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RADIO EXPOSURE CHARTShowing the positions of nearly 300 singles on the surveys of
the nation's leading radio stationsThis chart summarizes the standings of single records on the
latest local surveys made in major markets by key radio stationswhich influence record sales. Numerals next to each title showifs rank order on the survey named at the top of each column.The letter "P" indicates the record was a "Pick" on survey; +he
letter "X" means it was an "Extra" without numerical rank. Ifno numeral or symbol appears in a column, the record was noton the station's latest survey.
TITLES
AFTER IT'S TOO LATE Bobby Bland (Duke)AIN'T SHE SWEET Beatles (Atco)AL DILA Ray Charles Singers (Command)ALONE Four Seasons (VeeJay)ALONE WITH YOU Brenda Lee (Decca)AND I LOVE HER Beatles (United Artists LP)ANGELITO Rene & Rene (Columbia)ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS Irma Thomas (Imperial)AS LONG AS I'M SURE OF YOU Bobby Curtola (Tartan) ...ASK ME WHY Beatles (VeeJay) ..... .......... ..... .......
BABY COME HOME Ruby & Romantics (Kapp)BABY DOLL . Kirby St. Rornain (Teardrop) ..... .............. ........ .....
BAD TO ME.. Billy J. Kramer (Imperial)BAMA LAMA BAMA LOO Little Richard (Specialty).BEG ME Chuck Jackson (Wand)BETTER WATCH OUR BOYS Accents (Challenge)BOOM BOOM David Clayton Thomas (Atco)BOYS CAMP, GIRLS CAMP Michelle Scotti (Philips)BORN TOO LATE Wink Martindale & Robin Ward (Dot). -BREAD AND BUTTER Newbeats (Hickory)BRING IT ON HOME TO ME .....Shirley Ellis (Congress) .BROKEN HEART KNOWS BETTER ......Don Grady (Capitol)BUCKET "T" -Jan & Dean (Liberty)
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE .Dave Clark Five (Epic)CAP COD HERE WE COME Balladeers (Scroggs)CASUAL KISS ...Leon Peels (Whirlybird)CHAPEL OF LOVE Dixie Cups (Red Bird)CHERRY LIPS ......Four Gents (Encore)CLOSE YOUR EYES .. Jamie Coe (Enterprise)C'MON EVERYBODY ..Elvis Presley (RCA EP) ..COME ON AND SWIM . Bobby Freeman (Autumn)COULD THIS BE MAGIC......Castello (Warner Brothers)COWBOY IN THE CONTINENTAL SUIT ......Marty Robins (Columbia)
This chart provides a rapid summary of each record's localpopularity and radio exposure in leading markets. It also showsregional popularity and radio exposure by grouping markets inthe East, South, Midwest and West. Each week a different radiosample is used. Music Business has been officially authorized byeach station listed to publish its survey results, which have beenobtained by Music Business with the cooperation and approvalof the stations named.
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Gerry & the Pacemakers (LaurieDON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY --Searchers (Kapp)DON'T WORRY BABY ...Beach Boys (Capitol)DREAM WORLD ....Frank Virtuoso (Liberty)
EVENING IN PARIS ..Don Hopkins (Vanden) -.EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS ..Brenda Holloway (Tomla).EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY Dean Martin (Reprise)
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FATHER SEBASTIAN Ramblers (Almont) .. ... . .
FERRIS WHEEL Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)FIRST NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON Jack Jones (Kapp)FRANKIE & JOHNNIE Greenwood County Singers (Kapp)FRENCH SONG Lucille Starr (Almo)
GINO IS A COWARD Gino WashingtonGIRL FROM IPANEMA Stan Getz (Verve)GIRLS Major Lance (Okeh)GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME Temptations (Gordy)GIRLS IN SUMMER DRESSES -Frankie Randall (MGM)GIVING UP .....Gladys Knight & the Pips (Marx).
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HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (1964)Allan Sherman (Warner Bros.) 35
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HERE COMES MY BABY... Dottie West (RCA)HERE I GO AGAIN ...Hollies (Imperial)
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HEY HARMONICA MAN... Little Stevie Wonder (Tornio) . . 35 25 18
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HONEY WIND BLOWS... Glen Yarbrough (RCA)HOW DO YOU DO IT... Gerry & the Pacemakers (Laurie)
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BELIEVE... Bachelors (London).57.................................................25 30.. 29 36.
CAN'T HEAR YOU... Betty Everett (VeeJay)39..................... ........ ..
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CRY INSTEAD... Beatles (United Artists LP)55. . ............... ........ .
GET AROUND... Beach Boys (Capitol)1 0
LIKE IT LIKE THAT-Miracles (Tarnla)12 32
NEVER DREAMED... The Cookies (Dimension) 56.....
PLEDGE MY LOVEITO YOU. .Sonny CurtisP
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WANT YOU TO MEET MY BABY... Eydie Gorme (Columbia).X
F I'M A FOOL FOR LOVING YOU... Bobby Wood (Joy)15 38
F I FELL... Beatles (United Artists L P)3
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'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED...Billy J. Kramer (Imperial)...............................32'LL TOUCH A STAR...Terry Stafford (Crusader) .
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KICK THAT LITTLE FOOT SALLY ANN... Round Robin (Domain) . 16.................36 23
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LONELY GIRL...The Go Go'. (RCA)35
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MELANCHOLY SERENADE. ..King Curtis (Capitol)65
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MY BOY LOLLIPOP-Millie Small (Smash)2 12 3 3 1 24 26 .4 23 28 11 13 6 12 11 4 17
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MY GUY...Mary Wells (Motown)25
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NEW ORLEANS... Berne Elliott & Penmen (London)27
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RAG DOLL 4 Seasons (Philips)REMEMBER ME Rita Pavane (RCA)RINGO'S THEME Beatles (United Anists LP)ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS Johnny Cymbal (Kopp)
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Jackie de Shannon (Liberty)SHE'S THE ONE .,--Chertbusters (Mutual)SHOUT ---Lulu & the Luvers (Parrot).-SIE LIEBT DICH Beatles (Swan) ..... .
SKA -D00 -DEE -YAH --Tracey Dey (Amy)._ .SOLE, SOLE, SOLE -Malmkvist & Morcato (Jubilee)SOLE, SOLE, SOLE --Sarah Vaughn (Mercury)SOMEONE CARES FOR ME Mc Kinleys (Swan)SOMETHING YOU GOT --Alvin Robinson (Tigers).SPEND A LITTLE TIME. Barbara Lewis (Atlantic) ...STEAL AWAY Jim Hughes (Fame)SUGAR & SPICE Searchers (Liberty) ...... ....SUGAR LIPS Al Hirt (RCA) ....SUGAR LUMP --Sonny James (Capitol)SUMMER MEANS FUN....,. Bruce & Terry (Columbia).SUNNY .,.. Neil Sedoka (RCA). - .............SUNSHINE & RAIN Skip Arne (Dot) ..... .SWEET WILLIAM Millie Small (Smash)......SWIM LITTLE MERMAID-, Astronauts (RCA)....__... ...
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TELL ME MAMMA Christine Quaite (World Artists)..... ....TELL ME WHY Bobby Vinton (Epic) . -----TELL ME WHY Beatles (United Artists L.P.)TENNESSEE WALTZ Sam Cooke (RCA) ..THAT'S THE WAY......Casinos..... ..........................THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE-- The J's with Jamie (Columbia)THING CALLED SADNESS Chuck Howard (Fraternity)THIS LITTLE GIRL Little Stevie Wonder (Tornio) .THREE WINDOW COUPE --Rip Chords (Columbia).-- ....... .... ..TODAY .
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WALK, DON'T RUN '64 _...........Ventures (Dolton)WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (Scepter)WATER SKIING___ Duane Eddy (RCA)WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE... -Gale Garnett (United Artists)WHAT HAVE I GOT OF MY OWN.....Trini Lopez (Reprise) ---WHAT'D I SAY Elvis Presley (RCA)WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU BABY
Gaye & Wells (MotownWHEN I STOP DREAMING Dean & Mork (Hickory)WHEN YOU COME BACK TO SCHOOL-- Kerri Downe ........ .....WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO -Supremes (Motown).WHO Tempo & Stevens (Arco)WHY DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE
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TOP OF THE NEWS JULY 18, 1964
Screen GemsSues Adler
LOS ANGELESA $2,250,000 law suit was
filed here last week by ScreenGems Inc. and Screen GemsColumbia Music Inc., against 13defendants, including the mu-sic firm's former West Coastvice president, Lou Adler.Suit was filed in FederalCourt.
There are 16 separate causesof action listed in the com-plaint, including breach ofcontract, infringement of com-mon law copyright, violationof fiduciary duties, conversion,unfair competition and con-spiracy.
In addition to Adler, the de-fendants include William JanBerry and Dean Torrance(known professionally as Janand Dean), Joe Gibson, DonAltfeld, Roger Christian, Bob-by Roberts, Pierre Cossette,Gene Weed (a local deejay ona leading station), LibertyRecords Inc., Liberty RecordSales Corp., Trousdale MusicPublishers Inc. and S. N. F.Dunhill Productions.
The individual damageclaims in the suit run from$10,000 to $700,000.
The action claims that whenAdler was employed as a vicepresident of Screen Gems Co-lumbia Music, he was givenaccess to confidential informa-tion on songs and material andthat while thus employed, heviolated his fiduciary relation-ship with the plaintiffs by ac-quiring for himself the rightsto musical compositions whichit was his duty to acquire forhis employer firm.
It's also charged that Adlernegotiated with Cossette andRoberts for the establishmentof a publishing firm to com-pete with the plaintiffs. Com-plaint asks that Adler, Berry,Torrance Altfeld and any oth-ers involved in Surf Records,render an accounting to plain-tiffs on all proceeds on thesong "Brother Surfer." It'sfurther asked that the plain-tiffs be declared sole ownersof the song, "Little Old Ladyfrom Pasadena."
Beyond this, plaintiffs askthat they be declared ownersof any interest claimed by Ad-ler in the following songs:"Kiss and Tell," "Move Out,""Little Mustang," "BucketSeats," "La Bomba," "Can Iget to Know You Better,""Hey Little Freshman," "Buck -
Carl Bosler Joins MB as Ass't to the Publisher;
Kae Algyer is Named Director of West Coast SalesTwo additions to the staff of Music Business were an-
nounced this week by publisher Sam Chase, effective immedi-ately. Carl Bosler has been named assistant to the publisherreporting to Chase, and Kae Algyer has been appointed di-rector of West Coast sales, reporting to advertising directorWalter Blumberg.
Bosler formerly was advertising and sales promotion man-ager for RCA Victor records for eight years. Prior to thattime he was chief music editor for the Voice of America forfive years, and advertising and sales promotion managerfor Fremantle International, the TV -radio -publishing reps.
Bosler has been active on the music front for many years,with a thorough knowledge of all phases of the business.Besides his advertising and promotion background, he hasbeen a professional musician -arranger, program producer andrecording artist. He has written extensively on music andmusic personalities, with two books on the subject publishedby Leeds.
Kathryn (Kae) Algyer, well known on the West Coast discscene, joins Music Business after having been in charge ofWest Coast advertising sales for Billboard since the endof 1962. Prior to that time, she was affiliated with leadingCoast ad and publishing enterprises and for nearly threeyears operated her own advertising and public relations firm.
She will headquarter at the Music Business office at 6269Selma in Hollywood along with West Coast editor JulianPortman. Telephone number is H011ywood 3-8080.
et T," "Rockin' Little Road-ster," "Go Go Go, My MightyG.T.O.," "As Easy As One TwoThree," "Barons, West LA,""Summer Means Fun," "HeyThere, It's Yogi Bear" and"Whiskey A Go Go." The lat-ter is the flip side of JohnnyRivers' current Imperial smash,"Memphis."
Beatlemania RevisitedThe Beatles scene is never
quiet, but now they're reallyback with a bash. Openingdates have been set all over thecountry for "A Hard Day'sNight," their August tour itin-erary is completed, they havefour new singles, and the fast-est selling movie soundtrackalbum that United Artists hasever experienced.
Their new album of thesoundtrack from "A HardDay's Night," has shot to num-ber one in the M.B. charts and,with sales of over a million, isnot only the fastest selling, butbiggest selling L.P. in the his-tory of United Artists.
