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MUSIC BUSINESS11Incorporating music reporter Vol. VIII, No. 45, June 13, 1964
THE AMERICAN
RECORD ARTISTS
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Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Checksymbol (100) 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 retail outlets, one stops and ra Beach Boys Jump Into Top Ten
THE MONEY RECORDS SALE BLAZERSThis LastWeek Week
1 1 CHAPEL OF LOVEDIXIE CUPS, Red Bird 10-001
2 3 WORLD WITHOUT LOVEPETER AND GORDON, Capitol 5175
3 2 LOVE ME DOBEATLES, Tollie 9008
4 4 LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEARTRAY CHARLES SINGERS, Command 4046
5 5 MY GUYMARY WELLS, Motown 1056
6 7 LITTLE CHILDRENBILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS,
Imperial 66027WALK ON BY
DIONNE WARWICK. Scepter 1274(JUST LIKE) ROMEO AND JULIET
REFLECTIONS, Golden World 6008DO YOU LOVE ME
DAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic 9678I GET AROUND
BEACH BOYS, Capitol 5174
This LastWeek Week11 16 WHAT'D I SAY
ELVIS PRESLEY, RCA Victor 8360'at 29 TELL ME WHYBOBBY VINTON, Epic 958713 13 PEOPLE
BARBRA STREISAND, Columbia 4296514 17 DIANE
BACHELORS, London 963915 12 P.S. I LOVE YOUBEATLES, Tollie 9008
16 15 I DON'T WANT TO BE HURTANY MORE
NAT KING COLE, Capitol 51551111- 33 MY BOY LOLLIPOP
MILLIE SMALL, Smash 189318 18 EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS
BRENDA HOLLOWAY, Tamla 5409419 25 TODAY
NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS, Columbia 43000Abs 45 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU
CRYINGGERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS, Laurie 3251
This LastWeek Week21 19 VIVA LAS VEGAS
ELVIS PRESLEY, RCA Victor 83622 27 ONCE UPON A TIME
MARVIN GAYE & MARY WELLS, Motown 105'23 23 TEARS AND ROSES
AL MARTINO, Capitol 518:24 76 MEMPHISJOHNNY RIVERS, Imperial 6603!
25 31 BE ANYTHING (BUT BE MINE)CONNIE FRANCIS, MGM 13231-Or 50 I DON'T WANNA BE A LOSER
LESLEY GORE, Mercury 7227(27 22 THREE WINDOW COUPE
RIP CHORDS, Columbia 4302528 32 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO
CHUCK BERRY, Chess 189839 DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE
AWAYSEARCHERS, Kann 593
40 BAD TO MEBILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS,
Imperial 66027
ACTION RECORDSThis LastWeek Week
43 I'LL TOUCH A STARTERRY STAFFORD, Crusader 105
This LastWeek Week
-16- 65 THE WORLD I USED TO KNOWJI5ENIY RODGERS, Dot 16595
ThisWeek
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95 YOU COMB HER HAIRJOEY POWERS, Amy 90332 6 HELLO, DOLLY!
77 I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD 98 SHE'S MY GIRLLOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp 573EARL -JEAN, Colpix 729 BOBBY SHA_FTO, Rust 508233 21 WRONG FOR EACH OTHER
TELL ME MAMAANDY WILLIAMS, Columbia 43015 73 WHAT HAVE I GOT OF MY OWNCHRISTINE QUAITE, World Artists 102234 14 BITS AND PIECES TRINI LOPEZ, Reprise 276 80 69 THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FULL MOONDAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic 9671 57 52 GOODBYE BABY (BABY GOODBYE)
JACK JONES, Kapp 58955 YESTERDAY'S GONE SOLOMON BURKE, Atlantic 2226 TELL ME WHEN36
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CHAD STUART & JEREMY CLYDE,World Artists 1021
RONNIEFOUR SEASONS, Philips 40185
DON'T WORRY BABYBEACH BOYS, Capitol 5174
IT'S OVERROY ORBISON, Monument 837
ALONEFOUR SEASONS, Vee-Jay 597
BEANS IN MY EARSSERENDIPITY SINGERS, Philips 40198
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HICKORY, DICK AND DOCBOBBY VEE, Liberty 56700
RAG DOLLFOUR SEASONS, Philips
KISS ME QUICKELVIS PRESLEY, RCA Victor 447-0639
DONNIEBERMUDAS, Erg 3125
PARTY GIRLBERNADETTE CARROLL, Laurie 3238
MILORDBOBBY DARIN, Atco 6297
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APPLEJACKS, London 9658NOT FADE AWAY
ROLLING STONES, London 9657THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
STAN GETZ, Verve 10322TENNESSEE WALTZ
SAM COOKE, RCA Victor 8368ANGELITO
RENE AND RENE, Columbia 43054WISHIN' AND HOPIN'
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Philips 40207PRECIOUS WORDSills CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE
DAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic 9692 g/ TOMMYCONNIE FRANCIS, MGM 13237 88 lOf
WALLACE BROTHERS, Sims 174MY DREAMS461-
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WORLD OF LONELY PEOPLEANITA BRYANT, Columbia 43037
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, BABYMARVIN GAYE & MARY WELLS, Motown 1057
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MIXED UP, SHOOK UP GIRLPATTY AND THE EMBLEMS, Herald 590
KICK THAT LITTLE FOOT, SALLY ANNROUND ROBIN, Domain 1404
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BRENDA LEE, Dacca 31628I CAN'T HEAR YOU
BETTY EVERETT, Vee Jay 599THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME
TEMPTATIONS, Gordy 7032la. 64 WORLD WITHOUT LOVE 67 61 BE MY GIRL 91 V I STILL GET JEALOUSBOBBY RYDELL, Cameo 320 FOUR EVERS, Smash 1887LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp 59145 51 EVERYBODY KNOWS
STEVE LAWRENCE, Columbia 43407l& 96 DREAM LOVER
PARIS SISTERS, MGM 1323692 V THE FERRIS WHEEL
EVERLY BROTHERS, Warner Bros. 5441ailk- 79 ALONE WITH YOUBRENDA LEE, Decca 31628
40' I/ LOVE IS ALL WE NEEDVIC DANA, Dolton
93 V JUST AIN'T ENOUGH LOVEEDDIE HOLLAND, Motown 15847 20 COTTON CANDY
AL HIRT, RCA Victor 8364al' YESTERDAY'S GONE
OVERLANDERS, Hickory 125894 V GROWIN' UP TOO FAST
DIANE RENAY, 20th Century Fqx 514II& 97 FARMER JOHNPREMIERES, Faro 605
411- V GOOD TIMESSAM COOKE, RCA Victor 8368 95 59 SOMETHING YOU GOT
ALVIN ROBINSON, Tiger 10449 58 ROCK ME BABY 16- - TALL COOL ONE 96 V THE COURT OF KING CARACTICUSB. B. KING, Kent 393 WAILERS, Golden Crest 518ROLF HARRIS, Epic 9682Sall- 93 REMEMBER ME
RITA PAVONE, RCA Victor 836573 78 THE BEATLES E.P.
Capitol EAP 1-2121 97 LITTLE TOY BALLOONDANNY WILLIAMS, United Artists 722Ea' SIE LIEBT DICH
DIE BEATLES, Swan 4182na- DANG ME
ROGER MILLER, Smash 8 1881 98 tor THE FEVERJODY MILLER, Capitol 519252 42 WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE
IRMA THOMAS, Imperial 6601370- 94 LAZY ELSIE MOLLY
CHUBBY CHECKER, Parkway 92099 V I BELIEVE
BACHELORS, London 962953 57 GIVING UP vb. 99 THE MAGIC OF OUR SUMMER LOVE 100 V ROCK MY SOULGLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS, Marx 325 TYMES, Cameo 992 PETER, PAUL & MARY, Warner Bros. 5442 Published weekly by Music Business, Inc., 225 West 57 St., New York, N.Y. 10019. Second class postage paid at New York. N.Y., and additional mailing office.Subscription prices: U.S. and possessions and Canada, $2 a year: elsewhere, 810.
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Answer: P11.11.1PS
(with the strongest group of hits ever offered at one time!)
PHILIPS RECORDSONE WORLD OF MUSIC ON ONE GREAT LABEL
SINGLE PICKS Nancy, Welk, Maxwell Lead Parade
Chart Picks
NANCY WILSON2apitol 5198`,EVER LESS THAN YESTERDAYApril, ASCAP) (2:21) - Ahlert,
Kusik
Fip is "(You Don't Know) How GladI Am," (Roosevelt, BMI) (2:37)-Williams Harrison
Gal is a big album artist and thisclassy performance could give hera single smash.
ROBERT MAXWELLDecca 25637'EG 0' MY HEARTLeo Feist, ASCAP) (1:38)-Fisher,
3ryanRip is "Little Dipper," (Maxwell/
Moorpark, ASCAP) (2:15)-Max-well
Another big instrumental for the"Shangri-La" hitmaker and thiscould be as big.
GLORIA LYNNEEverest 2044DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM
ME (E. H. Morris, ASCAP) (2:48)-Nemo
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVEIS (Leeds, ASCAP) (2:58)-Raye,DePaul
Two fine standards, done in Gloria'sslow, soulful style.
CLIFF RICHARDEpic 9691BACHELOR BOY(Ross Jungnickel/Harms, ASCAP)
(2:00)-Richard, WelchTRUE TRUE LOVIN'(Shadows/Hill and Range, BMI)
(2:13)-WelchFirst up is a stylish tune, well -sung to
a big arrangement. Flip has a
touch of Liverpool. Either wayhere.
LAWRENCE WELKDot 16620THE POODLE WALK(Fred Raphael, ASCAP) (2:09)-
Cates, Silver, AlfredOne of Welk's typically bright, im
aginative instrumentals which al-ways rate a strong chance.
ETHEL ENNISRCA Victor 8379THE BOY FROM IPANEMA(Duchess, BMI) (2:26)-Jobim, De-
Moraes, GimbelFlip is "When Will the Hurt Be
Over," (APT, ASCAP) (2:13)-Vance, Snyder
Here's a smart answer version of theStan Getz "Girl from Ipanema"hi+.
SUGAR PIE DESANTOChecker 13224SOULFUL DRESS(Chevis, BMI) (2:47)-McAlisterFlip is "Use What You Got," (Chev-
is, BMI) (2:40)-DavisA wild and rip-roaring rocker with
plenty of r. & b. flavor.
BILL ANDERSONDecca 31630ME(Acclaim/Samos Island, BMI) (2:12)
-ZanetisCINCINNATI, OHIO(Moss Rose, BMI) (2:08)-AndersonA strong coupling. Top side has an
effective recitation and the flip,Anderson's own tune, could also go.
MUSIC BUSINESS DISCOVERIESRONNY AND THE DAYTONASMale 481G. T. 0.(Buckhorn, BMI) (2:26)HOT ROD BABYITuneville, BMI) (2:12)Bill Justis produced these two good
male vocal sides. They have a bitof the Beach Boys harmony sound.
JERRY CRUTCHFIELD ANDORCHESTRA
Coral 62416DANCING IN THE STREETS(Dov, ASCAP) (2:16)-McKuenDON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU
CRYING(Northern, ASCAP) (2:29)-GreeneWriter -producer Crutchfield turns
maestro here with two winning in-strumentals. First is a slick RodMcKuen ditty; the flip is a hit forGerry and the Pacemakers.
DICK LORYLiberty 55707I WILL(Camarillo, BMI) (2:32)-GlasserI CATCH MYSELF CRYING(Tree, BMI) (2:28)-R. MillerA good chanter with a fine sound.
First up has a touch of the BobbyVee Sound; the flip is a countryishtune by Roger Miller.
THE VULCANESCapitol 5199MOON PROBE(Beechwood, BMI) (2:20)-BarnumTWILIGHT CITY(Lock-M.Z.G., ASCAP) (2:35) -
SaracenoA smart new combo with in interest-
ing spatial quality, especially onthe top side. Group bears watch-ing.
TONY CLARKE (And You, HisAudience)
Chess 1894AIN'T LOVE GOOD, AIN'T LOVE
PROUD(Chevis, BMI) (2:55) - Clarke,Wylie
Flip is "Coming Back Strong," (Che-vis, BMI) (2:40)-McKinley, Smith,Clarke
THE WEDGWOODSLimelight 3025SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN(Remick, ASCAP) (2:13) - Dubin,
WarrenGONE GONE AWAY(Duchess, BMI) (1:45)-The Wedg-
woodsHere's an interesting new British
group with a pleasant harmony,folk sound. Somewhat reminiscentof The Old Springfields group.
THE V.I.P.'sBigtop 518FLASHBACKValley (2:22)-Giant, Baum, KayeYOU PULLED A FAST ONE(Aberbach, BMI) (2:36) - Giant,
Baum, KayeThe new rock vocal combine turns
in a pair of sides with strong r.& b. touches. Group has class.
JOANNE ENGELAmy 904THE DUM-DE-DUM SONG(Rumbalero, BMI) (2:00) - Wecht,
WalshFlip is "I Want Him," (Rumbalero,
BMI) (2:25)-Wecht, WalshHere's a gal with a solid, dual -track
harmony sound against a greatbeat. Big sound here could make it.
MUSIC BUSINESS, JUNE 13, 1964
An Exclusive MUSIC BUSINESS Feature
RADIO EXPOSURE CHARTThis chart summarizes the standings of single records on
the latest local surveys made in major markets by key radiostations which influence record sales. Numerals next to eachtitle show its rank order on the survey named at the top ofeach column. The letter "P" indicates the record was a "Pick"on survey; the letter "X" means it was an "Extra" withoutnumerical rank. If no numeral or symbol appears in a col-umn, the record was not on the station's latest survey.
This chart provides a rapid summary of each record'slocal popularity and radio exposure in leading markets. Italso shows regional popularity and radio exposure bygrouping markets in the East, South, Midwest and West. Eachweek a different radio sample is used. Music Business hasbeen officially authorized by each station listed to publish itssurvey results, which have been obtained by Music Businesswith the cooperation and approval of the stations named.
