda Schreiber, talent scoutfor 20th Century -Fox Picturesin New York, in addition to hismusical production, is alsoworking on a novel which isslated for publication in 1966.
Csida Quits RicJoe Csida resigned last week
as president and director ofRic Records (Recording ArtistsCorp.) Frank Baraone also re-signed as a director and thecorporation's assistant secre-tary.
Ric Records will continue tooperate, as a Nashville com-pany, concentrating mainly onsingles. The new Ric firm willbe headed by Lester Vanadoreone of the firm's founders.
Csida will take over the Ricalbum line on a lease basisfrom the company, and willconvert the line into an LPcatalog for his own label, JJCRecords. These include all thepreviously issued Ric LP's plusLP's by Jimmy Roselli. Csidawill use the same distributorsfor JJC as have handled the
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Ric label. Csida will reactivatehis talent management (hemanages John Gary), musicpublishing and other showbusiness enterprises in thenear future.
Biondi To KRLAThe much -travelled deejay,
Dick Biondi, seems to be head-ing back to KRLA, LosAngeles, with an announce-ment about his re -affiliationexpected momentarily.
Biondi, affectionately knownas "The Wild Italian," had cuta major swath in Chicago priorto his stint on the Coast. Hehas been with the Mutual net-work in recent months. His de-parture from that scene hasenabled him to head back toKRLA, the station from whichhe operated prior to his affilia-tion with Mutual.
The move also points up theheightened competitive situa-tion in the Los Angeles mar-ket. KRLA has been realigningitself for the battle and hasrecently named Mel Hall itsprogram director. A new fac-tor in the local air situation isthe push for supremacy beingmade against the entrenchedKRLA and KFWB by KBLA,which is headed by ex -NewYorker Mel Leeds.
Big Distrib MergerTwo giants in the record dis-
tribution picture joined handsin New York last week. In-volved in the "consolidationand merger" were veteranrack jobber Manny Wells'firm, New York Record Distri-butors, and New Deal RecordService, operated jointly by AlLevine and Lou Klayman, bothof whom are also long-termfigures on the Manhattan discscene.
The new firm will be knownas Interstate Record Distribu-tors Inc., with Wells serving
as president. Klayman becomesexecutive vice president, whileLevine will be secretary -treasurer.
NARM MembersFive new record manufac-
turer members have been ad-mitted to the National Associa-tion of Record Merchandisersand will participate in the up-coming NARM convention, tobe held in San Francisco,February 28 to March 1.
Attending the confab fortheir firms will be Larry Uttaland Peter Hess, Bell (Amy-Mala) Records; 1V1ary Schlach-ter and Pete Garris, ScepterRecords; Chuck Chellman,Starday Records; Herb Cor-sack, Vanguard Records andBill Jelley and Cy Jackson,Word Records.
NARAS TV ShowNARAS (the National Acad-
emy of Recording Arts andSciences) will have its secondTV show on the air in May. Itwill be called "The Best OnRecords," and will be present-ed by NBC-TV on May 18.Show, which will be producedby Ted Bergman, will be basedmainly on the 1965 GrammyAwards winners, which will bemade known on April 13. Theshow will be on the air from8:30 to 9:30 EST, and will pre-empt "Hullabaloo." (Don'tworry kids, many of the sameperformers will be on theNARAS show.)
Tiomkin AwardsDimitri Tiomkin took top
honors for best score and farbest song in the Foreign PressAssociation's Golden GlobeAwards last week. He won theBest Score award for "TheFall Of The Roman Empire,"and Best Song for "CircusWorld." Tiomkin's latest filmscore is "36 Hours."
Glenn Miller OrkThe Glenn Miller Orchestra
has signed with Epic Records.Len Levy, v.p. and generalmanager of the label securedthe famous ork to a long term,exclusive contract.
Bogart's New PostNeil Bogart, formerly with
Cash Box Magazine, has joinedMGM Records. He will be afield promotion manager forthe label, operating out of andwill cover the Boston to Chi-cago territory. He will concen-trate on disc jockey contact.
