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single is from The Tokens who have latchedonto a cool Coffin -King
tune called "He "s In Town." ThisB. T. Puppy release is geared to
teen Interests and willbe in high gear soon The album is the one
The FourSeasons have built around their stapendous PhilipsRecords
"Rag Doll" single. "Ronnie" is also includedas are a number of
other songs designed to set offThe Seasons' specialized sound.
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHTThe Beatles-Capitol 5222
I GET AROUND 9Beach Boys-Capitol 5174
MEMPHIS 9Johnny Rivers-Imperial 66032
DANG ME 1Roger Miller-Smash 1881
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'SMINE
The Dave Clark Five-Epic 9692
EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY 5Dean Martin-Reprise 0281
LITTLE OLD LADY FROMPASADENA
Jan & Dean-Liberty 55704
GIRL FROM IPANEMA 1Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto-Verve
10323
WISHING 9f& HOPING 6Dusty Springfield-Philips 40207
UNDER THE BOARDWALK 4Drifters-Atlantic 2237
KEEP ON PUSHING 6Impressions-ABC 10554
MY BOY LOLLIPOP 9Millie Small-Smash 1893
NOBODY I KNOW 4Peter & Gordon-Capitol 5211
DON'T LET THE SUN CATCHYOU CRYIN' 10
Gerry 8 The Pacemakers-Laurie 3251
I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD 5Jelly Beans-Red Bird 10-003
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO 8Chuck Berry-Chess 1898
PEOPLE 13
A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE 12
FARMER JOHN 5
STEAL AWAY 5
I BELIEVE 5
YOU'RE MY WORLD 6
CHAPEL OF LOVE 13Dixie Cups-Red Bird 10-001
I STILL GET JEALOUS
TRY IT BABY
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Barbra Streisand-Columbia 42965
Peter & Gordon-Capitol 5175
Premiers-Warner Bros. 5443
Jimmy Hughs-Fane 6401
The Bachelors-London 9672
Cilia Black-Capitol 5196
Louis Armstrong-Kapp 597
Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54095
REMEMBER ME
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BAD TO ME 8Billy J. Kramer & Dakotas-Imperial 66027
WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO 2Supremes-Motown 1060
DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY 9Searchers-Kapp 593
GOOD TIMESSam Cooke-RCA Victor 8368
LITTLE CHILDREN 15Billy J. Kramer & Dakotas-Imperial
66027
HANDY MAN 3Del Shannon-Amy 905
TELL METhe Rolling Stones-London 9682
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HEY HARMONICA MAN 6Little Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54096
SHARE YOUR LOVE 7B. B. Bland-Duke 377
AL -DI -LA 3Ray Charles Singers-Command 4049
DON'T WORRY BABY 10Beach Boys-Capitol 5174
ANGELITO 6Rene & Rene-Columbia 43045
MIXED UP, SHOOK UP GIRL 3Patty & Emblems-Herald 590
JUST BE TRUE 3Gene Chandler-Constellation 130
DO I LOVE YOU 5Ronettes-Philles 121
C'MON AND SWIM 4Bobby Freeman-Autumn 2
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT 4Miracles-Tamla 54098
PEOPLE SAY 3Dixie Cups-Red Bird 10-006
LOVE ME WITH ALL YOURHEART 16
Ray Charles Singers-Command 4046
YESTERDAY'S GONE 13Stewart & Clyde-World Artists 1021
AIN'T SHE SWEET 2Beatles-Atlantic 6308
SUGAR LIPS 2Al Hirt-RCA Victor 8391
WALK DON'T RUN,' 64 1Ventures-Dolton 96
I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD 3Earl-Jean-Colpix 729
LAZY ELSIE MOLLY 6Chubby Checker-Parkway 920
FERRIS WHEEL 5Everly Bros.-Werner Bros. 5441
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND 3Boston "Pops" Orch.-RCA Victor
8378
WALK ON BY 14Dionne Warwick-Scepter 1274
HOW DO YOU DO IT 2Gerry & The Pacemakers-Imperial 3261
SHE'S THE ONE 3Chartbusters-Mutual 502
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITHYOU, BABY 12
Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells-Motown 1057
HELLO DOLLY 24Louis Armstrong & All Stars-Kapp 573
YOU'RE MY REMEDY 4Marvelettes-Tamla 54097
IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE 3T. Bennett-Columbia 43073
SOMETHING YOU GOT 5A. Robinson-Tiger 104
SUNNY 3Neil Scdaka-RCA Victor 8382
SOLE SOLE SOLE 2Siw Malmkvist 8. Umberto Maracato-
Jubilee 5479
THE WORLD I USED TO KNOW 9Jimmie Rodgers-Dot 16595
LOVE IS ALL WE NEED 3Vic Dana-Dolton 95
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Jack Jones-Kapp 589
LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU 1Kingsmen-Wand 157
A TEAR FELL 1Ray Charles-ABC Paramount 10571
WORRY 1Johnny Tillotson-MGM 13255
ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHATLOVE IS 2
Irma Thomas-Imperial 66041
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY
TO LOVE 2Solomon Burke-Atlantic 2241
A QUIET PLACE 6Garnett Mimms-U. A. 715
PEG 0' MY HEART 5Robert Maxwell-Decca 23637
WHAT HAVE I GOT OF MY OWN 5Trini Lopez-Reprise 0276
IF I'M A FOOL FOR LOVING YOU 6Bobby Wood-Joy 285
I CAN'T HEAR YOUBetty Everett-Vee Jay 599
IT AIN'T NO USE 5Major Lance-Okch 7191
JOHNNY LOVES ME 1Florraine Darlin-Ric 105
BEG ME 8Chuck Jackson-Wand 154
HAUNTED HOUSE 2Gene Simmons-Hi 2076
IT WILL STAND 1Showmen-Imperial 66033
SAY YOU 1Ronnie Dove-Diamond 167
WHAT CAN A MAN DO 1Ben E. King-Atco 6303
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER 1The Beatles-Capitol 5222
BABY COME HOME 1Ruby & Romantics-Kapp 601
INVISIBLE TEARS 1Ray Conniff Singers-Columbia 43061
IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT 2Jerry Wallace-Challenge 59246
BACHELOR BOY 2Cliff Richard-Epic 9691
ONLY YOUWayne Newton-Capitol 5203
IT'S A COTTON CANDY WORLD 2Jerry Wallace-Mercury 72292
NIGHTINGALE MELODYLittle Johnny Taylor-Galaxy 731
SHE'S MY GIRL 1Bobby Shafto-Rust 5082
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME 1Brook Benton-Mercury 72303
I WANT YOU TO MEET MY BABY 1Eydie Gorme-43082
RINGO'S THEME (THIS BOY) 1George Martin Orch.-United Artists
745
HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME 1Tams-ABC Paramount 10573
JAMAICA SKA 1Ska Kings-Atlantic 2232
LOOKING FOR LOVE 1Connie Francis-MGM 13256
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3 4 RETURN OF THE DAVE CLARKFIVE 1
Epic LN-24104
4 3 GETZ/GILBERTOVerve V-8545: V6-8545
5 2 HELLO DOLLY 24Original Cast-RCA LOC-1087: LSO -1087
6 5 FUNNY GIRL 14B'way Cast-Capitol VAS -2059: SVAS-2059
7 7 ROLLING STONES 5London LL -3375
8 6 COTTON CANDY 10A. Hirt-RCA Victor LPM-2917
* 16 PINK PANTHER 11H. Mancini-RCA LPM-2795: LSP-2795
10 8 THE THIRD BARBRA
STREISAND ALBUM 23Columbia CL -2154: CS -2154
11 12 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE 5Peter and Gordon-Capitol T-2155
12 10 THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM 15Capitol T-2080: ST -2080
13 11 HONEY IN THE HORN 39A. Hirt-RCA LPM-2733: LSP-2733
14 17 JOHNNY RIVERS AT THEWHISKEY A' GO GO 6
Imperial LP -9264
15 15 SHUT DOWN, VOL. II 18Beach Boys-Capitol T-2027: ST -2027
24 BEATLES SONG BOOK 6Hollyridge Strings-Capitol T-2116
17 20 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 12A. Williams-Columbia CL -2172: CS
-8971
18 14 GLAD ALL OVER 17Dave Clark Five-Epic LN-24093:
BN-26093
19 19 LITTLE CHILDREN 6B. J. Kramer-Imperial 9267: 12267
20 22 SOMETHING SPECIAL FORYOUNG LOVERS 17
R. Charles gingers-Command RS -866:RS -866 -SD
21 27 I LOVE YOU MORE AND MOREEVERY DAY/TEARS AND ROSES 5
A. Martino-Capitol 1-2107: ST -2107
22 25 BEWITCHED 6Jack Jones-Kapp KL-3365
23 13 TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER 9N. Wilson-Capitol T-2082
24 23 TODAY 16New Christy Minstrels-Columbia CL -2159:
CS -8959
25 32 THE MANY SIDES OF THESERENDIPITY SINGERS 5
Philips PHM-200-134
26 26 THE SECOND BARBRA
STREISAND ALBUM 41Columbia CL -2054: CS -8854 37 THE
INTERNATIONAL TEENAGE
SENSATION 5Rita Pavone-RCA LPM-2900
28 29 CHUCK BERRY'S GREATEST HITS 9Chess LP -1485
29 18 MARY WELL'S GREATEST HITS 10Motown 616 (mono only)
44 I WALK THE LINE 5Johnny Cash-Columbia CL -2190 58 WONDERFUL
WORLD OF MAKE
BELIEVE 3J. Mathis-Mercury MG -20913
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62 THE UNSINKABLE MOLLYBROWN 3
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33 38 MEET THE BEATLES 27Capitol T-2047: ST -2047
34 21 BACK IN TOWNo47
Kingston Trio-Capitol T-2081
35 31 LETTERMEN LOOK AT LOVE 1Capitol T-2083
36 28 IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME-THING I SAID 11
Smothers Brothers-Mercury MG -20904:SR -60904
31 33 MORE THEMES FOR YOUNG
LOVERS 8P. Faith-Columbia CL -2167
38 35 WEST SIDE STORY 143Soundtrack-Columbia OL-5670: CS
-2070
39 30 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 9J. Jones-Kapp KL-1328 69 DON'T LET
THE SUN CATCH
YOU CRYIN' 4Gerry 8 The Pacemakers-Laurie 2024
41 34 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 14Soundtrack-UA UAL -4114:
UAS-5114
42 45 SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE 9R. Conniff-Columbia CL -2150
43 36 REFLECTIONS 9P. Nero-RCA LPM-2853
44 40 BOYS BOYS BOYS 8L. Gore-Mercury MG -20901: SR -60901
45 42 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIAWOOLF 15
J. Smith-Verve V-8583 V6-8583
46 41 HIGH SPIRITS 10Original Cast-ABC Paramount ABC 0C-1
47 52 IN THE WIND 33Peter, Paul & Mary-Warner Bros.