Over at Capitol, the singlesscene is just as busy, withthree new releases of tracksfrom the United Artists al-bum. These are "A Hard Day'sNight" coupled with "I ShouldHave Known Better," "I'll CryInstead" coupled with "I'm
Happy Just To Dance WithYou," and "And I Love Her"coupled with "If I Fell."
On United Artists, there's"Ringo's Theme" ("ThisBoy"), by George Martin andhis Orchestra, which is alsofrom the movie track, and en-tered the singles chart thisweek, as did "Ain't She Sweet"on Atoo.
"A Hard Day's Night" openssimultaneously on August 11at eighteen United ArtistsShowcase Theaters in the NewYork Metropolitan area.Among the cross countryopenings set are Cleveland,Los Angeles and Miami onAugust 12.
The Beatles cross country,coast -to -coast, 24 -day touropens at the San Francisco CowPalace on August 19. Subse-quent dates are Las Vegas Con-vention Hall (20), SeattleMunicipal Stadium (21), Van-!ouver Empire Stadium (22),Hollywood Bowl (23), DenverRed Rocks (26), CincinnatiGardens (27), Forest Hills Sta-dium, N.Y. (28), Atlantic CityConvention Hall (30), Phila-delphia Convention Hall (Sep-tember 2), IndianapolisIndiana State Fair (3), Mil-waukee Auditorium (4), Chi-cago International Amphithe-atre (5), Detroit Olympic Sta-dium (6), Toronto Maple Leaf
Gardens (7), Montreal Forum(8), Jacksonville Gator Bowl(11), Boston Gardens (12),Baltimore City Center (13),Pittsburgh Civic Arena (14),Cleveland Public Auditorium(15), New Orleans City ParkStadium (16), Dallas MemorialColiseum (18) and a final bashin New York City for theCerebral Palsy Fund at theMetropolitan Opera House onSeptember 20.
For each of these dates, theBeatles fee is either $20,000 or$25,000 as against 60% of thebox office, and already, everysingle concert is completelysold out.
Capitol's New ExecsSummertime seems to be
conducive to an upsurge ofenthusiasm among the recordcompanies.
This week, Capitol has an-nounced seven new apoint-ments within the organization,kicking off with Bill Wagner,who joins their a & r staff asCoordinator of Artist Serv-ices, a new post which hasbeen specifically designed forhim.
Wagner
In his new position, Wagnerwill handle liaison betweena & r and sales and merchan-dising departments of CRDC,and report directly to a & rdirector Karl Engemann.
Capitol Records Internation-al Corporation has electedWilliam Mikels as its new vicepresident in charge of all for-eign licensing operations. Mi-kels, who was formerly mar-keting manager of the Interna-tional Department, replacesGordon Fraser, who was trans-ferred to head Capitol's newTower label.
Another new signee toCRIC is Jack H. Brandvein as
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international merchandisingmanager, who will be respon-sible for advertising and pro-motion of Angel, Capitol -of -the -World and PromenadeRecords. Brandvein joins thecompany from one of the larg-est advertising agencies on theWest Coast.
Brandvein's new assistant isBrad Engel, whose official po-sition is that of Assistant Mer-chandising Manager in chargeof the same lines.
In New York, Robert H.Reid has become a & r mana-ger, Imports. He was formerlyImport Sales Manager of theInternational Division.
In the same department, Je-rome Prager becomes SalesManager for Capitol Imports,but headquarters on the WestCoast, reporting to WilliamMikels.
Arthur D. Duncan has beenappointed Administrative Di-rector, International Divisionof Capitol Records. He has beenwith Capitol since 1945, andwas previously AdvertisingManager for CRDC.
In its technical field, Capi-tol has announced that Carl S.
Nelson, Jr. has joined thecompany as Director of Elec-trical Engineering.
Riverside FoldsRiverside Records, long in
financial trouble, closed itsdoors for good last week. Offi-cials of the New York TextileBank, which held unpaid loanstotalling "several million dol-lars," confirmed the fold of thecompany.
The bank officials said po-tential buyers are now beinginterviewed. The exact natureof the ultimate disposition ofthe assets was not certain. Thespokesmen explained that thecompany might well be con-tinued under its present titleunder completely new man-agement. On the other hand,the masters and existing prod-uct may be sold off as theyare to another company.
The officials further under-scored their faith in the com-pany's catalog and urged dis-tributors not to panic but tosit tight. "It's going to takesome real management brainsto unravel the mess but it can
be done. The product is thereand it's good," said the spokes-men.
Folies Bergere ScoreIvan Mogull, well-known in
publisher ranks, has acquiredthe American publishingrights to the score of "FoliesBergere," the famous Frenchrevue, now playing on Broad-way, for Four -Star TV MusicCompany Inc., a BMI firm.Mogull brought the deal offlast week in negotiations withproducer Arthur Lesser.
Score was composed by twoof France's better-known clef-fers, Henri Betti and PhilippeGerard. English lyrics are be-ing prepared by a team of BMIwriters. Mogull said an orig-inal cast album is also now inthe works.
Columbia AppointsJack Loetz, recently named
vice president for ColumbiaRecord Distributors, announc-ed a series of executiveappointments last week.
Named director of adminis-tration was Warner Pagliara,formerly a regional managerfor the firm. Paul Smith be-comes manager, phono sales;Louis Koppel takes over as
manager, special market=John Craigo and Joe Rielandwere named regional managesfor mid and southeastern andsouth central regions respec-tively; Harold Komisar be-comes southeastern districtmanager; Bob Van Metre wasnamed St. Louis branch man-ager and Norm Ziegler was ap-pointed Chicago branch man-ager.
At Columbia Records, mean-while, Oscar Ehrenkaufer hasbeen appointed director, spe-cial projects, according to thefirm's financial vice president,John J. Lorenz.
Yanks in EuropeThe Atlantic Ocean is still
a two-way street. Though theBritish artists have been creat-ing traffic jams in the trans -Atlantic airlanes in recentmonths, Americans are stillmaking the European scene.
Latest yanks to head east areRay Charles, folksinger LeonBibb and Chubby Checker.Charles has just completedfilming a picture in the UnitedKingdom and has now struckout on the concert road thatwill take him to England, Den-mark, Sweden, France, Switz-erland, Belgium, Spain, Italy,Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
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TED RANDAL: "WINNER'S CIRCLE"-"A smash in too many markets to name."SOUTHERN MUSIC SURVEY: "CHOICE OF THE WEEK"-"As natural a hit sound as the current Sam Cooke smash."
TEMPO: "MUST PLAY"-"Listen to it just once. A great record that deserves your attention."SAUL ZAENTZ: "HAS TO BE A GIANT"-"A new baby is expected momentarily."
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pur concludes in the islandS:ate September 6.
Bibb left with wife and three:hildren the latter part of last:month for a two -month com-:::_nation holiday and concert:our which includes England,Russia, Sweden, Finland andtack to England. Checker:eaves for his trek August 17.Specific dates have not yet:een determined.
Warner's Ups ExecsIn three new appointments,
-:-ffective immediately, Warner3rothers Records has promotedtwo staffers to its executive toplevel, and brought in a third totake charge of Warner Broth-ers and Reprise in the field ofpremium merchandising.
Up goes Joe Smith to thepost of- Director of Artists andRepertoire in the singles field.He will produce, buy mastersand sign new talent for theWarner Bros. label.
Also promoted is C. BruceHinton to the post of NationalPromotion Manager, for bothWarner Bros. and Reprise. Hewill work with a team of eightfield men.
In its creative division, War-ner Bros. has brought in NedHerzstam to represent bothlabels in premium merchan-dising. He will design and pro-mote records specifically in thisarea.
Mrs. Cane DiesElayne Cane, wife of Colum-
bia Pictures Music exec, Mar-vin Cane, died last week. Mrs.Cane was a victim of cancer.She is survived by her hus-band, two daughters, Joy andBarbara; a son, Michael; hermother, Mildred Kallman, andtwo brothers, Stanley andAlan. Services were held Tues-day (7) at the Riverside funer-al home, New York.
Decca's MeetingsKicking off this week (13),
Decca is holding a series ofmeetings to introduce fall prod-uct and plans for the label.
West Coast huddle was setat the Los Angeles BeverlyHilton Hotel, followed by meet-ings in Chicago (15) andCherry Hill, New Jersey (17).
National Sales ManagerClaude Brennan aids Deccavee-pee Sydney N. Goldberg inconducting the sessions.
Colpix RepactsGregory
Colpix Records, continuingin its recent policy to pick upcomedy acts - the label justsigned Woody Allen to an ex-clusive contract-has re-signedone of its former hit artists,comedian Dick Gregory.
Gregory returns to the labelafter a two year absence, dur-ing which time, his two biggestalbums, "In Living Black andWhite" and "East and West"are still selling. He will recorda new album for release laterthis summer.
However, not sticking ex-clusively to comedians, Colpixhas also signed a vocal group,The Wanderers, frequent guestson leading TVers including theSullivan Show. Their first re-lease is scheduled for the nearfuture.
Talmadge Busy BuyingSince acquiring the Musicor
label, Art Talmadge has beenbusy signing new artists forthis and other record com-panies he is planning.
His latest acquisitions areLatin singing group, Los His-panos, country singer ConnieHall, and a stack of 25 polkaalbums by Al Soya from GloRecords.
Goldie on the AirAaron "Goldie" Goldmark,
Award Music exec, who hadhis on -the -air innings last yearwith David Susskind, WilliamB. Williams, Phil Spector et al,in an "Open End" TV paneldiscussion, returns to the airFriday (17) in a radio inter-view with Bobby Maxwell,former Detroit deejay, whonow has an ABC Radio inter-view show in the early eve-ning.
Discussing the pop scene,Goldmark opened with thefrank statement, "I'm bugged.Every shoemaker, baker andcandlestick maker is in the rec-ord and publishing business.But after all, that's beautiful.That's free enterprise at work."The interview was taped lastweek.
April -BlackwoodAppointments
April -Blackwood has ap-pointed Wayne Walker as itsNashville representative.
In his new position, Walkerwill obtain songs and lyricsfrom writers in the Nashvillearea, and will handle liaisonbetween performers, producersand writers in New York andNashville.
A writer himself, Walkercleffed the two current countryhits, "Burning Memories" and"Memory No. 1."
April -Blackwood also havesigned Alan Jeffreys as a staffwriter, according to Dave Kap-ralik, general manager of thefirms. Jefferys will report toJerry Teifer, A -B professionalmanager. In addition to writ-ing, he'll handle liaison witha. and r. producers and artists.
The former jazz trumpeter,has had various songs cut byTony Bennett, Johnny Mathis,Elvis Presley and Jane Morganamong others.
Franks Group PactedHilltop Records, country low -
price subsidiary album line of
Pickwick International, hassigned the Tillman FranksSingers to a long term pact.Joe Abend, a. and r. chief forHilltop, signed the deal withFranks, the builder of suchtalents as David Houston,Claude King, Country JohnnyMathis and the late JohnnyHorton. Hilltop plans an im-mediate single and an albumwithin a month.
Freddie SignsFreddie ("Hey Girl") Scott,
has signed with Columbia Rec-ords, according to Ken Glancy,the label's vice president fora. and r. Scott's initial singleand album efforts will be han-dled by producer Clyde Otis.Scott was formerly on Colpixwhere he enjoyed several hitsincluding "Where Does LoveGo," and his biggest, "HeyGirl."
Hot Cross PunsWoody Allen, sitting in for
Johnny Carson on NBC -TV'sTonight Show last week, usedthe driver's seat to pitch theheck out of his just releasedColpix LP, "Woody Allen."And why not? NBC is re-portedly pitching woo toWoody in hopes of a long term-er and gave him carte blancheon plugging it. If the minutesused pushing the disc weretallied up for the week, it'sdoubtful that NBC would findit a laughing matter-particu-larly since insiders are pessi-mistic that negotiations willever result in a contract.
A real laughing matter,though, are the liner notes toWoody's LP. They're recipes.Legit recipes, no joke. Woody'sidea was that if you didn'tdig his humor your dollarswouldn't be entirely wasted.His recipe for success: the wayto the public's heart is stillthrough its stomach. Later thismonth he heads for Europe toco-star in the film "What'sNew, Pussycat," which hescripted.
