WEEKLY $3.00 $2.80 plus .20 GST Volume 54 No. 16 September 21, 1991 CALLING ELVIS Dire Straits LIFE IS A HIGHWAY Tom Cochrane EMOTIONS I ADORE MI AMORE Color Me Badd MY NAME IS NOT SUSAN Whitney Houston STANDING PUSH & FALL World On Edge SOMETIMES (It's A Bitch) Stevie Nicks THE GHOSTS THAT HAUNT ME Crash Test Dummies I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE Hi -Five FALL AT YOUR FEET Crowded House ROMANTIC Karyn White STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART Bad English LONG TIME RUNNING The Tragically Hip LISTEN Julian Lennon THE ONE AND ONLY Chetney Hawkes HIT PICK LOVE IS THE SUBJECT The Odds Zoo Entertainment HITS TO WATCH GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch ROSE COLORED GLASSES Animal Logic NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE Heavy D & The Boyz FUTURE LOVE PARADISE Seal NO WOMAN NO CRY Londonbeat DOLLAR IN MY POCKET (Pretty Things) Big House THE TRUTH Tami Show ALBUMS TO WATCH THE COMMITMENTS Soundtrack DIRE STRAITS On Every Street MARKY MARK & THE FUNKY BUNCH Music For The People STEVIE NICKS Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks RICKY VAN SHELTON Backroads RANDY TRAVIS High Lonesome ALBUM PICK BAD ENGLISH Backlash Epic - EK-46935-H No. 1 HIT (Everything I Do) I DO IT FOR YOU Bryan Adams - A&M RUSH Roll The Bones . . ..... . .. BOB SEGER At The Fire Inside THE KLF The White Room HEAVY D & THE BOYZ Peaceful Journey It wasn't a one song wonder when their first single, Not Like Kissing You, broke the Top 20, as the West End Girls are already at # 22, with their second single I Want You Back. - Page 7 No. 1 ALBUM EXTREME Pornograffitti A&M - 75021 5313-2-Q COUNTRY TV W.4WY DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME Prairie Oyster NOT ENOUGH LOVE TO GO 'ROUND Michelle Wright BROTHERLY LOVE Keith Whitley with Earl Thomas Conley HANG UP THE PHONE Eddie Rabbitt YESTERDAYS R. Harlan Smith SHE'S GOT A MAN ON HER MIND Conway Twitty SHE MADE A MEMORY OUT OF ME Aaron Tippin
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WEEKLY$3.00
$2.80 plus .20 GST
Volume 54 No. 16September 21, 1991
CALLING ELVISDire Straits
LIFE IS A HIGHWAYTom Cochrane
EMOTIONS
I ADORE MI AMOREColor Me Badd
MY NAME IS NOT SUSAN
Whitney Houston
STANDING PUSH & FALLWorld On Edge
SOMETIMES (It's A Bitch)Stevie Nicks
THE GHOSTS THAT HAUNT MECrash Test Dummies
I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTEHi -Five
FALL AT YOUR FEETCrowded House
ROMANTIC
Karyn White
STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART
Bad English
LONG TIME RUNNING
The Tragically HipLISTEN
Julian Lennon
THE ONE AND ONLY
Chetney Hawkes
HIT PICK
LOVE IS THE SUBJECTThe Odds
Zoo Entertainment
HITSTO WATCH
GOOD VIBRATIONSMarky Mark And
The Funky Bunch
ROSE COLORED GLASSESAnimal Logic
NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVEHeavy D & The Boyz
FUTURE LOVE PARADISESeal
NO WOMAN NO CRYLondonbeat
DOLLAR IN MY POCKET
(Pretty Things)Big House
THE TRUTHTami Show
ALBUMSTO WATCH
THE COMMITMENTSSoundtrack
DIRE STRAITSOn Every Street
MARKY MARK & THEFUNKY BUNCH
Music For The People
STEVIE NICKSTimespace: The Best Of
Stevie Nicks
RICKY VAN SHELTONBackroads
RANDY TRAVISHigh Lonesome
ALBUM PICK
BAD ENGLISHBacklash
Epic - EK-46935-H
No. 1 HIT
(Everything I Do)I DO IT FOR YOU
Bryan Adams - A&M
RUSHRoll The Bones
. . ..... . ..BOB SEGER At
The Fire Inside
THE KLFThe White Room
HEAVY D & THE BOYZ
Peaceful Journey
It wasn't a one song wonder whentheir first single, Not Like KissingYou, broke the Top 20, as the WestEnd Girls are already at # 22, withtheir second single I Want YouBack. - Page 7
No. 1 ALBUM
EXTREME
PornograffittiA&M - 75021 5313-2-Q
COUNTRYTV W.4WY
DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME
Prairie Oyster
NOT ENOUGH LOVETO GO 'ROUND
Michelle Wright
BROTHERLY LOVEKeith Whitley with
Earl Thomas Conley
HANG UP THE PHONEEddie Rabbitt
YESTERDAYSR. Harlan Smith
SHE'S GOT A MAN ON HER MIND
Conway TwittySHE MADE A MEMORY OUT OF ME
Aaron Tippin
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Guns N' Roses ships near half -millionIt's taken over four years for Guns N' Roses tofollow up their multi -platinum debut AppetiteFor Destruction. But apparently the wait hasbeen worth it as G N'R have over 220,000orders each from retail outlets for their UseYour Illusion and Use Your Illusion II releases.
MCA's vice-president of marketing, SteveTennant, was understandably ecstatic about theretailer's enthusiasm and called the two albums
"equally amazing."Long known as the most volatile,
unpredictable group in rock, the Gunnersdecision to release two albums simultaneouslydefies conventional industry wisdom, but whocan argue with success?To further defy convention G N'R's Use YourIllusion I and Use Your Illusion II will beavailable in double album vinyl form along withsingle cassette and CD.