WB-1507:
WS -1S07
48 41 THE AMERICAN TOUR 10Ed Rudy & The Beatles-News
Documentary II
49 43 SHOWTIME 10J. Brown & His Orch-Smash MGS-27054:
SRS -.67054 63 THE FABULOUS VENTURES 3Dolton BLP-2029
51 59 DEAD MAN'S CURVE/NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL 5
Jan 8 Dean-Liberty LRT-3361
52 51 LET'S HAVE A PARTY 6Rivieras-Riviera U.S.A.-102 65 I WISH
SOMEONE WOULD CARE 4I. Thomas-Imperial LP -9266
54 54 THE BARBRA STREISAND
ALBUM 61Capitol CL -2007
55 49 INTRODUCING THE BEATLES 25Vee Jay LP -1062: SR -1062 68
FADE OUT-FADE IN 3Original Cast-ABC Paramount OC-3
57 39 NEW ORLEANS AT MIDNIGHT 9P. Fountain-Coral CRL-57429
58 48 LILIES OF THE FIELD 13Soundtrack-Epic LM -24094: BN-26094
70 PRESENTING THE BACHELORS 5London LL -3353: PS -353
60 46 KISSIN' COUSINS 11E. Presley-RCA LPM-2894: LSP-2894
61 61 SWINGLE SINGERS GO BAROQUE 8Philips PHS-600135
62 50 MANHATTAN TOWER 15R. Goulet-Columbia OL-6050: OS -2450
63 53 BY REQUESTB. Lee-Decca DL -4507
64 56 SHANGRI-LA 16R. Maxwell-Decca DL -4461: DL -4421
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66 73 STAY AWHILED. Springfield-Philips 600-133
67 61 MEET THE SEARCHERS 17Kapp KL-1363: KS -3363
68 79 ON THE MOVE 17Trini Lopez-Reprise R-6112: R9-6112
69 60 SERENDIPITY SINGERS 20Philips PHS-600 35
70 72 JOAN BAEZ IN CONCERT, VOL II 36Vanguard-VRS-9113:
VSD-2123
71 74 MOONLIGHT AND ROSES 4J. Reeves-RCA LPM-2854: LSP-2854
72 65 I WISH YOU LOVE 14G. Lynn-Everest 5226: 1226
73 71 DISCOVERY 9V. Carr-Liberty LRP-3554
74 83 DAWN 20Four Seasons-Philips PHM-20014: PHS-600124
15 64 LOUIE LOUIE 29Kingsmen-Wand 657 (mono only)
16 51 CHARADE 33H. Mancini-RCA LPM-2755: LSP-2755
86 DANCE DISCOTHEQUE 3Various Artists-Decca DL -4556:
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18 76 WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW 9T. Bennett-Columbia CL -2175: CS
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19 88 HAMLET 5R. Burton and Cast-Columbia DOL-302
80 87 I'LL SEARCH MY HEART 2J. Mathis-Columbia CL 2153
81 77 HEAR HEARSearchers-Mercury MG -20889
82 84 ENCHANTED WORLD OF
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83 75 MARVIN GAYE AND MARYWELLS TOGETHER
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84 78 TOM JONESSoundtrack-UA UAL -4133: UAS-6133
85 82 FOREVERP. Drake-Smash MGS-27053: SRS -67053
86 80 SUSPICIONTerry Stafford-Crusader 1001M
87 91 ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS 2Soundtrack-Reprise F-2021
88 81 THE EARLY HITS OF 1964 18L. Welk-Dot DLP-3572:
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89 94 ROGER AND OUT 2R. Miller-Smash MGS-27049
90 85 FOREVER 8B. Vaughn-Dot DLP-3578
91 95 BILL BLACK PLAYS TUNESBY CHUCK BERRY 2
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92 (-) HERE'S GODFREY CAMBRIDGE-READY OR NOT 1
Epic FIN -13101
93 (-) THE FIRST NINE MONTHSARE THE HARDEST 1
Len Weinrib and Joyce Jameson-Capitol 1-2034
THE BEST OF HENRY MANCINI 1RCA LPM-2693: LSP-2693
THE CARPETBAGGERS 1Soundtrack-Ava 45
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New Rack Jobbers MeetMftrs. At NARM July 2.8CHICAGO - The Mid
-Year
Meeting and Person -to -PersonSales Conference of the
NationalAssociation of Record Merchan-disers, Inc., will convene at
theSheraton -Chicago Hotel Tues-day, July 28.
At the Board of Directorsmeeting on Monday, July 27, itwas
announced by Jules Mala-mud, NARM Executive Director,11
applications for RegularMembership in NARM will bepresented for
approval. This isthe largest number of recordmerchandisers ever to
apply formembership in NARM, at onetime. The 11 companies whohave
filed applications are thosewho were invited to attend theNARM
Convention this pastApril in Miami Beach, as ob-servers. They were
so impressedwith the operation of the asso-ciation and with the
association'sdedication to the interests ofthe record merchandising
seg-ment of the industry, that theyimmediately filed for
member-ship at the beginning of theassociation's fiscal year.
Thenew rack jobber members willbe included in the Person -to
-Person appointment scheduleswith the manufacturers.
The Person -to -Person SalesConference sessions, which willbe
preceded by an OpeningLuncheon for all Regular andAssociate
(manufacturer) mem-bers of NARM, will begin Tues-day afternoon,
July 28. The 20 -minute appointments betweeneach rack jobber and
each manu-facturer at the Mid -Year Meet-ing have been set up
accordingto a pre -arranged schedulewhich each manufacturer whohas
registered for the Mid -YearMeeting will receive in advanceof the
meeting. The Person -to -
Person Sales Conference ses-sions, now in their fourth yearof
existence, is a highlight ofthe association year for manyof the
Regular and AssociateMembers. Manufacturers in at-tendance include
Columbia Rec-ords, RCA Victor Records, Capi-tol Records, Decca
Records,Mercury Records, Dot Records,Epic Records, Warner
Brothers,Reprise Records, Liberty Rec-ords, MGM/Verve R e c o r d
s,Cameo Parkway Records, ColpixRecords, Disneyland Records
andLondon Records.
The Mid -Year Meeting isstrictly business, and the timingof it
this year, will enable themanufacturers, many of whomhave just
completed their dis-tributor -sales meetings, to pre-sent their
fall and holiday pro-grams and product to the
rackmerchandisers.
Report on CRDCThe Regular Members will
meet (before the Person -to -Per-son) in a closed Breakfast
-Meet-ing (Tuesday, July 28). At themeeting, the record
merchan-disers will hear a completereport from their attorney,
anti-trust specialist Albert A. Car-retta, on the Capitol
RecordsDistributing Corporation situa-tion, as regards the
recordmerchandisers who have beencut-off from buying Capitolproduct
from CRDC. Carrettahas been in close contact withthe Bureau of
Restraint ofTrade of the Federal TradeCommission on this matter,
andwill report to the membershipon the current status of thecase.
Other matters relative tothe operation of the associationwill be
brought before the Reg-ular Membership at that time.
LA Convention A First For VJLOS Al N GE LE S - Randy
Wood has set the Beverly -HiltonHotel as the site for
Vee-JayRecords' first annual Los An-geles distributors' convention
forJuly 21, with over 75 distrib-utors from the U.S. and Canadain
attendance.
In addition to President Wood,other Vee-Jay toppers,
includingVice -President Jay Lasker, A&RDirectors Calvin Carter
andSteve Clark, A&R staffer LeeYoung and Comptroller MarkSands,
will conduct the meetings
which will emphasize the qualityand range of new albums
beingprepared for the fall market onboth Vee-Jay and its
subsidiarylabel Tollie, and to meet Vee-Jay artists in person.
Wind-up of the conclave willbe a gala banquet at which anumber
of the company's artists,including Hoyt Axton, GeorgiaCarr, Victor
Feldman, SamFletcher, Bill Marx, Cliff Nor-ton, Ray Whitley and
MasonWilliams, will perform.
Mr. Freeman Regrets . . .LONDON-Sorry I can't write my "London
Lowdown" column
this week, but we've got a postal strike on over here. And
I'vecome to the aid of my country and am too busy sorting out
our28,000,0000 letters! Sincerely,
Alan Freeman
U.S. SongsLabel HereNEW YORK-Leiber (Mike)
& Stoller (Jerry) joined withBert Bacharach and Hal Davidto
form a new label, U. S. Songs,with George Goldner assumingthe same
executive managerialduties with the new diskerythat he holds with
Red Bird,Daisy and Tiger Records, alsoLeiber & Stoller
enterprises.
The first release, "Show YouMean It, Too," by Me and Them,will
be out in a week or two,at which time distribution willhave been
set up around thecountry. In some cases, the dis-tribution will be
different fromthe arrangements for Red Bird,Daisy and Tiger.
Leiber, Stoller,Bacharach and David are super-vising all sessions
and are ex-pected to announce new artistacquisitions to the U.S.
Songslabel soon.
Noga Starts DiskeryBEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.-
Helen Noga, head of Noga En-terprises, has started her ownrecord
label, Pharos. The firsttwo singles, "San FranciscoBay Blues" by
The Nomadsand "Cricket" by The Polaras,have been getting much
airplay in Southern California.
Motown's MaryStill ContractedDETROIT-Barney Ales, Vice
President of Motown RecordCorp., has announced that MaryWells is
still under contract toMotown. Motown's legal depart-ment has sent
telegrams to rec-ord companies believed to be ne-gotiating with
Miss Wells advis-ing them of her contractualcommitments.
When Berry Gordy Jr., Presi-dent of Motown, learned thatMiss
Wells apparently was re-ceptive to negotiations fromother
companies, he was "sur-prised and hurt in view of MissWells having
recently had theNo. 1 record in the country, 'MyGuy', as well as an
extensivethree year sales and promotioncampaign to build her to
thestature she has today."
Mrs. Aberbach DiesMONTICELLO, N. Y. - Mrs.
Anna Aberbach, mother of Jul-ian and Gene, heads of the
Aber-bach group of world-wide pub-lishing concerns, died July
12.Mrs. Aberbach leaves her twosons and their wives and Jul-ian's
three grandchildren, Belin-da, Ronnie and Dolphi Andrew.Mrs.
Aberbach is buried inBethel Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
JG Internat'lSet By Blaine
NEW YORK - Steve Blaine,President of Jay -Gee Record Co.,Inc., a
division of The CosnatCorporation, has announced thecreation of a
new label to beknown as Jay -Gee Internationalwhich will serve as
the U.S. andCanadian distributor for for-eign masters that they
havealready acquired and for thosewhich are in the process of
con-summating deals around theworld.
Jubilee Records (another Jay -Gee subsid) is currently click-ing
with an import called "SoleSole Sole" by Siw Malmkvist-Umberto
Marcato, a currentchart record in the United Statesas well as a Top
10 record inEurope. Jay -Gee International'sfirst release is
"LiebeskummerLohnt Sich Nicht" by Germany'sNo. 1 singing star, Siw
Malm-kvist. This record is currentlyNo. 1 in Germany.
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N L E S REVIEWS
PICKWHITSTHE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (Al Gallio, BMI)
TALKIN' BOUT YOU (Progressive, BMI)
THE ANIIIALS-MGM 13264.
