111111" IOW lir Mr Vol. 18, No. 886 May 30, 1964 WHO IN THE WORLD 1 Richard Mohr, Center, RCA Classics Producer, At 'Butterfly' Session With Artists Leinsdorf And Leontyne Price ... Mohr Interview Inside In the opinion of the editors, this week the following single and album are the record world NUMBER ONE PICKS Red Bird B MI RB 10.003 L/S 1013 Time: 2 AO Produced by Jeff Barry & Steve Venet I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD 14 Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich THE JELLY BEANS Arr. by Ellie Greenwich Red Bird and Congress are the diskeries sending out the single and album pick of the week this week. Red Bird's Jelly Beans should be in the top 10 shortly with their rhythmic, completely irresistible rendition of the Jeff Barry -Ellie Greenwich tune, "I Wanna Love Him So Bad." Congress has Shirley Ellis foot stompin' for them with her LP of songs with an intriguing beat. She reprises her "Nitty Gritty" success single and adds a number of others for a power -packed album outing.
In the opinion of the editors, this week the following single and album are the
recordworld NUMBER ONE PICKS
Red Bird
B MI
RB 10.003L/S 1013
Time: 2 AO
Produced byJeff Barry &Steve Venet
I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD14 Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
THE JELLY BEANSArr. by Ellie Greenwich
Red Bird and Congress are the diskeries sending out thesingle and album pick of the week this week. Red Bird'sJelly Beans should be in the top 10 shortly with theirrhythmic, completely irresistible rendition of the Jeff
Barry -Ellie Greenwich tune, "I Wanna Love Him So Bad."Congress has Shirley Ellis foot stompin' for them withher LP of songs with an intriguing beat. She reprisesher "Nitty Gritty" success single and adds a number ofothers for a power -packed album outing.
6RECORD WORLD-May 30, 1964
Most Extensive LP CampaignPlanned for MGM's 'Molly B'
The original soundtrack al-bum of MGM's "The Unsink-able Molly Brown," starringDebbie Reynolds and HarvePresnell, will receive "the mostextensive promo campaign everundertaken in support of a rec-ord album," it was announcedlast week by Arnold Maxin,President of MGM Records.
The LP has been shipped tomore than 15,000 retail outletsin the United States and Can-ada. In addition, the promotionincludes 30,000 display heraldsand oversize blowups of the al-bum cover, shipment of 5,000copies of the album to leadingdisk jockeys and full -page an-nouncement ads in leading rec-ord trade publications.
Window DisplayA special window display
contest for both record dealersand exhibitors will highlightthe wide-ranging nationwidepromotional campaign. Everyrecord dealer and exhibitor inthe country is being servicedwith a brochure detailing thecontest. The dealer and exhib-itor who design the best win-dow display featuring "TheUnsinkable Molly Brown"soundtrack album, will receivea first prize of $100 each. Sec-ond and third prizes of $50 and$25 each will be awarded tothe runner-ups and, in addi-tion, 25 theater managerswhose displays are given hon-orable mention will receivefree albums.
A specially prepared MoviePlaydate Service, listing thefirst play -dates of the musicalis being sent to record dealers,distributors and their sales-men to assist in coordinating
the local campaigns with thenational campaign.
MGM Record distributors, incooperation with field pressrepresentatives, are invitingrecord dealers, rack jobbersand disk jockeys to special pre-release screenings of "MollyBrown."
MGM -CoordinatedRadio stations throughout
the country are being coordin-ated by MGM to call the pub-lic's attention to the album.Arnold Maxin, President ofMGM Records, estimates themusic will receive approxi-mately 50,000 mentions dailyfor "The Unsinkable MollyBrown" through dj play. TheMars Broadcasting Corp. willutilize the album for its "Pro-motion of the Month." In addi-tion, Mars will also run a "StarContest" with listeners invitedto identify the selectionsplayed from the album; win-ners will receive "MollyBrown" albums.
Loew's and other theatersplaying the movie will play se-lections from the album intheir lobbies prior to and dur-ing its run.
Attractive girls wearingsweaters will parade throughthe main streets of key marketcities, with radios tuned tolocal stations featuring selec-tions from the MGM Album.They will wear signs askingpedestrians to "Follow me tothe record shop and get the`Molly Brown' soundtrack al-bum on MGM Records."
"The Unsinkable MollyBrown" will be the summerattraction at New York's RadioCity Music Hall.
Early Closing Date
This Week!Due To Memorial Day Holiday, RECORD
WORLD Must Go To Press On Thursday,
May 28, And Therefore Must Have All Edi-
torial And Advertising Matter In New York
Offices No Later Than Thursday Noon.
Cap CriesCounterfeitNEW YORK - Capitol Rec-
ords, Inc., last week filed suitin Supreme Court here againstGreatest Recordings, Inc.,charging that firm with coun-terfeiting some of Capitol'sBeatles recordings for an al-bum titled "The OriginalGreatest Hits."
Supreme Court Judge JosephA. Sarafite ordered GreatestRecordings, Inc., to show causeon Friday (5/22) why its al-bums should not be removedfrom the market immediately.As far as can be determined,distribution of the allegedphony Beatles album has, sofar, been limited to the eastcoast.
To back up its claim of coun-terfeiting, Capitol's attorneyssubmitted affidavits from threeCapitol A&R men. The affidavitsstated that the tracks in ques-tion were lifted from two Cap-itol albums and one single rec-ord. The affidavits declaredthat the blend of voices, instru-mentation, balance between in-struments and voices, amountof artificial reverberation, over-tone and "chance sounds" onthe Greatest Recordings, Inc.album were exactly the sameas those on the Capitol record-ings. The affidavits furtherstated that "when played si-multaneously, the recordings ofthe same selections remainedin perfect synchronization"electronically.
The A&R men who signedthe affidavits were Dave Dex-ter, Bill Miller, and John Palla-dino, who collectively have 75years experience in the record-ing field. The Capitol suitstated that selections in ques-tion were taken from the al-bums "Meet The Beatles" and"The Beatles Second Album"and the single record "Can'tBuy Me Love." The two albumshave sold over 5,000,000 copies,the single around 2,000,000.
Though the Greatest Record-ings album does not mentionThe Beatles on either the frontor back of the package, thecover bears drawings of fourobviously Beatle-like hair -dos.Capitol is represented in thesuit by Sol Granett of Hal-perin, Morris, Granett & Co-wan.
ROSA PresidentPerlman Resigns
PHILADELPHIA-Iry Perl-man has announced his resig-nation as President of ROSA(Record One Stop Association,Inc.) due to "personal andbusiness pressure."
ABC PromotionFor Dave Berger
NEW YORK-Sam H. Clark,president of ABC -ParamountRecords, Inc., has announcedthe appointment of David Ber-ger as assistant to the presi-dent.
Berger, who has been withthe company for the past seven
years, joinedthe label as itsNew York pro-motional rep-resenta-tive. He waslater advancedto the post ofnational direc-tor of promo-tion, and has
Dave Berger recently su-pervised advertising and albumpackaging activities, in addi-tion to his promotional duties.
In his new position, Bergerwill act as liaison between alldepartments and the presidentat ABC -Paramount; and willcontinue to handle advertising.
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Bernie LawrenceRIC Sales Mgr.Bernie Lawrence was ap-
pointed National Sales andPromotion Manager of Record-ing Industries Corp., it was an-nounced this week by JoeCsida, RIC's President.
Prior to coming with RICLawrence was actively engagedin running his own music pub-lishing, talent managing andrecord producing operations.From January, 1962, until De-cember 1963, he was GeneralManager of Canadian Ameri-can Records Ltd., which hejoined in 1961 as NationalPromotion Manager.
During his first week at RIChe has been meeting and talk-ing with many distributors,and in the near future willmake a swing around the coun-try to visit with all of thempersonally.
Craig & Company
Craig Corp. PresidentCraig, left, Mrs. Craig andTony Bennett spend time to-gether during the singer's en-gagement at the CocoanutGrove, Los Angeles. CraigCorp. is the distributor forColumbia and Epic Recordsand Masterwork Phonographsin 11 Western states.
Bob
Schapiro ChiefOf Foreign WaxAt RCA VictorLee Schapiro has been ap-
pointed to the newly createdposition of Manager, DomesticSales of Foreign Records, itwas announced this week byJohn Y. Burgess Jr., RCA Vic-tor Record Division Vice Pres-ident, Commercial Sales.
Schapiro will be responsiblefor the sales in this country ofall foreign source material re-corded by RCA affiliates andlicense companies around theworld. He will also help to co-ordinate promotion efforts toachieve exposure for foreignrecord product in the UnitedStates.
"We are in the foreign rec-ord business with both feet!,"Burgess said. "Our initial cat-alog, as of right now, includesalbums from some 18 countriesplus a large selection of Mex-ican EPs and singles, and com-prises an inventory, today, ofover 900 selections."
Represented in the new andextensive catalog-to be called"A World of Music on RCAVictor Records" - are albumsfrom Mexico, Italy, France,Scandinavia, Canada and manyother countries. Each foreignsource album has been care-fully selected from the bestsellers of the countries inven-toried.
"This new product," Burgessadded, "will be treated as reg-ular RCA Victor catalog mer-chandise, and enjoy all pro-gram benefits applicable to ourdomestic pop product line."
Schapiro has accumulatedsome 30 years of experience inthe record industry.
ARMADA Sets3 -Point Plan
NEW YORK-Edgar Jones,ARMADA Executive Secretary,has mailed to suppliers andpressing plants a four -pagebrochure with a three-pointplan of innovations for thecoming convention in MiamiBeach's Eden Roc Hotel June25 -July 1.
Plan 1: The previouslynamed Manufacturers Meetings(a misnomer, says Jones) willhenceforth be called Invita-tional Meetings. Plan 2: Labeldisplays, with a large replicaof the company's trademark orlogo, will be available in thelobby of the hotel during theconvention. Panels may be anysize up to 24" x 30". ARMADAwill ship, mount, take downand return all displays. Posi-tion of the labels will be de-termined by ARMADA viaoverall attractiveness. ARM-ADA also will aid those whoseinsignia are not large enoughfor display by having them en-larged in color. Plan 3: Therewill be 20 exhibitor spaces inthe Marco Polo Lounge off thelobby of the Eden Roc. Alltraffic moves in this area whichJones said is ideal for all. Aneight -foot by eight -foot boothin colorful, flame -proof fabricwill be provided each exhibitor.
"We have contracted with aprofessional exhibitor service,"Jones told Record World lastweek. "And exhibitors can getit for reasonable rates. But wemust see a professional ex-hibit," stressed Jones.
The executive secretaryadded further that "there mustbe no distribution of literaturein the hotel except at officialmeetings and exhibits."
PETER PERFECT CALLS
HARRY HEARTLESS(Reading Time; 23 Second -26 For Slow Readers.)"Good mornin'; Chess Records""Harry Heartless""Who's Collin'?""Peter Perfect from Record World""Hello, Harry; Pete. Whaddaya wanna run thisweek?""Nothing, Pete".
"Harry, this is perfect ... Record World"."I Know yer voice, Pete. Got nothin' for ya'this week".
"Jeez, biz-nis that bad, Harry?"
"Bad?" It's GREAT"!
"So, take an ad"."Pete, ya' don't understand. We've got FIVErecords jumpin'. CHUCK BERRY'S NO PAR-TICULAR PLACE TO GO has taken off insix markets. JOHNNY NASH'S first release,LOVE AIN'T NOTHIN' is big. The CARL-TONS-CAN'T YOU HEAR THE BEATbroke out in D.C. The CLARENCE ASHE side,TROUBLE I'VE HAD is a giant, and theMUDDY WATERS-THE SAME THINGlooks like a smash"!
"Beautiful, Harry. Now ya' take an ad to let'em know"."Let who know, Pete?"
"The, the . . . well, the jockeys . . . the trade"."Pete, the jockeys are playin' all the records;my distributors are sellin' hell out of 'em. Let'who' know, Pete?".
"Yeah, but how about the record numbers foryour distributors?"
"Oh sure, now ya want me to take an ad sayin'that, The CHUCK BERRY is CHESS 1898,The JOHNNY NASH is ARGO 5471, TheCARLTONS is ARGO 5470, The MUDDYWATERS is CHESS 1895 & The CLARENCEASHE is J & S 1466. You must think I've gota bunch of dum-dums for distributors. These aresharp guys Pete, they know the numbers.
"Goodbye, Harry. Talk to Ya' next week"."Bye, Pete. Go sell an ad to a cold company".
8 RECORD WORLD-May 30, 1964
N E S REVIEWS
PICKWHITSALONE WITH YOU (Metric, BMI)
MY DREAMS (Fame, BMI)
BRENDA LEE-Decca 31628.
Brenda has two good sides here."Alone" is slow and sensuous and getsthe Lee stamp of strong -hearted sing -little fast, but the same good singinging placed on it. The other side is aand orchestral accompaniment distin-guish it.
WHIP OUT YOUR UKULELE (HERE COMESTHE SUMMER) (Dymor, ASCAP)
SONG FOR A SUMMER NIGHT (Cromwell, ASCAP)
WITCH MILLER-Columbia 4-43053.
Mitch leads his gang through aspritely number that anticipates thejoyous arrival of summer. This one isbound to be played all over during thecoming months. The ukulele sound isthe featured attraction, and it's goodto hear one played so prominentlyagain.
GOOD TIMES (Kags, BMI)TENNESSEE WALTZ (Acuff -Rose, BMI)
SAM COOKE-RCA Victor 8368.
Sam talks about some good timeson this latest disk of his. The voiceis creamy and inviting, and the tuneis the kind that teens appreciate. Theother side is an uptempo version of"Tennessee Waltz" that might inter-est some listeners.
IN YOUR HEART ;Maurice, ASCAP)CHAQUITA (Gallico, BMI)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE-Jubilee 5476.
The Five have an arrangement of anold tune that is likely to draw manylistens. The way they do it gives theinstrumental side of their talent thebig play. But they sing too and in goodvoice. Listen and watch.