The first single off Illusion I is Don't Cry, apower ballad that will also be onIllusion II with
different lyrics.
Hoskins' Labelling Blueswins Bronze Media AwardLabelling Blues, a video by Gregory Hoskinsand the Stickpeople, has won the Bronze MediaAward, Entertainment/Television from theCanadian Association for Community Living(CACL).
Ronald E. Smith, President of CACL,explains that the annual Media Award honoursprograms, articles and personalities "who havemade outstanding efforts to promote theparticipation of people who have an intellectualdisability in their communities."
The song, from Moon Come Up, Hoskins'debut for the label, recounts the real lifeexperience of Pat Worth who was mistakenlylabelled retarded and spent nine years in aninstitution. The judges were impressed with the"good use pf poetry, rhythm and images" of theLabelling Blues video.
The video was directed by Ian French forNorthern Lights Productions.
The award will be presented at the closingbanquet of the annual national conference ofCACL which will be held at the Ottawa CongressCentre on Oct. 5.
Alias platinum to YTV's Rock 'N Talk (I to r)Capitol's Liz McElheran, Freddie Curchl, Rock 'NTalk host Laurie Hibberd, Steve DeMarchl andRock 'N Talk music coordinator Fran Walsh.
There is no intended difference in directionor approach between the two albums with onecover song on each album, McCartney's Liveand Let Die on Illusion I and Dylan's Knockin'on Heaven's Door on Illusion II.
In between all the drug rehabs, law suits,arrests, sacking and replacing their drummer,internal fights and chaos, it's a minor miraclethat G N'R is still intact. But intact they are andit will be interesting to see how the public andindustry responds to their unique approach torock and roll.
Hamilton area stationlaunches dance formatBurlington, Ontario's FM 108 (CING), is thefirst station in the much -watched and listened toGolden Horseshoe, to introduce a Monday toFriday 24 -hour dance music format.
With the CRTC easing rules regardingformat changes, it was expected that a majorToronto station would make the first move,which makes the FM 108 format changesomewhat ironic. The station's listening areadoes cover the Toronto and Hamilton marketadequately, not to mention Buffalo, and couldtake up the slack caused when Buffalo's MAGIC102 dropped its dance format.
It's expected that as well as dance, the newformat will also lend itself to R&B, hip -hop,funk, rap and reggae. Expanding the danceformat to weekends is in the works.
Kathleen - Quebec artistdebuts on Sony MusicKathleen is a new artist signed to Sony Musicwho has had a hit single in Quebec called OuAller. The 25 -year -old blond chanteuse's videofor the song has enjoyed heavy rotation onMusique Plus and medium rotation onMuchMusic.
Kathleen's album was written andproduced by Quebec's hit -maker, Jean PierreIsaac, who launched the careers of such artistsas Mitsou and Les B.B.
Quality positioning forreturn to front-line actionPaul Popeski, Vice President of the Winnipeg -based R-Tek Corporation, has indicated thatQuality Records is "now poised to re-enter thefront-line business." R-Tek purchased QualitySpecial Products from Selkirk Communicationsin 1986.
Quality Records was among the firstindependent record labels in Canada, and as thecountry's foremost independent label,distributed product by some of the big names ofthe sixties and seventies, including RonnieHawkins, The Stampeders, The Guess Who andmany others.
Re-entering the front-line business won'tbe a major undertaking at this time, "Thecompany plans to gradually develop its Canadianfront-line label," Popeski reveals, "releasingonly one or two projects a year." A majorsigning is expected to be announced over thenext few weeks.
Streisand box setto ship Sept. 23rdSony Music is releasing Barbra Streisand JustFor The Record, a four CD or four cassette,cloth bound box set with an 88 page colorbooklet filled with unpublished photos and asong by song commentary by Streisand.
Sony Music Canada's marketing manager,Ron Camilleri, said that the set offers a completeretrospective of Streisand's career, from herfirst demo at the age of 13 to a song from herupcoming album Back to Broadway.
"It's unique in that 67 of the 94 selectionshave never been released. Most box sets are justgreatest hits repackaged but the majority of thecuts have never been released and we expect alarge demand," Camilleri said.
The release date for Just For The Record isSeptember 23rd.
Standard Radio bidsfor two Calgary stationsGary Slaight, President of Standard Radio andRonald W. Osborne, President and CEO ofMaclean Hunter Limited, have jointlyannounced that "agreement in principle hasbeen reached," for the sale of Maclean HunterLimited's wholly -owned subsidiary, CFCNCommunications Inc., of its Calgary radiostations, CFCN (AM -106) and CJAY-FM, toStandard Broadcasting. The sale is subject toCRTC approval.
Standard Broadcasting Corporation, amajor radio broadcaster in Central Canada,would like to expand into Western Canada.Maclean Hunter's core radio operations arelocated in Ontario and the Maritimes.
An application is expected to be filed withthe CRTC over the next few weeks with ananticipated hearing early next year.
Spirit Of The Westset for Toronto dateStony Plain's Spirit Of The West, will playToronto's Concert Hall on Oct. 11. The date isbeing promoted by CPI and Molson CanadianRocks in association with Coca Cola Classic.The Fat Lady Sings has been sloted as theopening act.
Spirit made their debut on Stony Plain in1986 with Tripping Up The Stairs. However, itwasn't until 1990 when they broke intoprominence, due in part to being offered asupport slot on Wonder Stuff's UK tour. A Junonomination followed.
This year Spirit won COCA's Entertainerof the Year award, and, with the release of theirnew album, Go Figure, they are off on a 20 -dateCanadian tour. Their album is now charting onthe RPM 100.
The band comprises John Mann (vocals,guitars), Geoffrey Kelly (flute, guitar, vocals),Linda McRae (bass, accordion, vocals), HughMcMillan (mandolin, bass, chapman stick,vocals), and Vince Ditrich (drums, percussion,vocals).