The Animals have this one in thenumber one spot on English
chartsthese days. The reason why is appar-ent after one listen. The
intensity ofthe slice is undeniable as it is lead byrelentlessly
driving organ and guitarwork.
I'LL SET MY LOVE TO MUSIC(E. B. Marks, BMI)
VOGLIO BENE AL MONDO (E. B. Marks, BMI)
IriLF A-4 Corners 105.Milva is an Italian songbird who has
a robustness and purity in her voicethat is most reminiscent of
a JaneMorgan sound. Her song is the themefrom "Mondo Cane #2"-a
melodythat many may find prettier than"More" from "Mondo Cane
#1."
BECAUSE (Ivy, ASCAP)THEME WITHOUT A NAME (Beechwood, BMI)
THE DA1E GL1RK FII E-Epic 5-9704.
This Dave Clark outing is slowerthan what has gone before, but
it's apretty one and an attractive one. Theboys sing directly and
the ingratiatingsound should parley itself into bigsales once more.
The flip is anotherextremely pretty Clark tune, an
instru-mental.
AND I LOVE HER (Unart, BMI)IF I FELL (Unart, BMI)
THE BEATLES-Gapitol 5235.
The Beatles go through two of theslower tunes from their new
screentuner, "A Hard Day's Night." Ofcourse, the ditties are by
John Lennonand Paul McCartney and they incor-porate the L-McC
trademarks of soft,subtle harmonies and simple lyrics.
WHEN YOU COME TO SCHOOL(B. F. Wood, ASCAP)
I'M GOING STEADY WITH A MEMORY(Mills, ASCAP)
MADDY HILL-Columbia 4-13088.
Maddy is given one of the prettiesttunes of the summer here.
It's aboutlove lasting after the end of the sum-mer months. The
arrangement is mel-low and banjoey. Teens will know ex-actly what
this one is about.
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (Jobete, BMI)
BRENDA HOLLOWAY-Tamla 54099.
Brenda puts dynamism into her ren-dition of this strong song.
The orches-tration is economical and allows thethrush to show off
her vocal abilities.Ballad is a good one and will mean muchto the
success of the side.
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME (Diplomat, ASCAP)YOU'LL NEVER GET TO
HEAVEN (IF YOU
BREAK MY HEART) (Jac, ASCAP)
DIONNE 11 IRII K-Scepter 13&2.
Dionne follows her "Walk on By"smash with a side that is, if
anything,better than its predecessor. The tuneis the powerful title
ditty from theincoming "House Is Not A Home"flick. Thrush wails
forcefully. She also(toes extremely well on the flip, a softand
pretty thing.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Unart, BMI)CARRIBE (Record Songs, ASCAP)
Emm it LIGHT ANDTHE LIGHT BRIGADE-Command 40450.
Enoch and the Brigade climb aboardthe Beatle bandwagon. The full
ork-emphasis on the brass-tune swingsalong with a lot of drive and
shouldget attention from all areas. Big bandfans, Beatle fans and
fans of just plaingood music will like.
DREAM SKA (Andante, ASCAP)SKA FACE (Lad, BMI)
KER BILK-Arco 6311.
Acker comes up with one of the besttunes the ska has produced to
date.His soulful playing of course helpsthe mood and the insistent
ska beatmakes the whole atmosphere click intoplace. Could be a
biggie.
STAY AWAKE (Wonderland, BMI)A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (Wonderland,
BMI)
L01 IS P11111.4-Prima 1018.
Louis does a pair of the tunes fromWalt Disney's "Mary Poppins"
film.The top side was a lullaby when tune -smiths Robert and
Richard Shermanpenned it, but Louis changes all thatinto a raucous
fun -for -all.
MOZAMBIQUE (Paris, ASCAP)HAUNTED HOUSE BLUES (Showboat,
ASCAP)
THE PILLAGE STOMPERS-Epic 5-95702.
The Stompers have a razzmatazz tunethat sounds as if it could be
geographi-cally located somewhere between Ethi-opia and Dixie.
There's a touch of theexotic and more than a touch of South-land
jazz. Will have listeners marchingaround gaily.
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (Wonderland, BMI)FEED THE BIRDS (Wonderland,
BMI)
MARY MARTIN AND THE DO -RE -MICHILDREN'S CHORUS-Kapp 605.
Mary Martin lends her purity andjoie de vivre to this tune from
the"Mary Poppins" pis. The song is aimedfor the kids, but all Mary
Martin fanswill relish her particular singing tal-ents. The other
side is also from theDisney film.
I COULD CONQUER THE WORLD (Unart, BMI)HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
LOVE YOU
(Leeds, ASCAP)
THE !I/WI ELLES-World Artists 1025.
The Shevelles are feeling on top ofthe world and they tell about
the ex-hilarated sensation on a rinkytink rockside. The lyrics are
literate and cleverand the tune is the same. The boys doa
commendable chant job. Watch thisone go.
ME JAPANESE BOY I LOVE YOU (Jac, ASCAP)EVERYONE BUT ME (Unart,
BMI)
BOBBY GOLDSBORO-United Artists 672.
Bobby has a quiet little Oriental -styletune that can boast an
exceptional me-lodic line. The story is cute and alto-gether
appealing. It's about a Japaneseromance and should catch listeners'
fan-cies. Bobby sings it gently and sensi-tively.
ANGELITO (Epps -Gil, BMI)LATIN VILLAGE (Exotica, ASCAP)
MARTIN DENNY-Liberty 55717.Martin turns his baton to
"Angelito"
and gives it a fresh and, needless tosay, exotic rendition. The
enchantmentwoven is worth a few listens and willappeal to many
buyers. Could put thistune on the chart again.
LET ME GET CLOSE TO YOU(Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)
THE FACE OF A CLOWN (Moss Rose, BMI)
SKEETER DAVIS-RCA Victor 47-8397.
Skeeter is multitracked and joinedby a chorus for this one that
has aningratiatingly syncopated beat and acute lyric. The melody is
also invitingand should help make this anotherbead in her strand of
hits.
P. S. I LOVE YOU (Commanders, ASCAP)SINCERELY (Arc, BMI)
THE PLATTERS-Mercury 72305.
The Platters revive this great one andgive it their personal
touch which is justabout all it takes to produce a terrificside.
The orchestra plays right alongwith the magnitude of the
session.Could do it again for song and singers.
RECORD WORLD-July 25, 1964
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E----11Merijr N L S REVIEWSSWEET WILLIAM (Budd, ASCAP)
WHAT AM I LIVING FOR (Tideland, BMI)
MILLIE SMALL-SninA 1920.
Millie has another boyfriend and an-other hit. Her ska ditty has
bounce anda crisp brightness to it. The trumpetsback her up as
before. And successseems to be just around the corner forthe
side.
DON'T STAND UP IN A CANOE (BMI)IF YOU LOVE ME LAURIE (BMI)
RONA IE D NTE-Ilusie I olee
Ronnie is having his problems. Heand innumerable girls are
carrying onin a canoe, and it's silly and goofy.The side is also
silly and goofy andextremely infectious. Ronnie and somegirl
songstresses sing out the happychoruses.
WHAT KINDA LOVE? (Dundee, BMI)WISHING (Nor Va Jak, BMI)
JIMMY GILMER-Dot 16642.
Jimmy has a midtempo item thatshould have teens answering its
call.The situation is stock rock fodder andgets a good rendition
from the talentedsinger. The flip features a Buddy Hollytune that
is also good listening.
DARLA (LeBill, BMI)SOMEONE NEW (LeBill, BMI)
RICK IND THE KEENS-Tollie 9016.
Rick and the others sing a song abouta new girl next door. The
lass is Darla,and Rick just goes into falsetto singingabout her.
Beat is cha cha and hasa pleasing "Love is Strange" sound. Theguys
do a nice chanting job.
PEARLY WHITE (Fred Rose, BMI)FOGGY RIVER (Milene, ASCAP)
ALLE.1 CURTIS-Hickory 1268.
Allen Curtis sings to a girl he knows.The beat is slow and
deliberate and justthe right thing for slow dancing. Achorus backs
him up in order to pro-vide a rich, mellow sound that teens
willlike. This could become a big one.
DON'T FEEL RAINED ON (Cape Ann, BMI)(JUST A SUMMER AGO)
MAGGIE
(Blue Grass, BMI)
BOBBY DOYLE THREE-Towne House 112.
The Bobby Doyle Trio has an ex-tremely pleasant sound which is
totallyingratiating on this mild rhythm num-ber. They chant about
not feeling badif love goes wrong. The advice is framedin a nice
tune and could do well for thethreesome.
MISSISSIPPI *%??**&% (Sam Fox, ASCAP)SEA LION WOMAN (Sam
Fox, ASCAP)
NINA SIMONE-Philips 40216.
Nina moves right along on this tunewhich has to do mostly with
civil rightsand couldn't be more topical. The infec-tious tune is
likely to carry this oneright to the top. A powerhouse of
con-troversy-the real title of which is "Mis-sissippi Goddam "
WHAT ABOUT MINE (Four Star, BMI)IN THIS WORLD (Lar-Bell,
BMI)
JANUARY JONES -20th Century Fox 523.
January is full on spunk on her newside. Her voice is full of
life and power,too, and she wails away on a torchy rockand roll
item. Plenty of action in the ar-rangement and a helpful chorus
too.Good for many listens.
DOWN SO LONG (T. M., BMI)IN MY TENEMENT (T. M., BMI)
ROOSEI ELT (TRIER-Ric 112.
Roosevelt has his hold on a soulfulBobby Darin tune that will
enlist thesympathy of listeners. The delivery isstrong and solemn
at the same time andis the stuff sales are made of. Watch tosee
this one catch on.
SINCERELY (Arc, BMI)DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT (Ace, BMI)
PAT BOONE-Dot 16641.
Pat reprises the old sentimental fa-vorite, and it's just the
thing for hisvocal talents. He's smooth and invitingon the side and
listeners will want tohear the song all over again. The flip isalso
an oldie, but with a fresh Booneboon.
I WISH YOU LOVE (Leeds, ASCAP)HELLO DOLLY (Morris, ASCAP)
HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON-Sue 101.
Harry makes this one extra sweet. It'sa reworking of the
recently popular tune.His mute makes the music enticing
andalluring. This is a moodsetter that willserve dancers well. The
playing is softall the way around.
ORGANIZATION (Ironmarch, BMI)HONDA HAWK (Ironmarch, BMI)
BOB SUMMERS-Crusader 107.
Bob has an interesting instrumentalthat has a catchy theme which
all theinstruments get for one or two go -rounds. The beat is perky
and ingratiat-ing. Could turn into a big disk.
DON'T LAUGH AT ME (D. Toff, BMI)SOMEWHERE (Chappell, ASCAP)
ROBERT SILVER-World-Wide 200.
Robert is a singer with a strong,deep voice. He gets to give it
fullshowing on this pretty ballad. A chorusand big orchestra back
him up, but he'sway ahead already with his first-ratecrooning.
SA-BA-HOOLA (Carlson, BMI)CHICKEN' PICKIN' (Carlson, BMI)
LONNIE ti-Fraternity 932.Lonnie has a groovy instrumental
that features the same driving rhythmsof his previous hits. The
teens seemto like it like that, so there's no reasonwhy this one
won't repeat success ofthe past. Mack's playing is at the topof his
form.
