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IMP ¡.r..s.... .e .."A9ä. 44. Fw1.. u ''ì sw.xsr w:5'.wa-' . zvW^k www.americanradiohistory.com Congratukxtìpns, Cummings. Burton Best New Male #1 Vocalist- aLoum. fest New Male Vocalist -single. Produced by Richard Perry. Management: Shep Gordon/Alive Productions. Burton Cummings' new album on "Records and Tapes. tn a trademark of CBS, Inc. ewrroswc www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY BOX CASH 7- VOLUME XXXIX -NUMBER July 2, 1977 7- GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President GARY COHEN Editor In Chief JULIAN SHAPIRO East Coast Editor East Coast Editorial PHIL DIMAURO KEN TERRY CHARLES PAIKERT cash box editorial MARK MEHLER West Coast Editorial MIKE FALCON CALHAUNC KS UCTOTMOSNT OCK July, 1977 RANDY LEWIS JEFF CROSSAN JEFFREY WEBER DAVE FULTON JOE NAZEL J.B. CARMICLE West Coast Advertising Dear Friends, Research HOWARD LOWELL BOB SPEISMAN LARRY CARLAT It is with a deep sense of pride and pleasure that we at Cash Box celebrate our JEFF RAY WAYNE MARECI 35th anniversary. We have grown significantly in the past year, along with the needs BILL FEASTER CAROL RANDAL of the entire music industry, and we plan to keep our coverage of the entire industry JUDY ALBERT DAN SEIDEN intact and complete. CATHY WEIDMAN GENE MAHLER The innovations that we have instituted in the past year in the areas of charts, PENNY TILLMAN BETSY IRVINE radio, and editorial reportage have become an industry standard, and ALAN ROCKMAN Cain Machine consequently we have become the greatest vehicle for the sole benefit of the record Chicago and music industry. CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager Art Director There is an old adage to the effect, that there can never be growth without WOODY HARDING Circulation change. In the past year we have witnessed many changes, particularly in the THERESA TORTOSA international picture, and consequently the international music scene has changed Manager PUBLICATION OFFICES as well. Cash Box will continue to provide you with complete up-to-the-minute NEW YORK 119 West 57th N.Y.. N.Y. 10019 reporting on sales, artists, and local and international trends in the music industry. Phone: (212) 586-2640 Cabe Address: Cash Box N.Y. The domestic scene has seen a year of change in celebrating the first 100 years CALIFORNIA 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) of sound recording. And certainly, in an era when the term "roots" has become a Hollywood. Ca. 90028 Phone. 12131464-8241 household word, we might take time to look closely at the jukebox. This electronic NASHVILLE JCIAMR SMHEANR PA DAMS "root" is still the most important force in the sale of a 45 rpm record, and has L21O LMAu sSicC OCBirEclYe East, Nashville Tenn. 37203 provided the exposure necessary for innumerable artists to take hold and grow. Phone: (615) 244-2898 CHICAGO The basics of the coin machine industry, like the jukebox, the pool table and the C29A EM. ILMLaEd iCsoOnM SPtA., SCIOhi cago. III. 60602 pinball machine, are valuable staples that must be maintained and updated, like Phone (312) 346-7272 WASHINGTON, D.C. anything of value. JOANNE OSTROW 4201 Massachusetts Ave., NW In entering our 36th year, Cash Box pledges to continue our full reportage of Washington,- D .C. 20016 ENGLAND KIM THORNE every aspect of the music business, and we wish to express our gratitude for the 97 Uxbridge Rd.. London W.12 Phone. 01-749--6 724 trust you have put in us in providing this coverage. ARGENTINA MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252. Piso 4 "B" Buenos Aires. Argentina Phone: 8-9- 6796 BRAZIL H. GANDELMAN Av. Rio Branco. 156 Sala 627 Rio de Jan-ei ro RJ CANADA DAVID FARRELL 1946 Bioor St, W. Apt. 14 Toronto. Ontario. Canada M6P 3K9 Phone: (416-) 766-5978 HOLLAND PAUL ACKET P.O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3). The Hague Phone: -(7 0) 624621, Telex: 33083 ITALY GABRIELE G. ABBATE Viale A. Do-ria 10. 