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GAVIN AI A GLANCE
TOP 40
MARY J. BLIGE"I'm Going Down" (Uptown/MCA)
RAP
FRANKIE CUTLASS"Boriquas On The Set" (Violator/Relativity)
URBAN
BROWNSTONE"Grapevine" (MJJ/Epic)
A/C
LUTHER VANDROSS"Love The One You're With" (LV/Epic)
COUNTRY
WOODY LEE"Get Over It" (Atlantic)
AMERICANA
LINDA RON3TADTFeels Like Home (flektra/EEG)
A3
ALISON KRAUSSNow That I've Found You: A Collection (Rounder)
JAZZ
CHRIS POTTERPure (Concord Jazz)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
HILARY JAMES AND BOB
JAMESFlesh And Blood (Warner Bros.)
ALTERNATIVE
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN"All I Ask..." (Work Group)
COLLEGE
LIDA HUSIKJoyride (Caroline)
GAVIN ROCKS
MONSTER MAGNETDopes To Infinity (A&M)
mot AMWI' 4UTHE HUMAN LEAGUE"Tell Me When" (eastwest/EEG)
DESIREE"Feel So High" (550 Music)
RAP
THE ROOTS"Silent Treatment" (DGC)
DANA DANE"Rollin' Wit' Dane" (Maverick)
PPA^:
BROWNSTONE"Grapevine" (MJJ/Epic)
DIANA KING"Shy Guy" (Work Group)
A/CELTON JOHN"Believe" (Rocket/Island)
MICHAEL ENGLISH"(Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways" (Curb)
COUNTRY
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER"House of Cards" (Columbia)
TOBY KEITH"You Ain't Much Fun" (Polydor)
AMERICANASTEVE EARLETrain a Comin' (Winter Harvest)
CHRIS SMITHERUp On The Lowdown (HighTone)
A3
ENCOMIUM, TRIBUTE...LED ZEPPELINVarious Artists (Atlantic)
CHRIS SMITHERUp On The lowdown (HighTone)
JAZZ
MONTY ALEXANDERSteomin' (Concord Jazz)
CHRIS POTTERPure (Concord Jazz)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
SPYRO GYRALove 8 Other Obsessions (GRP)
PIECES OF A DREAMGoodbye Manhattan (Blue Note)
ALTERNATIVE
ENCOMIUM, TRIBUTE...LED ZEPPELINVarious Artists (Atlantic)
COLLEGE
KMFDMNihil (Wax Trax!/TVT)
SLEEPERSmart (Arista)
GAVIN ROCKS
DEATHSymbolic (Roadrunner)
MISERY LOVES COMPANY"My Mind Still Speaks" (Earache)
(1Tkl fliiTOP 40
ELTON JOHN"Believe" (Rocket/Island)
RAP
WORLD RENOWN"How Nice I Am" (Reprise)
URBAN
2 PAC"Dear Mama" (Interscope/AtIontic)
A/C
ELTON JOHN"Believe" (Rocket/Island)
COUNTRY
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER"House of Cords" (Columbia)
AMERICANA
STEVE EARLETrain a Comin' (Winter Harvest)
A3
SONIA DADAA Day At The Beach (Capricorn)
1.177
CYRUS CHESTNUTThe Dark Before The Dawn (Atlantic)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
CHRIS BOTTIFirst Wish (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
ALTERNATIVE
PJ HARVEY"Down By The Water" (Island)
COLLEGE
ARCHERS OF LOAFVee Vee (Alias)
GAVIN ROCKS
FAITH NO MORE"Digging The Grave" (Slash/Reprise)
Inside4 News
No, no, no. It's not gonna beNO2. No disrespect to NewOrleans, but it's SFO2-as inSan Francisco/ Oakland, aswe present the successor tothe very successful SF01.Queenie Taylor and BonnieSimmons, who spearheadedlast year's inspiring inaugural,tell early plans for this year'sweekend of rock, rap, revela-tions, and even a race.
7 That's Sho-biz
9 Small Market Success
13 Media Connection
40 Classifieds
FORMATS10 Top 40
12 Go Chart
13 Chart Connections
14 Urban
16 Rap
20 Adult Contemporary
23 Jazz
25 A' Adult Alternative
26 Country
30 Gavin Americana i
32 A' Album Adult Alternative
38 Gavin Rocks
41 Alternative
44 College
MANAGEMENT40 The Lund Letter
By John Lund
NEXT WEEKWe plug intoA/C with anartist forwhom adult -contemporaryis but one ofmany formats that haveembraced her music. MeetLinda Ronstadt, a womanwho's ranged from country,rock and pop to rancherosand opera-and excelled inevery genre she has visited.Also, a close look at GAVIN'S
major market A/C station ofthe year: WBMX, Mix 98.5 inBoston.
Founded by Bill Gavin -1958
GAVIN is published 50 weeks a year on Friday ofeach week. Subscription Rates $325 for 50 issuesor $180 for 25 issues. Subscription and circulationinquiries: (415) 495-1990. All rights to any or all ofthe contents of this publication are reserved.Materials may not be reproduced in any formwithout the publisher's permission.e1995 GAVIN, 140 Second Street,San Francisco, CA 94105
in A UNITED NEWSPAPERS PUBUCATION
GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
GAITIli News"I'm mad 'cause I didn't
win no Grammy."- Snoop Doggy Dogg
see page 5
SF02: Some Things Old, Some Things NewBY BEN FONG-TORRES
SF02, the artists' seminarformerly known as SF01,takes place May 18-21 inSan Francisco. As with theinaugural gathering lastyear, the focus is on creat-ing and exposing music ofall kinds.
Sponsored by GAVIN andproduced, once again, bylocal music industry veter-ans Bonnie Simmons andQueenie Taylor, SF02 willoffer a long weekend ofworkshops, panels, partiesand-most of all-showcas-es, with more than 200bands doing stints on 25nightclub stages over threenights.
And that's not counting asinger -songwriter night atthe Hotel Utah, whichshould account for another15 to 20 performers, a spo-ken -word night, daytimeperformances at SF02 head-quarters-the downtownPress Club-and the usualsurprises. (Simmons, Taylor,and club managers are wad-ing through piles of submit-ted tapes. Artists, they
remind, are not required toregister at SF02 in order toplay showcases.)
But for the participatingartists (most of themunsigned), managers,
Bonnie Simmons andQueenie Taylor
agents, A&R people, pro-moters, publishers, promot-ers, attorneys, and mediatypes, the shows are onlypart of the show.
"SFO is for artists, to getthem some attention fromrecord companies and otherconcerned parties, but alsoto educate artists in some ofthe business dealings thatthey're going to have to go
W1VMS PromotionsDirector IndictedIn the ongoing investigation of a station sabotage gone awry,a grand jury in Cleveland has reportedly indicted the promo-tions director of WMMS/FM for her alleged role in the cuttingwires at a Howard Stern remote on rival WNCX last June,knocking the broadcast off the air.
Heidi Kramer was slapped with five counts, according tothe Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the charges include forginga document to help another person get press credentials tothe Stern remote and with "disrupting public service" at anearlier WNCX event-a WNCX remote from a Pink Floydconcert last May.
Former WMMS engineer Bill Alford pled guilty lastSeptember to a "disrupting" charge and offered assistance inthe investigation, which prosecutors had promised to widen.
Carl Hirsch of WMMS owners OmniAmerica, which hadearlier claimed that Alford "acted on his own," dismissed thelatest charges, saying prosecutor Craig Weintraub is "wastingthe taxpayers' money on something that is not important."
through. So the daytimemeetings are for the artists,too, and it makes thosemeetings 100 percent bet-ter," says Simmons, a veter-an programmer and DJ (cur-rently at KPFA/FM-Berkeley)as well as audio director forColossal Pictures, which isbuilding the main exhibitsfor the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame and Museum.
In fact, one new work-shop this year is the directresult of input from record-ing artist Debora Iyall, whosuggested an all -artists ses-sion. With lyall (formerly ofRomeo Void) among thefacilitators, the meeting-before the first evening ofnightclub showcases-willbe open to artists only.Simmons explains: "This isso they'll all feel comfortableexpressing or venting theirconcerns."
Another modification,with the artist in mind, is thedemo tape -critiquing panel.This year, there'll be threesessions: one for urban/hip-hop, one for singer -song-writers in the A3/Americanaarena, and one for pop -rock -alternative music.
In short, "What workedlast year stays. What didn't,doesn't," says Taylor, a vet-eran of Bill Graham Presentswho is producer of thisyear's mammoth Black andWhite Ball, the music festi-val that benefits the SanFrancisco Symphony.
Band manager HerbieHerbert worked last year asa member of a panel, and hedid so well that he immedi-ately agreed to an encore.This year, he'll sit for a one-on-one.
Herbert's session, alongwith a keynoter, a dozenpanels, and exhibits, willtake place not at a sprawl-ing hotel, but at the venera-ble Press Club. SaysSimmons: "One of the greatthings about SF01 being atthe Press Club was seeing
neophytes being able towalk up to an establishedmanager or A&R person inthe bar and feeling comfort-able talking to them, and itdidn't develop into one of
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those nightmare schmoozesessions, and peopleweren't shaking your handand looking over yourshoulder."
Outside the Press Club,special events include theBMI Showcase, transplantedfrom the annual GAVIN
Seminar. Produced by theLos Angeles office of BMIwith local BMI rep NadineCondon, the showcase willpresent six or seven SF02bands and others (not nec-essarily BMI-affiliated artists)at the Paradise Lounge inthe South of Market.
Another feature fromSF01-"Rock Jeopardy"-returns. (It was so success-ful, says Taylor andSimmons, that they wererecruited to do a version forthe upcoming SXSW inAustin.)
Also returning: the "RockWalk" to and past variousrock and roll landmarks inthe city. This year, the walkwill be more of a run, as itcoincides with the annualBay -to -Breakers marathonrun that turns various citystreets into a blend offootrace track and MardiGras costumery. The pro-ducers of the race haveinvited SF02 to providemusic at various stagesalong the race route, and
will tell the thousands ofrunners about SF02 show-cases. As for the Rock Walk:"We'll walk as far as wecan," says Taylor, who saidhistorian/tour guide LesliePepin may only be able toslow down enough to pointvaguely in the direction of,say, the Haight-Ashbury.
If it sounds like fun, it willbe. As Taylor recalled aboutlast year's effort: "We hadthe idea of a music businesssummer camp. And that'swhat it was: a lot of learn-ing, interspersed with a lotof fun."
Registration is $150 untilMay 10; $175 after that dateand at the door. For infor-mation on all aspects ofSF02, call (415) 495-3200.
RCA Records
May Have a
New PresidentBMG has gone in-housefor the next president ofRCA Records, according tosources, and tapped BobJamieson, president ofBMG Canada, for the job.
The RCA post has beenvacant since Joe Galantereturned to RCA Nashvilleseven months ago.
Strauss Zelnick, newpresident/CEO of BMGEntertainment NorthAmerica, offered neithera confirmation nor com-ment when GAVIN called,and said he did not knowwhen any announcementwould be made.
Zelnick has been inter-viewing potential headssince taking office January1. In Jamieson, whosename came up early in thepresidential sweepstakes,Zelnick would have a vet-eran of Sony andPolyGram who worked indistribution and salesbefore joining BMG.
4 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
NEWS
LIKE A ROLLING STONE
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The Out-and-Outingoyz II Men, Barry, Anitaand -Outing
Of jann Wenner Catch Soul Train Awards
SO, JANN WENNER has been"outed.
The talk of the town-first. in NewYork since the beginning of the year,and. now, across the country, byway of a lengthy article in the WallStreet Journal-is Wenner, for whomI worked for more than a decade atRolling Stone.
If you haven't heard, Wenner, the49 year -old founder and publisher ofRolling Stone, US, Men's Journal andFamily Life (which he sold lastweek), left Jane, his wife of 26 years,and moved into a hotel suite with a28 year -old man, a designer atCalvin Klein.
Actually, a radio trade magazine-not this one-almost beat most ofthe big -name publications to thestory, until the issue, which hadgone to press, was embargoed bythe publisher. The 900 issues thatgot sent out were taken back. I
heard, around that time, that Wennerand friends had contacted variouseditors, trying to convince them tosquelch stories about him.
You can imagine that I have mixedfeelings about all this. Jann and I goback to the beginnings of RollingStone, my first story appeared in thethen -newspaper's eighth issue, inthe spring of 1968. We were born
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man-took place in England, in theMail on Sunday. Explaining the storyit ran in late February, Paul Palmer,an editor there, used the same ratio-nale the Wall Street Journal wouldto support its March 3 article: Thestory, he said, was relevant to thepossible breakup of Wenner's maga-zine company (a $200 million orga-nization shared by Jann and JaneWenner).
Besides, Palmer added, Wenner is"a man associated with the machoworld of rock stars" who "neverpulled his punches" in his own pub-lications.
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exactly a year apart and celebrated adozen birthdays together, with ourever-growing, ever-changing staffs.He called me "Benno," I called him"Janno." And when I began hearingtalk about him in the late '70s, I keptit to myself, as did most of hisemployees and friends.
I still feel like it's no one's busi-ness but his own, even though thereare some undeniable realities: thatJann is a high -profile, public figure;that the potential rending of WennerMedia (originally named StraightArrow Publishers, with a boy scoutas a logo) is a valid news story.
And, finally, he's a journalist who'sat the heart of a story, but who triedto squelch it. It was a tactic that wasborne of despair and bound to fail.
Thus, my mixed emotions. I feelsad for what Jann-and Jane-aregoing through. I wish them well, onall levels. In a recent conversationwith a fellow former Rolling Stoner,I heard that Jann has never beenhappier. For that, I'm glad, just as Iam for any friend who finds love inan increasingly cautious, distantworld. But in the end, I'm disheart-ened and wish ours wasn't a societythat necessitated as unpleasant aphenomenon as "outing."
But, as John Lennon sang, that'sreality.
"I'm mad 'cause I didn't win noGrammy," said Snoopy DoggyDogg, accepting his Soul Trainaward for best rap album. "This isthe black folks' Grammy."
Well...maybe. In the similaritiesdepartment, Boyz II Men won twoawards, best single for a group,band or duo ("I'll Make Love toYou"), and best album, for IL Thefirst time up, the group, whoopened the ninth annual Soul Trainawards with a performance, thanked"Mr. Babyface," and for the albumhonor, they graciously acknowl-edged Melvin Franklin of theTemptations, who died last month-"for showing us the way."
Anita Baker, who co -hosted withBabyface and Patti LaBelle, won forbest album/female, for Rhythm ofLove, and for best single/female("Body and Soul").
The other big winner of the night,Barry White, won for song of theyear ("Practice What You Preach")and album of the year/male (TheIcon is Love) .
R. Kelly won best single/male for
"Bump 'n Grind;" Brandy-who alsoperformed-won as best new artist;Aaron Hall won for best video ("IMiss You"), and Norman Brownreceived top jazz honors for After theStorm, while the Sounds ofBlackness took the award for bestgospel album for Africa to America:
The Journey of theDrum.
Berry Gordy,founder of MotownRecords, presentedthe heritage awardto his supreme pro-tege, Diana Ross,
while the Sammy Davis, Jr. award-given to an artist who's succeeded inmore than one medium-went torapper/sitcom star/record executiveQueen Latifah.
Dogg received one of the louderaudience responses of the eveningas he held his award (for Doggystyle)high, thanked God and sent out amessage to a fellow rap star who-like Dogg himself-has been
broiled in legal problems.Stay up, Tupac," he said.
You may not remember the name ...but you won't forget the music
on the single "Dream Baby Dream"
from the album Insanity Lane.Available now on Vibration Entertainment
distributed by Alliance (AEC).B Y BEN FONG-TORRES
GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
NEWS
Bay Area Awards: AJourney into the Past
The Bay Area Music Awards(the Bammies), created 18years ago by BAMMagazine, had a relativelylow-key ceremony lastweek. Theshow -end-ing jam,usually a
compellingmix of musi-cal person-alities andstyles, wasdominated by former mem-bers of Journey, while thenew generation, includingCounting Crows, Green Dayand Rancid, stayed off stageand, for the most part, awayfrom the event (althoughboth the Crows and Green
Day sent representatives-Mike Dirnt of Green Dayand Matt Malley of theCrows).
Still, Neil Young, ChrisIsaak, Carlos Santana, BookerT. Jones, Eric Martin,Penelope Houston, and theJourney -men (Neil Schon andJonathan Cain) were there,along with Ramblin' JackElliot (who hooked up musi-cally with John WesleyHarding), and Linda Perry of4 Non Blondes, who rockedwith Stone Fox. KRQR, whichbroadcast the show, providedmost of the presenters, withthe addition of Scott Ferrall,the showy new sports talkshow host on KNBR.
Green Day won for out -
To Sell Music, They reTaking it to the Street
BY DAVID BERAN
A new record company is hitting the streets to hear what peo-ple think of their music.
Street Level Records, based in Beverly Hills, disperses salespeople armed with boom boxes to places where crowdsgather and offers people a chance to hear music before theybuy it. Interested parties invest $10 in a CD or $8 for a cas-sette, then fill out response cards or call a 1-800 number togive feedback on tracks they think should go to radio.
Street Level is the brainchild of Alexander Williams and for-mer MCA Records presi-dent Robert Siner. Williamsbelieves that all recordlabels should have market-ing companies. "Our longterm goal is to be like aminor league team to abaseball's major leagueteam," he says.
Street Level is mainlyfocused on the rap/hip hop format, and is using do-it-your-self starters as models. Williams points out that artists such asNWA, MC Hammer and Magic Mike sold tapes before theyhad record deals. "We've been called the Afro Amway, andwithin two weeks we can tell whether something works ornot," he says.
Street Level's first release, Street Rap, Volume 1, spotlightsunsigned talent, and the idea is to prove to the majors thatsomething is good before they invest in it. Obeah's Posse'sR&B/rap song "Fat Girls" is one example of a Street Leveltrack that's earned tremendous reviews.
Future compilations planned are Street Rock, Street Jazzand Street R&B, and Street Level plans to branch out to SanDiego and San Francisco. Look for a uniformed Street Levelsalesperson on a street near you.
standing album, outstandinggroup, bassist, and drum-mer/percussionist. CountingCrows won for outstandingsong and male vocalist.Rancid won for best debut
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record; Craig Chaquico forindependent album, Rappin'4 -Tay won outstandingurban/contemporary album,Charlie Hunter Trio for jazz,Charlie Musselwhite forblues, and the Melvins for"hard music." PenelopeHouston was the favoritefemale vocalist, and CarlosSantana took guitar honors.Neil Young was namedMusician of the Year, andthe Tommy Castro repeatedas Club Band of the Year.
Peerlessin SeattleWhat a difference a scenemakes.
Five years ago, the Rocket,a weekly paper in Seattle,polled critics on the mostimportant records ever tocome from the Northwest,and the Kingsmen's "LouieLouie" came out on top.
Recently, the paper con-ducted a new poll, andNirvana's Nevermind wonout, followed by the Sonics'Here Are the Sonics andNirvana's debut album.Bleach.
"Louie Louie" wasn't for-gotten, however. The garage -rock classic placed 15th.
The local critics showedlittle love, however, forCourtney Love. Her bandHole's album, Live ThroughThis, has won raves bothlocally and nationally, but interms of importance, theRocket's respondents shot itdown to Number 50.
REALITY BYTESHoly Obi -Wan Kenobe! This week we debut a column thatwill keep you up to date on the ever-increasing musicindustry happenings up there in cyberspace. If you wantyour news to be included, or if you're a programmer orexecutive who wants your on-line presence noted, sendyour info to Reality Bytes c/c Beverly Mire here at GAVIN.
SPEAKING OF STAR WARS: Former and current EagleDon Henley was just one of the artists who showed uplast week at Senate hearings addressing copyright pro-tection for music sent out over the Internet or via on-lineservices. Henley told a sympathetic Senator Orrin Hatch(R -Utah) that it doesn't make sense to deny artists pay-ment for performing in cyberspace. Current copyrightlaws were enacted way before the computerage...COUNTRY STATION KMPS-SEATTLE is one of themany radio station jumping on the web. According toDean Sakai they're averaging 6,000 hits (calls) a month.Check in at http://fine.com/KMPS. The station updatesits page monthly...WARNER BROS. ROCKERS VAN HALENhave debuted a dedicated web site on the Internet.Surfers who type http://van halen.warnerrcrds.com/Balance will get band photos, commentary about theirnew album, Balance, and information on the band'sfood bank charity U.S.A. Harvest. Coming soon will hechats and contests. .LOOKING FOR UNSIGNED TALENT?Check out the WorldWide Alternative Jukebox athttp://www.aaj.com/ aaj...CAPITOL'S DURAN DURAN,who revolutionized music videos in the early `80s, havehopped on the Internet with its first -ever digital lottery.Users can choose a lottery ticket and sent it to a friendwho can then download the ticket and see if they'vewon a daily prize. Along with the ducat, the sender canpass along a sound clip from the band's latest album,Thank you. Hook up with Play! Duran Duran athttp://caprec.com. ANOTHER CAPITOL BAND that's got anInternet site is Megadeth, who are on the World WideWeb at http://bazaar.com/.
- BEVERLY MIRE
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stations. Country stations will be mailed CDX ofing Without You."
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Label mailed posters and CDs to chain andindie retail stores. Listening posts are being set up atselect locations, and select co-op advertising is being
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Article coming in Spin (April 1) and the NewMr( Times (pending).
Label working with Internet bulletin boardsand receiving a high number of inquiries. Setting uprelationship with International Underground MusicalArchive.
Label will have booth at thiss' SXSW erence.