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CAROL Tommy Roe (ABC Paramount)A CASUAL KISS Leon Peels (Whirlybird)CHAPEL OF LOVE Dixie Cups (Red Bird) 4 I I I I 7
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3749...STILL GET JEALOUS Louis Armstrong (Kapp) 65 XWANNA BE LOVED Dean & Jean (Rust) 38WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD. Jellybeans 45 36WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (In German) Beatles 30'LL BE IN TROUBLE Temptations (Gordy)'LL TOUCH A STAR Terry Stafford (Crusader) 34.._..27 19 52.. 29. 9 41 33 24 34 10'M CONFESSIN' Stevens & Tempo (Atco)'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD Earl Jean (Calais) 33... 56 23. 34 35'M JUST A MAN Billy Butler'M SO PROUD Impressions (ABC) 22
6125 19 40...'M THE LONELY ONE Cliff Richard (Epic) 32N THE MISTY MOONLIGHT Jerry Wallace PT AIN'T NO USE Major Lance (Epic) 48T WILL STAND ShowmenT'S OVER Roy Orbison (Monument) 25 . 31 10
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26MY BABY DON'T DIG ME . . Ray Charles (ABC Paramount)44MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie Small (Smash) I6 8 16 17 15 6 33 10 8 ........... 22 3 40 22 ....... 9 .MY DREAMS Brenda Lee (Dacca) 45 28MY GIRL SLOOPY Vibrations (Atlantic)
14MY GUY Mary Wells (Motown) II 6 5 5 4 8 20 25:: II 7 19 19. 4 24 .......I I .MY KIND OF TOWN Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 44
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ONCE UPON A TIME M. Wells & M. Gaye (Motown) 8 9 21 2 33 22 I 1 19ONE WAY LOVE. Drifters (Atlantic) 20.26 .......39
ONLY THE YOUNG The Champs (Challenge)28
P.S. I LOVE YOU Beatles (Tollie) 12 14 6 4 7 34. 2 9 9 2PEG 0' MY HEART Robert Maxwell (Decca) x.PARTY GIRL Bernadette Carroll (Laurie)31 13 32.PATSY GIRL Ross McManusPEOPLE Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 2 9 8 8 14 49 7 9 23 17 23 5 ... .PINK PANTHER Hank Mancini (RCA Victor)PRECIOUS WORDS Wallace Brothers (Sims) 18 30
RAG DOLL Four Seasons (Philips) P X 34REMEMBER ME Rita Pavone (RCA Victor) 47 53 46 P 16. .13 29ROCK ME BABY B. B. King (Kent) 44. 30 58ROCK MY SOUL Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.) XRONNIE Four Seasons (Philips) 12 26 15ROSES GROW WITH THORNS Ketty Lester (RCA Victor)
XRULES OF LOVE Orions (Cameo) 24RUN LITTLE GIRL Donnie Elbert (Gateway) 27
SHANGRI-LA Vic Dana (Dolton) 15 19 36SHANGRI-LA Robert Maxwell (Dacca)19SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Bobby Bland (Duke)
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SHENANDOAH Goldebriars (Epic)SHE'S MY GIRL Bobby Shafto (Rust)SHE'S THE ONE Chartbusters (Mutual)SIE LIEBT DICH Beatles (Swan) 33 57 2
SOMEBODY'S IN MY ORCHARD Nancy Adams (RCA Victor) 33
SOMETHING YOU GOT Alvin Robinson (Tiger) 18
SOUL SERENADE King Curtis (Capitol) 29
SPANISH BOY The Rubies (Vee-Jay) 29
SPEND A LITTLE TIME Barbara LewisSTAY AWHILE Dusty Springfield (Philips)SUGAR & SPICE Searchers (Liberty) 24
SUSPICION Terry Stafford (Crusader)SWEET POTATO Colony Singers (ABC Paramount) 49
TASTE OF TEARS Johnny Mathis (Mercury) 50
TALL COOL ONE Wailers (Golden Crest)TEA FOR TWO Tempo & Stevens (Atco)TEARS AND ROSES Al Martino (Capitol) 28 I6 20
TELL ME MAMA Christine Quaite (World Artists) 8 48....
TELL ME WHEN Applejacks (London)TELL ME WHY Bobby Vinton (Epic) 14 15 18
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THANK YOU GIRL Beatles (Capitol)THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS Ray Price (Columbia) 7
THAT'S REALLY SOME GOOD Rufus & Carla Thomas (Stax)THING CALLED SADNESS Chuck HowardTHREAD AND NEEDLE Dean & Jean (Rust)THREE WINDOW COUPE Rip Chords (Columbia) 27 29
TODAY New Christy Minstrels (Columbia)TOMMY Connie Francis (MGM)TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Brook Benton (Mercury) 16
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VERY THOUGHT OF YOU Rick Nelson (Decca)VIVA LAS VEGAS Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 20 28 24
WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (Scepter) 5 24., 4 7 12 22
WALK, WALK Freewheelers (Epic)WALKIN' THE DOG The Trophys 58
WE GOT A GOOD THING GOING Barbara LynnWHAT HAVE I GOT OF MY OWN Trini Lopez (Reprise)WHAT'D Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU BABY Gaye & Wells (Motown)WHEN YOU DANCE Lou Christie (Roulette) 47
WHENEVER HE HOLDS YOU Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists) 37
WHITE ON WHITE Danny Williams (United Artists)WHITE ROSES FROM A BLUE VALENTINE Johnny Mathis (Mercury)WHY Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) 38
WILD AND WONDERFUL.. Murmaids (Chatahoochee) 29
WILD WATER SKI-ING WEEKEND Tommy Roe (ABC Paramount)WINKIN', BLINKIN' & NOD Simon Sisters (Kapp)WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE Irma Thomas (Imperial)
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Gallagher AcceptsThe American Records Mer-
chants and Distributors Asso-ciation (ARMADA) has finallywon official acknowledgmentfrom a major record manufac-turer. The acknowledgementcame in the form of an accept-ance by Columbia's marketingvice-president, Bill Gallagher,of an invitation to speak at theupcoming ARMADA conven-tion.
According to Edgar Jones,ARMADA executive secretary,Gallagher will address the in -die distributor membership andmanufacturer associate mem-bers at the convention banquet,Saturday (27) in the Eden RocHotel, Miami Beach. Galla-gher's topic will be "A SoundFuture in a Sound Industry."He joins Rep. James Roosevelt(D., Calif.) as one of ARMA-DA's key guests.
Jones, at week's end, wasbusily putting into final shapehis schedule of panel discus-sions for the ARMADA busi-ness sessions, which will beheld Saturday (27) and Mon-day (29). Among the topics onthe agenda are 1. Promotionalallowances (freebies) in therecord business; 2. Problemsposed for distributors by toomany manufacturer meetingsat too many different timesand places; and 3. Trade prac-tice rules.
On the matter of the rules,sources close to the FederalTrade Commission, which isnow formulating the rules, fol-lowing an earlier trade prac-tice conference in Washington,hinted last week that the ruleswould be released prior to theARMADA convention's open-ing gavel.
In conjunction with the AR-MADA affair, as in years past,a number of indie manufac-turers are taking the occasionto hold sales meetings withtheir own distributors. So faron the docket for sessions are
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Colpix, ABC -Paramount, Com-mand, Atlantic - Atco, andUnited Artists. The latter com-pany is expected to field a size-able delegation on the ARMA-DA scene. The meetings of theindividual companies will beheld on June 25, 26, 28 and30 with official ARMADA ac-tivity limited to two key work-ing days, June 27 and 29.
Our Man at theAirport
The Rolling Stones arrivedin the United States last weekmidst a hysterical, cacophonicuproar at the Kennedy Air-port. The welcoming commit-tee was not large, according tostandards set by past teencrowds meeting Her Majesty'stouring teen idols at the air-port, but it was vocal, was itever vocal!
The noise level clearly wasgetting to some of the regularairport police detachments.One lieutenant, an obvious vet-eran of the recent Britishgroup welcoming scenes there,frowned darkly, "This stuffhas got to come to a screech-ing halt. We're going to havea meeting because we've hadthis up to here (pointing tohis thinning hairline). Thenoise disrupts the whole air-port and people can get hurt.I don't see any sense to it."
An older, calmer police cap-tain, however, wanted to knowif he could get autographedphotos for his grandchildren ofthe latest heroes. "Who shouldI see?" he asked with a beam-ing Irish smile.
Finally, after the loss of somebaggage and an extra long timespent in the health check-outpoint, The Stones paraded intothe now well -used airportpress room. There they weregreeted by the almost inevi-table Murray "The K" Kauf-man, presented with floralbouquets by girl fan clubbersand high school editors and fi-
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nally they answered questions.Who are their favorite Ameri-can artists? "Chuck Berry,John Lee Hooker and MuddyWaters," came the quick reply."Are you really as dirty as thepapers say?" "You bet we are"said Stone Mick Jagger, as hefuriously scratched an armpit.
Later, the boys along withtheir 20 -year -old publicist andfriend, Andrew Oldham, ac-cepted Kaufman's invitation todo his WINS show for theevening. It was quite a sight;Oldham, a tallish, sandy hairedlad with dark glasses, longlocks and buckled high heeledboots, an admitted disciple ofthe American Phil Spector,along with his five, shaggy -tressed charges, doing most ofKaufman's commercials. Hang-ers-on by the dozen jammedthe small WINS studios andeverybody had a ball with thesandwiches, coffee and a fifthof Scotch.
The group left for the WestCoast 36 hours later on Wed-nesday morning and KennedyAirport officials breathed withrelief. Later the same day how-ever, the vanguard of anotherLimey invader, Tony Barrow,the advance man for Billy J.Kramer and the Dakotas, ar-rived at the same terminal.
Barrow set about at oncesetting up a reception scenefor his group, the latest in aseries of Brian Epstein man-aged properties to appear inAmerica. Already Kaufmanwas on a "Dakotas" kick, witha plan to feature the group onhis live show from ConeyIsland. Kramer was due fortwo Ed Sullivan appearancesand concerts in San AntonioMonday and Tuesday (8 and9) and in Cleveland Friday(12). In between the boysplanned a day off Thursday(11) at the World's Fair.
Meanwhile, airport police-men (at least a few of them)and some trade paper peoplewondered about the future.The airport scene was becom-ing commonplace, a sort ofnecessary evil to the day'swork. Or was it necessary?
Barrow, a representative ofBrian Epstein's NEMS Enter-prises raised the question. "Iwonder how important the air-port reception really is?" heasked. "About all it does ismake the artist feel good whenhe steps off his plane. I under-stand some people have beenhurt in the excitement at these
scenes. I wonder if it's allworth it?"
Baez Wins InjunctionSAN FRANCISCO
Joan Baez has stopped Fan-tasy Records from manufac-turing and selling an LP called"Joan Baez in San Francisco,"made six years ago. She wasawarded a temporary injunc-tion pending trial. Decision wasmade Monday (1) by JudgeJoseph Karesh.
Miss Baez claimed she wouldbe forced to compete againstherself on distribution andpromotion and that her repu-tation and current sales wouldbe irreparably injured. She'sunder contract to VanguardRecords.
Suit stated that Miss Baezmade the tapes in 1958 inCorning, Calif., for a local rec-ord shop owner. It also statedthat she was under 18 at thetime, so any alleged contractwould be void. Miss Baezstated there had never beenany contract, formal or orallyagreed to. She further claimedthat when the recordings weremade, she was an immatureminor and an inexperiencedsinger and guitarist, and itdoes not truly represent herpresent qualities. She offeredto show the Court the differ-ence. The judge declined . . .
but agreed with her.
Gortikov PromotionStan Gortikov, the youthful
looking, Capitol Records exec-utive, was promoted last weekfrom vice president in chargeof Capitol Records Distribut-ing Corp. to President of CR-DC. There has not been a pres-ident of the CRDC since Mike
GORTI KOV
Maitland, now head of theWarner Bros. label, left thefirm two summers ago.
The appointment of Gorti-kov by Capitol Records Pres-ident Alan Livingston is a sol-id vote of confidence in theGortikov-designed pricing pol-icy introduced by Capitol Rec-ords last spring. That radicalprice policy cut out functionaldiscounts to rack jobbers andmade one standard price forLP's and singles to both rackjobbers and dealers. Gortikovalso was the architect of thefirm's policy of sending fringedealer accounts to local one -stops for their Capitol orders.He also made the decision tocut off certain one -stops whichwere reported to be takingaway business from Capitolbranches.
Victor Foreign MeetRCA Victor's foreign licen-
sees from 19 countries gatheredhere for a five day series ofmeetings starting Sunday (7).The affair is the first for thecompany's foreign licenseesand distributors ever to beheld on American soil, accord-ing to Dario Soria, division vicepresident and head of the In-ternational Liaison Depart-ment.
The meetings will be heldin the Savoy Hilton Hotel here.A tour of the RCA labora-tories in Princeton, N. J. wasalso on the docket with aluncheon address by groupvice president Charles M. Odo-rizzi at the Princeton Inn.Norman Racusin, record divi-sion vice president and opera-tions manager, will also ad-dress the group. Three days ofround -table discussions are al-so planned, to be followed bya day at the World's Fair anda dinner address at the Top ofthe Fair by Victor vice presi-dent and general manager,George Marek.
Also on the Victor front,was the presentation last weekof a check for $20,000 for thebenefit of the John F. KennedyMemorial Library. The check,accepted Friday (5) by Mrs.Joseph P. Kennedy, mother ofthe late president, representsthe initial proceeds from thesale of the album of the per-formance last January 19 ofthe Solemn Pontifical RequiemMass and Mozart Requiem inmemory of President Kennedy.