20124 Milano BELGIUM ETIENNE SMET Postbus 56. B-2700 Sint-Niklaas George Albert Phone: (03) 7-6- 54-39 -AUSTRALIA PETER SMITH President and Publisher 6 Murillo Crt.. Doncaster Victoria, Australia 3108 Phone: 8-4 8-7878 JAPAN Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi. Minato -Ku, Tokyo Phone: 504-1651 Editorial Mgr.. FUMIYO TACHIBANA 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi. Minato -Ku. Tokyo Phone: 50-4 -1651 FRANCE CLAUDE EM MONNET 262 bis Rue des Pyrenees Paris. France 75020 Phone: 797-4261 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $60 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX. 119 West 57th St.. New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York. N.Y.. and ad- ditional mailing offices. Copyright 1977 by The Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved, Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX, 119 West 57th St.. New York. N.V. 10019. www.americanradiohistory.com IndexofAdvertisers Part] DomesticMusicSection -A- -H- -R- Part2 1 AA RECORDS 92 HAGGARD, MERLE 17 RABBITT, EDDIE 15 A-1 RECORDS 155 HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES 146 RCA 33 ABBA 31 HIX CORP. 172 RECORD MERCHANDISING 96 international ABATTOIR 77 HNS DIST 92 REID, JOHN ENTS. 80-81 ABC PUBLISHING 130 RENFRO RECORDS 92 ABKCO 73 RIP KECA 122 Section ACTION MUSIC 108 R&J RECORDS 110 ALEXIS 43 -I- ROCKET RECORDS 78-79 ALPHA DIST. 91 ROLLER PRODUCTIONS 133 ALL SOUTH DIST 102 IMPROV RECORDS 107 RONSTADT, LINDA 53 AAM&MI DIST. 114012 IRVING ALMO PUBLISHING 129 RROOUSLEENTTTHEA LP, YAR.IA. M& IADS SOC. 741-7150 AAQBCU AINRTIALN STUDIO 1237 ANDERSON, STIG 31 AUDIO SENSITIVE 26 ANKA, PAUL 29 -J- CARLIN MUSIC CORP. 17 APEX -MARTIN 110 CBS INTL. 11 APRIL BLACKWOOD 120-121 -s- DAVE MUSIC 24 ARIOLA 95 JAMES, BOB 50 DECCA 19 ASSOCIATED DIST. 94 JEM RECORDS 116 HEROUVILLE STUDIO 25 ATLANTIC RECORDS 49 JET PRODUCTIONS 115 SCHULTZ, ALBERT 166 KCP 23 AYERS, ROY 19 SCHWARTZ BROS. DIST. 180 MUSIC HALL 31 SCORPIO DIST 181 NICHION 8 G SCREEN GEMS PUBLISHING 119 NIPPON COLUMBIA 4 -K- SEDAKA, NEIL 25 PATHE MARCONI 22 -B- SESAC 126 RCA INTL. 9 BBBAEIBRT ATD ,I SDATILS. &TC AOS. SOC. 11041284 KKKIIESNSSGS LKEARR GORLA SS MG MT. 11656840 SSSSSEHHIEPSEUSRSRARAILMEO Y ENMN SS IC,T RRROOEENPTHN IOREN EEC ORDS 1117902642389 SSTTTEOOOOINSNNCHOOOHIDD IBKPIIASSUR CC EE SMSI 221311243 BBIOGS TTROENE 10917 -L- SSOORUCTEHRLAONRD DIST. 110597 VWIACTTAONRA JBAEP AN 57 BOURNE PUBLISHING 130 STRATFORD DIST. 153 WEA INTL. 2 BRASILIA 76 BLACKBYRD PROD. 117 LIEBERMAN ENTS 158 SSTURMEMISEARN, DD, OBNANRAB RA (COL.) 5699 LINSKY, HERBERT & ASSOC. 159 SUNBURY DUNBAR 123 LONDON RECORDS 21 SUPREME DIST. 110 -C- LOWERY MUSIC 126 SUTTON DIST 182 LYNN. LORETTA 99 SYLVERS 27 Part3 CAM 126 CAMPBELL, GLEN 35 Coin Machine CANDY STRIPE RECORDS 156 -M- -T- CAR WASH 143 CASABLANCA DISCO 171 CATALYST 105 MALVERNE DIST. 106 TAPE KING 155 Section CBS MUSIC PUB. 131 MANAGEMENT 3 161 TAR PRODUCTIONS 172 CENTURY RADIO 139 MARTIN & SNYDER 155 TARA DIST. 100 CHAPMAN. AL DIST. 94 McCOO, MARILYN & BILLY DAVIS JR. 7 TAYLOR, CARMOL & STELLA PARTON 56 COLUMBIA 64-65 Mc CORRISON, DAN 135 TENTMAKERS 164 COREA, CHICK 41 McCOY, VAN 39 TONE DIST. 98 ACTIVE AMUSEMENT MACHINES CO. 25 COUNTRYWIDE-KORY 180 MACGREGOR, MARY 95 THE DEEP 70 ADVANCE AUTOMATIC SALES CO. 14 CUMMINGS, BURTON 2 MCA 151 TONE DIST.98 TOWNHALL 156 ADVANCE DIST. 22 MELLOIN, ROBERT 132 TROOPER 67 AMICO MARKETING INTL. CORP. 16 MET RICHMOND DIST. 106 TRO ESSEX 124 ATARI INNOVATIVE LEISURE 13 MITCHELL, JONI 54 TWENTIETH CENTURY PUB 118 BALLY MFG. CORP 26-27 r- -D- MJS INTL. 166 TWITTY, CONWAY 99 BANNER DIST 18 MOGULL, IVAN 132 BELAM, R.H. EXPORT CORP. 17 DALTREY.ROGER 47 MOTOWN 83-90 BETSON ENT. 44 DENVER. JOHN 163 MUSHROOM RECORDS 51 -u- BRUNSWICK 21 DISNEYLAND RECORDS 72 MUSIC MINUS ONE 98 CINEMATRONICS 25 MUSIC TREND 104 CIRCLE INTL. CO 3 MYLES, LEE & ASSOC 178 UA 112-113 COIN MACHINE DIST. INC. 25 -E- UUAN ITPEUDB LRISEHCIONGRD S & TAPE 112554 DEMYNPIARMEO D CISOTR. PIN. 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SLAVE JAMES COTTONCBAND MASS PRODUCTION THE SUPRFMFS DYNAMIC SUPERIORS GEORGE Mc('RAE 'ZORNADER GOLDEN EARRING MELANIE DIRTY 'TRICKS ************ ***************************yt******** **** ***Ayk* ******************* THE: BELLE. OF AMHERST Gl IINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS REVIF'.