BY BEVERLY MIRE6 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
fl10-IIN ACCORDING ToDAVE SHOLIN
SHO-BITZWLLD-Columbus, Ohioweekender Joe Steelemoves to Augusta, Ga.where he'll do nights atWZNY...The new programdirector at B101.1 (WBEB)-Philadelphia is Jim Ryan,replacing Mark Hamlin,who left to programWWWW-Detroit. Ryancomes from KXYQ-Portland,Ore. where he was vicepresident of programming...Longtime A/C KHYS-Houston is now running asyndicated "Smooth FM"adult alternative format...K-101 San Francisco PDAngela Perelli is headingsouth to Los Angeles whereshe'll be APD at KYSR(Star) -Los Angeles effectiveApril 3. K-101 is looking foran off -air MD. Send yourresumes to Dave Shakes at700 Montgomery St., SanFrancisco 94111...Albumradio vet Bob Bitten hasexited WHCN-Hartford...WXPN-Philadelphia now has voicemail; their old music num-bers are no longer opera-tional. Call hours areTuesdays and Thursdaysfrom 10 a.m.-12 noon. Dial(215) 898-0099...In San Jose,Calif., KUFX PD LarrySharp has left, leavingDana Jang, currently duop-oly sister KSJO's PD, to pickup the slack...KKCJ-KansasCity isn't country anymore.As of presstime the stationwas running produced
WHO AM I?My real name is SusanDallion. and my first bandfeatured Sid Vicious ondrums. Back in the '70s Iwore a lot of bondage gearfrom Malcolm McLaren'sSex store. and you can seemy band in Don Lett's filmPunk Rock Movie. Onetimemembers of my bandinclude Magazine's JohnMcGeoch and The Cure'sRobert Smith, and in 1978we toured with Nico andthe Human League. Whoam I? See page 9 for theanswer...
infomercials touting sisterstations KFKF/FM andKBEQ/AM&FM-VeteranAA/Jazz/Quiet Storm PDMonica Logan has exitedKACD-Los Angeles...FormerKEDJ-Phoenix MDWillobee is now at Q PrimeManagement, andChristopher Allen's takinghis place at the station. He'llcontinue on -air from 10p.m. -2 a m And while we'reon the alternative tip: NicHarcourt moves into theAMD position at WDST-Woodstock, N.Y. as JeanneAtwood heads back toschool. Harcourt's musichours are Mondays andWednesdays from 11 a.m.-1p.m. Call him at (914) 679-7290...The newest edition ofThe Big Green Book, a guideto the Northwest MusicIndustry is available. Call(206) 524-1102.. TheWashington Redskins will bebroadcast on two-count'em, two-Infinity FMs,WJFK-Washington, D.C. andWLIF/FM-Baltimore.Tommy Boy star artist K7has his own radio show.He's on Hot 97 (WQHT)-New York every Sundayfrom 2-5 p.m...Longtimealternative WFIT-Melbourne, Fla. hasswitched to jazz/NPR...Rocks
editor Rob Fiend handed usthis irresistible photo takenat this year's Seminar.Tangled in a web of beadsat the appropriately -namedmetal club., The Dungeonare, left to right: Fiend,WFCS-New Britain, Ct.'sKevin Doyle, MausoleumRecords' Beth Krakowerand KMSA-Grand Junction,Co.'s Mr. Pain.ROTATIONS...In the Columbia Recordsrock promotion department,Chris Woltman has beenpromoted to director, nation-al album promotion, and
Kim Langbecker to associ-ate director, national albumpromotion, West Coast.Woltman was associatedirector, album promotionand Langbecker was localpromotion manager for thePhoenix/Denver region...AtRCA Records, Nick Bullwas promoted to director,national AAA/West Coastalternative promotion frommanager, national adultalternative promotion. Ron"Jetson" Poore joins thelabel as director, nationalalternative promotion. Heheld a similar position atImago...Atlantic's AndiMogus has been upped todirector of artist relationsfrom the manager's positionand Silvio Bonvini is nowdirector of progressive mar-keting, up from progressivemarketing manager...The dis-tinguished gentleman on theleft is Warner Bros. managerof publicity Ron Carter, who
wasnamed"SigmaMan ofthe Year"by PhiBetaSigmaFraternity,
for his outstanding communi-ty service. Next to Carter isLos Angeles Raiders all -prodefensive end AnthonySmith, the organization'sAthlete of the Year. EamonSherlock has been promotedto vice president, internation-al at MCA Records. He wasformerly senior director, inter-national...Susan Dodes hasjoined Relativity Recordingsas vice president of A&R.She segued from MCA, whereshe held a similar position...In the Warner Bros. execu-tive suite, Sue Roberts hasbeen named vicepresident/office of the chair-man... Sony Classical USApresident Peter Gelb is nowpresident, Sony Classical,the world-wide record label.Concurrent with theannouncement, Jean-HuguesAllard was named executivevice president, SonyClassical...
Is the Pyramid getting larger or smaller? That seems to be the
question Pyramid CEO Richie Balsbaugh is being asked since
the Chicago Sun -Times leaked word that the company is planning
to sell off its properties. Balsbaugh was quick to issue a firm denial.
Best bet is the group will expand rather than shrink.
It was Madonna -mania coast -to -coast as KIIS/FM-Los Angeles
aired the superstar's first radio interview in ten years. Madonna
called Rick Dees with birthday wishes, and confided off air that
the new love in her life is (drum roll) her miniature hairless
Chihuahua. Her most noteworthy revelation? Madonna will star in
the film version of Evita. She then traveled east to take a bow in
front of 1,500 Z-100 (WHTZ)-New York pajama -clad contest win-
ners at Webster Hall in New York City. All this coincided with the
MTV debut of her new video for "Bedtime Story."
After spending 17 years helping establish hundreds of careers and
breaking so many hits they'd reach from one end of Burbank to the
other, national singles promotion manager Sue Emmer stunned
co-workers by announcing she's leaving the Bunny behind to
devote her energy to her family. Emmer's many friends in both
industries will miss her, and wish her many happy (and quiet) days
and nights.
There's nothing like beginning a tour with a little celebration. Jon
Secada was presented witih a triple -platinum award for Heart,
Soul & A Voice by left to right: Jorge Pinos of William Morris;manager Emilio Estefan Jose Behar, president EMI Latin;EMI president Davitt Sigerson
Are there rumblings in Boston about Westinghouse purchasing
country outlet WCLB?
Due to his postion being eliminated, Elektra VP national promo-
tion Ron Gregory has exited the label. He can be reached at (410)
581-9331.
Having helped navigate K-101 (KI01/FM) San Francisco through
numerous eras, PD Angela Perelli is headed south to assume
APD duties at KYSR (Star) -Los Angeles, effective April 3. K-101
OM Dave Shakes now takes the PD title as well and is searching
for an off -air MD. Candidates should have a background in NC and
experience with Selector. Send your resumes to Shakes at 700
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111.
Former Imago promo rep Rob Dillman stays put in Seattle, han-
dling local promotion for Mercury.
Top 40 KNDE (Candy 101) -Reno flips to all '70s as 0-101.
GAVIN MARCH 1 7 , 1995 7
THAT'S SHO-BIZAre there changes coming down at Warner Bros.?
OKeh Records, the revived R&B/Rock/Roots label featuring the
signings of A&R ace Michael Caplan moves from Epic to 550Music. Besides G -Love. Keb Mo and Little Axe, expect hot stuff
from new signings Anders Osborne and Papa Chubby.
In case you missed it be sure to get last Monday's (March 13) Wall
Street Journal and read the in-depth article on Arista president
Clive Davis.
What's going on these days at KHTN (Hot 105)-Modesto/Merced?
PD Pete Jones says that inside the building "It's business as
usual."
KFTZ-Idaho Falls, Idaho PD Rich Summers had his bellybutton
pierced while doing his show the other morning. Hey Rich-navel
idea!
KYJC-Medford, Ore. ups Brick Watson to APD/MD.
Beau Richards, PD at WMGI-Terre Haute, Ind. is on the prowl for
an energetic night talent. Get that T&R to him at 4415 W. U.S.
Highway 40 West, Terre Haute, IN 47885.
NARM conventioneers were treated to a performance by Martin
Page last month. Page, third from left, whose single, "In The
House Of Stone And Light," is currently in the top ten hung back-
stage with, from left, Mercury president Ed Eckstine; senior VP
sales Jeff Brody; and sales VP Joe Parker.
SHO-PIECES
BRUCESPRINGSTEENOn March 21 of last yearBruce Springsteen won anOscar for his song "StreetsOf Philadelphia.TRENT REZNORBefore he was a teenager,Trent Reznor could play thesaxophone, piano and thetuba.THE TRACTORSThe Tractors' drummer,Jamie Oldaker, was withEric Clapton's band fornearly a decade playing onalbums like 461 OceanBoulevard, Slowhand andBackless.BOYZ II MENBoyz II Men is co -managedby John Dukakis, son ofMichael Dukakis, the formergovernor of Massachusetts.MADONNAMadonna's latest album,Bedtime Stories, has beencertified for sales in excess
of two million copies whileher 1984 disc, Like A Virgin,has just been certified forsales of nine million and1986's True Blue has clearedthe seven million mark.
OLETA ADAMSRoland Orzabal of Tears ForFears and Oleta Adamshave recorded a duet "MeAnd My Big Ideas" for thenew Tears For Fears album,Raoul & The Kings Of Spain,due in May.MIKE & THEMECHANICSMike Rutherford of Genesisstarted Mike & theMechanics a decade ago
while waiting for PhilCollins to finish promotingand touring to support hissolo album No JacketRequired. The first Mike &the Mechanics hit was"Silent Running (OnDangerous Ground)," thetheme to the 1985 movieOn Dangerous Ground.WHITNEY HOUSTONWhitney Houston's mostpressing career plans for1995 are to make her sec-ond movie, Waiting ToExhale, and complete a fewnew songs for a GreatestHits album that could bereleased before the end ofthe year.LAURIE ANDERSONIn 1972 Laurie Andersongraduated ColumbiaUniversity in New York Citywith a degree in sculptureand was soon teaching arthistory in various Manhattanschools.CRYSTAL WATERSAt the age of 14, CrystalWaters became theyoungest inductee into theAmerican Poetry Society.SHAW/BLADESTommy Shaw and JackBlades, who recently wrotesongs for Aerosmith ("ShutUp And Dance" and "WalkOn Water"), have recentlybeen writing with OzzyOsboume for his nextalbum.CHRISTOPHERCROSSChristopher Cross' 1980debut album won fiveGrammys and has soldmore than six millioncopies. With his secondalbum he won an Oscar asco -writer of "Arthur'sTheme (Best That You CanDo)."NANCI GRIFFITHSinger Nanci Griffith dividesher time between her farm-house in the suburbs ofNashville and a loft inDublin, Ireland.STEVIE WONDERStevie Wonder was induct-ed into the Rock 'N' Roll
Hall Of Fame in 1989. Hescored his first #1 single inthe Summer of 1963 with"Fingertips, Part 2" when hewas 13 years old.THE MAVERICKSMCA/Nashville presidentTony Brown describes TheMavericks as looking "likeU2, and they sound likeBuck Owens and RoyOrbison." The band'sOrbison connectionincludes the fact theirnewest lead guitarist, NickKane, performed withOrbison on many of USOtours that Orbison used toheadline.MANHATTANTRANSFERManhattan Transfer's TimHauser says the group's sig-nature four-part harmoniesare patemed after the saxsection of the Count BasieBand where there is a con-scious blend of bass, sopra-no, alto and tenor.GLADYS KNIGHTFifty -year -old Gladys Knightis engaged to talk showhost Les Brown.GARTH BROOKSGarth Brooks admits toowning at least 30 cars,trucks and motorcycles,including nine HarleyDavidsons. He even ownsthe '55 Thunderbird thatwas his first car, bought 20years ago. His wife recentlytracked it down in NorthCarolina and repurchased itas a surprise Christmas gift.WILLI ONE BLOODWilli One Blood is a nativeof New York City whomigrated to, of all places,Boulder, Colorado wherehe promoted reggae con-certs and crafted his dance -hall skills before settling inKingston, Jamaica.ROLLING STONESNext up from the RollingStones is likely to be a DonWas -produced live albumrecorded during the band'sVoodoo Lounge tour.BARENAKED LADIESAn art gallery in Ontariountil recently was selling aT-shirt featuring the worksof three impressionists. Thenude portraits were head-lined as Rare Naked Ladies.
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Where did you group?
What stations did youlisten to growing up?
What station do you lis-ten to now?
Mat's the last recordyou went out andbought?Live mrRaclioticbecause Mark Gorlick
What's your proudestand most memorablecareer accomplishmentto -date?
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Brit ill Auditoriumin Ann Arbor Michigan)i or so.
What artist not signedto Elektra would youmost like to work with?Seal. Hemolts a
as pro-gram director, Gem,Cagle as music director.Pcl want to do a duopoly.One umild be a crossbetween KROQ and 2100,and the other u'ouldsound like Hot 97 in New
8 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
1101611___SMALL MARKET SUCCESS
mall Market Success" goes tropi-cal this week as we travel to our50th state, Hawaii, and theisland of Kauai. Late in 1992,Hurricane Iniki tore apart this
beautiful and placid island. Top 40station KONG ended up being theumbilical cord for the island as itprovided communication with theoutside world by relaying messagesfrom relatives and friends on themainland and by providing supplies.As a result, KONG has become thenumber one station on the island,posting its most impressive ratingsever last month. Telling us all aboutthe station is program director EdKanoi.
First off, how in the heck do youmanage to get up and go to workeveryday?It can be difficult, but my passionfor radio keeps me going everyday.It's really just like anyone else hav-ing the drive and intensity for whatthey do. Radio to me is the best, andI consider myself fortunate to be apart of a great station like KONG.How do you compare KONG to a typi-cal mainland station?The similarities equal the amount ofdifferences. We are a true Top 40that can be put up against any Top40 in the country, despite our loca-tion and culturally intensive market.However, we lean more heavilytoward our local product than yourtypical Top 40 station. Our marketdemands it. As far as our approach,we are by far and away more laidback than most. We don't have thescreaming jocks or outrageous lin-ers/sweepers. It just wouldn't fit
ith the staticn's or island's tastes.Do the nuances of your "culture spe-cific" market reflect upon your styleof programming?As far as how we approach the
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KONG Nacho4271 Halenani StreetLihue, Kauai, HI 96766(808) 245-9527Owner/general manager:
Rodney SanchezProgram/music director: It -Consultant: NoneFrequency: 93.5 FMWatts: 100,000Target demo: 18-49 adultsPositioning statement:
"Kauai's one and only KONG.Major industry: Tourism
overall programming, not really.There are certain facets of program-ming that are applicable across theboard. We do however keep in veryclose tune to what our market'sneeds are. Most Top 40s follow amore generic attitude toward theirlisteners where as we continuallystrive towards determining who theyare and what they really want. It'sjust a matter of being a part of yourmarket rather than an outsider look-ing in.
So, it's safe to say that specialtyshows and local music play a largerole in constituting your station'smix.Absolutely. We play a local artistevery hour and a half, or more.Friday afternoons we run AlohaFriday, which is a specialty showfeaturing all Hawaiian music.Weekends are when we pretty much
KONG SAMPLE HOUR
***1.1).*
00 p.m.)
PRINCE - "Purple Rain Medley"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Murder
-Station Liner/Spots/PSA*LIVE - "lightning Crashes"
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - "As I Lay Me Dow
BLACKSIBEEI - "Before l Let You Go"
***Spots/News/Weather**, 1)11
GREEN DAY - "When I Come Arou
DIONNE FARRIS - "I Know"
n Liner/Spots/Jingle
***Break Station Liner/ ts/ ***
ANNIE LENNOX - "No More 1 Love You
ADINA HOWARD - "Freak Like Me"
COREY HART - "Never Surrender"
leave the Top 40 format on the backburner and run a lot of traditionalmusic. On Saturday nights we air areggae show which, by the way, ishugely successful. During the weekwe play what we call Jawanantracks, a hybrid of native Hawaiianand Jamaican music. We basicallyjust determined local tastes, and pro-grammed for them. This doesn'tmean that we ignore Top 40, we justmix in the right amount of localmusic to keep the market satisfied.What is the balance of guts versusresearch for programming your sta-tion?At KONG we lean more towards thegut approach. As with any smallmarket, we don't have access to alot of research. We do take periodictrips to retail, but the primary sourceof information comes from the streetresearch. Physically, asking listenerswhat is appealing and what isn'tworks the best for us. Because ofour diverse demo, we daypart heavi-ly. With a listening population of42,000 and 60 -plus percent of thattuning into KONG, it's the only wayto keep those 25,200 people happy.How much label support do youreceive?It's comparable to any other smallmarket. There are a few labels whoshine for us, and a few who don't.We scratch and dig like anyone else;it's the nature of small markets. Ourbiggest problem is lag time.Overnight to us means two days,which translates into being unfortu-nately late on most added records!Do you see a continuing trend ofgrowth within the format?I believe in Top 40. As with mostformats, it goes in waves and youhave to be able to ride them.Changes constantly occur, as withthe strength of alternative, and youhave to be open to it. Working witha station that gives you the freedomto ride with change is the key to thatstation's success, regardless of whoprograms it. I'd say the fuure iswide open for the format, and hope-fully we can adapt to what is com-ing.
Editorial assistance by Annette M.LaiPaul E. Swanson, Gregg Mariuz andDan Chiss are the national secon-daries division offeff McClusky andAssociates
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Sho-Dates
Our Best Wishes and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY To:
Bob Kingsley ABCWatermark 3/19
Gerry Hoff 3/19
Gert Bettens K'sChoice 3/19
"Mr. Ed" Lambert(401) KHKS-Dallas, TX 3/20
Jerry Reed,Richard Drummie(Go West), Ranger
Doug (Riders in the Sky) 3/20
Bonnie GoldnerRCA Records 3/21
DennyMosesman AsylumRecords 3/21
Barbara DaceyWMVY-Martha's Vineyard, MA 3/21
Michael RogersEpic Records 3/21
Chuck SlomovitzVirgin Records 3/21
Jimmy RectorLiberty Records 3/21
Eddie Money,Sean Dickson(Soup Dragons) 3/21
Wayde West WNNJ-Newton, NJ 3/21
Marilyn Beran3/22
Mike JenkinsWESM-Princess Anne, MD 3/22
Stephanie Mills,George Benson3/22
Jimmy Steal 0102 -Cincinnati, OH 3/23
Chaka Khan, RicOcasek, LouiseGoffin, DamonAlborn (Blur) 3/23Dennis CallahanKNFR-Spokane, WA 3/24
Lena Lovich 3/24Hoyt Axton,Aretha Franklin,Elton John, NickLowe 3/25
GAVIN MARCH 1 7 , 1995
MARILIZ
GAVIN TOP 40DIONNE FARRIS - I Know (Columbia)
MADONNA - Take A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE - If I Wanted To (Island)
LONDONBEAT - Come Back (Radioactive)
GREEN DAY - When I Come Around (Reprise) t
MARTIN PAGE - In The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury)
JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic)
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic)
FIREHOUSE - I Live My Life For You (Epic)
DES REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music)
BLESSID UNION OF SOULS - I Believe (EMI)
THE REAL McCOY - Run Away (Arista) t
BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown)
TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.)
EAGLES - Love Will Keep Us Alive (Geffen)
BROWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MJJ/Epic)
TLC - Creep (LaFace/Arista)
SIMPLE MINDS - She's A River (Virgin) t
BONNIE RAITT - You Got It (Arista)
GLORIA ESTEFAN - Everlasting Love (Epic)
ELTON JOHN - Believe (Rocket/Island) t
VAN HALEN - Can't Stop Loving You (Warner Bros.) t
THE REAL McCOY - Another Night (Arista)
BOYZ II MEN - Thank You (Motown)
R E M - Bang And Blame (Warner Bros.)
THE CRANBERRIES - Ode To My Family (Island)
PEARL JAM - Better Man (Epic) t
LIVE - Lightning Crashes (Radioactive) t
SOUL IV REAL - Candy Rain (Uptown/MCA)
BON JOVI - Always (Mercury)
4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island)
BRANDY - Baby (Atlantic)
CORONA - The Rhythm Of The Night (eastwest/EEG)
TLC - Red Light Special (LaFace/Arista)
ANNIE LENNOX - No More "I Love You's" (Arista)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Murder Incorporated (Columbia)
JADE - Every Day Of The Week (Giant)
RICHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol)
2 UNLIMITED - Get Ready For This (Critique/BMG)
EDITOR:DAVE SHOLINASSOCIATL EDITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI
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FOREIGNER - "Until The End Of Time" (Generama/R. Safari/Priority) 97 23 1501 +832
BLUES TRAVELER - "Run -Around" (A&M) 89 14 1724 +432
DURAN DURAN - "White Lines" (Capitol) t 89 11 1450 +480
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RECORD TO WATCH
MARY J. BLIGE"I'm Going Down"
(Uptown/MCA)Her spin total continues to
soar for this top three urbansmash. A slam dunk at
crossover radio, it's primedfor serious consideration at
mainstream Top 40.
Most AddedTHE HUMAN LEAGUE (52)Tell Me When" (eastwest/EEG)
DES'REE (46)"Feel So High- (550 Music)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS (24)"Pretty Penny" (Atlantic)
FOREIGNER (23)"Until The End Of Time"(Generama/R. Safari/Priority)
LETTERS TO CLEO (22)"Here & Now" (Giant)
Top New EntryTLC"Red LightSpecial"(LaFace/Arista)
ELTON JOHN"Believe(Rocket/Island)
Top Tip
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH"Let Her Cry(Atlantic)
Crossover ActionURBAN/DANCE
BOYZ II MEN - "Water Runs Dry" (Motown)
LUTHER VANDROSS - 'Love The One You're With"
(LV/Epic
ADINA HOWARD - "Freak Like Me" (eastwest/EEG)
RAPPIN' 4 -TAY I'll Be Around"
(Chrysalis/EMI/Rag Top)
STEVIE B - 'Dream About You" (Emporia/Thump)
GILLETTE - "Mr. Personality" (Zoo)
STEVIE WONDER - "For Your Love" (Motown)
MARY J. BLIGE I'm Going Down" (Uptown/MCA)
MONTELL JORDAN - "This Is How We Do It"
(RAL/Def Jam)
TLC - "Waterfalls" (LaFace/Arista)
SUBWAY - "This Lil' Game We Play" (Biv
10/Motown)
DIANA KING - 'Shy Guy" (Work)
ALTERNATIVESHERYL CROW - "D'yer Maker" (Atlantic)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - "0 Baby" (Geffen)
SPONGE .3 owed" (Work)
ADAM ANT - Wonderful" (Capitol)
BETTER THAN EZRA - "Good" (Elektra/EEG)
BUSH - "Everything Zen" (Trauma/lnterscope/AG)
OASIS - "Live Forever" (Creation/Epic)
BELLY - -Now They'll Sleep" (Sire/Reprise)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - "What Would You Say"
(RCA)
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - 'Fly From Heaven"
(Columbia)
PEARL JAM - "Corduroy" and "Not For You" (Epic)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - "Pretty Penny" (Atlantic)
10 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
TOP 40
Up & ComingReports H.,,,y'INS TRENDS
83 20 1230 +569 REDNEX Baton Eyed Joe (Battery/Jive)
77 14 1296 +270 OASIS - Live Forever (Creation/Epic)
74 9 1423 +370 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Fly From Heaven (Columbia)
69 14 1539 +303 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Let Her Cry (Atlantic)
66 4 1213 +110 GILLETTE - Mr. Personality (Zoo)
60 19 969 +276 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - What Would You Say (RCA)
59 4 1317 +46 KEITH MARTIN - Never Find Someone Like You (Columbia)
51 14 701 +252 BELLY - Now They'll Sleep (Sire/Reprise)
49 46 57 +57 * DES'REE - Fee' O' '.5n Music)
46 4 902 +259 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Oh Baby (Geffen)
44 - 940 -231 NIRVANA - MC _ _ World (DGC)
42 2 1546 +167 BOYZ II MEN - Water Runs Dry (Motown)
38 3 1204 +161 ADINA HOWARD - Freak Like Me (eastwest/EEG)
37 1 754 -100 FLAMING LIPS - She Don't Use Jelly (Warner Bros.)