Polydor in LondonLONDON
Polydor is planning to set upits own a. & r. department inLondon to record British art-ists. At present Polydor - the
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pop label owned by DeutscheGrammophon - draws almostall its releases from materialwaxed by DGG in Germany.These releases have included"My Bonnie" by the Beatlesand a new single release bythe group, "Ain't She Sweet,"which was recorded at Ham-burg's Star Club in 1961.
W. Reimer, managing direc-tor of Polydor in London, told"Music Business' it will beseveral months before record-ing operations start. When theydo, Reimer plans to recordnew talent and to sign up es-tablished artists at present onrival labels.
IFPI Elects DawesLONDON
A British recording companydirector has been elected presi-dent for the next three yearsof the International Federationof the Phonographic Industry.He is Richard Dawes, a direc-tor of EMI Ltd.
He was elected at the Feder-ation's general meeting in Lon-don last week, at which 22countries were represented.Dawes, who succeeds Dr. W.Betcke of Germany, has beenchairman of the Federation'sCouncil for the past threeyears.
Non-commercial matterswere discussed at the meeting.The general meeting is heldevery three years in a differentmember country. It last tookplace in Britain in 1951.
Representatives attended acocktail party at the House ofLords hosted by Lord Millsand the Federation dinner atLondon's Carpenters Hall.
In addition to Britain andthe U.S.A., countries repre-sented by Argentina, Australia,Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Den-mark, Finland, France, Ger-many, Holland, India, Italy,Japan, Kenya, New Zealand,Norway, Spain, Sweden, Swit-zerland, and Trinidad.
ASCAP AmendmentA number of years ago the
top writers in ASCAP voted tolimit the amount of royaltiesthey receive in order to insuremore monies to be distributedto writers in lower classifica-tions. The articles of associa-tion of ASCAP provide thatsuccessors to deceased mem-bers (widows, children andother next of kin) may receiveroyalties "not exceeding" theamounts that would have beenpaid if the members were liv-ing at the time of each royaltydistribution.
Last week an amendment,proposed originally by all ofthe writers on the board of
"FADE OUT -FADE IN" was recordedare Carol Burnett and Tiger Haynes at
ASCAP, and approved unani-mously by the entire ASCAPboard, was proposed to themembership. It suggested thatinstead of the kin of deceasedwriters in the top classifica-tions being paid at the samelimited royalty rate as the topwriters were getting, that therate be raised a bit for suc-cessors to these top writers. Itwould still not give the next ofkin the original top royalty,but royalties a bit higher thanwhat top writers had been re-ceiving. The amendment,backed by all factions ofASCAP, is expected to pass.
Pickett to AtlanticWilson Pickett, who locked
horns with Solomon Burkewhen they both had a singlehit in "If You Need Me," be-came a label colleague withBurke, when Atlantic Recordssigned him last week. Pickettwas previously heard on the
by ABC Paramount last week. Herethe recording session.
Double L label, as well as theDetroit based Lupine labelwhen he recorded as lead sing-er with the Falcons. His firstrelease for Atlantic is "ForBetter or Worse," and "I'mGonna Cry.'
Philips Has LaninPhilips Records has signed
Lester Lanin, veteran king ofthe society -styled "business-man's bounce" dance music.Label head, Lou Simon, saidnegotiations were handled byHal Mooney, eastern a. and r.chief. Lanin joins such otherbands as Woody Herman, Diz-zie Gillespie and Gerry Mulli-gan in the Philips fold. Heformerly was with Epic Rec-ords.
The Big PushPublishing wings of movie
firms are the last ramparts ofan older era of the publishingbusiness. Unlike the free -
WHEN GIRLS MEET: The lass on the left is Rita Pavene now trying to makeher mark in the U.S., and the doll on the right is our own Barbra Streisand,who this year made her mark as a star on Broadway.
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swinging, fast moving inde-pendent publishing firms, whoare happy to get an importanttune recorded just once, themovie firm publishers usuallytry for a flock of records, onthe theory that the more youhave the better the chances fora hit.
Last week for instance, Mur-ray Deutch, head of the UnitedArtists Music Company, starteda drive to make the themesongs from the picture "The7th Dawn" the "No. 1 song ofthe summer." He noted that thefirm had got recordings of thetune lined up by Robert Goulet,Enzo Staarti, Joe Sherman,Richard Hayes, Ferrante &Teicher, Henry Jerome, JimmyHaskell, and Shirley Scott. Thiscomes to a total of eightartists on eight labels. Therewill also be two albums of mu-sic from the picture. All thisactivity is due to the fact thatthe picture is one of the bigones from UA this season, andalso because the music for theflick is composed by Riz Orto-lani, an United Artists Recordsconductor and an UnitedArtists Music composer.
Simultaneously last weekThe Big Three Music Company,the publishing wing of MGMPictures, acquired the rights tothe music from the long-awaited Samuel Bronston film,"Circus World." The Big Threehas handled the music for suchprevious Samuel Bronston pic-tures as "El Cid," and "Fall ofthe Roman Empire." Neitherdid too much on albums, butthe score of "Circus World" iscomposed by Dimitri Tiomkin,the prolific screen writer whocomposed the scores of "HighNoon," "Friendly Persuasion,"and "The Alamo." An exten-sive campaign is being mapped,says The Big Three, for musicprint and record exploitation.This means that there'll alsobe many recordings of the mu-sic from "Circus World."
FriendshipCooperation between record
companies has become rathertouching lately, in whatamounts to an almost completereversal of the icy coolness thatused to exist among labels,especially the majors. But rightnow Capitol Records is pushingthe cast album of "Funny Girl"with Barbra Streisand, aColumbia Records contractartist, while Columbia is pro-moting like crazy Barbra'ssingle record of a tune fromthe show, "People."
In August United ArtistsRecords will issue the soundtrack of The Beatles firstmovie, "A Hard Day's Night,"while Capitol Records willwork on the single records oftunes from the album.
Probably the closest relation-ship yet occurred last weekwhen Warner Bros. Recordsand Mercury Records decidedto jointly sponsor the openingnight ceremonies (dinner anddrinks) for the working pressat New York's Basin StreetEast on June 8. Reason for thejoint affair, was the appear-ance at the club of Trini Lopez,WB artist, on his first easternengagement, and The SmothersBrothers, one of the top acts onthe Mercury label. ApparentlyWB and Mercury even sharedthe cost of telegrams invitingthe press to the affair, since itwas signed jointly by WB's JoeSmith and Mercury's KennyMyers.
Timi Yuro Is FreeHOLLYWOOD
Singer Timi Yuro has wonthe right to vocalize for any-one, according to a Los Angelescourt ruling.
She was granted a prelimi-nary injunction to stop LibertyRecords Inc. from interferingwith any work she may securefrom other record companies.
Liberty contended that un-
der a seven-year contract datedAugust 26, 1960, they were en-titled to her exclusive record-ing services.
Yuro's attorneys claimed thatunder the law only agreementsthat guarantee $6,000 a year ormore can have clauses for ex-clusive services from an artist.
The judge agreed with TimiYuro.
New 'Pirate' StationsLON DON
The "pirate" station scene inBritain is getting wilder thanever. Last week publicity -con-scious singer, Screaming LordSutch set up Radio Sutch in apreviously deserted defensefort on steel stilts in theThames estuary, four milesfrom the Essex Coast. The 80 -foot high fort was built inWorld War II and belongs tothe War Office. After Sutchcommandered the fort, a WarOffice motor boat was sent outto order him to leave. Sutchdeclined. Now, rather thanmake itself look foolish theWar Office has climbed down.
A Ministry of Defense spokes-man told Music Business: "Itis a closed book. There will beno further action."
Though Sutch is obviouslyprimarily after publicity, hisradio station is now a reality.People laughed when his abor-tive trial broadcasts went onlya few yards. Now they can bepicked up on a stretch of theEast Coast near Southend.Whether Sutch will abandonthe project, now that he hasattracted the limelight hesought, is impossible to judge.He claims he's going to boosthis transmitting power to coverthe whole of the South, East,and maybe London. (Sutchstood as a candidate forParliament in the by-electioncaused by the resignation ofJohn Profumo last year. Helost his $450 deposit when hefailed to get one -eighth of thetotal votes polled.)
A fourth more orthodox"pirate" station, GBIN, plannedto start on June 9. Backed by
four Kent businessmen, it willoperate on 310 meters, and isclaimed to be three times aspowerful as the existing"pirates." It will beam newsand "adult" music for 12 hoursa day. At night it will broad-cast to Europe in French.
Radio Caroline, the first ofthe recent ship -based radio sta-tions operating from outsideBritain's territorial waters, hasbeen accepted by the Perform-ing Rights Society, it was con-firmed last week.
Jack Fine's PostAll record companies need
promotion men, for the hardjobs like hocking disk jockeyson a new record and convinc-ing librarians and program di-rectors that the record is hap-pening in some city some-where. One of the best knownand the most active of them
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THE YANKS COME BACKBritish Acts Still Very Much Alive,
But Recent Action Gives U.S. Discmen Heart
THE FIRST WILD SHOCK WAVE ofBritish inspired record mania appears tobe waning, even though British acts,particularly groups, are still very much apart of the American record scene.Singles charts of recent weeks solidly sup-port the view that the Yanks are on theway back.
For one thing, an American record wassolidly entrenched in the number onespot on the Pop 100 chart. This was theDixie Cups with their "Chapel of Love."For another thing, pure statistics on chartactivity tell their own story. This week,for instance, there are six American rec-ords in the top 10, 12 in the top 20 and 20in the top 30, certainly a big turnaboutfrom the British dominance of only a veryfew weeks ago.
A year ago, if any artist had as manyas two discs in the top 20 at the same time,it would have been regarded as a majorsuccess story. Today, that's the tally forthe Beatles, (two sides of one Tollie rec-ord) and in their case it's auite a come-
down from the time awhile back whenthey had as many as eight sides in thattop grouping.
WHAT KIND of American records areeffecting the gradual chart takeover?Categorizing them is not that easy. It'ssafe to say, however, that distaff artistshave made their importance felt in thenew top group. The Dixie Cups are a girlgroup. But right behind you can find MaryWells with "My Guy," Dionne Warwickwith "Walk on By," Barbra Streisand withher great show song, "People," and De-troit's newcomer, Brenda Holloway with"Every Little Bit Hurts."
Otherwise, it's a varied pattern, withsome rock and some of what would fallinto the loose category, good music. In thelatter grouping, the Ray Charles Singerssurprise Command hit, "Love Me with AllYour Heart," is a good example.
There are others of the same basic type.Streisand's "People" obviously hits thisgroove. So does Nat Cole's "I Don'tWant to Be Hurt Anymore," which has
Whether They're Newcomers . .
WARWICK
MUSIC BUSINESS, JUNE 13, 1964
RIVERS
been moving in the top strata lately.Others among the leaders would includeAl Hirt, Andy Williams, Al Martino, theNew Christy Minstrels and Bobby Vinton.
In recent months, many stations havestaged listener polls asking who is king. . . Elvis or the Beatles. In some key cases,notably, WMCA in New York, the Beatleswon hands down. Yet Elvis is one ofthose currently leading the Americansback on the charts. There are now threePresley sides selling briskly.
THERE ARE other impressive perform-ances being turned in to bolster thewounded American a. & r. ego. Right now,for example Connie Francis is getting herbest reception in many months, with twosides of her current disc both on thechart. It's a condition that used to bestandard for Connie. The same was true ofBrenda Lee and it's happened again. Bothsides of her current record are moving up.And Mary Wells is doing well to, with a
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solo effort and one with Marvin Gaye,both showing up well.
There are other examples of comebacksnow being made, which in a sense, reflectthe comeback of the American discs ingeneral. There is Chuck Berry with hisbiggest record in three years. There is thewell-known B. B. (Blues Boy) King withhis Kent record now well up on charts.
Bobby Darin, absent for months, hasreturned via an old Atco disking. TheEverly Brothers, absent even longer, havebounced in with a strong contender. Chub-by Checker appears to have his best ef-fort in a spell and Stan Getz, Americanbossa nova king, is back with a hit inthis groove.
The Beach Boys continue strong withtwo chart entries and the dependable FourSeasons have three. Most encouragingfrom the American point of view perhaps,is the fact that a young new artist likeTerry Stafford who made his initial impactin the thick of the Beatles hysteria, cansnap back with a solid repeat which he'sdone with "I'll Touch a Star." Of equalinterest is the big breakthrough for suchartists as Johnny Rivers and the Premi-eres.
THREE of the more prominent Britishgroups are currently here in the UnitedStates on tour, with a fourth, Billy J.Kramer and the Dakotas, expected in NewYork last Friday (5). At press time, theRolling Stones (see separate story) were
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just getting under -way in San Bernardino,Calif. The other two, the Dave ClarkFive and the Searchers, had already got-ten a good taste of the road, and in thecase of the Searchers particularly, a ra-ther bitter taste at that.
Clark hit the road first. In the field thegroup suffered somewhat from lack of ad-vance promotion and publicity. In shortorder, Epic Records, the group's Americanlabel, swung into action through field menand its distributor promotion men, whohelped rescue the road portion of thetour. (In Carnegie Hall, they did fine withthree shows out of four sold out.)
Such a tour, without the proper advancework, can actually hurt a group and per-haps has, in the case of the Searchers. Thegroup arrived here a week ago with nofanfare, no airport reception, no recordcompany personnel present to greet themand as poorly a laid out tour as could beimagined.
Little publicity has been pumped outon this tour and the group is playing aseries of small market locations such asOld Orchard Beach, Maine; Salem, N. H.;Batavia, N. Y.; Allentown, Pa., and othersof a similar ilk. A last minute develop-ment-an appearance with Johnny Carsonon NBC -TV's "Tonight" show Tuesday(9) should help undo some of the harm ofthe ill-conceived tour.
Nevertheless, observers felt, this typeof hurry -up, "get -'em -over -here -quick"tour is not calculated to build an artist
into any kind of staying power or lastingimage.