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NiPHY SINGEthe hottest group in the industry
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"The Many Sides Of The Serendipity Singers" Backed with"THE NEW FRANKIE AND JOHNNY SONG" #40215
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RAG DOLLFOUR SEASONS, Philips 40211
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINEDAVE CLARK FIVE, Epic 9692
MEMPHISJOHNNY RIVERS, Imperial 66032
I GET AROUNDBEACH BOYS, Capitol 5174
LITTLE OLD LADY FROMPASADENA
JAN & DEAN, Liberty 55704GIRL FROM IPANEMA
GETZ/GILBERTO, Verve 10322
MY BOY LOLLIPOPMILLIE SMALL, Smash 1853
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GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS, Laurie 3251DANG ME
ROGER MILLER, Smash 1881NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO
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DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAYSEARCHERS, Kapp 593
WISHIN' AND HOPIN'DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Philips 40207
NOBODY I KNOWPETER AND GORDON, Capitol 5211
A HARD DAY'S NIGHTBEATLES, Capitol 5222
KEEP ON PUSHINGIMPRESSIONS, ABC Paramount 10554
CHAPEL OF LOVEDIXIE CUPS, Red Bird 10-001
UNDER THE BOARDWALKDRIFTERS, Atlantic 2237
FARMER JOHNPREMIERES, Warner Brothers 5443
BAD TO MEBILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS,
Imperial 66027
I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BADJELLY BEANS, Red Bird 10-003
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21 16 ALONEFOUR SEASONS. Vee-Jay 597
22 28 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODYDEAN MARTIN, Reprise 0281
23 26 TRY IT BABYMARVIN GAYE, Tamla 54095
24 25 YOU'RE MY WORLDCILIA BLACK, Capitol 5196
25 9 PEOPLEBARBRA STREISAND, Columbia 42965
26 30 HEY HARMONICA MANLITTLE STEVIE WONDER, Tamla 54096
27 20 GOOD TIMESSAM COOKE, RCA Victor 8368
28 15 WORLD WITHOUT LOVEPETER AND GORDON, Capitol 5175
29 23 REMEMBER MERITA PAVON'E, RCA Victor 8365
-41" 75 (YOU DON'T KNOW) HOWGLAD I AM
NANCY WILSON, Capitol 5198
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DO I LOVE YOURONETTES, PhiIles 121
I STILL GET JEALOUSLOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp 597
DON'T WORRY BABYBEACH BOYS, Capitol 5174
HANDY MANDEL SHANNON, Amy 905
MIXED UP, SHOOK UP GIRLPATTY AND THE EMBLEMS, Herald 590
ALONE WITH YOUBRENDA LEE, Decca 31628
LOVE IS ALL WE NEEDVIC DANA, Dolton 95
LITTLE CHILDRENBILLY J. KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS,
Imperial 66027WALK ON BY
DIONNE WARWICK, Scepter 1274I BELIEVE
BACHELORS, London 9639LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART
RAY CHARLES SINGERS, Command 4046PEOPLE SAY
DIXIE CUPS, Red Bird 10-006AL DI LA
RAY CHARLES SINGERS, Command 4049SHE'S MY GIRL
BOBBY SHAFTO. Rust 5082TENNESSEE WALTZ
SAM COOKE. RCA Victor 8368
YESTERDAY'S GONECHAD STUART AND JEREMY CLYDE,
World Artists 1021SHE'S THE ONE
CHARTBUSTERS, Mutual 502STEAL AWAY
JIM HUGHES, Fame 6401I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD
EARL JEAN, Colpix 729
BEATLES, Tollie 9008YOU'RE MY REMEDY
MARVELETTES, Tamla 54097LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU
KIN GSMEN, Wand 157WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO
SUPREMES, Motown 1060
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RENE & RENE, Columbia 43054HOW DO YOU DO IT
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VENTURES, Dolton 96
SUGAR LIPSAL HIRT, RCA Victor 8391
59 63 PARTY GIRLBERNADETTE CARROLL, Laurie 3238
16` 78 I LIKE IT LIKE THATMIRACLES, Tamla 54098
61 60 THE WORLD I USED TO KNOWJIMMY RODGERS, Dot 16595
62 68 SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH MEBOBBY BLAND, Duke 377
'as BEATLES, Atco 6308
lafs 79 ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE ISIRMA THOMAS, Imperial 66041
65 71 IF I'M A FOOL FOR LOVING YOUBOBBY WOOD, Joy 285
66 53 DIANE
67 74 PEG 0' MY HEARTROBERT MAXWELL, Decea 25637
68 31 TELL ME WHY
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RAY CONNIFF SINGERS, Columbia 43061
71 52 WHAT HAVE I GOT OF MY OWNTRINI LOPEZ, Reprise 276
41b- MAYBE I KNOWLESLEY GORE, Mercury 72309
73 65 BEG ME
BOBBY VLNTON, Epic 9587
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTERBEATLES, Capitol 5222
CHUCK JACKSON, Wand 154
las 92 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HANDBOSTON POPS, RCA Victor 8378
41111- fro RINGO'S THEME (THIS BOY)GEORGE MARTIN, United Artists 745
76 90 SUMMER MEANS FUNBRUCE & TERRY, Columbia 43055
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78 72 SOMEONE CARES FOR MEMcKINLEYS, Swan 4185
I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIEDBILLY J. KRAMER, Imperial 66048
80 35 I'LL TOUCH A STARTERRY STAFFORD, Crusader 105
81 91 HANGING ONTO MY BABYTRACEY DEY, Amy 908
82 76 SUNNYNEIL SEDAKA, RCA Victor 8382
vo YOU'RE NO GOODSWINGING BLUE JEANS, Imperial 66049
84 82 LITTLE TOY BALLOONDANNY WILLIAMS, United Artists 729
HERE COMES MY BABYDOTTIE WEST, RCA Victor
86 95 WORRYJOHNNY TILLOTSON, MGM 13255
87 85 SHOUTLULU & THE LUVERS, Parrot 9678
88 67 FIRST NIGHT OF THE FULL MOONJACK JONES, Kapp 589
89 87 IT'S ALL OVER NOWVALENTINOS, Sar 152
90 94 MARY, OH MARYFATS DOMINO, ABC Paramount 10507
91 1,/ LOOKING FOR LOVECONNIE FRANCIS, MGM 13251
92 1..0 IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHTJERRY WALLACE, Challenge 59246
93 77 I CAN'T HEAR YOUBETTY EVERETT, Pee -Jay 599
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I'LL CRY INSTEADTHE BEATLES, Capitol 5234
JAMAICA SKASKA KINGS, Atlantic 7827
96 "Of JUST BE TRUEGENE CHANDLER, Constellation 130
97 giv G. T. O.RONNY & DAYTONAS, Male 981
98 fro HELLO MUDDUH, HELLO FADDUHALLAN SHERMAN, Warner Bros. 5449
99 fror NEW FANGLED JINGLE JANGLEFRANKIE AVALON, United Artists 748
100 98 BABY COME HOMERUBY & ROMANTICS, Kapp 601
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DISCOVERIESMILVA4 Corners 105I'LL SET MY LOVE TO MUSIC
(Marks, BMI) (2:49)-Grudeff,Jesse!, Oliviero
Flip is "Voglio Bene Al Mondo,"(Marks, BMI) (2:49)-Castaldi,Torti, Oliviero
One of the top thrushes of Italylends her strong singing to thismelodic theme from "MondoCane No. 2." Good Americanbow.
BARRY RICHARDSLaurie 3265AIN'T NOTHING HAPPENING
(Painted Desert, BMI) (2:30)-Richards, Thomas
Flip is "Come Out Dancin',"(Camelback, ASCAP) (1:58)-Ballard, Riela
The new boy sings woefully of theagony of shattered love. Goodmeaningful performance thatcould happen.
THE FREEWHEELERSEpic 9700SUSU (Instrumental Continental)
(Valiant, ASCAP) (2:20) -Evans, Van Dam
Flip is "San Francisco Bay Blues,"(Hollis, BMI) (2:28) - Fuller
A catchy continental flavored songwith a Kurt Weill feel,something in the "Bilbao"vein. Group hands it a listen -able reading.
THE ORCHIDSColumbia 43066TELL ME A STORY (Moniclaire,
BMI) (2:35)-GilkysonFROM BAD TO WORSE (Bundle,
BMI) (2:07)-Rush, Amorina,Crane
A solid new girl group in the r.and b. tradition and they shouttheir way through these twoeffective efforts.
THE RIP CHORDSColumbia 43093ONE PIECE TOPLESS BATHING
SUIT (Trousdale, BMI) (2:25).-Altfield, Sloan, Barri
WAH-WAHINI (Trousdale, BMI)(2:11)-Sloan, Barri
This group gets better and betterand they could click with either ofthese hot, surf -styled sides.
THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELSColumbia 43092SILLY OL' SUMMERTIME (New
Christy, BMI) (2:12) - Sparks,Turner
Flip is "The Far Side of the Hill,"(Caravelle, ASCAP) (2:28) -
AmesThe best -established of the big,
mixed groups turns in a bright,happy renditon of a seasonal click.
THE BEATLESCapitol 5234I'M HAPPY JUST TO DANCE WITH
YOU (Unart/Maclen, BMI) (1:49)-Lennon, McCartney
I'LL CRY INSTEAD (Unart/Maclen,BMI) (2:05)-Lennon, McCartney
The label's second single release ofmaterial from the "Hard Day'sNight" pic, and like the othertunes, it can get big action.
BOBBY BARERCA Victor 8395HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE (Cen-
tral, BMI) (2:25)-Bare, HowardFlip is "When I'm Gone," (Central,
BMI) (2:30)-Bare, BowmanThe "500 Miles" man has another win-
ner in this strong ballad tune witha folkish flavor. It's the best ofvarious earlier versions.
THE SERENDIPITY SINGERSPhilips 40215DOWN WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
(Chilly Winds) (Serendipity, BMI)(2:45),-Madden, Sennet, Bowers
Flip is "The New Frankie and Johnny
Song," (Hollis, BMI) (2:28) -Silverstein, Gibson
Group has established itself well withthree straight hits and this can beanother. Powerful performance.
ELVIS PRESLEYRCA Victor 8400NEVER ENDING (Gladys, ASCAP)
(I :58)-Kaye, SpringerSUCH A NIGHT (Raleigh, BMI)
(2:57)-ChaseTwo great sides for Elvis, first up a
brand new ditty; the flip, an oldie,not previously out in single form.Both can make it.
GENE PITNEYMusicor 1040HAWAII (Sea Lark, BMI) (2:04) -
Kooper, Levine, BrassIT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE (Screen
Gems, Columbia, BMI) (2:34) -Greenfield, Miller
Initial Musicor release under its newmanagement and it could be a
great debut. Both tunes are goodand Pitney is at his best.
BROOK BENTONMercury 72303A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME (Diplo-
mat, ASCAP) (2:58)-Bacharach,David
Flip is "Come on Back," (Benday,BMI) (2:35) --Stevenson, Cordae
Burt Bacharach and Hal David, thehot writing team, turned out thispowerful ballad and Benton makesthe most of it.
EYDIE GORMEColumbia 43082I WANT YOU TO MEET MY BABY
(Screen Gems, Columbia, BMI)(2:17)-Mann, Weil
Flip is "Can't Get Over (the BosseNova)," (Maxana, ASCAP) (2:27)-Lawrence, Gorme, Gins
A standout rouser ditty by the suc-cessful team of Mann and Weil
and Eydie could have her bestsince her "Bosse" smash last year.
THE ROLLING STONESLondon 9687IT'S ALL OVER NOW (Kags, BMI)
(3:20)-B. & S. WomackFlip is "Good Times Bad Times"
(ASCAP) (2:28)-Jagger, RichardA lot of interest in this bluesy rocker
tune right now and the Stones couldhave the best version here. Actionindicated.
HAL MILLERAmy 909ON MY OWN TWO FEET (Saturday,
ASCAP) (2:45) - Crewe, Ram -beau, Rehak
Flip is "I Still Care" (Tomorrow'sTunes, BMI) (2:34)-Gaudio
Another Bob Crewe production hereand the artist has a fine sound.The tune rocks in medium tempo.Watch it.