36 1 783 104 SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia)
36 24 307 +169 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Pretty Penny (Atlantic)
35 1 924 -107 AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M)
35 698 -71 TAKE 6 Never Ask Too Much (Of Love) (Reprise)
34 6 1071 +113 MARY J. BLIGE - Down (Uptown/MCA)
34 22 278 +57 LETTERS TO CLEO Here & Now (Giant)
32 1 914 +72 ALL-4.ONE -,Saes Got) Skillz (Blitzz/Atlantic)
32 21 309 +195 DIANA KING - Shy Guy (Work Group)
30 11 335 +325 LUTHER VANDROSS - Love The One You're With (LV/Epic)
28 549 -151 PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me) (Go!Discs/London)
28 2 509 +2 STEVIE WONDER - For Your Love (Motown)
27 684 -47 JOHN WAITE - How Did I Get By Without You? (Imago)
26 8 815 +162 STEVIE B - Dream About You (Emporia/Thump)
26 3 805 +50 SUBWAY - This Lil' Game We Play (BIV 10/Motown)
26 2 449 +42 ARIA - I Needed You Most (Speed)
25 3 638 +104 TOM PETTY - You Wreck Me (Warner Bros.)
25 10 262 +175 TOMMY JAMES - Give It All (Aura)
24 4 597 +196 MONTELL JORDAN - This Is How We Do It (RAL/Det Jam)
24 6 427 +175 MIKE & THE MECHANICS - Mea Culpa (Atlantic)
23 1 718 -10 K -CI HAILEY - If You Think You're Lonely Now (Mercury)
23 1 433 -8 PATTY SMYTH - Look What Love Has Done (Theme From Junior) (MCA)
21 5 545 +178 MAX -A -MILLION - Fat Boy (I.D.)
21 3 367 +24 BUSH - Everything Zen (Trauma/Interscope/AG)
21 8 342 +65 FUN FACTORY - Close To You (Curb/Atlantic)
20 3 399 +60 DANIELLE BRISEBOIS - Gimme Little Sign (Epic)
20 13 137 +66 * TECHNOTRONIC featuring YA KID K - Move It To The Rhythm (EMI)
18 2 549 +37 SPANISH FLY - Daddy's Home (Upstairs)
18 5 264 +35 SPONGE - Plowed (Work Group)
.A1 Sill I AFell
ICAMI I - 320 1.41 MILLA \JUNLIVIII
17 5 201 +60 BARENAKED LADIES - Alternative Girlfriend (Sire/Reprise)
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WHIGFIELD - Saturday Night (Curb)
CRYSTAL WATERS ...iat l Need (Mercury)
51
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* SHERYL CROW - ilakier (Atlantic)
K7 - Move '.1is (Tommy Boy)
RAPPIN' 4 -TAY ill Be Around (Chrysalis/EMI/Rag Top)
14 6 255 * NICKI FRENCH l Dial Eclipse Of The Heart (Critigue/BMG)i)
14 4 185
287
+185 SEAL - Lel Ailye (Ztt/Sire/Warner Bros.)
12 2 +48 RAPHAEL SAAD1Q - Ask Of You (550 Music)
12 2 232 +32 SCOTT TOPPER - Stop And Think It Over (Kat)
12 12 54 +54 * DREAM THEATER - The Silent Man (eastwest/EEG)
.11 6 128 +74 * INDIGO GIRLS - Power Of Two (Epic)
* DINK* Indicates Debut
Inside Top 40Not that many years ago there wassuch a thing as local live television.Nowadays local live TV meansnews, period. When KTVU, theFox affiliate in the San FranciscoRay Area decided to go head -to -head against NBC, CBS and ABC'smorning TV fare many thoughtthey'd never he able to compete.Now. several years later, MAT isheating all three. The same is truein Los Angeles with Fox's KITV.
That seems to make a case for thepower of localization, yet eachweek a few more radio stationsdecide to broadcast one of a grow-ing number of the morning showsavailable via satellite. Is this simplya new vehicle or a trend radioneeds to he way wary of?Consultant and industry observerGarry Wall believes radio can't winthe immediacy war. We can't evenwin the local war anymore, but wecan win the compelling war," hesays. "A certain number of syndicat-ed shows are probably inevitable enthe marketplace.
"From a business standpoint, it'sprobably a good idea to considersyndication if you're not even goingto be in a competitive situation oth-erwise." I lowever. Wall doesn't rec-ommend syndication simply as amethod to manage expenses. It'sgotten out of hand," he says.Every month we're seeing record
billings. This is a time when we canafford to take some chances andwhat are we doing? Squeezing theprogramming budget."
Consultant Bill Richards placesthe new crop of shows under thesame heading as duopolies. "It's allpart of the changing face of radio."he sat s. "When you're dealing with
ratirli,ti, in inrrning drive. which areso iCtilt to conic by and whichmean so much, I think you'll seethis trend continue." I lowever, ifgiven a choice, Richards says, "If Icould find someone local who'sgreat, I'd do that in a heartbeatabsolutely!"
Forced to choose between in-house or syndication, consultantGuy Zapoleon also prefers localtalent. "Simeone doing somethingfor my community means more tome than a very good nationalshow." he says. But ZapoleonIscrystal ball shows a similar picturedeveloping, forcing him to admit,"You're going to see many more ofthese satellite -delivered morningshows." However when asked howmany will succeed, Zapoleon says,"The top two or three, but alterthat. it'll be tough for any others tobeat a local morning show." 11ealso says proximity to the cityhelps a show succeed and for areason he can't explain, Zapoleonthinks it's more difficult for Top 40stations than rock outlets to suc-ceed with out-of-town talent.
However. in his travels, Zapoleonsees a lot of people looking forways to cut costs. -They're doingthings like eliminating overnightpositions." he says. "If they couldfigure out a way to pay SO percentof what they used to pay for. aftergetting a satellite feed set up (manyof which are free to the client), Ithink they'll do it." Asked to assesslongterm costs Zapoleon comments,"It's going to bite us in the ass. Itwill hurt the development of talentjust like liner cards did in the '70s.Thank God though there are a lotof bright programmers out there. -
What's GOing On
An overview of early indications from aselect panel of GAVIN Only Correspondents
MARTHA STEELE, PD, KTRS-CASPER, WYO.
"We were very early on Des'ree's firsthit and think 'Feel So High' is just asstrong. We're testing the DaveMatthews' Band's 'What Would YouSay. We expected the Rednex's'Cotton Eye Joe' to explode here andit is.
MIKE GOULD, PD, KWWW-WENATCHEE,
WASH. Response to The HumanLeague's 'Tell Me When' has beengood. We're getting a lot of calls onboth TLC's 'Red Light Special' and'Waterfalls.' Firehouse really surprisedme. It's very strong in middays."JIMMY STEELE, PD, KIXY/FM-SAN ANGELO,
TExAs "We tested Max -A -Million's
`Fat Boy' at night and it did great. It'snow an add. We played LutherVandross"Love The One You'reWith' a few times in midday andadded it too. We're playing JocelynEnriquez's 'Big Love'-she's hugehere."BRIAN GARVIN, PD, KDOG-MANKATO, MINN.
"Hootie & The Blowfish have hadthe number one album here for thepast three weeks and it just gotknocked off by Bruce Springsteen.We added Foreigner's 'Until The EndOf Time' after testing it last week andgetting good adult response. We'replaying Martin Zellar's 'Something'sGotta Happen' on Rykodisc."Tom MORGAN, PD, 94KX (WQKX)-
SEUNSGROVE, PA. "Van Halen's 'Can'tStop Loving You' is up to power rota-tion already. My buzz track is DreamTheater's 'The Silent Man.' It's such agreat song!"
GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995 11
TOP 40
GAVIN GO CIETW SPINS 11111
1 DIONNE FARRIS - I Know (Columbia) 4105 +170
2 SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M) 3887 +212
3 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - If I Wanted To (Island) 3825 +135
4 MADONNA - Take A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 3556 -149
5 MARTIN PAGE - In The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury) 3240 +135
6 LONDONBEAT - Come Back (Radioactive) 3196 +227
7 JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic) 2749 +173
8 FIREHOUSE - I Live My Life For You (Epic) 2726 +305
9 =S'_.7 - qve Will Keep Us Alive (Geffen) 2657 +64
10 GREEN DAY - When I Come Around (Reprise) 2373 +99
11 BONNIE RAITT - You Got It (Arista) 2356 +229
12 BLESSID UNION OF SOULS I Believe (EMI) 2303 +407
13 GLORIA ESTEFAN - Everlasting Love (Epic) 2254 +161
14 SIMPLE MINDS - She's A River (Virgin) 2232 +180
15 TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 2198 159
16 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 2102 41
17 DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music) 2014 -9
18 VAN HALEN - Can't Stop Loving You (Warner Bros.) 2007 +293
19 ELTON JOHN - Believe (Rocket/Island) 1865 +691
20 R.E.M. - Bang And Blame (Warner Bros.) 1860 -165
21 BOY? II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown) 1836 -46
22 THE REAL McCOY - Run Away (Arista) 1669 +439
23 PflOWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MA/Epic) 1526 +27
24 RUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Murder Incorporated (Columbia) 1466 +342
25 HE CRANBERRIES - Ode To My Family (Island) 1462 +227
26 CHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol) 1461 -82
27 ANNIE LENNOX - No More "I Love You's" (Arista) 1389 +378
28 LIVE - Lightning Crashes (Radioactive) 1320 +173
29 PEARL JAM - Better Man (Epic) 1291 +70
30 FOREIGNER - Until The End Of Time (Generama/R. Safari/Priority) 1258 NEW31 BOYZ II MEN - Thank You (Motown) 1222 +255
32 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Fly From Heaven (Columbia) 1189 +323
33 TLC - Creep (LaFace/Arista) 1175 38
34 BON JOVI - Always (Mercury) 1168 -59
35 BLUES TRAVELER - Run -Around (A&M) 1081 +178
36 1PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island) 1075 +42
37 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Let Her Cry (Atlantic) 1062 NEW38 'LLECTIVE SOUL - Gel (Atlantic) 932 +39
39 BRANDY - Baby (Atlantic) 914 NEW40 _ORONA - The Rhythm Of The Night (eastwest/EEG) 906 -10
DAN WATSON, PD, Q96 (KSIQ/FM)-
iPAPERVA. VALLEY, CALIF. "We're seeingacross-the-board reaction to Roula's`Lick It'. Liberal use of The Spinners'`I'll Be Around' gave Rappin' 4 -Tay abig head start."JON NoirroN, MD, KYYY-BISMARCK, N.D.
"Gillette's `Mr. Personality' is blow-ing out the phones at night. TheDave Matthews Band appears head-ed for number one, or at least thetop five. I like Letters To Cleo's
`Here & Now' a lot."BMIUNA, PD, KLRZ-LARosE, LA. "We'retesting Run To Me' by Double Youon ZYX. We added Nikki French's`Total Eclipse Of The Heart' after test-ing it for two weeks. It's getting plentyof play in the clubs."BRENT ACKERMAN, PD, KROC/FM-
ROCHESTER, MINN. "I'm in love withThe Human League's `Tell MeWhen,' which will work well here.We're looking at putting on Des'ree's
GO STATION PANEL: The GO Chart is based on reports by 120 GAVINcorrespondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboard's panels.Underlines indicate upward movement, while blue entries highlighta stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart.
Go Chart Most AddedTHE HUMAN LEAGUE (26)
DES'REE (16)
FOREIGNER (15)
Teel So High.'"DAVE EVAN, OM/PD, WILJ/FM-WiLumatmc,
CONN. "It took a little longer than theothers, but Boyz II Men's 'ThankYou' is now in our Hot Five everynight. We're getting some nice early'Hey, what's that?' nibbles on BluesTraveler's 'Run -Around.BOB HART, PD, AND JOE E. KING, MD, KLYK-
LONGVIEW/KELSO, WASH. "The 4 NonBlondes and Duran Duran tracks onthe Led Zeppelin tribute album areespecially sweet. Joe's faves this weekare Firehouse's 'I Live My Life ForYou' and Belly's 'Now They'll Sleep.'"STEVE GILINSKY, PD, WGRG-BINGHAMTON,
N.Y. "I'm in love with Adam Ant's'Wonderful,' which we added lastweek. We're getting big-time requestson Rednex, which was generatingcalls before we started playing it."ED KANol, PD, KONG-LmuE, KAUAI, HAWAII
-Hakuna Matata,' the new JimmyCliff featuring Lebo M, should dowell for us. After a couple of weeks,Mike & The Mechanics' Mea Culpa'and Hootie's 'Let Her Cry' are startingto get reaction."COSMO LEONE, PD, KGRS-BURLINGTON, IOWA
"We're getting great curiosity calls forBrandford. Marsalis' band BuckshotLe Fonque's 'Some Cow Fonque.'Springsteen's album is number oneat retail."DAVE BAVIDO, PD, WDEK-DEKAu3,
"Des'ree's 'Feel So High' is a greatfollow-up. Blessid Union Of Souls' I
Believe' has finally knocked offGreen Day's 'When I Come Around'as our most requested song. We wel-comed Veruca Salt to town for asold -out show last week."I3iu. BRAVO, PD, WEOW/FM-KEr WEST,
Fut. "We've only played KeithMartin's 'Never Find Someone Like
ou a couple of times in AM drive,but a local retail outlet called metwice because customers have beenasking for it. I wish all my future addswere this easy to pick."TODD WISE, MD, KBKB-Fr. MADISON, IOWA
"We're seeing lots of interest in theDave Matthews Band's `What WouldYou Say,' Blues Traveler's Run -Around' and the Stone TemplePilots' 'Pretty Penny.' After only aweek of light spins, we're gettingloads of phones 18-34 male andfemale."BRAD ANDERSON, PD, KSSZ (KISS/FM)-
FARGO, N.D. "We're getting greatphones for Live's 'Lightning Crashes.'All it took was a few spins ofRednex's 'Cotton Eye Joe' and thephones went crazy. We're also gettinggood response to The HumanLeague."
ARTIST PROFILE
STEVIE B
HOMETOWN: Miami
BIRTHDATE: April 19
LABEL: Emporia/Thump
PROMOTION CONTACTS: Charlie
Gilreath and Sue Ali (213) 463-
4748 or John Christian (408) 654-
8969
CURRENT SINGLE: "Dream
About You"
CURRENT ALBUM:
Funky Melody
WHAT'S THE "B" STAND FOR?
"I have to change it every year
and this year it stands for
'billions' because that's what I'm
trying to make."
MUSICAL INFLUENCES' "MUSIC
from the '50s, '60s and '70s-it reminds me of when I was
more innocent, happy and free."
When
asked about his likes and
dislikes, Stevie had this to say:
"I'm into things that are
productive, healthy and
progressive. The world is so
complex that I wish people and
especially today's youth would
spend less time having fun, not
that fun isn't important, but they
should really think more about
their life and put more thought
into their future."
"When I have time to myself, I try
to kiss my five children."
"When I went to number one in
1990 with 'Because I Love You.' I
was at the top for five weeks."
STEVIE B ON "DREAM ABOUT
You : "It's a very human song
that touches people in the heart.
You cannot have lived life
without learning to let those you
love go."
12 GAVIN MARCH 1 7 , 1995
GAVIN CHART CONNECTIONTOP 40 A/C URBAN
11' DIONNE FARRIS - I Know (Columbia)
2 MADONNA - Take A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
3 SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M)
4 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - If I Wanted To (Island)
51' LONDONBEAT - Come Back (Radioactive)
7 T MARTIN PAGE in The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury)
8 T JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic)
9 BOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic)
101' FIREHOUSE - I Live My Lite For You (Epic)
11 DES'REE Jou Gotta Be (550 Music)
121' BLESSID UNION OF SOULS - I Believe (EMI)
14 BOYZ II MEN :0 Bended Knee (Motown)
15 TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.)
16 EAGLES 9ve Will Keep Us Alive (Geffen)
17 BROWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MJJ/Epic)
18 TLC ,reep (LaFace/Arista)
20 T BONNIE RAM - You Got It (Arista)
21 GLORIA ESTEFAN - Everlasting Love (Epic)
221' ELTON JOHN -,011eve (Rocket/Island)
25 1. BOYZ II MEN - nank You (Motown)
26 R.E.M. - Bang And Blame (Warner Bros.)
301' SOUL IV REAL - Candy Rain (Uptown/MCA)
32 4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island)
331. BRANDY Baby (Atlantic)
351' TLC - Red Light Special (LaFace/Arista)
36 T ANNIE LENNOX - No More "I Love You's" (Arista)
39 RICHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol)
STEVIE WONDER - For Your Love (Motown)
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Inside Connections
This week's GAVINConnections chart is com-posed from the playlists of542 stations (239 A/C, 80urban and 223 Top 40).
Go figure. Dionne Farrisbreaks away from ArrestedDevelopment and scores a#1 Top 40 single with "IKnow," while only threeurban stations register thesingle on their playlists. Onthe other hand, StevieWonder scores at urban
with a #5 and A/C with a#13, but Top 40 has moreadds on Stevie B (8) andMr. Wonder (2).
Not one single is connect-ed on all three charts, eventhough 11 of Top 40's top12 are charted in its seniorformat, A/C. Top 40's high-est ranking stand-alone trackis #6, Green Day's "When ICome Around." A/C's high-est lone ranger is at #6 aswell, Foreigner's "Until TheEnd of Time," though it'sCHARTBOUND in Top 40.Urban's breakout is at #4where Gerald Levert's"Answering Service" is onthe fast track.
Comparing MOST ADDEDlists won't tell us muchabout future connectedtracks except that "Shy Guy"by newcomer Diana Kingis #2 MOST ADDED atubran radio and #6 at Top40.
On the GAVIN GO chart,Bonnie Raitt's "You Got It"is at #11 while only #20 onthe main. BruceSpringsteen's "MurderIncorporated" is at #24 onthe GO, while #37 on themain, and the aforemen-tioned Foreigner is chartedon the GO while justCHARTBOUND else-where.-Rory FELLBonnie Raitt
The Media Connectio
Iwrite and perform theIopening theme and
songs for Sean Penn'supcoming film The
Crossing Guard... RuPaulwill play a male for the firsttime in the upcoming filmRed Ribbon Blues. Themovie features an HIV sup-port group that intends tosteal a new wonder drugfrom pharmaceutical com-panies... Testament willmake its first onscreenappearance in JamesCameron's film StrangeDays, due out at the end ofthe year. Epic Soundtraxwill release the soundtrackto the Fox film, andTestament is included inthe lineup... Listen for thevoice of Sheena Easton asSasha, the Irish setter in theupcoming film All Dogs Goto Heaven IL.. HarryBelafonte co-stars withJohn Travolta in the low -budget, independent filmWhite Man's Burden.Atlantic plans to release thealternative soundtrack tothe fall film.
Tank Girl executivesoundtrack coordinatorCourtney Love got alongfamously with composerGraeme Revell ( TheCrow), and came up withideas for underscoring theMGM action movie...Columbia Records' 11813/
hip hop soundtrack to theWill Smith action -comedyBad Boys hits the streetsMarch 21. Artists includeWarren G., 2PAC, LaiKamoze and Inner Circlefeaturing TEK, who turn ina remix of "Bad Boys,"which they made famous
Media and Ardent Recordshave just released the firstin a series of multimediaaudiovision CDs. Titles by2 Minutes Hate andTechno-Squid EatsParliament feature videofootage, and c played
Bruce
Springsteen
will domore
soundtrack
work on the
new
Sean Penn
film
on audio CD players orMac PCs... Milan's sound-track to the New Zealandbox office -shattering filmOnce Were Warriors fea-tures indigenous, contem-porary Maori music.
In the Lord And Let Diedepartment: Newfoundtechno artist Traci Lordsjust shot a video for hersong "Control" that's a take-off on the James Bondfilms' gun sight openings...Warner Reprise Video hasjust released The ComplexSessions, a series of musicvideos featuring NeilYoung & Crazy Horse.Directed by JonathanDemme (Stop MakingSense), the 30 -minute homevideo captures an intense,all-night session...Alternative band Swellcomposed the soundtrackto the upcoming Showtimemovie The Duke of Groove.The setting is a 1970 partywhere a young boy meetsJanis Joplin and otherfamous figures of the time.