Back AgainA few months ago we re-
ported that George Lee andArtie Mogull had exchangedjobs, with George going to theWarner's Music firms in Artie'sexecutive slot, and Artie goingto Warner Bros. Records inGeorge's old post as Easternexecutive head. Now we canreport that Artie has returnedto the music firm to assist Vic-tor Blau (new head of War-ner's 1V1PHC) and George hasreturned to the Warner Bros.Records division as head manin the East, under presidentMike Maitland.
"Kelly" UnlovedBefore "Kelly" opened on
Broadway, ads all around townwere saying "Everybody HereLoves Kelly." Well, it wasn'tso. "Kelly" opened and closedin one night (Saturday, Febru-ary 6) marking the quickestexit of any musical in years.
It was presented by JosephLevine, David Susskind andDanny Melnick, with music byMoose Charlop and book andlyric by Eddie Lawrence. Col-umbia had backed the show tothe extent of $50,000, but atleast 'the label doesn't have toworry about cutting an originalcast recording.
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NAVE YOU PLAYED THE LATEST "NAME GAME"?Question
WHO PRODUCED "CHAPEL OF LOVE"?by The Dixie Cups
WHO WAS THE FIRST HIT ARTIST ONRED BIRD RECORDS?
WHAT WAS RED BIRD'S FIRST ALBUM?
WHO WAS THE FIRST HIT ARTIST ONTIGER RECORDS?
WHO PRODUCED "HOW CAN I GETOVER YOU" ON BLUE CATby Alvin Robinson
WHO ARRANGED "HOW CAN I GETOVER YOU"?
WHO WROTE "HOW CAN I GET OVERYOU"?
Leiber & Stoller Joe Jones Wyatt Earp
Babe Ruth The Shangri-Las The Dixie Cups
The Shangri-Las You Talk Too Much Chapel of Love
Yogi Bear Dee Dee Warwick Alvin Robinson
Cassius Clay. Lieber & Stoller Joe Jones
Lieber & Stoller Joe Jones &
Wardell Quezerque Wm. Shakespeare
Lieber & Stoller Steven Foster Robert Mosely
YOU WON'T GET OVER
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THE DIXIE CUPSChapel of Love
ALVIN ROBINSONSomething You Got
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BIG 50 C&W HITSFEBRUARY 20, 1965
A compilation of the nation's best selling and most played C&W phonograph records I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL
Buck Owens-Capitol 5336ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACKOUT BACK
Billy Edd Wheeler-Kapp 617HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Loretta Lynn-Decca 31707SITTIN' IN AN ALL NITE CAFE
Warner Mack-Dacca 31684I'LL REPOSSESS MY HEART
Kitty Wells-Decca 31705KING OF THE ROAD
Roger Miller-Smash 1965YOU'RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW
Sonny .James-Capitol 5280ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
Johnny Cash-Columbia 43206I THANK MY LUCKY STARS
Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor 8445THEN AND ONLY THEN
Connie Smith-RCA Victor 8489(MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE)STRANGERS
Roy Drusky-Mercury 72976Merle Haggard-Tally 170
DO WHAT YOU DO DO WELLNed Miller-Fabor 137
HALF OF THIS, HALF OF THATWynn Stewart-Capitol 5271
WHAT MAKES A MAN WANDERJan Howard-Decca 31701
WHAT I NEED MOSTHugh X. Lewis-Kapp 622
LESS AND LESSCharlie Louvin-Capitol 5296
TEN LITTLE BOTTLESJohnny Bond-Starday 704
IT AIN'T ME BABEJohnny Cash-Columbia 43145
TRUCK DRIVING MANGeorge _Hamilton IV-RCA Victor 8462
I'LL WANDER BACK TO YOUEarl Scott-Decca 31693
IN ITS OWN LITTLE WAYDottie West-RCA Victor 8467
WON'T FORGET YOU.11111 Reeves-RCA Victor 8461
A TIGER IN MY TANKJim Nesbitt-Chart 1185
WALK TALLFaron Young-Mercury 72375
THE RACE IS ONGeorge Jones-United Artists 751