JOANIE SOMMERSWarner Brothers 5454IF YOU LOVE HIM (T.M./Champion,
BMI) (2:16)-DarinFlip is "I Think I'm Gonna Cry Now,"
(Vine Street, ASCAP) (2:58) -Cole, Tipton
The gal starts slow here and windsup in a blaze of belting and dual -track sound. She comes across fineon the Bobby Darin tune from "TheLively Set."
JERRY WALLACEChallengeIN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT (4 -
Star, BMI) (2:42) - WalkerEVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD
(4 -Star, BMI) (2:52)-Pitts, BelewTwo good flavorsome ditties for Jerry,
first up being a nice summery bal-lad by Cindy Walker. Flip has realcountry appeal.
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MUSIC BUSINESSJULY 18, 1964
GEORGE! R.
MAREK
Victor's Urbane Lodestar of 14 YearsA recent issue of "Town & Country"
carried an article entitled "Must It All BeSickly?" It was, in effect, a terse diatribeon the shenanigans practiced by a certainfaction of today's musical avant-gardeunder the guise of dedication and in thename of "art." The author was delightful,convincing, and often very humorous inpresenting his argument against "art"which no longer has "humanity at largein its ken." In summary he pricks theconscience of the blindly tolerant by sug-gesting "We are timid lest we pull anotherboner, misunderstand another genius . . .
be ccunted among the obtuse scoffers orthe lazy Philistines."
In the June issue of High Fidelity wasa piece headed "Pose, Pretense, Pomposity. . ." This was a "counteropinion" toanother article in that issue dealing withthe musical worth of Richard Strauss;early vs. late period. Again, the discoursewas stimulating and lively-a virtuosicdemonstration of intellectual gymnasticssupported by sound, controversial, think-ing.
Both these pieces were by-lined by oneGeorge R. Marek, well known in musico-logical circles as the author of severalbooks on composers and opera (currentlypreparing a new one on Richard Strauss),
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but better known to the record world asvice president and general manager ofRCA Victor Record Division. To Marek,"Writing is a great source of relaxation;a hobby, a sport."
Whether it is exactly cricket or not tointerpret a man through his writings, isethically questionable-especially on thebasis of mere excerpts. Still, certain gen-eral qualities do express themselves in theform of patterns, so that interpretation ismore than just hazardous guess work. Inthat sense, one can safely project thatMarek is, among other things, a man withan extremely logical (often clinical)mind, a meticulous researcher, firm in hisconsidered opinions, intellectual in hishumor, lofty in his ambitions, and mostobviously, unafraid of his own viewpoints,whether they coincide with yours or not.George Marek is his own man.
When Marek came to the United States
in 1920 from Vienna, he was just seven-teen. In his first years here, while workingas a clerk in the millinery business, hebecame a regular standee at the Metro-politan Opera House. (Opera has alwaysbeen one of his great passions.) For thenext 28 years he worked in advertising.Prior to joining RCA Victor in 1950 hewas vice president of J. D. Tarcher andCompany. During those years, however,he had also established a reputation inmusical circles as music editor for GoodHousekeeping, a post which brought himin close ccntact with many musicians andmusical experts. He also became a regu-lar guest speaker during intermissions inthe Metropolitan Opera's Saturday after-noon broadcasts.
In 1950, the late Joe Wilson offeredMarek a job at Victor as manager ofartists and repertoire, a position he helduntil 1955 when he was appointed vice
"You Can Sell a Good Record, and You Can Sell a Bad
Record; But You Can Never Sell a Mediocre One..."
Marek chats with Elvis.
president of record albums. In the springof 1957, Marek was raised to his presentposition, Victor's top man (the companyhas no president).
years at Victor, Marekhas wrought many major changes in thecompany's image and production policies.The most important decision was madewhen he first arrived in 1950. RCA Victorhad lost money fighting the LP war withColumbia in the classical market with its45 rpm discs. Marek convinced the powersthat were that they must go long -play fortheir Red Seal division. According toMartin Mayer, writing on Marek inHarper's Magazine, August, 1957, his pro-posal met with some opposition. "A die-hard objected: Torty-fives play fiveminutes, and the break between them isonly seven seconds. Does anybody reallycare about seven seconds?'"
"It's like this," Marek explained in hisprecise, slightly Austrian voice, "You'rein bed with your best friend's wife, andevery five minutes the door opens. It isn'topen long-only seven seconds . ."
As Victor's lodestar, Marek's obviousresponsibilities are many and varied. Hekeeps a watchful eye on every phase ofthe operation, from product planning,technical programs (Dynagroove), to ad-vertising proposals on the finished prod-uct. His aim is to maintain a consistentview of the company's commercial func-tion, as well as the cultural image itprojects. To do this, he has adopted whatmight be described as his personal "no-nonsense" approach. He once remarkedthat "Nobody can be all things to allpeople-not even RCA Victor. Victor isan elephant. You must not expect anelephant to behave like a gazelle." Stilland all, it is a matter of record that some
elephants have been trained to displaysome pretty fancy foot work.
A recent example of Marek's no-non-sense philosophy occurred when an adwas proposed on a particular album. Itwas suggested to read "the definitive per-formance. . . ." Marek heatedly respondedwith a decisive No. "There is no suchthing as a definitive performance of anygiven work." Yet, in the confines of hisprivate office he expressed his "personal"opinion that that very record "is thegreatest thing we've ever done," andwaxed eloquently about its virtues. Forwhile Marek is a man of strong opinions,he doesn't intend to impose them onothers, certainly not on the masses. Hehas, in fact, a generous esteem for therecord buying public.
It is his observation that "the publicthat buys good music is sensitive to quali-ty. It's a musically aware, intellectuallyperceptive audience that we are reaching.They want the best, and they recognizeit when they get it. Others, perhaps lesssensitive to quality, may also buy thatsame product for a variety of reasons,but if they don't know the difference,they're not concerned with quality. Fromexperience I can tell you, therefore, thatyou can sell a good record and you cansell a bad one. But you'll never sell amediocre one. It works out like that everytime."
In areas where he is particularly knowl-edgeable, Marek enjoys a strong personalinvolvement in the actual production.This is particularly true of the classics,and in Broadway cast recordings.
A situation arose on Sunday, January19 of this year which was somewhat atypi-cal, but serves to demonstrate Marek'stireless dedication to his work. That
Anna Moffo will star in RCA recording of"Luisa Miller," now being prepared in Rome.
morning there was a Solemn PontificalRequiem Mass being celebrated in Bostonin memory of John F. Kennedy. It wasto be televised and recorded by RCAVictor (Leinsdorf and the Boston Sym-phony Orchestra were performing theMozart "Requiem"). Marek was therethat morning to supervise the recordingoperations. By early afternoon, he wasback in Manhattan supervising the origi-nal cast recording of "Hello Dolly."
It should be explained that Marek's"supervision" at these sessions does notmerely mean that he is "present." He isthere in a truly constructive, productivecapacity, suggesting everything from mi-crophone angles to consorting with theperformers on minute details, all the waydown to their diction. A professionalwriter tells of the time he did an Englishtranslation for an operetta recording for
Eric Leinsdorf and Leontyne Price are two of Victor's biggest classical artists. During re-cording of the now famous "Madame Butterfly," Marek is amused as conductor borrowsdiva's Japanese fan in Rome Studio.
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An enthusiastic embrace for the boss from Carol Channing suggest the job was well done("Hello, Dolly").
Victor, and the lyrics were sent to Marekto see. They were returned to the writerwith suggestions for changes neatly pen-cilled in the margin. Sometimes it wasmerely a single word which might bechanged. Said the writer, "You know, innearly every instance, it was a decidedimprovement."
In areas where Marek is not so per-sonally well -versed himself, he relies onothers. "Frankly," he says, "I've been upto my eyebrows with so-called 'acknowl-edged experts' over the years. But we'restill looking for more expansion and suc-cess in certain fields. A major company,like Victor, must be represented in allmusical areas, and even in spoken word.I think we should be doing more in thatarea as well. I personally don't like jazz,but that doesn't reflect on its importanceto our culture."
Building an artist is also part of a largecompany's job, and in this area Marekhas a good deal to consider. Promotingthe artist is an expensive proposition andis taken very seriously. "They must firstof all have great long-range potential orit can't possibly pay off. This goes forpopular or classical musicians. Cupidityon the part of an artist is often hazardous.The 'get everything now while the gettingis good' attitude is a negative one. Theartist can become overexposed, or sufferfrom overwork. Careful guidance isneeded."
Marek cites Colonel Tom Parker ashaving shown himself to be particularlydistinguished in his handling of ElvisPresley. "Everybody said Presley wouldbe finished in one year, but look how wellhe's sustained his image. That's com-mendable."
He randomly pointed to artists likeMancini, Nero, Hirt, Ethel Ennis and JohnGary as artists whom he feels sure havelong careers ahead of them. "We've got
to have faith in their futures, but so mustthey."
As Marek sees it, the cultural role ofa major company must be "to bring themajor works of music, in as good a per-formance as possible, as cheaply as possi-ble to as many people as possible, andstill pay our bills. We must also, wherepossible, seek to gradually broaden therepertoire available to and accepted bythe public. We are currently, for instance,recording Verdi's "Luisa Miller" in Rome.We don't expect to make money on thisproduction now, but it is part of therepertoire and a good recording shouldbe made available. We're doing it."
Belafonte receives gold disc, and a broadround of smiles ensues.
Marek is not a man with many illusions.As a merchandiser, he is concerned withthe mass market. Where a public doesn'talready exist, he has from time to timeexperimented with creating one, throughimaginative advertising and provocativecopy. Some were more successful thanothers, such as the "Classical Music forPeople Who Hate Classical Music" series,which ran away with heavy sales.
Creative packaging has been anotherarea in which Marek has excelled. An artafficianado himself, he has pioneered theuse of full color art work on album covers,and deluxe record packages, as the mag-nificently acclaimed Soria Series.
Past laurels, however, are the least ofMarek's concern. The larger the companythe more vulnerable it is, and planningmust not be just for tomorrow or nextmonth, but for five and ten years hence.Changes in public taste as well as tech-nical advancement are a constant concern."We are still a long way from capturingsound and reproducing it as it would bein live performance, despite the Dyna-groove process. And no one can say forsure what the next equivalent of theBeatlemania might be. It is an endless job,with endless possibilities."
What does Marek foresee as the nextmajor technical breakthrough? "Sight andsound. I don't know exactly what specificshape it will take, but I anticipate it willbe in general use ten years from now, andevident in a more limited way in probablyfive years."
Whatever it is, Marek assured us thatRCA Victor would be prepared for it.
BARRY KITTLESON
Marek appraises Victor's newest import fromItaly, Rita Pavone.
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Bloom
OffThe
FolkRose?
Hard Core of ProvenArtists Seen Consoli-dating Fan Loyalties
"Johnny Come Lately"Artists, Clubs, Festivals
Now on Way Out.
A consolidation cf fan loyalties, focussedon a hard core of time -tested talents,appears to be in the making in the folkmusic field.
As folksters across the land turn theireyes toward the annual Folk clambake inNewport (July 23-26 at that historic city'sFreebody Park), most key observers feelthat hard truths must be faced. "TheJohnny-come-latelies," as one noted lastweek, "Are falling by the wayside. Thebig bloom is off the rose and fewer newacts are making the grade."
Most "in" tradesters feel that the folkrevival has reached stage of "winnowingout" of the so-called marginal attractions.Thus, many fans in the folk -pop area havetended to focus their affection on a limit -et number of acts who've made it, acts likePeter, Paul and Mary, the Kingston Trio,the New Christy Minstrels, and as an ex-ample of virtually the only new groupto make it in recent months, the Seren-dipity Singers.
These performers continue to dominatethe folk booking scene, along with theveterans like Pete Seeger, Joan Baez andTheo Bikel. On the other hand, the ranksof what came to be an over -populated folkgroup field, have been markedly thinnedin recent months. Broken up for example,are, such groups as the Journeymen, theHighwaymen, the Tarriers and the Hali-fax Three.
With groups like these, it was a problemof economics. "It began to pinch where ithurts just to break even," said personalmanager Harold Leventhal last week. "Sosome of them simply had to break up.And the record companies, who, forawhile, were ready to grab any talent thatcalled itself folk, have become a lotmore wary. Yet, established artists arestill doing extremely well." Leventhalnamed Seeger, Bikel, Leon Bibb and JudyCollins, among his own management cli-ents, as among the continuing successstories.