%% starring JULIE HARRIS JANIS -'l'he Story of JANIS JOPLIN HARRY BLA('KS[ONE, JR. THE MAI)1101.14. (Y)MI'AN1 OF LONDON BOGEY'S BACK THE NA'T'IONAL LAMPOCN SHOW starring ROBERT SAC('HI ONE FLEW OVER THE ('I ('KOO'S NEST ('LARENCE I)ARROW STAR TREK An Evening starring WII.I.IAN1 CON It 11) with WILLIAM SHA"INE DAVID FRYE. - THE WORLD OF LE:NNY BRUCE DIANA ROSS Palace Theatre, N.Y. starring FRANK SPEISER URI GEILER GODSPELL MANAGEMENT GEMINI ARTISTS 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS / NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10019 /212-246-1700 MIKE MARTINEAU EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT R ('HtEF OPERATING OFF ICER RAND STOLL STEVE ELLIS LINDA SURGE MARK HODOSH BILL HAHN www.americanradiohistory.com 'Best rtists Of 19770ncSingles MaleVocalists Vocal Groups NewVocal Groups Female Vocalists - - - - 1 Stevie Won-d er Motown 1 Steve M-ill er Band Capitol 1 Rose Ro-yc e MCA 1 Barbra Streisa-n d Columbia 2 Leo Sayer -W B 2 Eagles Asylum- 2 Boston Ep-ic 2 Natalie Cole C-a pitol 3 Boz Scaggs - Columbia 3 Fleetwood Mac WB- 3 Wild Cherry Sweet 3 Linda Ronstadt - Elektra 4 Rod Stewar-t WB 4 KC &- S unshine Band TK City/E-pi c 4 Aretha Franklin A-tla ntic 5 Bob Seger - Capitol 5 Kiss Ca-sa blanca 4 Brick - Bang 5 Olivia Newton- -J ohn MCA 6 Al Stewart Ja-n us 6 Bee G-ee s RSO 5 Heart P-or trait 6 Helen Reddy- Capitol 7 Barry Manilow- Arista 7 Abba -A tlantic 6 Foreigne-r Atlantic 7 Diana Ross Motown 8 Marvin Gaye -M otown 8 Queen - Elektra 7 Smo-ki e RSO 9 Glen Campbell - Capitol 9 Sylvers - Capitol 8 Hot Atlantic - 10 Peter Frampt-on A&M 10 Tavares Cap-ito l 9 Blue Oyster Cult Columbia 11 William Bell- Mercury 11 Manfred Mann WB - 10 Dr. Buzzard's Or-igi nal Sa-va nnah Band RCA 12 Elton John - Rocket 12 Electric Light O-rc hestra UA 11 Q Swee-t City/Epic 13 Rick Dees R-SO 13 The Jacksons Epic - 12 Rubinoos - Beserkley 14 Kenny Rogers- UA 14 Atlanta Rhythm Section 15 Alice Co-op er WB Polydor - 13 Ambros-ia 20th Century 16 Joe Tex Epic - 15 Commo-do res Motown 14 Klaatu Capitol 17 Gordon Ligh-tf oot WB 16 Kansas- Kirshner 18 Tom Jones Epi-c 17 Wings -C apitol 19 George Harris-o n WB 18 Chica-go Columbia Duos NewFemaleVocalists 20 Gary Wright WB - 19 10cc Me-rc ury 21 Engelbert Humperdinck 20 Aerosm-ith Columbia - Epic - 21 Firefall Atlantic - - 1 Mary Macgregor - Ariola 22 Eric Clapton - RSO 22 Marshall Tucker Band 1 Daryl Hall & John O-at es RCA 2 Thelma Houston - Motown r 23 Cliff Richard M-C A Capricorn - 2 Captain & Tennille A&M- 3 Yvonne Elliman - RSO 24 Waylon Jennings - RCA 23 Climax Blues Ban-d Sire 3 England Dan & J.F. Coley 4 Jennifer Warnes -A rista 25 Jackson Brown-e Elektra 24 Bay City -R ollers Arista Big Tree - 5 Deniece Williams 26 Jimmy Buffett - ABC 25 Orleans - Asylum 4 Seals & Crofts WB - Columbia - 27 John Travolta -M idsong 26 Beatles- Capitol 5 DPoolnyndyo r& Marie Os-m ond 6 Vicki Sue Robinson RCA 28 Stephen Bishop -A BC 27 Rufus - ABC 6 Gallagher & Lyle A&M 29 Norman Connors Buddah 28 Bread Elektra - 29 Earth, Wind & Fire Columb-ia t v 30 O'Jay-s Phila. Intl. 31 LTD A&-M NewMaleVocalists 32 Spinners Atl-an tic NewDuos 33 Ritchie Family -TK - 34 Addrisi Br-o thers Buddah Instrumentalists - 1 David Soul -P rivate Stock 35 Dr. Hook Capito-l 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 2 Kenny Nolan 20t-h Century 36 Brothers J-oh nson A&M 2 Elton John & Kiki Dee - 3 Burton Cumm-in gs Portrait 37 Emotions - Columbia Rocket 4 Andrew Gold- Elektra 38 Starbuc-k Private Stock 1 Bill Conti UA- 5 Alan O'Day A-tla ntic 39 Foghat Bearsville 2 WStaolctek r Murphy Pr-iv ate 6 Shaun Cassidy- WB 3 DeVorzon & Botkin Aris-ta 7 David Dundas -C hrysalis Instrumental Duos 4 Wilton Place Street Band 8 Dean Friedm-a n Lifesong Island - 9 Andy Gibb R-SO 5 Henhouse 5 Plus Too WB - 10 Peter McCann 20th Century 1 DeVorzon & Botkin Arista 6 Cash Box/July 2, 1977 www.americanradiohistory.com Duo-Singles No. Pop 1 Dun-Albums No. Pop 1 Duo-Singles No. R&B 1 Dun-Albums No. R&B 1 On the first year of a major career, our love and congratulations. Dick Broder Personal Management ABC Records www.americanradiohistory.com GBestArtrsts f19770Albums Vocal Groups Duos Instrumentalists MaleVocalists - 1 Daryl Hall & John O-at es RCA - 2 Captain & Tennille A&-M - - 1 Eagles Asylum- 3 Donny & Marie Osmond 1 Bob James -C TI 1 Stevie Wonder -T amla 2 Fleetwood M-ac WB Polydor - 2 Ronnie Law-s Blue Note 2 Peter Frampton- A&M 3 Steve- M iller Capitol 4 Crosby/Nash ABC- 3 Jeff Beck Epic - 3 Barry Manilow - Arista 4 Kiss Cas-a blanca 5 Loggins & Messina 4 Grover Washington Jr. 4 Neil Diamond -C olumbia 5 Aerosmith Columb-ia Columbia - Kudu - 5 George Ben-so n WB 6 Electric- L ight Orch. UA 6 Carpenters A&M - 5 Herbie Hancock -Co lumbia 6 Bob Seger -C apitol 7 Wings -C apitol 7 Ashford & Simpson WB 6 Maynard Ferguson 7 Rod Stewart - WB Columbia - 8 Chicago- Columbia 8 John Denver - RCA NewDuos 7 Chuck Mangion-e A&M 9 Beatles Cap-it ol 9 Marvin Gaye- Motown 10 Commo-d ores Motown - 8 John Klemmer - ABC 10 Elton John -M CA 11 Queen Elek-tra 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 9 Quincy Jones A&-M 11 James Tayl-or WB 12 Led Zeppelin Swan Song 2 England Dan & J.F. Coley 10 Stanley Turren-tin e Fantasy 12 Lou Rawls - Phila. Intl. -T Big Tree - 11 Gato Barbieri -A &M 13 Islay Brothers --N eck 13 Al Stewart Janu-s 3 DeVorzon & B-o tkin A&M 12 Stanley Clarke - Nemperor 14 Brothers Johnson- A&M 14 George Harrison Dark 15 Doobie B-r others WB 4 Stills/Young WB 13 Jean-Luc Pon-ty Atlantic Horse, Capitol - 16 Kansas K-ir shner 5 IWsaaarcw iHckaey e-s &A BDCio nne 14 Chick Core-a Polydor 15 Jackson Brow-n e Asylum 17 Pink Floyd Colum-b ia 15 Earl Klugh Blue Note 16 David Bowie RC-A 18 Earth, Wind & Fire Children's Records 17 Waylon Jennings- RCA Colum-bi a - 18 Glen Camp-b ell Capitol 19 Abba Atla-nt ic Mickey Mouse Club 19 Leo Sayer - WB 1 20 Beach -B oys Capitol, WB Disneyland Female Vocalists 20 Tom Jones Epic - 21 Rufus A-BC 21 Engelbert Humperdinck 22 Bee Gees -R SO Comedy Epic - 23 Jethro T-ul l Chrysalis - 22 Norman Conn-o rs Buddah 222456 ZKBZCa d T& Co pSo umnpsaLhnoinyn-e d - oBn aS nwda n- SToKn g 123 RSCaihctehuearcdrdha y&P NrCyioghrho tn- gL iWv-eB -Od eA rista 12 LNiantdaali eR Conoslet-a -d t C-a Apistoyllu m 2234 DKCraoisvlue Km Mrbisaiatso ofnfe rsoCn o-lu mb-ia 4 George Carlin Little David 3 Diana Ross -M otown 25 Johnny Guitar- W atson DJM 27 Ohio Players -M ercury 4 Joni Mitchell A-s ylum 26 Elvis Presley - RCA 28 Rolling Stones Atla-nt ic OriginalSoundtrack 5 Donna Summer 27 Gary Wright -W B 29 Average White Band Oasis/Casablanc-a Atlantic - - 6 Emmylou Har-ri s WB 2289 JTiemdmdyy PBeunffdeetrt grasAsB -C Phila. 3310 APPoatlalrylnidatomar eRnhty -thm C aSseacbtliaonnc a- 123 ARC aoSrc tkWayr a--Iss h B U-oAr nM CAC olumbia 789 COPhaliovrlieyab SeN imeSwnotonow n- --J Eo hClenok lt-uram MbiCaA 30 IEnrtilc. Clapton - RSO 32 EAmtlaenr-stioc n , Lake & Palmer 4 Roots -A &M 10 Bonnie Ra-it t WB 33 War UA - 5 Sparkle Atlantic 11 Janis Ian C-ol umbia 34 Lynyrd -S kynyrd MCA 12 Helen Reddy -C apitol 35 Bread Asylum - 13 Rita Coolidge Portrait, A& M - 36 Marshall Tucker Band InstrumentalCroups Capricor-n 14 Joan Baez A&M- - 37 Tavares Capitol 15 Minnie Riperton Epic NewVocal Croups 3389 HNOoa'Jtraeoyslds --M ePP-lhvh iilniala .& . I nITnthlt.le . Blue 123 WRBolaaycl tAekbry yeMrrdsu sr-p -h yP Foal-yndP taorsriv ya te Stock 21 BHoesatrot n- - M Eusp-hicr oom 40 Osmonds Poly-do r 4 Weather Report Colum-b ia 3 Wild Cherr-y Sweet City 41 Blue Oyste-r Cult Columbia 5 JEepffic B eck/Jan Ham-m er 4 Foreig-ne r Atlantic 42 Spinners Atlantic - 6 Return To Forever 5 Brick Bang NewMaleVocalists 43 Brass Construction U-A Columbia - - 6 Dr. Buzzard's Or-ig inal 4454 TBhoiont sLyiz'sz yR -ub bMe-er r Bcuarnyd WB 7 Salsoul Orch. Salsoul 1 Burton Cum-m ings Portrait 7 SFiarevafanlnl -a-h ABtalanndt ic RCA 2 David Soul -P rivate Stock 46 Manfred Man-n WB NewFemaleVocalists 3 John Travolta - Midsong Intl. 8 Klaatu Cap-ito l 47 Bob Marley - Island - 9 Dickey Betts Arista 48 Ted Nug-e nt Epic 1 Thelma Houston - Motown 45 PMeictehra eGl aFbrraienl-k s -A tcWoB 10 ASsobuuthrys idJuek Jeosh -nn yE p&i cT he 49 Foghat Bearsville - 2 Deniece Williams 50 Graham Central Station Columbia - 6 William Bell - Mercury WB 3 Mary Macgregor - Ariola 7 Walter Egan -C olumbia 4 Jennifer Warnes- Arista 8 Andrew Gold - Asylum 5 Mariana Shaw C-ol umbia 9 