MEANWHILE, tradesters will be watch-ing the progress of the Rolling Stonesnationwide tour for its possible effects onthe group's popularity. So far, they'veyet to break through with a major hithere, although "Not Fade Away" is mov-ing. Seen as a boost is their appearance onthe Hollywood Palace TV show Saturday(13), a show which may well wind up asthe new prime exposure for British acts,since the Ed Sullivan show leaves the airin its live form for 11 weeks on Sunday(28).
Meanwhile, the Yanks in recent weekshave regained some of their losses in thehome ground of the Tories. Several yearsago, it was customary for as many as 17American records to be on the top 20British charts. During the peak of theso-called Liverpool wave there was analmost direct turnabout. For a consider-able spell the British owned their owntop 10, lock, stock and barrel.
The first break came recently with JimReeves' "I Love You Because," on chartsthere for many weeks and still selling.Now, however, Roy Orbison's "It's Over,"has reached the top five and is regarded asa threat for the top spot. It would be thefirst for an American since last year.
Top 10 sellers in Britain now include,in addition to Orbison, Chuck Berry (nowon tour there), Dionne Warwick and JimReeves, with Mary Wells moving up fast.Doris Day and young Terry Stafford arealso on the charts there.
Li It Was the Third Recording Of "Chapel of Love" That Cashed InThe Other Two Were Never Released
ANATOMY OF A HIT
,W DOES A HIT RECORD BEGIN?--e producers know they have a hit
they record it? How is the ma-- : selected in the first place? Who
the singer or the group that will- -,:theedissec?
is different and there areably as many different stories aboutrecords as there are hit records. One
- --e most interesting, and one of the- - current, is the story of "Chapel Of_ e." the No. 1 record in the country for-le past two weeks.
The Dixie Cups record of "Chapel OfLc-ze- was not the first recording of theisme.
-Chapel Of Love" was recorded fouryes prior to the Dixie Cups single on-..te Red Bird label. It was recorded by
Crystals. A hard man to please, Spectorheld another session, and ended up withfour versions of the song.
He pondered releasing any of the sidesfor months, and then decided against it.
MEANWHILE writer -producers JerryLeiber and Mike Stoller had decided tostart their own record labels, Red Birdand Daisy/Tiger. They started working onsongs and records last January and Feb-ruary. One of the songs they had in theirTrio Music publishing firm was "ChapelOf Love," since they had been publishingsongs by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry andEllie Greenwich for almost two years.
However, as much as they liked thetune they didn't have anyone yet set torecord it.
One day, almost like fate, Jo Jones came
Leiber and Jones wrote the arrange-ments. The night of the recording session,Leiber and Stoller manned the recordingbooth and watched the dials. Jo Jonesworked with the brass and reed sections.And the first Red Bird disc was recorded.
As soon as sales chief George Goldnergot his hands on the disc, he felt he had ahit. He got it exposed on the top stationsin New York and other Eastern cities.Within a few days after the air exposureit took off like a scared rabbit. In today'scompetitive market, few records are con-sidered "natural hits" (those that happenwithout the benefit of a long and intensivepromotional campaign) but this was ob-viously one that was "natural" all theway.
As of the first week of June, eight
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Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise Nom last week's that! Check symbol 100) 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 retail outlets, one stops and rack
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two of the top vocal groups in the coun-try at the time, The Crystals, and TheRonettes. But none of these records wereever released, a fact that still plagues PhilSpector, who produces the Ronettes andCrystals recordings.
SPECTOR made the first recordings ofthe hit song because he, Jeff Barry andEllie Greenwich, wrote the tune. Spector,Barry and Greenwich had turned out asuccession of hit songs together for theRonettes and the Crystals, including suchsmashes as "Be My Baby," "Then HeKissed Me," "Do Ron Ron" and manyothers.
Last October, Spector cut "Chapel OfLove" with The Ronettes. He wasn't satis-fied with the way it came out, so he cutit again. He still wasn't satisfied, so hedecided to cut it with his other group, The
MUSIC BUSINESS, JUNE 13, 1964
up from New Orleans to see them, witha new girl group. Jones, who had a prettybig hit of his own a few years back called"You Talk Too Much," has been active onthe talent and producing levels for thepast few years. The group, then as yet un-named, sang for Leiber and Stoller, wholiked them very much. The gals had theirown material, which Leiber and Stollerliked. But the duo also asked the girls tolearn two other pieces of material, one ofwhich was titled "Chapel of Love."
THE COMBINATION of Leiber &Stoller, Jo Jones, Jeff Barry and EllieGreenwich immediately went to workwith the group. First off they got a newname, The Dixie Cups, after sounding outsuch names as Little Miss and The Muf-fets, and others. Barry and Greenwichstarted to rehearse the group.
weeks after it was issued, "Chapel ofLove" had sold more than 600,000 singles(including free goods). It was No. 1 lastweek on all five trade paper charts, in-cluding Music Business, Cash Box, Vari-ety, Record World and Billboard.
"CHAPEL OF LOVE" has launched thenew Leiber-Stoller record enterprise ina mighty potent manner. And it may onlybe the first important step in their drive tobuild a king-size record label.
The fact that one of their first releaseshas become such a smash hit, bears outthe prediction made by Music Businessin a story in the March 28 issue, whichsaid "The combination of Leiber-Stollerand Goldner (George) in an upcomingpublishing -producing and record labelcombine is making the record industry situp and take notice." It certainly is!
BOB ROLONTZ
IS
PICKWICK IS BOOMING
Giant Low -Price Firm on RiseIS THERE A PLACE for a good new
$1.98 LP line today? "Yes," says Cy Leslie,president of Pickwick International, andhe should know; he's just come out withsuch a line and it's selling.
"There's always room for a new line ifit's well thought out and it serves a spe-cific purpose, and the price is properlymatched up to a market," Leslie contin-ued. "It's part of the record business storytoday. To stay in the business and grow,you've got to spread in many directions-in terms of price and markets and types ofproduct.
Leslie's current new approach lies inhis Hilltop line, a series of sets featuringprominent country artists in handsomelydone, four-color packages. The series fea-tures such performers as Patsy Cline,Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, Faron Young,Johnny Horton and numerous others.Some of the material originated from theFour Star record catalog, which Pickwickacquired some time back.
"AND THAT turned out to be an excel-lent acquisition," Leslie said, "Becausewe've just been out with this particularline for eight weeks and we've moved400,000 pieces. Patsy Cline is best rightnow and Johnny Cash is right up theretoo. But in time, we expect them all topay out. In fact we're soon adding fourmore sets to the first dozen we came outwith.
"Actually, this is just one of the manyoffshoots we've had from what has beenbasically a 99 -cent business for us. That'swhere we've gotten our experience in theeconomics of this business, in the verytoughest part of it. Where it's hardest toshow a profit, where everything has to befigured down to the last fraction of a cent."
Of all the firms in the low end business(excepting those affiliated with estab-lished major lines) Pickwick is perhapsthe one with the longest roots in the in-dustry and one of the few to have showna continuing expansion of sales volumeand profit margins.
IN THE FISCAL YEAR just concludedby Pickwick (April 30), a stockholders'statement showed gross sales of over$6,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 overthe previous year. Last year's $5,000,000figure in turn, represented an increase of$1,000,000 over the year before that.
"We've been in business for 15 years("I started my career with greeting cardrecords back in 1947") and we've im-proved our picture every year," Leslieobserved. "Naturally, the days of doublingvolume every year are over. Yet we feelthere's still a lot of room for expansion.We think our own business' rate of growthwill be better than that of the populationincrease or of the growth of the gross na-
CY LESLIE
Founder, board chairman
tional product and we're making our plansto accomplish that."
One of Leslie's new directions is over-seas. "We've been exporting product foreight years, but our potential has grown tothe point where we have our own press-ing being done in England now and thisproduct is sold in England and also ex-ported to Western Europe.
"There is terrific potential for all kindsof budget and economy priced product inEurope. We are running right now attriple the pace of our last year's sales inEngland. The interesting thing is thepower of classical material in Europe.Sixty per cent of our sale in England isclassical; yet in the U. S. you can forgetlow -price classical. It doesn't go that well.
"MUCH OF THIS comes from Eli Ober -stein's Allegro line which we market inEurope under the Allegro label. We sell itfor about 10 shillings per LP in England.
"Unfortunately, Europe for a while be-came a major dumping ground for Ameri-
can LPs that wouldn't sell; the typicaljunk merchandise and cut-outs. Thatpractice hurt the image of the low -pricerecord business. Europeans prefer not tobuy product that they know is from theU. S. So we have ours actually manufac-tured in England. We have 60 albums outthere now and more tto come, and we'reactually exporting ,noels* .to 36 differentcountries. Our esaitip',still,
something less than 10 :Percent/Of tow toi-ttal, but the most importarft isrtffiatit's growing and it's one ffiatterfacest Of ourdiversification."
Another for Leslie is his plans for de-veloping a strong, standard priced popbusiness with both albums and singles."We are definitely trading up," continuedLeslie. "We want to be a full -breadthcompany. Already, we've made one suc-cessful step in the higher -priced directionwith our "Instant Learning" series withour big learning packages of records andtexts. These go for up to $9.95 a set. Thatof course is a specialized field, just as isour program of issuing school text rec-ords, which tie in with texts published byHarcourt Brace.
"THESE COVER grades two to six invarious subjects and we're now on thepoint of going bigger with the seven-inch,33 -speed, accompanying homework rec-ord. The unit market for this would beconsiderably larger.
"But we have our eyes fixed on themuch bigger pop market. We've started inthe hardest school and we feel we havethe business knowledge of the industryto make it in the pop field."
Leslie has taken the steps to reach hisgoal. Recently, he hired young (25) TerryPhilips, an alumnus of the Leiber-Stollerand Phil Spector schools to head up anew producing division, to be known asLee Harridan Productions. Philips willalso head up two new Pickwick ownedpublishing firms, Barmour Music (BMI)and Mourbar Music (ASCAP).
Philips will turn out discs for otherlabel release as well as for issuance onPickwick's own label, Showcase. Alreadysigned up are a number of acts, includingthe G -Clefs, whose first disk is set forrelease on the Regina label. Other actspacted are the Casualiers and BobbyJones and the Velvets.
IN ADDITION, like the more successfulindie pubbery ventures, Philips will signup young writers on an exclusive basis.Now in the fold as cleffers are KeithParis, Maurice Irby and Arthur Fuessel.There are already 70 new songs in thecatalog with more being added steadilyfrom these and other writers.
Much of Leslie's success stems from his
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successful acquisitions, and what mightbe called his acquisition -mindedness.
"Costs of administration and sales arecontinually going up," he explained."Therefore it's economically sound to bediversified and to bring many differentelements of a business under one roof. Inthis way, a great deal of duplication ofeffort and costs can be avoided. Anotherway of looking at it is to say that it be-comes increasingly expensive to stay at agross level of say $6,000,000, where we arenow, when with the same plant andpeople, you can go to a $10,000,000 dollarannual volume of sales."
Leslie's diversification and acquisitionprogram has been going on for some time.Only recently, in fact, he purchased theWeiss and Barry music catalog. Furtherback, upon the death of Eli Oberstein, hetook over much of that product, and has,from the tapes of the Allegro line, pack-aged and repackaged the product success-fully.
On another occasion, the Four Star rec-ord catalog was acquired and this plusseparate leasing deals and "between con-tract" arrangements made with variousartists by Pickwick's Joe Abend, is thebasis of the firm's already proven success-ful Hilltop ($1.98) country line.
At still another juncture, Leslie acquiredthe bankrupt Tops low -price line and thishas been the basis of another sales success.From Tops too, Leslie obtained the ser-vices of veteran low -price disk exec, IraMoss, who has proven a valuable additionto the Pickwick team. With men likeMoss, who is executive vice president,Abend, and sales vice president, RalphBerson, Leslie has a potent lineup.
"We're running this operation like abusiness, not a crap game," Leslie said,"And we're on the prowl for other recordand publishing firms all the time, no mat-ter how big. We have the means to do itand we'll go if it looks like a paying prop-osition." RALPH BERSON ... in charge of sales
RADIO AND TV
Lesley's Lament
By June Bundy
WE HAD several calls-anent our story on trade newsletters last week-protestingthe barbs aimed at LesleyGore by the Tempo news-letter team, Tom Donahueand Bob Mitchell (KYA, SanFrancisco). A couple of dee-jays said they'd always foundher extremely cooperativeand wondered what the storywas behind the Tempo digs.
One caller, who prefers toremain anonymous, claimsthat Donahue and Mitchellare mad at Lesley becauseshe canceled out of a CowPalace concert date (one oftheir promotions) last monthat the last minute becauseshe had the measles.
The boys apparently sus-pected her illness wasn't for
LESLIE GORE
real because she showed upon a Hollywood movie setthe next day. However, ournameless informant insistsLesley's measles were on thelevel-so much so that shehad a relapse on the set andhad to be sent home by thestudio.
WE HAVEN'T HEARDfrom Donahue and Mitchellyet-but that's Lesley's story.Whatever the facts, the has-sle certainly points up thedifficulties of being an over-night teenaged recording starand having to cope with dis-gruntled disk jockeys, mid-term exams, and measles allat the same time.
Meanwhile, Tempo ap-plauded Lesley's new hit "IDon't Wanna Be a Loser"with a red underline (mean-ing a strong chart climber)last week, but added churl-ishly-"It's too late, Baby."
LETTERS: Veteran promo-tion man Michael Ruppe Jr.,WIBC, Indianapolis, writes:"If you ever get to feelingblue, just think of this letterreceived by Jim Shelton, oneof our WIBC personalities.It read 'Dear Jim, I wouldlike you to come to ourschool, Oct. 1, 1964 if you canbring the Beatles.' " . . . AlanBoyd, music director ofWKUL, Cullman, Ala., writes"On graduation night on myshow from 7 to 11 p.m. I notonly dedicated all the tradi-tional graduation songs to
senior class members, but Ialso had the senior class pre-pare a class will and read iton the air."
