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Mercury VP Charlie Fach(Second from Left) StepsUp N. Y. Activity with AidOf National Promo Direc-tor John Antoon, LabelPresident Irwin H. Stein-berg and Sr. VP -Market-ing Director Lou Simon.Story This Issue Page 24.

Special Section This Issue:

The Dutch Invasion!

June 13, 1970

In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the

SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK

B. I. Thomas will make itthree in a row with "I lustCan't Help Believing"(Screen Gems Columbia,BMII. Mann -Weil composi-tion is Just right (Scepter122831

"1.0.1.0." (Casserole, BMI1is a chant -ballad from theBee Gees. It should scorewith music lovers everywhere as there's much to it(Atco 67521

Tommy Roe slows it downa bit for a change of pacewith "Pearl" (Low-TwO.He'll develop across-the-board appeal with this one(ABC 112661.

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Gene Chandler is back andhe's got a "Groovy Situa-tion- ICachand 8 Patcheal,BM!) going. Song has lotsof pop potential, Gene pro-duced it (Mercury 730831.

SLEEPER PICKS OF THE WEEK

"Mongoose" (Pocket Full ofTunes, BMO is the new cryof the Elephant's Memory.A heavy rhythm numberthat's absolutely contagious (Metromedia 1821

Ed Ames sings about American Indian life in "Chippewa Town" (Don Kirshner.BM11 "Daniel Boone" starwill do well with this Sedaka Greenfield song (RCA47 08641

"In the Summertime" (OurMusic, BM11 is when Mungoterry's English smash willhit here. He's got a reallyrefreshing quality (Janus12991.

You'll find the OriginalCadillacs "Deep in theHeart of the Ghetto-PartII" (Bondola, BMII. Contemporary song could be theirticket back to the topIPolydor 2 140311* ALBUM PICKS OF THE IVEEK

Rhinoceros declares that"Better Times Are Commg on this exciting newpackage, produced by GuyDraper for maximum rockeffect (Elektra (KS /40751

Grateful Dead are playing asofter rock than has beentheir way in the past on"Workingman s Dead Thetans will grab it up (WarnerBros 18691

Dave Mason, after groupmg for a number of yearsfinally goes it "Alone Together on a series of hisown, original, terrif tunes(Blue Thumb BTS 791

Shango goes "Trampin. "along with a mfmber of ab.solutely irresistible songswith a Latin soul rock Ianbeat to brass. Has a sound(Dunhill DS 500821

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RCA's D'Imperio OnLabel's New FlexibilityBy DAVE FINKLE

NEW YORK-Just what Nor-man Racusin, President ofRCA Records, and Rocco Lagi-nestra, Executive Vice Presi-dent, were getting at whenthey announced the realign-ment and reorganization ofRCA personnel and internalstructure in February is be-ginning to fall into place asthe recently -named DivisionVice Presidents begin a seriesof interviews with the tradepress to discuss plans.

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Ernie Xlt.chuler

Joe D'Imperio

Lenny Scheer

At Liberty UA:

Picker Becomes President;Bledsoe, Lipton to Top Posts

David Picker

!tunaItl (Iton) L. Illedsoe

David V. Picker, President ofUnited Artists Corporation,will assume the additional du-ties of President of its recordsubsidiary, Liberty UA Inc.,according to John R. Beckett,Chairman of the Board andPresident of United Artists'parent, Transamerica Corpora-tion. Picker becomes Liberty/UA's chief executive officer im-mediately.

Alvin S. Bennett, Presidentof Liberty Records since 1960and head of the combined Lib-erty/UA record operation sinceLiberty's acquisition by Trans-america in 1968, is retiring to

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Mike Lipton

Music Men TourneyDates June 9-10

MONTICELLO, N. Y. - TheCommittee of Music Men hasannounced that the annual golfouting at Kutscher's CountryClub will be held Tuesday andWednesday, June 9-10, and notWednesday and Thursday aspreviously announced.

Polydor AnnouncesArtist 'Explosion'Allan Katz, Polydor's Na-

tional Promotion Manager, an-nounces the Polydor "Rock'Soul 'Blues Explosion," multi-media national campaign de-signed to expose 40 artists tothe under 35 crowd.

Drive will comprise radio,press and in-store promotionsfor $30,000. Artists featured in"Explosion" campaign are JohnMayall, the Cream, B. B. King,Stone the Crows, ManfredMann and Traffic, amongothers.

First Rudman Record,Radio Meet on June 5, 6LAS VEGAS-The first rec-

ord and radio workshop -confer-ence sponsored by RecordWorld's Kal Rudman was heldFriday, June 5, through Satur-day, June 6, at Caesar's Palacehere.

Attended by top echelon in-dus executives, the events, sansspeeches and panel discussions,were comprised primarily ofroundtable discussions on theproblems and challenges facingthe music and radio worlds to-day.

The Friday confab, from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., was for radiopeople only. The Saturday "Dia-logue," from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.brought both radio and musicexecutives together. The week-end concluded with a "BacchanalDinner" Saturday evening.

At press time, those who hadsigned on for the meeting were,from the music industry: SyWarner, London Records; JohnAntoon, Mercury Records; LouSimon, Mercury; Jerry Wexler,

Atlantic; Ahmet Ertegan, At-lantic; Henry Allen, Atlantic;Jerry Greenberg, Atlantic; RickWillard, Atlantic; Dick Kline,Cotillion; Tom Dowd, Atlantic;Danny Davis, Colgems; Pat Pi -polo, Uni; Johnny Rivers; Ber-nie Shultz (Johnny Rivers) ;Joe Smith, Warner Bros; How-ard Bedno; Pete Wright; RedSchwartz, Roulette; Jack Wied-enmann, Famous Music; JulieRifkind; All Bell, Stax; DickGlasser; Bud Dain, Liberty; BobSkaff, Liberty; Mort Hoffman,Epic; Jim Stewart, Stax; HerbKole, Stax; Ewell Russell, Stax;Jim Benci; Ron Saul, WarnerBros.; Anthony Martini, Bond;Johnny Bond, Bond; Mrs. John-ny Bond; Ron Porter, Bond;Herb Gordon, Decca; Larry Co-hen, Jamie; Russ Regan, Uni;Nate McCalla, Roulette; RichjardFrio, Uni; Steve Wax, Bell.; IryBiegel, Bell; Ben Scotti, Lib-erty; Bill Spitalsky; Dino Air -


Ward ABCStudio Mgr.Rick Ward has been named

Studio Manager for the newABC Records recording studiocomplex under construction inLos Angeles. He will manageand coordinate all recordingactivities for ABC, Dunhill andother ABC -owned labels.

MCA ElectsCHICAGO-Lew R. Wasser-

man, President of MCA, Inc.,announced that the MCA, Inc.,stockholders, at their annualmeeting June 2 elected the fol-lowing as Directors of MCA,Inc.: Jules C. Stein, Lew R.Wasserman, Berle Adams, Al-bert A. Dorskind, Walter M.Heymann, Charts Miller, Mil-ton R. Rackmil, 'Taft B. Schrei-ber 'and Charles , B. Thornton.

At the MCA, Inc., Board ofDirectors meeting held after thestockholders' meeting, the fol-lowtng were elected as officers:Jules C. Stein, Chairman of the


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Abramson Merc Sales Mgr.CHICAGO-Jules Abramson,

Eastern Regional MarketingManager for Mercury RecordCorp., has been named NationalSales Manager of the company,announces Mercury PresidentIrwin H. Steinberg.

Abramson, who will assumehis new post in Mercury's Chi-cago home office on June 15,will report to Lou Simon, SeniorVice President and Director ofMarketing.

Abramson will be responsiblefor sales of all recorded prod-

, uct, both pop and classical, onthe Mercury, Philips, Smash,Fontana, Limelight and In-trepid labels, as well as for theMercury - distributed Wayside,Peachtree and Virtue labels.

In addition, he will be re-sponsible for Mercury's distri-bution set-up and will guide thecompany's regional marketingmanagers-Frank Peters, Mid-west; Tom Colley, South; andGeorge Steiner, Weat. An East-ern representative to replaceAbramson will be announcedshortly.

Abramson, currently based inMercury's New York office, hasbeen Eastern Marketing Direc-tor since 1968. He joined Mer-cury in 1964 as Philadelphia'sbranch manager.

Prior to that, the Temple Uni-versity graduate was a sales-man for Philadelphia's ChipsDistributing.

Mathews Famous Coast A&R Dir.NEW YORK - In order to

strengthen Paramount RecordsA&R on the West Coast, EdMathews has been named Direc-tor of West Coast A&R by Fam-ous Music Corp. Executive VicePresident Jack Wiedenmann.

Mathews, who will report di-rectly to Wiedenmann, willspearhead t h e corporation'ssearch for new talent in theWestern regions and will alsoco-ordinate the activities of thecorporation's staff and indieproducers now located in Cali-fornia.

Reporting directly to

Mathews will be the company'sCoast co-ordinator of indepen-dent product and staff producerTim O'Brien, and staff A&Rproducer Tom Mack who isalso headquartered in Los An-geles.

Mathews' efforts will involveboth the establishment of cer-tain roster artists as well assigning and developing newtalent for the labels.

The new A&R director comesto Famous Music from Colum-bia Records where most recent-ly he was assistant to the Vice

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Uterano Atlantic LP Sales ManagerYasgar ToNew Post

Nesuhi Ertegun, ExecutiveVice President of Atlantic Rec-ords, announced that Sal Uter-ano had been named AlbumSales Manager. He will reportto Dave Glew, Director ofSales and Merchandising.

Prior to his new appointment,Uterano was Atlantic's Region -

al Sales Manager, East Coast,covering the area from Bostonto Washington. He started withAtlantic in 1968. Before thathe was with ABC Records asregional sales manager.