GOOD TIME TONIGHT (Saturn, BMI)FOOLISH DREAMER (Saturn, BMI)
THE SOUL SISTERS-Sue 10-005.
The Soul Sisters live up to theirname with this driving slice that willoffer rhythm and blues fans good timesfor many nights. They just put theirheart into the song, and the fun spillsover into the bouncing grooves.
DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME(Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)
AGAIN (Robbins, ASCAP)
FRANKIE AVALON-United Artists 728.
Frankie has his first single for UA,and it looks like a big one. It's gota big production behind it and theAvalon voice sounds even better thesedays. The song is for the teen popu-lace-especially those with loveaches.
TASTE OF TEARS (Prize, ASCAP)WHITE ROSES FROM A BLUE VALENTINE
(Elm, ASCAP)
JOHNNY MATHIS-Mercury 72287.
Johnny handles this lovely and soul-ful ballad with finesse. The warm andtender voice is in fine tune and shouldplease those with a penchant for theromantic mood. Don Costa has donethe arrangement, which makes ampleuse of violins.
BAD BOY (Acuff -Rose, BMI)TOYS (Joy, ASCAP)
SUE THOMPSON-Hickory 1255.
Sue sings a nifty little fast one thatshould gain her some listens. She'ssinging to her boyfriend who has areputation for being not so good. Hiscute voice and vocal styling will get themessage across to teens.
BAD DETECTIVE (Cotillion, BMI)LOVEY DOVEY (Progressive, BMI)
THE COASTERS-Atco 6300.
The Coasters have a first-rate efforthere. What they sing isn't important,but how they sing it is. And they soundgreat. In the background they have abunch of boogety-boogety shoops goingfor them. Teens will love it.
THE FEVER (Central, BMI)IN MY ROOM (Sea of Tunes, BMI)
JODY MILLER-Capitol 5192.
Jody has too good a voice not tomake anything she sings sound effer-vescent and spunky. And this newdance that she intros here is quite ashowcase for her. She wails and howlsand jumps and teens ought to love it.
MADRIGAL (Northern, ASCAP)FOGGY DAY (Gershwin, ASCAP)
KELLIE GREEN E -20th Century Fox 492.Kellie and his piano make a lush
instrumental out of this lovely tune.The song is from the just -opened "ChalkGarden" flick and could get much airplay as a result of the movie's certainpopularity. A nice slice of keyboardactivity.
BLUE BEAT (Siz, BMI)LOST DREAMS (Travis, BMI)
JERRY KENNEDI -Smash 1907 .Jerry dishes up some tempting
sounds from Jamaica via this Ska-erthat could be a front runner in theSkastakes that may be just about tosweep over the land. The cool, easysound of the new beat is hard to resist.Jerry's job is top notch.
JAMAICA SKY (Benders, BMI)OIL IN MY LAMP (Benders, BMI)
THE SKA KINGS WITH MONTY MORRISAND CHORUS-Atlantic 2232.
The Ska Kings and Monty and achorus of Skasters do a rousing verseor two of a new Jamaica -based tune.The beat is the Skatype shuffle that isquite relaxing for dancing and easylistening.
A WILD WATER SKIING WEEKEND (Low-Tri, BMI)DANCE WITH HENRY (Low-Tri, BMI)
TOMMY ROE-ABC Paramount 10555.Tommy describes his plans for a
water skiing weekend and the invite maybe appealing to teens who like to ridethe airwaves. This one should be playedfrom here on in for a while since thewater skiing weather is just about here.A likely chart item.
THE SOFTNESS OF HER HAIR(South Mountain, BMI)
PLAIN AND SIMPLE (Geld -Udell, ASCAP)NICK WOODS-Epic 5-9585.
Nick steps out of his ensemblesinging role with the New ChristyMinstrels to go it solo. His preem bowis impressive. First off, he has a par-ticularly smooth voice. And secondlythe song he sings is pretty and tuneful.
CHUBBY CHECKER-Parkway 920.Chubby does an amazing change of
pace here with a breezy, lilting melodythat is much more soft-shoe than twistor limbo. And it's just the sort of thingthat proves his versatility. This is astrong bet with much sales and mightprove a trend-setter.
THE PADDY WHACK (Chappell, ASCAP)AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU(Burke and Van Heusen, ASCAP)
THE C.IREFRE ES-Landon 10615.The Carefrees do this old kiddies
tune up brown, and the rock soundthey impart could make it a potentchart entry. It's got a catchy beat toit. And the nonsense lyrics are stillinviting. The flip is another updatedchildren's tune.
CANDY MAN/I CAN DANCE
#840
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E-- PICK HITSREADY OR NOT HERE'S GODFREY CAMBRIDGE
Epic FLM 13101.
Buyers are always ready for goodlaughs. And they're here a -plenty withthis preem Cambridge LP. Comic kidscontemporary mores and movies andknocks current attitudes about Negroesgood-naturedly. He's fresh (in bothmeanings of the word) and likeable.
SOUND STAGE!
ANDRE PREVIN-Columbia CS 8958.
Andre digs into some old movietunes for contemporary excitement.they didn't sound this way when firstheard on the silver screen, but howinviting they still are. A few are Oscarwinners like "The Way You Look To-night" and "Swinging on a Star," andthe rest were in the running for thosehonors.
HAVIN' A BALL AT THE VILLAGE GATE
LAMBERT, HENDRICKS AND BAVAN-RCA Victor 2891.
The only bad thing about this albumis that it's the last of its kind. Thefabulous trio broke up shortly afterthe disk was recorded. That alonemakes this one more valuable. They'rein great voice and will wow listenerson "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and therest.
THE AMERICAN TOUR
THE BEATLES WITH ED RUDY-News Documentary.
This elpee consists of edited inter-views with The Beatles, teenagers,managers of various sorts, sundrymen on the street types and a castof screaming thousands. It's an his-torical document and follows the idyllof the British group on their firstUS visit. Built-in audience appeal.
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MUSCLE BEACH PARTY
FRANKIE AVALON-United Artists 6371.
Frankie runs smoothly over a groupof attractive tunes. The first side hashim doing the songs from his "Muscle"film. The other side has him on othermovie themes, notably the neglected"Stolen Hours" and the always wel-come "Again." "Day of Wine andRoses" and "Moon River" get slickonce-overs too.
R oiaPucstuusrs
SOUL SERENADE
KING CURTIS-Capitol ST 2095.
King takes some jazzy goodies hereand goes to work on them with his un-derstanding, groovy sax. The sounds ofthe slices are rhythmic and will begood for listening and dancing too.Curtis' version of "Java" is outstand-ing and the others are also way abovepar.
THE SUE STORY
Various Artists-Sue 1021.
Once upon a time Baby Washington,Inez Foxx, Barbara George, The SoulSisters, Jimmy McGriff, Ike and TinaTurner, Bobby Hendricks and TheDuals signed contracts with Sue. Theirbig hit singles are on this elpee, andbuyers will live happily ever after.
IreiMAH'
FRED ASTAIRE
Vocalion 3716.
Astaire addicts will like this onewhich is an anthology of tunes hesang in '40s films like "You WereNever Lovelier" and "Blue Skies."Songs are by Jerome Kern, Cole Por-ter and Irving Berlin and include"Dearly Beloved" and "Puttin' on theRitz." A nostalgic winner.
MAY I COME IN?
BLOSSOM DEARIE-Capitol 2088.
Blossom's out on Capitol now andwhat a bow! Never one to push asong, her technique is now as near toperfection as can be. The voice is awarm breeze that creates moods andstarts dreams. "When Sunny GetsBlue" and "I'm Old Fashioned" are justtwo of the enticements.
SEASONS IN THE SUN
ROD McKUEN-In 1003.Rod is an introspective performer-
and thereby acquires a quality that islikely to draw many listeners to him.Most of the selections on this elpeeare his own songs and deal with thesubtle anxieties of life. "Seasons inthe Sun" and "The Lovers" typify hismagnetism.
LITTLE CHILDREN
BILLY J. KRAMER WITH THE DAKOTAS
-Imperial 9267.Billy J. and his group of swingers
do a hot list of rock tunes, headlinedby their current single hit," LittleChildren." Their guitar work is expertand their group singing is slick. Thesound is fresh and youthful on "GreatBalls of Fire" and "Da Doo Ron Ron"and others.
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It's Hello, Ella -
With a 2 -Sided Hit!Take the two hottest songs of 1964, press
them back to back...and you have EllaFitzgerald's newest smash!
Hello,
Dolly
Verve VK-10324
The Jazz Of America Is On
Can'tBuy Me
LoveVerve Records is a division of Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer, Inc.
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[0] IMINEPTIPSINGLES COMING
101 NO PARTICULAR PLACE
TO GOChuck Berry-Chess 1898
102 CAROLTommy Roe-ABC 10543
103 GOOD TIMESSam Cooke-RCA 8368
104 THE WORLD OF LONELYPEOPLE
Anita Bryant-Columbia 43037
105 MY BABY DON'T DIG MERoy Charles-ABC 10557
106 HICKORY DICK & DOCKBobby Vee-Liberty 55700
107 A LEGEND IN MY TIMETimi Yuro-Liberty 55701
108 SOUL SERENADEKing Curtis-Capitol 5109
109 HELP THE POORB. B. King-Kent 393
110 HELLO DOLLYElla Fitzgerald-Verve 10324
111 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVEStompers-Epic 9674
112 LONG LONELY NIGHTFour Seasons-Vee Jay 597
113 I STILL GET JEALOUSLouis Armstrong-Kapp 597
114 MAGIC OF OUR SUMMERLOVE
Tymes-Parkway 919
115 SHARE YOUR LOVEB. B. Bland-Duke 377
116 AIN'T NO USEmaim Lonee-Olsch 7197
117 IF YOU LOVE ME,REALLY LOVE ME
Jack Trent-Kapp 583
118 THE GIRL'S ALRIGHTWITH ME
Tiimptatians -Gordy 7032
119 ONE PHONE CALLPatty La Belle-Parkway 913
120 YOU'RE ON TOPThe O'Jays-Imperial 66037
121 TEQUILABill Black's Combo-Hi 2077
122 SUGAR & SPICEThe Searchers-Liberty 55689
123 TEA FOR TWONino & April-Arco 6294
124 KEEP ON PUSHINGImpressions
125 ROSIEChubby Checker-Parkway 920
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126 TASTE OF TEARSJohnny Mathis-Mercury 7228
127 THE COWBOY IN THECONTINENTAL SUIT
M. Robbins-Columbia 43039
128 A WILD WATER SKIINGWEEKEND
Tommy Roe-ABC 10555
129 LITTLE TRACEYWyn ton Kelly-Verve 10316
130 I DON'T WANT TO HEARIT ANYMORE
J. Butler-Vee Jay 598
131 WE GOTTA BE MORE
THAN FRIENDSSapphires-Swan 4184
I KNEW IT ALL THE TIMEDave Clark Five-Congress 212
LET'S DO IT ALLJimmy McCracklin-Imperial 66035
ACT NATURALLYB. Hyland-ABC 10549
DREAM LOVERParis Sisters-MGM
THINGS I USED TO DOL. 1 Parker-Duke 376
FIREBALL MAILDon Gibson-RCA 8367
INVISIBLE TEARSNed Miller-Fabor 128
LITTLE DONNARivieras-Rivieras 1402
JUST AIN'T ENOUGH LOVEEddie Holland-Motown 1058
LOVING YOU MORE EVERYDAY
Etta James-Argo 5465
142 SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND
HIM LIKE I DO
Jack, IX Shannon-Liberty 55705
143 THE FALL OF LOVEJ. Mathis-Mercury 72263
144 JUST ONE LOOKHo111,3s-imperial 66026
145 ONE GIRLG. Mirnms & Enchanters-U.A. 715
146 CAN YOU DO ITContours-.Gordy 7029
147 HURT BY LOVEI. Foxx-Symbol 20-001
148 THE FIRST NIGHT OF THEFULL MOON
Joni:s-Kapp 589
149 NIGHTTIME IS THE RIGHTTIME
R & Carla Thomas-Stan 151
150 SPEND A LITTLE TIMEB. Lewis-Atlantic 2227
LP'S CUPOMING101 FOREVER
Billy Vaughn-Dot DLP 3578
102 THE NEVER ENDING
IMPRESSIONSImpressions-ABC Par ABC -468:
ABCS-468
103 MOMS MABLEY OUT ONA LIMB
Mercury MG -20889; SR -60889
104 MUSCLE BEACH PARTYAnnstte-Vista 3314
105 NINO AND APRIL SINGTHE GREAT SONGS
At, 162
106 RAMBLIN'New Christy Minstrels-
Columbia CL -2155: CS -8855
107 NEW YORK WONDERLANDA Kostelanetz-Columbia
CL2138: CS8938
108 BOYS BOYS BOYSLesley Gore-Mercury MG 20901
SR 60901
109 SWINGLE SINGERS GO
BAROQUEPhilips PHM 200-126: PHS 600-126
110 MARVIN GAYE'S GREATEST
HITSMotown 616
111 THE JAMES BROWN SHOWKing 826
112 SURFIN' BIRDTrashmen-Garrett GALP 200: GAS 200
1964 SAN REMO FESTIVALVarious Artists-London TW91332
LSP-2844
136 GREAT VOICES OF THE
CENTURYVarious Artists-Angel MNP-4 (mono)
137 SCARLETT O'HARALawrence Welk-Dot
138 MORE OF EVERYTHINGLimeliters-RCA Victor LPM-2844:
139 BECKETSoundtrack-Decca DL -9117: DL -79117
140 TRINI LOPEZ AT PJ'SReprise R 6093: R9 6093
141 WHITE ON WHITEDanny Williams-United Artists
UAL 3359: UAS 6359
142 ROMANTICALLYJ. Mathis-Columbia CL 2098:
CS 8898
143 THE HITS OF JUDY GARLANDCapitol T-1999: ST -1999
144 TIME TO MOVE ONG. Yarborough-RCA Victor LPM-2893:
LSP-2836
145 MARIA ELENALos Indios Trabajaros-RCA Victor
LPM 2822: LSP 2822
146 TIME CHANGESD. Brubeck-Columbia CL 2127
CS 8927
147 MORE SOUNDS OF GREAT
BANDS, VOL. 8G. Gray & Casa Loma Orch.--
Capitol T 2014: ST 2014
148 THE FALL OF THE ROMANEMPIRE
Soundtrack-Columbia OL-6060:OS -2460
149 ALWAYS IN MY HEARTLos Indios Trabajaros-
RCA Victor LPM-2912: LSP-2912
150 THE BRANDYWINE SINGERSJoy LP 1000
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CAMDISCOVERED BY
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14 RECORD WORLD-May 30, 1964
Unfamiliar Works New Trend:RCA Classical Producer Mohr
By DOUG McCLELLANDNEW YORK-It wasn't all Barbra (Streisand) and Benjamin
(Britten) at the recent NARAS-Grammy Awards presentations.It was also Richard (Mohr), Musical Director, Red Seal, RCAVictor Records Division-whose name came up every five minutesor so during the presentations and who was producer of record-ings in no less than 14 nomination categories. Five of his packagescame in winners.