Kenny Nolan 2-0 th Century 6 Joan Armatrading A&M 10 Stephen Bishop ABC 8 Cash Box/July 2, 1977 www.americanradiohistory.com To Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Felder & Joe Walsh: www.americanradiohistory.com 93estGleel3Artists0f1977S ingles Duos MaleVocalists - - 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 1 Marvin Gaye -Ta mla 2 Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 2 Stevie Wonde-r Tamla 3 Tyrone Davis - Columbia 4 James Brown -P olydor 5 Johnnie Taylor - Columbia 6 Arthur Prysock - Old Town 7 Walter Jack-s on UA 8 Lou Rawls - Phila. Intl. Vocal Groups 9 Joe Simon Sp-ri ng - 10 George Benson- WB 1 Commodo-re s Motown 11 Johnny Bristol A-t lantic 2 Spinners- Atlantic 12 Norman Con-no rs Buddah 3 Sylvers - Capitol 13 Jerry Butler Mo-to wn 4 Tavares Capitol - 14 Eddie Ke-n dricks Tamla 5 Earth, Wind, & Fire Columbia - 15 Joe Tex Epic - 6 Jacksons - Epic 16 Michael Henderson Buddah - 7 Dramatics - ABC 17 Barry White - 20th Century 8 Four Tops- ABC 18 Willie Hutch Motown 9 Bar -Kays Mercury - 10 KC &- S unshine Band TK 11 LTD -A& M 12 O'Jays Ph-ila . Intl. NewMaleVocalists 13 Manhattan-s Columbia - 14 Emotio-ns Columbia 1 Teddy Pendergrass Phila. Intl. - 15 Rufus A-BC 2 Boz Scaggs - Columbia 16 Trammps - Atlantic 3 William Bell - Mercury 17 Bee Gees RSO - 4 Steve Miller - Capitol 18 Brothers John-so n A&M 5 Frank Lucas -IC A 19 Ohio Players Mercury -T 6 Philippe W-yn n Cotillion 20 Isley Brothers - -Neck 7 Rick Dees RSO 21 Jimmy- C astor Atlantic 22 Dells Mercu-ry 23 Harold Melv-in ABC 24 Parliamen-t Casablanca NewVocal Groups 25 Moments Sta-n g - 26 Ritchie Fam-ily Marlin/TK 1 Rose Royce - MCA 27 Blackbyrds Fan-ta sy 2 Wild C-h erry Sweet City 28 Kool & The Gang -D eLite 3 Brick Bang 29 Brass -C onstruction UA Enchantment 4 30 AWB Atlantic Roadshow-/U A 5 Shalamar Soul Train - 6 Wilton Place Street Band Islan-d 7 Hot Big Tree 8 Dr. Buzzard's Or-igi nal Female Vocalists Savann-ah Band RCA - 9 Impact Cotillion 1 Natalie Cole C-a pitol 2 Aretha Franklin -A tlantic 3 Thelma Houston- Tamla 4 Donna Summer Casablanca - NewFemaleVocalists 5 Betty Wright - Alston/T.K. - 6 Candi Staton WB- 1 Deniece Williams 7 Loleatta Holloway Gold Columbia - Mind/Salsoul 2 Jean Carn Phila. 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IMP ¡.r..s.... .e .."A9ä. 44. Fw1.. u ''ì sw.xsr w:5'.wa-' . zvW^k www.americanradiohistory.com Congratukxtìpns, Cummings. Burton Best New Male #1 Vocalist- aLoum. fest New Male Vocalist -single. Produced by Richard Perry. Management: Shep Gordon/Alive Productions. Burton Cummings' new album on "Records and Tapes. tn a trademark of CBS, Inc. ewrroswc www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY BOX CASH 7- VOLUME XXXIX -NUMBER July 2, 1977 7- GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President GARY COHEN Editor In Chief JULIAN SHAPIRO East Coast Editor East Coast Editorial PHIL DIMAURO KEN TERRY CHARLES PAIKERT cash box editorial MARK MEHLER West Coast Editorial MIKE FALCON CALHAUNC KS UCTOTMOSNT OCK July, 1977 RANDY LEWIS JEFF CROSSAN JEFFREY WEBER DAVE FULTON JOE NAZEL J.B. CARMICLE West Coast Advertising Dear Friends, Research HOWARD LOWELL BOB SPEISMAN LARRY CARLAT It is with a deep sense of pride and pleasure that we at Cash Box celebrate our JEFF RAY WAYNE MARECI 35th anniversary. We have grown significantly in the past year, along with the needs BILL FEASTER CAROL RANDAL of the entire music industry, and we plan to keep our coverage of the entire industry JUDY ALBERT DAN SEIDEN intact and complete. CATHY WEIDMAN GENE MAHLER The innovations that we have instituted in the past year in the areas of charts, PENNY TILLMAN BETSY IRVINE radio, and editorial reportage have become an industry standard, and ALAN ROCKMAN Cain Machine consequently we have become the greatest vehicle for the sole benefit of the record Chicago and music industry. CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager Art Director There is an old adage to the effect, that there can never be growth without WOODY HARDING Circulation change. In the past year we have witnessed many changes, particularly in the THERESA TORTOSA international picture, and consequently the international music scene has changed Manager PUBLICATION OFFICES as well. Cash Box will continue to provide you with complete up-to-the-minute NEW YORK 119 West 57th N.Y.. N.Y. 10019 reporting on sales, artists, and local and international trends in the music industry. Phone: (212) 586-2640 Cabe Address: Cash Box N.Y. The domestic scene has seen a year of change in celebrating the first 100 years CALIFORNIA 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) of sound recording. And certainly, in an era when the term "roots" has become a Hollywood. Ca. 90028 Phone. 