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BMG batting 1000 on Cancon US releasesBMG Music Canada currently boasts a 100%release pattern in the US for their Canadianrecording acts. However, as Bob Jamieson,president of the Canadian operation points out,there was a heavy concentration on domesticproduct prior to his taking over.
"Projects were coming together at the timeof my arrival that we felt comfortable to release,"he explains. "We went back in to re -work someothers."
Cancon acts that have been released in the'US are Crash Test Dummies (Arista), The JeffHealey Band (a BMG/Arista split), CowboyJunkies (RCA), Prairie Oyster (RCA Nashville),Big House (RCA), Sheree Jeacocke (RCA). Thelatest signing, Love & Sas (formerly Oui 3), isexpected to be released on either RCA or Arista.
Some projects have been in the works forquite a while that have finally been completed.Jamieson points out that the company hasn'tincreased its signing levels, "there were projectsin the works and David (Bendeth) was holdingback because he wasn't confident that theyshould come out at the time, so he re -finishedthem . . . now they are ready to come out."
Some parent companies are hesitant torelease Cancon records, yet Jamieson feels veryencouraged by the interest from the US andother territories. "I think it's the quality of themusic," says Jamieson. "It's not a secret .. . thequality of the music is there. Because we've hadsuccess with Crash Test Dummies and positivemomentum. People in the US are starting torecognize this is the A&R source that it can beand has been over the years."
Jamieson's approach to his Americancounterparts and other territories borders on
"What we have to do is reallyzero in on trying to make as
much noise as we can about ourCanadian music overall. "
being somewhat heavy handed. "Well, youhave to shake these people up," he muses. TheAmericans have so much on their plate and theyhave so many things going on. Our music ismore important to us then it is to them, and we
BMG Music Canada President Bob Jamiesonflanked by Daryl Hall and John Oates.
have to be in their face... but that's the case withany country, it's not just the United States.You've got to be in the face of everyone of thesecountries in order to keep their eye on the ball.You just have to aggressively promote yourmusic."
Jamieson stresses however that gettingrecords established in Canada first is necessary,"Because there are very few records that haveever been successful in other markets withouthome market success." He goes on to stress,"What we have to do is really zero in on tryingto make as much noise as we can about ourCanadian music overall. It's not just BMG'smusic, it's everybody's music."
As far as building BMG's artist base,Jamieson credits the artists, "who are makinggood records, and David Bendeth, who is on aroll right now . . . he's very hot. We have theresources to make records that are worldwidecompetitive and that's what we're trying to do."He also points to the timing of release asimportant and the care that goes into productionand set-up before release. "I'd rather take thetime and make the record very strong withaminim um of three singles, and we look for fouror more, before we put the record out."
BMG is the only major with a downtownToronto base, which Jamieson believes is anasset. "I think being down here and close to theaction is important," he confides. "We haveartists coming in here quite regularly. We alsoget people dropping in, so I think the location iscertainly positive. But I think it's the wholepackage. What we're trying to do is represent avery visible and competitive record companyand treat the music with the kind of respect itdeserves."
Jamieson also stresses that radio is a majorfactor in breaking Canadian records "in thesense that the Canadian content regulationscertainly gives records exposure." He believesthe regulations are important "in the near term. . . but I'd like to think that in five years we asan industry would be respected enough that wewouldn't need the regulations."
Video shows are also an asset, saysJamieson. "MuchMusic and MusiquePlus havebeen very positive in their support of artists.They are far more enjoyable to work with thanMTV which is so fragmented and so tight and soregimented that it's very boring."
On the downside, Jamieson points to theconcert business in North America in general as
"... Video, in a kind ofleft-handed way, may have
been a detriment to theconcert business ..."
being in trouble. "Rod Stewart has done well,Alan Jackson and Randy Travis did well, but,"he points to "a lot of shows that have had to becancelled, or went on with disappointingly smallaudiences. The concert business is reallyhurting."
Jamieson cites too many acts and ticketprices that are too high, going on to point out
that "Video, in a kind of left-handed way, mayhave been a detriment to the concert business.Because the kids, by watching video, can gettheir fill or get a pretty good impression of theartist without having to go and see them. Andsome artists just aren't that good on video andthe audience sees that. They may like the songsand they may want to buy the record, but I'm notsure they want to see the act for $26.00 or$35.00, because they don't look that cool onvideo. It's a dimension that the kids have theopportunity to look into today that they didn'thave ten years ago."
Taking a look at the industry in general,Jamieson believes there are signs that retail iscoming back. "We're encouraged by what wesee." he says, "We're not blowing the numbersaway, but it's looking better. Certainly withsome of the major releases; the Bryan Adams,the Guns N' Roses and records like that comingout, retail will pick up and record buyers willhopefully start going backinto the stores. There'sgoing to be a lot of great music coming out overthe next three months."
He points out that the tradition ofreleasingthe big hitters in the fall is important. "That'swhen we make most of our money," he stresses,"the last four months of the year are important.So if you can get it out at this time and into theracks and visible, you have the chance to sell tothe largest number of people ... your dollars gofurther then."
BMG is also doing more as a companythen before, Jamieson admits. The companyreleased its first TV package, Country Heat, andthereis now a heavy concentration on catalogue.BMG's Tim Williams and Norman Miller arecurrently crossing the country on "a catalogueroadshow," says Jamieson, "re -introducing ourcatalogue. We were just not in the game. Butwe've done a lot internally to try to re -positionit. We're going on the road with a contest and apromotion and aprogram to re -stimulate and re-introduce our catalogue to show the accountsthat we are serious and that there is business forboth of us.