***************CONGRATULATIONS Steve Shein,
Clip contest for knowing
1973 film directed
he
American Graffiti
George Lucas
last Trivia
as the
hat forever changed
the face of soundtracks. This week's Trivia Clip question:
Name the actress who starred opposite in
One winner will be drawn from
ed sound -
and
Sarabande
Milan Entertainment, Epic Soundtr
Fax answers along with your address to my
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1990 ext. 601. Eliminate the ninnies and the twits, and we'll
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GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995 13
GAVIN URBAN EDITOR: BILL SPEED
2W HIT
FACTOR
2 1 1 BRANDY - Baby (Atlantic) 16 76 0 68
1 2 2 SOUL IV REAL - Candy Rain (Uptown/MCA) 17 74 0 64
20 4 3 TLC - Red Light Special (LaFace/Arista) 12 72 0 57
5 5 4 GERALD LEVERT - Answering Service (eastwest/EEG) 8 75 1 46
11 9 5 STEVIE WONDER - For Your Love (Motown) 9 75 1 38
9 6 6 BOYZ II MEN - Thank You (Motown) 8 76 0 40
8 7 7 ADINA HOWARD - Freak Like Me (eastwest/EEG) 10 70 0 47
3 3 8 MARY J. BLIGE - I'm Going Down (Uptown/MCA) 11 73 1 46
6 8 9 SUBWAY - This Lil' Game We Play (BIV 10/Motown) 16 68 0 46
12 10 10 BARRY WHITE - Come On (A&M/Perspective) 7 75 0 26
25 12 11 MONTELL JORDAN - This Is How We Do It (RAL/Def Jam) 6 68 0 33
16 13 12 PORTRAIT - I Can Call You (Capitol) 8 67 1 24
17 18 13 BLACKGIRL - Let's Do It Again (Kaper/RCA) 10 59 1 22
19 15 14 USHER - Think Of You (LaFace/Arista) 11 57 1 21
14 14 15 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS - Dance For Me (Giant) 10 63 0 16
4 11 16 BROWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MJJ/Epic) 20 52 1 35
22 19 17 FREDDIE JACKSON - Rub Up Against You (Street Life/Scotti Bros.) 6 61 2 6
15 17 18 BEBE & CECE WINANS - Love Of My Life (Capitol) 10 58 0 15
38 24 19 RAPHAEL SAADIQ - Ask Of You (550 Music) 7 52 4 21
27 21 20 SHABBA RANKS - Let's Get It'On (Epic) 11 54 0 10
- 39 21 2 PAC - Dear Mama (Interscope/Atlantic) 6 50 3 13
28 26 22 MINT CONDITION - So Fine (Perspective/A&M) 17 48 0 8
32 28 23 WHISPERS - Make Sweet Love (Capitol) 5 54 3 5
33 30 24 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G - Big Poppa (Bad Boy/Arista) 14 47 0 16
30 27 25 BRIAN MCKNIGHT - Crazy Love (Mercury) 15 51 3 11
26 ZHANE - You're Sorry Now (Illtown/Motown) 4 50 4 3
26 25 27 PHIL PERRY - If Only You Knew (GRP) 9 46 1 11
37 32 28 Nut Klose - I Like (Elektra/EEG) 8 49 2 6
- 29 29 FABU - Just Roll (Big Beat/Atlantic) 5 49 2 4
18 20 30 IMMATURE - Constantly (MCA) 17 41 0 14
21 22 31 SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS - I'm Going All The Way (Perspective/A&M) 11 44 0 12
32 LUTHER VANDROSS - Going In Circles (LV/Epic) 3 50 5 5
34 33 33 PATTI LA BELLE - I Never Stopped Loving (MCA) 8 44 0 5
- 37 34 KEITH MARTIN - Never Find Someone Like You (Columbia) 5 50 1 1
24 31 35 TLC - Creep (LaFace/Arista) 19 37 0 15
- 34 36 CHANTE MOORE - This Time (Silas/MCA) 7 48 1 1
10 16 37 KARYN WHITE - Can I Stay With You (Warner Bros.) 17 39 0 16
38 BROWNSTONE - Grapevine (MJJ/Epic) 2 42 22 9
13 23 39 MISS JONES - Where I Wanna Be Boy (StepSun) 18 38 0 13
40 JESSE - When You Cry, I Cry (Capitol) 4 44 5 1
Chartbouni Reports
BLACKSTREET "Joy" (Interscope)
ANITA BAKER is Been You" (Elektra/EEG)
GLADYS KNIGHT Next Time" (MCA)
47
46
42
Total Reports:This Week 80 Last Week 80
Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have it inHeavy or Medium rotation.
Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm Tuesday
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
99%
91%
96%
87%
89%
91%
94%
90%
91%
87%
84%
79%
76%
86%
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87%
74%
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75%
67%
62%
77%
56%
60%
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710/0
64%
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Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
16 4 14 26380/0
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8 2 10 32 26°i 2
2 5 11 26 38% 3
Album CutsCHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS
"Learning To Love Again"(Giant)
FREDDIE JACKSON "YourLovin' (Is A Good Thang)"(Scotti Bros./Streetlife)
RECORD TO WATCH
BROWNSTONE"Grapevine"(MJJ/Epic)
Host AddedBROWNSTONE"Grapevine..(MJJ/Epic)
DIANA KING"Shy Guy"(Work)
Not
2 PAC"Dear Mama"(Interscope)
Top lip
Ask Of You(550 Music)
Inside UrbanPRACTICE MAKESPERFECT
A&M Records recording artist Barry
White, and WOWI-Norfolk program direc-
tor Steve Crumbley (right) hung out after
a sold -out performance at Atlantic City's
Trump Plaza Hotel. Crumbley was Gavin's
Urban Program Director Of The Year, and
Barry White this week won the Soul Train
Award for R&B Song Of The Year for
Practice What You Preach.
Congratulations to all the Soul TrainMusic Award nominees and win-ners. See news for the story...Just aswe are getting numb to the 0.J.Simpson trial. Black OrchidRecords and Bellmark Recordshave teamed up and released a sin-gle called "Don't Squeeze The Juice -
14 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
URBAN
Reports
31
Adds
3 H -TOWN - Emotions (Luke)
35 2 SCARFACE - People Don't Believe (Rap-A-LoVNoo TrybeNirgin)
38 7 2ND NATURE - Can U Show Me? (Intermix)
34 7 IV XAMPLE - I'd Rather Be Alone (MCA)
35 2 KEITH MURRAY - Get Lifted (Jive)
26 1 KIRK FRANKUN & THE FAMILY - Why We Sing (Gospocentric)
28 - JOYA - I Like What You're Doing (PLG)
30 4 *VYBE - Take It To The Front (Island)
32 13 *CHANGING FACES - Keep It Right There (Big Beat/Atlantic)
27 2 MEN AT LARGE - Holiday (eastwest/EEG)
27 1 SLICK RICK - Sittin' In My Car (Def Jam/HAL/Chaos)
26 3 CAMEO - You Are My Love (W2F)
25 - EL DEBARGE - Where You Are (Reprise)
29 5 TONY TERRY - Heart Of A Man (yirgin)
24 - TAKE 6 - You Can Never Ask Too Much (Of Love) (Reprise)
25 1 CHANNEL LIVE - Mad lzm (Capitol)
24 - *EBONY VIBE EVERLASTING - Trip Around Your Body_(Gasoline Alley/MCA)
21 2 *RAPPIN' 4 -TAY - I'll Be Around (Chrysalis/EMI/Rag Top)
22
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Dayton. Midday personality MarcoSims is acting PD...Curtis Carterof WKGC-Panama City, Florida isrequesting service from all labels.Call him at (904) 769-5241...Longtime promotion/marketing proMaurice Watkins has joined thestaff at Trac Records in Atlanta.Watkins has been with ARC,Motown, PolyGram, and PaisleyPark Records...WJBT-Jacksonville isgetting ready for their "Hoop It Up"3 on 3 street basketball tournament.The station expects about 700 teamsthis year up from 500 last year.Each player gets a goodie "grabbag." Also the station is gearing upfor the 31st annual Bob HayesInvitational Track Meet...KDKO-Denver has started their "Double -Shot Tuesdays" where the stationplays two selections from theirmusic menu. Program director J.J.Prince says, "We give our listenersan opportunity to hear their favoriteartists twice. It's great the lines stayfull. In some cases we'll play theoriginal and the remake...KQXL-Baton Rouge is setting up theirannual 'Family Day In The Park'promotion. Program director ChrisClay says, "Each year approximate-ly 150,000 people come to enjoyfree food and entertainment. Thisyear Brandy and Usher will per-form. This is definitely going to beSouthern Louisana's biggest event of
the year."...Anita Baker is hot! theGrammy winner recently won twoAmerican Music Awards, and hercurrent album Rhythm Of Love tooktop honors at this year's Soul TrainAwards for R&B Album Of TheYear, Female. Her single, "Body andSoul," won best R&B Single, Femaleand her single, "Its Been You " iscurrently chartbound. In additionBaker has launched a tour. Here aresome dates.Mat 1041 Miami James L. Knight Center
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KEITH MURRAY - Gel Lifted (Jive)
01: DIRTY BASTARD - Brooklyn Zoo (Elektra/EEG)
REDMAN Can't Wait (RAL/Def Jam)
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - What I'm After (Pendulum/EMI)
BIG L - Put It On (Columbia)
DIGABLE PLANETS - Dial 7/Graffiti (Pendulum/EMI)
NONCE - Keep It On Yawl/Mix Tapes (Remix) (Wild West)
SHOWBIZ & A.G. - Next Level (Payday/FFRR)
CHANNEL LIVE - Mad Izm (Remix) (Capitol)
MOBB DEEP - Shook Ones Pt. II (Loud/RCA)
THE GROUP HOME - Supa Star (Payday/FFRR)
JEMINI THE GIFTED ONE - Brooklyn Kids/Funk Soul Sensation (Mercury)
THE B.U.M.S. - Elevation (Free My Mind)/6 Figures And Up (Priority)
10 THIEVES - It Don't Matter (Break A Dawn)
SAM SNEED - U Betta Recognize (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G - Big Poppa (Remix)/Who Shot Ya (Bad Boy/Arista)
ROTTIN RAZKALS - Ohh Yeah! (Illtown/Motown)
CELLA OWELLAS - Land Of The Lost/We Got It Hemmed (Loud/RCA)
METHOD MAN - Release Yo Delf (RAL/Def Jam)
CASH MONEY CLICK - 4 My Click (Blunt)
CRAIG MACK - Get Down (Bad Boy/Arista)
THA ALKAHOLIKS - Daaam!!! (Remix) (Loud/RCA)
FUNKMASTER FLEX - Nuthin' But Flava (Wreck/Nervous)
CAPLETON - Tour (Signet/Freeze)
ILL AL SKRATCH - Chill Wit That (Mercury)
WORLD RENOWN - How Nice I Am (Reprise)
NEW JERSEY DRIVE SOUNDTRACK - Various Mists (Tommy Boy)
MILKBONE - Keep It Real (Capitol)
FUNKDOOBIEST - Rock On (Immortal)
2 PAC - Dear Mama/Old School (Interscope/Atlantic)
STATE OF EMERGENCY - Pharcyde: My Soul (Mad Sounds/Motown)
KING TEE - Way Out There (MCA)
THE ROOTS - Silent Treatment (DGC)
DA BUSH BABEES - Remember We (Reprise)
RED HOT LOVER TONE - For My Peeps (Select)
SCARFACE - People Don't Believe (Rap-A-Lot/Noo TrybeNirgin)
SLICK RICK - Sittin' In My Car (RAL/Def Jam)
KAM - Pull Ya Hoe Card (eastwest/EEG)
BRAND NUBIAN - Hold On (Elektra/EEG)
STREET FIGHTER SOUNDTRACK - Various Mists (Priority)
ChartboundEAST FLATBUSH PROJECT - Madman's Dream
(10/30 Uoroarl
THE D&D PROJECT - II Unorthodox - Just A Little
Flavor (Arista)
BLACK SHEEP - North, South, East, West (Mercury)
SKEETA RANX - I Like (Nervous)
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FRANNIE CUTLASSBoriquas On Da Set(Violator/Relativity)
This cut has infectious energyso check it out and watch the
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SWAM IN TO WORK TODAY FORTHE UMPTEENTH TIME. Thisflooding is no joke! Nonetheless,spirits are high cuz hip -hop is thriv-ing. The GAVIN Rap Radio & RetailSummit promises to be all that!We've got a special film premiere
lined up for you, and some differentagenda topics as well. DarianHong from KUCI wants it to beknown that he's looking for a spon-sor, so contact the brotha at (714)509-9902...Congrats go out to DaLench Mob's T -Bone, who wasacquitted of murder charges lastweek...Elektra has a great tour con-cept: Adina and 01' Dirty areBeauty and The Beast comin' toyour city this spring...Rap-A-Lot hasnew offices. Their new address is8805 Solon Road, Suite G-6,Houston TX 77064. Do not sleep onthe 5th Ward Juvenilez! "GGroove" is the bomb...? Asylum hasheads open on that "HeyLookaway" jam. Ray at WEAA saysit's "Butter!" Also getting buzz loveunderground is Forbidden Fruit,from Guru's Ill Kid label with "CupOf Life," and Dream Warriors'new joint, which features "NoDingbats Allowed," a favorite atKCSB...01ori Roc is also wakin' upthe airwaves with his single onLongevity Records Hakim at DieHard Promotions has a copy foryou, so call him at (718) 601-1103...DJ Polo at Greensboro'sWQMG is hosting a seven -week on -air rap contest called Open Mic atMidnight. The contest was puttogether by popular demand. Thewinners from each week will com-pete at a live showcase on April 28for props and prizes. Polo is look-ing for celebrity judges, and promoitems. Contact him at (910) 275-1657...ICUCR Program DirectorRaymond Griffin put me up on"Slavery Back In Effect," a simula-tion of broadcasts live from theplantation. Griffin explains it thisway: "We're going to dramaticallycompare today's Black Experiencein America to that of slavery usingelements of today's pop culture. Wealso intend to take a critical look atour country's conservative politicalclimate and its potential effects onthe future progress of the Blackcommunity." Among the featuredprograms on "Slave Day" (March 19)is a show on affirmative action fromthe perspective of the enslaved...KMEL's Davey D generated greatdiscussion on the affirmative actionissue on his talk show for the hip -hop generation, Street Knowledge.He had a diverse group of guests,including Rev. Jesse Jackson, whopointed out that affirmative action isabout equity and equal access toopportunity, not reverse discrimina-tion (which, by the way does notexist). I would definitely encourageall GAVIN reporters to keep your lis-teners abreast of this importantissue, and let your audiences knowthat their letters and calls to repre-sentatives and votes make a differ-ence...KBXX's Madd Hatta hasreleased an album that is selling
16 GAVIN MARCH 1 7 , 1995
GAVIN Al 0 EDITOR:RON FELLASSOCIATE EDITOR:DIANE RUFER
TIT SPINS TREND 14+.BONNIE RAITT ''ou Got It (Arista) 6103 +297 35
EAGLES - Love Will Keep Us Alive (Geffen) 6000 -166 38
MARTIN PAGE - In The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury) 5950 +143 26
GLORIA ESTEFAN - Everlasting Love (Epic) 5215 +71 38
MADONNA - Take A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 5105 659 44
FOREIGNER - Until The End Of Time (Generama/R. Safari/Priority) 5069 +398 50
JOHN WAITE - How Did I Get By Without You? (Imago) 4524 +210 43
DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music) 4474 +2 27
SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M) 4074 +308 30
ELTON JOHN - Believe (Rocket/Island) 3667 +1346 61
MELISSA ETHERIDGE - 11 I Wanted To (Island) 3419 +285 27
BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown) 3221 613 48
STEVIE WONDER - For Your Love (Motown) 3140 +476 54
JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 2914 -297 44
JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic) 2813 +264 37
DIONNE FARRIS - I Know (Columbia) 2789 +347 26
VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Days (Wing/Mercury) 2707 -328 43
AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M) 2678 -171 32
FIREHOUSE - I Live My Life For You (Epic) 2675 +424 39
4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island) 2540 505 47
ANNIE LENNOX - No Morel Love You's" (Arista) 2401 +568 55
R.E.M. - Bang And Blame (Warner Bros.) 2241 +19 20
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia) 2219 +372 47
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 2188 -198 24
TAKE 6 - You Can Never Ask Too Much (Of Love) (Reprise) 2141 +212 39
STING - This Cowboy Song (A&M) 2120 +213 38
JIMMY CLIFF featuring LEBO M - Hakuna Matata (Disney) 1958 +514 49
LONDONBEAT - Come Back (Radioactive) 1861 +138 34
LINDA RONSTADT - The Blue Train (Elektra/EEG) 1822 +474 48
PATTY SMYTH - Look What Love Has Done (Theme From Junior) (MCA) 1713 -558 34
FREEDY JOHNSTON - Bad Reputation (Elektra/EEG) 1709 +79 31
RICHARD MARX - Nothing Lett Behind Us (Capitol) 1702 -158 32
WADE HUBBARD - Dream Baby Dream (Vibration) 1689 +310 36
MICHAEL DAMIAN - Never Walk Away (Wildcat) 1645 +369 41
BLESSID UNION OF SOULS - I Believe (EMI) 1630 +338 32
MIKE & THE MECHANICS - Mea Culpa (Atlantic) 1584NEW 40
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Little Bitty Pretty One (Elektra/EEG) 1199 -757 25
TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 1154 238 19
SARI - You're All Need Tonight (Eagle Eye) 1139NEW 26
MANHATTAN TRANSFER- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Atlantic) 1012NEW 26
lund Reports Adds SPINS TREND
MICHAEL ENGLISH - "(Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways" 72 34 835 +443
DAVID GATES - "Save This Dance For Me" (Discovery) 61 3 909 +79
AMY FRADON & LESLIE RITTER Take Me Home" (Shanachie/Cachet) 60 4 962 +111
Total Reports:This Week 239 Last Week 239
Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 2pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
RECORD TO WATCH
LUTHER VANDROSS"Love The One You're
With"
Gavin A/C #1 Hits From:3/18/94 MARIAH CAREY - "Without You"3/19/93 ELTON JOHN - "Simple Life"3/23/90 BONNIE RAITT - "Have A Heart"3/20/87 JANET JACKSON - "Let's Wait Awhile"
ELTON JOHN (47)(Rocket/Island)
MICHAEL ENGLISH (34)ICIIrb
JOSHUA KADISON (33)(SBK/EMI)
CHRISTOPHER CROSS (32)(Rhythm Safari/Priority)
SHAW.BLADES (32)"I'll Always Be With You(Warner Bros.)
410 Tin
MICHAEL ENGLISH"(Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways"(Curb)
Inside A/C
Martin Page and Bob Seger meet -up in
New Orleans at the Gavin Seminar and
pose for a two-fer.
Three singles dominate the chart atthe moment. At the top, BonnieRaitt - You Got It" gets it. Only:An en stations out of 239 are not yeton it, while its spins are now com-fortably above the 6,000 mark.Martin Page's "In The House ofStone and Light" picks up another143 spins and should easily move toat least #2 next issue, replacing thespiralling downward Eagles single,"Love Will Keep Us Alive." Page'ssingle is the only track in the entireformat to get an average above 28spins per week per playing station.Not bad for a song that's beenplayed since last summer. It's thatgood!
The HOTTEST track,for the thirdstraight week, is Elton John's"Believe." It took on another 1,346spins to win the Spincrease catego-ry. Annie Lennox's "No More 'ILove You's'" is next up inSpincreases with a mere 568. Annie'sno slouch, though, as she hasmoved upward from #37 to #21 inthe past two issues, with better than1,200 spincreases.
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A/C
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TRENDS
+226 JONATHAN CAIN - Wish That I Was There With You (Intersound)
49 11 682 +212 SHEENA EASTON - My Cherie (MCA)
46 14 644 +194 HARRY CONNICK, JR. - She (Columbia)
42 12 490 +133 THURSDAY DIVA - No More Promises (DMP)
36 20 481 +243 LUTHER VANDROSS - Love The One You're With (LV/Epic)
33 7 584 +190 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Murder Incorporated (Columbia)
33 32 300 +290 * CHRISTOPHER CROSS - Save Your Sadness (Rhythm Safari)
33 33 341 +341 * JOSHUA KADISON - Beau's All Night Radio Love Line (SBK/EMI)
32 32 348 +348 * SHAW.BLADES - I'll Always Be With You (Warner Bros.)
31 18 446 +247 * SEAL - I'm Alive (Ztt/Sire/Warner Bros.)
29 7 366 +116 BOZ SCAGGS - Sierra (Virgin)
27 4 394 +88 EL DEBARGE - Where You Are (Reprise)
25 11 295 +138 FIREFALL - Bring It Back (Red Decibel)
24 3 302 +30 SANDI PATTY - Find It On The Wings (Word/Epic)
23 20 253 +204 * CARLY SIMON - Touched By The Sun (Arista)
21 5 244 +36 JULIO IGLESIAS & DOLLY PARTON - When You Tell Me That...(Columbia)
21 8 262 +123 DILLON O'BRIAN - Something Almost Scared (RCA)
18 2 382 -26 BROWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MJJ/Epic)
16 6 180 +73 KENNY LOGGINS - The Horses (Columbia)
15 4 254 +20 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Let Her Cry (Atlantic)
15 4 267 +99 VAN HALEN - Can't Stop Loving You (Warner Bros.)
13 2 188 +45 DANIEL RYAN - Rescue Me (Synapse)
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Joe Cocker, Anita Baker. Nanci Griffith, Keiko Matsui, Simple
In the two weeks since it wasRECORD TO WATCH, Jimmy Cliff(above) and Lebo M's "HakunaMatata" has gone from CHART -BOUND to #27 on the chart. In thattime it has picked up 61 ADDSincluding 27 this week from KKLI,KVLY, WGMT, WKST, WJBR andKTWN.
Linda Ronstadt's "The Blue Train"is pullin' out of the station and it'stime to get on board. Better than halfthe format has a reserved seat. Themanifest now includes KVIL, K103,WMJQ, KOSI, WLIF, WMJX, WBBQ,KRNO, Y92, KESZ, KOSO andWMGN/FM. Check out GAVIN'Sexclusive cover story interview withRonstadt in next week's mag.
Michael Damian's (aboveY NeverWalk Away" scores 22 ADDs thisweek to clear the 100 -station hurdle.Among the stations that have com-mitted to 21 or more spins per weekalready are KSHR, WBLG, KWXX,WVNC, KGLE, KBLQ, KOLS, KVYNand KBCQ.
As predicted last issue, Mike + theMechanics' "Mea Culpa" is the newchart's highest debut albeit at #36.Nineteen of the 92 players are newthis week including WPXZ, KDEC,WITR, WFRO, KMXS and WHFX.
With 18 more ADDS, Sari's"You're All I Need Tonight" debutson the chart at #39. The three-weekbase of 82 stations has already accu-mulated 1,139 spins including 38 a
week fromWXLT and 34 a weekfrom WQTU. Sari and Gavin's DianeRufer were photographed waiting
for the guy with the Mardi Grasbeads at the now -famous Gavincocktail party in New Orleans. That'sDiane on the left.
The best -sounding non -single ofthe year is Manhattan Transferwith Phil Collins working up asweat on "Too Busy Thinking AboutMy Baby." It hits the chart with 70players and better than 1,000 spins.
Our most recent RECORD TOWATCH, Jonathan Cain's "WishThat I Was There With You," movesto the top of Up & Coming with 12ADDs and a Spincrease of 226. Lookfor easy CHARTBOUND status nextissue. New now at KGLE, WKWK,WQLR, WXLT etc.
This week's RECORD TO WATCHis "Love The One You're With" byLuther Vandross. (above) ThisGrammy -nominated track capturesMr. V at his Sunday -best, with afully -involved production that'salready getting seven-day spins atstations like KXYQ, WTPI, WQLR,WLZW, KLSY, KYMG, WLDR,WOBM, KESZ, WAHR and WMT/FM.
TOP TIP to debut ahead of allcomers is Michael English's "(LoveMoves In) Mysterious Ways." It'salready at the top of CHARTBOUNDwith 72 stations in three weeks andthat includes 34 new this week likeKKOR, WMQC, KXXO, KVYN,WLQT, WITR, KMXL, KELO, WMJQand KELI.
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CURRENT ALBUM:
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MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
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and Nicky Hopkin."
LIKES: "Trust and honesty."
DISLIKES: "Phony people who
take what they can get."
FAVORITE PASTIME: "Sking,
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family."
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:
"San Francisco 49'ers."
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LAST CD YOU PURCHASED:
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MOST TREASURED MATERIAL
POSSESSION: "My recording
studio."