As for Newport itself, the picture, as itwas last year, is bright. The advance salesurpasses substantially, the advance forthe recent jazz festival there. "That's be-cause the Newport Festival, under GeorgeWein, is intelligently run," commentedArt D'Lugoff, prominent Greenwich Vil-lage impressario and proprietor of theVillage Gate club there. "They actuallybring in people active in the folk field tosuggest and advise and plan the programsand they get the important names. Theinterest is real on the part of the college -and -older market but you have to givethem names."
A discussion of such a show as Newportputs on, also suggests other recent formsof visual presentations. One of these, thetraveling "Hootenanny" tour concept,turned out to be a disaster. On this point,there is general agreement. Too little pro-motion, lack of name attractions, and a"fast buck, jump -on -the -bandwagon"philosophy, combined to sound the deathknell for this form of presentation.
America's Children, new mixed choral group,debutted last week at New York's VillageGate, cradle of many top folk acts.
The Greenwood County Singers, pictured intheir native mountain habitat. Group has"The New Frankie and Johnny Song" onthe Kapp label.
Phil Ochs. Tradesters see him as a promis-ing new writer of satirical material.
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1There is extreme doubt expressed as to
the value of last year's "Hootenanny" TVshow, aired during the season on theABC-TV network. "It was like a folk -styled Ted Mack amateur hour," said onetradester. The show is currently re -run-ning tapes of last year's shows, with itsfuture, come September, much in doubt.There is talk of trimming the outing toa 30 -minute affair, but there is no finaldecision as yet.
"The folk scene is like deathsville,"said Roy Silver, active as a personal man-ager of various acts. "The problem is thattoo many of the people got too preten-tious. This stuff of kid performers singingabout freedom, when they don't knowwhat they're even singing about, is purepretense. Put it this way. It's baloney.Much of the talent was not folk and noteven entertainment. It was like a bas-tardized commercialism of elements thatadded up to nothing. The good acts willlast, of course, and it's good for the fieldthat some of the no talents are fallingaway."
An example of what's happening to themany types of folk clubs, particularly thecoffee houses in many areas, is indicatedby Silver. "I can't tell you which oneshave folded but I'm sure a lot of themhave. I know this because I hate to haveto look for work for clients. But I haveto do that now. There just aren't enoughworthwhile showcases left."
But all is not lost. Despite the fact, thatas Leventhal put it, "Quantity took overfrom quality for awhile and promoters ofthe Hoot shows lost their shirts," artistslike Theo Bikel can work for $2,500 anight against percentages and Judy Col-lins can make $1,000 to $1,500 a nightanytime.
Beyond this, even though the tally onfolk festivals is also less this year, thereare important one-nighters that will fea-ture big names. The Hollywood Bowl andRed Rocks, in Denver, are among thesesettings. Then too, a number of the sum-mer tent theatres which normally featuremusical comedy and operetta, have takento using their Monday "off" night forfeaturing folk music attractions.
Observers note that despite a dearth ofvolume in new acts (none of the folkstyle now on the charts have evolved inthe past six months except the Seren-dipitys) there are observable trends. Thesetake two directions; first the big groupchoral approach, and second, the bitingkind of "in" humor as turned out by suchtalents as Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton.Both are on the satire kick and both areseen as important future entities. WoodyAllen, a comic who has made a big namefor himself in recent months after a startin the Village, is another example of thesatire -minded funny man.
Among the groups, the Serendipity's areaccepted as a new group to watch, eventhough some don't even see them as folk.Another would be the Greenwood CountySingers (on the Kapp label) and most re-cently, the American Children, a five girl,five boy choral group from Rochester,which opened its first major club appear-ance last week at the Village Gate.
REN GREVATT
Judy Collins, one of the moreestablished folk artists, witha sustained appeal in cluband concert.
Tom Paxton is regarded as aperformer to watch. He sings,writes and records for theGaslight label.
Pete Seeger, a true folk vet-eran. He's watched dozenscome and go and has himselfhit a new peak of popularity.
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Music Business in Hollywood I
Songstress Sandi Summers,ex -Sammy Kaye vocalovely,gave a smash performance atthe International Hotel . . .
leading cheers was N.Y. textilemillionaire Martin Spatz who'seager to pen Sandi for his new-ly formed record company . . .
Dick Bock, amiable prexy ofWorld -Pacific, had young JessePaul cut a second single forhim . . . another giant stepaway from the Jazz, it's in therock 'n' roll field.
Record plugger Pete Marino,"Mr. San Francisco" to his fol-lowers, hosted a party for thepreview of a fellow Italian'spicture, "Robin and the 7Hoods" . . . no one from Chi-cago was invited. Rick Ward
of Impulse Records issued theirnew list of June releases . . . amost impressive group of jazzartists . . . afficianados of jazzshould scan the Impulse list-ings . . . they're groovy!
Randy Wood, president ofthe swinging Vee Jay label,hopped to Phoenix to sign twonew artists, singer Donnie Coleand a vocal group with the tag,"The Heavenly Mariachis" . . .
and split a Pizza with JoeyEnglish of Flash Distributors. . . Mel Carter, a young manwith big -talent, will sing thetitle song, "When A Boy Fallsin Love", from the soon -to -be -released Universal motion pic-ture "Fargo" . . . producer AlRuddy predicts the picture and
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song will both be hits . . . theflick, originally titled "Daffy",can be the sleeper -of -the -year.
Ed Thrasher, Warner Bros.Records art director, added ason Jeffrey Allen to the family... whatever happened to thosegood old names people used toname boy -children . . . nameslike Sammie, Abie, Jakie, etc.. . . they sounded much nicerwhen mother leaned out of thewindow to address then . . . ohwell, the "age of the atom."
Pay television must pay, orelse, your name should be SolHurok. The impressario . . hegets his slice of loot frommany sources . . . added an-other, and arranged a juicydeal for himself with Sylvester(Pat) Weaver, Jr. . . . thenbrought in two of his artists,Artur Rubinstein and Van Cli-burn, for a series of specialrecitals.
Betty Everett, Vee Jay topfemme vocalist, according totheir publicity departments,has re-recorded her latest sell-er "I Can't Hear You" in Ital-ian, Spanish, French and Ger-man . .. it's for release in thoseEuropean countries . . . and .. .
Sam Fletcher, of the same rec-ord family, is studying Japa-nese for a future trek andrecord cutting session . . . my,they are going continental at
Vee-Jay! Liberty Records Bob-by Vee may think of giving upthe singing career (only kid-ding Mr. Skaff) . he hit withhis first gas well in Tennessee. . . Dave Axelrod, Capitol'stalented a & r man, receivedplenty of ribbing after our dis-closure of his session with HubKapp and The Wheels . . . hecan't complain, he almost madeW.W.'s column.
John Gary, top RCA record-ing artist, is one of the nicerchaps to grace our industry . . .
never too tired or put out tosay hello to anyone . . . he'sgot the charm and talent tobecome one of the biggernames in the industry . . . hisboss -man at the Crescendonight club, Shelly Davis, agreeswhole-heartedly . . . Gary at-tracts large audiences of wellbehaved people, which makesthe happy Mr. Davis happier. . . Shelly Davis should begiven a special commendationfrom the Los Angeles Chamberof Commerce for all he hasdone to preserve the night clubbusiness in the "City of An-gels" . . . he's forever packag-ing top talent for his club . . .
it allows the public to come in,be entertained and receivetheir money's worth . . . hiscontribution to night life oftenpasses without notice.
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"Old fashioned, stand-up comedy is dead."
Godfrey Cambridge is a man with twocareers. He is one of the hot new comics,making a coast -to -coast name for himselfwith his Epic album, as well as in personin clubs. He is also a serious dramatic ac-tor. Before he hit as a comic he had woncritical acclaim for his performances insuch Broadway and Off-Broadway showsas "Take A Giant Step," "Androcles andThe Lion," "Detective Story," "TheBlacks" (for which he won an Obieaward), and "Purlie Victorious."
Actually Cambridge had always wantedto be a comic. As a youngster, he says,he was always acting like a buffoon. "Iwould do comedy at parties and at schoolshows. I did comedy routines every chanceI got. An actor named Max Glanville sawme do a routine at a Theater SpotlightParty, and helped me get a number ofsmall parts in shows. In 1959 I workedthe Town Hill in Brooklyn as a stand-upcomic. The date didn't work out and Ileft after one night. Then I had a hardyear, got discouraged and finally quitcomedy for straight dramatic acting."
It was almost sheer chance that gotCambridge back on the comedy kick. "In1962, right after Purlie Victorious, I wasasked to appear on the Mike Wallaceshow. I did a fast comedy routine, andthen sat down to talk to Mike Wallace. Iguess that did it. As a result of that showI got bids- to do comedy routines, and Igot back on the comedy bandwagon.
"Right after that, Brook Benton usedme on his two rock and roll shows, and Iplayed the Apollo in New York and theRegal in Chicago with him. I had a chanceto do my routines in front of thousandsof kids, which taught me a lot about play-ing to an audience which really wantedto hear Brook and the other singing actsrather than me. I didn't give them myusual routine, but I had a lot of fun."Actually Cambridge broke up his audi-ence at both engagements.
The comedy routines of Cambridge aremarked by attacks on the foibles andprejudices of modern society. Sometimesthey carry messages, as does his touchingroutine about an old "Uncle Tom" typeactor who is asked to play an "UncleTom" role in the year 1964. But not all
The Double Life OfGodfrey Cambridge
After a successful acting career asingle TV appearance made him acomic. Now he has two careers.his routines deal with Negroes or racialproblems. Many of his sketches deal withuniversals, from reducing diets (a few ofwhich he has tried himself) the difficultyof finding a maid today, and the modernunion leader-Michael J. Goosfeather, whowants everyone to work only seven hours-a week.
Cambridge is actually a satirist, with akeen and piercing wit, and a bubbly, hu-morous manner of putting over his act.He writes all his own material. Writingis actually his third career.
"Comedy-the truth, instead of absurdity."
The comic -actor worked as a writer anda critic (usually in the entertainment area)for the Amsterdam News for a number ofyears. He just finished writing a segmentof the script for a new picture called "Par-don Me Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting YourElbow? Other writers of the script includesuch names as Jack Gelber, Allen Gins-berg, Le Roi Jones and George Foster.Cambridge will also act in the movie, thuskeeping his hand both in acting and com-edy.
There is a strong feeling on the partof Cambridge that con?edy is still under-going rapid change m America today,change that was set in motion by theemergence of the young comics, like Sahland Bruce, back in the 1950's. "Old fash-ioned stand-up comedy is dead," said Cam-bridge. No one, at least no one under30, wants to hear that anymore. Comedytoday is different than it used to be.Comedy now reflects the truth, insteadof absurdity. But it's still entertainment.If it isn't entertaining, any kind of com-edy is dead."
Until two weeks ago, Cambridge wasone of the stars of the new Sammy DavisShow, "Golden Boy." "I was fired fromGolden Boy because I wasn't at rehearsalwhen the director said I should have been.I was out seeing a Philadelphia disk jock-ey, Sid Mark of WHYY whom I had prom-ised to visit. However, when I made thedate the producer had told me it wasokay. I didn't want to hang Sid Mark,so I went."
"Not working in the show has given mea tremendous chance to work on my rec-ord. I dig records, not only because theymake you known all over the country,but because they build you a whole newaudience. I now have a following of 16and 17 year olds."
The comic will have a lot of chances towork on his record according to the sched-ule he has lined up for the next fewmonths. He is set for appearances on the"Today" TV show, the "Tonight" show,at the Latin Casino outside Camden, N.J.,and for a minimum of four Jack Paarshows over the next few months. Thepicture, "Pardon Me Sir, etc.," will beout in October. He is now featured in anew film called "The Troublemaker," inwhich he plays the part of a corrupt Irishfire inspector. In it he speaks with anIrish brogue.
Epic Records is knocking itself out topromote Cambridge's LP "Here's GodfreyCambridge, Ready Or Not." But Cam-bridge is giving them a lot of work in re-turn. Between the two of them they couldturn his first comedy LP into a big seller.
"Records ... build you a whole new audience."