"No record company can sit around waitingfor the next 'big thing'," Jamieson admonishes."Because, while waiting, a lot of time can go byand a lot of business can be lost. I'd like to seeus have a million -selling item like they did hereeach year for the last four years . . . that makesa big difference in your bottom line. But it's nota way to run a business." He concludes with, I'drather have that million seller be the icing on thecake as opposed to the cake."
Zoo's Procol Harum toToronto's Winter GardenThe venerable sixties and seventies chart busters,Procul Harum, are back with their 1991 lookand sound. They are set for a Sept. 23 date atToronto's Winter Garden Theatre. The bandcomprises Gary Brooker (keyboards, vocals),Matthew Fisher (organist), Keith Reid (lyricist),Robin Trower (who will not be in the tourlineup), and a new rhythm section made up offormer Big Country drummer Mark Brzezickiand bassist Dave Bronze.
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Bezkaczko and Homonyloto Attic's marketing groupLindsay Gillespie, Senior Vice President, Sales& Marketing, Attic Records, has announcedappointments to the firm's productiondepartment.
Helen Bezkaczko, who has gainedextensive knowledge in the computer industry,has been appointed Production Coordinator.Bezkaczko holds an Honours B.A. in Economicsfrom York University.
Gregory Homonylo takes on the positionof Product Manager. Most recently with H&RMusic, Homonylo has an Honours B. Comm.from Queen's University. He is also anaccomplished drummer. His responsibilities willinclude non-traditional marketing.
In making the above announcement,Gillespie indicates that the appointments to themarketing group "reflect Attic's continuedgrowth and underscores our position as Canada'sleading independent label."
Sunrise appoints Traceto Director of MarketingMalcolm and Roy Perlman have jointlyannounced the appointment of Andrea Trace tothe position of Director of Marketing for SunriseRecords & Tapes as well as the Jean Machineand Giggles.
Trace comes to the company with extensivemarketing experience, particularly in the musicindustry. She was trained for marketing andgraphic design at the Emily Carr College of Artand Capilano College, both in Vancouver.
Sunrise Records & Tapes have beenoperating under Perlmans' ownership sinceSeptember 1978. There are currently 29 Sunrisestores in Southern Ontario. Above and beyondher responsibilities at Sunrise, Trace will alsobe looking after the Perlmans 28 Jean Machinestores and 15 Giggles stores, both of themcasual wear clothing chains, which have beenoperated by the Perlmans since November 1976.
Rush to Copps Coliseumfor first Canadian datePrior to heading into the US for a major tour,Rush will make their North American debut atCopps Coliseum in Hamilton (Oct. 25).Additional dates will be announced later.
The Anthem supergroup just recentlyreleased Roll The Bones, the trio's first studioalbum since 1989 when Presto was released.They did however release Chronicles, a greatest
The new album, co -produced by Rush andRupert Hine, conservatively shipped gold onrelease and is now over 60,000 units shipped.The album was the top add on the RPM 100(Sept. 14/91), entering at No. 18, one of thehighest charted Cancon albums in RPM's 27years of charting.
There was also much critical acclaim forthe Rush release Peter Howell, Toronto Starentertainment critic, referred to the album asone that "positively bristles with the excitementof a band that enjoys making music."
Anthem is distributed in Canada by SonyMusic.
Carey's First Visioncertified gold video
The only music video certified for CRIA's Augustcertifications was Mariah Carey's Columbiarelease of The First Vision.
The Carey video was certified gold (5,000units).
Carey's newest video, Emotions, the titletrack of her latest album, is now enjoying goodrotation on MuchMusic.
Columbia's Mariah Careyleads August metal paradeMariah Carey's self -titled Columbia album wascertified quadruple platinum (400,000 units),the top scorer in CRIA 's August certifications.Carey's album has remained on the RPM 100for 58 weeks. Emotions, her newest album, isexpected to chart shortly. The title track, takenas a single, has already bulleted up the Singlesand Ac charts.
Capitol's Roxette was the solo tripleplatinum (300,000 units) for Joyride.
Certifying for double platinum were RodStewart (Vagabond Heart), Lee Aaron(B odyrock), Paula Abdul (Spellbound), Extreme(Extreme II Pomograffitti), Les B. B. (self -titled),Michael Bolton (Time, Love And Tenderness),and Black Box (Dreamland).
Stewart's Vagabond Heart was alsocertified as a solo platinum album, along withCrash Test Dummies (RPM - Aug. 3/91),Queensryche (Empire), Robin Hood - theOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack, and SunJam min'.
Stewart scored gold as well for VagabondHeart, with Pat Benatar (True Love), AaronNeville (Warm Your Heart), Crowded House(Woodface), Barney Bentall And The LegendaryHearts (Lonely Avenue), Daniel Lanois(Acadie), Marie Carmen (Dans la peau), AlanJackson (Don't Rock The Jukebox), and UB40(Labour Of Love).
Hammer drops M.C.on new Capitol releaseM.C. Hammer has joined the long list of onename rock stars, i.e. Sting, Slash, Bono, etc. andwill now just be known as Hammer.
The Hammer's new album, Too Legit to Quitis due to be released Oct. 29th and extensivetouring is planned for '92 to promote it.
Hammer will be a hard man to miss the nextfew months as there is a Saturday morningcartoon show called the Adventures of HammerMan, an upcoming TV special on ABC, two ofthe Hammer's songs will be featured in theAdams Family movie, a Hammer doll will soonbe in stores and he recently signed a promotiondeal with Post cereal.
Eureka's Acosta/Russellcontinues busy scheduleJohn Acosta and James Russell have been on apretty hectic pace lately. They recentlycompleted a tour of Ontario that saw them inPeterborough, Pembroke, Kingston, Cobourg,Belleville and London.