THE GIRL WITHOUT A TOP (Lar-Bell, BMI)
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT
(4 Star Sales, BMI)THE 4 PREP'S-Capitol 5236.
The Preps use their velvety har-monies to tell about a girl in a
toplessbathing suit. It seems she creates quitea stir and the stir
makes for a cute sidethat should do all right now that top-less
suits are in or on.
HEY LITTLE PEARL (LeBill, BMI)
ANGEL GIRL (Crock, BMI)R0.\ WILLIAMS -Pastel 404.
Ron talks sweet to his little girl anda girl chorus responds
affectionately.In the back a group of harmonicasgoes through their
antics and the up-shot is a cute ditty that deserves to getsome
attention.
WHY DON'T THEY LET US FALL IN LOVE(Mather Bertha, BMI)
CHUBBY DANNY D. (Mother Bertha, BMI)
VERONICA-Phil Spector 2.Veronica asks a question teens will
want to hear the answer to. She doesit to a Phil Spector -Ellie
Greenwich -Jeff Barry tune that has all the mak-ings of a hit. It's
cute and staccato andhas a nice arrangement.
ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME(Blue Seas, ASCAP)
MAGIC POTION (Ross-Jungnickel, ASCAP)
Lou JOHNSON-Big Hill 552.Lou has a wailer of a torcher here
as he recalls his lost love. The tune isby the ubiquitous team
of Burt Bach-arach and Hal David and bespeakstheir writing talents.
Lou gives fullvoice to the proceedings, and the diskcomes off
attractively.
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PICK HITSWOODY ALLEN
Colpix 518.
Woody has found a humorous way tomake money from his neuroses
and morepower (or more problems) to him. Thisdisk has his live
audience in continualstitches, with hilarity likely to carryover to
disk listeners who can identifyor feel superior to the much
put-uponAllen. As an added incentive to buyerswho cook, the liner
usual notes have beenreplaced by a number of exoticrecipes(?).
THE LAWRENCE WELK TELEVISION SHOW10TH ANNIVERSARY
Various Artists-Dot 3591.This album is calculated to delight
all fans of the Lawrence Welk TVerbecause all the members of his
tellyfamily get a chance to show off onthe bands. There's singing
and playingby the whole bunch and plenty of funfor listeners.
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HAVE A SMILE WITH MERAY CH IRLE..S-ABL Paramount 495.
Ray sings some oldies and somenewies. The only prerequisite is
thatthey be on the bright side. There's alot of fun packaged here
and Ray andThe Raelets are responsible for everyounce of bounce.
"Smack Dab in theMiddle" and "The Naughty Lady ofShady Lane" are
two bands.
THREE WINDOW COUPE
THE RIP CHORDS-Columbia 2216.The Rip Chords mix surfing with
hot
rodding for an album of slick rocksounds. Their recent hit, of
course, ishere, but there are a number of otherreasons for buying.
Teens'll know whatthe excitement is all about and wantto join
in.
iHREEMPIXANCOUPErirr 2771 SITOKT
HELLO LOUIS!
BOBBY HACKETT-Epic 24099.
Bobby pays tribute to Louis Arm-strong and his compositions on
this ami-able and relaxing disk. The tunes swing,but never too
wildly. This is one to sitback and listen to. Fans of Louis,
Bobbyand Dixie will cotton to the sounds."Someday You'll Be Sorry"
is just oneof the bands.
THE TILLOTSON TOUCH
JOHNNY TILLOTSON-MGM 4224.
Johnny has "I Rise, I Fall" as well ashis new single, "Worry,"
on this one. Healso includes an inviting group of popand country
standards. He treats themrespectfully and honestly and comes upwith
a clutch of expert bands.
THE MOST IMPORTANT JAll ALBUMOF 1964/65
CHET BAKER-Colpix 476.
Chet's back and Colpix has got him.And that's quite a coup.
After a longwax absence he shows now that he haslost none of his
sensitivity and he hasmastered the fluegel horn. The pure,soulful,
deeply felt music will involve
ing his voice like a substitute horn.
JENNIE
JENA IE SMITH-Dot 3586.
Jennie's pure voice sounds mightyfine on a dozen Steve Allen
tunes.Thrush is known mostly through herassociation with the Allen
TVer, butthis album will get her more attention.She sells the songs
and the disk shouldsell as well.
SUMMER SURF
DICK DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES-
Capitol 2111.Dick has some more surf sounds for
his fans. His distinctive tones and waywith the music fad will
attract ad-mirers. Sometimes he sings and some-times he just plays,
but all the bandsare exciting either way. "Never onSunday" is
probably the best knowntune included.
TONIGHT AT NOON
CHARLIE MINGUS-Atlantic 1416.
Mingus goes through five of his owncompositions here and the
resultantsound is a curious mixture of contem-porary jazz and
contemporary classicalmusic. The musical lines are unique
andfascinating. So are some of the titles,like "Passions of a Woman
Loved."
KEEP ON PUSHING
THE 111PRESMONS-Alit. Paramount 493.
The Impressions make a good one onthis album on which they mix
themoods up successfully. They do theircurrent high -riding single
and add anumber of other rockin' ditties. "TheTheme from 'Lilies of
the Field'" is oneof the songs that gets red carpet treat-ment.
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Show Scene
The Play Is The Thing Again:RCA Has 'Othello,' Col 'Roses'
BY DAVE FINKLE(Ed. note: Last week "RecordWorld" examined the
potentialBroadway musical caster scene.Events this week have
drama-tized the growing importance ofthe spoken word caster. The
fol-lowing article explores the devel-opments and potential of
thelatter field).
Acquisition of the recordingrights to two of the most no-table
theatrical productions ofthe just -completed season servedlast week
to underscore the in-creasing importance the spokenword disk plays
in the busi-ness. Activity surrounding thesewing up of such album
rightsrecalls the excitement gener-ated when sales potential
ofmusical comedy albums wasfirst being exploited.
The two new acquisitions arethe much acclaimed LaurenceOlivier
London production ofShakespeare's "Othello," whichwill come from
RCA Red Seal,and the "sleeper" of the Broad-way dramatic season,
"TheSubject Was Roses," which willbe a Columbia three -disk
re-lease.
The significance of the"Othello" pacting is in the factthat the
rights probably cameextremely high (although theannouncement
mentioned nosale price), since bidding onthe rights was reportedly
andinevitably very strong. Furthersignificance was added byRCA's
Veep and General Man-ager, George R. Marek, in an-nouncing
recording plans. Hesaid, "We are proud to be re-leasing it
(`Othello') and willwork to see that this is only abeginning of our
re-entry intothe dramatic field." The three -LP disk is slated for
releasenext month.
(RCA recorded Olivier anumber of years back doingspeeches from
"Hamlet" and"Henry V"-two of Olivier'saccoladed film productions
ofShakespeare. Label also re-leased a complete "RichardIII,"
starring Sir Laurence. Inaddition, John Gielgud recordeda complete
"Hamlet" for thelabel and the Old Vic recorded"Macbeth." Victor's
main creditin contemporary drama field isArchibald MacLeish's "J.
B.")
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The Olivier "Othello," inwhich the famed actor essayedthe role
of the Moor for thefirst time and won unparalleledpersonal praise,
is part of hisNational Theater repertoire andwas staged in
conjunction withthe Shakespeare 400th anniver-sary. More than
likely the pro-duction will be brought to theStates - an
eventuality thatcould only aid sales on theRCA disks.
Col's signing of "The SubjectWas Roses," was announced byprexy
Goddard Lieberson andcan be understood as Col's con-tinuing desire
to be connectedwith the prestige productionsof the year whether
immediatesales success is indicated or no."TSWR," is the season's
biggestsucces d'estime but not yetsucces de box office.
By and starring relative un-knowns, the play opened on theMain
Stem late in May, anotoriously chancy time for astraight play to
raise its preemcurtain. Although the three -character show received
thebest reviews of the season fora dramatic offering, there wastalk
of closing the showquickly because of poor boxoffice response. The
play hasstuck it out, however andweekly grosses have been gain-ing
continually.
The waxing of the Frank D.Gilroy opus caps off a year inwhich
Col was more active onthe spoken word front that it
George R. Marek
was on the muscial comedy one-certainly an indication of
thechanging times.
Label's straight outings in-clude Richard Burton's "Ham-let" (at
79 on Record World'schart this week), Alec Guin-ness' "Dylan,"
"Spoon RiverAnthology" and off -Broadway's"In White America."
Time PaymentsThe Col philosophy, offered
by company's Robert Burr in arecent Record World interview,seems
to be that the word diskadditions to the catalog willmore often
than not pay off intime, and in the meantime theslower moving items
will bebuoyed up by the immediatesuccesses.
The potential of these al-bums, it is becoming increas-ingly
clear, because of thenames connected with themand the tie-in
exposure' can beunlimited. Burton's "Hamlet"is a case in point. His
lauded
(Continued on page 17)
SUBJECTIVE-The mike at the top of this photo indicates thatit's
the recent Columbia recording session of the much -laudedBroadway
drama, "The Subject Was Roses." Props (and appar-ently costumes,
too) were used at the session to give authenticflavor to the three
-disk set. Irene Dailey and Martin Sheen star.
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JOHNNY RIVERS
"BABY COME BACK"
"LONG LONG WALK"R-4565
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I'M THE ONEGerry 8. The Pacemakers-Laurie 3233
LOOKING FOR LOVEConnie Francis-MGM 13256
BRING IT ON HOME TO MEShirley Ellis-Congress 221
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MEXICAN SHUFFLEHerb Alpert's Tijuana Brass-A&M 742