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successful solo album and to
have a Journey reunion."
THREE ESSENTIALS YOU
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A DESERT ISLAND: "My
family, food & water and a
piano."
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A/C
S/P/NA/SPINS PER WEEK PER STATION
MARTIN PAGE n The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury) 28.07
DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music) 27.79
EAGL ES - Love Will Keep Us Alive (Geffen) 27.15
BONNIE RAITT You Got It (Arista) 26.31
GLORIA ESTEFAN - Everlasting Love (Epic) 25.82
MADONNA - Take A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 25.65
SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M) 25.15
MELISSA ETHERIDGE - If I Wanted To (Island) 25.14
FOREIGNER - Until The End Of Time (Generama/R. Safari/Priority) 24.49
BON JOVI - Always (Mercury) 23.83
R.E.M. - Bang And Blame (Warner Bros.) 23.59
DIONNE FARRIS - Know (Columbia) 23.24
JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic) 23.06
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 23.03
BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown) 23.01
JOHN WAITE - How Did I Get By Without You? (Imago) 22.73
AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M) 21.60
JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 21.59
MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island) 21.57
4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island) 20.99
Listed above are the top ranked singles based on the division of each song's totalstations into its total Spins.
S PI NC RF A SESRANKED INCREASE IN TOTAL SPINS
ELTON JOHN - Believe (Rocket/Island) 1346
ANNIE LENNOX - No More "I Love You's" (Arista) 568
JIMMY CLIFF featuring LEBO M - Hakuna Matata (Disney) 514
STEVIE WONDER - For Your Love (Motown) 476
LINDA RONSTADT - The Blue Train (Elektra/EEG) 474
MICHAEL ENGLISH - (Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways (Curb) 443
MIKE & THE MECHANICS - Mea Culpa (Atlantic) 442
FIREHOUSE - I Live My Life For You (Epic) 424
MANHATTAN TRANSFER - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Atlantic) 401
FOREIGNER Toe End Of Time (Generama/R. Safari/Priority) 398
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia) 372
MICHAEL DAMIAN - Never Walk Away (Wildcat) 369
SHAW/BLADES H Always Be With You (Warner Bros.) 348
DIONNE FARRIS Know (Columbia) 347
JOSHUA KADISON - Beau's All Night Radio Love Line (SBK/EMI) 341
BLESSID UNION OF SOULS - I Believe (EMI) 338
WADE HUBBARD - Dream Baby Dream (Vibration) 310
SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough (A&M) 308
BONNIE RAITT - You Got It (Arista) 297
SARI - You're All I Need Tonight (Eagle Eye) 292
Christopher Cross' "Save YourSadness" receives a MOST ADDed inits first week and the earliest believersinclude WAHR, WMT, WHAT, KLWN,WQTU, KCRE, KVYN, KLKC, WBLGand KVLY. Cross performed the songas part of his showcase at one of thisyear's Gavin A/C sessions in NewOrleans. Pictured accompanyingCross is Gigi Worth, who sounds likea future star in her own right.
Harry Connick, Jr.s new single,"She" is on the verge of CHART -BOUND with the addition of 14more stations this week. The listnow includes WQHQ, WFRO,WTrR, 98Q, KVYN, WBLG, Q93 andKLOG. WXLT and KATW/FM lead inspin comittments with 38 and 31respectively.
The latest from Joshua Kadison."Beau's All Night Radio Love Line"had a brisk first week with 33 ADDsout -of -the -box. The first-time playersinclude WEZF, WMT, KOSI, K103,KLSY, KQXT, WQLR, WAHR,WCKQ, KELO, WJLK, KFQD, WCODand Q93.
"Touched By The Sun," CarlySimon's powerful second singlefrom Letters Never Sent, picked up ascore of A/C's instantly includingKELI, WHAT, WQTU, WFRO, WBLGand Q93. WMXV-New York Citymusic director Mary Franco has leftthe Bonneville -owned station toexplore programming opportunites.
Congratulations to K -101 -SanFrancisco's Angela Perelli (picturedabove with GAVIN'S Annette M. Lai)who has accepted the position ofassistant program director at KYSR(STAR) -Los Angeles. Perelli startsApril 3. K-101 is seeking an off -airreplacement. Send resumes to DaveShakes, 700 Montgomery St., SanFrancisco, CA 94111.
New ReleasesJANN ARDEN"Can I Be Your Girl" (AIM)This is a great production of a veryinspirational song. Jann Arden hasbeen just about to happen in A/Cmore than once, but we don't seehow she can miss with such a strongsong as this. It was one of the high-est -rated tracks at this year's A/CJukebox Jury.BEN TAYLORI Will (Giant)Remember his cameo on CarlySimon's newest album? That perfor-mance led to this-his first single ina featured position in a potentiallystrong new movie, Bye Bye Love. Ifhe wanted to distance himself fromhis famous father (James Taylor) hewouldn't have sung such an easygo-ing, acoustic confection like this. Itamazing how much he sounds likedad.
A/C STATION PROFILE
WBMX/FMMIX 98.5116 Huntington Ave.Boston, MA 02116(617) 236-6800fax (617) 236-6832
OWNED B Y American RadioSystemsFREQUENCY 98.5
MARKET SIZE: 10th 3,206,100GENERAL MANAGER:
Jennifer McCann
PROGRAM DIRECTOR'
Greg StrassellMUSIC DIRECTOR: Amy DoyleTARGET DEMO: Women 25-44
AIR TALENT LINE-UP:5:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Joe Martelle &
Jodi Winchester9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Joe Cortese2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Dan Justin
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Andrea Phillips9 p.m. - 12 mid. Gregg Daniels
AIRPLAY MONITOR
THURSDAY, FEBRAUo,
Pointer Sisters - Heaven Must HaveSent You
Mellencamp/N'degeOcello - WildNight
Anita Baker - Giving You The BestThat I Got
Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go OnWith You
Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight -Love Is
Huey Lewis & News - But It's AlrightEarth Wind & Fire - That's The Way
Of The World
Eagles - Love Will Keep Us AliveMadonna - Secret
Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To YouJohnny Bristol - Hang On In There
Baby
Amy Grant/Vince Gill - House OfLove
Gloria Estefan - Rhythm Is GonnaGet You
Robert Palmer - Mercy MercyMe/The Ecology
Mariah Carey - Any Time You Need AFriend
Des'ree - You Gotta BeEric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Big Mountain - Baby, I Love YourWay
Ace Of Base - Don't Turn Around
Jon Secada - Mental PictureRod Stewart - Forever Young
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me NotsBoyz II Men - On Bended Knee
Bonnie Raitt - You Got It
22 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
GAVIN JANJAZZ EDITORS:
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1 1 CHRISTIAN McBRIDE (Verve/PolyGram) 0 5 1
3 2 GARY BARTZ tAtiantic) 0 11 0
2 3 JACKY TERRASSON (Blue Note) 0 8 3
5 4 ERIC REED (MoJAll/Motown) 0 18 3
10 5 ALLEN FARNHAM (Concord Jazz) 19 8
6 6 GONZALO RUBALCABA (Blue Note) 0 17 6
8 7 CLARK TERRY (Mons) 2 16 3
9 8 AHMAD JAMAL iTelarc Intl) 1 17 3
7 9 GRP ALL-STAR BIG BAND (GRP) 2 9 4
4 10 CHARLES McPHERSON (Arabesque) 0 14 5
25 11 CYRUS CHESTNUT (Atlantic) 4 35 15
11 12 JOHNNY ADAMS (Rounder) 1 22 11
20 13 JOHN HICKS (Landmark) 3 45 7
12 14 CHIP WHITE (Postcards) 1 30 8
13 15 MARK NIGHTENGALE (Mons) 1 21 5
16 16 BILL CUNLIFFE (Discovery) 2 17 7
18 17 JOHN PIZZARELLI (Novus/RCA) 2 30 15
17 18 JEFF JARVIS (Positive Music) 2 27 12
14 19 JAMES WILLIAMS SEXTET (DIW/Columbia) 3 26 10
24 20 DON BRADEN (Landmark) 6 37 10
21 21 STEPHEN SCOTT TRIO (Verve/PolyGram) 6 43 11
15 22 PAT METHENY GROUP (Geffen) 0 15 11
19 23 DIETER ILG,MARC COPLAND,JEFF HIRSHFIELD (Jazzline) 29 8
27 24 JOE LOVANO (Blue Note) 3 37 17
35 25 DIANA KRALL (GRP) 8 24 21
26 26 TRIO DE PAZ (Kokopelli) 3 31 14
40 27 PAYTON, ANDERSON, MARTIN, THOMAS, BLADE Evidence) 6 40 18
34 28 CAROLA GREY 1Jazzline) 8 35 28
32 29 KEVIN EUBANKS (Blue Note) 3 28 22
31 30 JOE BECK (Wavetone) 2 23 13
28 31 BILLY CHILDS (Stretch/GRP) 1 25 11
37 32 DALE FIELDER (Clarion) 4 32 22
22 33 GERI ALLEN TRIO (Blue Note) 0 15 9
- 34 NICHOLAS PAYTON (Verve/PolyGram) 18 6 14 36
23 35 PHILIP HARPER (Muse) 0 16 20 10
41 36 REZ ABBASI (Ozone) 5 26 19
39 37 JACK DE JOHNETTE (Blue Note) 0 9 25 12
- 38 AKAGI, REID, TANA (Evidence) 7 2 24 26
- 39 McCOY TYNER TRIO (Evidence) 10 7 17 25
30 40 TEODROSS AVERY (GRP) 1 10 24 10
42 41 JAY THOMAS (Hep Jazz) 5 4 25 17
29 42 LEON PARKER (Epicure/Epic) 0 9 20 12
49 43 COLE BRODERICK QUARTET (CBR) 3 6 21 13
36 44 DAVE SLETTEN (Igmod) 0 4 26 12
48 45 RAY ANDERSON ALLIGATORY BAND (Enja) 0 9 19 7
33 46 JAMES SPAULDING (Muse) 0 9 19 7
- 47 GABRIELLE GOODMAN (JMT/PolyGram) 3 5 15 19
- 48 RAY BROWN TRIO (Telarc Intl) 21 5 9 24
45 49 DORI CAYMMI (Qwest) 1 8 14 14
- 50 KERMIT RUFFINS (Justice) 4 6 14 14
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Most AddedMONTY ALEXANDER (41)Stearnin (Concord Jazz)
CHRIS POTTER (35)Pure (Concord Jazz)
HILTON RUIZ (28)Hands On Percussion(Tropijazz/Sony)
RAY BROWN (21)Some Of My Best Friends... (Telarc)
GEORGE SHEARING (20)Walkin' (Telarc)
NICHOLAS PAYTON (18)From This Moment(Verve/PolyGram)
STRAIGHT AHEAD (17)Dance Of The Forest Rain (Atlantic)
Top Tip
NICHOLAS
PAYTONFrom ThisMoment
(Verve/PolyG ram)Last week's Record To Watch surgesup to #34 with another 18 adds.
RECORD TO WATCH
CHRIS POTTERPure
(Concord Jazz)Thirty-five first week adds forthis young saxophonist's sec-
ond CD.
Chartt3oundSTRAIGHT AHEAD (Atlantic)
HANK JONES (Storyville)
* MONTY ALEXANDER (Ccncord Jazz)
GEORGE SHEARING (Telarc)
*CHRIS POTTER ;Concord Jazz)
*SHAWNN MONTEIRO (Mrad)
JOE FARRELL/ART PEPPER (Drive)
* HILTON RUIZ (Tropijazz/Sony)
* FRED HAMILTON (Heart Music)
JAll NETWORKS (Novus/RCA)
*ALI RYERSON (Concord ,azz)
* ORBERT DAVIS (Copia)
HENRY THREADGILL (Columbia)
*SKETCHES OF SONDHEIN (Sony Classical)
Dropped: #38 Michael Logan, #43 Winard Harder,
#44 Pnaroah Sanders Quartet, #46 Rickey Woocard,
#47 Jon Weber, #50 Riverside Reunion Band, John
Altenburgh, Jazz At The Movies Band.
wv"11171:11
VAL [ I 0 1
FROM: Portland
LATEST RELEASE:
On The Bridge
LABEL: Mercury
CONTACT: Bill Cason, (212)
333-8078
BASSIST JEFF LEONARD
ON: "We both compose, but
while I'm the bass player, I do
the majority of the synth
playing and programming,
whether it's coming up with the
sonic conceptions or the actual
parts. Chris James, my partner,
is a fine pianist, so he's always
going to play the piano parts
and the more technical
keyboard things."
"A lot of these songs are
pretty dense as far as the
amount of musical information
and the different parts we
played. We tried not to make it
seem so by bringing elements
in and out very slowly. There's
more happening than what
might appear on first listen,
but I don't think the listener
will feel bombarded with too
much data."
"The second record is a much
more rhythmic album with more
live instrumentation, a natural
evolution for us. I think
'Northern Lights' and
'Watermark' have the most
immediate (airplay) appeal. The
most improvisational song on
the record is 'Nocturne,' where
there's a brief sax solo,
followed by a stretch where
the saxophonist and my
fretless bass are trading ideas
back and forth."
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ERIC REED - The Swing And I (MoJAll/Motown)
GRP ALL-STAR BIG BAND - All Blues (GRP)
JACKY TERRASSON - Jacky Terrasson (Blue Note)
GARY BARTZ - The Red And Orange Poems (Atlantic)
CLARK TERRY - Remember The Time (Mons)
CHARLES McPHERSON - First Flight Out (Arabesque)
GONZALO RUBALCABA - Diz (Blue Note)
AHMAD JAMAL - I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn (Telarc Intl)
ALLEN FARNHAM - The Common Thread (Concord Jazz)
CYRUS CHESTNUT - The Dark Before The Dawn (Atlantic)
JOHNNY ADAMS - The Verdict (Rounder)
JAMES WILLIAMS SEXTET - Talkin' Trash (DIW/Columbia)
MARK NIGHTENGALE - What I Wanted To Say (Mons)
JOHN HICKS - In The Mix (Landmark)
PAT METHENY GROUP - We Live Here (Geffen)
JEFF JARVIS - Contents Under Pressure (Positive Music)
DON BRADEN - Landing Zone (Landmark)
JOHN PITLARELLI - Dear Mr. Cole (Novus/RCA)
BILL CUNLIFFE - Bill In Brazil (Discovery)
CHIP WHITE - Harlem Sunset (Postcards)
STEPHEN SCOTT TRIO - Renaissance (Verve/PolyGram)
DIANA KRALL - Only Trust Your Heart (GRP)
DIETER ILG,MARC COPLAND,JEFF HIRSHFIELD - What's Goin' On (Jazzline)
JOE BECK - Finger Painting (Wavetone)
JOE LOVANO - Rush Hour (Blue Note)
TRIO DE PAZ - Black Orpheus (Kokopelli)
PAYTON, ANDERSON, MARTIN. THOMAS. BLADE - New Orleans Collective (Evidence)
NICHOLAS PAYTON - From This Moment (Verve/PolyGram)
CAROLA GREY - The Age Of Illusions (Jazzline)
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1 1 1 JEFF LORBER - West Side Stories (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
6 3 2 TOM SCOTT - Night Creatures (GRP)
2 2 3 PAT METHENY GROUP - We Live Here (Geffen)
3 6 4 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Days (Wing/Mercury)
4 4 5 AVENUE BLUE featuring JEFF GOLUB - Avenue Blue (Bluemoon)
5 5 6 ERIC MARIENTHAL - Street Dance (GRP)
8 7 7 BILLY JOE WALKER, JR. - Life Is Good (Liberty)
7 8 8 RICHARD ELLIOT - After Dark (Blue Note Contemporary)
10 9 9 GEORGE DUKE - Illusions (Warner Bros.)
17 12 10 KILAUEA featuring DANIEL HO - Diamond Collection (BrainChild)
20 13 11 FATTBURGER - Livin' Large (Shanachie/Cachet)
9 10 12 WARREN HILL - Truth (RCA)
11 11 13 ANDY SNITZER - Ties That Bind (Reprise)
14 14 14 ANITA BAKER - Rhythm Of Love (Elektra/EEG)
12 15 15 DOC POWELL - Inner City Blues (West Coast)
22 19 16 GREG ADAMS - Hidden Agenda (Epic)
13 16 17 MARC ANTOINE - Classical Soul (NYC)
15 18 18 LARRY CORYELL - I'll Be Over You (CTI)
19 17 19 JOHN TESH - Sax On The Beach (GTS)
- 22 20 ROBERTA FLACK - Roberta (Atlantic)
16 20 21 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - Against The Grain (GRP)
28 24 22 NICK COLIONNE - It's My Turn (Lake Shore Jazz)
23 23 23 LUTHER VANDROSS - Songs (Epic)
18 21 24 JONATHAN BUTLER - Head To Head (Mercury)
NEW 25 CHRIS BOTTI - First Wish (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)
NEW 26 HIROKO KOKUBU - Pure Heart (JVC)
24 25 27 KISS THE SKY - Millenium Skyway (JVC)
- 26 28 PETER WHITE - Reflections (Sin-Drome)
- 29 29 POCKET CHANGE - Higher Altitude (BrainChild)
NEW 30 VAL GARDENA - On The Bridge (Mercury)
Post -Bop compiled by a sample of Jazz Intensive reportsCommercial Adult compiled by a sample of Adult intensive reports
Jan/A2 N111111 ReleasesSTEPS AHEADVIBE (NYC)Through the last couple of decades,vibist Mike Mainieri's Steps Ahead hasserved as a valuable training outpostfor musicians who have become someof today's top solo artists in both jazzand adult alternative. A few namesthat spring to mind are Eliane Elias,Warren Bernhardt, Michael Brecker,Don Grolnick, Peter Erskine andEddie Gomez. It's been almost twoand a half years since we've had anew record from the group, and theappropriately -titled Vibe delivers, well,cool vibes. Dore Steinberg of KKSFhips us to a couple of hip tracks. Theopening "Buzz" is an "MI Blues"melody turned sideways and harmoni-cally cooks for jazz radio. On the A2front, Steinberg swears by the loopydrum grooves of the title cut. VictorBailey contributes a percolating bassrhythm and Adam Holzman tosses ina upbeat organ part as Mainieri andsoprano saxophonist Donny McCaslinperform unison melody lines beforeorbiting into eight -bar trade-offs.
STRAIGHT AHEADDANCE OF THE FOREST RAIN
(ATLANTIC)Straight Ahead has gone from beingan all -female quintet to an all -femalequartet. Gone is violinist ReginaCarter, who should resurface later as asolo artist. Meanwhile, the group iden-tity pushes forward. Most of Dance OfThe Forest Rain's swing quotientcomes through Marion Hayden'swalking acoustic bass riffs. Some ofthe more driving numbers from theprevious two CDs are replaced withmore mood -oriented material that'saccented by lots of background vocalsand world influences like samba andisland. In absence of Carter's violin,guest acoustic guitarist Fareed Haguesupplies some Moorish, classical guitarfills. On our favorite piece, Haydenperforms a Love Supreme -styled bassline on the pastoral yet studied"Mangoes," as pianist Orr tosses in afew Latin counter rhythms to give thepiece some added spice.RAY BROWNSOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS
ARE...THE PIANO PLAYERS (TELARC)Bassist Ray Brown has become especially productive on the jazz chartsince signing with Telarc; so much sothat he's become an automatic jazzchartbuster. One of three releases outin the last 18 months, Brown's latest,satirically titled Some Of My BestFriends Are...The Piano Players, seemspoised to continue the chart -toppingways of Bacs Face and Don't GetSassy. Drummer Lewis Nash providesessential support as Dr. Brown ushersin five different pianists to presenttheir bopping testimony. The ivory
lineup ranges from young and studied(Benny Green and Geoff Keezer) toolder and more musically conversa-tional (Oscar Peterson and AhmadJamal). In fact, Peterson and Brownhave spent half a century off and onplaying gigs together. Nash is a mon-ster with the brushes on "Lover" onwhich Green dons his best BudPowell -styled complex lines.Ironically, young'un Keezer deliversthe swingin'est body blows on hislone contribution, "Close Your Eyes,"clearly the Z'men's pick of the litter.While the cameos are numerous, thespotlight is fixed squarely on Brown.He hambones his way through eachtune as each pianist goes one-on-onewith his dominant acoustic bass per-sonality. Perhaps part of Brown's cur-rent chart appeal is that his sessionsalways have an imaginative motif ormission, in this case, a timely anddiverse salute to the grand tradition ofthe jazz grand piano.BUCK HILLIMPULSE (MUSE)ut the most recent batch of new Musereleases, Buck Hill's Impulse, hisfourth for the label, is our pick toclick. Start with the soulful McCoyTyner ballad, "You Taught My HeartTo Sing," and see if it doesn't spark anencore. Sixty-seven year old Hill hasplayed professionally since 1943, andhe's one of many saxophonists whohave labored under the title "talentdeserving wider recognition." For thisrecording date Hill relied on his owntrio from his native Washington D.C.For sheer swing and blatant finger -snapping fun, proceed straight to"Sweet Georgia Brown." Simmeringback to sultry ballad form, unwind tothe cinematic -like, sentimental strainsof "How Do You Keep The MusicPlaying."
ALLEN FARNHAMQUARTETTHE COMMON THREAD (CONCORD)As is u,[ Illy the case, pianist AllenFarnham's newest recording is makinga healthy climb up the GAVIN jazzchart. The Common Thread, his thirdConcord release, highlights four newtrio recordings plus a solo piano pieceand four more tunes cut with saxo-phonist Joe Lovano back in 1986.Farnham's rhythm section, JameyHaddad on drums and Drew Gress onbass, join him on both the older andnewer recordings. Apparently, "thecommon thread" is that Farnham,Haddad and Lovano all hail fromCleveland, while Gless migrated toNew York in 1984, the same year asAllen. In an about-face fromFamham's rousing backup work onSusannah McCorkle's delightful FromBroadway To Bebop, The CommonThread is much more introspectiveand Bill Evans -like. Lots of eveningshade and darker hues punctuate thiscrop of compositions.