Mohr also was present at theWaldorf-Astoria to pick up afew awards for others, includ-ing his esteemed long-timecolleague, Lewis Layton, whoearned a posthumous Grammyfor Best Engineered Record-ing, Classical: "Madama But-terfly," which Mohr also pro-duced. (Layton died only afew weeks before the cere-monies. He had intended to re-
tire before too long, so An-thony Salvatore was beinggroomed as his successor. Dueto the state of emergencycaused by Layton's death, how-ever, Salvatore has had to takeover and, according to Mohr,is doing "fantastic work al-ready.")
Mohr's name was mentioned somuch, in fact, at the GrammyAwards that on one occasionwhen he was named three orfour times in a row in one cate-gory-for Album of The Year,Classical-the audience gavequite a reflex "O000h" of dis-appointment when he failed towin that particularly Grammy,although the winning choicewas the popular one. "Britten'sWar Requiem', produced byJohn Culshaw, won thataward," Mohr reminded Rec-ord World last week, "and de-servedly so. It is a magnificentpiece of music and was superb-ly recorded." Mohr does get
plaques from the Academy forproducing award -winning al-bums, although he didn't haveany idea how many he now owns.
The success of the new "WarRequiem," Mohr felt, was inkeeping with a current trendhe's noticed.
"The move today in classicalmusic is to get away from fa-miliar repertoire in favor ofnew or less often recordedworks," he said. "And this isfine; it creates interest in thefield and an overall healthyexcitement. There's always anew market coming up. Todayyoungsters start dabbling inclassical music at college age,usually with 'Nutcracker Suite,'`Scheherazade," B e e tho v en'sFifth' or Schubert's 'UnfinishedSymphony.' Fortunately, manyof them get caught.
"Take Mahler. There's beena tremendous revival of Mah-ler's symphonies in the lastcouple of years. All of a suddenhe's selling like Tchaikovsky.And this summer in our RomeStudio A we're recording Ver-di's 'Luisa Miller', which hasnever been done in a studio be-fore. We're also planning to re-cord Menotti's new 'The Death
(Continued on page 19)
'BUTTERFLY' SESSION-Richard (Dick) Mohr, far right, RCAclassics producer, is pictured with, from left, Jack Pfeiffer,Victor's Red Seal Audio Coordinator; George R. Marek, RCARecords' VP -General Manager; and the late engineer Lewis Lay-ton. Group is at work on "Madama Butterfly," starring LeontynePrice, which recently won three Grammy Awards.
BMI To CISACLondon Meeting
Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI),currently the only UnitedStates member of the Interna-tional Confederation of Socie-ties of Authors and Composerst(Confederation Internationaledes Societies d'Auteurs et Com-positeurs-CISAC), will attendthe oficial Congress of the Con-federation in London duringthe week of June 14. CISAC isthe international organizationof authors and publishers andincludes all of the major per-forming rights societies of therest of the world. BMI's prin-cipal participation at the meet-ing will be in connection withthe meetings of the performingrights organizations.
The BMI delegation includesRobert J. Burton, President;Sydney M. Kaye, Board Chair-man; Leo Cherniaysky, head ofits foreign rights division, aswell as BMI composers GuntherSchuller, William Schuman andRoger Sessions. A number ofother BMI-affiliated composerswho will be in Europe at thetime of the meeting will alsoparticipate informally in theproceedings. These include El-liott Carter and Norman DelloJoio as well as Oliver Daniel,director of the BMI concertmusic division, who will be inEurope as United States repre-sentative of UNESCO.
The June congress will bedevoted to various problems re-lating to the international pro-tection of authoral rights.
MOA Convention
Souvenir BookAn InnovationCHICAGO - MOA will pre-
sent an improved souvenir pro-gram for the forthcoming Con-vention (Oct. 14-16) which, inaddition to being an informa-tion booklet, will also containa roster of MOA members.
Among other innovationswill be an advanced registra-tion procedure in which badgeswill be typed in advance of theshow and ready at the registra-tion desk when visitors arrive.This means no waiting and nobottleneck for those who regis-ter by mail in advance.
Registration lists will beprovided to the exhibitors andwill be kept current each dayof the show. In other words,exhibitors will receive a regis-tration list each day when ex-hibits open, thus providingthem a record of the previousday's attendance. On openingday a list of all advance regis-trations will be provided.
RECORD WORLD-May 30, 1964 15
To all of the composers, writers
and publishers whose performing rights
we license and who have received this year's distinguished
NARAS AWARDSa warm and proud salute
Best Instrumental ThemeMOREfrom the film "Mondo Cane"Composers: Riz Ortolani,
Nino Oliviero and Norman NewellPublishers: E. B. Marks Music Corp.
Best Original Jazz CompositionGRAVY WALTZComposer: Ray BrownPublisher: Ray Brown Music
Best Original Score from aMotion Picture or Television ShowFor TOM JONESComposer: John AddisonPublisher: Unart Music, Inc.
Best Score froman Original Cast Show AlbumSHE LOVES MEComposers: Jerry Bock
and Sheldon HarnickPublisher: Sunbeam Music Corp.
Best InstrumentalJazz Performance-Soloist or Small GroupCONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF-An Album By Bill EvansIncluding These BMI-LicensedCompositions:
BLUE MONKComposer: Thelonious MonkPublisher: Thelonious Music, Inc.N.Y.C.'s NO LARKComposer: Bill EvansPublisher: Acorn Music Corp.
Best Instrumental ArrangementFor I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOUArranger: Quincy JonesComposer: Don GibsonPublisher: Acuff -Rose
Publications, Inc. Best Instrumental Jazz
Performance-Large GroupENCORE: WOODY HERMAN 1963 -An Album Including TheseBMI-Licensed Compositions:WATERMELON MANComposer: Herbie HancockPublisher: Hancock Music Co.JAZZ ME BLUESComposer: Tom DelaneyPublisher: E. B. Marks Music Corp.BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOULComposer: Charlie MingusPublisher: Jazz Workshop, Inc.CALDONIAComposer: Fleecie MoorePublisher: Cherio Music
Publishers, Inc. Best Classical Performance-
Chamber MusicAN EVENING OF ELIZABETHANMUSIC, by Julian Bream ConsortMusic Reconstructing and Editing:
Sydney BeckPublisher: C. F. Peters Corporation
gost Countryakxii Western Recording1W1tR41-1- CITYComposer: Bobby BareRecorded by: Bobby BarePublisher: Cedarwood
Publishing Co., Inc.
BMI
Best Performanceby an Orchestra-for DancingTHIS TIME BY BASIE!HITS OF THE 50'S AND 60'S -An Album Including TheseBMI-Licensed Compositions:
WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?Composers: Anthony Newley and
Leslie BricussePublisher: Ludlow Music, Inc.ONE MINT JULEPComposer: Rudy ToombsPublishers: Progressive Music
Publishing Co., Inc.; RegentMusic Corp.
WALK, DON'T RUNComposer: Johnny SmithPublisher: Forshay Music, Inc.SWINGING SHEPHERD BLUESComposer: Moe KoffmanPublisher: Nom Music, Inc.I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOUComposer: Don GibsonPublisher: Acuff -Rose
Publications, Inc. Best Performance by an
Orchestra or Instrumentalistwith Orchestra-PrimarilyNot Jazz or For DancingJAVA, as recorded by Al HirtComposers. 7reddy Friday,
Allen Toussaint and Alvin TylerPublisher: Tideland Music
Publishing Corp. Best Rhythm and Blues Recording
BUSTEDComposer: Harlan HowardRecorded by: Ray CharlesPublisher: Pamper Music, Inc.
BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.
16 RECORD WORLD -May 30, 1964
AL'S RECORD MART NO 2Detroit, Mich.
1. Every Little Bit Hurts (Brenda Holloway)2. Just Ain't Enough Love (Ed Holland)3. I'll Be In Trouble (Temptations)4. Once Upon A Time (M. Gaye & M. Wells)5. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)6. Sugar & Spice (Searchers)7. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)8. My Guy (Mary Wells)9. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)
10. Twist And Shout (Beatles)
THE MELODY SHOPBoston, Mass.
1. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)2. Love Me With All Your Heart
(R. Charles Singers)3. P. S. I Love You (Beatles)4. Do You Love Me (Dave Clark 5)5. People (Barbra Streisand)6. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
(Nat Cole)7. Don't Worry Baby (Beach Boys)8. Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)9. Today (New Christy Minstrels)
10. She Loves You (German) (Beatles)
RECORD BARPhiladelphia, Pa.
1. Gone (The Grand Prees)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Ronnie (Four Seasons)4. Wonderful World Of Love (Bobby Rydell)5. Tears And Roses (Al Martino)6. Across The Street (Lenny O'Henry)7. People (Barbra Streisand)8. Diane (Bachelors)9. Rules Of Love (Orions)10. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)
MUNICIPAL RADIO CO.Brooklyn, N. Y.
1. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)2. Love Me Do (Beatles)3. My Guy (Mary Wells)4. Ronnie (Four Seasons)5. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)6. A World Without Love (Peter and Gordon)7. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)8. Diane (Bachelors)9. It's Over (Roy Orbison)
10. Little Tracey (Wynton Kelly)
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01..JTOWN HALL RECORD CENTER
Brooklyn, N. Y.1. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Love Me Do (The Beatles)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)6. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)7. I'm So Proud (The Impressions)8. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)9. Do You Wanna Know A Secret
(The Beatles)10. Ronnie (The Four Seasons)
BELMONT RECORD ONE STOPNewark, N. J.
I. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)2. Goodbye Baby (Solomon Burke)3. My Guy (Mary Wells)4. Wish Someone Would Care (I. Thomas)5. That's When It Hurts (Ben E. King)6. Grease Monkey (Jack McDuff)7. Rock Me Baby (B. B. King)8. One Way Love (Drifters)9. I'm So Proud (Impressions)
10. What's The Matter Baby(Marvin Gaye/Mary Wells)
DICK'S RECORD SHOP1. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)2. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)3. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. My Guy (Mary Wells)6. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
(Nat Cole)7. I Rise, I Fall (Johnny Tillotson)8. Once Upon A Time (M. Gaye & M. Wells)9. The French Song (Lucille Starr)
10. Diane (Bachelors)REGAL RECORDS ONE STOP
Pittsburgh, Pa.1. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)2. Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)3. Love Me Do (Beatles)4. Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)5. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)6. My Guy (Mary Wells)7. Every Little Bit Hurts (Brenda Holloway)8. Across The Street (Lenny O'Henry)9. A World Without Love (Bobby Rydell)
10. Party Girl (Bernadette Carroll)
MUMFORD MUSICOak Park, Mich.
1. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)2. It Will Stand (Showmen)2. I nve Me Do (Beatles)4. Gino Is A Coward (Gino Washington)5. Any Old Time Of Day (Dionne Warwick)6. My Guy (Mary Wells)7. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)8. Sugar & Spice (Searchers)9. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)
10. 8,ts And Pieces (Dave Clark 5)
HARMONY HOUSEHazel Pk., Mich.
1. Gino Is A Coward (Gino Washington,2. It Will Stand (Showmen)3. love Me Do (Beatles)4. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon5. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)6. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)7. Little Children (Bill Kramer)8. It's Over (Roy Orbison)9. Tell Me Mama (Christine Oudite)
10. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore(Nat Cole)
SPIN -IT RECORD SHOPMiles, Mich.
1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)3. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)4. My Guy (Mary Wells)5. Reck Me Baby (B. B. King)6. Dia le (Bachelors)7. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)8. Shangri La (Vic Dana)
A World Without Love (Bobby Rydell)10. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)
SEBRING MUSICVincennes, Ind.
1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. Shangri La (Vic Dana)3. I Rise, I Fall (Johnny Tillotson)4. Ebb Tide (Lenny Welch)5. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)6. Be Anything But Be Mine (C. Francis7. Good Golly Miss Molly
(Swinging Blue Jeans)8. P. S. I Love You (Beatles)9. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)10. Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)
ROBERTS RECORDSMinneapolis, Minn.
I. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. P. S. I Love You (Beatles)3. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)4. Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)5. New Girl In School (Jan & Dean)6. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)7. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)8. Do You Love Me (Dave Clark Five)9. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)10. Money (Kingsmen)
ELKINS MUSICCharleston, W. Va.
1. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)2. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers,3. Love Me Do (The Beatles)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. My Guy (Mary Wells)6. I'm So Proud (The Impressions)7. Ronnie (The Four Seasons)8. It's Over (Roy Orbison)9. Kiss Me Quick (Elvis Presley)
10. Bits And Pieces (Dave Clark Five)
JET ONE STOPMiami, Fla.