Succeeding Uterano in hisold post will be Larry Yasgaras Regional Sales Manager,East Coast. He comes to At-lantic from Seaboard Distribu-tors in Hartford where he wasin sales.

Hinton NamedSales ManagerNEW YORK-Larry Uttal,

President of Bell Records, an-nounces the appointment ofBruce Hinton to Sales Managerfor the Amos, LHI and Proph-esy labels, all distributed byBell. Hinton will report to JohnRosica, just named ExecutiveDirector of West Coast Opera-tions.

Bn!ce Hinton

Prior to his new assignment.Hinton was General Managerfor Amos under label PresidentJimmy Bowen. Previous to that,


UN Youth Assembly

Contributions EncouragingContributions thus far are

very encouraging for theplanned July 9-18 meeting ofthe UN World Youth Assem-bly. Contributions now ap-proach $400,000, with an over-all budget of $700,000 projected.

Farber RouletteEast Promo Mgr.

NEW YORK-With the ap-pointment this week of RonFarber to East Coast Promo-tion Manager, Red Schwartz,Roulette Vice President ofProduct and Promotion, ex-panded his internal staff to fivearea managers coordinating ex-ploitation of company product.


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BUDDY MILES-Mercury 73086DOWN BY THE RIVER (Cotillion & Broken Arrow, BMI)Fresh from "Them Changes," Buddytakes on Neil Young's song and it isa tour de force. * * * *

EDDIE HOLMAN-ABC 11265I'LL BE THERE (Damian, Virtu/Schoochiebug, ASCAP)Holman's sweet soul stylings are goingto capture quite a few markets withthis one. Shades of "Lonely Girl."****

BRUNO-Gregar 71-0500YOU STARTED ME LAUGHING (Love Songs. BMI)I'LL BE STRONG (Love Songs, Peanut Butter. BMI)Bruno sings in a very raw, naturalstyle which comes off well on this BoGentry ballad. * * * *

JIM CAMPBELL-Laurie 3546THE LIGHTS OF TUCSON (S&L, ASCAP)CHILD OF CLAY (Ernie Maresca, ASCAP)This Campbell's a country-popster, too.Echoes of "Everybody's Talkin' " andall that's good. * * * *

RICHIE HAVENS-MGM K14141HANDSOME JOHNNY (Unart, BMI(SANDY (Twin -Tone. BMI)This is an old Havens cut which wasrecently featured in the "Woodstock"movie. Good as ever.* * **

SONNY & CHER-Atco 6758GU IT TOGETHER (Chris -Marc & Cotillion, BMI)HOLD YOU TIGHTER (Chris -Marc & Cotillion, BMI)It's been a long time since we heardfrom this couple. They've gotten to-gether. ****

THE CABOOSE-Enterprise 9015BLACK HANDS WHITE COTTON (Wren, BMI)Infectious soul rocker has a lot goingfor it. Audience dubbing adds to theexciting effect. * * * *

RICHARD BARNES-Caoitol 2841TAKE TO THE MOUNTAINS (Dick lames. BMI)HIGH FLYING ELECTRIC BIRD (Dick lames, BMI)A truly impressive production. Englishrecording is not the run of the millballad; there's more here. *

JAKE JONES-Atco 6760THE TRAIN KEEPS ON ROLLIN' (Sonkay, Cotillion, BMI)LIVE, LIVE, LIVE (Sonkay, Cotillion, MIDI f you "got a 'thing' about trains,"you'll dig this rail rocker. Has a lotgoing for it. ****

THE CHI-LITES-Brunswick 55438I LIKE YOUR LOVIN' Uulio-Brian. BMIIThis group is very much into what TheTemptations do, and that's a prettygood way to be. Powerful pot-boiler.****

MICHAEL DENTON-Rare Earth 5015JUST ANOTHER MORNING (Stein & Van Stock. ASCAP)BIG production number here. Dentonsings with a high, clear voice and theaccompaniment is very much in depth.****

DONNYDALE-PioniyoTHANK GOODNESS FOR THE RAIN (V -Love, ASCAP)OH YEAH (V -Love, ASCAP)New duo comes across like a hybrid offolk and bubblegum. This appealingnumber was self -penned.****

JOHNNY MATHIS-Columbia 4-45183WHEREFORE AND WHY (Warner Bros., ASCAP)Johnny puts his magic touch on thisGordon Lightfoot song. Inspiring.

PERRY COMO RCA /4-0356LOVE IS SPREADING OVER THE WORLD(Don Kirshner. BMI)DOYT LEAVE ME (Dunbar, BMI)America's favorite Polaroid salesmangets back to singing and the result isa happy relaxed natural winner.****

THE VICTONES-I-ront Page 2302SOMEBODY REALLY LOVE YOU (GUESS WHO)(Column One. BMI)TWO SIDES TO LOVE (Column One, BMI)Sounds like a very solid R&II hit. Groupgives a fantastic performance. *.

TIM MORGON-Kapp 2096IT WON'T HURT TO TRY IT (Mace. BM))LOVER'S HYMN (Thirst, BMI)Strong easy going ballad has a nicefeel. Morgon keeps it moving by put-ting a bit of himself in the song.****

CARLA THOMAS-Stax 0061(I'M GOING BACK TO) LIVING IN THE CITY(Screen Gems -Columbia. BMI)THE TIME FOR LOVE (IS ANYTIME)(Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)Carla sings this King-Larkey composi-tion with lots of pop -soul feeling. Lookfor a big number on this one.****THE LEGENDS-Commonwealth United 3014

GOTTA LET YOU GO(Moo-Lah Commonwealth United, BMI)FEAR NOT (Moo-lah Commonwealth United, BMI)The R/Sill group features a very tal-ented lead singer. Slow-paced numbercould be a winner.****

BROTHERS OF LOVE-Intrepid 75026MAKE LOVE NOT WAR (LOVE IS WHAT WE'RE STRIVINGFOR) (Jamesboy & MRC. BM!)it&I: message tune utilizes the flowerchildren slogan of a few years ago.Quite a powerful performance.

* *JOE CANNON-LHI 27

NUMBERS (Attache, BMI)ME AND THE WINE ANO THE CITY LIGHTS(Attache, BMI)Joe runs through the countdown of"Numbers" and comes up sounding awhole lot like Neil Diamond.****

THE TEENAGERS-Scepter 12282MAKE THE NIGHT A LITTLE LONGER/REACH OUT FORME (Screen Gems Columbia, BMI Blue Seas, Jac/RossJungnickel. ASCAP)Medley puts the Gotlin-King and Bach-arach-David teams together. Appealingeasy soul group offers lots of possibil-ities. ****

THE TROGGS-Page One 21020EASY LOVIN' (Belwin-Mills. BMI)GIVE ME SOMETHING (Dick James, BMI)The group makes good use of stringsand things and has a sweet hit sound.

* * * *DESIGN-Epic 5-10623

WILLOW STREAM (Al Gallico, BMI)COLOURED MILE (Al Gallia), BMI)This is an easygoing, light -sounding.calypso -flavored item. Boys and girlvery nicely put together.

TONY MOTTOLA-Project 3 1381TFOUILLA (fat/Modern, BMI)BLUESETTE (Duchess, BMI)The old Champs smash is brought upto date by the nimble guitar of Mottola.

THE MIKE CURB CONGREGATION-MGM K14140SWEET GINGERBREAD MAN (Leo Feist, ASCAP)Song from "The Magic Garden of Stan-ley Sweetheart" has a real shot thanksto the film and the appealing tune.****

BRIDGE-Roulette 7081LOVE IS THERE afirzo/Planetary, ASCAP)GOTTA GET BACK (Kirto/Planetary, ASCAP)Here's the group that took Connecticutby storm. One of the best and mostappealing songs with a "love" themeto come along in quite a while.* ***

JAYE P. MORGAN-Beverly Hills 9349I'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF LOSING YOU TO DO(E. B. Marks. 3MI)HE'S TOO GOOD TO ME (Irving, BMI).1.1'. comes up sounding quite contem-porary on this uptempo tune. She's gotthe power to do a top 40 thing. * **

JOHN SEBASTIAN-Reprise 0918WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT (Faithful Virtue, BMI)RED -EYE EXPRESS (Faithful Virtue, BMI)Another single from the "John B. Se-bastian" album. This has a real shot-very commercial sound. Flip, too. ***

DONALD JENKINS-Thomas 806A NEW WORLD BEAUTIFUL (Camad & Bismillah, BMI)FIGHTING FOR MY BABY (Camad & Bismillah, BMI)This is some sweet soul with an oldieaura about it. Don sings land writes)pretty. * * * *

TREEN SHEER-Bell 897BIG YELLOW TAXI (Siuuontb. BMI)This Joni Mitchell song is becomingthe song to do. Approach is bouncywith chorus added. * * *

THE STACCATOS-Polydor 15013CRY TO ME (Robert Mellin. BM')I SHALL BE RELEASED (Dwarf. ASCAP)

interpretation of the SolomonBurke -Rolling Stones song. Soulfulsoaring reading could do it again.****

PRAIRIE MADNESS-Columbia 4-45172SAY IT AGAIN. I LOVE YOU (Sufi Pipkin, BMI)CIRCLES IN THE SAND (Stag Pipkin. BMI)Group is in the C,S,N,Y-Hollies Itag butthey've got a lot to offer on their own.Chad Stuart produced.****

TONY MARTIN-Chart 5078COAST OF CALIFORNIA (Sue -Mid, ASCAP)INSEPARABLE (Four Star. BMI)Tony sings the song of a soldier whois going home to San Jose. Could havebroad appeal. * * * *

THIRD CONDITION-Sundi 6815MONDAY IN MAY (Candius, BMI)Group sings the story of the Kent Statekillings. It's a straightforward remind-er of an historical turning point. ***

LARRY SHELL-Minaret 158MAGGIE BROWN (Amusement, BMI)Larry sings in that old early rock androll style. A bit like the Plastic OnoBand. ****

THE GREEN BERETS-Uni 55239GIVE ME A TRY (June 16, BMI)JUST AN UGLY RUMOR (June 16, BMI)Catchy soul number with just the rightamount of bounce. Give it a try.