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Conservative Deals the RuleA generally conservative ap-
proach is evident in a numberof fall discount deals an-nounced by various firms in re-cent weeks. Among the currentdeals, Colpix is extending themost favorable discount struc-ture (as announced during itsMiami meeting last week) of"buy four, get one free." Thisamounts to 20 percent on allproduct, catalog and new re-leases.
Among others announcedduring recent Florida dis-tributor meetings, 121/2 percentdeals were the rule for bothABC -Paramount (plus Impulseand Tangerine subsidiaries)and Atlantic-Atco. Both dis-
count plans apply to new andcatalog material. At the samelocale, Command announced a"one for six," deal, described asthe label's standard discountwhenever a special program isin effect.
Meanwhile, Monument Rec-ords introduced a 10 percentcatalog discount plan lastweek, with a special "buy sixget one free" plan on selectedproduct by Roy Orbison andothers. On another front, Folk-ways Records announced thefirst deal for the label of itstype. A 121/2 percent discountis offered on the catalog witha special deal on a series ofalbum pre -packs of one freefor each five purchased.
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Puritans IncensedBARRY KITTLESON
The Rip Chords made awild bid at topicality lastweek. Billy James notifiedus from the coast that theyhad been flown from NewYork to Hollywood on a 24hour mission: to record asingle entitled "One -Piece,Topless Bathing Suit." Thetune is published by Trous-dale Music, headed up byBobby Roberts, Pierre Co-sette and Lou Adler. Thefirm is currently very hotwith such big ones as"Memphis" and "Little OldLady from Pasadena." In-censed Puritans are pushingfor a "cover" record.
Philips Records, which haskept the industry on its toeswith its phenomenal gift ofwoo, may soon bag one ofthe hottest young female re-cording artists around forthe past few years.
Liberty a. & r. man BuzzCurson, who records underthe alias of Gary Miles, iscurrently touring Englandas a replacement for JerryNaylor, one of the Crickets,who suffered an unfortunateheart attack. During thetour Buzz will use his ownname (that's Curson, ifyou've lost me). Meanwhile,Gary Miles' new Libertysingle has been picked as aMB chart contender. AtLiberty, Miles' sessions areproduced by Snuffy Garrett.
Epic Records, for all theirtremendous success with theDave Clark Five, have yetto make it big in the U. S.with Cliff Richard, for alltheir efforts. Cliff, who wasEngland's top artist untilthe Beatles came along (andhe's still mighty strong)hopes to work on his Amer-ican image later this month.Epic producer Bob Morgan
recently flew to England togo over some new materialwith the artist (includingsome Burt Bacharach tunes)and will bring the boy herelater this month to recordthem. The change of scenemay well be the answer.
Rat Fink is a nebulouscontemporary expression. Itis also the name of JackieKannon's East Side hide-away. And now it is thename of a magazine, with a"talent to amuse." Andheigh-ho, it will soon be thesubject of an album. For adiverting 50 seconds, Man-hattanites can dial CI 7-0150and get a provocative mes-sage from the Fink-O-Foneservice. Oh, those rat Finks.
Carol Channing, as washinted in this column threemonths back, has finallysigned a contract with Com-mand Records. She has al-ready cut two sides forthem, and the company hasgreat hopes for it, and arerushing its release.
Thirteen a lucky number?Paul Anka thinks so. OnJuly 13 he replaces SteveLawrence in the lead roleof Broadway's "What MakesSammy Run?" This will bePaul's debut on the greatwhite way. He'll play thepart for one week whileSteve takes a rest.
Also on July 13, Atco'sBen E. King leaves thestates for a month -long tourof New Zealand, Australia,Hawaii and Japan.
Kapp Records' find JoanTolliver (frequently heardin person at the Bitter End)has been selected to repre-sent the U. S. at the LightMusic Festival in Sopot,Poland, August 6-9. She'llcompete with singers from35 different nations.
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Companion, SubsidiaryLabels Show The Way
Epic, Verve, Smash, Imperial,Rust Enjoy Summer Sales Surge
The recent upsurge of com-panion labels (in some casesthey're actually subsidiaries)that form an integral and ac-tive part of many of the majorcompanies - has reached apretty staggering level.
Labels like Smash, Epic andImperial have contributed agreat deal towards sales fig-ures within the importantrealm of the Mercury, Colum-bia and Liberty organizations,not to mention the added pres-tige, while Verve, representedchartwise by the presence ofsuch jazz greats as Stan Getz,Jimmy Smith, Johnny Hodgesand Wynton Kelly, is, at pres-ent, experiencing more successthan its parent company,MGM.
There are several plausiblereasons for the presence of somany companion labels in thecharts today. For instance, inthe case of British artists, it issometimes felt that they standmore chance on an offshootname which doesn't have somuch competition in the samefield.
Capitol had first refusal onthe Dave Clark Five. Instead,the group went to Epic, one ofthe first subsidiary labels to besuccessful with a British art-ist. (Prior to Clark, they hadRolf Harris and Cliff Richard).Today, Clark's sales on Epicalone are in the region of5,000,000, and he has a smashsingle and two albums in thecurrent top ten. Also on Epicand never out of the charts isBobby Vinton, while Epic'sown subsidiary, Okeh Records,scores pretty heavily with r& b artist Major Lance.
The most important label toemerge in the current boomfor companion labels is Im-perial-once one of the leadersin the indie field under its ownaegis, and now part of the Lib-erty group. Until such smashartists as Johnny Rivers, BillyJ. Kramer and the Dakotas,Irma Thomas and the Swing-ing Blue Jeans, Liberty's onlyrecently consistent chart actwas Jan and Dean, even
though the company has al-ways been pretty active in thealbum field. The success of Im-perial has given Liberty thechance to get out of the woods.
The same company alsohandles Dolton, which wasbought out by Liberty aboutfour years ago, and has alwaysmanaged to hold its ownpretty well, particularly withartists such as the Ventures,who are currently scoring witha remake of one of their earlyhits, "Walk Don't Run" and anew album. Vic Dana is an-other young artist on Dolton,who is working his way up thenational hundred with "LoveIs All We Need."
Smash, which hasn't been inexistence very long, and wasconceived by the Philips -Mer-cury group under the guidingand able hand of Irving Green,has two of the hottest artistsin the charts at the momentwith Millie Small, who is theundisputed Queen of JamaicaSka, and their new discovery,Roger Miller, who swept upthe hit parade with "bangMe," and followed thisthrough with his first album,"Roger and Out," which madeits first appearance in the al-bum charts last week. In fact,for a reasonably new label,Smash stands in equally goodstead with its father and moth-er, Philips and Mercury who,right now, are experiencing atremendous success, with prac-tically everything they putout.
MGM's Verve is Taylor -made to suit the consistentdemands of jazz and jazz -popfans for new albums by Jim-my Smith, Stan Getz andWynton Kelly. Verve's chiefproducer, Creed Taylor, "aquiet man about jazz," broughtStan Getz and Joao Gilbertotogether for their new smash-eroo, which also produced"Girl From Ipanema," whichfeatures Gilberto's wife, As-trud. In addition to hitting thejackpot with this L.P., Getz isselling extremely well with"Reflections." Also on Verve,
Taylor -produced and in thecharts are Jimmy Smith's"Who's Afraid of VirginiaWoolf," which marks yet an-other in a long line of jazz or-gan hits, and Wynton Kelly's"Comin' In The Back Door."Another artist on Verve is, ofcourse, Ella Fitzgerald, plusNorman Granz' completestable of "Jazz at the Phil"musicians.
Tollie, a companion label ofVee-Jay, shot out of nowhereearlier this year with theBeatles and "Twist andShout," and currently, "LoveMe Do." Beatles sales alonehave topped the million markfor the company, without men-tioning other artists.
Laurie's Rust is brewingnicely with Britisher BobbyShafto's sleeper, "She's MyGirl," which originally pickedup East Coast action, and nowlooks like its becoming a na-tional smash. Same companyalso has Jean and Dean with"I Wanna Be Loved."
The list of companion labelsis never ending, but would notbe complete without a men-tion of Atco, who have a newBeatles smash with "Ain't SheSweet." Atco-Atlantic re-leases are pretty much splitdown the middle, but otherthan Darin's "Milord," Atcohasn't had anything stupen-dous since Stevens andTempo.
JUNE HARRIS
Vie Dana
Millie Small
Roger Miller
Jimmy Smith
Jean and Dean
Bobby Shaft()
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Music Business in Canada I
If you make it in Time (mag-azine, that is) you have madeit (June 12). That's exactlywhat happened with the newLondon LP release "20th Cen-tury Folk Mass" by The Cal-gary Choral Society under thedirection of Harold Ramsay.
Paul White, Capitol Recordsadvises of more English good-ies. Cliff Richard, a Canadianfavorite, is scoring again with"Constantly." The new CiliaBlack single "You're MyWorld" is also making noiseacross the country. The newieby Peter & Gordon "Nobody IKnow" is showing some reac-tion across Canada. Strangehow our market is so far be-hind American releases, evenon English releases. LP -wisePaul reports that the "BeatlesSong Book" by the HollyridgeStrings is showing tremendouslistener reaction and has beenpicked as album of the week atmany stations. Watch out for"Smashin' Smashers From Eng-land" featuring hits by CliffRichard, Dave Clark, TheShadows, The Hollies, andAdam Faith. On the Americanscene, Nancy Wilson with "To-day, Tomorrow & Forever"puts her in line as top con-
tender as most popular femalevocalist. Before we leave Capi-tol, here's another Australiansmash "Court Of King Carac-tacus" by Rolf Harris. Muchairplay on WKBW.
George Offer, Apex Records(Decca) has been caught up inthe Beatle sound. The UnitedArtist sound track of TheBeatles' "A Hard Day's Night"has just been released and ad-vance orders look good. If tick-et sales to the movie are anyindication this LP could be asmash seller.
A very interesting disc cameinto us from RCA Victor. "Hel-lo, Dolly" by Les Jerolas. Theseare two French Canadian Art-ists who have appeared on theEd Sullivan Show severaltimes. Their French Canadiancover of the original hit is a"gas."
Stan Klees, Tamarac Rec-ords, reports good listener re-action to the new Jayson Kingsingle "Heartaches." It's inter-esting to note that this disc isreceiving considerable actionacross the US. Another Tam-arac original "Dear Mr. DJ"by Dave Mickie is also gettingairplay at many stations in theUS.
WALT GREALIS
Live....Vibrant....ContagiousGC Mr*from WORLD ARTISTS
The CHARTBUSTERShave a CHARTBUSTER
on MUTUAL RECORDS
"SHE'S THE ONE"Mutual = 502
IT'S A HIT!!!! CHECK ALL CHARTS
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RADIO AND TV
Deejay Tyrants?By June Bundy
Hal Murray, KQV, Pitts-burgh, is just clowningaround in this photo, butmore than one disgruntledpromotion man claims thereis more than passing resem-blance between some keydeejay program men todayand a power -mad RomanEmperor.
It may be sour grapes, butthe pluggers insist thatmany men in top radio pro-gramming spots are so afraidof ruining their reputationsas "hit pickers" they won'ttake a chance on a new re-lease (unless it's a followupto a smash) until the disk"breaks out" in one of thesmaller markets and/orshows up on one of the na-tional trade charts.
The boys also look withdisfavor on some panel pro-gramming setups, claimingthat all too often one man isstill in control because hescreens some 300 disks eachweek and decides whichrecords-usually about 30-will be played for the panel.
Promotion men, trying tobreak the New York Citymarket, expressed partic-ular annoyance at the in-scrutable "pick hit" pro-gramming policy of one topoutlet. The station, accord-ing to the pluggers, fre-quently features a "pick hit"heavily one week, then dropsit completely the followingweek and gives it nary aspin thereafter. "If they hadany faith in their ownjudgement" said one plug-ger "they'd give it a chance."
Of course, there's alwaysthe strong possibility thatthe station in question thinksone week is all the chanceit deserves. But that's whatmakes horse racing and un-happy promotion men.
Now, about Emperor Mur-ray. Hal has some modestambitions of his own. Hehas announced his "avail-ability" as the GOP presi-dential candidate. Murraythe Magnificent, as he's cur-rently billed, was crownedlast month in a phone booth(see photo), and to date hasenlisted more than 1,500 lis-teners as card-carryingmembers of Murray's Mil-itia.