Acosta/Russell have been on tour withvarious people. August 23rd found them atLansdowne Park in Ottawa opening for VanillaIce. A couple of days later they were in Torontowith World On Edge and MCJ and Cool G. Justa few days later they made an appearance at theHMV store in the West Edmonton Mall. Laterthat evening they were the guests of honour ata wedding in Edmonton and sang Never ChangeMy Mind for the couple. Then in was off toWinnipeg fora back to school meeting with fansat Music City in Kildonan Place.
The near future continues to look busy forAcosta/Russell as they just released their thirdsingle, Without Your Love, with anaccompanying video. The ballad was sent toradio Sept. 12th and the pair will be hitting theroad once again.
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West End Girls surface with"Striking" is the word that comes to mind whenfirst meeting Vancouver's West End Girls. Onfurther scrutiny, one finds this young three-some to be energetic, talented and having theright attitude to excel in the dance genre. Theyare currently signed to A&M with their self -titled debut. Their first single, Not Like KissingYou, made it into the Top 20 of RPM's HitTracks and their second single, I Want YouBack, is currently #22.
The West End Girls are CamilleHenderson, Aimee MacKenzie and SivanaPetrozzi. 21 -year old Henderson started takingballet at age four and excelled in all styles ofdance by her teens. She took fine arts at collegeand had been taking acting when she became aWest End Girl. "My family's been involved inthe performing arts, too, so it sort of fell intoplace," she says. Her father, Bill Henderson(Chilliwack), produced the vocals for theirdebut.
18 -year old Petrozzi is originally fromSouth America and also comes from a musicalfamily. She formed her first band at agefourteen and played in clubs and pubs, "any-where we could get gigs," she recalls.
MacKenzie the youngest of the trio at 16,was born in New Jersey. She started out as adancer, learning tap and jazz and she says, "Ididn't really plan on being a singer, I thoughtI'd be a dancer." After being spotted singingwith some friends, "just for fun", she was askedto audition for the group. She describes being inthe group as, "a dream come true."Interestingly, she is the only member of thegroup still in school. Not naive about the upsand downs of the music business, she isadamant on finishing school.
The concept of the band originated withJohn Dexter, who also produced their album."We were a concept group," admits Petrozzi.
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For this album, Dexter had already writtenthe songs and had the concept of the albumdown on paper. But plans are in the works forthe next album, and the girls are open to pensome of their own material.
Having recently sung the NationalAnthem in front of a crowd of 50,000 at a B.C.
Tune's Grand Hotelbooked into O'KeefeA road production of Tommy Tune's Broadwayhit musical, Grand Hotel, will play Toronto'sO'Keefe Centre for eight performances (Oct. 29to Nov. 3). The musical won five 1990 TonyAwards, including Direction and Choreographyby Tune.
Liliane Montevecchi, who earned a Tonynomination for her work in the Broadwayproduction, takes a starring role in the roadshow.
CRTC endorsement forBroadcast StandardsThe CRTC has expressed its full support for theCanadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC),and announced that complaints regarding issuescovered by the industry codes which the CBSCadministers will now be referred directly to theCouncil.
The announcement stems from anextensive consultation process which began in1986, when the Canadian Association ofBroadcasters (CAB) proposed the concept of anindustry council to encourage excellence inbroadcasting and to ensure compliance withindustry standards. CAB represents the largemajority of Canada's privately -owned radioand television stations, over 80% of which arealso members of the CBSC.
CRTC Acting Chairman, David Colville said,"the Standards Council provides a valuablemechanism for the industry and the public toresolve concerns about avariety of programmingand operational issues before they reach thepoint where the Commission would need tobecome involved. We have followed thedevelopment of the CBSC carefully and areencouraged by the support it has received fromthe industry. It is an important signal thatbroadcasters are committed to assuming moredirect accountability to the public."
While the CRTC is satisfied with thecomplaints process established by the Council,it retains its full authority under the BroadcastingAct and is sensitive to public concerns aboutprogram quality on radio and television.Therefore, the Commission will require theCouncil to file reports on its activities and willundertake a review of the CBSC's success inthree years.
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Lions game, the Girls admit to being anxious totour. "There's been a lot of opportunity," saysHenderson, "but nothing quite right." Petrozziadds, "It all depends on how much the publicwants us." "I hope we get to travel a lot and Ihope a lot of people get exposed to the music,"concludes Henderson.
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Adams ties record! Bryan Adams' (EverythingI Do) I Do It For You holds the No. 1 positionfor the eighth week. That ties it with Joan Jett &The Blackhearts' I Love Rock N' Roll as thesong holding the top spot the longest. I Do It ForYou even has a chance to remain on top for onemore week, although Rod Stewart 's The MotownSong appears ready to take over.
Has it been that long . . ? Metallica's self -titled album climbs to No. 2 and will likely reachthe top next week. If it reaches No. 1, it will bethe first self -titled album from a male solo artistor male -fronted act to do so since Asia turnedthe trick way back in 1982. Since then, fivefemale solo artists and one female trio havedone it. Name the last six artists with a self -titledalbum to hit No. 1 on the Albums chart. Hint:They've all come within the last five and a halfyears.
The hot movers ... In addition to having theNo. 1 song for the past two months, BryanAdams also has the hottest song this week.Can't Stop This Thing We Started jumps 65places to No. 32. Songs from Tom Cochrane,Karyn White and Bad English also had moves ofmore than 25 spots.
New names on the chart. Of the seven newsongs on the Hit Tracks chart, none are from anartist who had ever been on the chart before ayear ago. Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch leadthe way with Good Vibrations entering at No.75.
A country resurgence!As Garth Brooks' NoFences album drop off the chart, two new countryalbums enter. Ricky Van Shelton's Backroadsdebuts at No. 91 while High Lonesome fromRandy Travis bows at No. 96.
Did you get them all? The last six artists witha self -titled album reaching No. I are: MariahCarey, Wilson Phillips, Alannah Myles, TracyChapman, Tiffany, and Whitney Houston.