SAILOR BOYChiffons-Laurie 3262
LOOKIN' FOR BOYSPin Ups-Stork 1
4 HAPPY I LONG TO BE 29 MAYBE I KNOWBetty Everett-C1 619 I, Cur,
M. rear, 7230'.
5 A TASTE OF HONEY 30 SHAKE HANDS WIT -I A LOSERTony
Bennett-Columbia 43073 Frankie Chervol-Mercury 72260
6 NO ONE TO CRY TO 31 IT'S ALL OVER NOWFats Domino-ABC Paramount
10573 Rolling Stones-London 9687
1 WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME 32 SUCH A NIGHTDole and Grace-- Mantel
930 Elvis Presley-RCA 8400
8 MORE AND MORE OF YOUR 33 THE NEW FRANKIE AND
AMOR JOHNNY SONG
Nat King Cole-Capitol 5219 Greenwood Singers-Kapp 5°1
9 THANK YOU BABY 34 HANGIN' ON TO MY BABYShirelles-Sceptor 1278
Tracey Dey-Amy 908
10 DREAM LOVER 35 IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVEParis Sisters-MGM 13236
Gene Pitney-Musicor 1040
11 IF YOU SEE MY LOVE 36 SHOUTLenny Welch-Cadence 1446 Lulu and
Luvcrs-Parrott 9678
12 YOU'RE NO GOOD 37 A THING CALLED SADNESS
Swinging Blur leans--Impc no 166049 Chuck Howard-Fraternity
923
13 ALL GROWN UP38 CLOSE YOUR EYES
Arthur Prysock-Old Town 1163Crystals-Philles 122
14 ALL MY LOVING39 I BELIEVE IN ALL I FEEL
G Clefs-Regina 1314Hollyridge Strings-Capitol 5207
15 I'VE GOT NO TIME TO LOSE40 BECAUSE
Day, Clark Five -5-9705Carla Thomas-AtIontic 2238
16 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE41 UNDER PARIS SKIES
Andy Williams-Cadence 1447Wilson Pickett-Atlantic 2233
17 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE42 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
Bra ado Holloway Tamla 530.,Gerry and Pacemakers-Laurie 3261
43 BREAKING POINT18 MORE Etta James-Argo 5477
Danny Williams-U.A. 60144 HEARTS ARE MADE TO BE
19 BAMA LAMA BAMA 100 BROKENLittle Richard-Specialty 692
Sapphtr, a ABC 10559
20 PEPPERMINT MANTra4,,, a 60,01- 4010
45 MORE, MORE, MORE LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE
21 SECURITYJohnny Thunder-Diamond 169
Otis Redding-Volt 177 46 GOOFUS
22 I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVEBent Fabric-Atco 6304
TO YOU 47 GINO IS A COWARDRolling Stones-London 9682 Gino
Washington-Ric Tic
23 NEW ORLEANS 48 G.T.O.Bern Elliott and Fenmen-London 9670
Ronnie & Daytonas-Mala 481
24 I'LL CRY INSTEAD 49 MY HEART SKIPS A BEATBeatles-Capitol 5234
Buck Owens-Capitol 5136
25 MARY OH MARY 50 ON THE ROCKSFats Domino --ABC 10567
Wailers-Imperial 66045
LP'S COMING Ili1
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THE CONCERT SOUND OF
HENRY MANCINIRCA LPM-2897
MOMS -WOWSMoms Mablcy-Chess 1486
SOUL SERENADEKing Curtis-Capitol T-2095: ST -2095
LOOKING FOR LOVEConnie Francis-MGM E-4229
TALL COOL ONE
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIASoundtrack-Colpix CP-514: SCP-514
CAMELOTOriginal Cast-Columbia KOL-5620
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRESoundtrack-Columbia OL 6060
THE GREAT YEARSJohnny Mathis-Columbia C2L-34
ROY ORBISON'S GREATEST
HITSWaders-Imperial LP -9262 Monument M-8000 (Mono only)
6 COMMAND PERFORMANCES 31 ENCOREVarious Artists-Command RS -868:
1 Gary-RCA LPM-2084
RS -868 -SD
1 MY GUY32 MANHATTAN
Mantovani-London LL -3328M. Wells-Motown M-617
8 TRINI LOPEZ AT P.J.'S33 ANY NUMBER CAN WIN
Jimmy Smith-Verve V-8552: V6-8552Reprise 6093
9 ALWAYS IN MY HEART34 BACH TO THE BLUES
Ramsey Lewis-Argo LP -732: LPS-732Los Indios Trabajaros-
RCA LPM-2912: LSP-291235 COMIN' HOME BABY
10 PAIN IN MY HEART J LaForge-Regina R3090 Redding-Atco 161
36 SWEET AND SOUR TEARS
11 HEY LITTLE COBRA R. Charles-ABC Paramount ABC
-1954:ABCS-1954
Rip Chords-Columbia CL -2151: CS -8951
12 STAY31 BECKET
Soundtrack-Decco DL -9117 DL -79117Four Seasons-Vee Jay
V1-1082
13 PROGRESSIVE PICKIN'38 ROBERT GOULET IN PERSON
Columbia CL -2088: CS -8888Chet Atkins-RCA LPM-2908
14 PETER, PAUL, AND MARY39 REFLECTING
C. Mitchell Trio-Mercury MG -20891:Warner Bros.-W-1449: WS -1149
SR -60891
15 MONDO CANE 40 AIN'T NOTHIN' YOU CAN DOSoundtrack-UA UAL -4105
Bobby Bland-Duke DLP-78
16 12 GREAT HITS 41 ON THE COUNTRYSIDE1. Rodgers-Dot DLP-3579:
DLP-25579 Brook Benton-Mercury SR -60918
17 AMERICA, I HEAR YOU 42 I LOVE YOU BECAUSESINGING AI
Martino-Capitol 1-1915
F. Sinatra, B. Crosby, F. Waring-Reprise F-2020: FS -2020 43
LIVERPOOL SOUNDS
18 OUR GREATEST HITS Bobby Vee-Liberty 3352
Drifters-Atlantic 809344 RING OF FIRE -THE BEST
19 THE BEST OF BUCK OWENS OF JOHNNY CASHCapitol T-2105 Columbia
CL -2053
20 GLORIA, MARTY & STRINGS 45 BILL COSBY IS A VERYGloria
Lynn-Everest BR -5220: FUNNY FELLOW, RIGHTSDBR-1220
B. Cosby-Warner Bros. W-1518
21 MUSCLE BEACH PARTY46 NEW ORLEANS: HOME OF
Annette- Vista 3314THE BLUES: VOL. II
22 TODAY'S ROMANTIC HITS Various Artists-Minit LP -0004
FOR LOVERS ONLY47 EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS
J. Gleason-Capitol W-2056Brenda Holloway-Tarnla 257
23 HOW THE WEST WAS WON48 ASTRONAUTS ORBIT KAMPUS
Soundtrack-MGM-1E5: SIE5RCA Victor 2903
24 WHITE ON WHITE49 PAINTED, TAINTED ROSE
Danny Williams-UA UAL -3359:UAS-6359 A. Martino-Capitol
T-1975
25 RAMBLIN' 50 WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUNNew Christy Minstrel,-
Original Cast-Columbia DOL-6040:Columbia CL -2155: CS -8855
KOS-6040
14 RECORD WORLD -July 25, 1964
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You May
Hear Other Versions
But This One's
THE HIT!
DIONNE
WARWICK
"A HOUSE IS NOT
A HOME" SCEPTER 1282
From The
JOSEPH E. LEVINE
Motion Picture"A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME"
Written ByHAL DAVID
BURT BACHARACH
Published By
DIPLOMAT MUSIC CORP.
SCEPTER MUSIC 254 W. 54th St., New York
Scepter 5523
RECORD WORLD-July 25, 196415
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MUSIC CITYBerkeley, Calif.
1. Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes)2. Keep On Pushing (Impressions)3.
Soulful Dress (Sugar Pie DeSanto)4. Help The Poor (B. B. King)5.
Just Be True (Gene Chandler)6. It's All Over Now (Valentinos)7.
Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)8. Rock Me Baby (B. B. King)9. Happy
I Long To Be (Betty Everett)
10. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love(Solomon Burke)
LUENHAGEN'SHollywood, Calif.
1. Invisible Tears (Ray Conniff Singers)2. Frankie And Johnnie
(Greenwood Singers)3. Deng Me (R. Miller)4. Memphis (Johnny
Rivers)5. Angelico (Rene and Rene)6. Only You (Wayne Newton)7. My
Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)8. I Still Get Jealous (Louis
Armstrong)9. Litte Old Lady from Pasadena (Jan & Dean)
10. Can't You See That She's Mine(Dave Clark Five)
MUNICIPAL RADIO CO.Brooklyn, N. Y.
1. Where Did Our Love Go (Supremos)2. I Wanna Love Him So Bad
(Jelly Beans)3. Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)4. Wishin' And Hopin'
(D. Springfield)5. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)6. Just Be True (G.
Chandler)7. Deng Me (R. Miller)8. Little Old Lady From Pasadena
(Jan & Dean)9. Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
10. Everybody Loves Somebody (D. Martin)
TRIANGLE MUSIC STOREWaukesha, Wisc.
1. Hard Day's Night (Beatles)2. C'mon Everybody (Elvis
Presley)3. I Get Around (Beach Boys)4. Deng Me (R. Miller)5. Rag
Doll (4 Seasons)6. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)7. People (B.
Streisand)8. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)9. Little Children
(Billy J. Kramer)
10. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'(Gerry and The
Pacemakers)
NEW DEAL RECORD SERVICEBaltimore, Md.
1. I Get Around (Beach Boys)2. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)3. Within'
& Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)4. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)5. Girl
From Ipanema (Getz & Gilberto)6. Don't Let The Sun Catch You
Cryin'
(Gerry & The Pacemakers)7. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)8.
World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)9. Can't You See That She's
Mine
(Dave Clark Five)10. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)
LIEBERMAN'S IOWA RECORD ONE STOPDes Moines, Iowa
1. I Get Around (Beach Boys)2. Little Children (Billy J.
Kramer)3. Deng Me (Roger Miller)4. Can't You See That She's
Mine
(Dave Clark Five)5. Little Old Lady From Pasadena
(Jan&Dean)6. World Without Love (Peter & Gordon)7. Memphis
(Johnny Rivers)8. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)9. World I Used To Know
(Jimmie Rodgers)
10. Nobody I Know (Peter & Gordon)ONE STOP, INC.Woburn,
Mass.
1. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)2. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)3.
Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark five)4. You're My World (Cilia Black)5. Girl From
Ipanema (Getz & Gilberto)6. Handy Man (Del Shannon)7. Farmer
John (Premiers)8. I Wanna Love Him So Bad (Jelly Beans)9. Memphis
(Johnny Rivers)
10. Deng Me (Roger Miller)NORTY'S ONE STOPLos Angeles,
Calif.
1. Little Old Lady From. Pasadena (Jan & Dean)2. I Get
Around (Beach Boys)3. Summer Means Fun (Bruce & Terry)4. Hard
Day's Night (The Beatles)5. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' (Fantastic
Baggys)6. James Bond Theme (Billy Strange)7. Can't You See That
She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)8. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)9. Hey Boy -Hey Girl
(Wink Martindale)
10. One Piece Topless Bathing Suit (Rip Chords)
KOSSUTH RADIOAlgona, Iowa
1. Don't Worry Baby (Beach Boys)2. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)3.
Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)4. World Without Love (Peter and
Gordon)5. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)6. Today (New Christy
Minstrels)7. Deng Me (Roger Miller)8. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)9.
Beans In My Ears (Serendipity Singers)
10. Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan & Dean)
KEN'S RECORD SHOPScottsboro, Ala.
1. Haunted House (Gene Simmons)2. Deng Me (Roger Miller)3.(Viva
Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)4. A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)5. Nobody I
Know (Peter and Gordon)6. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)7. I Don't Love You Anymore (C. Louvin)8. If
I'm A Fool For Loving You (B. Wood)9. I Get Around (Beach Boys)
10. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)BARKER'S, INC.
Monroe, La.1. I Get Around (Beach Boys)2. If I'm A Fool For
Loving You (B. Wood)3. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)4. Memphis
(Johnny Rivers)5. Stealing Hubcaps (Billy Ledbetter)6. My Boy
Lollipop (Millie Small)7. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)8. In The Misty
Moonlight (Jerry Wallace)9. Deng Me (Roger Miller)
10. Good Times (Sam Cooke)
THE MUSIC SHOPSpringfield, Ill.