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DETROIT EXPLODES WITH

RONNIE DYSON'S

"WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU?"

First WCHD-FM,thenWGPR-FM andWJLB. Response from R&B was great.Then WCHB gave this great artist,who wasin the original cast of "Hair" and who ispractically a regular on The Mery GriffinShow, a big break by picking the record.

Now charted with numbers at bothWKNR and CKLW and selling strong.

Ronnie Dyson "Why Can't I TouchYou?"Columbia Records.

Latest Kal Rudman Quarterback Guide."We saw Ron Dyson do Why Can't I

Touch You?' on The Clay Cole TV Show andflipped when we heard it on the car radio.It is selling well in Detroit and WKNR,that is the real WKNR, took one of theirrare shots on an unproven record. Weexpect that this one can come home."

On Columbia Records (o


Greenberg UA MusicNat'l Promo Dir.

NEW YORK-George Green-berg has been named NationalPromotion Director of UnitedArtists Music Group, an-nounces Murray Deutch, Exec-utive Vice President and Gen-eral Manager.

George Greenberg

Greenberg formerly was EastCoast Director of Artists Rela-tions for United Artists Rec-ords, having previously servedas sales representative for Co-lumbia and Decca Records for10 years.

Greenberg will headquarterat United Artists MusicGroup's New York offices lo-cated at 729 Seventh Ave. andwill report directly to Deutch.

Data Buys Southern PlasticsB. J. Dillard and Ray Rush

of Data Industries of Texas an-nounce the acquisition of theSouthern Plastics complex Fri-day, May 29.

The Southern Plastics acqui-sition was a stock for stocktrade. The purchase also in-cluded Hermitage Music, a one -stop and coin -operated machin-ery outlet; Record VendingCompany, a Southeastern rackjobber; Southern ' Plasticspressing plant, Southern Rec-ord Distributors, Vendors Man-ufacturing Company which pro-duces gumball machines andColorRecord, Inc. Principals inthe Southern Plastics organiza-tion are Edmund Turnley andGeorge Mecyssne.

Rush told Record World that"the Southern Plastics groupof companies last year grossedin excess of $8 million." He alsostated that "no personnelchanges will be made. How-ever, some top officials will berealigned and a heavy promo-tional campaign will be han-dled through the distributor-ship. Data Industries is alsolooking for other acquisitionsin related fields such as racks,distributorships and pressingplants."

Data Industries of Texas isa public corporation whosestock is traded over the counter

and is presently quoted at $6.Data's original specialty wasin oil field services. The firstData entertainment project wasthe purchase of InternationalArtist Producing Corp. whichreleased the national hit, "HotSmoke and Sassafras," by theBubble Puppy. Other Data mu-sic properties include: TapierMusic, a 16 -track studio inTexas, and International Art-ists Records which presentlyhas some 20 Top 40 acts.

Happy Prospect

The prospect of playing KarenWyman's initial Decca Records LI'makes Steve White (right) of NBCRadio Network's "Monitor" smilein anticipation. Karen was joinedin her recent visit to "Monitor" byTony Martell, Decca's VI' of Mar-keting and Creative Services.

Music, Entertainment

Acquires WallichsTORRANCE, CALIF. - The

Music & Entertainment Com-pany, Inc., of Scottsdale, Ariz.,announces completion of itsacquisition of Wallichs MusicCity, Inc., of Los Angeles,Calif.

Merger of the two firms wasapproved May 21 at a specialmeeting of shareholders of bothcompanies at Scottsdale. Thecombined company, to beknown as Wallichs Music &Entertainment Company, Inc.,will be headquartered in a new80,000 -square -foot building (at2645 Maricopa St.) in Torrance.

Glenn E. Wallichs, Chairmanof Capitol Industries, Inc., willserve as chairman of WallichsMusic & Entertainment Com-pany, Inc. His brother, Clyde0. Wallichs, will be the Presi-dent and chief executive offi-cer of the combined company.John L. Holmes, Chairman ofthe Music & EntertainmentCompany, will serve as VicePresident of corporate develop-ment.

Plans for the merged firmcall for expansion into NewMexico, Colorado, Georgia,Louisiana, Texas, Florida andOklahoma through franchiseoperations, according to Clyde0. Wallichs.

re,g1Single Reviews(Continued from page 8)

THE BROWN BROTHERS OF SOUL-Specialty 698

CNOLO (Venice & Katinga, BMI)POQUITO SOUL (Venice & Katinga, BMI)Basically a cookin' soul instrumentalwith Latin overtones, these Brothersare actually into some weird stuff.

* **DON FARON-Decca 326%

BELFAST BOY (WB. ASCAP)ECHOES OF THE CHEERS (WB. ASCAP)Intriguing, song from the BBC docu-mentary "The World of Georgie Best."No need to see the program to like therecord.

* * *

JIMMY SMITH-Verve 10652BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX (Rivers, BMI)GROOVE DROPS (Edmy, BMI)Jim Webb's oft -recorded tune is giventhe Jimmy Smith treatment. Good in-strumental playlist additive.

****JAMES DUNCAN-Federal 12555

ALL GOODBYES AIN'T GONE (Tarheel-Jupace, BMI)YOU'VE GOTTA BE STRONG (Tarheel-Jupace. BMI)Here's a fresh it&B sound that movesright along. Lyric is the Cheatin' kind,always the best.

KIM MORRISON-Mercury 73055CALIFORNIA WOMAN -LOUISIANA MAN (Newkeys, BMI)Kim describes the happy meeting oftwo cultures; the bayou and the strip.Great Jerry Kennedy production.

****MEE AND EWE-Look 5026

I WILL (Central Songs, BMI)I'VE BEEN THERE TOO (Attache, BMI)This couple has the pop -country soundthat everybody likes. Similar to Dale &Grace.

* a * *ART -FORMS LTD.-RCA 74-0354

I'M A BAD MAN (Alexis, ASCAP)APPLE TREES AND BUTTERFLIES (R.S.O., ASCAP)Art Reynolds is the man behind thisone. Tune is a slow-paced soul numberwhich has lots of potential.

****UNLIMITED FOUR-Chanson 1180

WALK AWAY LOVER (Czar, BMI)SLOW DOWN (Czar, BMI)The chances for this one are "unlim-ited." Very mellow soul which has agood shot at the charts.

****HEROES OF CRANBERRY FARM-Jamie 1386BIG GUY MISS RUTH ANN (Cedaiwood. BMIIFELLOW JOHN (HAS A VISION) (Dandelion & Elkee, BMI)A little country, a little bubblegum,maybe a big hit. Group has good mu-sical sense and the record should beheard.

JOHNNY CAMERON-Sanfris 54DON'T BE AFRAID Snow White Babson, Woode, ASCAP)MY LOVE KNOW MORE(Snow White Babson. Woode, ASCAP)Cameron sings in with a soulful flavor.Sounds a hit like "Grazin' in theGrass." ****

ELLA FITZGERALD-Reprise 0922TRY A LITTLE BIT (Faithful Virtue. BMI)YELLOW MAN January, BMIIElla sings a John Sebastian songbacked with a Randy Newman number.She's always good to hear.

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Columbia 4.45174LOVE (YOUR PAIN GOES DEEP) (Twin Girl, ASCAP),Jazz -soul group has been creating astir in person and now will do likewisewith record buyers. Unique.

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Holland Is Happening!By JOHN SPARROW

HOLLAND -And "Venus"broke down the Walls of Jer-icho.

Finally, Holland's trumpetingforced the American pop mar-ket to turn and look at themand since December the Dutch,rather glazed -eyed, havewatched Dutch songs fromDutch groups, Dutch -produced,rocket up the charts.

This, at any rate, is the waymany people in Holland see theevents of the past few months.The success of Shocking Blue,TeeSet and the George BakerSelection has put Holland onthe map and paved the way forthe rest. Even from the realmsof underground music has comea sigh of relief.

Hans Wilbrink, publicist forthe Dureco company that hasShocking Blue, puts it this way:"For four -and -a -half years no-body wanted to know. Peoplewould say, 'I like that. Whereis the group from? Where? Oh,Holland. No, sorry.' Now wehave a breakthrough. I thinkit's possible for a Dutch revo-lution. Everyone's working veryhard to reach somewhere."

A Dutch revolution or not,there is certainly a greatsource of creative talent forwhich the road has beenopened.

Not Standing StillWhat has been heard in

America so far is only thesnow on the tip of the iceberg.Little Holland with its 30 mil-lion population has not beenstanding still while the greatercommercial pop world has onlyglanced at her.

Leaving aside other equallyfine groups like Golden Earringor Shoes, and the undergrounddevelopment-the latter whichthe Dutch record business hasyet to get to grips with-Dutchwriters compare with any.From Shocking Blue Robbievan Leeuwen, TeeSet Hansvan Eijck and to broaden thefield Harry Bannink and JoopStokkermans.

There is no such thing as the"Dutch Sound," but if thewhole scene can be put togetherit is probably that they havebeen able to take every influ-ence in their development. Geo-graphically Holland is influ-enced by Germany, France,Belgium and England. Com-mercially by the states.

Hans Wilbrink: "Dutch boysand girls listen to virtuallyeverything. They don't have tolook for it, it's all around them.The groups are certainly opento all the influences. If we havea good concert you will findeveryone there, listening tohow it is being done and think-ing how they would do it."

What is being heard is noth-ing new. "Long LonesomeRoad," the new release for thestates from Shocking Blue, wasa Dutch hit ages ago, way be-fore "Venus."