CHANGE OF DIAL: JerryKunkel has been appoint-ed operations manager ofWIBC, Indianapolis. He for-merly served as program di-rector and deejay at KONO,San Antonio, Tex., and morerecently as deejay-music di-rector for KBOX, Dallas. Inhis new post, Kunkel willhave complete responsibilityfor WIBC's "on the air"sound. . . . Jonas (Joe) Ter -min has replaced Norman A.Boland as manager ofWFBG-FM, Altoona, Pa. . . .
Don Logan, deejay atKEEL, Shreveport, La., forthe past five years, has beenupped to assistant programdirector post at that out-let. . . . Gene Weed andBill Ballance, KFWB, Holly-wood, are now broadcastingtheir daily shows from theKFWB-Music City booth inthe Topanga Shopping Cen-ter.
Tom Shannon has returnedto WKBW, Buffalo, N.Y., asall-night man from mid-night to 6 a.m., after a stintwith WGR, Buffalo, and ahitch in the service. Shan-non has also taped the pilotfor a network or syndicatedTeen TV show, "Tops inTunes." . . . Pete Berry isthe new program director atWPET, Greensboro, N. C.,and Buddy Clayton hasjoined the same outlet inthe mid -day slot.
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Jim Reeves' Wide, Wide WorldCountry -Pop Star, Lone Americanon British Chart for Months, HasFandom That Girdles the Globe
"Am I country? I don't know really.What would you call somebody who cansell a half million singles in England?They're not supposed to be country musicfans. But they seem to like me." Thespeaker is Jim Reeves of Madison, Tenn.,for a time a few months back, the onlyAmerican record artist in the top 10 in theUnited Kingdom.
"As far as I know myself, I haven'tconsciously changed style at all. I'm doingexactly the same thing I did seven or eightyears ago. I sing ballads, and I don't knowwhether you can put them in any particu-lar category. Some, like "Am I LosingYou," I wrote myself. Others were writtenby the famous Tin Pan Alley writers.
"Actually I'm very grateful that you nolonger have to be fish or fowl in this busi-ness. A fellow can be a country artist andstill get pop acceptance. I'm certainlycompatible with country but I've beenable to cross over and that helps. But ifgoing pop means playing night clubs thenI'm not interested. A lot of artists feelthat's the kind of thing to shoot for. Frank-ly, I don't think my fans would reallywant that.
"But movies-that's another thing. I didmy first picture in South Africa last yearand I expect now I'll be going there againat the end of this year to make another.I've had only bit part offers here in Amer-ica, and I don't feel like sitting in the backseat, but arrangements are being madenow for my first picture to be shown inAmerica and in Europe for the first time.They've told me that the first picture hasoutgrossed anything ever made before inSouth Africa. By the way, Cindy Walkeris writing the music for the new picture.
"Frankly, I really don't like to work toohard. If I was real energetic, I suppose Icould do much more than I do. I work 75 to100 days a year on the road. And I don'teven want to do that much, but I thinkso much of my group, the Blue Boys, thatI go out to make sure they're getting adecent salary over the year. Besides that,it's important that an artist shouldn't iso-late himself. I have a lot of friends inmany of those places where we do ourshows, and I'd never want to lose them.
"But when I'm not on the road, I like totake off with my wife and head for Texas.That's where we both were born and welike to go back every so often to hunt
deer and wild turkey. Sometimes we'll goto the Ozarks instead and we'll go fishing.
"At home, I have my own office and arecording studio where we make demos ofour tunes and experiment with song ideas.It's a great life for me. Then quite oftenif you mix in some bowling and golf, andlistening to good music, well, how muchmore could a man want? I like manydifferent types of music. To me, it's likefood. I like to have a diet of differentkinds of music to choose from. I can al-ways use a good sized helping of soft in-strumentals, the Mantovani kind. And ofcourse, there is always country music.
"Where we live in the Nashville area,there's an awful lot of country music.Sure I have some favorites of my own. Aman like Chet Atkins, 'for instance. I playguitar a little bit myself so I can appre-ciate some of the things that Chet can doon guitar. He's the equal of any guitaristaround, including Segovia.
"For versatility, I'd have to chooseMarty Robbins, a fine singer and a realsongwriter. He has all the tools. Amongthe girl singers you have to recognizeDottie West. She has the timbre andphrasing to make it real big. I think we'llsee a lot of her.
"I enjoy hearing the music from other
countries that's doing so well now too.It's the start of one of the new lastingtrends I think. Music has really becomeinternational. I think a basic change hashappened where our own best-seller listwill never again be all-American. TheBritish, some of them at least, are hereto stay. But there'll be things from othercountries too, that happen.
"In just my own case, I have the evi-dence of how international music hascome to be. I frequently get as many as1,000 fan letters a week from all over theworld. In one week recently, we countedover 1,600 letters. They're from every-where . . . places like Kenya, Surinam, theGold Coast, Portuguese East Africa, Cey-lon, South Africa, the Orient, you name it.The great majority comes from England,I guess, because I've been there during thelast year for several TV shows. By theway, the British certainly know how toput on a TV show. It was a pleasureworking there because they've retainedthe fine art of being nice to an artist.
"But getting back to those letters, Ihave two people that work with me allthe time just answering them. Every oneof them gets an answer. If they have thecourtesy to write us, they deserve a reply.I know that they're fans because they'veprobably laid out a good bit of money tobuy a record of mine. Or if they couldn'tafford it, they're part of a group that has atape of a recording of mine . . . I knowthat's how they do it in some countrieswhere records are so expensive. But wecan at least say thank you by answeringthem.
"I'm not sure, as I say, what it is thatmakes them like me. But I'm gratefulanyway. With 'I Love You Because,' mybig hit in England, there were recordingsby Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and AlMartino that didn't do anything. I didn'teven know that Pat Campbell, the manwith the British Decca company, had evenreleased mine. Then, all of a sudden, itturns up on the charts.
"Maybe it's just that I sound as if Ienjoy doing what I'm doing. I don't worktoo hard at it, I never press. I just go ondoing what I enjoy doing and if otherpeople like it, I'm glad. After all, this isthe only life we get. We just comethrough here once and I believe in mak-ing it a satisfying experience."
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icaEgtammi ALBUM PICKS Beach Boys, Rip Chords Lead Summer Derby
This Week's Block Busters
1111 !HACH BINH
ALL SUMMER LONGTHE BEACH BOYSCapitol ST -2110One of +he hottest and most con-sistent of the pop groups, the boyswill please many fans with this group-ing. Lots of pretty harmony.
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THREE WINDOW COUPETHE RIP CHORDSColumbia CL 2216The boys have built a steadily increas-ing reputation on the surf -hot roddisk circuit and this LP could be awinner.
TELL ME WHYBOBBY VINTONEpic LN 24113Great songs here like "I Wanna BeLoved," "There Goes That SongAgain" and "There Goes My Heart,"plus the title song, his big current hit.
An MR..* MO, IVO*
DANG MEROGER MILLERSmash MGS 27049Lots of cute novelties here in thefamiliar, down-home novelty Millerstyle. The current hit is the title tune.
THE DIXIE CUPSRed Bird RB 20-100Looks like a smash with "Chapel ofLove" and their newest "People Say"included.
WOODY ALLENColpix 518The fast -rising comic's first album. Itgot many plugs when Allen guest
emceed the "Tonight" show lastweek. Could be big.
MILLIE SMALLIPZ,TandINE CALL IT BLUE BEAT -OTHERS CALL IT THE
AN SIM, guy ..v.t.a.TEVER YOU CALL IT
IS A GREAT '1111 DIME
.0/IT 014410
MY BOY LOLLIPOPMILLIE SMALLSmash MGS 27055Jamaica's girl Millie has helped putover the ska with "Lollipop" and thefans of +he dance and the gal shoulddig this.
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CHUBBY CHECKERCHECKERParkway P7036; SP7036The dance angle is played down in
favor of plain good singing withslick backing by a band batoned bySy Oliver. A hot bet for Chubby.
Chart Picks
PRAYER MEETIN'JIMMY SMITHBlue Note 4164Organist Smith stirs up lots of excite-ment whatever +he label, and theseBlue Note sides, like others in thecatalog, can draw much interest.Stanley Turrentine is on tenor here.
SLIPPIN AROUNDGEORGE MORGAN and MARION
WORTHColumbia CL 2197Although basically country -slanted,the new duo got good pop interestwith the title song and their fineduetting rates a good listen.
THE WORLD OF LONELY PEOPLEANITA BRYANTColumbia CL 2222The attractive thrush has her firstsingle of substance in quite a timewith this title tune, a fact which canbring added exposure to this pleasingconcert of familiar ballads.
JAMAICA SKAVarious ArtistsAtlantic 8098Byron Lee and the Ska Kings ownersof a moderate -sized hit single, havefour of the tracks here. This, plus goodcover drawings of the ska dance, givethe set strong appeal.
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BIG 50 C&W HITSJULY 18, 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. Resit Weekas
1 1 MEMORY #1
2 3 DANG ME
Records listed in
Webb Plerce-Decca 31617
Roger Miller-Smash 81881
3 2 CIRCUMSTANCESBilly Walker-Columbia 43010
4 4 LOOKING FOR MORE IN '64Jim Nesbitt-Chart 1065
5 6 COWBOY IN THE CONTINENTALSUIT
Marty Robbins-Columbia 43049
6 10 PASSWORDKitty Wells-Decca 31622
7 7 WINE, WOMEN AND SONGLoretta Lynn-Deeca 31541
8 14 SECOND FIDDLElean Shepard-Capitol 5169
9 5 INVISIBLE TEARSNed Miller-Tabor 128
10 11 PICK OF THE WEEKRoy Drusky-Mercury 72265
11 9 BURNING MEMORIESRay Price-Columbia 42971
12 12 I'M HANGING UP THE PHONECarl & Pearl Butler-Columbia 43030
13 13 TAKE MY RING OFF YOUR FINGERCarl Smith-Columbia 43033
14 15 THEN I'LL STOP LOVING YOUThe lirtotifs-RCA Victor 8348
15 16 I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORECharlie Louvin-Capitol 5173
16 17 WHERE DOES A TEAR COME FROMGeorge Jones-United Artists UA 724
BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's charts.