J4 GAVIN MARCH 1 7 , 1995
GAVIN A'ADULT ALTERNATIVE
EDITORS:KENT/KEITHZIMMERMAN
1 1 PAT METHENY GROUP (Geffen) 54 1 47 5 1
3 2 JEFF LORBER (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) 50 0 40 7 3
5 3 BILLY JOE WALKER. JR. (Liberty) 50 1 36 12 1
2 4 AVENUE BLUE featuring JEFF GOLUB (Bluemoon) 49 0 41 5 3
4 5 TOM SCOTT (GRP) 47 0 40 7 0
6 6 ERIC MARIENTHAL (GRP) 44 0 31 9 4
7 7 KILAUEA featuring DANIEL HO (BrainChild) 45 1 24 15 5
11 8 FATTBURGER (Shanachie/Cachet) 49 3 19 19 8
8 9 RICHARD ELLIOT (Blue Note Contemporary) 40 0 27 8 5
9 10 GEORGE DUKE (Warner Bros.) 41 0 24 13 4
10 11 VANESSA WILLIAMS (Wing/Mercury) 36 0 29 7 0
12 12 DOC POWELL (West Coast) 39 0 22 14 3
17 13 GREG ADAMS (Epic) 41 2 18 16 5
13 14 WARREN HILL (RCA) 35 0 24 6 5
18 15 NICK COLIONNE (Lake Shore Jazz) 38 1 16 14 7
16 16 POCKET CHANGE (BrainChild) 35 2 24 6 3
14 17 MARC ANTOINE (NYC) 35 0 21 7 7
15 18 ANDY SNITZER (Reprise) 37 0 10 20 7
19 19 JOHN TESH (GTS) 33 0 15 13 5
22 20 LARRY CORYELL (CTI) 32 0 12 16 4
21 21 ANITA BAKER (Elektra/EEG) 27 0 18 8 1
23 22 BILL CUNLIFFE (Discovery) 28 1 12 13 2
26 23 HIROKO KOKUBU (JVC) 29 0 7 17 5
24 24 PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO (Mesa) 30 0 7 13 10
- 25 CHRIS BOTTI (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) 41 9 4 11 17
27 26 OYSTEIN SEVAG (Windham Hill) 28 0 6 12 10
43 27 THURSDAY DIVA (DMP) 32 3 2 19 8
20 28 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY (GRP) 27 0 8 12 7
28 29 DAVID BENOIT (GRP) 24 0 7 12 5
31 30 ROBERTA FLACK (Atlantic) 25 1 6 10 8
32 31 MASSIVE ATTACK (Virgin) 23 1 8 9 5
29 32 BRYAN SAVAGE (Elation) 25 1 5 11 8
25 33 RICHY KICKLIGHTER (Ichiban) 24 0 5 11 8
39 34 TUCK & PATTI (Epic) 28 5 3 13 7
- 35 VAL GARDENA (Mercury) 31 3 2 6 20
37 36 BOY KATINDIG (Noteworthy) 19 0 5 13 1
41 37 PHIL KLEIN (Positive Music) 24 0 1 13 10
30 38 JONATHAN BUTLER (Mercury) 19 0 6 11 2
34 39 ROHN LAWRENCE (Atlantic) 19 0 5 10 4
36 40 LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic) 19 0 5 10 4
33 41 CRAIG CHAQUICO (Higher Octave) 16 0 7 7 2
40 42 PETER WHITE (Sin-Drome) 17 0 9 4 4
38 43 KISS THE SKY (JVC) 17 0 7 6 4
44 44 PETER ELMAN (Acorn) 19 1 5 6 7
42 45 SYLVESTER HARPER (Metropolis) 19 0 2 11 6
46 46 JAll AT THE MOVIES BAND + STRINGS (Discovery) 19 0 5 5 9
- 47 PETER HORVATH (Lake Street) 25 5 1 7 13
45 48 NAJEE (EMI) 17 0 5 7 5
- 49 OPAFIRE (Higher Octave) 18 1 2 7 8
- 50 DIONNE WARWICK (Arista) 14 0 5 5 4
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Most AddedSPYRO GYRA (20)Love & Other Obsessions (GRP)
PIECES OF A DREAM (19)Goodbye Manhattan (Blue Note)
DAVID WATERS (15)Island Refugee (Aubergine)
HILARY JAMES & BOB JAMES
(13)Flesh and Blood (Warner Bros.)
MARK JOHNSON (10)Daydream (JVC)
CHRIS BOTTI (9)First Wish (Verve Forecast)
CHRIS BOTTIFirst Wish (Verve Forecast)
VAL GARDENAOn The Bridge (Mercury)Here's the first new blood A2 artistsof 1995. Chris Botti clocks in at anamazing #25 while the Val Gardenaduo's sophomore effort is in at #35.
RECORD TO WATCH
HILARY JAMES and
BOB JAMESFlesh and Blood(Warner Bros.)
Hilary James is a new voice aug-mented by those familiar Bob
James grooves.
CL J*PIECES OF A DREAM (Blue Note)
*DAVID WATERS (AuDergine)
*SPYRO GYRA (GRP)
STEVIE WONDER (Motown)
THIS IS ACID JAll/NEW VOICES II (Instinct)
HOWARD HEWETT
*HILARY JAMES AND BOB JAMES (Warner Bros.)
* LES SABLER (New Vista)
JAY ROWE (Rowe Productions)
ROBERT MILLER GROUP (Wildcat)
Dropped: #35 Fantasy Band, #47 Joe Sample, #48
Rippingtons, #50 Freeway Philharmonic, Quinn, Nate
Fitzgerald.
ARTAITAlleFILE
CHRIS BOTH
FROM: New York City
LATEST RELEASE
First Wish
LABEL: Verve Forecast
INFLUENCES: "Outside of
listening to jazz in college and
high school, I'm not that up on
instrumental music. I usually
gravitate much more towards
singers. Bryan Ferry. Don
Henley. Sting. Peter Gabriel.
Blue Nile. "
"I see instrumental music
influenced by jazz or R&B, like
the Babyface sound. I wanted
to go in a completely different
direction, where the
compositions are harmonically
similar to listening to a Robbie
Robertson or a Peter Gabriel
track. I wanted to capture that
hypnotic groove."
"The demos are so close to the
final product. A lot of the
players came to my house and
did the demos first. There's
live drums on every song... 'On
The Night Ride' is among my
favorite compositions. It has
the most range from low to
high without screaming,
possibly one of the most lyrical
on the record."
"Having the engineer lend his
vibe from the beginning was
important. I wanted to do the
record in Woodstock and
hibernate, away from the label,
New York City and everyone
else. Verve gave me their
blessing. We did the record in
two months, relatively quick
for this kind of production."
GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995 25
GAVIN COUNTRY EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLECONSULTING EDITOR:LISA SMITH
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4 2 1 NEAL McCOY - For A Change (Atlantic) 13 201 0 100%
5 1 2 TRISHA YEARVVOOD - Thinkin' About You (MCA) 11 0 200 1000/0
12 8 3 VINCE GILL - Which Bridge To Cross (MCA) 8 0 170 0 1000/0
14 10 4 JOE DIFFIE - So Help Me Girl (Epic) 9 0 163 99%
8 6 5 LITTLE TEXAS - Amy's Back In Austin (Warner Bros.) 12 0 176 99%
2 3 6 CLAY WALKER - This Woman And This Man (Giant) 11 0 188 99%
11 9 7 GEORGE DUCAS - Lipstick Promises (Liberty) 15 0 145 97%
10 7 8 BLACKHAWK - Down In Flames (Arista) 13 0 158 97%
7 5 9 SHENANDOAH - Somewhere In The Vicinity (Liberty) 16 164 98%
16 11 10 REBA McENTIRE - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (MCA) 6 0 120 100%
17 15 11 DAVID BALL - Look What Followed Me Home (Warner Bros.) 11 0 86 95%
19 17 12 DIAMOND RIO - Bubba Hyde (Arista) 8 56 91%
21 18 13 ALAN JACKSON - Song For The Life (Arista) 7 1 42 94%
23 20 14 ALABAMA - G ve Me One More Shot (RCA) 8 0 50 97%
20 19 15 RANDY TRAVIS - The Box (Warner Bros.) 7 2 38 93%
27 22 16 TIM McGRAW - Refried Dreams (Curb) 5 1 21 89%
28 23 17 BROOKS AND DUNN - Little Miss Honky Tonk (Arista) 5 2 11 92%
18 16 18 BRYAN WHITE - Look At Me Now (Asylum) 13 0 70 85%
22 21 19 LARI WHITE - That's How You Know (RCA) 10 2 19 89%
34 25 20 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - I Can Love You Like That (Atlantic) 4 4 12 84°/0
32 26 21 TRACY BYRD - The Keeper 01 The Stars (MCA) 5 3 8 83%
26 24 22 THE MAVERICKS - I Should Have Been True (MCA) 0 23 70%
35 29 23 MARK CHESNUTT - Gonna Get A Life (Decca) 7 3 70%
31 28 24 SHANIA TWAIN - Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under (Mercury) 6 15 63%
30 27 25 TANYA TUCKER - Between The Two Of Them (Liberty) 4 6 67%
37 31 26 TY HERNDON - What Mattered Most (Epic) 8 2 61%
33 30 27 HAL KETCHUM - Stay Forever (MCG/Curb) 9 7 58%
3 4 28 CLINT BLACK - Wherever You Go (RCA) 0 94 89%
45 35 29 PAM TILLIS - I Was Blown Away (Arista) 12 2 37%
38 34 30 DOUG STONE - Faith In Me, Faith In You (Columbia) 9 1 43%
42 36 31 JOHN BERRY - Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye (Patriot) 17 1 41%
36 32 32 RICK TREVINO - Looking For The Light (Columbia) 0 1 47%
15 14 33 DOUG SUPERNAW - What'll You Do About Me (BNA Records) 0 55 89%
- 42 34 SAWYER BROWN - I Don't Believe In Goodbye (Curb) 36 0 23%
41 37 35 AARON TIPPIN - She Feels Like A Brand New Man Tonight (RCA) 12 24%
1 13 36 TRACY LAWRENCE - As Any Fool Can See (Atlantic) 2 60 81%
- 44 37 PATTY LOVELESS - You Don't Even Know Who I Am (Epic) 43 2 190/0
46 41 38 WESLEY DENNIS - I Don't Know (But I've Been Told) (Mercury) 14 0 23%
- 48 39 SAMMY KERSHAW - If You're Gonna Walk (Mercury) 55 0 9%
- 49 40 WADE HAYES - I'm Still Dancing With You (Columbia) 53 1 11%
44 43 41 BROTHER PHELPS - Anyway The Wind Blows (Asylum) 2 3 38%
SC 47 42 MARTINA McBRIDE - Where I Used To Have A Heart (RCA) 18 0 13%
3E 38 43 TERRY McBRIDE & THE RIDE - Somebody Will (MCA) 0 2 44%
- 50 44 DAVID LEE MURPHY - Party Crowd (MCA) 27 0 6%
49 46 45 ALISON KRAUSS - When You Say Nothing At All (BNA Records/Rounder Records) 8 2 32%
NEW 46 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - House of Cards (Columbia) 112 0 40/0
NEW 47 TOBY KEITH - You Ain't Much Fun (Polydor) 94 0 6%
NEW 48 4 RUNNER - Cain's Blood (Polydor) 34 0 3%
NEW 49 KEN MELLONS - Workin' For The Weekend (Epic) 73 0 5%
23 39 50 GEORGE STRAIT - You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody (MCA) 0 25 7F°
Total Reports: This Week 207 Last Week 207Hit Factor is a percentage of stations which will have the song in Heavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted: Mondays - 8am through 5pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedMARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
(112)"House Of Cards" (Columbia)
TOBY KEITH (94)"You Ain't Much Fun" (Polydor)
KEN MELLONS (73)"Workin' For The Weekend" (Epic)
MARTY STUART (61)"The Likes Of Me" (MCA)
RADNEY FOSTER (56)"Willin' To Walk (Arista)
Top Requests
CLAY WALKER
TRISHA YEARWOOD
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RECORD TO WATCH
WOODY LEE"Get Over It"
(Atlantic)Atlantic's newest act has forty-nine early supporters including
KPLX, KSCS, KEBC, KRST,KTEX, WAMZ, and WHKW.
Inside CountryCRS SCRAPBOOK
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Ty England made his first performance as
a solo artist at the Westwood One suite.
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Things are gearing up for the GAVIN
Country Seminar, May 7-9. If youhaven't yet returned your ballot forthe GAVIN Awards, please fax themback to (415) 495-2580. We will beannouncing finalists in the issue ofMarch 24.
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3 2 NICK LOWE (Upstart/Rounder) 39 1 19 15
2 3 TULARE DUST (HighTone) 41 0 10 25
4 4 BLUE RODEO (Discovery) 37 2 13 18
7 5 KIERAN KANE (Dead Reckoning) 43 10 4 24
6 6 HEATHER MYLES (HighTone) 36 3 8 20
7 STEVE EARLE (Winter Harvest) 41 30 3 20
5 8 DAR WILLIAMS (Razor & Tie) 36 1 5 23
9 9 MICHAEL FRACASSO (Bohemia Beat/Rounder) 33 2 5 17
8 10 ROBERT EARL KEEN (Sugar Hill) 29 1 8 15
13 11 STEVE KOLANDER (River Noah) 25 0 8 14
14 12 PETE ANDERSON (Little Dog) 31 4 3 16
11 13 KATY MOFFATT (Watermelon) 29 1 4 18
16 14 DAVE MALLETT (Vanguard) 32 4 2 15
18 15 CELESTE KRENZ (Emergency) 27 1 5 13
10 16 NANCI GRIFFITH (Elektra/EEG) 25 0 5 16
12 17 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (Columbia) 23 0 9 9
17 18 GREG BROWN (Red House) 21 0 8 10
19 19 NYLON JENNINGS (RCA) 20 0 10 7
15 20 BOTTLE ROCKETS (East Side Digital) 22 0 3 13
23 21 JAYHAWKS (American/Reprise) 17 0 9 6
28 22 WYLIE & THE WILD WEST SHOW (Cross Three) 20 0 4 10
21 23 PETE & MAURA KENNEDY (Green Linnet) 21 0 5 8
22 24 SONNY LANDRETH (Zoo/Praxis) 17 0 8 8
26 25 TODD SNIDER (Margaritaville/MCA) 19 0 5 8
25 26 THE CHIEFTAINS (RCA) 20 1 3 11
31 27 TRACY NELSON (Rounder) 20 1 1 13
27 28 BARRY & HOLLY TASHIAN (Rounder) 20 0 3 10
20 29 SPANIC FAMILY (East Side Digital) 19 0 3 12
24 30 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD (Deja Disc) 19 0 3 9
33 31 BUTCH HANCOCK (Sugar Hill) 21 3 1 8
34 32 FLACO JIMEMEZ (Arista Texas) 18 2 2 8
30 33 THE TRACTORS (Arista) 14 0 5 8
- 34 CARRIE NEWCOMER (Rounder) 16 4 3 6
- 36 GRAHAM PARKER (Razor & Tie) 17 11 1 9
- 36 MARY KARLZEN (Atlantic) 14 1 5 5
36 37 TOWNES VAN ZANDT (Sugar Hill) 13 0 5 6
38 38 WEBB WILDER (Watermelon) 17 3 2 6
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LINDA RONSTADTFeels Like Home
(Elektra)Ronstadt's move back hometo familiar turf proves favor-ably at KPIG, KNOT, KNFT,
KICE, WRSI, KFAN and KAFR.Look for it to chart next week.
Reports accepted Monday 9am - 5pm and Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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GAVIN AMERICANAASSOCIATE EDITOR:
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Most Added:STEVE EARLE (30)Train a Commn. (Winter Harvest)
CHRIS SMITHER (17)Up On The Lowdown (Hightone)
LINDA RONSTADT (14)Feels Like Home (Elektra)
GRAHAM PARKER (11)12 Haunted Episodes (Razor & Tie)
Top Tip:
CHRIS SMITHERUp On The Lowdown(Hightone)Smither's latest collection of rootsydown home tunes catches on quickat WNCW, KSUT, KDHX, KVMR,KOTO and KERA. Produced byStephen Bruton, Up On TheLowdown breaks in at 39 in it's sec-ond week.
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AmericanaNashville hipster Greg Garing wasin the Bay Area this past weekend tocollaborate with Peter Rowan onsome songwriting as well as torecord a track for an upcoming BillMonroe tribute album. Garing hascreated quite a buzz in Music Citywith his iconoclastic stylings. Amulti -instrumentalist who's touredwith bluegrass legend JimmyMartin, Garing also is a co-ownerof Jitters, the latest and hippest placeto emerge on the Nashville scene.Sitting in with Rowan at Sweetwaterin Mill Valley, he treated the crowdto his unique interpretation of "BigRiver" and several new originals, aswell as a way out version ofLeadbelly's "When I Was ACowboy." The Monroe tribute albumis being produced by Todd Phillips(David Grisman, Psychograss) and
also will feature Laurie Lewis,Kathy Kallick, Tim O'Brien andthe Nashville Bluegrass Band.Rowan and Garing dueted on "LetterFrom My Darling," and Rowan com-mented, "It's not lab -grass, but blue-grass in the true spirit." In this ageof tribute burnout, no one is moredeserving of one than Mr. Monroe....
Great things just don't stop hap-pening in New Orleans. After GAVINleft town there was, of course, MardiGras, and then Emmylou Harrisrolled into town to finish up record-ing her next Asylum album withDaniel Lanois at his Kingsway stu-dio. Word trickling out has this onesounding like a dynamo, with songsfrom the likes of Neil Young, BobDylan, Lucinda Williams, SteveEarle and Miss Emmy up for consid-eration...
And if anyone wonders whatmakes San Francisco the place to be,ponder this one: Emmylou will befronting a 20 -year celebration withthe Hot Band at the legendaryFillmore on Monday, April 3. In theironly North American appearance,this incarnation features RodneyCrowell, Albert Lee, Glen D.Hardin, Steve Fishell, MichaelRhodes and Vince Santoro. If Ilive through the night, you'll read allabout here...
Hey, wait a minute! In last week'sLinda Ronstadt review we incor-rectly credited the writing of"Women 'Cross The River" to DavidOgden, when Americana artistDavid Olney is the writer...
Some sharp -edged alternative -country compilations on the horizoninclude Hell Bent : InsurgentCountry Volume 2, Chicago -basedBloodshot Records' second foraydown this turnpike. Featuring artistsfrom throughout the country, includ-ing S.F.'s Tarnation and RichardBuckner, Gwil Owen, The Old97's, The Cartwrights, CornellHurd, Starkweathers and BottleRockets, Hell Bent comes completewith disturbing artwork by JonLangford of Waco Brothers. RigRock Truckstop on Jeremy Tepper'sDiesel Only label has resurfaced.Back in circulation through Fruit ofthe Tune distributing, Rig Rockserves up 20 tracks destined to befaves among the weed, whites andwine faction, including cuts byCourtney & Western, FiveChinese Brothers, World FamousBlue Jays, Killbilly and MojoNixon. Ask your waitress for one...
GAVIN wishes a speedy andhealthy recovery to MCA artist andAmericana legend Joe Ely, who suf-fered a broken hip this past week inAustin. No word yet on how thismay affect the upcoming release ofLetter To Laredo. We'll have anaddress to send get well cards tosoon.
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14 5 3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia)
3 3 4 TOM PETTY (Warner Bros.)
8 4 5 DEL AMITRI (A&M)
4 6 6 mm-,r_iNS BAND (RCA)
25 13 7 JOHN LEE HOOKER (Point Blank/Charisma)
7 8 8 TIMBuK 3 (High Street)
5 7 9 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic)
6 9 10 SONNY LANDRETH (Zoo/Praxis)
9 11 11 SIMPLE MINDS (Virgin)
10 10 12 DIONNE FARRIS (Columbia)
11 12 13 R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
17 21 14 MARY KARLZEN (Atlantic)
21 23 15 WOLFGANG PRESS (4-AD/Wamer Brothers)
16 15 16 NICK LOWE (Upstart/Rounder)
33 24 17 DANNY TATE (Virgin)
12 14 18 JONI MITCHELL (Reprise)
23 22 19 PORTISHEAD (London)
19 18 20 THE CHIEFTAINS (RCA)
15 17 21 BOXING GANDHIS (Mesa)
13 16 22 TODD SNIDER (Margaritaville/MCA)
32 26 23 ANNIE LENNOX (Arista)
18 19 24 _ (A&M)
31 28 25 JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUEBREAKERS (Silvertone)
NEW 26 SONIA DADA (Capricorn)
36 31 27 IVAN NEVILLK (Iguana)
20 20 28 BLUES TRAVELER (A&M)
37 27 29 CRUEL SEA (A&M)
38 32 30 THE COURAGE BROTHERS (Eastern Front)
26 29 31 THE COLUMBIA RADIO HOUR (Columbia)
40 36 32 STONE ROSES (Geffen)
30 35 33 PEARL JAM (Epic)
39 34 34 MASSIVE ATTACK (Virgin)
28 25 35 NANCI GRIFFITH (ElektragEG)
45 44 36 JEFF BUCKLEY (Columbia)
41 38 37 DAVE STEWART (eashvesI/EEG)
NEW 38 JOAN OSBORNE BAND (Mercury)
29 30 39 VICTORIA WILLIAMS (Mammoth)- 48 40 GRANT McLENNAN (B.Banguet/Allantic)- 42 41 JANN ARDEN (A&M)
22 33 42 ERIC CLAPTON (Duck/Reprise)
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34 37 45 WILLY PORTER (Don't)
49 46 46 (Geffen)
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THE GALS:JOAN OSBORNERelish (Blue Gorilla/Mercury)If we are to survive as a format, wemust continue our incredible streakof breaking artists. No other formatinside the pages of GAVIN can boastbreaking new bands with so small anational sample of stations. And,tremendous talent continues tostream by. Case in point: JoanOsborne. This is the exactly therecord your non -industry friendswill be asking you about in sixmonths. In fact, this time next year,look for Osborne to have joined theelite ranks of Sheryl Crow, MelissaEtheridge and Dave Matthews asthe cream of vital new Americanwriters who create new and chal-lenging sounds. Relish is an out-
standing effort on many levels.Recorded with a collaborative spirit(and listed as such on the songwriting credits), the lyrics, the musi-cianship and production meshesabout as perfectly as you're likelyto hear on a record all year long.Experimenting with structure, thesongs are exploratory, emotionaland truly unique while the produc-tion (especially on a song like "OneOf Us") lends itself to a traditionalyet passionate build-up. This ismusic that will please both the dis-criminating programmer looking forinnovation as well as the listenerlooking for a familiar comfort zone.Members of the Hooters serve as asolid support cast while the produc-tion of Rick Chertoff and WilliamWittman (Cyndi Lauper) is warmand listener -friendly. Favoritesinclude (in order): "St. Teresa,""One Of Us," "Spider Web," Bob
Dylan's "Man In The LongBlackcoat" and the strangely erotic"Right Hand Man."