12131464-8241 household word, we might take time to look closely at the jukebox. 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IND 476 s GGORESADTE NN,O VRETRHNWOENS T RECORDS 5872 PPRREIVSALTEEY ,S ETLOVCISK back co1v4e6r WWIOLRLILADM WS IDEELE DCITSRT.O CNOIC S INC. 4112 GUYDEN, JAMIE 82 PROGRESSIVE LABEL 178 WURLITZER 19 e 4 Cash Box/July 2. 1977 www.americanradiohistory.com I SALUTES TWO GREAT LADI ESOF THEATRE FOR THEIR 1977 TONY .,,.- AWARDS DIANA ROSS JULIE HARRIS 42I M, de4 a.Cle ** ******YiYì****Yì`i* ** *xY******** ic ir :.-***ûíYûxY-tií'r**íY**5^r** )4-1.4 AQUARIAN DREAM GOOD RATS JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND CAMEO MICHAEL HENDERSON MELBA MOORE: JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH GIL SCOTT -HERON TIM MOORE CHANTER SISTERS THE 1101.1.1ES MF:TERS LEONARD COHEN HOT CHOCOLATE MR. BIt: JUDY COLLINS PHYLLIS HYMAN OHIO PLAYERS COMMODORES KOOL & THE GANG NEW BIR 111 NORMAN CONNORS LITTLE BIG MAN CHRIS RUSH LARRY ('ORYFI L L.T.D. SLAVE JAMES COTTONCBAND MASS PRODUCTION THE SUPRFMFS DYNAMIC SUPERIORS GEORGE Mc('RAE 'ZORNADER GOLDEN EARRING MELANIE DIRTY 'TRICKS ************ ***************************yt******** **** ***Ayk* ******************* THE: BELLE. OF AMHERST Gl IINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS REVIF'.%% starring JULIE HARRIS JANIS -'l'he Story of JANIS JOPLIN HARRY BLA('KS[ONE, JR. THE MAI)1101.14. (Y)MI'AN1 OF LONDON BOGEY'S BACK THE NA'T'IONAL LAMPOCN SHOW starring ROBERT SAC('HI ONE FLEW OVER THE ('I ('KOO'S NEST ('LARENCE I)ARROW STAR TREK An Evening starring WII.I.IAN1 CON It 11) with WILLIAM SHA"INE DAVID FRYE. - THE WORLD OF LE:NNY BRUCE DIANA ROSS Palace Theatre, N.Y. starring FRANK SPEISER URI GEILER GODSPELL MANAGEMENT GEMINI ARTISTS 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS / NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10019 /212-246-1700 MIKE MARTINEAU EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT R ('HtEF OPERATING OFF ICER RAND STOLL STEVE ELLIS LINDA SURGE MARK HODOSH BILL HAHN www.americanradiohistory.com 'Best rtists Of 19770ncSingles MaleVocalists Vocal Groups NewVocal Groups Female Vocalists - - - - 1 Stevie Won-d er Motown 1 Steve M-ill er Band Capitol 1 Rose Ro-yc e MCA 1 Barbra Streisa-n d Columbia 2 Leo Sayer -W B 2 Eagles Asylum- 2 Boston Ep-ic 2 Natalie Cole C-a pitol 3 Boz Scaggs - Columbia 3 Fleetwood Mac WB- 3 Wild Cherry Sweet 3 Linda Ronstadt - Elektra 4 Rod Stewar-t WB 4 KC &- S unshine Band TK City/E-pi c 4 Aretha Franklin A-tla ntic 5 Bob Seger - Capitol 5 Kiss Ca-sa blanca 4 Brick - Bang 5 Olivia Newton- -J ohn MCA 6 Al Stewart Ja-n us 6 Bee G-ee s RSO 5 Heart P-or trait 6 Helen Reddy- Capitol 7 Barry Manilow- Arista 7 Abba -A tlantic 6 Foreigne-r Atlantic 7 Diana Ross Motown 8 Marvin Gaye -M otown 8 Queen - Elektra 7 Smo-ki e RSO 9 Glen Campbell - Capitol 9 Sylvers - Capitol 8 Hot Atlantic - 10 Peter Frampt-on A&M 10 Tavares Cap-ito l 9 Blue Oyster Cult Columbia 11 William Bell- Mercury 11 Manfred Mann WB - 10 Dr. Buzzard's Or-igi nal Sa-va nnah Band RCA 12 Elton John - Rocket 12 Electric Light O-rc hestra UA 11 Q Swee-t City/Epic 13 Rick Dees R-SO 13 The Jacksons Epic - 12 Rubinoos - Beserkley 14 Kenny Rogers- UA 14 Atlanta Rhythm Section 15 Alice Co-op er WB Polydor - 13 Ambros-ia 20th Century 16 Joe Tex Epic - 15 Commo-do res Motown 14 Klaatu Capitol 17 Gordon Ligh-tf oot WB 16 Kansas- Kirshner 18 Tom Jones Epi-c 17 Wings -C apitol 19 George Harris-o n WB 18 Chica-go Columbia Duos NewFemaleVocalists 20 Gary Wright WB - 19 10cc Me-rc ury 21 Engelbert Humperdinck 20 Aerosm-ith Columbia - Epic - 21 Firefall Atlantic - - 1 Mary Macgregor - Ariola 22 Eric Clapton - RSO 22 Marshall Tucker Band 1 Daryl Hall & John O-at es RCA 2 Thelma Houston - Motown r 23 Cliff Richard M-C A Capricorn - 2 Captain & Tennille A&M- 3 Yvonne Elliman - RSO 24 Waylon Jennings - RCA 23 Climax Blues Ban-d Sire 3 England Dan & J.F. Coley 4 Jennifer Warnes -A rista 25 Jackson Brown-e Elektra 24 Bay City -R ollers Arista Big Tree - 5 Deniece Williams 26 Jimmy Buffett - ABC 25 Orleans - Asylum 4 Seals & Crofts WB - Columbia - 27 John Travolta -M idsong 26 Beatles- Capitol 5 DPoolnyndyo r& Marie Os-m ond 6 Vicki Sue Robinson RCA 28 Stephen Bishop -A BC 27 Rufus - ABC 6 Gallagher & Lyle A&M 29 Norman Connors Buddah 28 Bread Elektra - 29 Earth, Wind & Fire Columb-ia t v 30 O'Jay-s Phila. Intl. 31 LTD A&-M NewMaleVocalists 32 Spinners Atl-an tic NewDuos 33 Ritchie Family -TK - 34 Addrisi Br-o thers Buddah Instrumentalists - 1 David Soul -P rivate Stock 35 Dr. Hook Capito-l 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 2 Kenny Nolan 20t-h Century 36 Brothers J-oh nson A&M 2 Elton John & Kiki Dee - 3 Burton Cumm-in gs Portrait 37 Emotions - Columbia Rocket 4 Andrew Gold- Elektra 38 Starbuc-k Private Stock 1 Bill Conti UA- 5 Alan O'Day A-tla ntic 39 Foghat Bearsville 2 WStaolctek r Murphy Pr-iv ate 6 Shaun Cassidy- WB 3 DeVorzon & Botkin Aris-ta 7 David Dundas -C hrysalis Instrumental Duos 4 Wilton Place Street Band 8 Dean Friedm-a n Lifesong Island - 9 Andy Gibb R-SO 5 Henhouse 5 Plus Too WB - 10 Peter McCann 20th Century 1 DeVorzon & Botkin Arista 6 Cash Box/July 2, 1977 www.americanradiohistory.com Duo-Singles No. Pop 1 Dun-Albums No. Pop 1 Duo-Singles No. R&B 1 Dun-Albums No. R&B 1 On the first year of a major career, our love and congratulations. Dick Broder Personal Management ABC Records www.americanradiohistory.com GBestArtrsts f19770Albums Vocal Groups Duos Instrumentalists MaleVocalists - 1 Daryl Hall & John O-at es RCA - 2 Captain & Tennille A&-M - - 1 Eagles Asylum- 3 Donny & Marie Osmond 1 Bob James -C TI 1 Stevie Wonder -T amla 2 Fleetwood M-ac WB Polydor - 2 Ronnie Law-s Blue Note 2 Peter Frampton- A&M 3 Steve- M iller Capitol 4 Crosby/Nash ABC- 3 Jeff Beck Epic - 3 Barry Manilow - Arista 4 Kiss Cas-a blanca 5 Loggins & Messina 4 Grover Washington Jr. 4 Neil Diamond -C olumbia 5 Aerosmith Columb-ia Columbia - Kudu - 5 George Ben-so n WB 6 Electric- L ight Orch. UA 6 Carpenters A&M - 5 Herbie Hancock -Co lumbia 6 Bob Seger -C apitol 7 Wings -C apitol 7 Ashford & Simpson WB 6 Maynard Ferguson 7 Rod Stewart - WB Columbia - 8 Chicago- Columbia 8 John Denver - RCA NewDuos 7 Chuck Mangion-e A&M 9 Beatles Cap-it ol 9 Marvin Gaye- Motown 10 Commo-d ores Motown - 8 John Klemmer - ABC 10 Elton John -M CA 11 Queen Elek-tra 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 9 Quincy Jones A&-M 11 James Tayl-or WB 12 Led Zeppelin Swan Song 2 England Dan & J.F. Coley 10 Stanley Turren-tin e Fantasy 12 Lou Rawls - Phila. Intl. -T Big Tree - 11 Gato Barbieri -A &M 13 Islay Brothers --N eck 13 Al Stewart Janu-s 3 DeVorzon & B-o tkin A&M 12 Stanley Clarke - Nemperor 14 Brothers Johnson- A&M 14 George Harrison Dark 15 Doobie B-r others WB 4 Stills/Young WB 13 Jean-Luc Pon-ty Atlantic Horse, Capitol - 16 Kansas K-ir shner 5 IWsaaarcw iHckaey e-s &A BDCio nne 14 Chick Core-a Polydor 15 Jackson Brow-n e Asylum 17 Pink Floyd Colum-b ia 15 Earl Klugh Blue Note 16 David Bowie RC-A 18 Earth, Wind & Fire Children's Records 17 Waylon Jennings- RCA Colum-bi a - 18 Glen Camp-b ell Capitol 19 Abba Atla-nt ic Mickey Mouse Club 19 Leo Sayer - WB 1 20 Beach -B oys Capitol, WB Disneyland Female Vocalists 20 Tom Jones Epic - 21 Rufus A-BC 21 Engelbert Humperdinck 22 Bee Gees -R SO Comedy Epic - 23 Jethro T-ul l Chrysalis - 22 Norman Conn-o rs Buddah 222456 ZKBZCa d T& Co pSo umnpsaLhnoinyn-e d - oBn aS nwda n- SToKn g 123 RSCaihctehuearcdrdha y&P NrCyioghrho tn- gL iWv-eB -Od eA rista 12 LNiantdaali eR Conoslet-a -d t C-a Apistoyllu m 2234 DKCraoisvlue Km Mrbisaiatso ofnfe rsoCn o-lu mb-ia 4 George Carlin Little David 3 Diana Ross -M otown 25 Johnny Guitar- W atson DJM 27 Ohio Players -M ercury 4 Joni Mitchell A-s ylum 26 Elvis Presley - RCA 28 Rolling Stones Atla-nt ic OriginalSoundtrack 5 Donna Summer 27 Gary Wright -W B 29 Average White Band Oasis/Casablanc-a Atlantic - - 6 Emmylou Har-ri s WB 2289 JTiemdmdyy PBeunffdeetrt grasAsB -C Phila. 