26 23 PLEASE PASS THE BOOZE
Ernest Tubb-Decca 3170627 13 I'M GONNA TIE ONE ON TONIGHT
Wilburn Bros.-Decca 3161728 32 BILLY BROKE MY HEART AT
WALGREENS(I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO SEARS)
Ruby Wright-Ric 14529 34 I WASHED MY HANDS IN
MUDDY WATERStonewall Jackson-Columbia 43197
30 29 MULTIPLY THE HEARTACHESGeorge Jones & Melba Montgomery-
United 78431 * LOVING YOU THEN LOSINGArtistsYOU
Webb Pierce-Decca 3173732 * TINY BLUE TRANSISTOR RADIO
Connie Smith-RCA Victor 840033 37 THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Tompall & The Glaser Bros.-Peen 3173634 24 CLOSE ALL THE HONKY TONKS
Charlie Walker-Epic 972735 36 BIG CITY
Margie Singleton, Faxon Young-Mercury 7231336 26 A TEAR DROPPED BY
Jean Shepard-Capitol 1530437 50 SHAME ON YOU
Red Foley-Dacca 3173738 * WISHING WELL
Hank Snow-RCA Victor 848839 48 TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF
MY HEARTRay Pillow-Capitol 5323
40 49 I WANT YOUTons Tall & Ginny Wright-Chart 1170
41 * SHE CALLED ME BABYCarl Smith-Columbia 43200
42 44 DON'T BE GOOD TO MEMargie Singleton-Mercury 72363
43 43 ONCE A DAYConnie Smith-RCA Victor 8416
44 45 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOUDon Gibson-RCA Victor 8445
45 33 THREE A.M.Bill Anderson-Dacca 31681
46 46 ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYSLeRoy Van Dyke-Mercury 72360
47 * BLAME IT ON THE MOONLIGHTJohnny Wright-Decca 31740
48 * I STILL MISS SOMEONELester Platt & Eu9 Scruggs-Columbia 43204
49 * ALONG CAME YOUWayne Kemp-Phils 1002
50 * FREIGHT TRAIN BLUESRoy Acuff-Hickory 1291
BIG C&W ALBUMSTHE BEST OF JIM REEVES
RCA Victor LPM 2840 (M)/LSP 2890 (S)TOGETHER AGAIN/MY HEARTSKIPS A BEAT Buck Owens & His Buckeroos-
Capitol T 2135 (M)I DON'T CARE
Buck Owens & His Buckeroos-Capitol T 2186HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELYTHAT I LOVE YOU
Jim Reeves-Camden 842THE FABULOUS SOUND OFFLATT AND SCRUGGS
Columbia CL 2255/CS 9055BITTER TEARS
Johnny Cash-Columbia CL 2248/CS 9048LOVE LIFE
Ray Price-Columbia CL 2189YOU'RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW
Sonny James-Capitol T 2209 (M)/ST 2209 (S)SONGS OF TRAGEDY
Hank Snow-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2901FAITHFULLY YOURS Eddy Arnold-
RCA Victor LPM 282 (M)/60931 (5) 0 0
11 11 BILL ANDERSON SHOWCASEDeems DL 4600/DL 74600
12 * THE JUDY LYNN SHOWUnited Artists UAL 3390 (M); LSP 2901 (5)
13 14 THANK YOU FOR CALLINGBilly Walker-Columbia CL 2206 (M)/CS 9006 (5)
14 16 GEORGE JONES SINGSLIKE THE DICKENS
United Artists UAL 3364 (M)/UAS 6364 (S)15 15 THE PICK OF THE COUNTRY
Roy Drusky-Mercury MG 20973 (M)/SR 80973 (5)
16 8 COUNTRY MUSIC TIMEKitty Wells-Decca DL 4554/DL 74554
17 12 COUNTRY DANCE FAVORITESFaxon Young-Mercury MG 20931 (311/60931 (5)
18 18 R.F.D.Marty Robbins-Columbia CL 2220/CS 9020
19 19 YESTERDAY'S GONERoy Drusky-Mercury MG 20919/SR 60919
20 20 THE BEST OF BUCK OWENSCapitol T 2105 (M)/ST 2105 (S)
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Country Single Picks
BOOTS TILLCapa 125WHERE DID YOU GO(Law, BMI) (2:57)-AllenFlip is "Thirteenth Dance"(Law, BMI) (2:15)-Hopkins
BILL GOODWINChart 1175DEAD AMONG THE LIVING(Peach, SESAC) (2:58)-Good-
win, AllenFlip is "My Baby Don't Live Here
Anymore"(Peach, SESAC) (1:46)-Good-
win, Robbe
JIM REEVES' BLUE BOYSRCA Victor 8515YONDER COMES A SUCKER(Tree, BM I ) ( I :58 ) -ReevesFlip is "I'm a Hit Again"(Acclaim, BMI) (1:52)-Reeves,