Wilbrink: "For the pasteight or nine years we havehad very good groups in Hol-land. With Beatlemania therewas a new sound and justabout every street had itsgroup. There were 1200 hallsand 2000 bands.

"So there were not enoughhalls and after one or twoyears there was a revolution.With no money instrumentsstarted to go back to the shops.About half the groups disap-peared and from what was leftthe best joined together insu per -groups."

English AttitudeBut nobody wanted to know

Holland, England being asguilty as America. "In Eng-land," said Wilbrink, "it hasbeen-and still is, to some ex-tent-an attitude of 'Every-thing from the inside is goodand from outside is bad."

There is an interesting storyof how Jerry Ross of Colossusgot hold of Shocking Blue. Heheard the record in Amster-dam and was reluctant to takeit. Moving on to Germany heheard it time and again andwhen he was told it was a

Dutch group he realized wherehe had first heard it. He gotback to Amsterdam as soon ashe could and took it.

Piet Beishuizen, Director ofC. C. G. C.-the unique Dutchorganization to which manufac-turers, importers and retailerscontribute a half per cent atheir annual turnover in rec-ords for internal publicity, pro-motion and general advice-isoptimistic but not counting hisDutch chickens.

"America is looking for newtrends. But I don't see a Dutchinfluence having a great effectin the states. The success ofour groups is well deserved andI'm very proud of it.

"It is too early to say howfar they'll go, although it'samazing they have gone sohigh. I never believed thiswould happen. I didn't think itwas possible. And I'm sure theAmerican distributors wereamazed by the original soundof the Dutch recordings. Maybeit is the beginning of a newtrend."

Beishuizen's conviction isthat the composers have thebiggest chance. "Why not asbig as people like McCartney?",he asks. "We have good musi-cians.

Big Reservoir"Holland has a very big res-

ervoir of musically creativepeople. I am sure there are bigchances in America at the mo-ment because these threegroups have put Holland onthe map."

Paul Acket, Holland's big-gest impresario and owner oftwo music magazines, said:"For two years I have beenconvinced that as far as Eu-rope is concerned we have thebest groups. Take Germany.We have two thousand liketheir best. And we have goodcomposers.

"I think this is the start ofa Dutch impact."

Holland's underground musi-cians are naturally not en-thralled with the type of Dutchmusic that has hit the Ameri-

can charts, but are pleased bythe success.

Dick Zwikker, manager ofSuper Sister, said, "It is goodfor all groups in Holland, com-mercial or not. Everyone hasmore chance now.

"I don't like what has beenturned out. There are othergroups just as good-Solution,Dream and Super Sister."

Super Sister has a single,"She Was Naked," tipped forthe Dutch Top 20. Willem vanKooten of Red Bullet, the com-pany that has Shocking Blue'spublishing, has it with him inthe states at this writing.

Have Attention of WorldAmsterdam's so-called hippies

have the attention of the worldbut not their music or the musicthey associate with. Perhaps inthe long hot summer which iscoming for Amsterdam - thehippies say there will be asmany of them in Amsterdamfrom all over the world asthere was at the Tokyo Expo-the music will break out in thewake of Shocking Blue and co.

With TeeSet's second re-lease in the states, "If You DoBelieve In Love," Holland hasfound itself a chart successfour times in as many months.In the past few months a newera has dawned for Dutch popmusic-a far cry from the dayswhen Willy Alberti wasthought fantastic to make itup to No. 80.

Campus AppointsMindlin, HollandCampus Artist Consultants

has begun its operation in Eu-rope by appointing BernardMindlin of Blaricum, Holland,as representative for Holland,Germany, Sweden and Den-mark. Mindlin may be con-tacted at the Chappell & Com-pany Offices, Singel 170, Am-sterdam, Holland. His dutieswill be to coordinate all CAC'sactivities with the Universitiesand Chappell.



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Mercury a LeaderIn Dutch Influx

A leader in introducingDutch groups to the U. S. hasbeen Mercury Record Corp.Some of Holland's finest actsincluding Ekseption, Cuby andthe Blizzards and Bintangs re-cord in the U. S. on Mercury'sPhilips label.

Mercury's strong position inthe international marketplace,including Holland, comes aboutthrough the corporation's tieswith its parent company, Phil-ips Phonographic Industries,headquartered in Baarn, Hol-land, less than 40 miles fromAmsterdam. PPI's Dutch affili-ate N. V. Phonogram in Am-sterdam, has been the source ofMercury's Holland -basedgroups.

"The groups coming out ofHolland are among the finestin the world," said Mercury'sPresident Irwin H. Steinberg."We're very fortunate to haveon our roster some of the topacts from that country."

One of those groups, Eksep-tion, combines rock and classi-cal in one of the most refresh-ing new sounds being heard,has been getting extensive airplay in recent weeks on U. S.progressive stations. Besidestheir first U. S. Philips LP, aninstrumental single, "DharmaFor One," was recently re-leased.

Ekseption's first album sold50,000 copies in four monthsin Holland and two of theirsingles. "Beethoven's Fifth"and "Air," have been top 10in the Dutch charts. The lattersingle hit the number one spot.

A DepartureWhile Ekseption's first LP

is primarily made up of adap-tations of classical numberstheir second LP, as yet un-released here, represents de-parture. Called "Beggar JuliaTime Trip," it tells the storyof a woman who leaves hermusician husband because helives only for music. Then shetakes a musical trip throughtime where she meets Beetho-ven, Bach, Tchaikovsky and, ofcourse, the Ekseption.

Ekseption, whose membershope to play "live" soon beforeU. S. audiences, is composedof Rick Van Der Linden, piano,organ, harpsicord and mello-tron; Rein Van Den Broek,trumpet and fluegelhorn; RickRemelink, saxophone and flute;Michel Van Dijk, vocals andflute; Cor Dekker, bass; and

Ekseption

Dennis Whitbread, drums andpercussion.

Blues quintet Cuby and theBlizzards are represented withtwo U. S. Philips LPs, "Live"and "King of the World." In arecent poll in the Dutch publi-cation, Hit Week, the groupreceived four first place awards,including best group, best in-strumentalist, best single of theyear and best LP of the year.

Cuby and the Blizzards, or-ganized in 1964 at a time whentheir refusal to bend to com-merciality postponed their later -to -be earned recognition as aact, also is recipient of an Edi-son Award, the Dutch equiva-lent to the Grammy.

Expected at NewportThe group is composed of

Harry Muskee (Cuby), vocalsand harmonica; Elco Gelling,lead guitar; Herman Brood, pi-ano and organ; Herman Dei-num, bass; and Hans Cafaille,drums. The band came close toplaying in the U. S. last sum-mer when they were asked toperform at the Newport JazzFestival, but had to postponethe trip at the last minute. Thegroup is expected to be at New-port this summer, as well as atthe London Blues and Pop Fes-tival.

Also Getting AttentionAnother Dutch act receiving

attention in the U. S. is the Bin -tangs, whose first single, "Ridin'on the L and N," brought themto the attention of the U. S. ra-dio programmers. The group,which has been performing to-gether since 1959, is made upof Jan Wyte, flute; FrankKraayeveld, bass and vocals;Gus Pleines, guitar and vocals;and Aad Hooft, drums.

In addition to the aforemen-tioned acts, a number of otherstrong rock -oriented groups arecurrently recording for N. V.Phonogram. Among them:

-Zen. This act has been to-gether since 1968 and came upwith its first Dutch hit, a ver-sion of "Hair" in late 1968.

Shocking Blue in U.S.On Colossus Tour

Holland's The Shocking Bluefinally have arrived on theseshores.

The top -selling Dutch grouphad been scheduled to arriveearlier than they did, but adelay in the granting of theirwork permits had kept thempacing the floor in Caracas forfour days. They arrived too lateto play their first date in Den-ver but managed to open inPhoenix May 23. They will touruntil June 15, covering everymajor city in the nation. Theirlast performance will see themshare the bill with the Tee Setat Carnegie Hall on June 14.

The group's latest Colossussingle, "Long and LonesomeRoad," is taking off in many

major markets at this time. Rob-bie, the group's leader, was sur-prised when he found out that"Venus" had become an Ameri-can as well as European smash.The group has never beforebeen to this country but hasperformed throughout Germany,Italy, Spain, France, Belgium,England and their native Hol-land.

Robbie writes all his songsin English, "which has becomethe standard language for pop."He says he finds it much moredifficult to write songs in Dutchhence all the Shocking Blue ma-terial is in English. Mariska,the female lead singer of thegroup, nodded her agreement tothis assertation.

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Dutch ConcertAt Carnegie Hall

Dutch groups Shocking Blueand the Tee Set will perform onSunday evening, June 14, atCarnegie Hall in New York.

-The Oscar Benton BluesBand. This is one of Holland'stop blues groups whose first LP,"Feels So Good," was praised bybluesman Muddy Waters and thelate Otis Spann.

-The Rob Hoeke Rhythm andBlues Group. In 1966 thisgroup had three singles in theDutch Top 20, while in 1968their recording of "DrinkingOn My Bed" reached the num-ber 2 spot on the charts.

Tension DebutsTension, a nine -piece rock

group from New Haven, Conn.,will make its New York debutthis week at Honka Monks.

The Poison Ring Recordsgroup will appear at HonksMonka in Long Island City Fri-day and Saturday (June 12and 13). They recently enjoyeda degree of success with "DoesAnybody Really Know WhatTime It Is" and expect a newsingle to be released withinthe next few weeks.

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Red Bullet Aims for U.S. with Many Dutch ActsWilliam Van Kooten and Fred

Haayen of Holland's Red BulletProductions revealed that theywould be starting their ownlabels in this country with ZachGlickman who handles Red Bul-let's business here, includingmanagement, distribution andpromotion.