This LastWeek Week
17 22 I LOVE TO DANCE WITH ANNIEErnest Ashworth-Hickory 1265
18 8 MY HEART SKIPS A BEATBuck Owens-Capitol 5130
19 19 ANGEL ON LEAVEJimmy C. Newman-Decca 81609
20 28 I GUESS I'M CRAZYJim Reeves-RCA Victor 47-8383
21 24 BE BETTER TO YOUR BABYErnest Tuhb-Decca 31614
22 27 THE BALLAD OF IRA HAYESJohnny Cash-Columbia 43053
23 25 SLIPPIN' AROUNDGeorge Morgan & Marion Worth-
Columbia 43020
24 31 PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND MENorma Jean-RCA Victor 8328
25 20 WALKIN', TALKIN', CRYIN', BARELYBEATIN' BROKEN HEART
Johnny Wright-Dacca 31593
26 26 I THOUGHT OF LEAVING YOUKitty Wells-Decca 31622
27 * WEAKER MOMENTSPerlin Husky-Capitol 5206
28 18 SORROW ON THE ROCKSPorter Wagoner-RCA Victor 8504
29 29 THIS WHITE CIRCLE ON MY FINGERKitty Wells-Decca 31580
30 * HERE COMES MY BABYDottie \Vest-RCA Victor 8374
31 38 I'M A WALKING ADVERTISEMENTNorma Jean-RCA Victor 8328
32 32 THE VIOLET AND A ROSEWanda Jackson-Capitol 5142
This LastWeek Week
33 34 COTTON MILL MANJim & Jesse-Epic 5-9676
34 35 BE QUIET MINDOtt Stephens-Reprise 0272
35 36 THE GOLD CUPBuddy Cagle-Capitol 5154
36 * ONE IF FOR HIM, TWO IF FOR MEDavid Houston-Epic 9690
37 37 ASK MARIE
38 39 THE NESTER
Sonny James-Capitol 5197
Lefty Prizzell-Columbia 43051
39 41 CITY OF SINGlen Garrison-Big Country 5051
40 44 YOUR MONEYLeroy Van Dyke-Mercury 72277
41 42 I'D RATHER HAVE AMERICAJimmy Martin-Deeca 31629
42 48 TALKING TO THE NIGHT LIGHTSDel Reeves-Columbia 43044
43 43 KEEP THOSE CARDS AND LETTERSCOMING IN
John & Jonie Mosby-Columbia 43065
44 30 LOVE IS NO EXCUSEJim Reeves & Victor 7237
45 33 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESESSingleton-Young-Mercury 72237
46 46 I DON'T WANT YOU THIS WAYMargie Singleton-Mercury 72268
47 40 TOGETHER AGAINBuck Owens-Capitol 5136
48 23 RHINESTONESFaron Young-Mercury 72271
49 50 A BIG MAN CRIEDSammy Masters-Galahad 533
50 21 MY BABY WALKS ALL OVER MEJohnny Sea-Philips 20161
BIG C&W ALBUMS This LastWeek Week
1 1 MOONLIGHT & ROSESTim Reeves-RCA Victor LPM/LSP 2854
2 2 MORE HANK SNOW SOUVENIRSHank Snow-RCA Victor LPM 2819
3 3 SAGINAW MICHIGANLefty Frizzel-Columbia CLS CS 2169
4 4 GUITAR COUNTRYChet Atkins-RCA Victor LSP 2782
5 5 NIGHT LIFERay Price-Columbia CL 1071 (NI)
CS 8771 (S)
6 6 STORY SONGS FORCOUNTRY FOLKS
Paean Young-Mercury MG 20896
8 8 THERE STANDS THE GLASSCarl Smith-Columbia CL 2173 M
CS 8973 S
7 11 FOLK SONG BOOKEddy Arnold-RCA Victor LPM 2811 (M)
LSP 2811 (S)
This LastWeek Week
9 9 BLUEGRASS HOOTENANNYiftte Jones &Melba Montgomery-
Artists UAL 3353; UAS 6352
10 10 KITTY WELLS STORYKitty Wells-Decca DSD 174; KIM 7174
11 7 ON THE BANDSTANDBuck Owens-Capitol T/ST 1879
12 12 LORETTA LYNN SINGSLoretta Lynn-Decca DL 4457
13 18 BLUE AND LONESOMEGeorge Jones-Mercury MG 20906 (M)
SR 60906 (S)
14 14 RAILROAD MANHank Snow-RCA Victor LPM 2705 (111)
LSP 2705 (S)
This LastWeek Week
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RING OF FIREJohnny Cash-Columbia CL 2053
I LOVE A SONGStonewall Jackson-Columbia CL 2059
CS 8859
17 17 PORTER WAGONER-IN PERSONI'orter Wagoner-RCA Victor LPM 2840 (Ml
LSP 2840 (S)
18 13 THE BEST OF GEORGE JONESGeorge Jones-United Artists UAS 6289
19 19 LOVING ARMSCarl & Pearl Butler-Columbia CL 2125
CS 8925
20 20 FLATT & SCRUGGS RECORDED LIVEAT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Platt & Scruggs-Columbia CL 2134;CS 8034
MUSIC BUSINESS POP LP'sJULY 18, 1964
Record below Top 10 listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week's chart. Check symbol ({,o0) 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. "Hard Day's Night" Hits No
MONEY ALBUMS
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35 A HARD DAY'S NIGHTBEATLES, United Artists UAL 3366
1 HELLO DOLLY!LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Kapp KL 1364, KS 3364
4 GETZ/GILBERTOVerve V 8545, 76-8545
2 FUNNY GIRLORIGINAL CAST, RCA Victor LOC 1087
3 HELLO DOLLY!ORIGINAL CAST, RCA Victor LOC 1087
7 RETURN OF THE DAVE CLARK FIVEEpic LN 24104
5 BARBRA STREISAND/THIRD ALBUMColumbia CL 2154
8 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLEANDY WILLIAMS, Columbia CL 2171, CS 8971
9 BEATLES' SECOND ALBUMCapitol ST 2080
6 COTTON CANDYAL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM 2917, LSP 2917
This LastWeek Weekla. 20 AT THE WHISKEY A' GO GO
JOHNNY RIVERS, noon.. LP 926412 12 HONEY IN THE HORN
AL HIRT, RCA Victor LPM 2745, LSP 273313 10 GLAD ALL OVER
DAVE CLARK FIVE. Ep'c LN 2409314 11 TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER
NANCY WILSON, Capitol ST 2082
15 14 SOMETHING SPECIAL FORYOUNG LOVERS
RAY CHARLES SINGERS.Command RS 886 (SD)
16 15 MEET THE BEATLESCapitol T 2047, ST 2027
17 21 BEWITCHEDJACK TONES. Kapp KL 1365
56 BEATLES' AMERICAN TOURWITH ED RUDY
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CHARLIE LAMBAgency topper Bob Neal re-
ports that Sonny James re-cently had a one man audiencethat he's not happy about. Justreturned from a Hap Peeblestour, James was sound asleepin his apartment when a bur-glar lifted his wallet contain-ing several hundred dollarsfrom beside the bed. James re-marked. "At least he wasn't anundercover man for I was un-der the cover the whole time.". . . What to do about top bill-ing when every performer is agreat name in himself? A. V.Ramford, owner of San An-tonio's KBER, solved the di-lemma by top billing them allin a Grand Ole Opry spectac-ular at the Municipal auditori-um recently. The performerswere Ray Price, Faron Young,Ferlin Husky, Porter Wagoner,Roy Orbison, Rusty & Doug,Norma Jean plus five topbands. . . . Mercury's MargieSingleton who has been ridingthe charts with "Old Records"and a duet with Faron Young,"Keeping Up With The Jones-es" is touring Illinois duringJuly with Young and the Coun-try Deputies. Copies of her newrecord are available by writingto her at P.O. Box 352, Madi-son, Tenn. . . . Free to deejayswriting on their station letter-heads: Jim Whitlock's (SingingCherokee) "S.O.S." backedwith "Talk To Me Ole Tele-phone." Write 911 GreenbraeDrive, Sparks, Nev.; GeneByrd's and Jo Ann Johnson's"The Hands of Fate" backedwith "Your Cheating Mind."Write Del -Mar Records, 313Sixth street, N.E., Atlanta, Ga.;The Collette Sister's "WalkEasy" backed with "Move OverMr. Heartache, Make Room Forthe Blues," on the A.B.S. label.Write Joanne Combs, Box 27,Man, W. Va. . . . Jean Guthriehas been upped to PD at ElPaso's KHEY. Mike Oatmanhas moved into sales.
Topic Records FormedJoe Wright, manager of Sheb
Wooley, in association withDub Cooper, has formed TopicRecords in Music City. Firstrelease, a duet by Kathy Mor-rison and Bill Wilburn, istitled "Something." . . . ClydeBeavers and the Eager Beav-ers, after a successful perform-ance at Lucedale, Miss., recent-ly joined the Frank Clement
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Freddy Frank right, southern salesand promotion manager of Epic Rec-ords, presents Buddy Moore, PD atAtlanta's WAKE, with a copy of thenew Adam Wade single, "Pencil &
Paper", accompanying it with a power-ful selling talk which Moore, beingalready sold, doesn't need.
Connie B. Gay, country musicentrepreneur on the grand scale, leftNashville July 6 as a member of a
10 -man committee appointed by Pres-ident Johnson to tour West Germanyto view results of the Marshall Planand overall results of the U.S. foreignaid policy.
campaign tour in Tennessee tohelp the Governor win a seatin the U.S. Senate. Also in theparty are the Wilburn Broth-ers, Skeeter Davis, Jim Reeves,Eddy Arnold and other coun-try music stars. . . . Gene Aut-ry Leachman has been pro-moted to music director atWHHT, Lucedale, Miss, andneeds C&W discs urgently. . . .
"Cal's Corral," a weekly livecountry music TV show 21hhours long on Los AngelesChannel 13, is 11 years old thismonth and throughout thattime has enjoyed the samecontinuous sponsor-Worthing-ton Dodge. Over 14,000,000southern Californians can tuneit in on Sunday afternoons.Sammy Masters produces andemcees the show with Gene
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Milwaukee's WMIL will pre-sent a Johnny. Cash spectacu-lar Aug. 1. Other stars willbe Bill Anderson, Skeeter Da-vis, June Carter, Bobby Steeleand Bobby Nelson. MurrialFilar is associate Producer. . . .
Ye Old Red CarpetWhat's Better than rolling
out the red carpet? DeweyGroom of Dallas' LonghornRanch, says it's rolling out anSRO crowd and that's whathe did recently when RogerMiller brought in a hurricaneof entertainment. He had morecustomers than Carter's haspills. . . . Seventeen appear-ances mark the BlackwoodBrothers' July schedule, most
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of them in the south. . . . BobLuman's "A Lonely Room"backed with "Run on HomeBaby Brother" on Hickory,started drawing orders threedays after it hit the market,which is fast action. . . . Wes-ley Rose, topper of Acuff -RosePublications, threw a July 4party-on July 3, to be sure-for employees of Acuff -Rose,Hickory Records and Acuff -Rose Artist Corp. at his homeon the shores of Old HickoryLake. Fried chicken, boating,sailing, swimming, etc. . . .
WVHI, a new FM station inEvansville, Ind. to debut latethis month, is probably theonly 50,000 watt FM station inthe world to operate full timecountry and western, says PDBarbara J. Jones. She needsC&W records. . . . C&W artistJimmy Dickens returned toMusic City last week for thefirst time since his recentround -the -world tour. . . . InNashville for much needed va-cations July 4 week -end wereLefty Frizzell, Hank Snow,Kitty Wells and JohnnyWright and Jack B. Andrews,son-in-law of Denny -MoellerAgency topper Lucky Moeller,from Oklahoma.
Holiday Into CashTurning the holiday week end
into cash were Porter Wagonerwho played the horse show atAlexandria, La.; Webb Piererat the Frontier Ranch at Col-umbus, Ohio; Faron Yamwho played at Myrtle Beach.S.C.; and Carl Smith at Eke*Lake Ranch, Angola, Ind_ . _ _Songwriter Marijohn Walla ishome from the hospital afie-her recent losing bout with apower lawn mower. .tlebut has it that Webb rimeand Mel Tillis are all set to i=ra record together. . . 'MemDirector Smiley Wilson alWil-Helm Agency rep.7:-Earl Scott, just back 2_mid -west tour, is se: : -in Texas and Newnew record, a"Loose Lips" backez"Restless River," wEl are talessoon. . . . Johnny Foster's marCAPA release, My Oanebacked with "Take Meek lirHeart," is getting cinderJocks from 35 statesratings three daysgiving the "My omorslight edge. The &welt
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He Writes, He PaintsGary Von who signed a con-
tract with Pamper Music re-cently is a portrait painterturned song writer-fields inwhich he is equally talented.He has painted portraits ofseveral Music City people bothin and outside the business andsamples of his work are ondisplay at the Pamper officein nearby Goodlettsville. Hestudied two years at the Cleve-land, Ohio institute of Art andtwo years at the Art CenterSchool in Los Angeles. As amember of several rock 'n rollbands in the Los Angeles areahe began song writing, partic-ularly in the folk music field,and an interview with PamperMusic's Hank Cochran fol-lowed. . . . A new singinggroup was reported jailed inEngland recently for causinga riot among its followers.
While in jail, they continued tosing "Funny How Time SlipsAway", a Pamper Music songthat such artists as BillyWalker, Jimmy Elledge andJohnny Tillotson have alreadydeveloped into a hit in theU.S.
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PICTURE PARADEJULY 18, 1964
Left column: At top, RCA's newest girl singer, 19 -year -old Leslie Miller, whose first release is "A Fool." She's the daughter of veteranVictor staffer, Bernie Miller. At center left, the twist -happy blonde making with the wild steps is Candy Johnson, known as "MissPerpetual Motion" on the West Coast, where she's packing the clubs with her non-stop gyrations. The bikini -clad blonde in thebottom photo is model Nancy Goodman, who's seen helping comic Woody Allen in a promotion scene for "The New Interns" at theEden Roc in Miami Beach. Group of people at top right are winners in a national contest promoted by Four Seasons manager, StanAllen. They're seen dining with theSeasons. At center right is G.Schirmer's window paying tribute toASCAP on its 50th anniversary.Finally, you'll see England's newestchart toppers, the Animals, whosetop -selling British disk, "House ofthe Rising Sun" will be issued hereon MGM.