Baker
CARL DOBKINS, JR.Colpix CP762A LITTLE BIT LATER ON DOWN
THE LINE(Sea -Lark, BMI) (2:31)-TaylorFlip is "His Loss Is My Gain"(Premier, BMI) (2:23)-Barkan,
Sawyer
LAWTON WILLIAMSRCA Victor 47-8514WAR ON POVERTY(Western Hills, BMI) ( 2:11 )-
WilliamsFlip is "The Power of Love"(Western Hills, BMI) (2:20)-
Williams
BILL ANDERSONDecca 31743CERTAIN(Moss -Rose, BMI) (2:36)-Ander-
sonFlip is "You Can Have Her"(Big Billy, BMI) (2:32)-Cook
CHARLIE LOUVINCapitol 5369SEE THE BIG MAN CRY(Tuneville/Lyn Lou, BMI) (2:23)
-BruceFlip is "I Just Don't Understand"(Pamper, BMI) (2:35)-Nelson
JIMMY NEWMANDecca 31745CITY OF THE ANGELS(New Keys, BMI) (2:37)-Hall,
NewmanFlip is "Back in Circulation"(New Keys, BMI) (2:06)-Hall
Country Album Picks
MR. COUNTRY AND WESTERNMUSIC
GEORGE JONESMusicor MM -2046
ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIALJOHNNY CASHColumbia CL -2309
YOUR FAVORITE COUNTRYHITS
HANK SNOWRCA Victor LPM 3317
Dateline Music CityCountry music star Margie
Singleton of Music City wasmarried Jan. 31 in Montgomery,Ala. to Leon Ashley, Dot re-cording artist and owner ofseveral radio stations includingMontgomery's WAPX. He isalso known in the radio busi-ness as Leon Walton. Whilemost of Ashley's Dot recordshave been country, his Leon -Ashley show has played manyof the better night clubs.
Mercury Record's Margie hasenjoyed huge sales of her coun-try records and her PA's aregenerally sell-outs. She is alsothe writer of a number of hitsongs such as "Lie to Me"recorded by Brook Benton;"She Understands Me", record-ed by Johnny Tillotson, andothers. The wedding wasplanned by Montgomery dee-jays and fans during Margie'sappearance at the Copa club. Areception given by Dixie Hat-field of WBAM Radio andJimmy Lewis of WMGI Radiofollowed, and both bride andgroom were awarded honorarycitizenship certificates. The cou-ple will work out of Nashvilleafter a vacation in Mexico. . . .
Pamper Music's WaylandStubblefield has announced there-signing of Hank Cochran toa long term writer's contract.Cochran's great success as asong writer in both the pop andcountry fields covers such hitsas "A Little Bitty Tear", "I FallTo Pieces", "Make the WorldGo Away", "Funny Way ofLaughing", "Go On Home","Same Old Hurt" and manyothers.
Raft -Scruggs RecalledLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
made a return appearance onthe Les Crane Show on ABC-TV network. Feb. 12. On Feb.14 they appeared in concert atChicago's Aire Crown Theater.The group recently entertainedfor a debutante ball in Birm-ingham, Ala. with 700 attend-ing. . . . Bonnie Brown, popularOpry performer, is the newpresident of the Pope -YellMedical Auxiliary. What'sthat? Pope and Yell are twoArkansas counties in which herdoctor -husband practices medi-cine. Bonnie is also presidentof an art group at her hometown of Dardanelle, Ark. . . .
The Osborne Brothers recentlymoved to Nashville the hardway. Driving their own truck,
Music Business in Nashville
CHARLIE LAMB
BEFORE THE SESSION: Songwriter Kay Arnold who wrote Billy Walker's hit,"Cross the Brazos at Waco," rehearses one of the songs with Walker onWalker's new album prior to the recording session. Kay moved to Nashvillefrom Waco lost year. She also wrote the follow-up to "Brazos," scheduled forrelease soon.
they made four round trips be-tween Nashville and Dayton,Ohio to haul furniture to theirnew homes in the same blockat nearby Hendersonville. . . .