4 2 18 CRASH TEST DUMMIESThe Ghosts That Haunt Me (Arista)
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5 6 11 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 39 40 58 MARIAH CAREY 72 72 2 R17Into The Great Wide Open (MCA) Mariah Carey (Columbia) Return To Zero (Giant)(CA) MCAC-10317 (CD) CD -10307-J (CA) CT -45202 (CD) CK-45202-H (CA) 92-44224 (CD) CD -24422-P
6 7 26 R.E.M. 40 41 21 JESUS JONES 73 75 3 GLEN STACEOut Of lime (Warner Bros) Doubt (Capitol) Buddha Hotel (WENBumstead)(CA) 92-64964 (CD) CD -26496-P (CA) C4-95715 (CD) C2 -95715-F (CA) 17-44244 (CD) CD -74424-P
7 8 11 BONNIE RAITT 41 42 4 CHRISSY STEELE 74 76 to FIREHOUSELuck 01 The Draw (Capitol) Magnet To Steele (Capitol) P L Firehouse (Epic)(CA) C4-96111 (CD) C2 -96111-F w (CA) C4-26583 (CD) C2 -26583-F (CA) ET -46186 (CD) EK-46186-H
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10 11 25 ROD STEWART 44 44 7 CANDY DULFER 77 78 17 JOE NJACKSOVagabond Heart (Warner Bros) vL Saxuality (Arista) Laughter & Lust (Virgin)(CA) 92-63004 (CD) CD -26300-P (CA) AC -8674 (CD) ARCD-8674-N (CA) VL4-3102 (CD) GOV-3102-Q
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46 45 7 ANTHRAXAttack Of The Killer B's (Island)(CA) 848 804-4 (CD) 848 804-2-Q
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14 13 13 VAN HALEN 48 48 13 AARON NEVILLE 81 82 22 SIMPLE MINDSFor Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (Warner Bros) Warm Your Heart - (A&M) Real Life (Virgin)(CA) 92-65944 (CD) CD -26594-P (CA) 75029 5354 (CD) 75029 5354-24 (CA) VL4-2660 (CD) CDV-2660-0
15 15 22 ROXETTE 49 52 8 SPIRIT OF THE WEST 82 65 11 LYNYRD SKYNYRD 1991Joyride (Capitol) Go Figure (WEA) Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 (Mantic)(CA) C4-94435 (CD) C2 -94435-F (CA) 17-46924 (CD) CD -74692-P (CA) 78-22584 (CD) CD -82258-P
16 14 34 C +C MUSIC FACTORY 50 49 28 LONDONBEAT 83 ea 16 ICE -TGonna Make You Sweat (Columbia) In The Blood (Anxious Records) O.G. Original Gangster (Sire)(CA) CT -47093 (CD) CK-47093-H (CA) KKK1-0608 (CD) KCD1-0608-N (CA) 92-64924 (CD) CD -26492-P
17 12 64 BLACK CROWES 51 53 39 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 84 85 11 SHABBA RANKSShake Your Moneymaker (DGC) Canadian Cast (Polydor) glath As Raw As Ever (Epic)(CA) 92-42784 (CD) CD -24278-P (CA) 847689-4 (CD) 847 689-2-Q (CA) ET -47310 (CD) EK-47310-H
18 16 17 PAULA ABDUL 52 51 19 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 8 NEW STEVIE NICKSSpellbound (Virgin)(CA) VL4-3050 (CD) CDV3050-0
Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks (Modern)(CA) 717114 (CD) CD -91711-P
19 19 6 THE GRAPES OF WRATH E3 60 3 HEAVY D & THE BOYZ 86 90 2 BOYZ IN THE HOODThese Days (Capitol)(CA) C4-96431 (CD) C2 -96431-F F@.
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21 22 29 THE TRAGICALLY HIP 55 47 16 LUTHER VANDROSS 88 87 7 BOB MARLEYRoad Apples (MCA) Power Of Love (Epic) Talkin' Blues (A&M/1 stand)(CA) MCAC-10173 (CD) MCAD-10173-J (CA) ET -46789 (CD) EK-46789-H (CA) 848 243-4 (CD) 848 243-2-Q
22 17 21 LENNY KRAVITZ 56 59 6 ARETHA FRANKLIN 89 73 69 WILSON PHILLIPSMama Said (Virgin)(CA) VL4-3073 (CD) CDV-3073-0
What You See Is What You Sweat (Arista)(CA) AC -8628 (CD) ARCD-8628-N
Wilson Phillips (SBK Records)(CA) K4-93745 (CD) K2 -93745-F
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24 20 13 SEAL 58 62 5 38 SPECIAL 91 NEW RICKY VAN SHELTONSeal (ZTT) Bone Against Steel (Virgin) Bacliroads (Columbia)(CA) 17-45574 (CD) CD -74557-P (CA) VL4-3007 (CD) CDV-3007-Q (CA) CT -46855 (CD) CK-46855-H
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29 30 4 MOODY BLUES 63 55 8 CRYSTAL WATERS 96 NEW RANDY TRAVISKeys Of The Kingdom - Polydor Surprise (Polydor) High Lonesome (Warner Bros)(CA) 849 433-4 (CD) 849 433-24 (CA) 848 894-4 (CD) 848 894-2-C) (CA) 92-66614 (CD) CD -26661-P
30 21 13 SKID ROW 64 NEW MARKY MARK & THE FUNKY BUNCH 97 89 to AC/DCSlave To The Grind - Atlantic(CA) 78-22424 (CD) CD -82242-P
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Michelle Wright makes chart news onceagain. This time with Not Enough Love To Go`Round, taken from her self -titled album. Thetwo-part Cancon (AP) track is included onBMG's The Greatest Music Herd - VolumeFive. One of the first to air the track was DannyWhite of New Country CHAT Medicine Hat.Wright appeared recently with Garth Brooks ata concert in Charlotte, North Carolina wherethey performed in front of a crowd of more than20,000 country fans.