The two Red Bullet princi-ples were in the country re-cently to make final arrange-ments for their label(s) withGlickman whose New DawnManagement has already beenactive in the Dutch export field.They were joined by Hans VanHemert who is one of six RedBullet producers, Haayen is atop dj in Holland and was votedtop Dutch producer by theDutch Musical Express poll lastyear.

Haayen feels that the Dutchinvasion has been brewing forquite a few years due to thefact that Dutch audiences havebeen constantly exposed to Eng-lish groups who made it a habitto try out in Holland. He re-members when the Who playedDutch dates for $60 a night."Kids got a great musical edu-cation," he said. He has thought

all along that it was only a mat-ter of time for the Dutch todevelop their own groups asthere had been no real showbusiness tradition in Hollandsuch as both England and theU.S. have. "We caught up in afew years," he remarked.

In Europe, Red Bullet is arecord production and promo-tion operation which also han-dles a great number of U.S. andBritish labels, acts and publish-ing. New Dawn handles RedBullet's Dayglo Music in thiscountry.

Coming UpGroups and titles coming up

on the new labels include theGolden Earring; Earth & Fire("Ruby is the One") ; Shoes("Osaka"-a current hit inEurope) ; the Machine ("Lone-some Street") ; Amsterdam("Lucy Lucy") ; and Sandra &Andrea ("Let Us Pray To-gether").

Productions for other labelsinclude the Sphynx and GingerAle for White Whale, JackieCornell for Lionel, BZN for At-lantic and Marty for London.Red Bullet expects to have re-leased eight to 10 albums and

At top, from left: Earth and Fire, Golden Earring, Shoes, R.Z.N. and Mr.Albert Show.

15 singles in their labels firstyear of operation.

Haayen has produced in thiscountry and finds the condi-tions make it very difficult. Hethinks that "the city is drivingthe creative people insane." InHolland things are a bit more

informal and costs greatly re-duced. Van Hemert compared$150 per hour eight track studiocosts in New York with $28 perhour Dutch rates on comparableequipment. He pointed out thatcosts are relative due to thefact that sales of 30,000 meansa record is a hit in Holland.

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Jerry Ross Discovers IGold in Europe

Jerry Ross made a trip toEurope and created a potentialgold mine. Composer, producerand President of the successfulColossus and Heritage labels,Jerry's trip to Europe yieldedthree of the biggest Dutch rockgroups today - Shocking Blue,Tee Set and the George BakerSelection.

Within weeks of its release,"Venus" grabbed the numberone spot, with "Ma Belle Arnie"running a close second in num-ber five position. To round outthe program George Baker'sfive -man crew came along with"Little Green Bag"; it was aninvasion of the U.S. charts bythe Dutch.

How long would it last?Follow-up product from the

Dutch trio of groups proved tobe a milestone in the establish-ment of the now popular "Dutchsound" in America.

Shocking Blue's first LP gar-nered favorable reviews fromeven the toughest critics. Asecond single, "Mighty Joe,"was a chart -maker, as is thenow happening third single,"Long and Lonesome Road."The group arrived in Americaon May 14 to begin a month'stour. Now in Chicago, they planto return home to Holland onJune 15 following a New YorkCarnegie Hall concert on June14.

Tee Set's second single, "IfYou Do Believe in Love," estab-lished them as a versatile groupled by lead singer Peter Tet-teroo, a young man with soulfulfeeling in his voice. The Tee SetLP proved to be a good sellerand the group is joining Shock-ing Blue at Carnegie Hall tokick off their first Americantour.

The George Baker Selectionis a five -man rock group led byJohannes Bo uw en (GeorgeBaker) with a Country andWestern flavor, as demonstratedin "Little Green Bag," "DearAnn" and various cuts fromtheir first LP. This is the new-est of the Dutch groups. Theyhave been together only a year.A tour is in the process of beingplanned for the fall.

Still keeping a close eye onthe progress and developmentof his Dutch groups (which, bythe way, Jerry Ross would liketo think of as not particularly"Dutch sounding" but rathergood music), Jerry has intro-duced what might well becomea new phenomenon: a Germangroup Kannibal Komix whose

first single, "Little Little," andLP, "Kannibal Komix," are justreleased.

In addition, he has purchasedthe rights to a colored TV film"Kannibal Komix or The Housein White," for the Americanmarket.

Dutch, German or Italian-itis good music, and alreadyJerry Ross is planning yet an-other trip to Europe. This time,who knows?

Sicilia Rock Course

On Tuesday Nights

NEW YORK - Dominic Sici-lia, who operates a music busi-ness advertising and publicityagency, has set up a privateworkshop for people who wantto get into promotion in themusic business.

Sicilia will be holding ses-sions every Tuesday night fromJune 16 through July 21 (sixnights) between 7 and 9 p.m. toteach the basics of rock public-ity and promotion. The cost ofthe sessions is $100, with thenumber of students limited to10. Sessions will be held atSicilia's offices at 420 LexingtonAve.

New Dawn ComplexPioneers Dutch InvasionThe only mysterious thing

about the Dutch talent situ-ation, in the view of the averagetradester today, is the fact thatit all took so long to happen.But Zach Glickman, Presidentof New Dawn Artist Manage-ment, one of the heavies in to-day's Dutch -American pop suc-cess story, knows better.

"Today it's like it was alwaysthere just happening," saysGlickman, American manage-ment and publishing represen-tative for Holland's hot RedBullet Productions complex."But when I began takingDutch masters (not cigars. bythe way) around to Americanrecord men, they looked at melike I was a Martian or some-thing."

Glickman took one master toat least a dozen different labelsbefore making a deal, "and itreally wasn't that good a deal,"he recalls today. "Now it's alldifferent. Now everybody's in-terested."

Has First RefusalGlickman has first refusal on

all production emanatingthrough the Red Bullet produc-tion firm of Hilversum, Holland.

Dawn firm hasAmerican management forGolden Earring, a heavy Dutchrock group which recentlyclosed out a successful three-month cross-country American

Melanie TakesBefore Her

Buddah Records' Melanie isunique in the story of theDutch invasion. In her own wayshe turned the tide (Dutch in-version?) and became a smashin Holland before she startedbreaking big at home.

It seems incredible but pollsindicate that one out of everytwo Dutch households has aMelanie record. She has ap-peared on several TV specialsthere and recently appearedwith Buddah's Edwin HawkinsSingers to perform her latesthit (both in Holland and in theNew World), "Lay Down Can-dles in the Rain." She has beenable to maintain a great rap-port with Dutch audiences de-spite the language barrierwhich is a real factor. Hereffect has been compared to thatof Piaf's on non -French audi-ences.

"Lay Down Candles" wasinitially released in Hollandwhere it zoomed to the top ofthe national charts. All of

the LowlandsOwn U. S.Melanie's singles and albumshave sold well in Holland andher live performances there areanxiously awaited.

Her love affair with theDutch began almost acciden-tally when Buddah sent her ona European tour which empha-sized England and France. ADutch date sneaked into herschedule and, after her fantas-tic initial reception, she hasbeen a star on the Netherlandsmusic and record scene eversince.

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tour, with the aid of a speciallyfitted -out Mercedes Benz, whichGlickman saw to as a part ofhis management responsibili-ties.

Also through his Red Bullettie, Glickman's ASCAP pub-lishing firm, Skinny Zach Mu-sic, has the American publish-ing on "Venus," recent smashhit for the Shocking Blue, an-other hot Dutch act now in theU. S. on its very first visit.

Red Bullet's Dayglo Musicpublishing subsidiary in Hol-land is also now handling allBenelux publishing interestsfor all of Glickman's NewDawn affiliated publishing busi-ness through a deal completedduring his recent visit to Hol-land.

In addition to Golden Earring(who return to the U. S. formore touring later this year),Glickman has also recently com-pleted deals for a number ofother hit Dutch acts. These in-clude Earth and Fire (withAtlantic) ; B. Z. N. (also withAtlantic); Ginger Ale (WhiteWhale) and Jacky Cornell(White Whale).

Beyond all this, there areplans also in the works for theestablishment of Red BulletRecords in the U.S., througharrangements for distributionnow being negotiated and to beannounced later. Glickman ispersonally handling all thesedetails.

On the management side,which Glickman especially en-joys "because of the challengeand the personal involvementthat's so much a part of thisend of the business," Glickmanfeels that U. S. tours for theDutch acts, as for those fromEngland, "always pose a prob-lem with immigration authori-ties. And once you get the groupinto the country, getting themabout and making sure theequipment is working properlyso they can put on their bestappearance, are some of theconsiderations.

"We have to make as sure ashumanly possible that we havereal talent working that isworthy and capable of elicitinga favorable response. The com-petition is fierce and aside fromthe unique distinction of beingfrom Holland, the talent has tobe there if you are going tomake an impact."

Cost Major ProblemCost is a major problem for

every act, especially groups,and particularly new groups

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P.I.P. DutchInnovators

Hal Charm, P.I.P. Recordsexec, a division of PickwickInternational, is one of theleading advocates of Dutchproduct in the U.S.

Having spotted the earlytrends and having been instru-mental in bringing some of thefirst Dutch product to the at-tention of American companies,Charm now has the opportu-nity to be excited about newDutch wax for the P.I.P. labeland P.I.P. distributed labels.

High on his probable winnerlist is the latest Wizdum re-lease by Casey & the PressureGroup, "Soul Tango." Casey &the Pressure Group play manystudio sessions in Europe andhave been key factors in a num-ber of Dutch and Americanhits.

Coming up soon are recordsby Zen and the Robe Hoekegroup. Zen first caught Dutchattention with a version of"Hair." The Rob Hoeke Grouphas been extant since the early'60s and has been consistenlyon charts for the past fewyears.