DIAL CHANGES: JackBell has joined WNHC, NewHaven, Conn., in the 11 a.m.-KLAC, Los Angeles, team of3 p.m. time period. . . . TheLohman and Barkley areplaying "two little old ladiesfrom Pasadena" in a newmovie "Binkin Beach Party.". . . Ed Dean, WABB, Mobile,Ala., is that outlet's newmusic director. . . . Newmorning man at WMAK,Nashville, Tenn., is JackJames, ex- . . . Tom B. Estes,PD at WMAC, Forest, Miss.,needs records, especially coun-try, and invites artists driv-ing by on Highway 80 tostop and chat. The coffee potis always on. . . . The GoldenState Bluegrass Boys recent-ly concluded a northwesterntour covering five states as
part of the Marty Robbinsshow, according to Hal Poin-dexter. Bob Flowers andShamrock Enterprises pro-moted it. . . . Tompall andthe Glasers, playing dates inthe Nebraska area, took timeout to visit their mother andfather who are Cornhuskers.
Gordon Terry -is puttingfinishing touches on his Coun-try Music park at Decatur,Ala., to be opened MemorialDay with a bill featuringJohnny Cash.... Hawaii fellin love with the Carterfamily - Mother Maybelle,Anita and the Carter Sisters-on their recent visit set byHubert Long Talent, and theyloved Hawaii just as warmly.. . . LeRoy Van Dyke tells hisgirl that he's more concernedwith her than with hermoney in his new single,"Your Money" backed with"Afraid of a Heartache" onMercury.
WITH JUNE WILKINSON holding your hand wouldn't you give blood?
Deejays Bill Bally, Jack Barry and Don Roberts of KFH in Witchita wouldand did for the Red Cross, while June was in town with her show
"Pajama Tops."
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Music Business in Britain I
LONDONMajor publishing company
Campbell Connelly has formedits own production company,Cee Cee Productions.
Roy Berry is managing di-rector of Cee Cee. Mike Col-lier is a.&r. man. First releaseput out by EMI's Columbialabel: "Baby What's WrongWith You," by The Down -liners Sect. The group recentlytoured with Memphis Slimhere.
Decca has put out two ver-sions of "Rock Around theClock" by Bill Haley. Thecompany has re -issued theoriginal U.S. Decca version onBrunswick and a later versionon Warner Bros.
A campaign called "The CoolSounds of Summer on CBS"is being launched by Philips,which is ignoring the general-ly accepted reports that CBSwill quit Philips when thecontract between the two ex-pires next spring. PromotingAndy Williams, Tony Ben-nett and 11 other artists thecampaign is set to run throughJune and July. The companyhopes the campaign will "dis-credit once and for all thebasic assumption that duringthe summer a big drop in salesis inevitable."
Showcards and other pointof sale material backs up thecampaign.
The Crickets play a specialconcert at London's AlbertHall on Independence Dayduring their 23 -day Britishtour. . . . Brenda Lee will playParis Olympia September 19before her British tour forpromoter Don Arden. . . .
Dusty Springfield will appearin Murray the K's New York
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Music Business in CanadaTORONTO
THE DAVE CLARK FIVEshow scheduled for TorontoJune 9 has been canceled un-til November. Reason given:Parents objected because ofexam time.
PAUL WHITE of CapitolRecords reports that Cana-dian -Capitol releases "Bitsand Pieces" "Little Children"and "World Without Love"have made it to No. 1 spot orare gaining on that spot atmost stations across Canada,also PETER and GORDON'S"World Without Love" andGERRY and the PACEMAK-ERS "Don't Let The SunCatch You Crying" are show-ing chart action across theBigland. Paul also advised usthat a new hot album willsoon be released by CLIFFRICHARD "It's All In TheGame."
HAROLD EINSLOW, Qual-ity Records, reports companyhas just released a very strongCanadian single by MAURYLOGAN "Just One Of Life'sLittle Tragedies." Also thatANDY KIM's single "Give MeYour Love" is No. 1 down inthe Maritmes at CHSJ SaintJohn. N.B. "Party Girl" byBERNADETTE C A RR O L(Laurie) is busting the chartsin Western Canada especiallyin the Vancouver market. Thenew LP by TERRY STAF-FORD, "Suspicion" (Reo), has
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London Records has an in-teresting LP release in "Songsfor Children and Other Peo-ple" by SHARON TROSTINand MICHEL CHOQUETTE.
DANNY WILLIAMS, "ALittle Toy Balloon" (UA)guested on CBC TV Music HopMay 21 and made manyfriends through interviewsetc. around Toronto town.
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John Barry is expected toquit Jeff Kruger's indie labelEmber. Barry joined Emberas a. & r. chief a year ago.He recently formed his ownproduction company.
Searcher Chris Curtisturned a. & r. man recentlywhen he supervised the re-cording by The Interns of asingle "Cry to Me" at a Lon-don studio for Philips release.
The Beatles' original drum-mer, Pete Best, has formedhis own group and will waxfor Decca. Titled The PeteBest Four, the group bowsJune 19 with "I'm GonnaKnock on Your Door." TheGrade Organization is expect-ed to sign an agency deal withBest.
The Crickets arrive June 18for a ballroom tour set up bythe Vic Lewis Organization.
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place one would rationallyexpect to encounter a "mo-ment of truth" would beMadison Square Garden -particularly in the midst ofan all-star salute to a politi-cal figure - politics beingwhat they are, and extrava-zanzas being, by their verynature, tedious at best. Yet,no latter-day Candide, Odys-seus or Peer Gynt could havebettered his chances of meet--ng beauty and truth, face toface, then at one particularmoment, Thursday, May 28,as the Democratic Party ofNew York offered it's Saluteto President Johnson.
The program went as couldbe expected. Big show busi-ness names offered their ser-Tices, which ranged frombright, appropriate humor(Allan Sherman at his in-
best) to downrightasteless vulgarity (MitziGaynor's crude 13 -minute bitfrom her club act).
OTHERS performed withTarying degrees of effective-ness: Gregory Peck, suitablysomber; the Swingle Singers,badly miked; Woody Allen,deliciously frenetic; the ClaraWard Gospel Singers, spiritedas ever; the New ChristyMinstrels, frighteningly heal-thy; and the New York CityBallet, appropriately deckedeat for "Western Symphony."And there were others.
Each performed to the bestet his ability under the tem-porary arena conditions.Same acknowledged the pres-ence of the President and hisrsst Lady. Others simply didtheir bit.
But now for that one par-ticular moment.
"When one thinks of folksingers in America," an-nounced Allan Sherman, "thesame which immediatelyewes to mind is, of course,11E. Joan Baez."
THERE WAS the politeclause which had set theern throughout the even -but as Miss Baez ap-
ched the mike, there was
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something already movingand magnetic in her carriage.She was dressed simply, ina white lacey dress, high -necked and long sleeved, longstockings and high heels, allof which seemed wrong andawkward, yet with tremen-dous dignity she sensed whereshe was. Like none of theothers she was totally awarethat she had an audience withthe President of the UnitedStates, and realized the signi-ficance of this moment toherself.
There was a high stool nearthe mike for her comfort, butshe stood erect. She addressedthe audience. "Mr. President,I would like to dedicate myfirst song to all our dead, andin particular to one verybrave young woman withwhom we all share a deepgrief: Mrs. Jacqueline Ken-nedy." She sang "All MyTrials," which literallystunned the large audienceinto an uncanny sobriety.Her pure voice and sensitiveself -accompaniment filled thehall with its "world is toomuch with us" message.
Then again she spoke toJohnson. "I realize that 'we'are very young by yourstandards, but some of uslike to consider ourselvesserious thinking people. Weare very involved in worldconditions, and we are parti-cularly aware of changeswhich are difficult yet imper-ative. We've watched you be-gin to make some of thesechanges, and for this we areproud of you and honor you.This next song is for you. Itwas written by a 22 -year -oldyoung man." (She refrainedfrom mentioning Bob Dylan'sname.)
She sang "The Times TheyAre A Changin'," whichstirred the house even more.Then, without introduction,she broke the applause with"Blowin' in the Wind," andlike some sinister oracle, shewas gone.
THE PICTURE of this slipof a girl, little more than achild, so endowed with per-
ception, taste and sensitivity,overwhelmed the staidthrong. From the awed re-ception she received one washeartened by an awarenessthat her carefully chosenwords had not fallen on deafears. Of all the persons onthe bill, she was the only oneto be called back to the plat-form for a tremendous ova-tion.
The moment was one of
hope and inspiration and ab-solute beauty. A rare experi-ence when one is reminded ofthe ability of art to heightenthe dignity of man and ele-vate the spirit and comfortthe soul. But what is therightful name for a JoanBaez? Certainly not merelyartist, performer or star. I'dhesitate to commit myself towords on the greatness of herrare gift. BARRY KITTLESON
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SIGNINGS, SIGNINGS,
MORE SIGNINGS
At right, Gordon and Sheila McRae's lovelydaughter Meredith, signs a recording contract withCanjo Records' chief Red Gilson. Center rightshows Mark Thatcher putting his signature to a
contract with United Artists Records' presidentDave Picker. Handsome chap in center is Thatchermanager Norman Rosemont (who also managesRobert Goulet ). Bottom right, The Dave ClarkFive pose with plaques awarded them by EpicRecord topper Len Levy, for selling a milliondiscs in 90 days. Lad in lower left picture is
Jimmy Boyd, former juvenile star at Columbia,ready to sign his new contract with VeeJay Records while a.&r. director Steve Clark looks on.Immediately below, a happy Mike Berniker talksto his new boss, Mickey Kapp, of Kapp Records,about his new a.&r. slot with the label.
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EPIC'S BOB MORGAN SAYS:
"Producers Shouldn't Jump OnSomebody Else's Bandwagon"
"I LIKE TO TRY to be different" saysBob Morgan, Epic's executive a & r pro-ducer. "I prefer to create instead of followtrends. And whenever possible, I lookahead to see what might be coming next.
"This isn't necessarily the right view,but as far as I'm concerned, it has to bethe only one. For a start, no self respect-ing producer should jump on someoneelse's band wagon, and even if you do,the very most you can hope to come upwith is second best.
"But then I guess it's easy for me to saythat," Morgan continued. "After all, I'vehad my share of luck in the record busi-ness."
But even in the rough times, betweenhits, Bob Morgan stuck to his principles.True, there weren't too many of those daysfor the 28 year old producer, but he didn'talways have a Bobby Vinton single in thecharts, or sessions lined up with RolfHarris or George Maharis.
As the success of Bobby Vinton hasskyrocketed during the past two years,Bob Morgan's growth as a producer hasaccompanied it. Even after ten hits, Mor-gan still feels that Bobby's ultimate star-dom is to come.
"Bobby's still too young to be acceptedas a star," says Morgan. "He has somemore kicking around to do in other
spheres of entertainment apart from theone nighter and night club scene.
"Obviously, he's had some terrific offers,including one to host his own televisionseries. But he's still got years ahead ofhim, and if he does all this now, what willhe do in five years time, when it's all beenachieved?"
Do the two Bobs follow any formulawhich has been responsible for their suc-cess?
"NOTHING which you could call a defi-nite trademark" says Morgan. "The peoplewho buy Bobby's records are probablyunfamiliar with his experience as a musi-cian, but before he started hitting the bigtime, he used to be out on the road withseveral leading artists, heading his ownbacking group. His experience in this fieldalone, gives him a tremendous advantagein the studio, because he knows the kindof sound he's looking for, and has theability to get it."
Bob Morgan is an accomplished musi-cian himself, having played bass in hisYale days, when he cut a one shot albumwith a college group called the Eli Six,which was recorded by George Avakian(another Yalie), and released on Colum-bia.
However, the musical backgrounds be-tween singer and producer has tended to
GEORGE MAHARIS signs a recording contract with Epic producer Bob Morgan. Seen in the picturefrom left to right are Morgan, Len Levy, Mimi Weber and George Maharis.
Bob Morgan
enhance their association, rather than endin studio clashes.
"As far as material is concerned, Bobbyand I have been very lucky with theoldies" says Morgan. "This makes it prettyeasy to pick a song. Usually what we dois go through the catalogs of five or tenyears ago, and pick out a good standardwhich we think stands a chance of makingit again, and which would be just thatmuch too old for the average record buyertoday.
"SOMETIMES, Bobby will call me in themiddle of the night with a couple of ideas.But we always thrash everything outsoundly before we get anywhere near thestudio."
Vinton is not Morgan's only recordingsubject. He has been successfully associ-ated with The Brother's Four-he recorded"Greenfields"-George Maharis, Rolf Har-ris, and of late, Nick Woods, a member ofthe New Christy Minstrels, who has justcut his first solo disc for Epic.
This month, Morgan pays his secondvisit to England where he'll work oversome new material with Cliff Richard,who he's planning to record here at theend of July.
The Dave Clark Five have also cutspecial tapes for Morgan, and when theycame in at the weekend, they expresseda wish to record with him.
"I've been lucky," says Bob. "Ratherthan go for a one shot, I always record myartists with a long term policy in mind,particularly when I consider the impor-tance of the albums market. It might bemy thinking or pure coincidence, buteither way, it's been pretty good goingso far". JUNE HARRIS
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Music Business in HollywoodHOLLYWOOD
Comedian Bill Cosby, on theWarners Bros. label, was se-lected as "Entertainer of theYear" by the Hollywood BoysClub. . . . Jay Lasker hasadded the Infinity label cata-log, including some real choicealbums and singles by GordonJenkins, to the Vee Jay fam-ily. . . . Jim Malloy, RCA'ssound engineer, who won thegrammy engineering award,"is still flying high in theclouds. His predecessor, AlSchmitt, is also a Victor man.He's now a producer.
Rita Pavone, the impishItalian pepperoni, was feted ata soiree in Hollywood on June1. It's RCA's fine way of in-troducing her to the world ofHollywood.