The new Lee Greenwood album, WhenYou're In Love, has been shipped to radio.Greenwood is currently charting with BetweenA Rock And A Heartache, a Cancon (ML) entry.The song was written by three B.C. songwriters,Ron Irving, Larry Wayne Clark and DavidSimmonds. The album was produced by JerryCrutchfield, who was scheduled to attend theCCMA 's Country Music Awards show inHamilton this past week.
Gerry King makes an impressive entry with hisBoots & Jeans album, released on the Saddestonelabel. King has just come down off the chartswith the title track from the album. Larry WayneClark, who, with Ron Irving and DavidSimmonds, wrote Lee Greenwood's current
Canadian Johnny Douglas carving Nashville nicheJohnny Douglas, known during the mid -eightiesas the rockabilly influenced Johnny Dee Fury,has become the talk of Nashville's Music Row.. Douglas had released two albums on the RCAlabel, the second, Born To Bop, a self -producedalbum, made good chart gains on the strength ofKnock Knock, taken as a single.
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Rick Warner's huge guitar, complete with built-inradio, won him the Show Us Your CHAM contestand the grand prize of a VCR.
Douglas was busy promoting his album,touring as both a headliner and opening forsome of the big names of that day including theStray Cats, Georgia Satellites, Carl Perkins andThe Blasters. He decided to take a short hiatusand concentrate on writing and producing. Aftermaking several trips to Nashville, he decided tomove there permanently.
Nashville boasts a large and very successfulCanadian community, and it wasn't long beforeDouglas met up with Gilles Godard, perhapsone of Canada's most successful out -of -countryproducers. Douglas is now maintaining a hecticschedule of writing, producing and playingguitar and keyboards on sessions, and workingclosely with Godard. He is a staff writer for bothEMI and Sony/Tree publishing companies.
Kelita's latest chart single, Merry -Go -Round, released on Godard's Bookshop label,was co -written by Douglas with Kelita. Thesong was recently covered by Trilogy artistKimberley Richards. The new album by EddieEastman, to be released on Bookshop, containstwo Douglas songs, one, the title track. Bothtracks are scheduled to be singles.
As well, Lori Yates, has just completedrecording three song which she and Douglasco -wrote, and Scott Dibble's Watertown bandrecently recorded a track that both he and Douglaswrote for their upcoming WEA album.
Godard is also producing three Douglascompositions forcountry singer Diane Ticknor'sdebut album.
Douglas is also developing a gospel projectas writer/producer. He is also working in thestudio with Joy White, a new signing to theColumbia label. They are working together onsong material for her debut album to be producedby Paul Worley, who produced sessions for PamTillis, Kevin Welch and Wild Rose.
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16 DOWN TO MY LAST TEARDROPTanya Tucker - What Do I Do With MeCapitol -95562 (Capitol comp. # 39)-F
12 9 YOUR LOVE IS A MIRACLEMark Chestriutt - Too Cold At HomeMCA -10032 (MCA Brand New Country # 4/91)-J
11 16 9 BRAND NEW MANBrooks & Dunn - Brand New ManRCA -18658 (BMG The Greatest Music Herd # 4)-N
14 SHADOW OF A DOUBTEarl Thomas Conley - Yours TrulyRCA -3116 (Greatest Music Herd # 2)-N
9 THE WALKSawyer Brown - BuickCapitol -94260 (Capitol comp. # 43)-F
6 1 Is FALLIN' OUT OF LOVEReba McEntire - Rumour Has IIMCA -10016 (MCA Country comp. # 3/91)-J
ai 11 14 DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUTMary -Chapin Carpenter - Shooing Straight In The DarkColumbia -46077 (Promo CD single) -H
8 2 13 YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THATGeorge Strait - Chill Of An Early FallMCA -10204 (MCA comp. # 3/91)-J
13 9 SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOURonnie Milsap - Back To The GrindstoneRCA -2375 (BMG The Greatest Music Herd # 3)-N
91 79 17 TILL I FOUND YOUMarty Stuart - TemptedMCA -10106 (MCA Country comp. # 2/91)-J
92 83 24 WE BOTH WALKLorrie Morgan - Something In RedRCA -3021 (BMG Lassoes 'n Spurs # 12)-N
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94 NEW HANG UP THE PHONEEddie Rabbitt - Ten RoundsCapitol -95955 (Capitol comp. # 46)-F
95 76 19 ONE MORE PAYMENTClint Black - Put Yourself In My ShoesRCA -2372 (BMG Lassoes 'n Spurs # 13)-N
96 71 12 BLUE MEMORIESPatty Loveless - On Down The LineMCA -6401 (MCA comp. # 2/91)-J
97 NEW YESTERDAYSR Harlan SmithRoyalty (Royalty CD comp. # 4)
98 NEW SHE'S GOT A MAN ON HER MINDConway Twioy - Even NowMCA -10335 (MCA Brand New Country # 5/91)-J
99 NEW SHE MADE A MEMORY OUT OF MEAaron Tippin - You've Got To Stand For SomethingRCA -2374 (BMG Greatest Music Herd # 4)-N
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Red Deer's Lou Paul is currently promotinghis new Music Connection CD, Running SouthOn A North Bound Train. MikeFrancis producedthree of the tracks, (I Think) I Must Be GoingOut Of Her Mind, The Love In My Lady's Eyes,and She's Getting Me Over You. These trackswere recorded at Inception Sound with ChadIrschick engineering and doing the mix. Theother tracks were produced by Dennis Charney,Gerry Dere and Wayne Saunders and recorded
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at Gerry Dere's Master Factor, where Dereengineered and mixed the tracks. A couplenotable tracks on the album are Dick Damron'spenning of Raining In The Country and BillySimard's I'm Getting Suspicious. Paul, whowas a 1985 finalist in the Canadian CountryMusic National Finals in Edmonton andCanadian Country Music Week '90, also inEdmonton, has been getting excellent feedbackon the album. He has appeared across Canadaand in the US, and has performed with DickDamron in Nashville, Las Vegas and Mazatian,Mexico.