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not yet in the top -dollar cate-gory. The Golden Earring gotaround this headache, partiallyat least, by employing a custom -fitted Mercedes-Benz van. Thevan has 10 airplane type seatsand voluminous space for lug-gage, amplifiers and instru-ments.

In the belief that a good-sizedU. S. market may exist for thistype of facility, after seeing agreat wave of interest fromgroup members from other actswho saw the Earrings' van out-side the Whiskey A Go Go inHollywood, Glickman has un-dertaken talks with the M -Bauthorities overseas, exploringthe possibilities of Americanrepresentation for the vans. Hehas also held meetings withKLM Royal Dutch Air officialsin connection with specialtravel accommodations for thehost of Dutch groups expectedto be making their way toAmerica in the months to come.

CTI Overseas DealNEW YORK-CTI Records an-

nounces an exclusive arrange-ment with Overseas Music Serv-ices, Inc., for all foreign and gov-ernment PR, sales and promoliaison. John Nathan is Presidentof 0 SM.

Atlantic's Dutch TreatsAtlantic Records' involve-

ment in the record business hasalways transcended oceans andcontinental boundaries. Thecompany's globe-trotting execu-tives, especially Ahmet andNesuhi Ertegun, rarely passover new and exciting soundsno matter where they stemfrom.

Nesuhi Ertegun was instru-mental in laying the ground-work that brought the soundof several Dutch groups to thefore . . . and to the U.S.A.Ertegun and manager ZachGlickman are both partly re-sponsible for the success hereof Golden Earring, Atlantic'sbest-selling Dutch Group.

Equating a Dutch groupwith all that's happening inAmerica today is not easy.

Golden Earring has workedlong and hard to get a foot inthe door of the U.S. musicscene. They're pretty well hadto fight every step of the wayfor Amrican afficionados toturn on to something other thanthe heavy sounds out of ourcountry or England.

Golden Earring have been amajor force in Holland duringthe last three years, garneringthe number one slot in fivecategories of the Dutch MusicExpress Magazine Popularitypolls for 1969. In another fivecategories conducted under thesame poll they came in withinthe top five.

The group first came to theUnited States in the spring of1969, playing dates in majorunderground places that drew

rare reviews and standing ova-tions, but circumstances didn'tcome together until the releaseof their first Atlantic album,"Eight Miles High," late lastyear, and their second tourwhich was kicked off right atthe same time. This tour, whichkept them in the country forthe best part of three months,acted as a springboard both fortheir personal achievement andthe success of their LP.

Golden Earring began aboutsix years ago when MarinusGerritsen and George Kooy-mans, schoolmates and neigh-bors, teamed to form a group.It took them almost three yearsto sort things out and find mu-sicians who would match theirtalent and speed of develop-ment. Sieb Warner, considered


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Six Chess Execs TakeLucky 11 on Road

CHICAGO - In a move de-signed to cover the country witha series of in -person meetingswith their distributors, the sixtop-level executives of Chess Rec-ords fanned out nationally thispast week to introduce their"Lucky Eleven" album release.

Spearheading the group isExecutive Vice President RichieSalvador who will personallycover Dome, Essex, and DavidRosen, Inc., the label's distribu-tors in New York, Newark andPhiladelphia. Dick LaPalm, Ad-vertising and MerchandisingManager, will meet with Beam,Schwartz, Seaboard and T.D.C.in Charlotte, Washington, EastHartford and Woburn. Arnie Or-leans, National Sales Director,will hit A & I, Gold/Best andMusic Merchants in Cincinnati,Buffalo and Detroit.

Hal Gold, who is Chess' Mid-west Sales Representative, willblanket his territory - Chi-cago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,St. Louis, Cleveland and Pitts-burgh (All State, Heilicher,John O'Brien's Robert's, Seawayand Arc/Jay Kay respectively).

Jim Stevens, the label's South-ern Sales Representative, willvisit Decca, Music City, South-land, and Tone in New Orleans,Nashville, Atlanta, Hialeah andMemphis. Jack Nelson, WesternSales Representative for ChessRecords, will be in Seattle, Dal-las, Denver, Torrance and SanFrancisco to see ABC, Jay Kay,Pan American, California andMelody.

The new releases include fouralbums on Chess - ReverendFranklin's "Man on the Moon,"Chuck Berry's "Back Home" (al-so available on 8 track, cassetteand open reel tapes), Billy Stew-art's "Remembered" and JoannGarrett's "Just a Taste." Cadet/Concept is represented with asingle album by the Rotary con-nection, "Dinner Music," whichis also being issued in 8 trackand cassette.

Cadet has fielded a quartet ofLPs featuring Lou Donaldson's"Fried Buzzard" and PhilUpchurch's "The Way I Feel"(both of which are also on 8track and cassette), "S.O.B." byShades of Brown and "TheRubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby" byDorothy Ashby. A pair of pack-ages from Checker completesthe "Lucky Eleven"- "BlackGladiator" by Bo Diddley,which is in 8 track, cassetteand open reel configurations aswell, and "In the Beginning"which features Aretha Frank-lin, Little Milton, ErnestFranklin, Martha Bass, Doro-

thy Best and Sammy Lewis inpowerful new and old cutsover -dubbed by the HaroldSmith Majestic Choir.

"Rather than adhere to anytradition -bound ideas about in-troducing new albums to ourdistributors, we feel that hav-ing our top-level executivesmake their presentations in thefield will result in not only aunique concept, but it will alsoprovide a vital give-and-takethat can benefit both ChessRecords and our distributors,"said Salvador.

WB ExpandsField Promo

BURBANK, CALIF. - RonSaul, National Promotion Man-ager of Warner Brothers Rec-ords, announces the appoint-ments of Stuart Love, VincePernicano, Jay Dunn and RussShaw to the posts of regionalpromotion managers for thecompany.

Love will cover the EastCoast marketing areas, Perni-cano the Mid -West, Dunn theSouth and Shaw the WestCoast. Saul emphasized thateach of the four regional man-agers will henceforth be givenextremely wide latitude in thepromotion of the Warner andReprise lines in their respec-tive territories.

A&M Appoints EchevarrietaDir., Ad Merchandising Art

Jon Echevarrieta has beennamed Director of Advertisingand Merchandising Art forA & M Records, reports GilFriesen, A & M Vice -Presidentand Director of Administrationand Creative Services.

In addition to Echevarrieta,Friesen has also named Bar-bara Taylor Director of MediaAdvertising Placement.

Echevarrieta was formerlyGraphics Director for Camp-bell, Silver, Cosby and its many

subsidiaries including Tetra-grammaton Records. Prior tothis affiliation Echevarrieta,free-lanced for Carson Roberts,Robert Mile Runyan, and Por-ter and Goodman advertisingagencies.

Miss Taylor has been withA & M's advertising depart-ment for a year. Prior to A & Mshe was Media Director forSeidman & Starrals AdvertisingAgency in Sherman Oaks. Calif.

Upped at Columbia,Epic Custom Labels

Gene Settler and Don Ellis, as an-nounced last week, have been pro-moted to Director. National Pro-motion/Sales. and Director. Mer-chandising. respectively, at Epic/Columbia Custom Labels.

All Platinum 'Walk'All Platinum Records of New

Jersey has picked up the hotmaster "Walk Away Lover" bythe Unlimited Four on theChanson label.

Benton Re-signs at Cotillion

Henry Den, VI' In Charge of Promotion for Cotillion Records, announcesthat the label has re-signed Brook Renton to a long-term, exclusive re-cording pact. Benton's return to the recording scene last year has alreadynetted him several hest selling records including his RIAA certified mil-lion seller "Rainy Night in Georgia." The artist's latest single. "Don'tIt Make You Want To Go Home." is moving rapidly up the charts. Attop, from left: Al Rosenstein, Brook's manager; pop promo chief JerryGreenberg, Exec VI' Jerry Wexler, singles sales chief Johnny Bienstock,Promotion VI' Henry Allen and, seated, Benton.

Budnik to RCACoast A& R

RCA Records appointed RonBudnik as Producer, Hard RockA and R, West Coast, an-nounces Gary Usher, DivisionVP, Rock Music.

Ron RudnikTo New Post

Budnik will report directlyto Dick Moreland, Manager,Rock Music, West Coast, whosaid: "Ron's duties will be tosearch out and develop newtalent for the label and he willbe concerned with artistic re-lations for rock music."

Budnik's background in themusic business includes previ-ous production work for Co-lumbia and Date Records for"A Group Called Smith" andother acts. He also broughtFiresign Theatre to Columbia.He served as songwriter andProfessional Manager for 4 -Star Music Co. and Fifth WorldMusic Co. As music director forsouthern California radio sta-tions, including KMEN, KFXMand KACY, Budnik workedclosely with record promotionsand various artists; he was onthe staff of KRLA's promotiondepartment and covered LosAngeles local promotion forMercury Records and UnitedArtists.



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Warner Bros. II s 1849.John Simon and a couple of his friends

whoop it up. John's at the pen and pianowith equal fervor. The whole kaboodle isdistinctive, one of the best signature al-bums of the year. Puts just abouteverybody in the shade.

****IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOT

JOHN HARTFORD-RCA Factor LSP 4337.Thoughts, like cyclists, come pedal-

ling out of John Hartford's multi -tracked mind. On this new package heand friends play eight new tunes and"Hey Jude." Songs include "Like Untoa Mockingbird," "Natural to Be Gone"and "I Won't Know Why I Went TillAfter I Get Back, Maybe."

****THEM CHANGES

BUDDY MILES-Mercury SR 61280.His mind is going through them

changes, and them buyers are going tobe going through them pockets to gettogether the coin needed to purchasethis electrifying Buddy Miles album.Big band plays around his multi -fa-ceted drum and voice.

***RETURN FROM THE DEAD

DIRTY JOHN'S HOT DOG ST I N 1 11 1111KENNY PAULSON-Amsterdam AMS 12004.