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something truly original. AnnieLennox manages both. On "WhiterShade Of Pale," an extremely dan-gerous song to cover because of itssignature Procol Harum lyrics andindelible organ hook, Lennoxexposes a completely new person-ality. On the Clash's "Train In Vain,"complete with hip hop drums, anacoustic -sampled bass sound and aclear reading, we are treated tolyrics we never knew existed onthe slurred and mumbled original.Collecting an album of covers canbe a tricky affair, but well over halfof Medusa is extremely A3 relevantwhile some of the more traditionalsoul selections are better suited forA/C or Top Forty. Besides "Pale"and "Train," Neil Young's "Don't LetIt Bring You Down" and Blue Nile's"Downtown Lights" receive exem-plary artistic commercial treatment.Admittedly "Something So Right" is
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BOYS ON THE SIDE SOUNDTRACK (Arista)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia)
TOM PETTY (Warner Bros.)
DEL AMITRI (A&M)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA)
MUMS (Point Blank/Charisma)TIMBUK 3 (High Street)
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic)
SONNY LANDRETH (Zoo/Praxis)
SIMPLE MINDS (Virgin)
DIONNE FARRIS (Columbia)
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BLUES TRAVELER (A&M)
CRUEL SEA (A&M)
THE COURAGE BROTHERS (Eastern Front)
THE COLUMBIA RADIO HOUR (Columbia)
STONE ROSES (Geffen)
PEARL JAM (Epic)
MASSIVE ATTACK (Virgin)
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MATTHEW SWEET (Zoo)
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WILLY PORTER (Don't)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (Geffen) 0CHARM SEXTON (MCA)
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a little outside the A3 format, butwe share Lennox's fascination withthe Paul Simon song that closes thealbum, truly one of his most intro-spective yet overlooked composi-tii
LINDA RONSTADTFeels Like Home (Elektra)Rockin' A3 may be view LindaRonstadt's Feels Like Home appre-hensively, and rightly so, but thatdoesn't take away from the fact thatthis is her rootsiest offering in adecade. Consisting of material fromTom Petty, Randy Newman,Matraca Berg, David Onley and NeilYoung, Feels Like Home isNashville/Americana-tinged, athrowback to Ronstadt's Silk Pursedays when you'd hear fiddles andmandolins on underground radio.Using players like Alison Krauss,David Grisman, Emmylou Harris,Ben Keith, Booker T. and Jim
Keltner supplies credibility. While"High Sierra" is beautiful, possibleA3 entries include Petty's "TheWaiting" and Matraca Berg's "WalkOn." Expertly produced byRonstadt and George Massenburg,Feels Like Home benefits from acrystalline 'n -hit mastering job.MY SISTER JANEBig Dirt (???)We first saw My Sister Jane sittingon the tip top of Bill Boyd's KRCL-Salt Lake City playlist. In fact, itwas Bill who urged the band tosend their independent CD to usand we're glad he did. By theirown admission, My Sister Jane is a"five -woman band that defies cate-gorization." If we may attempt toelaborate, MSJ are tribal and"Horde-ish" in their approach, anddisplay a penchant for extension inmuch the same way bands likePhish and Widespread Panic surf
outside grooves and polyrhythms.Trace Wiren might be a spiritualadmirer of Jerry Garcia in that herguitar soars as it explores.Coincidentally, bassist Sally Shaumis Phil Leshian in her tone andrange. As if by design, Big Dirt isloosely funky yet tightly ensemble -driven, but it's also music that tran-scends fashion with the same indi-viduality that the most daring A3outlets have encouraged airplay."New Amsterdam" and "AnimalShelter" as well as the aptly titled"Bud" are our off-the-wall favoritejams. Call Bill Boyd (for lack of abetter contact) at (801)-363-2801 ifyou're man or woman enough forthe rough stuff.SUSAN WERNERIntroducing... (Private Music)Three songs (the rest arrives in aweek) from Susan Werner, a writerequally at home in the electric and
the acoustic arenas. In fact, "St.Mary's Of Regret" is the warmestentry, an acoustic band number thatflatters Wemer's singing talents."Man I Used To Love" is a jazzierswing number featuring the unmis-takable bass work of producerFernando Saunders.
THE GUYS:STEVE FORBERT"It Sure Was Better Back Then"
(Paladin/Giant)A big part of the Nashville sweepoccurred at this year's GAVINSeminar GRIDdle session when "ItSure Was Better Back Then"received enthusiastic radio andaudience response. This is therockin' opener to Steve Forbert'sbrand new album, Mission Of TheCrossroad Palms. The track hasrockin' relate -ability, recallingForbert's salad days.
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"Different Story""Molly"
"Lucky One""From the flowing melody to the echoed harmonies, thissong sounds more like the next track from The Samplesthan Deadeye Dick! It is now time to discover thealter ego of this young and talented trio!"
Album Network
The Voice That Will Knock Your Blues Socks Off!
FRANCINE REEDincludes
"Why I Don't Know""Occasionally a blues -oriented album comes along that issimply a must for regular rotation. Francine Reed's newalbum, I Want You To Love Me is just such an album."
John Schoenberger -Adult Rock EditorAlbum Network
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Ibum dult IternCHRIS SMITHERUp On The Lowdown (Hightone)The first thing you notice is the fin-ger -picked electric guitar playing,then you hear the smoky voice. Theson of a Tulane University professor,Chris Smither set out to mimicLightnin Hopkins and John Hurt butthen, during the '70s, he bumpedinto players like Bonnie Raitt cuttingalbums with the likes of Raitt, LowellGeorge and Dr. John (some of whichwere corporately suppressed).Smither may have entered thenineties boxed inside the folk cate-gory, but it's white blues thatSmithers hints at even when he'swrestling with Dylan's "What Is ItYou Wanted." Produced by StephenBruton, Up On The Lowdown bal-ances Smithers' multiple skills as apicker and singer with a roomy rockproduction:While the title track is ascratchy cross between dirty NewOrleans drawl and Texas trash, listento the street corner groove thatgrows on "Bittersweet."
AL KOOPERSoul Of A Man (Music Masters)Few on this planet revere the firstBlood Sweat & Tears album morethan the Zimmermen. We playedour shoplifted vinyl copy to shreds.It was one of the first CDs everpressed and most recently the 20 -bitgold remastered edition with theadded demo sessions was released.Surely Kooper and producer JohnSimon were rock geniuses.Unfortunately, the band is knownmore for their period with DavidClayton What's -His -Face. It shouldbe noted that Al (fueled by the lateDon Ellis) dabbled with a jazz hornsection before bands like Sons OfChamplin, Chicago Transit Authorityand (ugh!) the Ides Of March ven-tured into the brass jungle. It waswith trepidation that we auditionedthese live renditions until-mygawd-the arrangements (played bythe near original line-up) jumpedout fresh as today's paper. Kooper,whose voice is a little threadbare
from playing three separate bandsets a night at the Bottom Linewhere this was taped, does his bestto hold on to the tiger's tail. This ret-rospective, spanning Kooper's dazewith The Blues Project and BS&T aswell as recent efforts, pays tribute toa pioneer, the very first to fuse bluesand brass with progressive rock.BEN TAYLOR"I Will" (Giant)The sank' shi \ ci s you got listeningto Julian Lennon or Ziggy Marley forthe first time will revisit you whenyou hear Ben Taylor singing PaulMcCartney's "I Will." Using hisgenealogy, Ben Taylor revives theTaylor family's long absent "awshucks" musical innocence. "I Will"comes from the soundtrack to ByeBye Love. It certainly would be niceto hear a whole album produced byeither T -Bone or Ben Wisch.Whaddaya say?MATTHEW SWEET100% Fun (Zoo Entertainment)This is clearly Matthew Sweet's bestmusic since his sweet stuff of theearly '80s. And thanks to the hands-on production of Brendan O'Brien,his crazy -horsy fixation with rustand dust enters a much moremelodic phase. Not only does "SickOf Myself' conform to the non -pre-tentious course set by the album'stitle, it's a wonderful introduction ofwhat's to come. The vocal har-monies and the dueling guitars ofSweet, Richard Lloyd and RobertQuine continually draw from eraspast (i.e. the vocal blend of theByrds, the frantic guitar wars ofTelevision, the analog warmth ofearly R.E.M.) that are near and dearto A3 listeners' musical heritage.100% Fun should be a snap to pro-gram as rocking Midwestern stationslike WWCD, WXRT, KMMS andKBXR lead the way on this superfine collection.GRAHAM PARKER12 Haunted Episodes
(Razor & Tie)The older Graham Parker gets, theless -produced his music becomes.12 Haunted Episodes recalls RandyNewman's 12 Songs in that thesongs are black and white with gra-dated shades of gray replacing thedistraction of colors. Parker hasalways sung with an honesty that'sfrequently misinterpreted as anger.Songs like "Disney's America,""Force Of Nature" and "Partner ForLife" are like '90s folk songs, electricand poetic.
Most AdderENCOMIUM, A TRIBUTE TO
LED ZEPPELIN (26)Various Artists (Atlantic)
CHRIS SMITHER (18)Up On The Lowdown (Hightone)
A TRIBUTE TO DOC POMUS
(13)Till The Night Is Gone(Forward/Rhino)
LINDA RONSTADT (11)Feels Like Home (Elektra)
GRAHAM PARKER (9)12 Haunted Episodes (Razor & Tie)
Top Tip
SONIA DADAA Day At The Beach (Capricorn)Highest debut at =26 solely on thestrength of the single!
RECORD TO WATCH
ALISON KRAUSSNow That I've Found You: A
Collection(Rounder)
Have you heard the gorgeoustitle track originally cut by the
Foundations in 1967? Known asa blue grass picker/singer,Alison transcends all of the
labels by simply playing greatmusic.
mar icibc.* ENCOMIUM, TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN
(Atlantic)
BETTER THAN EZRA (Swell/Elektra)
THE THE (550 Music)
MORPHINE Ryko)
* A TRIBUTE TO DOC POMUS 7xward/Rhino)
PJ HARVEY siand)
* CHRIS SMITHER (Hightone)
MICHAEL FRACASSO (Bohemia Beat/Rounder)
ALISON KRAUSS (Rounder)
* TUCK & PATTI (Epic)
* GRAHAM PARKER (Razor & Tie)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE (Island)
* LINDA RONSTADT (Elektra)
ADAM ANT 'Capitol)
LITTLE AXE lteh/Epic)
* MOUTH MUSIC (Ryko)
PETE ANDERSON 'Little Dog)
MIKE + THE MECHANICS (Atlantic)
HINDU RODEO (Triad)
* FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn)
* THE BOOMERS YYZ (Wildcat)
PETE DROGE (American)
NAN VERNON (eastwest/EEG)
WEBB WILDER (Watermelon)
Dropped: r39 God Street Wine,140Unplugged, "53
Rusted Root, Paula Cole, Martin Zellar, Blue Rodeo.
1ST PAOFILE_
TERRY HALL
FROM: Coventry
CURRENT RELEASE: Home
LABEL: Anxious/WEA U.K.
("Dave Stewart's label.")
PREVIOUS OFFENSES: The
Specials, Fun Boy Three, The
Colourfield
CONTACT: Todd Bisson, (609)-
683-9140
BACK TO BRITANNIA: "I had
a strong desire to work with
people I considered
contemporaries, people like
Andy Partridge and Nick
Heyward who came from a
tradition of English pub music.
Over the past five years music
has become so un-English, so it
was time to make an English -
sounding record with English
songwriters."
ON BANDS "I'd made ten
albums with three successful
bands on the trot. After that, I'd
had enough of bands, of five or
six people doing the same
thing. It got a bit weird. I
needed to branch out and do
projects, to get interested
again on a base level."
ON MATURITY: "Actors are
allowed to mature. In music,
it's very rare that you get the
opportunity. My favorite
singers are older. Charles
Aznevour. Andy Williams, Bobby
Goldsboro an for some weird
reason, David Cassidy."
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GAVIN ROOKS ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
ROB FIEND
1 KORN - Korn (Immortal/Epic)
2 CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Deliverance (Columbia)
3 QUICKSAND - Manic Compression (Island)
4 GRIP INC. - Power Of Inner Strength (Metal Blade)
5 MEGADETH - Youthanasia (Capitol)
6 L.A. GUNS - Vicious Circle (Polydor/A&M)
7 ORANGE 9MM - High Speed Changer (EastWest/EEG)
8 MONSTER MAGNET - Dopes To Infinity (A&M)
9 DEMON KNIGHT SOUNDTRACK - Various Artists (Atlantic)
10 MELVINS - Stoner Witch (Atlantic)
11 OVERDOSE - Progress Of Decadence (Futurist)
12 FAITH NO MORE - Digging The Grave (Slash/Reprise)
13 SICK OF IT ALL - Scratch The Surface (Elektra/EEG)
14 SLAYER - Divine Intervention (American)
15 SEX LOVE MONEY - Era (Rockworld)
16 SKID ROW - My Enemy (Atlantic)
17 MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE - Suffersystem (0-Tribe/RCA)
18 SOLITUDE AETURNUS - Through The Darkest Hour (Pavement)
19 BOLT THROWER - ...For Victory (Earache)
20 CIRCLE OF DUST - Circle Of Dust (R.E.X.)
21 KERBDOG - Kerbdog (Mercury)
22 TREE - Plant A Tree Or Die (Cherrydisc)
23 SLASH'S SNAKEPIT - It's Five O'Clock Somewere (Geffen)
24 NATIVITY IN BLACK COMPILATION - Various Mists (Columbia)
25 MACHINE HEAD - Burn My Eyes (Roadrunner)
26 PEARL JAM - Vitalogy (Epic)
27 HOLYGANQ - Free Tyson Free (Roadrunner)
28 REIGN - Embrace (Mausoleum)
29 KILLERS - Menace To Society (Metal Blade)
30 CLAWFINGER - Warfare (Metal Blade)
31 GODFLESH - Selfless (Columbia/Earache)
32 VAN HALEN - Balance (Warner Bros.)
33 NAKED RHYTHM - Fatbox (Master)
34 WARRANT - Family Picnic (CMC International)
35 MESHUGGAH - None (Relapse)
36 JERKY BOYS - Collective Soul, L7, Superchunk (Atlantic)
37 EXTREME - Waiting For The Punchline (A&M)
38 SKYCLAD - Prince Of/Poverty Line (Noise)
39 TESTAMENT - Low (Atlantic)
40 BITCH FUNKY SEX MACHINE - Love Bomb (Doctor Dream)
41 FACE TO FACE - Big Choice (Victory/A&M)
42 DEATH - Symbolic (Roadrunner)
43 STUCK MOJO - Snappin' Necks (Century Media)
44 MERCYFUL FATE - Time (Metal Blade)
45 MARY BEATS JANE - Mary Beats Jane (Geffen)
46 QUEENSRYCHE - Promised Land (EMI)
47 BUTT TRUMPET - Primitive Enema (EMI)
48 COMBINE - Norfolk, VA (Caroline)
49 TAD - Live Alien Broadcasts (Futurist)
50 BIG CHIEF - Platinum Jive Greatest Hits 1969-1999 (Capitol)
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Reports accepted Monday 9am - 5pm and Tuesday 9am - 2pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedDEATH (37)Symbolic (Roadrunner)
MISERY LOVES COMPANY
(32)"My Mind Still Speaks" (Earache)
STUCK MOJO (29)Snappin' Necks (Century Media)
KMFDM (29)Nihil (TVT)
FOETUS (27)Null (Columbia)
ORANGE 9MM (21)Driver Not Included (Eastwest/EEG)
RECORD TO WATCH
MONSTER MAGNETDopes To Infinity
(A&M)Spaced -out, spoofy grooves
for the leafy inclined.
Top Request
KORN
QUICKSAND
GRIP INC.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
DEMON KNIGHT SOUNDTRACK
lop upFACE TO FACEBig Choice(A&M)Heavy spins from KSFC(16),KDUR(14), WSOU(13) andKRUS(11) make Face To Face thisweek's highest debut.
Slush (66) (Worthless)
* Anal Cunt 63) (Mosh/Earache)
Po'Boy Swing (60) (Royalty)
Uncle Slam (57) (Medusa/Restless)
Dropped: =38 Danzig, #41 Widomaker, #45 Bad
Religion, #47 Offspring, #48 Dream Theater and #50
Nevermore.
---"q111111111"Hard Driving Rock 'n' Roll thatmakes me feel like I drank thatcup of coffee."
ke Wheaton, DMX
Already Spinning atDMX, KOFX, KMSH, KAKS, KATP, KISW,
KNDI, KZRQ, WEOS, WOZN, WMHB,WTZR, WZMB, WVBR, WWSP
For your desk copy callRoyalty Records (212) 779-0101
38 GAVIN MARCH 17, 1995
GAVIN ROCKS
New pleases
LEVELIn The Absence Of The Sacred
(Level Head)Lurking in the same stompinggrounds as Machine Head areOakland's Level. Formed inFebruary 1993, Level (GregLinhares, guitar; Nikko Miladinovich,drums; Mike Sullivan, vocals; JohnGallups, guitar; Paul Perry, bass)boast a burly, hard rock sound ontheir debut -EP, In The Absence OfThe Sacred. Produced and engi-neered by Linhares andMiladinovich, this brutal EP show-cases Level's strangled, darkrhythms which grind along a high-way littered with crunching guitars,jagged bass lines, pummeling drumsand coarse vocal yells. Rock radiowill find the creeping guitar riffs of"The Allknowing" and "Push"(myfave) irresistible, while the melodic
teeth of "Ramhabit" and "TribalEnding" will get the nod from listen-ers who're into murky, metallicromps. Also, don't overlook theeerie plucks of "Shallow," whichwill keep your neck hair on endand your listeners curious. Level arethe next level of '90s aggressiverock. Check it out. Call (510) 420-1867 for your copy.BIG HAIRThe Pickle Farm
(Energy)Big I lairs bio begins with the word"Unorthodox." What an understate-ment. There is no way to categorizeor corner this band; you have tocreate a new format. Surfacing fromRochester, New York, Big Hair(Tom, guitar; Tod, bass/vocals;Andrew, drums, Obadiah, violin)specializes in the art of weirdnesswith their eccentric mix of thrash,punk, metal, funk, jazz and evencountry. The Pickle Farm, which isgoing for adds on March 20/21, willappeal to listeners whose listeningrepertoire has no boundaries. Fromthe juttering string rhythms of"Stoned Ant" to the pluckingmelodies of "Barney Wasn't" to lay-ered guitar chords of "Spooge," BigHair displays fountains of unchartedmusicianship that college rock andalternative radio will enjoy explor-ing. As with Indian food, this may
not appeal to every one but it'sworth a try.MONSTER MAGNETDopes To Infinity
(A&M)I em y A&M's Jay Hughen becausehe gets to work a band that I wouldgive my left nut to have play in myliving room. The mighty MonsterMagnet have already seduced rockradio with their single, "NegasonicTeenage Warhead," which smashedthe GAVIN Rocks record for mostadded the week of March 3 with 56adds. One of the stoniest bands toever lay down a riff, Monster Magnetwill surpass all their current fans'expectations and will undoubtedlyturn on new ones with their newfull-length, Dopes To Infinity. Youdon't have to be a stoner to appreci-ate the gyrating grooves, spaced -outmelodies, breathing rhythms andDave Wyndorfs haunting vocals toappreciate this record. I think theentire album is brilliant, but the titletrack, "All Friends and KingdomCome," "Look To Your Orb For TheWarning," "Vertigo," "ThirdAlternative" and "Ego, The LivingPlanet" provoke the most intensecolors and will go well with anythingyour listeners may be on. If you'refortunate enough to go to this year'sSouth By Southwest conventiondon't miss Monster Magnet's show.
ULTRAHEADDefinition: Aggro
(Shiro)Ultrahead are storming out of LosAngeles like the flood waters ofNorthern California, indiscrimi-nately wreaking havoc on any-thing that gets in their way.Introducing their Shiro Recordsdebut, which is appropriatelytitled Definition: Aggro, Ultrahead(John Nooney, bass; Yasha Filisov,drums; Doug Carrion, vocal/gui-tar) combine a powerful mix ofhard rock and metal elements thatform head -banging rhythms andunstoppable riveting grooves.Already receiving grand reviews inEurope, Ultrahead will win overrock radio with their sheer intensi-ty and '90s -style metal prowess.The emphasis track and video,"And God," will keep your listen-ers tuned with its creeping guitarchords, heavy bass lines andthroaty vocal sneers. "Face Down"and "Motionless" will appeal toyour metal listeners who like a lit-tle thrash mixed in for spice. "EyeCrusher," "Tied To A BrokenChair" and "Dealing WithDisappointment" are other sug-gested tracks that'll keep yourshow fast and hard. Make roomfor next wave of aggression withUltrahead.
PRIM NOT /NCLUDED
The Debut Albumfeaturing "High Speed Changer," "Suspect" and "Glistening"
"Orange 9mm is about the sheer power derivedfrom the marriage of riff and rhythm. Sonicallyarmor -piercing." - CMJ
Produced by Dave JerdenManagement: Scott McGhee for McGhee Entertainment
On EastWest compact discs and uri. 0. cassettes©1995 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications Inc.A Time Warner Company. sastwest records america
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GAVIN CLASSIFIEDSThe Lund Letter
PROGRAM DIRECTORRESPONSIBILITIES
...And you thought you had enough to do!
Ihe Program Director is theproduct manager responsibleevery aspect of program strat-egy, marketing and promo-tion, music, news, production,
remotes and personal appearances,staff hiring and personnel develop-ment.
How do PD's spend their time?This "Action List" details areas ofresponsibility and goals, and ideasfor improving performance.
Programming StrategyHave a strong working knowl-
edge of systems and program man-agement. Be creative and innova-tive, and assure that every elementof the station programming is on -target according to the station'sProgramming Stylebook, perfectlyexecuted.
Listen to the station constantly(as well as the competition) toassure that every element (i.e.,music, talent direction, basics, pro-duction, etc.) is flawless.
Know the station goal and con-tinually create ways to achieve it.Goals include ratings, developingpeople, and improving station rev-enue.
Remain aware of and documentcompetitive moves. Regularlyupdate your competitive reportthroughout the year, especiallywhile a rating period is in progress.This report will prove invaluableafter a rating book is released indetailing what went on in the mar-ket. Utilizing this report is mucheasier than trying to reconstructwhat each station did after the fact.
As station strategically grows andit continues to increase audience,the Program Director's jobbecomes one of the most vital atthe station. He/she must have theknowledge and motivation to "getthe job done" under any situationor circumstance.
The vision of what station
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should and does sound like shouldbe crystal clear; this includes themusic, talent performance, promo-tions, and advertising. Listen tostation constantly and attain air -checks of other stations in formatto sharpen your programming acu-men.
Be organized and rely on "sys-tems", files and lists to plan the dayand accomplish tasks. Discussprojects with the GM and devisepriorities.
Know the target demographicand sales goals, and program inthat direction.
Know how your efforts are grad-ed and measured by learningArbitron and ratings methodology.Track quarter hour, cume and timespent listening for each stationgoing back several years (includenumerous demos and dayparts).Know where to grow and the pri-mary competitors.