1. Tears & Roses (Al Martino)2. Its All Over But The Crying (AI Martino)3. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)4. I'm Into Something Good (Earl -Jean)5. Wish Someone Would Care (Irma Thomas)6. World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)7. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)8. Every Little Bit Hurts (Brenda Holloway',9. Hickory, Dick & Doc (Bobby Vee)10. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)
NEW DEAL RECORD SERVICEChicago, III.
1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean)3. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)4. Thank You Girl (Beatles)5. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)6. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)7. Yesterday's Gone (Stuart & Clyde)8. Whenever He Holds You (B. Goldsboro)9. Tall Cool One (Wailers)10. Let's Have A Party (Rivieras)
TOP 40 STATIONS
at a glanceWOKY-Milwaukee, Wis.
1. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (The Beatles)2. Love Me With All Your Heart
(The Ray Charles Singers)3. Bits & Pieces ( The Dave Clark Five)4. My Guy (Mary Wells)5. White On White (Danny Williams)6. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)7. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore (Cole)8. Romeo And Juliet (The Reflections)9. It's Over (Roy Orbison)
10. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)KOEL-Oelwein, Iowa
1. Bits And Pieces (Dave Clark Five)2. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)3. Wh to On White (Dan -v Williams)4. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)5. Hello Dol'y (Lcuis Armstrong)6. My Guy (Mary Wells)7. Love Me Do (The Beatles)8. P.S. I Love You (The Beatles)9. Ronnie (The Four Seasons)
10. Dead Man's Curve (Jan and Dean)KCRG-Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)2. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon/
Bobby Rydell)3. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (Beatles)4. Do You Love Me (Dave Clark Five)5. Be Anything (But Be Mine) (Conny Francis)6. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)7. (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet (Reflections)8. The Very Thought Of You (Rick Nelson)9. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)10. Viva Las Vegas/What'd I Say (E. Presley)
KFWB-Los Angeles, Calif.1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. Bits & Pieces (Dave Clark Five)6. Little Children (B J. Kramer & Dakotas)7. Do You Wanna Know A Secret (Beatles)8. Ronnie (Four Seasons)9. Nadine (Chuck Berry)
10. Wrong For Each Other (Andy Williams)WOMP-Bellaire, Ohio
1. P.S ! love You/Love Me Do (The Beatles)2. Dead Man's Curve/New Girl In School
Clan & Dean)3. Bits & Pieces (The Dave Clark Five)4. My Guy (Mary Wells)5. Romeo & Juliet (The Reflections)6. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)7. Love Me With All Your Heart
(The Ray Charles Singers)8. Shangri-La (Robert Maxwell)9. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)
10. My Girl Sloopy (The Vibrations)WABC-New York, N. Y.
1. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)2. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)3. Love Me Do (The Beatles)4. World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)5. My Guy (Ma -y Wells)6. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)7. Ronnie (The Four Seasons)8. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)9. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)
10. Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles)WKY-Oklahoma City, Okla.
1. Suspicion (Terry Staffo-d)2. Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean)3. My Guy (Mary Wells)4. Hello Dolly (L. Armstrong/J. Harper)5. Shangri-La (Robt. Maxwell)6. Nadine (Chuck Berry)7. Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)8. Little Boxes (Pete Seeger)9. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers)
10. Twist & Shout (Beatles)CK LW -Detroit, Mich.
1. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)2. Walk On By/Any Old Time Of Day
(Dionne Warwick)3. Once Upon A Time (M. Gaye & M. Wells)4. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (The Beatles)5. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)6. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)7. It Will Stand (The Showmen)8. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)9. Gino Is A Coward (Gino Washington)
10. It's Over (Roy Orbison)WHB-Kansas City, Mo.
1. My Guy (Mary Wells)2. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)3. Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)4. Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean)5. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)6. Money (Kingsmen)7. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)8. Love Me Do (Beatles)9. Bits & Pieces (Dave Clark)
10. Ronnie (Four Seasons)WBRB-Mt. Clemens, Mich.
1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)3. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)4. My Guy (Mary Wells)5. Once Upon A Time (Marvin Gaye & Mary
Wells)6. It's Over (Roy Orbison)7. Breaking Up (Ronettes)8. Do You Love Me (Dave Clark Five)9. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)
10. Bits & Pieces (Dave Clark Five)
KMIN-Grants Broadcasting Co. Inc.Grants, N. M.
1. White On White (Danny Williams)2. (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)3. Ronnie (4 Seasons)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. It's Over (Roy Orbison)6. Bits And Pieces (The Dave Clark Five)7. I'm So Proud (The Impressions)8. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)9. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer & Dakotas)
10. The Very Thought Of You (Rick Nelson)
WITH -Baltimore 3, Md.1. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)4. People (Barbra Streisand)5. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers)6. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (Beatles)7. Rcmeo & Juliet (The Reflctions)8. Wce Id Without Love (Peter & Gordon)9. Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean)
IC' Shccp S'noop Song (Betty Everett)
WVMC-Mt. Carmel, Ill.1. Hello Dolly (Lou's Armstrong)2. Can't Buy Me love (Beatles)3. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)4. 8 is & Pieces (Dave Clark Five)5. My Guy (Mary Wells)6. Don't Let The Rains Come Down
(Serendipity Singers)7. White On White (Danny Williams)8. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)9. Love Me Do (Beatles)
10. Rennie (Four Seasons)
KNEZ-Lompoc, Calif.1. My Guy (Mary Wells)2. love Me Do P.S. I Love You (Beatles)3. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)4. Nadine (Chuck Berry)5. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)6. I ove Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)7. I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
(Nat King Cole)8. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers)9. Whenever He Holds You
(Bobby Goldsboro)10. Every Little Bit Hurts (Brenda Hollaway)
WKY-Oklahoma City, Okla.I. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Dead Mon's Curve (Jan & Dean)4. Shangri-La (Robt. Maxwell)5. Love Me Do 'P.S. ' Love You (Beatles)6. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)7. Nadine (Chuck Berry)8. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)9. Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)
10. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)
WJHO-Opelika, Ala.1. Chapel of Love (Dixie Cups)2. love Me Do (Beatles)3. Bad To Me (Billy J. Kramer)4. Bits And Pieces (Dave Clark 5)5. Suspicion (Terry Stafford)6. P.S I Love You (Beatles)7. Fall Of Love (Johnny Mathis)8. Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)9. Shangri-La (Dana & Maxwell)
10. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers)
WILS-Lansing, Mich.1. Love Me Do (Beatles)2. Across The Street (L. O'Henry)3. Look Homeward Angel (Monarchs)4. Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean)5. My Guy (Mary Wells)6. A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)7. Once Upon A Time (Wells -Gaye)8. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)9. My Baby's Gone (4 Freshmen)
10. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)
WHOO-Orlando, Fla.1. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (Beatles)2. My Guy (Mary Wells)3. Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)4. Ronnie (4 Seasons)5. Bits & Pieces (Dave Clark Five)6. Want To Know A Secret (Beatles)7. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)8. It's Over (Roy Orbison)9. Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)10. With All Your Heart (Charles Singers)
K-FIV-Modesto, Calif.1. Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (Beatles)2. It's Over (Roy Orbison)3. Diane (The Bachelors)4. Love Me With All Your Heart
(Ray Charles Singers)5. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)6. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)7. Three Window Coupe (The Rip Chords)8. Money (The Kingsmen)9. Little Children/Bad To Me
(Billy J. Kramer)10. My Guy (Mary Wells)
RECORD WORLD-May 30, 1964 17
The Jazz Scene
Sales Sitting Out This SetBlue Note Topper Wolff
Says Breather Temporary(Editor's note: The following
interview ,with Francis Wolff ofBlue Note\Records is the firstin a seriesl+of "Record World"articles examining the currentjazz disk scene. Subse7uentarticles will be. spread over anumber of weeks.)
BY DAVE FINKLENEW YORK-Trate Cassan-
dras are declaring the deathof jazz in increasing numberthese days. The records don'tsell, they say. The public isn'tinterested any longer, they say.Jazz has had its day, they say.
Some A&R men with jazzbackgrounds have even refusedto talk about their jazz workto Record World. They'd ratherforget it.
One man who wouldn't ratherforget it, however, is FrancisWolff, head of Blue Note Rec-ords, which is celebrating its25th year this year as a strict-
ly jazz disk firm. Wolff willreadily admit that there hasbeen a slump in sales of late.But he quickly adds that itcame at "the same time as therecord business declined."
And, he told Record Worldlast week, the slump has noth-ing to do with any imminent"death of jazz." "The public isjust taking a breather. They'replaying records they alreadyhave."
Jazz Rise"There had been a constant
rise in jazz records sales since1956," he said. "There has tobe a point at which sales stopincreasing, you know. And ac-tually things seem to have sta-bilized recently. In fact thefirst four months of this yearwe have shown a slight im-provement over last year."
Despite this improvement,Wolff feels that there's no deny -
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MY BOY LOLLIPOP(Nom, BMI)Millie Small-Smash 1893DON'T WORRY BABY(Sea of Tunes, BMI)Beach Boys-Capitol 5174WHAT'D I SAY(Progressive, BMI)Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 8360PARTY GIRL(Schwartz, ASCAP)Bernadette Carroll-Laurie 3238I GET AROUND(Sea of Tunes, BMI)Beach Boys-Capitol 5174TOO LATE TO TURNBACK NOW(Play, BMI)Brook Benton-Mercury 77226DON'T LET THE SUNCATCH YOU CRYING(Pacemaker, BMI)Gerry and the Pacemakers-Laurie 3251
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TELL ME WHY(ASCAP)Bobby Vinton-Epic 9687WHAT HAVE I GOTOF MY OWN(Sawtell-Herring, ASCAP)Trini Lopez-Reprise 0276DON'T THROW YOURLOVE AWAY(BMI)Searchers-Kapp 593GIVING UP(Trio, BMI)Gladys Knight and The Pips-Maxx 326I'LL TOUCH A STAR(Bien -Holly, ASCAP)Terry Stafford-Crusader 105
ing the slump-especially insingles. Blue Note has had tocut down its 45 releases toabout two a month. What wasalways a relatively small mar-ket is even smaller now, hesaid.
Another aspect of the de-cline, according to Wolff, isthat it is regional. Jazz hasalways been a big city com-modity, he stated, but in recentyears the cities of the EastCoast have lacked interest.
"There's no explanation forit," he said, "but sales in NewYork have declined sharply.And the loss of interest is re-flected in the attitudes of manyof the New York clubs. TheWest Coast sales record incomparison with New York ismuch better. Sales seem to bebetter the further west yougo."
If, as Wolff says, the publicis only taking a breather, whatdoes he plan to do to counter-act the situation? The answeris simple: bide his time. Hehas explicit pride and faithin the endurance of jazz andin the endurance of his labelas a proponent of all that'snew in jazz. "Things will turnaround again," he said confi-dently.
He knows from experience,it would seem. Fifteen yearsago when Blue Note delved in-to the modern jazz area withconcentration, the diskerybought up much of the The-lonius Monk catalog. Going wasslow at the start, Wolff re-called, but interest began "tobuild and build."
The waxery will continuethis policy of going after theartists they believe in and de-veloping them. "Chances are,"Wolff said, "our judgment willcontinue to be right and thenew musicians will sell."
Musician Major ConcernDeveloping a musician rather
than a new jazz form seemsto be the company's major con-cern. And it's a slow process."A new artist takes time," hestated," and establishing himusually can't be accomplishedwith one record. Even publicityand coverage by consumermagazines won't do it. The jazzfan, who is an expert thesedays, has to decide the artistis good. has to be a naturaldevelopment, you know."
An unnatural development,Wolff suggested, was somethinglike the recent bossa nova
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Jazz: Blue Note's Wolff(Continued from page 17)
push. "We made a few bossanova records," he said, "butthe music didn't have enoughintrinsic value to last on itsown. The same thing with theAfrican High Life. It sold fora while, but then it shrank."
Right now the company ishoping that artists like JackieMacLean, who is part of theavant garde school of jazz, willcatch on. There has been spot-ty reaction to their freer formcompositions and playing,Wolff reported. "If they hadbeen accepted," he said,"there'd be no slump."
During the hiatus, Wolff said,a good catalog is certainly apleasure to rely on. Blue Notehas a built-in audience for theirsmall (15 or so) artists roster,which includes Horace Silver,Art Blakey, and Kenny Burrell,to name a few. And these de-votees keep watching for thenew releases.
Label definitely will not berushing product onto the market,however. There was a time,Wolff said, when jazz com-panies felt compelled to matcheach other in output, but intime the need for qualityrather than quantity becameapparent. Dealer and distribu-tors started saying, "There aretoo many. We can't find thegood ones."
Neither will Blue Note lowertheir prices. "Our distributorstell us not to. Lowering theprice won't make any moresales. If jazz fans want therecord, they'll pay the extra50 cents." Also, he added,"Lower prices would bring theBlue Note name down. It wouldlook like we had to make asale."
"Yes," Wolff said, in closing,"jazz sales are slow, but we'reready to wait."
NARM in MourningPHILADELPHIA - Due to
the death of Isaac Malamud,father of Jules Malamud, Ex-ecutive Director, the NARMoffices will be closed until May27.
Shaw Chorale ToursRCA Victor's Robert Shaw
and his famed Chorale havedeparted on a 10 -week tour ofLatin America under the aus-pices of the U.S. Departmentof State.
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Radio's Role In Public ServiceHOLLYWOOD-For a variety of reasons most program direc-
tors and disk jockeys would rather forget the term "Public Serv-ice." They look upon it as something that has to be done, andmost of them fulfill their public service commitments as quicklyand easily as possible. In so doing they are overlooking one ofthe most important functions a good radio station performs.
Public service is just what the name implies, "Service to thePublic." Until just recently most radio stations used verbatimthe public service announcements that were sent to them byvarious organizations such as the Navy, Army, Marines andWomen's Army Corps. As a result, the function performed waslittle more than something to satisfy the station's "Promise ofPerformance" to the FCC. At best, it was dull and uninterest-ing to listeners. Little attention was paid to need or accomplish-ment, and even less interest was shown for creativity.