Kimberley Richards and David Hutchins,Trilogy recording artists, who recently returnedfrom a European tour, have two new singlesshipped to radio this week. Clouds In My Heartis the title of the Richards single, taken from herdebut album Something Special. The title track,which was her first single, made an impressiveimpact across Canada and in Europe. This OldRoom is Hutchins' new release, his fourth singlefrom his debut album, On My Own. On thestrength of his previous releases, Hutchins wasnominated for a Juno as Country Male Vocalist,and for a Big Country Award as OutstandingNew Artist. During Canadian Country MusicWeek '91 in Hamilton, both Richards andHutchins were scheduled to appear at severallocations with J.K. Gulley and Terry Hill. SteveThomson, President Trilogy RecordsInternational and Backstage Productions, reportsthat the European tour by Richards, Hutchins,and J.K. Gulley, and which was headed up byRonnie Hawkins, was very successful. All ofthe artists are now receiving widespread airplaythroughout Europe. Thomson is now puttingtogether Trilogy Of Stars Volume III, expectedto be released over the next few weeks.
Razzy Bailey's Saddlestone single, Fragile,was the No. 1 independent record across the US.The single topped the Indie Tracker of Aug. 16/91. Also getting the Indie nod is Straight, Clean& Simple. Their single, Put The Blame On Me,also released on Saddlestone, jumped from No.27 to No. 17 the same week as Bailey's chart -topping success.
Laurie Thain's new single, (You're Making)Hits Out Of My Heartaches, a Thain original, isincluded on RDR's Countrypak No. 5. The trackis also included on Thain's forthcoming 3rdalbum on the Pure -Pacific Music label. Thain,who lives in Mission, B.C., has been gettingsome impressive playlist action on the newtrack.
Weird Harold's latest WX1130 Real CountryCountdown 30 prominence to six Cancontracks. Mark Koenig tops the list at No. 18 forPretty Eyes, followed by Joan Kennedy's INever Met A Liar (I Didn't Like) at No. 20,Kelita's Merry -Go -Round at No. 21, I Got ATravelin' Heart by Anita Perras at No. 23, BarryBrown's The Whole World's Falling In LoveWith You at No. 24, and Ian Tyson's BlackNights at No. 27.
The benefit for the Wesley Centre Food Bank,which is taking place at Hamilton's Grant AvenueStudios on Friday the 13th, (RPM - Sept. 14/91)
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2 3 13 EVERY HEARTBEATAmy Grant - Heart In MotionA&M-75021 5321 (A&MrVirgin ramp.. #5/91)-P
1111 6 10 THE MOTOWN SONGRod Stewart - Vagabond HeartWarner Bros -26300 (Warner comp. # 100)-P
4 4 12 HAVE A HEARTCeline Dion - UnisonColumbia -80151 (Sony comp. # 31)-H
CHAM's Sharon Caddy, Vickie Van Dyke and MarkLaPointe congratulate Betty Buck (r) winner of aweek-long Caribbean cruise, the grand prize atCHAM Night At The Races.
1991 CKBY-Bud Country Talent finalists (back Ito r) Dusty King Jr., Bob Webb, CKBY PD TedDaigle, Greg Hanna, Nancy Swan, Norm Brunet,Marleen Fawcet (front) Ron Emond, Jason Roos,Gall Gavan and Peter Bayford.
Montreal's CFCF opts forcontemporary countryMontreal's CFCF AM, Canada's first radiostation, has changed its call letters to CIQC andeffectively brought country back to the city.The contemporary country music format wasintroduced to Montrealers on Sept. 9 whenCountry 600 - CIQC-AM went to air.
The station's Program Director, AndreChevalier, explained that the decision to bringa country music format back to Montreal wasmade "in response to the tremendous success itis enjoying across Canada and throughout NorthAmerica," continuing with, "This success is, inpart, a result of the high quality production thecountry music industry has experienced overthe past ten years." He concludes with,"Montrealers can now turn to Country 600 -CIQC for the best in contemporary countrymusic."
Country music has made impressive gainsin Canadian radio over the past few years.Country radio is the ratings leader in three majorcities in Canada; Calgary, Halifax and Hamilton.
Mount Royal Broadcasting purchasedCFCF-AM and sister station CFQR-FM fromCFCF Inc. in 1988. CFCF Inc. also owns andoperates CFCF Television in Montreal. Withthe. AM radio operation no longer part of CFCFInc. the change in call letters was necessary to'avoid confusion in the marketplace.
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will have the added assist from several othercountry names. Also scheduled to take part areKelita, Patricia Conroy, Garry Pjellgaard, LomaLyns, Barry Brown, Wayne St. John, RusselldeCarle, with Mike Holder on steel, Carl Hortonon keys and John Diamont on bass. CarrollBaker and George Fox had hoped to be part ofthis benefit but they will be busy rehearsing forthe CCMA Country Music Awards.
Garth Brooks, heading for the top of thecharts with his latest Capitol single Rodeo, isgetting a major promotion push on his newRopin' The Wind album. Critics have already
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tagged this new one as another "crossover"album, to follow the country/pop success of NoFences, which is now over two-times platinumin Canada. Brooks topped the RPM Country100 with The Thunder Rolls, the last singletaken from No Fences, on June 20/91, afteronlysix weeks of charting. It's obvious from theimmediate adds that Rodeo is getting that Brookscould better Thunder's capturing of the top spoton the charts. Capitol is running a ten -marketpromotion on the new album release, whichincludes giveaways of Limited Edition two -
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