Verve artist Bill Evanswhose album, "ConversationsWith Myself" won the 1964Grammy (best instrumentaljazz performance by a soloist),is currently playing to jam-packed houses at the "WestCoast Mecca of Jazz," Shelley'sManne-Hole.
Sergio Franchi sang in Ital-
ian for the Duke and Duchessof Windsor before setting offfor a tour with Jimmy Du-rante. . . . the Nooney RicketFour, the hottest swingers inall San Francisco, has beenticketed by Score Productionsfor a single with the 20th Cen-tury label.
Roger Williams was ticketedfor jaywalking in Studio City-he was caught without hispiano. It's not nice, he's thehonorary mayor of one of thesuburban towns.
Dick Clark's "Caravan ofStars" troupe of touring one-nighters, emseed by Fabian,will drive -off in August . . .
Jerry Fielding, a most talent-ed young man as attested bythe music he furnished for the"Emmy Show," was signed toa term contract by both ScreenGems and Colpix Records. Hisfirst assignment will be "TheFarmers Daughter" and "Be-witched." Both will be seenthis fall on ABC-TV.
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RCA VICTOR head George Marekcongratulates A. J. Shuffer, recordmanager of the Eastern Co., Cam-bridge, Mass., upon winning nationalJascha Heifitz promotion contest.Prize: Trip to Europe.
stir with their unique mannerof presenting a demo to majorrecording companies for com-mercial consideration. A greatfive, they feature Jack andBill Hood on sax, Jack Wilsonon piano, Bob West, bass andNick Ceroli, drums.
"Farmer John," a very hotsingle in L.A. has been pur-chased by the Warner Bros.label from Faro records. . . .
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field to the promotional mager's spot. . . . and Columbia'special products division hasnabbed Bernie Silverman, for-merly with Verve, as an ac-count executive.
Connie Francis, a gal whodoes most things well, willwrite liner notes for her newalbum. Hmmm, putting peopleout of business! Ed Sullivanhas snapped up the Women-folk to co-star during his Julyappearance at Harrah's Tahoe.
Bob Newhart, one of theWarner Bros. label's comedystars; has signed to co-starwith Carol Burnett for a fallshowing of "The Entertainer'sShow" TV series.
Billy Daniels has recordeda rock-and-roll version of hisfamous number "Old BlackMagic" for York Records. . . .
Daniels sung, then signed afour-year contract with York.. . . With a flowing oil wellyou can give up the musicbusiness. This may be thethoughts of Dave Brubeckwhen a new gusher was dis-covered at one of his wellsites.
Always busy Elmer Bern-stein was signed by motionpicture producer John Sturgesto compose and conduct thescore for his new flick "TheHallelujah Train." It'll be aUnited Artist release.
Mort Sahl will cut an albumof satirical political commentfor Capitol. . . . Johnny Car-son, the star of the "Tonight"Show has written a song withhis bearded musical conduc-tor, Skitch Henderson. It'scalled "My Preposition Baby"and will be recorded for ABC -Paramount by the Willis Sis-ters.
Hold Your Hats: Fess Park-er chirps a "Daniel Boone"title tune for the new 20th-Century TV series of the samename. They're hoping it'll beanother "Davy Crockett."
JULIAN PORTMAN
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THE LONG ROAD TO A HIT
"Everybody Turned Us Down"Says Terry Stafford's Mgr.
TERRY STAFFORD is a handsome, 22 -year -old from Texas who had a close to amillion seller with "Suspicion," and hasanother single moving up the charts, "I'llTouch a Star." Both are on the Crusaderlabel, as is his strong selling LP, "Suspi-cion." Yet he had a tough time ever get-ting his first record released.
"Almost everyone turned us down," hismanager, Ted Bevan, told MB last week."We had recorded the master of "Suspi-cion" a year and a half ago. We made itourselves in Bob Summers' studio in ElMonte, California, in early 1963. We tookit to a number of record companies, andthey all said no. One firm even held itfor about six months, but didn't issue it.When they didn't pick up the option wegot the record back.
"Finally John Fisher, the head of Cru-sader Records, heard it. He flipped, andwe were on our way. Crusader was juststarting then, with Fisher as boss and LesWarden the owner. Now Terry Staffordwill be the only artist on the label. They'restarting a subsidiary label, Charger, forother artists."BEVAN has been managing Stafford
for over three years. "I heard him in Cali-fornia in 1960. His idol then, like now,was Elvis, and he had something in hisvoice I liked. For two years we tried butdidn't get anywhere. Then Terry decidedto return to college, and he did for a yearat Odessa State Teacher's College inOdessa, Texas. We made the record whilehe was still in school."
"I used to get a lot of complaints thatTerry sounded too much like Elvis. But hedoesn't try to imitate, he just happens tophrase like him. Another idol of Terry'sis Buddy Holly, and some of his style is inthis groove too. Terry actually can singmany types of tunes, rock, folk, country,and ballads. His current single, "I'll Toucha Star," is from his "Suspicion" album,which has eight tunes written by BenWiseman, who used to write a lot of Elvis'songs."
Bevan is very high on recording engi-neer Bob Summers, who happens to beMary Ford's brother. (Formerly Les Pauland Mary Ford.) "All of the instrumental
MUSIC BUSINESS, JUNE 13, 1964
backing on "Suspicion" is played by Sum-mers," said Bevan. "He plays the drums,vibes, guitar, piano, organ and bass on therecord. He overdubs everything. He is alsothe musician on all the tunes in Terry'salbum. In fact on "Suspicion" he's evenone of the 'girl's' voices in the background.BEVAN is having Terry Stafford take a
month off in July to work on his act. He'shiring a choreographer to help and he'llwork on his stage movements and manneras well as his foot work.
"We're giving up a lot of bookings to dothis," noted Bevan, "but we both think it'sworth it. Terry is a very good singer, and
he has a chance to become a big star. Wewant him to turn into one of the top actsin the business."
GAC, Stafford's agency, is putting himin the package which will star The FourSeasons. Unit will start a series of one-nighters on July 31 and play throughLabor Day."EVEN THOUGH it took a long time
for Terry to happen," said Bevan, "Wewere still lucky. If 'Suspicion' had hap-pened two years ago Terry might not havebeen ready for it. And neither would I.Now I think we're both ready for any-thing."
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Martha Carson, performingat Charleston, S. C., had theunusual experience last weekof being interviewed by wo-man staff writer for theCharleston Evening Post withthe very same name - MarthaCarson. "You mean there's an-other one?" said singer Marthato writer Martha.
Singer Martha confessedthat she felt she had a co -writer with every song. "Godis the starting point of every-thing I do," she said.
Songstar Johnny Tillotson'srecent Broadway debut asLatin Quarter headliner wasan SRO success-a hit withadults and prom kids alike, ac-cording to Latin Quarter own-ers Lou Walters and Ed Ris-man. . . . Among Music Cityoffices, Murray Nash of AshnaMusic alone maintains one ofthose 50 -year -old ceiling fansto keep the place cool. "Lookpop," said the small son of amusic caller, "He's got an air-plane propeller working."
Hubert Long, the talentagency topper, doesn't believein vacations for himself or forat least 13 of those artists onhis roster who depend on hisbooking arrangements. ForJune, at least, they'll be work-ing hard covering every stateEast of the Rockies. On thelist are Bill Anderson, TheBrowns, The Carter Family,Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky,The Glaser Bros., Ferlin Hus-ky, Del Reeves, Johnny Sea,Mel Tillis, Ray Price, MargieSingleton, and LeRoy VanDyke. . . . Pappy Daily hasjust released Danny and Aud-rey Harrison's first hymn rec-ord on his "D" label. Songs are"The Lord's Masterpiece"backed with "He Heard MyCry," both penned by Dannyand Rusty Yates and TomHaynes. DJ's can get copies bywriting to Joanne Harrison,Box 27, Man, W. Va.
A. V. (Bam) Bamford of SanAntonio's K-BER is workingon his forthcoming Grand OleOpry show for June 28. Al-ready signed are Ray Price,Ferlin Husky, Faron Young,Porter Wagoner, Norma Jeanand Rusty & Doug. Thereafterhe'll lay off for the summermonths to return in Octoberready to celebrate K-BER'sthird anniversary in Novem-ber . . . Ernest Tubb and his
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NASHVILLEGOING OVER plans for upcoming Hank Snow Special on Canada's CBCtelevision network are W. E. (Lucky) Moeller, president, Danny MoellerTalent, Inc.; Snow; Les Pouliot, CBC writer, and producer Stan Jacobson.
Texas Troubadours headlineda show for Austin Wood at hisLittle Nashville Auditorium,Lake Ozark, Mo., May 30 -June5. Wood says other big nameheadliners are skedded to ap-pear throughout the summer.
Damn the Tornadosthe Tornados. Full
steam ahead! That seemed tobe the cry of thousands of Chi-cagoans who turned out forTompall and the Glaser Bros.at their recent Aragon Ball-room appearance in Chicago asfunnel shaped clouds dippedall over the area and radio an-nouncers sounded the weather-man's warnings. . . . Jimmy(Laughing Boy) Riddle was arecent Nashville visitor in con-nection with his LP, "Country
Harmonica", and a forthcom-ing ad campaign by the Ger-man Harmonica makers, M.Homer Inc. Riddle, a harmon-ica authority, has 150 in hiscollection. The instrument wasinvented in 1813, he says, andits original name was aeolina.
Tommy Cutrer, WSM deejaywho resigned with purchase ofhis own station at Jackson,Miss. (WJQS), and his wifeVickie, have shipped all theirfurniture to Jackson wherethey've bought a home, butcan't leave Music City untilschool's over for their fivechildren. Meanwhile they'vemoved in with the JimmyNewmans. . . . Texas BillStrength of Minneapolis' KT-CR will be doing his "Chuck -wagon Round Up" each noonfrom the Flame Club, using
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C&W and Grand Ole Operaentertainers.
But Stork Found HimDick Smothers of the Smo-
thers Bros. who with brotherTom has been whooshingaround Las Vegas on a newHonda motorcycle had to dosome heavy arguing latelywhen his wife, Linda, gavebirth to a baby in a Las Vegashospital. He had to convinceowners of lifted eyebrows thathe hadn't rushed Linda to thehospital seated on the back ofhis motorcycle. . . . C&W sing-er Jimmy Wakely has starteda new association with theLawrence Welk show, part ofwhich involves transfer ofmanagement of Wakely's twomusic pubberies - Mono Mu-sic and Riverside Music Inc.-to the Welk organization tocover various areas of produc-tion and recording. Wakelywho guest -starred on the Welkshow recently will continue tofill nitery engagements withhis own troupe. He is presentlyset for 18 weeks over the nextyear at Harrah's Clubs in Renoand Lake Tahoe.
The Webb Pierce Hit Mak-ers, a bowling team sponsoredby the c.&w. singing star, aim-ing at strikes as well as hits,did all right for itself in theNational Bowling Tournamentat Cincinnati recently, butPierce was silent on whoscored big and whose ballrolled in the gutter. Includedon the team roster are Denny -Moeller Talent execs W. E.(Lucky) Moeller, Larry A.Moeller and Jack B. Andrews.Pierce himself failed to com-pete because of previous en-gagements.
Bluegrass artists Flatt &Scruggs will appear with theBeverly Hillbillies at the Wis-consin State Fair Aug. 14-18,under arrangements made byW. E. (Lucky) Moeller, prexyof Denny -Moeller Agency, withthe Michael North Agency.
The Hank Williams Jr. Na-tional Fan Club has just beenorganized for the young MGMsinger, son of the late greatballadeer, with offices at 81216th Avenue south, Nashville.Gina Martin, president, saidthe club was formed on de-mand of young people whoidolize the young performer.
THIS IS THE FIRST official photograph of the board of governors includingofficers and directors of the new Nashville chapter of NARAS taken at aspecial called meeting at the Executive Club May 30 to appoint operatingcommittees: Seated, left to right, Anita Kerr, vice-president; Jan Howard,Frances Preston, executive vice-president; and June Pulliam, secretary toPresident Lester Rose. Standing, left to right, Bill Forshee, Bill Denny, secre-
More From NashvilleDecca Records' Owen Brad-
ley a.&r.'ed newcomer WilmaBurgess, highly touted singerof Orlando, Fla. last week.Wilma and biz -friend, JeannieKing, were in Music City allweek. . . . It's a show in itselfto get a look at the new BuickRiviera being sported by GeneFerguson, Columbia's MusicCity based regional promochief. The decor is of gold out-side, no less; white leatherseats with walnut paneling in-side. When it comes downstreet traffic really stares. . . .
From Japan to Canada, to theWest Coast, to Florida, 14 topartists with the Acuff -RoseArtists Corp. are touring thismonth and drawing substantialcrowds everywhere, accordingto Jim McConnell, manager.The artists include Roy Acuff(in Japan). Bill Carlisle, TexRitter, Bob Luman, BobbyLord, Roy Orbison, Wilma Leeand Stoney Cooper, ErnestAshworth, George HamiltonIV, Moon Mullican, Hank Wil-liams Jr., Justin Tubb, TheLonnie Wilson Band, MargieBowes and Bill Anderson.
Folk singers and dancersfrom 25 states took part in the27th annual National FolkFestival June 4-7 at the La-tonia Race Course, Latonia,Ky. under sponsorship of theCovington - Kenton - BooneChamber of Commerce. Pro-grams demonstrated deeplyrooted music heritages of In-dians, cowboys, English, Irish,Scottish, German, Welsh,French, Spanish, Negroes andothers. . . . Ferlin Husky per-formed at Buck Lake Ranch,Angola, Ind. June 7, his firstpublic appearance since he was
stricken with appendicitis re-cently near Arlington, Va.