1. Every Little Bit Hurts (B. Holloway)2. Keep On Pushing
(Impressions)3. Hard Day's Night (Beatles)4. Memphis (Johnny
Rivers)5. Wishin' And Hopin' (D. Springfield)6. Bad To Me (B. J.
Kramer)7. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)8. Nobody I Know (Peter and Gordon)9. Don't
Worry Baby (Beach Boys)
10. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'(Gerry and The
Pacemakers)
BELMONT RECORD ONE STOPNewark, N. J.
1. Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)2. Keep On Pushing
(Impressions)3. Good Times (Sam Cooke)4. I'll Be In Trouble
(Temptations)5. Somethin' You Got (A. Robinson)6. Try It Baby
(Marvin Gaye)7. The Carpetbaggers (J. McDuff)8. Oh Baby (Barbara
Lynn)9. Giving Up (Gladys Knight and Pips)
10. Can I Get To Know You (B. Everett)
NEW DEAL RECORDS, INC.Long Island City, N. Y.
1. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)2. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)3. I
Get Around (Beads Boys)4. Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan &
Dean)5. Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin)6. My Boy Lollipop
(Millie Small)7. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)8. Don't Let The Sun Catch
You Cryin'
(Gerry and The Pacemakers)9. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark five)10. Nobody I Know (Peter and Gordon)
ROBERTS RECORDSMinneapolis, Minn.
1. I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby(Beach Boys)
2. Little Children/Bad To Me (B. J. Kramer)3. Memphis (J.
Rivers)4. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)5. The Grind (Avantis)6. Dang Me (R.
Miller)7. Viva Las Vegas (E. Presley)8. Peppermint Man (Trashmen)9.
People (B. Streisland)
10. C'mon Everybody (E. Presley)
I. J. MORGAN CO.Philadelphia, Pa.
1. Where Did Our Love Go (Supremes)2. People Say (Dixie Cups)3.
Looking For Love (Connie Francis)4. A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)5.
Rag Doll (The Four Seasons)6. Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty
Springfield)7. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)8. Everybody Loves Somebody
(Dean Martin)9. Al -Di -La (Ray Charles Singers)
10. Deng Me (Roger Miller)
TOP 40 STATIONS
eta glanceWLAV-Grand Rapids, Mich.
1. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)2. I Get Around (Beach Boys)3. Wishin'
And Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)4. Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan
& Dean)5. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)6. Deng Me (Roger Miller)7.
Handy Man (Del Shannon)8. My Boy Lollipop (Milhe Small)9. Don't
Throw Your Love Away (Searchers)
10. Can't You See That She's Mine(Dave Clark Five)
CKLW-Detroit, Mich.
1. Where Did Our Love Go (Suoremes)2. Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty
Springfield)3. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)4. Under The Boardwalk (The
Drifters)S. Don't Worry Baby (The Beach Boys)6. Do I Love You
(Ronettes)7. I'm Into Somethin' Good (Earl -Jean)8. Nobody I Know
(Peter and Gordan)9. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)
10. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl(Patty and The Emblems)
WRMT-Rocky Mount, N. C.
1. Good News (Sam Cooke)2. Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes)3. If I'm A
Fool (Bobby Wood)4. What's The Matter, Baby
(Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells)5. Every Little Bit Hurts (Brenda
Holloway)6. Keep On Pushing (Impressions)7. Rag Doll (Four
Seasons)8. Try It Baby (Marvin Gaye)9. I'll Be In Trouble
10. Precious Words (Wallace Bros)
KUZN-West Monroe, La.
1. I Get Around (The Beach Boys)2. If I'm A Fool For Loving You
(B. Wood)3. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)4. Memphis (Johnny
Rivers)
Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'(Gerry and The Pacemakers)
6. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)7. No Particular Place To Go
(Chuck Berry)8. Stealing Hubcaps (Baly Ledbetter)9. A World Without
Love (Peter and Gordon)
10. Rag Doll (The Four Seasons)
WABC-New York, N. Y.
1. Rag Doll (The Four Seasons)2. I Get Around (Beach Boys)3. My
Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)4. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)5. Under The
Boardwalk (The Drifters)6. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)7. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)8. Don't Let
The Sun Catch You Crying
(Gerry & The Pacemakers)9. Girl From Ipanema
(Getz/Gilberto)
10. Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)
WSPR-Springfield, Mass.
1. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)2. Rag Doll (The Four
Seasons)3. Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin)4. Nobody I Know
(Peter and Gordon)5. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)6. I Like It (Gerry and
Pacemakers)7. Do I Love You (The Ronettes)8. The Girl From Ipanema
(Getz/Gilberto)9. Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)
10. Looking For Boys (The Pin -Ups)
WJBK-Detroit, Mich.
1. Where Did Our Love Go (Supremes)2. Rag Doll (Four Seasons)3.
Do I Love You (Ronettes)4. Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)5.
I Wanna Love Him (Jelly Beans)6. Don't Worry/I Get Around (Beach
Boys)7. Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)8. I'm Into Somethin' Good
(Earl -Jean)9. Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
10. Nobody I Know (Peter & Gordon)
WIBG-Philadelphia, Pa.
1. Rag Doll (The 4 Seasons)2. I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby
(The Beach Boys)3. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)4. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)5. Don't Let The Sun
Catch You Crying
(Gerry & The Pacemakers)6. The Girl From Ipanema
(Getz/Gilberto)7. Nobody I Know (Peter and Gordon)8. A Hard Day's
Night (The Beatles)9. Good Times (Sam Cooke)
10. Dang Me (Roger Miller)
WLAM-Lewiston, Me.
1. A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)2. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)3. Can't
You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)4. Nobody I Know (Peter and Gordon)5. Girl From
Ipanema (Getz/Gilberto)6. Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin)7.
You're My World (Cilia Black)8. I Get Around (Beach Boys)9. Tell Me
(Rolling Stones)
10. Little Old Lady (Jan and Dean)
CKWS-Kingston, Ont.
1. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)2. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie
Cups)3. The French Song (Lucille Starr)4. Don't Let The Sun Catch
You Crying
(Gerry and The Pacemakers)5. Bad To Me (Billy J. Kramer)6. A
World Without Love (Peter & Gordon/
Bobby Rydell)7. Milord (Bobby Darin)8. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)9.
I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby
(The Beach Boys)10. Little Children (Billy J. Kramer)
KRIZ-Phoenix, Ariz.
1. Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan B Dean;2. I Get
Around/Don't Worry Baby
(Beach Boys)3. Walk -Don't Run '64 (The Ventures)4. Rag Doll (4
Seasons)5. Nobody I Know (Peter & Gordon)6. Angelito (Rene and
Rene)7. (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet (Reflections)8. The Girl
from Ipanema (Getz and Gilberto9. The Mexican Shuffle (Tijuana
Brass)
10. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)
WWIN-Baltimore, Md.
1. Just Be True (Gene Chandler)2. Under The Boardwalk (The
Drifters)3. The Girl's Alright With Me (Temptations)4. Keep On
Pushing (The Impressions)5. Good Times (Sam Cooke)6. It's All Over
Now (The Valentines)7. Where Did Our Love Go (The Supremos)8. Mixed
Up, Shook Up Girl
(Patty and Emblems)9. How Glad I Am (Nancy Wilson)
10. Beg Me (Chuck Jackson)
KJR-Seattle, Wash.
I. Can't You See That She's Mine(Dave Clark Five)
2. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)3. I Get Around (Beach Boys)4. Rag
Doll (Four Seasons)5. Don't Throw Your Love Away (Searchers)6.
Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan & Dean)7. No Particular
Place To Go (Chuck Berry)8. C'mon And Swim (Bobby Freeman)9. Don't
Let The Sun Catch You Crying
(Gerry and Pacemakers)10. I'm Into Something Good (Earl
-Jean)
WILS-Lansing, Mich.
1. Rag Doll (4 Seasons)2. Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Jan
& Dean)3. Don't Worry Baby/I Get Around
(Beach Boys)4. Wishin' And Hopin' (D. Springfield)5. Handy Man
(Del Shannon)6. Don't Throw Your Love Away (Searchers)7. Memphis
(J. Rivers)8. Can't You See That She's Mine
(Dave Clark Five)9. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
(Gerry and Pacemakers)10. Love Is The Season (J.Powers)
CHUM -Toronto, Ont.
1. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)2. My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)3. No
Particular Place To Go (Chuck Berry)4. World Without Love (Peter
& Gordon)5. Don't Throw Your Love Away (Searchers)6. Do You
Love Me (Dave Clark Five)7. Chapel Of Love (Dixie Cups)8. Tall Cool
One (The Wailers)9. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
(Gerry & The Pacemakers)10. I Get Around/Don't Worry
Baby
(Beach Boys)
WWDC-Washington, D. C.
1. I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby(Beach Boys)
2. Memphis (Johnny Rivers)3. Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)4.
Wishin' And Hopin' (Dusty Springfield)5. Rag Doll (The 4 Seasons)6.
The Girl From Ipanema (Getz and Gilberto)7. Little Old lady From
Pasadena (Jan & Dean)8. A Hard Days Night (Beatles)9. Just
Ain't Enough Love (Eddie Holland)
10. Deng Me (Roger Miller)
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The Word Is Spoken Wordisks
performance and popularity forperipheral reasons spelled
initialsuccess for the album, but themarket has even widened
moresince then. Recently the JohnGielgud modern dress produc-tion
was filmed for wide spreaddistribution by Warner Bros.meaning that
many more buy-ers will be exposed to the offer-ing. (There's talk
at Col of aone -record "Hamlet"-mainlysoliloquies - to accompany
re-lease of the film.)
Not only the company, butstar Burton must be happy atthese
prospects, because theactor has a substantial cut ofthe album and
stands to makea tidy sum. The financial boonfor the actor able to
commandpercentage of the disk willprobably lure other actors
toBroadway and the recordingscene. And, of course, thebigger the
names on the pack-age, the better the chance ofbig money sales.
Col's future activities are in-definite, but there is
strongreason to believe that the labelwill tie down rights to
ArthurMiller's "After the Fall," withJason Robards Jr.,
BarbaraLoden and the other LincolnCenter repertory members.
It was recently announcedthat Carlo Ponti has bought"After the
Fall" for filming tostart in 1965 with Sophia Lorenand Paul Newman
starred. In
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this case, the added draw ofthe stars might even bringabout a
soundtrack version ofthe Miller play.
It certainly can't be ruledout as unlikely that there willbe a
tracker of Col's successful"Who's Afraid of VirginiaWoolf?"
package. Although thecast for the upcoming "Woolf"pic has yet to be
announced,it's certain that the stars willbe big ones (Bette
Davis?) andeven more likely to mean diskboxoffice than the
Broadwayversion, with these names addedto the reputation of the
Albeeplay and the increased ex-posure. So why not take
advan-tage?
An original cast album of aBroadway musical followed bya
soundtrack of its eventualfilm is a matter of course now.Therefore,
it's highly possiblethat that pattern will soonbe established for
successfulstraight plays as well.