George Hamilton IV and hispretty wife will be parentsagain next August. He'll benamed George V V. . . If! Soundslike a royal dynasty. . . . DelWood who recently played aVero Beach (Fla.) engagementand brought back greetings toOpry stars, says that her oneyear old Wesley had a bigChristmas. Got a tricycle hecan't ride, a phonograph whichhe can't operate, a French harpwhich he can't play.
Lonzo and Oscar know howto tell weather stories. Afterthree weeks in Japan wherethere was an earthquake, theyspent two on Okinawa wherethere was another typhoon.Returning to the states wherethey had several West coastdates, they were stopped by theCalifornia -Oregon floods. . . .
The Browns-Bonnie, Jim Ed-ward and Maxine-are makingplans for a tour of the Orientlate in the summer and pos-sibly a trip to England. . . .
WQIK FestivalWQIK's fifth annual south-
eastern country music festival,set for Jacksonville, Fla. March13, will be their biggest ever.
Attendance planned for 13,000.Entertainers to be Ray Price,Sonny James, Dave Dudley,Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean,Connie Smith, Roy Drusky andothers. . . . Bill Anderson's 30 -minute tele series will be seenin approximately 75 markets.Singer -writer Anderson willhost and star. Appearing asregulars will be his own band,the "Po" Boys, Jean Shepard,Grandpa and Ramona Jones,Jimmy Gately plus specialguests. "This is the break of mylife," says Anderson. . . . SaltLake City's K -SOP says it'sbeen the best January for salesin 10 years and gives C&W thebiggest credit. . . . Tompall andthe Glasers, riding the salescrest of their new Decca release"Winner Take All" backed with"Baby, They're Playing OurSong", are set for MinneapolisFeb. 15-20 and for Davenport,Iowa, Feb. 21.
Mercury and Philips Records,introducing the first albumbeing made by "Peyton Place"co-star Chris Connelly, have setan unprecedented promobudget of $25,000, says record-ing exec Nick Venet.... WPLARadio at Plant City, Fla. playedhost at two big Opry showsrecently which headlinedErnest Tubb. The station's ownJoe Penny who only recently
returned to his hometown, didthe emsee chores. . . . WHOLat Allentown, Pa. became a fulltime C&W station starting Feb.8. Station is owned and op-erated by Jim Herbert and CarlStuart.
Radio response to Boots Till's"Where Did You Go" backedwith "Thirteenth Dance" is 99pct. favorable, based on reportsfrom 32 states, says CAPAprexy Doc Whiting. . . . BobMaickel at Country JamboreeProductions, P.O. Box 123, Flor-al Park, Ill., which producesa country show for WAPC,needs country records. Its Suf-folk County Jamboree is theonly C&W show on the air ineastern Long Island, he says.. . . Billy Parker, C&W deejayand recording artist, formerlyof KTOW, has taken over theturntables at Station WFMJ atTulsa, Okla.
Tapp Joins Van DykeDemetriss Tapp, C&W re-
cording artist, will join LeRoyVan Dyke and his company asguest star for their engagementat the Shamrock Hilton inHouston Feb. 18 through March3. . . . Columbia star ClaudeKing invites deejays whohaven't received a copy of hislatest release, "Whirlpool", towrite to him at 806 Pine TreeDrive, Shreveport, La. . . .
Richmond, Va. producer JimGemmill announces that lovelythrush Barbara Allen has beenbooked as feature grandstandatrtaction of the WarrenCounty Fair in Front Royal,Va. for the second consecutiveyear. She'll be busy with otherdates scattered through springand early summer.
Key Talent reports thatBobby Bare has just finished a10 -day tour ending in Seattle.. . . Dave Dudley has spent twoweeks in Florida, while JimmyNewman was working Georgia,New Mexico, Louisiana andMississippi. . . . Billy Walkeralso has a packed Februaryschedule while Buddy Mere-dith is concluding a threeweeks stand in Montana. . . .
Quentin "Reed" Welty, of B -WMusic, and manager of KathyDee, says Kathy is spendingfour weeks in glacier coveredGreenland. . . . Jim Small,veteran of the C&W field for32 years, has moved his entireoperations to Nashville on apermanent basis.