Encourage creativity, hard work,and positive accomplishments totake the station to the next level,and provide constant reinforce-ment to your staff.
What are your key responsi-bilities as Program Director?Fax your list to John Lund at(415) 692-7799. Also, do youutilize a consultant (or wishyou could)? What are the top 5benefits your consultant pro-vides you?
Coming up in next week'sLund Letter: Part 2 of "P.D.Responsibilities".
By John Lund
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GAVIN ALTERNATIVEEDITOR: LINDA RYAN
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:SEANA BARUTH
1 PJ HARVEY - To Bring You My Love (Island) 1590 +121
2 LIVE - Lightning Crashes (Radioactive) 1557 -23
3 PEARL JAM - Better Man, Nothing, Corduroy (Epic) 1492 -79
4 BUSH - Everything Zen, Little Things, Monkey (Trauma/Interscope/AG) 1269 -43
5 OASIS - Live Forever, Supersonic, Rock And Roll Star (Epic) 1160 -5
6 R.E.M. - Star 69, Bang&Blame, Crush, What's (Warner Bros.) 1067 -78
7 ELASTICA - Connection, Stutter (DGC) 1048 +115
8 BETTER THAN EZRA - Good (Swell/Elektra) 1010 +88
9 SPONGE - Plowed (Work Group) 956 +66
10 STONE ROSES - Love Spreads, Ten Storey, Begging You, Tightrope (Geffen) 954 -171
11 BELLY - Now They'll Sleep (Sire/Reprise) 952 +2
12 GREEN DAY - When I Come Around, She (Reprise) 940 -26
13 LETTERS TO CLEO - Here & Now (Giant) 913 -5
14 NIRVANA - About A Girl, The Man Who, Lake/Fire, Jesus Doesn't (DGC) 876 -167
15 MIKE WATT - Against The '70s (Columbia) 852 +100
16 JERKY BOYS - Collective Soul, L7, Superchunk (Atlantic) 839 +36
17 MATTHEW SWEET - Sick Of Myself (Zoo) 805 +113
18 THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie, Ode/Family, I Can't Be, Dreaming (Island) 716 -107
19 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - What Would You Say (RCA) 705 -19
20 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - 0 Baby (Geffen) 703 -78
21 THROWING MUSES - Bright Yellow Gun (Sire/Reprise) 683 -226
22 SHERYL CROW - Strong Enough, All I Wanna (A&M) 680 -87
23 ADAM ANT - Wonderful (Capitol) 657 -3
24 JULIANA HATFIELD - Universal Heartbeat (Mammoth/Atlantic) 645 NEW25 SIMPLE MINDS - She's A River (Virgin) 637 -109
26 RANCID - Roots Radical (Epitaph) 611 -32
27 WOLFGANG PRESS - Going South (4-AD/Warner Brothers) 589 -18
28 PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (London) 577 -194
29 HOLE - Doll Parts, Asking for It, Violet (DGC) 566 +4
30 THE THE - I Saw The Light (550/Epic) 561 -149
31 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Interstate Love Song, Pretty Penny (Atlantic) 545 -75
32 OFFSPRING - Gotta, Come Out And Play, Self Esteem (Epitaph) 539 +2
33 OUR LADY PEACE - Starseed (Relativity) 493 +94
34 SARAH McLACHLAN - Hold On (Nettwerk/Arista) 490 +2
35 ASS POWS - Little Bastard, Banlon Shirt (A&M) 453 -107
36 BAD REL GION - Stranger Than, 21st Century, Incomplete, Infected (Atlantic) 448 -27
37 WAX - California (Side One/Interscope) 444 +58
38 JEFF BUCKLEY - Last Goodbye (Columbia) 443 +101
39 BETTIE SERVEERT - Lamprey (Matador/Atlantic) 407 -M
40 DUMB AID DUMBER - Primitives, Crash Test Dummies (RCA) 401 -55
41 VERUCA SALT - Number One, Seether, Victrola, Forsythia (Minty Fresh) 385 -53
42 BLUES TRAVELER - Runaround (A&M) 344 NEW43 MORPHINE - Honey White (Rykodisc) 341 +75
44 FLAMING LIPS - She Don't Use Jelly, Turn It On (Warner Bros.) 331 -2
45 WEEZER - Buddy Holly, My Name Is Jonas (DGC) 331 +11
46 FACE TO FACE - Disconnected (Victory/A&M) 318 -5
47 SOUNDGARDEN - The Day I Tried To Live (A&M) 318 +11
48 JAYHAWKS - Blue (American/Reprise) 305 +31
49 POSTER CHILDREN - Junior Citizen (Sire/Reprise) 301 NEW50 GOO GC0 DOLLS - Only One (Warner Bros.) 292 NEW
Reports accepted Monday 8:30am - 4pm and Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Most AddedENCOMIUM - LED ZEPPELIN
TRIBUTE (19)Various Artists (Atlantic)
MAD SEASON (17)"River Of Deceit" (Columbia)
SLEEPER (17)"Delicious" (Arista)
GOO GOO DOLLS (16)A Boy Named Goo (Warner Bros.)
KMFDM (13)Nihil (Wax Trax/TVT)
Top Tip
JULIANA HATFIELD"Universal Heartbeat"(Mammoth/Atlantic)This one just missed debuting lastweek and makes an impressivedebut at #24 this week.
Top RequestsLIVE
PJ HARVEY
BUSH
LETTERS TO CLEO
OASIS
RECORD TO WATCH
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN"All I Ask Of Myself..."
(Work)Sec them on The Jon StewartShow on March 20 They wi'lrock your world Tour starts
May I
ChartbouneSEBADOH Rebound" (Sub Pop)
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN - "All I Ask..." (Work)
CAKE Rock And Roll Lifestyle" (Capricorn)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - 'Dancing Days (Atlantic)
SHERYL CROW ner Maker" (Atlantic)
Inside AlternativeSo I'm sitting here trying to getthings organized so I can leave forAustin with a guilt -free conscience(12 years of Catholic educationmakes this an impossibility), whenan overwhelming urge to vent sud-denly overcomes me. Since I'mtight for space, my soliloquy onout -of -control egos in certain mar-kets is going to have to wait untilnext week. There's too much goodnews to report this week to wastethe spece on something like that.
Congrats to Christopher Allen,KEDJ-Phoenix's new music direc-tor. As you probably know by now,former MD Willobee exited the sta-tion to join Q Prime Management.Christopher says, "It's always beenmy goal to be a music director-it'swhere my passion's always been.Now, Willobee gets to do some-thing he loves and I get the benefitof stepping into something I love."Since Christopher has always beenvery "hands on" in the musicdepartment, the transition to MDhas been an easy one. He will con-tinue his 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. airshift.
KDGE-Dallas has announced theline up for Edgefest, which isscheduled for Sunday, April 23 atthe Coca Cola StarplexAmphitheater in Dallas. The eventfeatures Adam Ant, Letters ToCleo, Veruca Salt, Sponge, BluesTraveler and local acts TheNixons and Deep BlueSomething. In addition, part ofthe proceeds will go to Habitat ForHumanity who provide low-income families with permanant,long-term solutions for affordablehousing.
WDST-Woodstock welcomes NicHarcourt to the AMD position.Nic, as some already know, hasdone quite a lot to shine a nationalspotlight on the local music scenein the Woodstock/Poughkeepsiearea. Station owner Gary Chetkofsays, "Jeanne Atwood has resumedher academic studies and is onlyavailable to us on a part time basis.Nic is both knowledgable and pas-sionate about music, and his enthu-siasm will be an asset to the futuredirection of the station." Nic'smusic hours are on Mondays andWednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,and he can be reached at (914) 679-7290.
Cool adds this week: 91-X addedSleeper's "Delicious," Rev 105added The Boo Radleys' "WakeUp Boo" and WDRE added TheDrag's "My Mind's Mine."
Look for Ned's Atomic Dustbinon the Jon Stewart show on March20. The band will start theirAmerican tour on May 1.
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New ReleaseSPRAGGA BENZ"A-1 Lover" (Capitol)Checking this one out is a must, as"A-1 Lover" sounds like nothing cur-rently on your playlist. Jamacian-born Spragga Benz mixes raggamuf-fin with gentle house beats, and setsthe whole thing off with a stylishwall of female vocals. Here inCalifornia, we've been hit by rainstorm, after rain storm, after rainstorm, but listening to "A-1 Lover"fills my head with thoughts of sum-mer and sunshine. And believe me,after two solid months of rain, that'snothing short of a miracle!
-LINDA RYAN
MAD SEASON"River Of Deceit" (Columbia)With an all-star lineup that boastsmembers of Alice In Chains, PearlJam and Screaming Trees, there's noway commercial alternative stationsaren't going to play "River OfDeceit." But more importantly, withits slow groove and gentle, bluesyfeel, "River Of Deceit" sounds like awinner regardless of the Who's -Wholineup. Already spinning at KROQ,WPGU, WFNX, CIMX, 99X, KPNT,WDST, WDRE and WKOC, to namebut a handful. Also added on MTV.What are you waiting for?
-LINDA RYAN
ARCHERS OF LOAFuee Vee (Alias)The Archers of Loaf, in full control ofthe power of punk, the appeal ofpop, and the charm of quirk, belt usover the head with their long -antici-pated sophomore full-length, Vee Vee.On Vee Vee, the now -savvy Archersmasterfully vary tension from track totrack, and by offering more than thepop -punk genre's standard blasevocals and abrasive electric guitars,the band effortlessly maintains bothinterest and credibility. Compare, forexample, the white -knuckle single"Harnessed in Slums" to the simpler,enticing "Greatest Of All Time."Sucker for a sob story? Try "FloatingFriends" and "Death In The Park." Inneed of a new anthem? Check out"Underachievers March and FightSong," in which the Archers resurrectand sweetly rejuvenate the classicfife -and -drum salute. Vee Vee neatlyfulfills the Archers' promise. Stronglyrecommended. - SANDRA DERIAN
Most Added
KMFDM (27)Nihil (Wax TraxliTVT)
SLEEPER (23)Smart (Arista)
GOO GOO DOLLS (20)A Boy Named Goo (Warner Bros.)
LIDA HUSIK (19)Joyride (Caroline)
MOBY (12)Everything Is Wrong (Elektra/EEG)
Top Tip
MORPHINEYes(Rykodisc)Morphine's newest elicits a resound-ing "yes" from college radio. Ninestations report the disc in Heavy,while KGLT, KACV, KCMU, WBRU,WEGL, WFDU, WMSV, WRFL, WUJCand WUSC ADD it this week.
RECORD TO WATCH
LIDA HUSIKJoyride
(Caroline)Lida's latest pulls down a
whopping 19 ADDs this week;KCRW, WPRK and WXDU arealready spinning Joyride in
Heavy.
ChartbouniSLEEPER - Smart (Arista)
JUICY - For The Ladies (Slow River)
MORRISSEY - "World Of Boxers" (Sire/Reprise)
DOG FACED HERMANS - Bump And Swing
(Alternative Tentacles)
LOVE BATTERY - Straight Freak Ticket (Atlas/A&M)
Dropped: =23 Sebadoh, #28 Crash Worship, #34
Cornershop, #41 Jennifer Trynin, #44 Massive Attack,
#46 Portishead, #47 Our Band Could Be Your Life,
#48 18th Dye.
Inside CollegeHere's a bombshell for ya: WFIT'sJohn Hammerlund called today tolet me know that the station has calledin an Alternative playlist for the verylast time. Unbelievably, Melbourne,Florida's long-time college/alternativehas already switched to a mix of Jazzand NPR programming. A resignedHammerlund says that he's felt thischange has been pending for sometime, and he encourages labels to ter-minate the station's alternative serviceimmediately. Whoa-end of an era.
When I ran into him at an amazingThinking Fellers/DirtyThree/Fibulator show this pastweekend, Pisces sweetheart KevinRafter from KDVS admonished mefor missing his birthday. In turn, Iscolded him for missing our conven-tion. But just for the record, youngKevin is finally legal-he celebratedhis 21st b -day on March 4.
Those fine KDVS folks also askedme to thank the labels that con-tributed prizes and stuff for the sta-tion's recent fundraiser. In a week'stime (February 19 through February25), KDVS raked in $16,000 inpledges, and they've already collectedtwo-thirds of that amount.
On March 21, WMSV will celebrateits one year anniversary. Next timeyou speak to Steve Ellis or JamesMartin, offer them your congratua-tions.
AND FINALLY, GAVIN SEMINARPHOTO OVERLOADAND THE WINNER IS...???
What winner of a promo rep is willing to
bear all for the cameras? We won't tell 'til
dead can dance.
RELATIVITY'S KERRISAVAGE CAN'T KEEPHER MOUTH SHUT...
But Sebadoh's Bob Fay doesn't seem to
notice.
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4 4 1 PJ HARVEY - To Bring You My Love (Island)
3 2 2 BETTIE SERVEERT - Lamprey (Matador/Atlantic)
1 1 3 LOIS - Bet The Sky (K)
2 3 4 THROWING MUSES - University (Sire/Reprise)
5 5 5 MARY LOU LORD - Mary Lou Lord (Kill Rockstars)
44 15 6 MIKE WATT - Ball -Hog Or Tugboat? (Columbia)
7 7 7 BELLY - King (Sire/Reprise)
25 8 8 RE/SEARCH - Incredibly Strange Music Volume II (Asphodel/ReSearch)
9 9 9 POSTER CHILDREN - Junior Citizen (Sire/Reprise)
- 49 10 ARCHERS OF LOAF - Vee Vee (Alias)
16 11 11 THE THE - Hanky Panky (550/Epic)
- 35 12 HAZEL - Are You Going To Eat That (Sub Pop)
15 13 13 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Rapture (Geffen)
11 6 14 IVY - Realistic (Seed)
10 10 15 WOLFGANG PRESS - Funky Little Demons (4-AD/Warner Brothers)
22 16 16 MILK CULT - Burn Or Bury (Basural/Priority)
19 19 17 ROYAL TR X - Thank You (Virgin)
6 12 18 TEAM DRESCH - Personal Best (Chainsaw/Candyass)
NEW 19 MORPHINE - Yes (Rykodisc)
NEW 20 ELASTICA - Elastica (DGC)
31 24 21 FREE KITTEN - Nice Ass (Kill Rockstars)
- 26 22 PORTASTATIC - Scrapbook EP (Matador)
26 25 23 QUICKSAND - Manic Compression (Island)
13 21 24 STONE ROSES - Love Spreads, Ten Storey, Begging You, Tightrope (Geffen)
31 25 THE LILYS - Eccsame The Photon Band (SpinArt)
- 39 26 CUB - Come Out Come Out (Mint)
27 27 27 BETTER THAN EZRA - Deluxe (Swell/Elektra)
- 38 28 JAYHAWKS - Tomorrow The Green Grass (American/Reprise)
33 33 29 TRIP HOP TEST - St. Etienne, Dust Brothers, Paul Weller (Moonshine)
41 30 30 LAIKA AND THE COSMONAUTS - The Amazing Colossal Band (Upstart)
17 17 31 KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION - Cowboys And Aliens (A&M)
32 SMOG - Wild Love (Drag City)
32 32 33 WAX -13 Unlucky Numbers (Side One/Interscope)
29 29 34 PRICK - Prick (Nothing/Interscope/AG)
18 18 35 MECCA NORMAL - Sifting On Snaps (Matador)
- 36 36 GAUNT - I Can See Your Mom From Here (Thrill Jockey)
37 37 37 SIMPLE MINDS - Good News From The Next World (Virgin)
20 20 38 HUGGY BEAR - Weaponry Listens To Love (Kill Rockstars)
NEW 39 PRODIGY - Music For The Jilted Generation (Mute)
14 14 40 BRAINIAC - Bonsai Superstar (Grass)
8 22 41 NEW BOMB TURKS - Information Highway Revisited (Crypt)
- 42 42 TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - Yes Darling, But Is It Art? (Early Singles & Rarities) (Seed)
43 43 43 DICKIES - Idjit Savant (XXX)
44 NEGATIVLAND - Fair Use (Seeland)
47 45 45 ALEX CHILTON - Man Called Destruction (Ardent)
46 MATTHEW SWEET - Sick Of Myself (Zoo)
24 40 47 POND - The Practice Of Joy Before Death (Sub Pop)
NE14I 48 ORANGE 9MM - High Speed Changer (EastWest/EEG)
NEW 49 SPENT - Songs Of Drinking And Rebellion (Merge)
- 50 50 CAKEKITCHEN - Stompin' Through The Boneyard (Merge)
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SPRAGGA BENZ"A-1 LOVER"From the new album
UNCOMMONLY SMOOTH
Produced by Danny BrownieManagement: Benz Speculous
GU PESinglesBLACKSTREETJoy (Interscope/Atlantic)If expressing that feeling ofecstasy which the song'stitle suggests is what pro-ducer Teddy Riley wasstriving for, then he hit itdead on. Riley is an amaz-ing talent who gets writingassistance on this trackfrom Tammy Lucas andMichael Jackson. Wheneverhis latest reaches the air-waves, there's no doubt itwill bring joy to lots offolks.
ADAM ANTWonderful (Capitol)Best known to Top 40audiences for his 1983 hit,"Goody Two Shoes," here'sa very '90s approach to Antmusic. Quickly securingsignificant play on thealternative front, this titletrack from The Antman'snew collection of tunes isquite unlike his earlierwork. It's a sensitive lyric,delivered wonderfully.FOREIGNERUntil The End Of lime
(Generama/RhythmSafari/Priority)Though they came outrockin' in the late '70s, itwas ballads like "Waiting
For A Girl Like You" and "IWant To Know What LoveIs" that took Mick Jonesand Lou Gramm to the topof the chart in the '80s.They reignite that sparkwith this beautifully craftedentry.SPANISH FLYDaddy's Home
(Upstairs/Warner Bros.)Though this song appearedon this page two monthsago (GAVIN January 20), thistasty cover of the early '60shit by Shep & The Limelites(redone by JermaineJackson in 1973) was onsmall independent UpstairsRecords. Now with majorlabel support, expect majorthings to happen.
Crossover Pick
BILLIE RAY MARTINYour Loving Arms(Sire/EEG)There's something in BillieRay's voice that is simplymagnetic. This one-timemember of London'sElectribe 101 releases a lotof electricity on her own asproven by one super hotdance track.
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AlbumsMAD SEASONAbove
(Columbia)Three of rock's most talent-ed musicians, Layne Stanley(Alice In Chains), MikeMcReady (Pearl Jam) andBarrett Martin (ScreamingTrees) joined forces withnew corner John BakerSaunders and formed MadSeason. Above is a collec-tion of passionate tunesthat showcase Stanley'ssoulful lyrics which humblylead the band's somberrhythms. Far from being afollow-up to Temple OfThe Dog, Mad Season hastheir own introspectivesound, and will undoubted-ly be a hit on all rock for-mats. "River Of Deceit" isthe first single to go toradio but it's only one often impressive tracks. "X -Ray Mind," "I'm Above" and"Lifeless Dead" are othertracks that will strike achord with your listeners.
-ROB FIEND
LINDA RONSTADTFeels Like Home
(Elektra/EEG)Here's the most varied ofany Ronstadt album sincethe early '80s. It's an eclec-tic mix of back porch har-monizing with EmmylouHarris on songs like NeilYoung's "After The GoldRush," hard rockin' countrylike Matraca Berg's "WalkOn," or Byrds-like TomPetty on "The Waiting." Allthis before we can get tothe disc's radiant center-piece, the obscure "The
Blue Train," which shouldprove to be Ronstadt's mostsuccessful single in adecade. -RoN FELL
ANNIE LENNOXMedusa (Arista)If you too were among themillions captivated by AnnieLennox's debut solo effort,Diva, and have been wait-ing for the follow-up, yourwait is over. Medusa is astunning collection of songs.Among the artists/groupsshe pays tribute to are TheClash, Al Green, PaulSimon, Neil Young, BobMarley and TheTemptations. In doing analbum of covers, it's impor-tant the artist make the songtheir own and Lennox suc-ceeds. The first single, "NoMore 'I Love You's'" is see-ing multiple format success.While the whole CD isworth sinking your earsinto, other standout tracksinclude "Train In Vain,""Take Me To The River," "ICan't Get Next To You" and"Waiting In Vain."
-ANNETTE M. LAI
VARIOUS ARTISTSThe Basketball DiariesOriginal Soundtrack(Island)Author Jim Carroll's TheBasketball Diaries is mak-ing the leap from print tosilver screen and this musicmay serve as the bridgebetween the two. Pearl Jamaccompanies Carroll on anupdated version of the raw -bone rocker "Catholic Boy,"and the relentless drone ofP.J. Harvey's "Down By TheWater" is atmospheric, andunderscores the book'sthemes of sex, death andloss of innocence. GreenApple Quickstep's accessi-ble "Dizzy" should shine oncommercial alternativeradio, and Flea's eastern -fla-vored "I've Been Down" isanother standout. Theimpressive lineup is sup-ported by a deep bench,and this soundtrack shouldfare well no matter whatthe film does.
-DAVID BERAN
CHANNEL LIVEStation Identification(Capitol)Who says that consciousnessin hip -hop was a trend thatfaded with the late '80s?Channel Live prove thatintelligence and rhyming stillgo hand in hand; that streetscholars can still thrive in aviolent, misogynistic rapworld. Dreadmen Hakimand Tuffy set it off withGAVIN Rap chart -topper "MadIzm." The album in no waydisappoints as it revealssavvy lyrical tosses thatboast and educate on trackslike "Build & Destroy,""Down Goes The Devil" (aPave of mine) and "HomicideRide." Producer/mentorKRS-ONE lavishes the boom -bap with splashes of hornon "Reprogram" and pianoon "Sex For The Sport," ajam with multi -format poten-tial. Channel Live is the ulti-mate in what the Blastmastercalls "Edutainment." Turnon, tune in and get hyped!
-THEMBISA S. MSHAKA
NEAL SCHONBeyond The Thunder(Higher Octave)Midway into the eclectic'90s, it has become increas-ingly pointless for rock gui-tarists like Journey's NealSchon to book into a studioand emerge with a clicheripping, lead guitar record.Forty million records later,Schon explores alternativeavenues by hooking upwith the acclaimed LosAngeles indie label, HigherOctave. Beyond TheThunder delves into textur-al and melodic instrumen-tals suitable for today's pro-gressive adult radioappetites like adult alterna-tive and A3. As Schon dab-bles with smooth jazz("Cool Breeze") and searingatmospherics ("Espanique"),so too does he expand andmodernize his rock visions.Journey -man keyboardistJonathan Cain co -writes andco -produces Schon's firstHigher Octave departure.
-KEITH ZIMMERMAN
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