Stations ForcedFortunately, competition is forcing some radio stations to look
around for something that should be brought to the attentionof the public and acted upon. In other words, a few of themare trying to find a need, and then fulfill that need.
What's to be done, and how to do it? Perhaps a "Don't"should come before the answer to that question. Don'tjust read from a piece of paper that was sent in to the stationby the head of the local Boy Scouts or some other organization.That's the easy way, and it accomplishes almost nothing. Thepeople who send these items to radio stations want the stationto motivate other people into action for their cause, and motiva-tion generally walks hand in hand with creativity. To be sure,the Boy Scouts and other service organizations need assistance,but the information they send should be used only as notes fora well planned promotion on their behalf.
Work ImmeasurableIf you're anxious to make your station a better station, the
amount of work that can be done in the public service field isimmeasurable; the number of projects is unlimited, but creativ-ity is mandatory if one expects to motivate a disinterestedpublic that feels it has already given, donated, worked and cam-paigned more than its share in the interest of public service.Unusual needs should be considered, too. How informed is thepublic about such diseases as epilepsy, glaucoma, cystic fibrosis,muscular dystrophy, leukemia and others too numerous to men-tion? How much cleaning up has been left undone in everyneighborhood in every city?
If the job of public service is handled properly, both on andoff the air, the station's image will be enhanced beyond measure,and the public will begin to realize the importance of radio's
ole in public service.
Marni Is Eliza In 'MFL' Revival"My Fair Lady" was revived
at New York's City Center lastweek and, among other things,it will undoubtedly be remem-bered as Marni Nixon's intro-duction to the New York stageas Eliza.
Miss Nixon, perennially un-billed singing voice for such Hol-lywood stars as Deborah Kerrand Natalie Wood, got loverly re-views from the New Yorkcritics. Her acting as well asher singing received praise thecaliber of which is summed upin this review from the JournalAmerican, "She would be an
adornment to any Broadwayshow in the future."
Marni's Eliza will be pre-served on wax since she's dub-bing Audrey Hepburn for theCol track of the upcoming"MFL" pic.
At ConventionAndy Williams, Columbia
Records' artist, has agreed toheadline the label's annual con-vention in Las Vegas July 25.Star will interrupt his cross-country fair dates to attend theconclave.
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Mohr on Classics(Continued from page 14)
of the Bishop of Brindosi,' inOctober in Boston."
Summer, Mohr believes, isthe best time to record classicalmusic. "Everybody is aroundthen. It's so difficult to get acast assembled in winter-they're usually at the Met oron tour, and we have to workaround the Met and their re-hearsal schedule. Of course,even the summer has to beplanned far in advance-abouta year and a half in advance!We're already working on plansfor recording in the summer of'65."
Off To RomeMohr leaves Friday, May 29,
for Rome to prepare for thissummer's wax activities. Hewill record the aforementioned"Luisa Miller," with Anna Mof-fo, Carlo Begonzi, Cornell Mac-Neil, Shirley Verrett, Gior-gio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, con-ducted by Fausto Cleva; an al-bum of symphonic music byMiklos Rozsa; Monteverde's"Sixth Book of Madrigals";
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and "La Forza del Destino,"with Leontyne Price, RichardTucker, Robert Merrill, ShirleyVerrett, Ezio Flagello, GiorgioTozzi, with Thomas Schippersconducting.
Mohr has also just completeda Shirley Verrett LP of Span-ish songs which will not be outuntil 1965. "The fastest clas-sical album we ever got outwas the 'Mozart Requiem Mass'by Leinsdorf and The BostonSyphony which we recorded atthe late President Kennedy'smemorial service in Boston lastJanuary. This album has beento the classical field what TheBeatles' records have been topop. It's a great seller."
Mohr added that he imaginedthe classical stress on planningahead is one of the major dif-ferences between classical andpop: "There is less formalitybetween an artist and his pro-ducer in popular recording, too,I suspect," Mohr continued."Also, the artist and the pro-ducer in pop recording arefreer with their material,whereas in the classics wework within a more rigidframework of material that hasbeen clearly written down anddefined as to interpretation,etc. Naturally, both artist andproducer must have a friendlyrelationship or they're dead-that goes for pop and classical.A Red Seal producer is alwaysdealing with more money, too,up in the thousands of dollars.When you're working with, say,a symphony orchestra of 109players you'd better get it onwax pretty fast."
Guitar BigHe has never done a pop ses-
sion, "but just once, I'd loveit," he smiled. "Although, inone sense, I already have. Gui-tar music is selling like crazythese days, both pop and clas-sical. The closest I've everreally come to recording pop,though, is the operettas."
He felt that singers are usu-ally "not so hot" on first takesof classical pieces. Mohr cantell a real "pro" by the way heor she reacts to listening tothe first take. If the artist ac-cepts the first take, it's not sucha good sign; but if he goes backin and changes maybe even thewhole approach, it's more oftenthan not the sign of a pro ofunusual merit.
While on the subject, Ri-chard Mohr will be getting hismerit badge from RCA Victorthis November-a choice of tieclasp or pin-for 20 years ofdistinguished service to theLibel.
Tokyo Knows
Mr. N. Ishizaka, Director ofToshiba Records, Tokyo, isshown above telling Kapp Rec-ords' Eric Steinmetz that LouisArmstrong's "Hello, Dolly" al-bum is selling big in Japan. Picwas taken at Toshiba's officesin Tokyo..............S
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WEN DiMaBY ALAN FREEMAN
Alan Freeman
LONDON - We're samplingwhat's known as a miracle overhere. We've had something like75 degrees of lovely hot sunshinefor the whole week! It's abso-lutely splendid (as the Englishsay). I'm Australian, but I stillthink it's splendid.
I wonder if it's this suddensunshine that makes me feel alittle dizzy? I just can't keeptrack of who's where these days.Our artists racing over to youand invading your hit parade.But I can tell you one thing forsure: Chuck Berry and Carl Per-kins opened their British Tourat London's Finsbury Park As-
toria, and it was little short of sensational. One critic hailedit as "The Best Package Beat Show Ever To Go 'Round Britain."The critics never said that about the show I went 'round Britainwith two or three years ago. Let's face it. I'm no Chuck BerryOR Carl Perkins. I can't even play a guitar; but I can playthe ukelele. Do you think I'll ever come back?
Actually, I always wanted to be a drummer. Not the GeneKrupa type-more of a Dave Clark. And I guess that by thetime you read this second dispatch from Freeman, The DaveClark Five will be well settled over on your side for their TV,radio and tour dates; and, of course, we're rather "Glad AllOver" that Dave and the boys have done so well. They've got anew release here in Great Britain entitled "Can't You See ThatShe's Mine." It's a little away from the "Glad" and "Bits" rou-tine-but no doubt heading for that No. 1 spot over here.
Magilla Over CillaIncidentally, have you heard yet of a British lass called Cilla
Black? Well, about two months ago, your delicious Dionne War-wick came out on disk here with "Anyone Who Had A Heart,"and so did Cilla. There was great competition, but Cilla wonwith extra beats in the finish and took that No. 1 spot. Shecame out with her next release about three weeks ago, "You'reMy World," and this week, she's jumped into the charts firsttime on that No. 7 rung, and looks as though she might makeit No. 1 the second successive time very quickly.
I was sitting on the panel of BBC's "Juke Box Jury" whenthey played the record, and with a burst of enthusiasm, I wenten to say that 'in time, and with experience, I had the feelingthat Cilia Black would develop into a singer of world fame.'A critic said: 'I hear coming from down the stairs, the voice ofAlan Freeman extolling Cilia Black as potentially one of thegreatest singers in the world. God Help Us!' I wonder if he'sthe type who enjoys Maria Callas when she's not singing well?Perhaps he's one of those gentlemen who goes paddling in thewater at Brighton on a summer's day still wearing a Bowlerhat? Still, I'm sure he's a very splendid chappie-who shouldhave listened upstairs to what was really said!
The ballads are very much in the chart news these days.I don't mean the lush Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole or PeggyLee type. I mean the type that's gone right to the top of theBritish hit parade this week. It's called "Juliet," and it's bya British group, The Four Pennies. There's no beat, no sensa-tionalism. Just delightful harmony.
Then, of course, our hit parade brings surprises every week.There was that lovely Singing Nun with "Dominique." Nowthere's a fascinating lass from Italy who won this year's "Euro-vision Song Contest." Her name's Gigliola Cinquetti and she'srecorded the winning song entitled "Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti,"with the translation being near enough to "This Is My Prayer."She's here in London at the moment, and the song's showingup already. And I guess that with "Dominique" and "Non HoL'Eta Per Amarti" one asks oneself again: Are the words alwaysas important as the melody?
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re9Dick Del Gado of KGST-Clovis, Calif. is also moonlighting as a
songwriter these days . Lyvia De Martino is on WHBI-Newark,N. J. everyday from 11 ayem to noon . . . Painted Desert pubberyis requesting deejays to pick the side on Kay Arnold's new onethat couples "Colder Than Diamonds" with "Lovin' Time."
WMCA-New York is running a contest to determine why their"Good Guy" Jack Spector is a "swingin' cat." First prize is,strangely enough, a swingin' Siamese cat . . . Joe W. Duty ofWYRO-Potosi, Mo. could use some records. Send them to him forhis top 40 and c/w shows. The address is Box 146 ...Dave Lymanof CKY-Manitoba, Canada writes that Binscarth, Canada may bechanging its name to Seekaywye. If so, it'll be the first town namedafter a radio station's call letters.
Tom Estes of WMAG-Forest, Miss. does c/w airing from 5 to 7a. m. and then comes back at 4 to 6:45 p. m. for Top 50 popduty .. . Dean Griffith, one of the WPGC-Washington, D. C. "goodguys," infos that the station is giving away both sweatshirts andt -shirts. Many of the "good guys" are appearing at Washingtondepartment stores every week in "good guy" T-shirts and wrang-lers.
Sterling Beeson
Mark Olds of WINS -NewYork recently accepted the Pro-testant Council Award for"outstanding achievement inbroadcasting" for its racialequality documentaries broad-cast last July and August . .
Warren Earl of KFWB-Holly-wood is in Minneapolis coord-inating ad -promo campaigns. Joe W. Duty
Don Stewart of WLS-Chicago, is holding a series of weeklytelephone interviews with Roland Eisenbeis, superintendent ofConservation for Cook County Forest Preserves, in order to fillthe Chi community in on outdoor activities in the surroundingareas . . . Johnny Angel of WBZB-Selma, N. C. sends word thathis new mailing address is Box 1 in that town. He has big plansfor the station, so send records to him there.
The Florida Federation of Women's Clubs has awarded the1963-64 first place award for outstanding achievement to WLCY-Tampa, Fla. .. . Jim Clawson is the Rew peedee at KUDE-Ocean-side, Calif. . . . The Beatles will appear in Cleveland Sept. 15under the sponsorship of WHK-'Cleveland. That ought to pleasethe station's Beatle Booster fan club (population 25,000).
Sterling Beeson is now doing account executive duties at WINZ-Miami . . . Grego Warren of WFUN-Miami fell asleep after stay-ing up on his station's no-sleepathon for almost a full week. Thegimmick was staged to raise funds for the Variety Children'sHospital . . . J. Joseph Bernard has been appointed Vice Presi-dent of Crowell -Collier Broadcasting Corp.
Ken Minyard, PD at KJOY-Stockton, Calif., pens that accord-ing to the April, 1964, Hopper Radio Audience Index, KJOY is"a substantial #1 in 13 of 15 hours surveyed. In those hours, ourmargin varies from a 4.5 lead to an 11.8 lead over our nearestcompetitor, whose call -letters escape me for the moment. I wantedyou to know because I need your help. What the . . . can we doabout those other two hours?"
Incidentally, having mentioned Tony Bennett, I can't waitto see him over here in London again. I think he's the greatest.He's got a legion of admirers in Britain, but he never seems tomake the charts. Still, is a chart hit so important in Tony'scase?
Before I go this time, I wonder if you'll ever get to hear oftwo young gals from over here, by the names of Lulu andAndree Silver. They're both very young, but I think they'reloaded with talent. Lulu's released a song entitled "Shout" andAndree's release is a revival of "Too Young To Go Steady."
At this moment I have two burning ambitions. I want to beNo. 1 on the American charts playing my mouth organ. Andas the sun is shining magnificently at this moment, I feel theurge to paddle in the sea at Brighton. Now where DID I putthat Bowler hat?