From the first beat of the first beat,Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand withKenny Paulson lay right in there. Thefirst song, a single tip if ever therewas one, is "Hard Drivin' Man," andwhat follows is just as promising.

****SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

SAMMY It 11 I. JR.-Motown MS 710.Sammy does Blood, Sweat and Tears

here plus some others. He swivel -hipsthrough "Spinning Wheel," "And WhenI Die," "You Made Me So Very Happy,"plus a few BS&T have yet to get aroundto. "In the Ghetto," My Way," more.

****THE BIGGEST THING SING COLOSSUS

OTIS SP N \ II ITII FLEET* 0011 1 IC-Polydor 1111 1802.

Shortly before his death, Otis Spanncompleted this package on which he'ssupported by some of his biggest ad-mirers, Fleetwood Mac. The blues hereis hot, heavy, mean, down. "My LoveDepends on You," "Dig You," "No MoreDoggi n'."

* * * *AIRPORT LOVE THEME

VINCENT BELL-Decca DL 75212.Vincent Bell plays his famous "water

sound" on many a movie theme here.Among them his single, "Airport LoveTheme," "Theme from 'The Damned',""Theme from 'Anne of the ThousandDays'," "Love Theme from 'The Sand-piper'."

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Hard rock group is clicking with thistheir second album underground. Whatthey're playing and what they're sayingwill get across to the heavy music headsacross and under the country. Ten orig-inal pieces of groovy sounds.

* * * *CONNIE FRANCIS

MGM GAS 109.Connie's greatest here. "Where the

Boys Are," "Lipstick on Your Collar,""Everybody's Somebody's Fool," "Span-ish Nights and You," "Who's SorryNow," "Time Alone Will Tell," "StupidCupid," "Blue Winter," "Mama," "To-gether."

****KRISTOFFERSON

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON-11,mam. nrSLP 18139.

Talented songwriter -singer Kris Kris-tofferson has cut one torrid demo recordof his songs here. Included for the sa-voring of laymen and other singers alikeare "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down,""Blame It on the Stones," "Me andBobby McGee." ****

MINNIE'S BOYSSHELLEY WINTERS-Project 3 TS6002 SD.

Shelley Winters was lured to Broad-way to play a mother, but it was LewisJ. Stadlen who won the plaudits asGroucho in this musicalization of thelife of the Marx Brothers. The LarryGrossman -Hal Hackady score deservedbetter than it got. Collector's item.

****REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE

MARMALADE-London PS 575."Reflections of My Life" has already

been a smash single in the U. K., andit looks to repeat here. Same could besaid of this new album, which includesnine original Marmalade ditties andJames Taylor's "Carolina in My Mind."

****THE GRASSHOPPER

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Lovely Jacqueline Bisset is the grass-hopper of the title, jumping from pillowto post. Movie's music is by Billy Golden-berg, with other ditties by Al Kasha andJoel Hirshhorn and Bobby Russell, whowrote and sings the haunting "As Faras I'm Concerned."

****MALVINA REYNOLDS

Century City CCR 5100.A beloved songwriter, Malvina Rey-

nolds is discovered every year by some-one or another. Now Century City givesher a chance to sing her thoughtful, dis-turbing tunes. This could be the packagethat brings her to national prominence.




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VP Fach Initiating, ConcludingDeals and Appointments

The activity around MercuryRecords' New York office hasbeen hectic the past few weeks.

Vic President Charlie Fach,who recently took over as East-ern A&R Director, has been

' busy initiating and concludingmajor deals as well as makingappointments to furtherstrengthen both the A&R andadministrative side of the oper-ation. In addition, finishingtouches are being applied tothe company's new recordingstudios, which already are re-garded as among the best in theindustry.

While he took over East CoastA&R directions only a fewweeks ago, Fach has alreadyconcluded one major deal withsuccessful producer/songwriterPaul Vance. Terms of the agree-ment call for Mercury to be soleU.S. distributor of Vance'snewly formed label, Odax Rec-ords.

"I'm currently talking toseveral other individuals re-garding distribution of labels,and I expect to make additionalannouncements in the very nearfuture," said Patch.

Strengthening A&RThe VP also has begun to

strengthen t h e corporation'sstaff A&R set-up through theappointment of Jay Leer asstaff producer working out ofthe New York office. Leer, whowith his brother Larry make upthe Leer Brothers singing team,will scout for product along theEast Coast as well as do produc-tion work. Fach said Jay willcontinue to record as part ofthe Leer Brothers team. Theircurrent Intrepid single, "Mys-tery of Love," has been seeingincreasing airplay and salessince its release several weeksago.

Fach also has announced thatDorothy Psalidas is movingfrom Intrepid to Mercury's NewYork office, where she will beManager of A&R Administra-tion.

Fach and Mercury PresidentIrwin H. Steinberg attended theKal Rudman convention overthe weekend and on Monday,June 8, will be in Los Angelesreviewing the corporation'sWest Coast operations. The pairalso will be seeking out some-one to head up the A&R set-upin Mercury's Los Angeles office.

In the area of product, Fachalso noted that Barry Seidel,based out of New York as A&RDirector for ContemporaryProduct, has been travelingthroughout the country in re-cent weeks, listening to newgroups. Seidel, who was respon-sible for discovering and pro-ducing Taos, whose first LP wasrecently released, has justsigned Laramie, a Wyoming -based contemporary bluegrassact whose first album will fea-ture a heavy, driving bottom.Seidel also signed and servedas A&R coordinator for Ex-huma, whose first LP has beenpicking up heavy airplay onmany progressive, Top 40 andR&B stations.

On the floor above Mercury'soffices at 110 West 57th St.,John Eargle, director of thecompany's recording facilities,has been overseeing work beingdone on Mercury's two studios.While both studios alreadyhave seen considerable record-ing work, Eargle recently be-gan revamping the entire set-up, with completion expectedwithin the next couple weeks.

In the 16 -track "A" studio, a24 -mike input console has justbeen installed. The console,which has 16 output busses,also features a quadrasonicmixdown facility, as well as 2 -channel and mono mixdowns.The studio, which has beentotally refurbished acoustically,measures 40 by 28 by 18 feet.The smaller 8 -track "B" studio,which measures 24 by 15 by 12feet, has also undergone a face-lifting. Both studios areequipped with large -sized vocalbooths.

One group that has recordedin Mercury's New York studiohas come up with one of thefinest albums ever made. TheLP, produced by ex-Lovin'Spoonful member Steve Boone,is by the Oxpetals, a highly -regarded new act. The albumwill be released about July 1.

The studio will be the centerof considerable activity in com-ing weeks when Melba Moore,star of the Broadway show,"Purlie," begins recording hersecond Mercury LP under thedirection of producer Jim Fra-gale. Melba's rendition of "IGot Love" from "Purlie," re-leased as a single, has beengaining heavy airplay in recent


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THE METERS-1mile PAS 4012.The beat is all, and what a great beat

it is. Those fellows who have Cissied andLooka-Py-Pyed are back to do the Chick-en Strut and other dances. Will get thedancing crowds crowing along in notime. ****

IN A STATE OF SIEGE

MIKIS THEIHNIRAKIS--Ploydor24-4503.

Until recently a political prisoner,Mikis Theodorakis is again free to ex-press himself through composing. Thisis a tone poem with words by Marina,sung by Maria Farandouri and AntoniaKaloyannis.

* * * *AT HOME

LAMBERT AND NUTTYCOMBE-A&MSP 4250.

Lambert and Nuttycombe are two gui-tar picking singing guys who have in-terested the likes of Glyn John, DaveAnderle and Chad Stuart in producingthem. They write most of their quiet,understated material. In fact, only "Mr.Bojangles" isn't theirs.

****33 1/3 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

BRUCE MURDOCH-Stormy ForestSFS 6006.

Despite a tasteless cover, Bruce Mur-doch's album should get heavy and fa-vorable response. He strums out a som-bre blues (and writes it, too) and singswith heart. Most of the songs are aboutand for women in his life. but there'sa political message also.

* * * *PAUL HORN & THE CONCERT ENSEMBLE

Os (Ilion OV 14-05.Paul Horn has done what a few peo-

ple have tried before, and succeeds aswell as or better than most. He takescurrent ditties and combines them witha classical sound. "Light My Fire," "TheLook of Love," et cetera. An eight -mangroup.

* * * *THE BROTHERS FOUR 1970

FANTASY 8400.The Brothers Four have grown their

hair a little longer and moved into the'70's. They've combed the songalogs ofsome of the better recent writers andmade the moat of "Goin' Back to BigSur," "Reason to Believe," "Darling BeHome Soon," "Here I Go Again."

****A MAN CALLED HORSE

SOUNDTRACK-Columbia OS 3530.Leonard Roseman wrote the evocative

original music for "A Man CalledHorse." Authentic Sioux music is per-formed by members of the RosebudSioux tribe. The tension runs high fromfirst band to last.



41aniameing The Release or Bee'howl& Biggest Hit hi 200 years

Once every year or so an emphatically unlikely single comes out ofnowhere to render the pop cosmos, well, topsy-turvy.

Such a record was Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" in1967, Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends" in thewaning moments of 1968, or the Edwin Hawkins Singers'"Oh HappyDay" in 1969.

Such a record is Miguel Rios' "A Song Of Joy," right now.Unlikely? You bet your booties...%%JouId you, after all, have ever suspected that a pop adaptation of

Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" by a Spanish teen heart-throb hacked byan orchestra and chorus under the direction of South American Suitecomposer Walter de Los Rios would so electrify the alma\ t' from thePyrennes to Toronto that even so august an observer as Rolling Stone'sman in Canada and Beatle confidante Ritchie Yorke would be movedto exude in its behalf:

''... It is such an overwhelming record that once you'veheard it you will remember it for life... It may well be-come the anthem of a generation searching for Utopia ..."%Ye wouldn't have either. But unwary though we may have been,

we're only too delighted to bestow this marvel upon the UnitedStates, whose pop charts would otherwise have looked rathebarrenduring this, the Beethoven Bi-Centennial, without a little somethingby that unlikely composing chap at their pinnacle.