Tompall Glaser used up a lotof shoe leather until he recov-ered a car stolen by thieveswhen parked in downtownNashville. The car containedhis guitar, mandolin and stageclothes. . . . After almost sixyears of programming varietymusic, CJDY of Drumheller,Alberta, Canada, is adopting afull -day C&W music policy.PD Bill Dowson said the sta-tion aims primarily at the 25-60 year age group.
Baltimore HootenannyHootenanny artists with ca-
reers on the ascendancy tookpart in "Monumental Hooten-anny" on Baltimore's WJZ-TVJune 6. With John Bartholo-mew as host, the followingperformers participated: TheColony Singers, Carolyn Hester(understudy to Joan Baez),Jack Elliott, Bob Sessions, TheCampus Singers, Sally and theWoodsmen, Judy Roderick andYvonne Jilks. . . . Miller 0.Gore is a patient-deejay at theSheridan Wyo. Veterans Hosp-ital, running a two hours dailyc.&w. program. After exposurehe lends his c.&w. discs toStation WROE where the ex-posure continues. He needsmore records.
Country Album PickPEE WEE KING & REDD STEWART
AND THE NEW GOLDEN WESTCOWBOYS
Starday SLP 284"SWINGING WESTLeon McAufliff and his fabulous Steel
Guitar with the Cimarron BoysStarday SLP 280
+ary; Bill Porter, Fred Foster, Marvin Hughes, Boudleaux Bryant, GordonStoker, Hubert Long (upper); Charlie Lamb (lower); Wesley Rose, Bill Justis,Lester Rose, treasurer; and Harold Bradley, president. Directors not in thepicture some of whom had to leave early are: Owen Bradley, Grandpa Jones,Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Bob Ferguson, Glen Snoddy, BillPurcell, and Mark Bates, assistant to the executive vice-president.
COUNTRY SINGLE PICKSJOHNNY CASHColumbia 43058BAD NEWS(Acuff -Rose, BMI)-2:56J. D. LoudermilkTHE BALLAD OF IRA HAYES(Edw. B. Marks, BMI)-4:07P. LaFarge
DAVID HOUSTONEpic 9690ONE IF FOR HIM, TWO IF FOR ME(Central Sons, BMI)-2:34G. DavisYOUR MEMORIES(Gallico, BMI)-2:06
T. Franks, D. Houston
BOB LUMANHickory 1266(EMPTY WALLS) A LONELY ROOM(Acuff -Rose, BMI)-2:20Roy OrbisonRUN ON HOME BABY BROTHER(Acuff -Rose, BMI)-2:28J. D. Loudermilk
BOBBY DURHAMCapitol 5202QUEEN OF SNOB HILL(Central Songs, BMI)-2:17Red SimpsonMY PAST IS PRESENT(Central Songs, BMI)-2:48Merle Haggard -Wynn Stewart
ROSE LEE MAPHISStarday 675REMEMBER(I'M JUST AS CLOSE AS THE
PHONE)(Starday, BMI)-2:19J. MaphisHOOT 'N ANNIE(Starday, BMI) 2:11J. Maphis
BILL ANDERSONDecca 31630ME(Acclaim & Samos Island, BMI)-2:12Alex LanetisCINCINNATI, OHIO(Mosso Rose, BMI)-2:08Bill Anderson
JOHNNY BONDStarday 678HOT ROD SURFIN' HOOTLEBEAT-
NANNY(Starday, BMI, Red River Songs,
BMI)-2:35Johnny BondDON'T MAMMA COUNT ANY-
MORE(Starday and Vidor, BMI)-2:32Eddie Miller
JOE PENNYSims 173
FROSTY WINDOW PANE(Howl, BMI)-2:36Joe PennyHATTY FATTY( English, BM I (-2:11Joe Penny
GLENN BARBERStarday 676IF ANYONE CAN SHOW CAUSE(Starday & Slick Norris, BMI)-2:53Adrian RolandSTRONGER THAN DIRT(Starday & Slick Norris, BMI)-1:56Glenn Barber
JIM HOWARDDel -Mar 1013
MEET ME TONIGHT(Outside of Town)(Howl, BMI)-2:i0James HeltonTOO MUCH TAKING NOT
ENOUGH GIVING(Yonah, BMI)-2:15James Helton
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BIG 50 C&W HITSJUNE 13, 1964
In the opinion of MUSIC BUSINESS' C&W chart research department, the following is a compilation of the nation's best selling and most played C&W phonograph records. 0 Records listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's charts.
This LastWeek Week
1 1 BURNING MEMORIESRay Price-Columbia 42971
2 6 WINE, WOMEN & SONGLoretta Lynn-Decca 31541
3 3 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESESSingleton-Young-Mercury 72237
4 4 LOVE IS NO EXCUSEJim Reeves & Dottie \Vest-RCA Victor 7237
5 2 MY HEART SKIPS A BEATBuck Owens-Capitol 5136
6 9 MEMORY #1Webb Pierce-Decca 31617
7 7 SORROW ON THE ROCKSPorter Wagoner-RCA Victor 8304
8 8 BREAKFAST WITH THE BLUESHanit Snow-RCA Victor 8334
9 5 THIS WHITE CIRCLE ONMY FINGER
Kitty Wells-Decca 31580
10 10 UNDERSTAND YOUR MANJohnny Cash-Columbia 42064
11 11 LOOKING FOR MORE IN '64Jim Nesbitt-Chart 1065
12 12 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BYMY TEARDROPS
Hank Locklin-RCA Victor 8316
13 14 PICK OF THE WEEKRoy Drusky-Mercury 72265
14 15 NOT MY KIND OF PEOPLEStonewall Jackson-Columbia 43011
15 16 KEEP THOSE CARDS & LETTERSCOMING IN
John & Joule Mosby-Columbia 43005
16 20 CIRCUMSTANCESBilly Walker-Columbia 42010
This LastWeek Week
17 17 GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUTYOU NOW
Skeeter Davis-RCA Victor 8347
18 18 FAIR & TENDER LADIESGeorge Hamilton IV-RCA Victor 8304
19 19 WALKIN', TALKIN', CRYIN',BARELY BEATIN' BROKEN HEART
Johnny Wright-Decca 31593
20 21 ANGEL ON LEAVEJimmy Newman-Decca 31609
21 13 INVISIBLE TEARS
22 40 PASSWORD
Ned Miller-Fabor 128
Kitty Wella-Decca 31622
23 23 SLIPPIN' AROUNDMarion Worth & George Morgan-
Columbia 43020
24 27 THEN I'LL STOP LOVING YOUThe Browns-RCA Victor 8348
25 25 I THOUGHT OF LEAVING YOUKitty Wells-Decca 31622
26 26 FRENCH RIVIERAWebb Pierce-Decca 31617
27 47 DANG MERoger Miller-Smash S-1881
28 37 RHINESTONESFaron Young-Mercury 72271
29 30 MY BABY WALKS ALL OVER MEJohnny Sea-Philips 40164
30 31 UNDERSTAND YOUR GALMargie Bowes-Deena 31541
31 43 BE BETTER TO YOUR BABYErnest Tubb-Decca 31614
32 32 IF I HAD ONEDave Dudley-Mercury 72254
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33 29 TOGETHER AGAIN
Buck Owens-Capitol 5136
34 39 I'M HANGING UP THE PHONECarl & Pearl Butler-Columbia 48030
35 35 WHERE DOES A TEAR COMEFROM/SOMETHING I DREAMED
George Jones-United Artists VA 724
36 * SUMMER SKIES ANDGOLDEN SANDS
Jimmy Newman-Decca 31609
37 28 BALTIMORESonny James-Capitol 5129
38 48 SECOND FIDDLEJean Shepard-Capitol 5189
39 46 BIG JOHN'S WIFEWilma Lee & Stoney Cooper-Hickory F 634
40 * I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORECharlie Louvin-Capitol 5173
41 44 BLUEBIRD LET ME TAG ALONGRose Maddox-Capitol 4303
42 * I LOVE TO DANCE WITH ANNIEErnest Ashworth-Hickory 1265
43 45 DON'T DROP ITBilly Grammer-Decca 31618
44 24 YOU TOOK HIM OFF MY HANDSMarion Worth-Columbia 42992
45 * COTTON FIELD MANJim & Jesse-Epic 5-9676
46 22 THE FIRST STEP DOWNBob Jennings-Sims 161
47 * HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO LONGBobby Bare-RCA Victor 8358
48 49 TAKE ME AS I AMRoy Clark-Capitol 5163
49 * I'M A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT(FOR THE BLUES)
Norma Jean-RCA Victor 8328
50 * I'D RATHER HAVE AMERICAJimmy Martin-Decea 31629 BIG C&W ALBUMS
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1 1 GUITAR COUNTRYChet Atkins-RCA Victor Lsr 2783
2 2 SAGINAW, MICHIGANLefty Frizzell-Columbia CIA CS 2169
3 4 MORE HANK SNOWSOUVENIRS
Hank Snow-RCA Victor LPM 2812
4 3 LORETTA LYNN SINGSLoretta Lynn-Decca DL 4457
5 5 FOLK SONG BOOKEddy Arnold-RCA Victor LPM LSP 2811
6 6 STORY SONGS FORCOUNTRY FOLKS
Farm, Young-Mercury MG 20806
7 7 RING OF FIREJohnny Cash-Columbia CL 2053
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8 8 FLATT & SCRUGGS RECORDED LIVEAT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Flatt & Scruggs-Columbia CL 2134; CS 8034
9 9 GOOD 'N COUNTRYJim Reeves-RCA Camden CAS, CAL 784
10 10 THE BEST OF GEORGE JONESGeorge Jones-United Artists HAS 6289
11 11 BLUEGRASS HOOTENANNYGeorge Jones & Melba Montgomery-United Artists, UAL 3352; HAS 6352
12 18 I LOVE A SONGStonewall Jackson-
Columbia CL 2059 (M); CS 8859 (S)
13 13 ESPECIALLY FOR YOUKitty Wells-Decca DL 4493/DS 74403
14 12 ERNEST TUBB PRESENTSHIS TEXAS TROUBADORS
Ernest Tubb's Troubadours-Dem DL 4450, DS 74459
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15 15 MOONLIGHT & ROSESJim Reeves-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2854
16 16 HANK WILLIAMS JR. SINGSSONGS OF HANK WILLIAMS
17 17 SONGS ABOUT THEWORKING MAN
Dave Dudley-Mercury MG 20899; SR 60899
18 14 BILL ANDERSON SINGSBill Anderson-Deena DL 9499/74499
19 20 WHAT'S IN OUR HEARTSGeorge Jones & Melba Montgomery-United Artists UAL 3301/UAS 8301
20 * OUR MAN IN TROUBLEDon Bowman-
RCA Victor LPM 2831 (M); LSP 2831 (S)
MAN ABOUT MUSIC
A Soft Market?By Bob Rolontz
IN THE FOUR MONTHSfrom January through Aprilthe record industry movedmore singles product thanat any similar four -monthperiod in the history of thebusiness. The hit singles notonly sold in million quantitiesbut some even sold two andthree million copies. Manyof these were Beatles recordsbut they were still recordsand there were many, manycustomers who wanted them.
There is now talk about a"soft" record market. Yeteven now, the biggest newrecord in the country "Chap-el of Love," has sold morethan 600,000 copies and "AWorld Without Love," onCapitol, has sold more than500,000, selling close to 100,-000 just last week.
If you have what theywant, business is not "soft."Or as Archie Bleyer so neatlyputs it "There is no suchthing as a soft market; onlysoft product. If a recorddoesn't sell it is the fault ofthe record, not the public."Touché, Archie.
THIS AND THAT:Reports are that Louis
Dreyfus will stay in the U.S.for a while to oversee activi-ties at Chappell here. Ques-tion intriguing many pub-lishers is, who will replaceMax Dreyfus on the ASCAPboard?
Now that Norm Weiser isset at Kapp's Four Cornersoperation, Bernie Lawrenceat Ric, and Mike Berniker atKapp, the movement amongmusic and record men maysettle down. Of course thereis still that top opening atthe 20th Century Fox label,and someone will eventuallytake over Mike's slot at Co -
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lumbia, and something ishappening at Colpix . . . wellmaybe by summer.
RCA Victor's publicity de-partment sent out some wildpictures last week. One showslittle Rita Pavone greetingBarbra Streisand; the otherArthur Feidler trying on aBeatles Wig. (No, he doesn'tdig Beatle wigs, but he ap-parently does dig the Beatles.He just recorded "I Want ToHold Your Hand" with theentire Boston Pops Orches-tra.)
GUESSING GAMES: Whata. & r. man may be forced tosell his publishing firms tohis parent company? . . .
What a. & r. man currentlyfinds himself with a hit heco-authored with his ex-wife? . . . What record labelwould like to have back thea. & r. man it fired abouteight months ago? Firmhasn't had a hit since . . .
What's the name of the a. &r. man who was called "un-grateful" by his label whenhe accepted a job with an-other company at almostdouble the salary?
THE MUSIC BUSINESS istalking about: The relationsbetween Sammy Weiss, thedistributor, and the produc-ing team of Leiber and Stol-ler . . . the possibility thatHugo and Luigi will soon beback in action . . . Why MCAdecided to buy E. B. Marksfor $3 million instead of MillsMusic for $5 million . . . thenew Music Business RadioExposure Chart . . . the factthat two of the industry'sstrongest indies only a yearago are now in rocky shape. . . whether the Ska willmake it . . . or whether MalBraveman can make the Ska.
Buy An Ad, Harry!
ooi _Afternoon; Cheoi Record:J.
"This is Peter Perfect from Music Busi-ness. Is Mr. Heartless in?"
One moment; _Hi chech . . . -licc
arrv;eriect ii on Jeven-two.
"Oh jeez! Well, aw-rite; I'll take it. . . . Yeah, Pete."
"Hi Harry. H'are things? How ya' feelin'?"
"Terrible! Just terrible."
"Wonderful, Harry. Nice to hear that."
"Hey! Yo -Yo! You really pay attention. I said I felt . . .
forget it. What's up?"