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TOP 40R&B1. MY GUY
M. Wells-Motown 1076
2 I WISH SOMEONE WOULD CAREI. Thomas-Imperial 66013
3 I'M SO PROUDImpressions-ABC 105
4 WALK ON BYD. Warwick-Sceptor 1274
5 GOODBYE BABYS. Burke-Atlantic 2226
6 ONCE UPON A TIMEM. Gaye & M. Wells-Motown 1057
7 ROCK ME BABYB. B. King-Kent 393
8 EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTSB. Holloway-Tamla 54094
I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE. K. Cole-Capitol 5155
10 LOVING YOU MORE EVERY DAYE. James-Argo 5465
& JULIETYYcceflections-Golden World 6008
12 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU BABYM. Gaye & M. Wells-Motown 1057
13 SHOOP SHOOP SONGB. Everett-Vee Jay 585
14 GIVING UPG. Knight & Pips-Maxx 326
15 HURT BY LOVEI. Foxx-Symbol 120-001
16 THE MATADORM. Lance-Okeh 7191
17 ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEEB. Benton-Mercury 72266
18 YOU'RE A WONDERFUL ONEM. Gaye-Tamla 54093
19 PRECIOUS WORDSWallace Bros.-Sims 174
20 IN MY LONELY ROOMM. & Vandellas-Gordy 7031
21 NADINEC. Berry-Chess 1883
22 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DOTemptations-Gordy 7028
23 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLFJ. Smith-Verve 10314
24 ONE WAY LOVEDrifters-Atlantic 2225
25 BIG BOSS LINEJ. Wilson-Brunswick 55266
26 KIKOJ. McGriff-Sue 10-001
27 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOWB. Benton-Mercury 72266
28 SOMEDAY WE'RE GONNA LOVE AGAINB. Lewis-Atlantic 2227
29 SLIP -IN MULESS. P. DeSanto-Checker 1073
30 SPEND A LITTLE TIMEBarbara Lewis-Atlantic 2227
31 CAN YOU DO ITContours-Gordy 7029
32 SOUL HOOTENANNYG. Chandler-Constellation 114
33 LITTLE TRACEYW. Kelly-Verve 10316
34 MY GIRL SLOOPYVibrations-Atlantic 2221
35 BEG MEChuck Jackson-Wand 154
36 TROUBLE I'VE HADClarence Ashe-J&S 1466
37 AIN'T NOTHIN YOU CAN DOB. Bland-Duke 375
38 EBB TIDEL. Welch-Cadence 1422
39 SOMETHING YOU GOTAlvin Robinson-Tiger 104
40 THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH METemptations-Gordy 7032
The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones are com-ing next month from Britain( where else?), where they havealready made strong impres-sions on the charts; and whilethey are not yet the householdnames that, say, The Beatlesand The Dave Clark Five are,they do have longer hair.
Which, as Samson would at-test, is nothing to be snipped
t.
London Records is releas-ing their new wax stateside,according to Walt Maguire,who heads the label's popsingle A&R department. Thegroup is comprised by fiveyoung lads, all in the approx-imate age bracket (20) thathas proven so irresistible torecord buyers with the Eng-lish groups preceding them:Mick Jagger, the lead sing-er and harmonica virtuoso,is 19, so are guitarist BrianJones, the ladies' man andsometimes acknowledged leaderof the group; and Keith Rich-ard, lead guitarist. Bill Wy-man, bass guitar/vocals, is 21,as is drummer Charlie Watts,the Beau Brummel of thegroup.
No Pretty -BoysThe Rolling Stones are not
pretty -boy types - which, tojudge by the artists making it onthe music scene today-and notonly those from Blighty-is intheir favor. But like all theother off -Beat groups clicking,they are each individuals. Teengirls (and boys) can argueabout which member of the en-
semble is the best, cutest, etc.,while they're listening and/ordancing-and while The Stonesrecords are rolling up impres-sive sales.
Mick was born in Dartford,Kent, and attends the LondonSchool of Economics, but hasno idea of economics himself.He has been with the groupfrom its birth. Brian was bornin Cheltenham and has heldsuch diverse jobs as coal lorrydriving; assistant to an archi-tect; and playing in a jazzband. Bill, often called "TheGhost" of the group because ofhis pale complexion, hails fromBeckenham, Kent, and is inter-ested in "poetry, books andfood." Keith, a big Chuck Ber-ry fan (like most of The Roll-ing Stones), came from Dart-ford, once worked in a postoffice and has one romance inhis life - his guitar. Charliehas over 100 pocket handker-chiefs, word has it, and livesin Wembley, where he has beendoubling between an advertis-ing agency and The Stones.
Outfit RebelCharlie is the main rebel of
the outfit - he occasionallyhas haircuts. Brian seems tohave the longest hair.
"Yeah, I know - we're dirtyand scruffy because of the hair,they reckon," said Brian re-cently. "They call us tramps.It's getting back to army dis-cipline-you know, the barrackroom thing. Short hair makesyou clean, they say. Thatdoesn't follow at all.
"How would girls, or wom-en, who have long hair like itif we said they were dirty?
"I don't see why WEshouldn't grow our hair as longas we like. Why don't womenget it cut, then? Presumablybecause they prefer it long. Sodo we."
No member of The RollingStones smiles very willingly.During their stage act, onlydrummer Charlie manages theoccasional chortle. But Jones'comments on hair drew a guf-faw from Jagger, and acreased face.
"Mind you," said Mick,"there ARE cleaner people inthe world than us. I don't batheevery day."
"I know!" said Bill Wyman.
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Dot Records' Jim Bailey, Di-rector of Foreign Operations,is in New York visiting withSir Edward Lewis, head ofLondon Decca, also visiting N.Y.Bailey is then off to Europe tocheck things for Dot.
Larry Uttal, General Man-ager, Amy-Mala Records, hasgone to Kingston, Jamaica,B.W.I. to record the muchtalked about Ska craze. Hefeels that this new beat willhave a great impact on ourAmerican charts. Uttal saidthat the label will rush releaseof the Ska sound throughsingle as well as album prod-uct.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Green(she's songstress Anita Bry-ant) announce the birth of ababy girl, Gloria Lynn, on May16 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Mi-ami Beach. Couple had adopteda boy, Bob Jr., last September.
Harold Battise has beennamed head of A&R at SamCooke's Sar Productions, Inc.,in Hollywood.
Ira Wegard, for many yearsBusiness Manager for Breg-man, Vocco and Conn, Inc. andits affiliated companies, hasresigned and will shortly an-nounce his future plans.
The latest amusement ma-chines manufacturer to reservespace in the 1964 MOA Show isJoseph Nemesh of DuncanSales Co., Cleveland. MOA nowhas 60 booths committed.
Marty Thau, former Bill-board advertising salesman, isnow in personal management,handling Epic artist TonyOrlando, Joe Bragg, The JimmyCastor Quartet and The BobbyBlue Revue. Name of the com-pany is Puma Management En-terprises, Inc., and the officesare located at 233 Broadway,New York, 7, N.Y. Thau will beaffiliated with World ArtistsRecords' Lou Guarino andJerry Simon R.S.V.P. as well asLeslie Perrin in England.
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Jack McFadden, Buck Owens'manager; Owens; Webb Pierce;and Ray Price backstage at therecent country music spectacu-lar in Madison Square Garden.
CW CousinsLasso B'wayNEW YORK - About 100
country music singers and mu-sicians visited their Big Cityrelatives last weekend (May16-17) far a two-day visit atMadison Square Garden andreceived a hearty welcome.
Garden statisticians estimatethat upwards of 25,000 Nash-villers-New Yorkers turned outfor the c/w show, indicatingthat there's a decided Northcountry audience for the music.Applause was another demon-stration of this likelihood.
The stand -outs in a show ofrarely flagging amusementwere Webb Pierce, Roy Drusky,Carl Smith, Ferlin Husky, LeonMcAuliff, Kenny Roberts, Skee-ter Davis, Ernest Tubb andHank Snow-all of them doinga minimum of two of their all-time hits.
(This two -song stint was theorder of the evening, with fewexceptions, and proved that thec/wers knew well the trick ofleaving the audience wantingmore.)
Aside from the performersthose to be congratulated forthe week -end success are pro-ducer Victor Lewis, directorRichard S. Becker and emceeRalph Emery from WSM-Nash-ville who saw that things ransmoothly.
Lewis, excited about the re-ception NYCers handed out,told Record World last weekthat he's already planning nextyear's return engagement.
Other performers who ap-peared, usually in extrava-gantly embroidered and se-quined outfits, were Bill Ander-son, Ray Price, Buck Owens,Kitty Wells (practically ex-hausting her large repertoireof hits), George Jones, Stone-wall Jackson, Porter Wagoner,Carl and Peral Butler, NormanJean and on and on like thatthar.
Saturday eve Jimmy Deanwas also on hand and receivedthunderous applause as one oftheir own who'd made goodup yonder.
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THE COWBOY IN THE CONTINENTAL SUIT (Marizona, BMI)MAN WALKS AMONG US (Marizona, BMI)
MARTY ROBBINS-Columbia 443049.Marty has a humorous item in this trail rider that describes
v cowboy in a continental suit. The chap in the chaps has astory that Marty tells for all the world to learn a lesson from.Will make it high on c/w charts.
WHERE DOES A TEAR COME FROM (Mimosa, BMI)SOMETHING I DREAMED (Glad, BMI)
GEORGE JONES-United Artists 724.George asks a question that can't easily be answered. It's
about tears and broken hearts and many of the other pains thatoften bother country tunesmiths. The melody is relaxing andeasy to sing along with.
YOUR NAME'S BECOME A HOUSEHOLD WORD (Central, BMI)A WET BIRD NEVER FLIES (Central, BMI)
NEAL MERRITT-Capitol 5182.Neal wrote and sings this mournful tune about a cheating
wife who's been spotted doing unladylike things in every homebut her own. The subject matter is off -beat, and it gets a hearttending interpretation from songster Merritt.
FIREBALL MAIL (Milene, ASCAP)OH SUCH A STRANGER (Acuff -Rose, BMI)
DON GIBSON-RCA Victor 8367.Don has a moving item that should gather sales momentum
as it gets heard around. He talks about the Fireball Mail in aspeedaway fashion that has slick guitar picking to help it standcut. Another big Gibson outing.
BLUE GUITAR (Aberbach, BMI)NATCHEZ LANDING (Tree, BMI)
SHEB WOOLEY-MGM 13241.Sheb teams up with a talking guitar on his latest deck. The
effect is disarming and should win him a sale or two. It's acertain bet for big play along the country trail, since the songand the lyric are geared to that line.
WAIT FOR THE WAGON (Trad.)SHENANDOAH (Trad.)
JIMMY DEAN-Columbia 443021.Jimmy and a band of singers from his TVer go through a
boisterous version of the old c/w standard. It's got what ittakes to be a follow -the -bouncing -ball type singalong. The re-verse is a beautiful arrangement of "Shenandoah."
LEAVIN' TOWN (Champion, BMI)I'D RATHER HAVE AMERICA (4 -Star Sales, BMI)
JIMMY MARTIN AND THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS-Decca 31629.
Jimmy Martin and his blue grass type musicians give thistune a thorough going over, and country listeners will be outof breath after listening to it. It's an expert banjo -strumminginstrumental.
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NASHVILLE
REPORT
By ED HAMILTON
Wesley Rose's Hickory label is assaulting the charts from alldirections. The Overlanders' "Yesterday's Gone" hitting both popand country charts . . . Bobby Lord's "Take The Bucket To TheWell" getting double field exposure . . . Ernest Ashworth makinghis move with new release, "I Love To Dance With Annie" . . .
Chloee Harrisl,ittle People" . . . And Dale and Grace's "TheLoneliest Night.
Joe Lucas rem" ds that jocks needing copies can get them bywriting him at cuff -Rose, 2510 Franklin Road, Nashville. Alsohot out of the A ff-Rose stable is the new Don Gibson -Victorslicing of "Fireb 11 Mail." Ernest Ashworth, incidentally, hasmoved into his ne home in the Franklin Road area of Nashville.
New Wheels For HankSporting the sharpest, wildest set of wheels in town is Hank
Williams Jr. It's a 1964 Pontiac convertible completely outfittedand decorated by Nudie of Hollywood. Car sports rifles, pistols,silver saddle, huge horns on the hood, silver horseshoe brakepedal and everything else to earn it the name of showiest autoaround!
Monument Records' Fred Foster finally got moved into his fab-ulous new home on Old Hickory Lake last week. Construction hasbeen going on for the past two years. Fred's "mansion" couldeasily become the "home of the century" in these parts. Alsomoving into his new home on the lake this week is Monument'sRoy Orbison.
Record World congratulations to all concerned on the GrammyAward to RCA Victor's "Detroit City" as the best country andwestern record of 1963. To Chet Atkins for his production, toBobby Bare for his great vocal job, to Cedarwood writers DannyDill and Mel Tillis for great lyrics, to engineer Bill Porter forthe fabulous sound and to arranger Bill Justis who is prouderof this than "Raunchy."
RCA's Nashville Sound Studios busy with Victor artists JimReeves, Bobby Bare, Hank Locklin and The Browns. Also doingsessions for The Plainsmen, Trevecca College Choir and RebelsQuartet.
Monument's Fred Foster is excited over Rusty Draper's newsingle, "My Baby's Not Here in Town Tonight." It's receivingtremendous air play in very short time. Monument's jazz pianist,Tupper Saussy, out with new album aptly titled, "Tupper SaussyPlays Folk Music & All That Jazz," sporting fantastic arrange-ments by Music City's Bill Justis. Fred is very strong also onGrandpa Jones' "Root, Hog, Root."
Capitol SessionsCapitol just finished sessions with Leon McAuliffe and a new
duet session with Jean Sheperd & Cal Smith of the Ernest TubbTexas Troubadour Band. Set for this week is album session forWanda Jackson with Ken Nelson in to produce.
Music City's busy Jordanaires got around to doing somethingfor themselves-just finished a new album for Columbia. FrankJones did Billy Walker session this past week.
Latest form of relaxation enjoyed by Music City Stars is Fair-grounds Speedways Tuesday night Figure 8 automobile races.Nail-biting at last week's races were Faron Young and lovelywife, Hilda, Shelby and Margie Singleton and Jimmy Clanton.
Music City songwriters Teddy Bart and Paul Wyatt walking onthe clouds over their "Taste Of Tears" recorded by JohnnyMathis.
Pamper Music's National Promotion Director, Wayland Stubble-field, reporting great air action on Bobby Lewis' "Crying InPublic," and staff writer Hank Cochran's Victor slicing of "WhatKind Of Bird Is That."
CONGRATS TO: Merle Kilgore on his new custom-made Lin-coln auto . .. Harlan Howard & Central Songs' Happy Wilson onrecent fishing trip to Kentucky Lake . . . Decca's Vicki Carrollfor "Is This You" . . . KFOX Radio's Bill Patterson on his newlabel . . . And to everyone involved at the recent Madison SquareGarden dates.
Nashville Sessioneers
Early in May the principals above-from left, Phil Everly, LonnieDonegan, Wesley Rose and Don Everly-met in Nashville to re-cord. The Everlys cut three sessions for Warner Brothers andLonnie ditto for Hickory Records, under the direction of Rose.The Everlys and Donegan have been friends since they met whiletouring England not long ago.