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Jubilee Distributes DeesuNEW YORK --Steve

President of Jay -Gee RecordCo., and Mickey Eichner, VicePresident, announced that theJubilee Group of labels will ex-clusively distribute the newDeesu Records diskery formedby producers Alan Toussaintand Marshall Sehorn, effectiveimmediately.

Outgrowth of the successfulrelationship between Jubileeand the producers via theMeters' four hit singles and twohit albums on the Josie label,the distribution agreementmarks the first appearance ofSehorn and Toussaint's consis-tently successful "New Orleanssound" on their own label.

First product, scheduled forimmediate release, is "TheBook" by new artist EldridgeHolmes, written by Leo "Breez"Nocentelli of the Meters.

Best known for their stringof hits with Lee Dorsey ("RideYour Pony,- "Working in the

Coal Mine," "Everything I 1)oGonna Be Funky," Ya Ya," "GetOut of My Life, Woman"), Se -horn and Toussaint have alsobeen associated with such di-verse talents as Herb Alpert,Otis Redding, Al Hirt, the DaveClark Five, Ernie K -Doe, GladysKnight & the Pips, Lightnin'Hopkins, Elmore James, AndyGriffith, George Hamilton andWilbert Harrison as well as theMeters. As producers and/orwriters Sehorn and Toussainthave accounted for such hits as"Pain in My Heart," "WhippedCream," "Look on YonderWall," "I Like It Like That,""Mother in Law," "Sophisti-cated Cissy," "Cissy Strut,""Easy Back," "Look -Ka Py Py,""Chicken Strut" and "TheHandclapping Song."

Production offices of DeesuRecords, a division of Sehornand Toussaint's Sansu Enter-prises, will be located in NewOrleans.

WB Gets Maclen Print RightsGeorge Lee, VP and General

Manager, has augmented thefast-growing Warner BrothersMusic contemporary publishingscene by acquiring exclusiveprint rights to the Maclen cat-alogue in the United States andCanada. Negotiations were con-summated by Lee with RobertL. Casper in New York andDick James.

The Maclen catalogue con-tains most of the songs writtenby John Lennon and Paul Mc-Cartney such as "EleanorRigby," "Michelle," "All MyLoving," "Here, There and Ev-erywhere" and "Can't Buy MeLove," ae well as the five BMIPerformance Award songs for

1969 controlled by Maclen, "GetBack," "Goodbye," "Hey Jude,""Ob -La- Di - Ob -La - Da" and"Yesterday."

Warner intends to go intoimmediate production on allsongs controlled by Maclen Mu-sic, Inc., including Paul Mc-Cartney's recent LP, "McCart-ney," which is currently on topof the charts and contains 14songs written by McCartney.Also forthcoming will be a "LetIt Be" folio. In production noware two new Lennon/McCart-ney songs. "The Long andWinding Road," from the LP,"Let It Be," and "Across theUniverse" (as recorded by CiliaBlack.)

Janus Drive On

Mungo Jerry DiskNEW YORK - The record

which jumped to #16 on theBritish charts just one weekafter its release, "In The Sum-mertime" by Mungo Jerry, isbeing rush -released in the U.S.by Janus Records. The record,which is selling at the rate of40 to 60 thousand a day, createda sensation in England.

Marvin Schlachter, presidentof Janus Records, announcedthat "In The Summertime" byMungo Jerry is being backedby an all-out promotion cam-paign including trade ads, spe-cial dj mailings and a U.S. per-sonal appearance tour forMungo Jerry.

De Merle Debut

Comedian Sandy Rama (center)displays the new album of drum-mer -bandleader Les De Merle wholooks on at the Steak Pit in Para-mus, N.J., where De Merle de-buted his new rock -jazz orchestra.At right, Mike Lipton, VI' ofUnited Artists Records which justreleased the album titled "Lea DeMerle-Spectrum" and hulk pro-ducer Juggy Murray (left) whoproduced the album.

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. . The new Stevie Wonder is "Signed, Sealed & Deliverd" . .WTIX picks Brad, Original Cast . . . WKNR picks new Jay &Americans, Mark Lindsey, Flaming Ember . . . Brooklyn Bridgelongshot on WMCA . Intruders breaking WAYS, now on WIXZ,over 100,000 nationally . . . 3 Degrees the top selling recordWPRO, Providence, on WIXZ, this is a hit . . . Delphonics #15-WIBG; on WIXZ . . . Lost Generation over 300,000 & ready tospread pop . . . Top phone request giant from WFUN, Exuma,"The Obea Man." Artist is Exuma on Philips . . . KYA now onCrowfoot, Jim Campbell, Johnny Mathis, Mark Lindsey ... WOKYbig requests on Blanchard & Morgan, on Bread . . . WIBG, newCarpenters, Turley Richards, Illusion . . . KILT pie Tommy Roe,on Carpenters, Little Richard, B.J. Thomas . . . KLIF onB. J. Thomas, Carpenters, Mark Lindsey, Bread . . . WBBQ pieCarpenters . . . KJR on Janet Lawson "Artistry In Sound" . . .Chart debuts: Rattles, Bread, Carpenters . . . it appears certainthat the Carpenters & Bread are going to be hits, look for the5 Staresteps to go to top 5.

"Snow Bird," Ann Murray, is a giant jukebox record in Pitts-burgh, went on WIXY & Capitol Records congratulates the follow-ing secondary stations for reporting requests over the past threeweeks, KUDE, Oceanside, KPAY Chico, California, WTRR San-ford, Florida, WKIZ Key West, WDIG Dolphin & WHMI Frederick

. the new Engelbert Humperdinck is "My Marie."Betty Breneman Reports for the Bill Drake Team

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G -Music for the soul-and the heart.

Candi Staton sings with that same sweet feeling (you've heard

the hit single) that makes her first album a natural wonder. "I'm Just

A Prisoner" is the album's title: But it easily could have been

named - Sweet Feeling; I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart

(Than A Young Man's Fool); etc ... etc ... etc .. .

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Atlanta -Macon ReportBy LEE BARRY

The royal Atlanta homecoming was given Bill Lowery by hispeople at Lowery Music Co. when he returned home with theBMI music publishing championship pennant. An enthusiasticcrowd of some 50 writers, artists, producers and office staffgreeted "King William the First" with a runner covered withrose petals, a regal cape and crown, champagne and all the"goodies" that make for a festive occasion. After a brief stayLowery has headed West again . . . to Las Vegas for Billy JoeRoyal's opening at the Flamingo and the Kal Rudman Conference. . . and to Honolulu for the Capitol Convention wrnere Joe Southperformed as the special guest star on a Capitol Conventionversion of the Glen CampSell "Goodtime Hour."

Back in the Big A Sonny James was busy opening his "SouthernGentlemen Furniture Store." James performed at the June 6Grand Opening and spent some time with Wade Pepper of CapitolRecords. Capitol's Charlie Louvin was also in the Atlanta areaworking at Shoal Creek Park in Lavonia. Charlie, out with a newCapitol single, "Come And -Get It Mama," will be back in townfor WPLO's 5th Annual Listener Appreciation Week, July 13-17.WPLO brings Nashville to Atlanta in a big way June 13 withWylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Nat Stuckey, Connie Smith andBobby Wright appearing on a "Caravan of Stars."

Theatre of the Stars has announced a summer series thatincludes the world premiere of The Debbie Reynolds Show; EdieAdams and Jack Cassidy in "I Do! I Do!"; Bob Cummings andMamie Van Doren in "How To Succeed in Business"; Vincent Pricein "Oliver!"; Ann Miller in "Mame"; and Richard Kiley in "Manof La Mancha." Bobby Sherman riding the charts with "MisterSun" is set for a June 9 Atlanta appearance with the NittyGritty Dirt Band ... Traffic 10 Years After, Mothers of Invention,Ike & Tina Turner, Sweetwater, Allman Brothers, It's A BeautifulDay, Albert King, Mountain and Sun Country are all slated fora "Cosmic Carnival" at Braves' Stadium on June 13. The one day"Carnival" will be followed by the Atlanta Pop Festival at theMiddle Georgia Raceway July 3-5 .. . Alex Cooley of the AtlantaPop Festival reports that Jimi Hendrix, Spirit, Ginger Baker'sAir Force, Richie Havens, Sly & the Family Stone, Country Joe &the Fish. Terry Reid, the Chambers Brothers, B.B. King, Cactus,John Sebastian, Jethro Tull, Lee Michaels, the Allman Brothersand Captain Beefhart & His Magic Band are signed for the event.

Also due for summer shows are Roy Clark, Boots Randolph,Martha Carson, the Geezinslaw Brothers, Jack Blanchard andMisty Morgan, Glen Yarbrough, the Everly Brothers, the Gold-diggers. Peggy Lee, Peter Nero, Kenny Rogers and the FirstEdition. Pete Fountain, Homer & Jethro, the Stonemans, HenryMancini. Sandler & Young and Ray Charles-not to mentionthe Who at the Municipal Auditorium on June 22.

Glass Bottle Entertains

Avco-Embassy artists the Glass Bottle entertained at a cocktailparty the other day at the Royal Coach Motor Inn. By the way, theCastle Ballroom of the Royal Coach will host Atlanta's GrammyAwards Banquet Show next year. The show will be produced byBuddy Buie and Guy Waldron.

Wire received in the Lowery offices: "Am recording 'Don't ItMake You Wanna Go Home.' Joe South material is good for me.He writes out of meter and I talk out of meter.

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