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Don Pierce, Starday Prexy,Back From Japanese Visit
Japanese country band on stageand Mike Higashi.)
Don Pierce, head of Nash-ville's Starday label, returnedlast week from a month's tripthrough the Pacific Islands andJapan. According to Piercecountry music is experiencing
in Tokyo. (Photo by Don Pierce
a tremendous upsurge not onlyin Japan, but many otherareas of the Far East.
In Honolulu, Pierce said,Radio KAHU, with deejaysCec White, Hal Bradberry and
Don Gabriel, working closelyin coordination with programdirector John Livingston, isdoing a great job of makingHawaii a country music state.George Mardikian, owner ofSan Francisco's Omar Khay-yam Restaurant, and theowner of country stationsKEEN, in San Jose, Calif.,KCVR in Lodi, Calif., andKVEG in Las Vegas, is alsoa part owner of KAHU.
While in Tokyo Pierce ar-ranged for stepped up advertis-ing and promotion of StardayRecords, and more Starday re-leases, with Kazua Takeda ofKing Records of Japan, whohandle the label there. Piercealso visited with Michio Mat -suede who handles the Star -day Music catalog in Japan.
Pierce met with many Jap-anese country stars in Tokyo,including Michio Higashi, whowas a smash when he per-formed on Grand Ole Oprythree years ago in Nashville.The Starday president was in-terviewed by disc jockey BijiKuroda and critic HiroyokiTakayama.
The interest in country musicis so intense in Japan, Piercesaid, that close to five percent of all records sold arecountry records. This has beenaccomplished in only three
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years through broadcasts onthe one commercial radio net-work and the Armed ForcesRadio Network, Pierce noted.
P. Heinecke's 80thPaul Heinecke, the founder
and president of the world-wide licensing agency, SESAC,celebrated his 80th Birthdaylast week (2). He also beganhis 66th year in the music busi-ness. A special testimonialdinner was held in his honoron his 80th Birthday.
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Brian Epstein has bookedtop British singing star CillaBlack into New York's plush-iest niterie the Persian Roomof the Hotel Plaza. Cilla is toplay three weeks there in July.
Her record of "You've Lostthat Loving Feeling" is current-ly high in the British chartshaving been beaten, like everyother single at the moment, bythe Righteous Brothers versionwhich is No. 1.
Her first LP titled simply"Cilia" was released last week(5th Feb) to a chorus of heavyadvance orders.
"Hullaballoo" TapingsAt Teddington TV studios
near London Brian Epstein hastoday been recording new in-serts for the top TVer "Hulla-balloo". He introduces eachartist. In the current series. onAmerican TV screens soon, arechart toppers the Moody Blues,Georgie Fame and the BlueFlames, Liverpool's ownSearchers, Billy J. Kramer andthe Dakotas, Joe Brown andthe Bruvvers and Wayne Fon-tana and the Mindbenders.
The latter group is a Man-chester combination who hadbig success here recently witha recording of the old MajorLance hit `um,Um,Um,Um,Um".Their newie "Game of Love"shot into the British Top 100for the first time last week andlooks like a future number one.
The Joe Brown group is notamong chart toppers these daysbut was some time ago. Likeold stagers Johnny Ray andover here Tommy Steelethey've made the grade to moreadult entertainment. Joe is atypical London cockney and hishumor, bright approach and allround professional approachpull big crowds and steadyrecord sales the year round. Hecould build big in the States.
P. J. Proby BannedMost sensational news of the
week there has been the ban-ning from many theatres ofP. J. Proby top attractionthroughout the country at themoment. He was booked byBrian Epstein and promoterArthur Howes to co-star in atouring package with CillaBlack.
Ali were: wad en ea&of the Isar wpsiog r, -zhis pants slit: Oa 3coccasion time lientre nonage-ment (ABC) tam down thecurtest and blamed him fromall their scans sarrzig his actwas --tsdeo
Indecent or no he turned upthe forio.-_-..g night at the nextdate and was barred from thethea:re door even after offeringto appear in denims and hand-cs feet from the stageedge: Iris appearances havebeen causing riots similar tothose over Presley ten yearsback.