Foster & RoseNARAS Govs.
NASHVILLE - Fred Fosterand Wesley Rose have beenelected to the National Boardof Governors of NARAS, repre-senting the Nashville chapter.
The group, which has about200 members, this week alsoelected its slate of officers. Theyare: President-Harold Brad-ley, guitarist and brother ofOwen; 1st Vice President-Anita Kerr; 2nd Vice President-Frances Preston; AssistantExecutive VP - Mark -ClarkBates; Secreary-Bill Dennyof Cedarwood; and Treasurer-Lester Rose.
King Still ABCArtist: Clark
Provoked by the word lastweek that B. B. King had re-signed with Kent Records,ABC -Paramount President SamClark has announced that King,who has been signed to anexclusive ABC -Par recordingcontract for more than twoyears, is still under an exclu-sive contract which will remaineffective for "a considerableperiod of time to come."
Clark stated that he had re-ceived no direct word fromB. B. King or King's agentsconcerning any negotiationswhich King might be carryingout with any other parties, andpointed out that any recordingsfor other labels or negotationsfor a contract commencingprior to the expiration of ABC-Paramount's contract would bea violation of ABC -Para -mount's contract rights.
New King AlbumKids Liz, Dick
King Records has unveiledwhat it feels will be a block-buster, a new comedy album,"The Royal Family," producedby Kermit Schafer, of Blooperfame, for distribution and re-lease on King. Featuring a newcomedy group, The TrianglePlayers - Dick Sterling, ReyBaumel and Gina Wilson-thealbum is a spoof of the Rich-ard Burtons.
In discussing the album,Schafer, former network radioand TV producer and notedcomedy LP producer via hisBlooper album series on Jubi-lee, opined that the industrycurrently had a void in thecomedy album field and thatmarket research indicated botha need and an opportunity fora "hard-hitting, mass -appeal,bitingly funny package." Withthis in mind Schafer went towork with King executives SydNathan and Hal Neely and"The Royal Family" projectwent into production. The ma-terial and writing is originaland is the joint efforts of thethree stars who also play allthe parts.
Climbing!
"PICKOF THE WEEK"
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Above, left to right: Hugh Dallas, Columbia Field PromotionManager; Joel Thrope, WAKY Station Manager; Tony Martell,Columbia Records' Regional Sales Manager; Jim Brandt(seated), WAKY PD; Bud Willenbrink, Sales Manager, Colum-bia Record Distributors, Louisville and WAKY disk jockeysTim Tyler and George Williams.
Devoted to ColumbiaIn an "unprecedented" promotion, station WAKY in Louisville,
Ky., recently programmed a special 24 -hour "Salute to ColumbiaRecords," according to an announcement by Bob Thompson,National Promo Manager, Columbia Records Sales Corp. Duringhe 24 -hour period, only Columbia disks were given airplay.In addition, Columbia artists and executives telephoned the
station and taped personal statements. These statements, whichthanked WAKY for the extraordinary tribute, were played dur-ing station breaks.
DJ Gets CMA Welcome
NASHVILLE -Seen above, center, is Vern Terry receivinghis card for membership in the Country Music Association fromJo Walker, CMA's Executive Director. Chuck Chellman, right long-time personal friend of Vern and C&W Promotion Chief forMercury, Smash, and Philips; Margie Singleton and FaronYoung, Mercury recording artists, look on.
This is Mercury, Smash and Philips' way of saying to Vern,"Welcome back to the music scene." After three years of in-active duty and 13 throat operations (resulting from an auto-mobile accident), Vern is returning to his dj post, doing a dailyshow on WWIZ, Lorain, Ohio and on WADC, Akron, Ohio.
HOT! VERY HOT!"STILL I'M
LOSING YOU"Kitty Hawkins
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Solo Single OutEpic Records has announced
release in the United Statesof Italy's first million -sellingsingle, "Una Lacrima SulViso," by young Italian singer,Bobby Solo. The single, whichalso carries the English title,"For Your Love I'd Wait aLifetime," was included in therecently released Epic LP,"The Twelve Greatest Hits/SanRemo Festival 1964."
COUNTRY.
DISKJOCKEYREPORTS
CLIFF DAVISWKBA-Roanoke, Va.
1. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)2. Circumstances (Billy Walker)3 I Can Stand It (Bill Phillips)4. My Baby Walks All Over Me (J. Sea)5. Candy Apple Red (Bill Anderson)6. The Floor Above Your Ceiling (D. Miller)7. Two Little Boys (Jean Sheppherd)8. Memory ..#1 (Webb Pierce)9. Talk To Me (Carolina Charlie)
10. Second Fiddle (Jean Sheppherd)JERRY HENNEN
KLOH-Pipestone, Minn.1. Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat
(Buck Owens)2. Baltimore (Sonny James)3. Sorrow On The Rocks (Porter Wagoner)4. Burning Memories/That's All That Matters
(Ray Price)5. Understand Your Man (John Cash)6. Timber I'm Falling (Ferlin Husky)7. Big Ole House (Dave Dudley)8. Keepin With Joneses/No Thanks
(Young/Singleton)9. Invisible Tears (Ned Miller)
10. Put Your Arms Around Him (B. Helms)JAY BARRY
WLDY-Ladysmith, Wisconsin1. Looking For More In 64 (Jim Nesbitt)2. Keep Those Cards And Letters
(Johnny and Jonie)3. French Riviera (Webb Pierce)4. Wine, Women And Song (Loretta Lynn)5. Angel On Leave (Jimmy Newman)6. Big Ole House (Dave Dudley)7. Anna Louise (Carl Belew)8. Eight Years (Claude Gray)9. Saginaw Michigan (Lefty Frizzel)
10. Love Is No Excuse (Jim & Dottie)EDDIE ZACK
WRIB-E. Providence, R. I.1. Together Again (Buck Owens)2. Keeping Up With Joneses
(Young/Singleton)3. Fair & Tender adies (G. Hamilton 4th)4. This White Circle (Kitty Wells)5. Baltimore (Sonny James)6. Love Is No Excuse (Reeves/West)7. I Can Stand It (Bill Philips)8. Then I'll Stop Loving You (The Browns)9. Long Go"e Lonesome Blues (H. Williams)
10. Timber I'm Falling (Ferlin Husky)DAVE ANTHONY
KSAY-San Francisco, Calif.1. Breakfast With The Blues (H. Snow)2. Have I Stayed Away Too Long (B. Bare)3. Forty Steps (R. Baker)4. French Riviera (W. Pierce)5. First You Go Through Me (F. Hart)6. Gonna Get Along Without You Now
(S. Davis)7. Together Again (B. Owens)8. Fair & Tender Ladies (G. Hamilton IV)9. Learnin' To Pick (C. Collins)
10. Love Letters In The Sa"d (P. Cline)LONNIE BELL
KOYN-Nashville, Tenn.I. My Heart Skips A Beat (B. Owens)2. Your Heart Turned Left (George Jones)3. White Circle On My Finger (Kitty Wells)4. Girl From Spanish Town (M. Robbins)5. Before I'm Over You (Loretta Lynn)6. Welcome To My World (Jim Reeves)7. Understand Your Man (Johnny Cash)8. Love Is No Excuse
(Jim Reeves/Dottie West)9. Easy Come, Easy Go (Bill Anderson)
10. Saginaw, Michigan (Lefty Frizzell)LEE SANDERS
WBGC-Chipley, Florida1. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)2. Burning Memories (Ray Price)3. Keeping Up With The Joneses
(Margie Singleton & Faron Young)4. Understand Your Man (Johnny Cash)S. Baltimore (Sonny James)6. Sorrow On The Rocks (Porter Wagner)7. Baby (Leroy Van Dyke)8. Welcome To My World (Jim R
9. Love Is No Excuse(Jim Reeves and Dottie West)
10. Blue Train (John D. Loudermilk)MORRIS TAYLOR
KPAY-Chico, Calif.1. Understand Your Man (Johnny Cash)2. Baltimore (Sonny James)3. Molly (Eddy Arnold)4. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)5. Invisible Tears (Ned Miller)6. Saginaw, Michigan (Lefty Frizzell)7. Gonna Get Along Without You Now
(Skeeter Davis)8. Put Your Arms Around Her (N. Jean)9. Five Little Fingers (Bill Anderson)10. Welcome To My World (Jim Reeves)
GISELA RASMUSSENKFHA-Tacoma, Wash.
1. Crooked Little Man (Serendipity Singers)2. Chin Up, Chest Out (Skeets McDonald)3. What've You Done For Me Lately
(Johnny Bond)4. Hooray/Tell My Baby I Love Her
(Johnny Horton)5. Together Again/Heart Skips A Beat
10. Sorrow On The Rocks (Porter Wagoner)JOEL RAY SPROWLS
WLDC-Munfordville, Ky.1. Crying In Public (Bobby Lewis)2. Understand Your Man (J. Cash)3. Saginaw, Michigan (L. Frizzell)4. Your Heart Turned Left (G. Jones)5. Baltimore (Sonny James)6. I Can Stand It (Bill Phillips)7. Wine, Women & Song (Loretta Lynn)8. I'm Hanging Up The Phone
(Carl & Pearl Butler)9. This White Circle (Kitty Wells)
10. This Haunted House (Loretta Lynn)
ROCKY NASHCHLO-St. Thomas, Ontario
1. The Wheel Song (Gary Buck)2. You Took Him Off My Hands (M. Worth)3. Molly (Eddy Arnold)4. Lookin For More In 64 (Jim Nesbitt)5. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)6. Welcome To My World (Jim Reeves)7. Your Heart Turned Left (Geo. Jones)8. Understand Your Man (Johnny Cash)9. Miller's Cave (Bobby Bare)
10. Saginaw, Michigan (Lefty Frizzell)BUCK WAYNE
XERB-Chula Vista, Cal.1. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)2. Gonra Get Along Without You Now
(Skeeter Davis)3. Burning Memories (Ray Price)4. The Violet And The Rose (W. Jackson)5. Baltimore (Sonny James)6. Saginaw, Michigan (Lefty Frizzell)7. Molly (Eddy Arnold)8. Together Again (Buck Owens)9. Sorrow On The Rocks (Porter Wagoner)
10. Understand Your Man (Johnny Cash)DICK BONNER
KYCN-Wheatland, Wyo.1. Girl From Spanish Town (Robbins)2. Followed Closely By My Teardrops
(Locklin)3. Understand Your Man (Cash)4. Lookin' For More In '64 (Nesbitt)5. Pretty Little Girl (Doye O'Dell)6. Breakfast With The Blues (Snow)7. Baltimore (Sonny James)8. Long John (Tex Williams)9. Burning Memories (Ray Price)
10. Keep Those Cards And Letters (Mosbys)
APPLE SAVAGEWLBA-Gainesville, Ga.
1. Pick Of The Week (Roy Drusky)2. Dust (Cain Grant)3. I Can Stand It (Bill Phillips)4. Looking For More In 64 (Jim Nesbitt)5. Love Is No Excuse
(Jim Reeves & Dottie West)6. Eight Years (Claude Gray)7. I'm Hanging Up The Phone
(Carl & Pearl Butler)8. You Took Her Off My Hands (M. Worth)9. Keeping Up With The Joneses
(F. Young & M. Singleton)10. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)
VERLYN DEATONWIMO-Winder, Georgia
1. Pick Of The Week (Roy Drusky)2. Together Again (Buck Owens)3. I'm Hanging Up The Phone
(Carl Butler & Pearl)4. Looking For More In 64 (Jim Nesbitt)5. You Took Her Off My Hands (M. Worth)6. Be Quiet Mind (Ott Stephens)7. Missing Persons (Coleman O'Neal)8. Keeping Up With The Joneses
(F. Young & M. Singleton)9. Slippin' Around (G. Morgan & M. Worth)10. Frosty Window Pane (Joe Penny)
MIKE MACNEILCHNS-Halifax, Canada
1. Understand Your Man (John Cash)2. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)3. Burning Memories (Ray Price)4. Welcome To My World (Jim Reeves)5. Love Is No Excuse
(Jim Reeves/Dottie West)6. Baltimore (Sonny James)7. Saginaw Michigan (Lefty Frizzell)8. White Circle (Kitty Wells)9. Keeping Up With The Joneses
( Singleton/Young)10. Together Again (Buck Owens)
RALPH DAILEYKBBR-No. Bend, Ore.
1. My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)2. Easy Come, Easy Go (Bill Anderson)3. Invisible Tears (Ned Miller)4. Pick Of The Week (Roy Drusky)5. Keep Those Cards & Letters
(Johnny & Jane Mosby)6. Circumstances (Billy Walker)7. Slipping Around (Worth & Morgan)8. Walking, Talkin, Cryin (Johnny Wright)9. Angel On Leave (Jimmy Newman)10. Memory #1 (Webb Pierce)
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BURNING DESIRES 12R. Price-Columbia 42971
MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT 14B. Owens-Capitol 15136
UNDERSTAND YOUR MAN 16J. Cash-Columbia 42964
SORROW ON THE ROCKS 10P. Wagoner-RCA 8338
BALTIMORE 13S. Lames-Capitol 5129
WINE, WOMEN AND SONGL. Lynn-Decca 31608
KEEPING UP WITH THEJONESES 13
M. Singleton & F. Young-Mercury 72237
WELCOME TO MY WORLD 23J. Reeves-RCA 8398
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GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUTYOU NOW 8
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LOVE IS NO EXCUSE 14Reeves D. West-RCA 8324
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 23L. Frizzell-Columbia 42947
CIRCUMSTANCES 6B. Walker-Columbia 43010
MEMORY # 1 5W. Pierce-Decca 31617
BREAKFAST WITH THE BLUES 9H. Snow-RCA 8334
BLUE TRAIN OF HEARTBREAK
LINE 12J. D. Loudermilk-RCA 8308
LOOKING FOR MORE IN '64 10J. Nesbitt-Chart 1065
THIS WHITE CIRCLE ON MYFINGER 22
K. Wells-Decca 31580
NOT MY KIND OF PEOPLE 2S. Jackson-Columbia 43011
THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE 14W. Jackson-Capitol 5142
LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES 18H. Williams Jr.-MGM 13208
TIMBER I'M FALLING 16F. Husky-Capitol 5111
MOLLY 20E. Arnold-RCA 8296
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Classics: Who Sells Operas? Part II
De los Angeles Owns French Opera;Farrell & Tucker Should Be Bigger
Toscanini and Golden Age Greats Still Sell Wagner SpecialAngel's Victoria of the An-
gels (de los Angeles) sings likeone. She owns the French rep-ertory. Among her best-sellersare "Faust" and "Carmen" butshe is also up there in the big -selling Italian repertoire: "Ma-dama Butterfly," "La Traviata"and "Cavalleria Rusticana"(which is selling very well withthe added name power of thenew rage of tenors-FrancoCorelli). As a song recitalistshe has many brilliant albumsto her credit: "Spanish Songsof the Renaissance" and "Span-ish Songs of The 20th Century";an album called "The FabulousVictoria de los Angeles" (abrilliant recital from Scarlattito popular Spanish encores onemight hear at a de los Angelesrecital). She is a great inter-preter and a magnificent ac-tress. She is a decided asset tothe record industry and a brightstar in the Angel catalog.