Soundtracks for films with-out a Broadway cast fore-runner may
also become athing. Next month RCA willrelease a one -disk package
ofdialogues from the RichardBurton -Peter O'Toole film,"Becket."
And it's almost cer-tain that a spoken word album(as well as a
musical sound-track) of UA's "Greatest StoryEver Told" will be
released.The film is due for Christmas
rod
0.%(RECORDS SHOWING STRONGEST INITIAL POTENTIAL THIS WEEK)
Pop Singles I'M INTO SOMETHINGGOOD
(Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)Earl -Jean-Colpix 729
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT(Jobete, BMI)Miracles-Tornio 54098PEOPLE
SAY(Trio, BMI)Dixie Cups-Red Bird 10-006
AIN'T SHE SWEETBeatles-Atlantic 6308SUGAR LIPS(Tree, BMI)Al
Hirt-RCA Victor 8391WALK DON'T RUN '64(Forshay, BMI)Ventures-Dolton
96
Long Play Albums
THE UNSINKABLEMOLLY BROWN
Soundtrack-MGM E 4234
DON'T LET THE SUNCATCH YOU CRYIN'
Gerry and the Pacemakers-Laurie 2024
THE FABULOUSVENTURES
-Dolton BLP 2029
opening. And what about some-thing like "Night of theIguana,"
which features notonly Richard Burton but Deb-orah Kerr's greatly
praisedperformance?
With momentum gaining thereis no stopping the recording ofall
types of stage or screenproductions. One area that isyet to be
explored (with theexception of Capitol's two "Be-yond the Fringe"
disks) iscomedy.
Humor a ProblemThe prohibitive element so
far is the visual aspect ofhumor, which though a prob-lem in
transferring drama towax, is more easily surmountedthere. Usage of
recognizableprop sounds (notice photo fromthe "Roses" session)
helps tocreate the atmosphere andstimulate the listener's
imagi-nation. And there seems to beless demand for rewrites.Edward
Albee, according toColumbia spokesmen, needed tochange very little
for the "Vir-ginia Woolf" sessions.
But it's in rewriting that theanswer to the whole problemlies,
and that's probably whatwill be happening shortly. Theopportunities
are too good topass up. For instance, it's wellknown that Neil
Simon's com-edy smash, "Barefoot in thePark," was offered to
manycompanies for recording, butseemed an unwise prospect be-cause
of the heavy reliance onvisual humor.
Nonetheless, comedy writerSimon was also praised for thesteady
flow of gags in the play.If he were able to translate thevisual
facets of the play intosome kind of auditory equiv-alent, there
would be a highlysaleable product. The show'sfame would certainly
make itas marketable a product as anyof the dramatic
presentationson wax-probably more so ifthe record sales ran in
propor-tion to the show's box officereceipts.
It's reasonable to suspectthat record companies will de-cide to
give this rewriting a try(maybe with a hefty fee forthe author's
rewrites)-if notwith "Barefoot," with some-thing else. Everything's
fairgame.
Jerry BlaineSets TV Arm
HOLLYWOOD-Jerry Blaine,President of Cosnat Corp., andPrexy of
Cosnat Productions,has greenlighted the establish-ment of a
television arm for thedevelopment and filming of tele-vision
properties.
Blaine, who recently com-pleted filming on his initialmotion
picture, "The Candidate,"will coordinate all of his filmactivities
under direction of pro-ducer Maurice Duke.
!Mamie Van Doren and JuneWilkinson, who co-star in "Can-didate,"
have completed record-ings on three Sid Robin songs-two of which
"Bikini With NoTop On The Top" and "So WhatElse Is New?"-will be
releasednationally via Blaine's JubileeRecords. The third number
isthe title song from the "Candi-date" pic and will be
distributedsimultaneously with film's re-lease.
Blaine, meanwhile, has or-dered a first pressing of
25,000records on "Bikini" to meet dis-tributor orders and to cash
inon the current "no top" swim-suit craze.
2 RECORDS
WITH 1 THOUGHT
WE'RE HITS!!
"SHE'STHE ONE"
THE CHARTBUSTERSMutual = 502
ALSO
THE NEW JOED RECORD of
"LITTLELONELYSUMMER
GIRL"by DAVID BOX
MUTUAL RECORDS1314-24 S. Howard St., Phila., Pa.
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Film Review
The Beatles' Hard Day'sNight' An Easy Success
BY DOUG McCLELLANDOkay, the wiseacres say, the
United Artists Records sound-track album from "A HardDay's
Night" is one of the all-time smashes, and The Beatles'Capitol
singles from their firstfeature film are soaring; buthow good can
the movie be?
Very, that's how.The Beatles were unique-
still are, despite the similarlygimmicky groups that continueto
emerge from Britain andother locales-so it is only fit-ting that
their movie should beunique, too. Which it is, inspades, a melding
of Europe'sNew Wave filmmaking with SamKatzman's quickie
Americanfilm production, plus more thana smattering of TV's Huntley
-Brinkley Report.
Virtuoso CameraworkFor here is the gray, often
dizzyingly virtuoso cameraworkindigenous to nouvelle vagueries
;the let's - get - it - out -before -thesmoke -clears scripting of
aKatzman opus; and the expertdocumentary -like reporting ofan H -B
effort. Indeed, alongwith the undeniable amiabilityof The Beatles
(forgive themfor such recurrent referencesto people as "swine"
and"clean"-the later a Liverpud-lian colloquialism?), the
majordistinction of "A Hard Day'sNight" as moviemaking is thesuperb
pace sustained by direc-tor Richard Lester and thedexterity and
flair with which
A ROCKING NEW ONE
BYRDIE GREEN'S
"I FOUND MY PLACE"b
"I DESERVE IT"FOX 511
CHART -BOUND
"SELFISH ONE"
Jackie RossChess 1903
CHESSProducing Company
2120 Michigan Ave. Chicago 16, III.
cinematographer Gilbert Taylorliterally composes each
scene.Together, they capture on filmwhat surely was not in
thepractically non-existent script.The barely controllable frenzyof
fan adoration was neverbetter staged for a featuremovie (if it was
staged), not inthe Presley heyday, not in theSinatra years, not
even in Val -lee's time. It's all here on filmfor the ages and
incredulousLate, Late Show eyes of theyear 2000.
The important thing, though,is that the boys seem to beworth all
the trouble. John, thefather -image of the group;George, the no
-image yet, un-fortunately, but likeably soft -sell nevertheless;
and Paul, fullof Irish rebellion and thepranks of the Little
People.Ringo, for whom the wordfloppy was invented, who isthe most
winning two -leggedlapdog in captivity, deserves atleast a sentence
or two of hisawn. He has a wonderful wall-to-wall smile he is too
shyabout using, and while every-thing on his face is wrong,somehow
it all comes out-Barbra Streisand should for-give me-right.
Actually theleast facile actor of the four,he has something innate
whichthe other three have to sweatfor: he has the audience withhim
regardless. Viewers will letthe others go off and shift
forthemselves and miss but hardlyworry about them; but they'renot
sure a roaming Ringo willbe safe, Ringo of the childlikefascination
for costume jewelryand the quizzical cocked -headlook of a
mutt.
And in "A Hard Day's Night,"which (with probably less plotthan
any full-length, allegedly"story" film ever made) detailsa few
hours in the lives ofThe Beatles as they preparefor and perform on
a TV showin England, audiences shouldworry about Ringo-but notfor
long. Thinking his fellowBeatles mistreat him and takehim for
granted, he wandersoff for a series of innocent in-cognito
adventures which even-tually land him in jail. Buthe's not alone
long: he's joinedthere by Wilfrid Brambell, atrouble -making, dotty
old duf-fer who is also Paul McCart-ney's grandfather (in the
filmonly).
Brambell gets co-star billing,incidentally, and almost as
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It's The Market, Not The RecordBY TED RANDAL
If you've talked to a record manufacturer or promotion
manrecently you're familiar with his plaintive cry about how
badbusiness is. However, in the same complaining breath it is
notunlikely that he mentioned his plug record had already
sold15,000 in Detroit or some other city of equal importance.
Thoughhis sad tale may sound contradictory to the unseasoned ear,
let'sface it, the singles record business just "ain't what it
usedto be."
We all know that sales are down. That being the ease, whyis it
that certain records seem to sell large amounts consistentlyin some
areas? Or are all the fantastic figures we hear nothingbut hypes?
In most cases I have found the figures quoted to berelatively
accurate, so the key to the inconsistency has to bein the cities
themselves. You may be able to get a better pictureof the situation
if you will think carefully about the followingtheory:
The amount of single records sold in any given area isdirectly
proportionate to the effort that must be expendedby any one radio
station to acquire or keep the dominantratings in that area.
In other words, in those markets where there is a strong
com-petitive struggle between two or more radio stations for
thenumber one position, records are still selling well; in less
com-petitive markets, single sales have fallen off considerably.
Thereason for this is simple. Struggling stations sell records
becauserecords are a station's basic weapons. In this battle the
one whohas the best weapons and is the most skillful in displaying
themto an audience wins their favor. If there is no battle the
gladi-ators lose their skill, and the audience loses interest in
even theprettiest weapons. What conclusion can be drawn? Start a
fight,and you'll sell some records.
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It never ceases to be a pleasure to see an artist friend with
whomyou've been out of touch for several years. Tommy Leonetti,
whois a very enjoyable individual, stopped into my office the
otherday, and we had a chance to say hello again for the first
timein 10 years. Tommy's in town fora couple of weeks promotinghis
new RCA record, "Don't Stand Up In A Canoe" ...The Astro-nauts are
back in Los Angeles for an album session. They'repretty exicted
about the news that their record "Movin'" is inthe Top 5 in Japan
...My wife and I spent all day on a recent Sat-urday at Disneyland
with an old friend from Vancouver, B. C.,Buddy Clyde, and his
recent discovery, Terry Black. Terry's Arcrecord of "Sinner Man" is
one of the most popular in WesternCanada, and Buddy predicts a big
future for the 16-year -old star.
Bill Marx opens at "The Losers" in Hollywood with AnnRichards
for three weeks beginning Aug. 11. Last year, Ann andBill taped a
very successful album of their appearance at thesame club for
Vee-Jay. A & R director Steve Clark plans torecord another
album with the pair using the new material fromtheir respective
acts . . . Liberty A & R producer Dave Pell jetsto Washington,
D.C. this week to record a "live" Bud & Travisalbum at the
Cellar Door.
Siegel Vee-JayNat'l Sales Head
HOLLYWOOD - Bill Siegel,National Director of Rack Salesfor
Vee-Jay Records, Inc., hasbeen upped to post of NationalSales
Director, it was an-nounced this week by RandyWood, President of
Vee-Jay.
Siegel moves from New Yorkto the label's West Coast
head-quarters to assume duties un-der the new post. He will
con-tinue to supervise rack sales,reporting directly to Wood.
Christys Get TVerColumbia Records' best-selling
folk singing group, The NewChristy Minstrels, have beensigned by
the Ford Motor Com-pany for a major summer tele-vision series,
"Ford PresentsThe New Christy Minstrels."