3310 APPoatlalrylnidatomar eRnhty -thm C aSseacbtliaonnc a- 123 ARC aoSrc tkWayr a--Iss h B U-oAr nM CAC olumbia 789 COPhaliovrlieyab SeN imeSwnotonow n- --J Eo hClenok lt-uram MbiCaA 30 IEnrtilc. Clapton - RSO 32 EAmtlaenr-stioc n , Lake & Palmer 4 Roots -A &M 10 Bonnie Ra-it t WB 33 War UA - 5 Sparkle Atlantic 11 Janis Ian C-ol umbia 34 Lynyrd -S kynyrd MCA 12 Helen Reddy -C apitol 35 Bread Asylum - 13 Rita Coolidge Portrait, A& M - 36 Marshall Tucker Band InstrumentalCroups Capricor-n 14 Joan Baez A&M- - 37 Tavares Capitol 15 Minnie Riperton Epic NewVocal Croups 3389 HNOoa'Jtraeoyslds --M ePP-lhvh iilniala .& . I nITnthlt.le . Blue 123 WRBolaaycl tAekbry yeMrrdsu sr-p -h yP Foal-yndP taorsriv ya te Stock 21 BHoesatrot n- - M Eusp-hicr oom 40 Osmonds Poly-do r 4 Weather Report Colum-b ia 3 Wild Cherr-y Sweet City 41 Blue Oyste-r Cult Columbia 5 JEepffic B eck/Jan Ham-m er 4 Foreig-ne r Atlantic 42 Spinners Atlantic - 6 Return To Forever 5 Brick Bang NewMaleVocalists 43 Brass Construction U-A Columbia - - 6 Dr. Buzzard's Or-ig inal 4454 TBhoiont sLyiz'sz yR -ub bMe-er r Bcuarnyd WB 7 Salsoul Orch. Salsoul 1 Burton Cum-m ings Portrait 7 SFiarevafanlnl -a-h ABtalanndt ic RCA 2 David Soul -P rivate Stock 46 Manfred Man-n WB NewFemaleVocalists 3 John Travolta - Midsong Intl. 8 Klaatu Cap-ito l 47 Bob Marley - Island - 9 Dickey Betts Arista 48 Ted Nug-e nt Epic 1 Thelma Houston - Motown 45 PMeictehra eGl aFbrraienl-k s -A tcWoB 10 ASsobuuthrys idJuek Jeosh -nn yE p&i cT he 49 Foghat Bearsville - 2 Deniece Williams 50 Graham Central Station Columbia - 6 William Bell - Mercury WB 3 Mary Macgregor - Ariola 7 Walter Egan -C olumbia 4 Jennifer Warnes- Arista 8 Andrew Gold - Asylum 5 Mariana Shaw C-ol umbia 9 Kenny Nolan 2-0 th Century 6 Joan Armatrading A&M 10 Stephen Bishop ABC 8 Cash Box/July 2, 1977 www.americanradiohistory.com To Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Felder & Joe Walsh: www.americanradiohistory.com 93estGleel3Artists0f1977S ingles Duos MaleVocalists - - 1 McCoo/Davis ABC - 1 Marvin Gaye -Ta mla 2 Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 2 Stevie Wonde-r Tamla 3 Tyrone Davis - Columbia 4 James Brown -P olydor 5 Johnnie Taylor - Columbia 6 Arthur Prysock - Old Town 7 Walter Jack-s on UA 8 Lou Rawls - Phila. Intl. Vocal Groups 9 Joe Simon Sp-ri ng - 10 George Benson- WB 1 Commodo-re s Motown 11 Johnny Bristol A-t lantic 2 Spinners- Atlantic 12 Norman Con-no rs Buddah 3 Sylvers - Capitol 13 Jerry Butler Mo-to wn 4 Tavares Capitol - 14 Eddie Ke-n dricks Tamla 5 Earth, Wind, & Fire Columbia - 15 Joe Tex Epic - 6 Jacksons - Epic 16 Michael Henderson Buddah - 7 Dramatics - ABC 17 Barry White - 20th Century 8 Four Tops- ABC 18 Willie Hutch Motown 9 Bar -Kays Mercury - 10 KC &- S unshine Band TK 11 LTD -A& M 12 O'Jays Ph-ila . Intl. NewMaleVocalists 13 Manhattan-s Columbia - 14 Emotio-ns Columbia 1 Teddy Pendergrass Phila. Intl. - 15 Rufus A-BC 2 Boz Scaggs - Columbia 16 Trammps - Atlantic 3 William Bell - Mercury 17 Bee Gees RSO - 4 Steve Miller - Capitol 18 Brothers John-so n A&M 5 Frank Lucas -IC A 19 Ohio Players Mercury -T 6 Philippe W-yn n Cotillion 20 Isley Brothers - -Neck 7 Rick Dees RSO 21 Jimmy- C astor Atlantic 22 Dells Mercu-ry 23 Harold Melv-in ABC 24 Parliamen-t Casablanca NewVocal Groups 25 Moments Sta-n g - 26 Ritchie Fam-ily Marlin/TK 1 Rose Royce - MCA 27 Blackbyrds Fan-ta sy 2 Wild C-h erry Sweet City 28 Kool & The Gang -D eLite 3 Brick Bang 29 Brass -C onstruction UA Enchantment 4 30 AWB Atlantic Roadshow-/U A 5 Shalamar Soul Train - 6 Wilton Place Street Band Islan-d 7 Hot Big Tree 8 Dr. Buzzard's Or-igi nal Female Vocalists Savann-ah Band RCA - 9 Impact Cotillion 1 Natalie Cole C-a pitol 2 Aretha Franklin -A tlantic 3 Thelma Houston- Tamla 4 Donna Summer Casablanca - NewFemaleVocalists 5 Betty Wright - Alston/T.K. - 6 Candi Staton WB- 1 Deniece Williams 7 Loleatta Holloway Gold Columbia - Mind/Salsoul 2 Jean Carn Phila. 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