Farrell and TuckerColumbia's Eileen Farrell,
unfortunately, has no completeopera recordings to her credit.The magnificent power of hervoice has been compared to Ni-agara Falls. Among her top sel-lers for Columbia are a collec-tion of favorite Puccini arias,another album of Verdi ariasand with Richard Tucker, analbum of great Verdi duets.Her stunning recording ofBrunnhilde's Immolation from"Die Gotterdammerung" backedwith the finest performance ofWagner's "Wesendonck Songs"on record sold well for awhilebut has become lost among theflow of new opera recordings.Columbia has not issued anyFarrell operatic albums recent-ly, but it is hoped that she willbe represented by a completeopera soon. Her old 1951 re-cording of Berg's "Wozzeck"with Mack Harrell and the NewYork Philharmonic, Mitropou-los conducting is the only com-plete opera recording she has-and it continues to sell wellmore than a decade after re-lease.
(A not too commonly knownfact about Farrell is that sheprovided the singing voice inthe film biography of polio -stricken opera star MarjorieLawrence, "Interrupted Mel -
de los Angeles Farrell Tucker
ody," starring Eleanor Parker.Farrell also played a smallpart in the 1955 film-as a mu-sic student who couldn't sing!She is heard on the MGM LPfrom the picture.)
Columbia has showcased Rich-ard Tucker's brilliant tenorerobusto in albums of songsfrom Broadway and Hollywood("The Fabulous Voice of Rich-ard Tucker") and another ofpopular Viennese favorites("Vienna, My City of Dreams").
has wisely loanedTucker to RCA where he con-tributes a magnificent Pinker-ton to the Price "Butterfly" setand to Angel where he has re-created some of the roles he isbest associated with at the Met.But Columbia has plans forTucker.
Tucker will be in Italy thissummer and it wouldn't sur-prise us if Columbia took theopportunity to re-record someof his previous best-selling op-eratic recitals and "Sorrento"a collection of Neapolitan fav-orites. Tucker is singing betterthan ever. His Met reviews ofthe last season were the besthe's ever received. These forth-coming albums-if and whenthey appear-could be the turn-ing point in the Tucker -Colum-bia association.
ToscaniniAmong the most treasureable
performances of Italian operaon records are those conductedby Toscanini with the NBCSymphony in the late 1940s andearly 1950s on RCA Victor. Al-though not in stereo, these re-cordings have an irresistibledrive and power, the white hotheat of creation, which makethem unique. They still movesteadily on the strength of Tos-canini's name. Toscanini's high,off-key singing is an added at-traction.
Toscanini got his start as anopera conductor and, in hislast years, turned to his firstlove again. The fire, zeal andenthusiasm he has for "LaBoheme," "Aida" and "La Tra-viata" give these old favoritesnew life. You can hear theMaestro dusting off years ofcrusty tradition as each phrasesprings to life under his power-ful and knowing direction. Heregarded Verdi's "La Forza delDestino," "The Masked Ball,"
and "Falstaff" as thegreatest operas of all time, andthey are still thrilling to hearunder Toscanini's flaming di-rection.
Wagnerian OperaWagnerian operas are in a
class by themselves-and soare the people who love them.Opera has few thrills that canmatch Wagner at his greatest-like "Brunnhilde's Immola-tion" from "Gotterdlimmerung"in which a powerful sopranovoice soars over a massive or-chestra piling one climax on an-other. To listen to a Wagneropera requires patience, an ex-tremely well -developed ear thatcan hear obvious melodies andthe involved harmonic under-pinning and counter -melodiesof Wagner's thick orchestraltexture, and one with a graspof Norse mythology.
The plots of Wagner's operasare among the most ridiculousin all opera. His "Ring of theNibelungs" (consisting of fourcomplete operas) takes overnine hours to perform. Each oneof Wagner's characters has atheme which he calls a "leitmotif." Each time the characterappears he or she, or it (he hasmonsters, wicked dwarfs etc.)is accompanied by his "leitmotif." How ridiculous, andsometimes tedious, this all is ispointed out in a zany satire by
Anna Russell in a Columbia al-bum "Anna Russell Sings???Again !! !"
Needless to say it takes sing-ers with superhuman voices toproject over the Wagner or-chestra. In the 1930s and '40s,Wagnerian opera had a rebirthin the Flagstad-Melchior com-bination. Recently, Birgit Nils-son has contributed a stunningBrunnhilde and other Wagner-ian heroines to the Metropoli-tan Opera. If Eileen Farrellwould venture into Wagnershe'd probably be a greatIsolde-but that hasn't hap-pened yet. The big problem to-day is a heldentenor with avoice that has the heroic ringof a Melchior. Recently theAmerican Jess Thomas hasmade a stir singing "Lohen-grin" (one of Melchior's favor-ite roles) in Europe, and hisnew recording on Angel iscausing a flurry of interestamong Wagnerites.
The best-selling Wagnerianopera of all time, of course, is"Tristan and Isolde" in the An-gel version with Kirsten Flag-stad and Fischer-Dieskau con-ducted by the late WilhelmFurtwaengler. Other notableWagnerian recordings thathave caused sales excitementare RCA's "Die Walkiire"which includes Nilsson's stun-ning "Brunnhilde," one of theMet's finest offerings of thepast few seasons. It is con-ducted by Leinsdorf who keepsthings moving at a heady pace.London's recent "Siegfried"has Joan Sutherland singingthe small part of the WoodDove. In the title roles are:Nilsson, Windgassen and Hot-ter. London caused quite a stira few years ago with theirstunning recording of "DasRheingold" starring GeorgeLondon and Kirsten Flagstad,while Angel owns the "Meister-singer" (Frantz, Griimmer,etc.) and "Tannhauser" (Fis-cher-Dieskau, Hopf, Griimmer)markets.
Naturally, with their greatlength, Wagnerian operas areideally suited to long-playingrecords. In fact, not until LPdid Wagner opera come into itsown on records. In the 78 daysthere was not one complete re-cording of any Wagner opera.
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Operas AndTheir Stars(Continued from page 26)
A musical wit once describeda Wagner opera in these terms:Just when you're ready to walkout because of sheer boredomone of the most beautiful mel-odies appears and you decideto stay. Wagner's an awfultease."The Golden Age (Caruso, etc.)
Voices of the past still havesales power. RCA's "The Bestof Caruso" sells well as doesthe Angel album of "TheYoung Caruso" (selections re-corded prior to his Americansuccess). RCA's contribution tothe voices of The Golden Ageinclude steady selling albumsby Gigli, Martinelli, Melchiorand Flagstad.
Their "Ten Great Singers,"a five -record set-with an all-star lineup including Caruso,McCormack, Pons, Pinza, Flag-stad, Ponselle and Gigli-soldfor the price of three. It was agreat warm -weather stimulatorwhen it was introduced twoyears ago and still continues tosell well at the five -for -threebargain price. With a bookletfeaturing old photos and notesby Met Opera historian FrancisRobinson, the package is afabulous buy for opera fans.
Angel's "Great Recordings ofthe Century" series offers atreasure trove of outstandingsingers of the past: Caruso,Gigli, Schipa, Melba, Lehmann,Leider, Melchior, McCormack,Chaliapin, Schorr. CurrentlyAngel has a sampler that re-tails for $1.00 (dealer price:620) which showcases the bril-liant collection of Golden Agegreats they have in their"Great Recordings of the Cen-tury" line. Many other smalllabels offer historical vocalperformances but let the buyerbeware, since most of them aredreadfully transferred to long-playing records with such dis-tortion and profusion of sur-face noise as to be almost un-recognizable. The Angel andRCA restorations are not onlygood-in many instances theyare improvements upon theoriginal 78s. Capitol's threevolumes of "The Beloved Bjoer-ling," the late Swedish tenor,are good sellers. They containmany of his brilliant 78 record-ings of popular tenor arias re-corded in the 1930s and '40s.RCA's Bjoerling albums madein the 1950s (-"Bjoerling inOpera," etc.) also sell steadilyto his fans.
NEXT WEEK:SEMI -CLASSICS
Classical PushIn Philips LPs
For May & JunePhilips Records plays its
strongest suit to date with thesupport of a special classical pro-motion and a heavy discount planunder its May 15 program called"Suit Up For Sales." The entireclassical catalog, includingthree new albums, carries a20% discount.
A powerful leader, the 10thAnniversary Album by I Musiciis available at one free for each10 classics purchased and tiedin with an offer of $1 off allclassical catalog listings. In ad-dition, a 10% discount is al-lowed on the balance of ninenew releases as well as thePhilips pop, jazz and Connois-seur Collection catalog for thelife of the plan, effective May15 through June 30, 1964.
The Serendipity Singers, thelabel's young folk -pop groupcopping a big share of the in-dustry's focus these days, arehighlighted in the Philips' re-lease with a second album,"The Many Sides of The Seren-dipity Singers" showcasing thebest sides of the nine Serendi-pities. English composer -con-ductor Robert Farnon and HisOrchestra interpret "Captainfrom Castile and Other GreatMovie Themes" in a thrillingrecording performance. "NinaSimone in Concert" presentsNina with all the flexibility hermulti -talents demand, vocallyand at the piano. "Here's toOur Love" is Brian Hyland'sfirst LP for Philips. Anothernew Philips acquisition, Mari-lyn Burroughs, brings a confi-dent style to "I Feel Pretty."The film score of "The CoolWorld," as performed by DizzyGillespie and his orchestra,finds Dizzy at home-he por-trays a band musician in therecently released movie. Also astrong jazz bid is "Dig Dold-inger," featuring the KlausDoldinger group, lauded as thetop German jazz orchestra lastyear.
Prestige EnhancedThe prestige of the Philips
Connoisseur Collection seriesis enhanced by two new al-bums, both of which representthe Connoisseur concept of con-tent and unique packaging:"Songs of Faith the WorldAround," native religious mu-sic from remote regions, and"African Concert" by LesTroubadours du Roi Baudouin.
The classical release also in-cludes "Schumann Piano Con-certo and Grieg Piano Con-certo," with Claudio Arrau atthe piano.
'Fair Suite'On RCA LPRCA Victor Records will is-
sue an LP album of FerdeGrofe's "World's Fair Suite,"which was commissioned by theNew York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corp. and given itsworld's premiere at the officialopening of the Fair which wasattended by President John-son.
The recorded performance, tobe released in June, is by theWorld's Fair Symphony Or-chestra conducted by Paul La-valle. The work was taped atManhattan Center and has theFair's sanction as the officialrecording.
The composition contains fivemovements titled (1) Uni-sphere (2) International (3)Fun at the Fair (4) Pavilionsof Industry and (5) National.
Grofe, famed for his "GrandCanyon Suite," "MississippiSuite" and "Death ValleySuite," set forth in this com-position to capture "the limit-less wonder, noble meaning, ex-citement and just plain fun ofthis big international show."
The suite is being publishedby the Robbins Music Corp. ofThe Big Three.
Roger Hall, RCA Victor Rec-ord Division Manager ofSeal Artists and Repertoire,said: "We are pleased to makethis suite available to the pub-lic, and are in hopes thatWorld's Fair attendance willgenerate national interest inthe music written to commem-orate the event."
Plans currently are beingdrawn up by the World's FairCorp., Robbins Music Corp. andRCA Victor Records for the al-bum to receive heavy promo-tion and merchandising back-ing both at the Fair, where thealbum will be on sale to visi-tors, and in the national mar-ket.
Britten's RequiemWins Critics Prize
Benjamin Britten, who cameaway from the Grammy awarddinner with three honors forhis "War Requiem" (Londonhas the LP) added moreawards to his list last weekwhen he won two prizes in theNew York Music Critics' Circle.
The awards were for choralcomposition - the "War Re-quiem"-and opera-"A Mid-summer Night's Dream."
Samuel Barber won an awardin the orchestral category forhis Piano Concerto and Fran-cis Poulenc's "Sept Repons deTenebres" won a choral.
20 Best Selling OperasCurrent Top Sellers
(On Regular Priced Labels)
PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Price, Tucker. Leinsdorf (RCA LM/LSC6160)
De los Angeles, Bjoerling (Angel (S)3604C/L)
Tebaldi, Bergonzi (London 4337/1314)
PUCCINI: LA BOHEME
Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Siepi(London 4236/1208)
Callas, Di Stefano (Angel 3560 B/L)Merrill Tucker, Moffo (RCA LM/LSC
6095)
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Price, Di Stefano (RCA LD/LDS 7022)Tebaldi, Del Monaco (London 4235/1210)
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