He will however be able toappear on some ABC theatredates with the package. Mean-while Cilla is topping in hisplace. Proby by the sensationalpublicity surrounding him hasrapidly become the hottest at-traction here since the Beatles-and it is still growing. There'slittle doubt that if he doesmodify his act and conformmore to rules and regulationshe'll rival Presley. His lastsingle "Somewhere" was asmash here and his next "MyPrayer" is already attractinghuge advances.
All this for an American whobefore he came to Britain, wasunknown. His real name isJames Marcus Smith -at leastso he tells me!
Pye's Big DealsIn a new series of deals an-
nounced by Managing Direc-tor Louis Benjamin this weekPye is set fair to becomeBritain's second largest com-pany.
They announced a re-sign-ing of their contract with Re-prise and as expected will soontake over from Decca releaseof the Warner Brothers line.This deal has been expectedsince WB and Reprise tied upin the States. Both labels willhave their own identity.
Benjamin also announcedthat Chess is to have its ownlabel here. This will belaunched with a massive newdisc list when Marshall Chessvisits shortly.
To tie in with the growingpopularity of Continental rec-
mit brat Iledmia also hassr milt beach Voguelrii - fe hunch weak-- S Is been led by the
lit sine "It liesise" by Fran-BInnly. which is on
Tine. rest Vogue releasesu s -Z. iambs& LPs by Pet Clark,Manly& Diasy Gillespie.
To cope with the growingmportance of Pye and itsr-tnraig sales Benjamin alsoannounced a series of person-nel appointments which in-clude the promotion of Assist-ant General Les Cocks to theBoard of Directors. He also be-comes A & R director. Com-pany controller George Mar -Grave becomes a director.
Benjamin also announcedthat this week he has complet-ed a deal with the Commandlabel whereby their productwill be manufacutred and dis-tributed here by Pye. He asyet could not rveeal any de-tails but if the deal is in linewith Pye's usual policy Com-mand will be given its ownidentity.
The Chess deal means thateach of the Chess labels, ie,Checker and Argo will be re-leased under their own identi-ty and the first release is setfor February 19th.
The Warner Brothers dealwas concluded personally be-tween Louis Benjamin andMike Maitland, head of WB.
Decca lost Warner Brothersand United Artists because ofthis refusal to give Americanlabels their own identity, andsome time back had to give into RCA over the same ques-tions. Pye recently gave RedBird its own identity and im-mediately had a hit with"Chapel of Love" and then"Remember Walking in theSand." Now "Leader of thePack" is proving that there isno trade resistance to singleswhich will sell even if theyare on new labels.
Pye led in this new think-ing which is earning them therespect not only of dealers herebut also of American manufac-turers whose British sales theyhave lifted to new heights.
Pye's chief A & R manAllan Freeman who was afounder member of the labelsome years back has resignedto form his own independentproduction and managementcompany. Louis Benjamin an-nounced however that Free-man will continue to recordthe same artists that he haspreviously been responsiblefor, and that Pye will haveexclusive rights to his indieproduced material.
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BRITAIN'S TOP 20Courtesy Melody Maker, London
1 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN'FEELIN'
Rightentiq Brothers-London2 TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU
Kinks-Pye3 GO NOW
Moody Blues-Decca4 COME TOMORROW
Manfred Mann-HMV5 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN'
FEELIN'fIlla Black-Parloyhone
6 KEEP SEARCHIN'Del Shannon-Stateside
7 CAST YOUR FATE TO THEWINDS
Sounds Orchestral-Piccadilly8 BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO
Them-Decca9 TERRY
Twinkle-Decca10 YEH YEH
Georgie Fame-Columbia11 GIRL DON'T COME
Sandie Shaw-Pye12 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER
YOUSeekers-Columbia
13 FERRY CROSS THE MERSEYGerry and the Pacemakers-Columbia
14 THE SPECIAL YEARSVal Doonlean-Decca
15 I'M LOST WITHOUT YOUBilly Fury-Decca
16 SOMEWHEREI'. J. Proby-Liberty
17 THREE BELLSBrian Poole and the Tremeloes-Decca
18 LEADER OF THE PACKShangri-Las-Red Bird
19 DOWNTOWN
20 WALK TALLPetula Clark-Pye
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