"Well, I'm callin' about an ad. I think . . ."
"I'm not goin' fer one, Pete."
"If yer lookin' to save money, why don't ya' turn out thelights like Johnson did in the White House? Harry, do youknow our circulation is . . ."
"Look, I don't wanna know from yer circulation! I just don'tsee where yer paper is gonna sell me any records. I'll takethe bread and send Tommy Tactless on the road with ourthree or four records, and I'll see better results."
"Boy, I'll tell ya', Harry, I don't understand yer . . . well, I
know the Chuck Berry and Johnny Nash are doin' great forya'. What else is movin'?"
"Yer really up on things, Pete. Let me tell ya'. We've gotthree things that look like GIANTS: CHUCK BERRY'S NOPARTICULAR PLACE TO GO, JOHNNY NASH'S LOVE AIN'TNOTHING, and now the TONY CLARKE side, AIN'T LOVEGOOD, AIN'T LOVE PROUD, broke out in Detroit and Cleve-land. And before ya' give me that biz-ness about the num-bers, and so yer call isn't a total loss, give me a two incheron one and just say CHESS 1898, ARGO 5471 and CHESS1894."
"Ya' wanna know something, Harry? Yer last name reallyfits you. Beautif-ly!"
"Hey, Pete; don't be upset. I gotta lead fer ya'. Call CarlCrude at Fat Chance Records. I got a hunch he'll spring fora full page. Goodbye, Pete; I gotta wind my wrist -watch now."
"Goodbye, Harry."
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ALBUM PICKS Watch Out forMolly,ff "Seven Hoods"
This Week's Block Busters
r=--1a worldwithoutlovepeterandgordon
A WORLD WITHOUT LOVEPETER AND GORDONCapitol ST 2115The British duo sing +heir smash title
song plus a selection of goodfolkish and blues items.
ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS
ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODSSOUNDTRACKReprise FS 2021Sinatra, Martin, Crosby and Davis do+heir stuff in this much touted sound-track set.
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWNSOUNDTRACKMGM E-4232 STDebbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell
are heard in +he movie version ofthe long -run Broadway musical hit.
SENTING:
ItiW;111.10Ph I SiIt re /%17-;/(1 f.f W SW.111111,
PRESENTING THE BACHELORSLondon LL 3353The British group has started movingfast here and the set contains suchhot singles as "Diane" and "Char-maine."
AL MARTINOCapitol ST 2107The mellow -voiced Martino sings his
current hit, "I Love You More andMore Every Day" and his newest"Tears and Roses," among others.
THE SUE STORYVARIOUS ARTISTSSue LP -I021Hits by Inex Foxx, Ike and Tina, theSoul Sisters, Baby Washington, Bar-bara George and others put this in.
MOMS WOWSMOMS MABLEYChess 1486Another great collection of material
by Moms, cut live at Chicago'sPlayboy Club.
Oil iack'sNAYS nmEs BYCHUM BERRY
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aie0rom ...cm 11.XX. 0, CA. SWar an, 1,11111.1
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BILL BLACK'S COMBOPLAYS TUNES BY CHUCK BERRYHi HL -12017A powerful combine here. Black hasreturned to the hit fold recently andBerry's name is bigger than ever.
Chart PicksTOUR DE FORCEBola SetteFantasy 3358One of the newer giants of the gui-tar shows +he stuff he's made of.
THE COOL WORLDDIZZIE GILLESPIEPhilips PHS *00-138The original soundtrack of this picfeatures the great Dizzie at has best.A mighty interesting score.
SHUT DOWNS & HILL CLIMBSVariousLiberty LRP 3366A strong collection of drag tracks,
with standout contributions from Janand Dean, Johnny Bond, The Ven-tures and others.
THE LATIN SIDEVINCE GUARALDIFantasy 3360"Cast Your Fate to the Wind," wasa solid hit for the pianist and theWest Coast and fans will like himhere with strings.
I WALK THE LINEJOHNNY CASHColumbia CL 2190A fine set by one of the top, pop-
country acts. Title tune was one ofhis first big smashes.
MILES AND MONK AT NEWPORTMILES DAVIS AND
THELONIOUS MONKColumbia CL 2178Both these artists have powerful poppotential and stores should be ableto cash in on the timely Newport tag.
THE CARPETBAGGERSSOUNDTRACKAva A 45Much single disk activity has alreadyoccurred on +his material and thisoriginal soundtrack se+, with a finecover, can do much business.
New Pop Talent PickSWIM WITH THE GO-GO'sRCA Victor LSP 2930The boys have a good new singlewith "Lonely Girl," (a pick last week)and this album can help establish theact.
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MUSIC BUSINESS POP LP'sJUNE 13, 1964
Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Check symbol (1,40) 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 retail outlets, one stops and racks.
Louis' 'Dolly' LP Keeps Going Up!MONEY ALBUMS
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1 1 HELLO, DOLLY!ORIGINAL CAST, RCA Victor LOC 1087
2 2 FUNNY GIRLORIGINAL CAST, Capitol SVAS 2059
3 4 HELLO, DOLLY!LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp KL 1364, KS 3364
4 5 BARBRA STREISAND/THIRD ALBUMColumbia CL 2154
5 6 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLEANDY WILLIAMS, Columbia CL 2171, CS 8971-0- 9 COTTON CANDY
AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM 2917, LSP 29177 7 HONEY IN THE HORN
AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM 2745, LSP 27338 3 THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM
Capitol ST 20809 10 SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR
YOUNG LOVERSRAY CHARLES SINGERS,
Command RS 866 (SD)10 8 GLAD ALL OVER
DAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic LN 24093
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11 11 MEET THE BEATLESCapitol T 2047, ST 2027
12 13 TODAYNEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS, Columbia CL 2159
13 12 BELAFONTE AT THE GREEK THEATRERCA Victor LOC/LSO 6009
14 14 KISSIN' COUSINSELVIS PRESLEY, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2894
15 19 SECOND BARBRA STREISAND ALBUMColumbia CL 2054, CS 8854
16 16 SERENDIPITY SINGERSPhilips PHM 200-115, PHS 600-115
17 15 SHANGRI-LAROBERT MAXWELL, Decca DL 74421
18 20 WHO'S AFRAID OFVIRGINIA WOOLF?
JIMMY SMITH, Verve V 8583, V6 858319 18 THE PINK PANTHER
HENRY MANCINI, RCA Victor LPM/LSP 279520 21 INTRODUCING THE BEATLES
Vee Jay LP 1062
ThisWeek
This LastWeek Week21 22 DIMENSION 3
ENOCH LIGHT & THE LIGHT BRIGADE,Command RS 867 (SD)
1111V 30 TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVERNANCY
23 23 I WISH YOU LOVEWILSON, Capitol ST 2082
GLORIA LYNNE, Everest 522624 26 MANHATTAN TOWERS
ROBERT GOULET, Columbia CL 6050, CS 245025 37 HIGH SPIRITS
ORIGINAL CAST, ABC Paramount ABC OC 1-116' 28 COMMAND PERFORMANCES
ENOCH LIGHT, Command RS 868 (SD)27 24 MEET THE SEARCHERS/NEEDLES
AND PINS
WIVES AND LOVERSJACK JONES, Kapp KL 7352
MARY WELLS, Motown 616CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE
JACK JONES, Kapp KL 1328
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GREATEST HITS
Kapp KL 1363
ACTION ALBUMSThis LastWeek Week
Alb- 56 IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHINGI SAID SMOTHERS BROTHERS,
Mercury MG 20904, SR 6090432 17 FRANK SINATRA SINGS
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSESReprise F -FS 1011
33 40 CHARADE HENRY MANCINI, RCA Victor 835634 29 GLORIA, MARTY AND STRINGS
GLORIA LYNNE, Everest BR 5226, SDBR 122035 36 DAWN (GO AWAY)
4 SEASONS, Philips PHM 200-124, PHS 600-12436 42 SHUTDOWN, VOL. 2
BEACHBOYS, Capitol T 2027ilk- 64 CHUCK BERRY'S GREATEST HITSChess LP 1485
38 27 ALLAN IN WONDERLANDALLAN SHERMAN, Warner Bros. WB 1539
39 35 TOM JONES SOUNDTRACK,UnitedArtists UAL 4113, UAS 5113
40 44 SUSPICIONTERRY STAFFORD, Crusader CLP 1001
41 49 SHOWTIMEJAMES BROWN, Smash DIGS 27054, SRS 67054
42 45 REFLECTINGCHAD MITCHELL TRIO, Mercury MG 20891
43 33 EARLY HITS OF 1964LAWRENCE WELK, Dot DLP 8572, DSL 25572
44 39 IN THE WINDPETER, PAUL & MARY, Warner Bros. W 1507
45 54 REFLECTIONSPETER NERO, RCA Victor LPM 2853, LSP 2853
46 46 YESTERDAY'S LOVE SONGS -TODAY'S BLUES
NANCY WILSON, Capitol T (ST) 201147 32 I'LL SEARCH MY HEART
JOHNNY MATHIS, Columbia CL 214348 43 LIVING A LIE AL MARTINO, Capitol 197549 51 FOREVER
PETE DRAKE, Smash MGS 27053, SRS 6705350 41 THE ITALIAN VOICE OF AL MARTINO
Capitol T 190751 52 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
SOUNDTRACK, United Artists UAL 511452 59 WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
TONY BENNETT, Columbia CL 2175, CS 897353 47 JOAN BAEZ IN CONCERT, PT. 2
Vanguard VSD 212354 60 BOYS, BOYS, BOYS
LESLEY GORE, Mercury MG 20901, SR 609.01
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55 38 SHELTER OF YOUR ARMSSAMMY DAVIS JR., Reprise R 6114
56 25 WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?ORIGINAL CAST, Columbia KOL 6040, KOS 2440
57 57 FOREVER BILLY VAUGHN, Dot DLP 357858 66 MARY WELLS & MARVIN GAYE-
TOGETHER Motown 613iOf RETURN OF DAVE CLARK FIVE
Epic LN 2410460 58 TENDER IS THE NIGHT
JOHNNY MATHIS, Mercury MG 20890, SR 6089011 65 GREATEST HITS MARVIN GAYE, Thuile 252
79 BACK IN TOWNKINGSTON TRIO, Capitol T 2081, ST 2081
63 53 SWEET AND SOUR TEARSRAY CHARLES, ABC Paramount 480
64 69 YAKETY SAX BOOTS RANDOLPH,Monument MLP 8002, SLP 18002
65 55 WE SHALL OVERCOMEPETE SEEGER, Columbia CL 2101, CS 8901
66 72 GOING BAROQUE SWINGLE SINGERS,Philips PHM 200-126, PHS 600-126
67 63 THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAINBOBBY VINTON, Epic LN 24081
68 68 TODAY'S ROMANTIC HITS -FOR LOVERS ONLY
JACKIE GLEASON, Capitol W 2056, SW 205669 76 BEWITCHED JACK JONES, Kapp KL 136570 50 NEW YORK WONDERLAND -
WORLD WIDE WONDERLANDANDRE KOSTELANETZ,
Columbia CL 2138, CS 893871 78 SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE
RAY CONNIFF, Columbia CL 2150, CS 895072 62 ENCORE JOHN GARY, RCA Victor LPM 208473 75 MORE THEMES FOR YOUNG LOVERS
PERCY FAITH, Columbia CL 2167, CS 896774 71 CATCH A RISING STAR
JOHN GARY, RCA Victor LPM 274585 ON THE MOVE
TRINI LOPEZ, Reprise R 6112, RS 6112BY REQUEST BRENDA LEE, Decca DL 4507GETZ/GILBERTO Verve V 8545, V6-8545DEAD MAN'S CURVE/NEW GIRLIN SCHOOL
JAN & DEAN, Liberty LRP 3361, LST 7361
THE LETTERMEN LOOK AT LOVECapitol T 2083, ST 2083
BEATLES AMERICAN TOURWITH ED RUDY Radio News Pulsebeat 1000
81 86 SHANGRI-LAVIC DANA, Dolton BLP 2028, BST 8028
82 70 LILIES OF THE FIELDSOUNDTRACK, Epic LN 24094, BN 26094
83 84 NEW ORLEANS AT MIDNIGHTPETE FOUNTAIN, Coral CRL 57429, CRI 757429
84 88 REFLECTIONSSTAN GETZ, Verve V 8554, V6-8554
85 92 COME DANCE TO THE HITSOF SAMMY KAYE Dacca DL 4502, DL 74502
86 90 MEET THE TEMPTATIONS Gordy 91187 77 BACH'S GREATEST HITS
SWINGLE SINGERS,Philips PHM 200-097, PHS 600-097
88 95 AMERICA, I HEAR YOU SINGINGSINATRA, CROSBY, WARING,
Reprise F 2020, FS 202089 pot THE BOBBY GOLDSBORO ALBUM
United Artists, UAL 3358, UAS 635890 82 FIFTY GUITARS GO ITALIANO
TOMMY GARRETT,Liberty LMAI 13028, LSS 14028
91 91 MONDO CANE #2KAI WINDING, Verve V 8573, V6-8573
92 97 MOTORTOWN REVUE, VOL. 2VARIOUS ARTISTS, Motown 615
93 99 HIPPY HIPPY SHAKESWINGING BLUE JEANS, Imperial LP 9261
94 81 NINO AND APRIL SINGTHE GREAT SONGS
Atco SD 16295 93 THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'
BOB DYLAN, Columbia CL 2105, CS 890596 96 WHITE ON WHITE DANNY WILLIAMS,
United Artists UAL 3359, UAS 635997 100 JUST FOR OPENERS
JUDY GARLAND, Capitol W 2062, SW 206298 gIf HEAR, HEAR
THE SEARCHERS, Mercury SR 6091499 yor TALL COOL ONE
THE WAILERS, Imperial LP 9.262100 I/ LITTLE CHILDREN
BILLY J. KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS,Liberty LP 9267
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