The program, which will betelevised nationally as the NBC-TV
Network replacement for thepopular "Hazel" series on Thurs-days at
9:30 P.M., will debuton Aug. 6 and run through Sept.10. Produced by
Gary Smith,the series will be taped and shoton location.
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Bewitching Hr.
Kapp Records' songster JackJones, right, is shown showinghis
latest LP, "Bewitched," tohost Wayne Thomas during avisit to
KHJ-Hollywood's "Mil-lion Dollar Matinee" show.Jones once hosted a
teen showon that station, too.
Grogan To New Shaw Is Reappointed Marks GPMCapitol Post
HOLLYWOOD - Stanley M.Gortikov, President, CapitolRecords
Distributing Corp.(CBDC), announced the pro-motion of Hal Grogan to
thenewly -created position of Na-tional Inventory Manager.
Grogan will be responsible forthe development of
procedures,techniques and controls leadingto the efficient
utilization of in-ventories. According to Gorti-kov, the
appointment is the firstof several aimed at obtaining"more
effective management andadministration of Capitol andAngel
inventories."
Epic Issues New De Rose ConcertClark 5 Single Guests SetEpic
Records has released a
new single, "Because" coupledwith "Theme Without a Name,"by The
Dave Clark Five, accord-ing to an announcement byLeonard S. Levy,
General Man-ager of Epic.
"Because" is the original songcomposed by Dave Clark whichmarked
the flip side of theBritish single, "Can't You SeeThat She's Mine."
Frequent airplay of the British record byAmerican disk jockeys
createda public demand for Epic to re-lease this single.
(Albums on chart 10 weeks or lessshowing greatest upward
movement)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHTBeatles Soundtrack-United Artists
UAS 6366
BEATLES SONG BOOKHollyridgc Strings - Capitol T 2116
THE INTERNATIONAL TEENAGESENSATION
Rita Pavonc-RCA Victor LPM 2900
I WALK THE LINEJohnny Cash-Columbia CL 20913
WONDERFUL WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVEJ. Mathis-Mercury MG 20913
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWNSoundtrack-MGM 4234
DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN'Gerry and the
Pacemakers-Laurie 2024
THE FABULOUS VENTURESDolton BLP 2029
I WISH SOMEONE WOULD CAREIrma Thomas-Imperial LP 9266
FADE OUT -FADE INOriginal Cast-ABC Paramount OC 3
PRESENTING THE BACHELORSLondon LL 3353; Ps 353
DANCE DISCOTHEQUEVarious Artists-Decca DL 4556; DL 74556
ASBURY PARK, N.J.-Band-leader Vincent Lopez, vocalistDolly Dawn
and veteran lyri-cist Charlie Tobias will be guestperformers at the
memorialconcert for composer Peter DeRose Sunday, July 26, at
8:30p.m. at the Arthur Pryor Board-walk Music Bowl. Frank
Bryanconducts.
Mayor Thomas F. Shebellsaid that the concert will alsohonor Mrs.
May Singhi BreenDe Rose, widow of the late DeRose, who now makes
her per-manent home here. She starredfor many years on networkradio
with her late husband,who wrote "Deep Purple" andother well known
tunes.
NEW YORK-The reappoint-ment, under a new contract, ofArnold Shaw
as General Pro-fessional Manager of Edward B.Marks Music Corp. and
itsaffiliated companies has been an-nounced by Herbert E.
Marks,President. Shaw has been withthe 70 -year -old BMI
pubberysince 1955.
In the years of his incumbenceas head of the pop department,the
firm has acquired a reputa-tion for aggressiveness and ver-satility
that has more than keptone of the country's oldest andmost
respected companies upamong the leading pop houses.(It currently
has a c & w chart -climber in Johnny Cash's diskof "The Ballad
of Ira Hayes"and has racked up a total ofmore than 470 different
record-ings during the first six monthsof this year). Without
losingcontact with the rock 'n' rollmarket - "Tell Laura I LoveHer"
was a hit for Ray Peter-son, "`Wonderful! Wonderful !"for the
Tymes, and "Hotel Hap-piness" for Brook Benton-Marks Music has been
able inthe past three years to makestrong inroads in the show
field,television and motion pictures.
Last year's hits included the"Mondo Cane" Theme, "More,"Academy
Award contender, win-ner of a Grammy as the "BestInstrumental
Theme" and al-ready established as a standardwith more than 80
different re-corded versions. Two other pic-ture scores handled by
Marksin '63 were "Women of theWorld" and Federico Fellini's
Beatles' Film Reviewed(Cont inued
much footage as The Beatlesthemselves. He's a game cootbut also
a bit of a forced fruit-cake after a while. The Londonpress
compared the lads to TheMarx Brothers in this picture,a not
entirely odious compari-son. (And in which case Bram-bell could be
called a sort offoil for The Beatles a la Mar-garet Dumont, that
grand dow-ager ravaged time after timeby Groucho.) Particularly
re-mindful of the Marxes is JohnLennon when, in
Groucho-likefashion, he tells a showgirl, "Ican get you on the
stage," andshe replies, "Oh, where!", andhe embraces her saying,
"Outthis door, turn left . . ." AndRingo, disguised in an
over-size, Harpo-like coat, when hetakes it off and drops it overa
mud puddle for an approach-ing pretty who smiles grate-fully and,
of course, falls inup to her lacquer. There isalso a "silents" type
sequence
itont page 181in which the boys frolic madlyon a field (aided by
jerking,speeded -up camerwork) whichis going to be praised.
This is the picture, too,which asks the question, "Areyou a mod
or a rocker?", towhich Ringo answers, "I'm amocker."
Biggest complaint: TheBeatles' thick Liverpool accentsare hard
to understand evenwithout the squealing that issure to accompany
showings ofthis Walter Shenson produc-tion for United Artists when
itopens in August.
"A Hard Day's Night," aidedby liberal sprinklings of
zestyMcCartney & Lennon -pennedsongs, is a brisk 83
minuteslong, giving adults little timefor criticism of any nature
andshould also keep children en-thralled. But it's the
teens,mostly, who, in the words ofa suporting player, will find
thefilm "fab and all the otherpimply hyperboles."
Arnold Shaw"81/2," winner of the AcademyAward as "Best Foreign
Film."Up-and-coming film scores in-clude "Mondo Cane #2,""Venere
Imperiale" (starringGina Lollobrigida and StephenBoyd), "II Pelo
Mel Mondo"and "I Malamondo."
In the TV field, in '63 Markspublished the Kenyon Hopkinsmusic
for the award -winningseries "East Side/West Side",starring George
C. Scott.Through a deal negotiated byShaw, Marks will also
publishand promote the Dave Brubeckmusic for the new Garson
Kaninseries "Mr. Broadway."
The Marks' calendar of fallshow scores includes the Alex-ander
Cohen production of"Baker Street," starring IngaSwenson and Fritz
Weaver.
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Col's 'Summer Stock' PromoStars B'way's Jack Cassidy
By DOUG McCLELLAND
NEW YORK-Nostalgia is avery merchandiseable commod-ity in show
biz nowadays whenmany believe the good old dayswere really the good
old days.And singer -actor Jack Cassidyis a major force in the
trend.
Cassidy recently scored onBroadway as the 1930s shopsharpie in
the musical "SheLoves Me"; is currently playinga '30s movie idol
opposite CarolBurnett in "Fade Out - FadeIn" on Broadway; and
ColumbiaRecords has just re -packaged,re -channeled (in stereo) and
re-released Cassidy's six speciallyrecorded LP presentations
offamous old Broadway shows-most of them, coincidentally,also from
the '30s, and each a"must" in show buffs' libraries.
Or maybe it's not all so co-incidental; for Cassidy is amusical
comedy leading man inthe grand tradition, handsome,debonair,
vocally superior andblessed with a personal eleganceand style the
like of which hastoo long been downtrodden bythe swing-or
stagger-to "nat-uralism" on both the dramaticand musical stage.
Almost single-handedly, Cassidy is sneakingcharm and grace back
into thetheater; and his finesse comesacross on wax, too, as
provedby his six show album re-pack-agings now out as part of
Co-lumbia's "Summer Stock" LPpromotion, which includes thelabel's
entire hefty catalog ofnoted stage and screen packages.
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"Up until now," Cassidy toldRecord World last week in hisMark
Hellinger Theater dress-ing room, "these six albumshave been rather
'inside', evencollectors' items. 'The BoysFrom Syracuse,' for
instance,was being sold in some storesfor $25 not long ago. At
thetime I mentioned to GoddardLieberson, who produced themall, that
it would be a good ideato re-release them, and he saidthey'd be
good Christmas pack-ages. But I see they're in theSummer Stock
issue, and doingwell.
"The thing that's makingthese albums sell, besides thegreat
material, is the tenderloving care Goddard put intothem. He ad
libbed many of thearrangements, you know, saying`This is the kind
of a feeling Iwant . . .' His knowledge andtaste are impeccable. It
is cer-tainly rare for a record companyexecutive to have the
musicalcomedy savvy that Goddard has."
Cassidy said he'd love to domore albums like "Babes inArms,"
with Mary Martin; "OhKay!", "On Your Toes," "Ro-berta,"
"Brigadoon," with hiswife, cinemasongstress ShirleyJones, and "Boys
From Syra-cuse." His bouquet to Columbiaprexy Lieberson won't hurt
hischances to do so. He particularlywould like to do such as
"ByJupiter," "Du Barry Was aLady," "50,000,000 Frenchmen"and "The
New Yorkers." "Thesongs in those days were eachpearls, with the
book sand-wiched in between. Today, thebook is all-important and
themusic secondary."
Cassidy's voice has changeda bit from the time he recordedthe
first of the lucky six,"Babes in Arms." "I was a realhigh tenor
then," he recalled."They didn't want a big, boom-ing voice, and I
had the light-ness they needed for the seriesGoddard was planning.
Now I'ma lyric baritone. Of the oldershows, I guess I favor
'Oh,Kay!' Actually, though, I likewhat I did on 'Brigadoon' thebest
of all.
" 'Brigadoon' was the last ofthe show series to be
recorded-Shirley and I did it the yearafter we were married, in
'57,and I like to think it was partlyresponsible for the City
Centerrevival of the show which wasso successful it moved over
to
Broadway."Shirley and I didn't do
`Brigadoon' together, incidental-ly. She was on the Coast doinga
movie at the time. I did mysection here, she did hers there."
Cassidy enjoys his role in theCarol Burnett show (and, audio
-wise, likes the ABC -Paramountcaster of it over the two -diskMGM
recording of "She LovesMe," although "She Loves Me"is his favorite
Broadway role).But he'd like to chuck the time-consuming grind of a
play for aTV series. He has two prospectslined up, both comedy
offerings.
"One thing to stay away fromin a TV series is show
businessovertones. Remember the IdaLupino-Howard Duff series,`Mr.
Adams and Eve?' It was so`inside.' The Dick Van DykeShow' takes a
show biz premiseand turns it outside to make itwork. I think the
best situationcomedy series on TV was the oldPhil Silvers -Sgt.
Bilko series,and I'd like to do a kind ofcivilian Bilko in my show.
Mycharacter would always comeup with an