Record Industry Made Wobbly
Through Double-Dealing Business
Editor's note: This is the ;econd
of three articles on the business of
popular musir. Today the popular
record business.
By FRED DANZIG
United Press Correspondent
Xtw York T? The popular
record industry is grown mm
going steady with the teenage
'set". It's '"payola" and pony
tails, new sounds and sideburns;
guitars and gimmicks.
It's a song-in-your heart, tear-in-your-eye,
knife in-the-back
business.
And it's whirling along on a
three-SDeed turntahlp maHp nmh.
bly by double-dealing and double !
entendre.
The people in the business
are nervous because the competi
tion is so fierce.
In days of old, hit records
were the private property of a
few major labels such as Colum
bia, R.C.A. Victor, Decca. A
survey of this year's crops of
hit records by Billboard mag
azine shows that 63 of the 131
hits come from smaller, inde
pendent labels. The survey also
found that 60 per cent of the
hits were rock 'n roll numbers.
There are about 1,600 dif
ferent labels around, but most
are one-shot affairs. Basically,
the music melon is carved up
among 75 to 100 companies, with
the independent, or "indie" get
ting half.
Retail record sales last year
totaled S325 million. A S400
million year isn't far off
The Secret
The secret of making money in
the record business is to get
disk jockeys to play your re
leases and teen-agers, mostly
girls, to buy them at 89 cents
a copy. With about seven or
eight thousand recordings releas
ed in a year and only about 150
aestinea ior success, you can
imagine the position some of
our 10,000 disk jockeys are in.
They're the kings.
How does a song get recorded?
A publisher brings in a bunch of
tunes to a company's artist and
repertoire director, the fellow
who picks the songs for his art
ists. Generally, if an A-and-R
man picks one hit out of 100,
he's happy.? To help him make
up his mind, a publisher may
mention that he's prepared to
spend $15,000 to plug a certain
song. Or the publisher may agree
to take less than his full two-cent-a-record
royalty. Or he
agrees to share the expense of
the record session. This is the
cost-operative angle. Often, a
publisher makes the record on
his own and hopes to sell it to a
large -company.
Big record companies seldom
lose money on a single release
because they can deduct from
the artist's royalties the cost of
the record session. There also
are instances where a publisher
"cuts in" an A-and-R man on
the profits. But there is a solid
core of truth to the statement
that an A-and-R man will not
put out a record unless he has
some confidence in it. After all,
his job is at stake.
Promotion Job
After the record is made and
released, the promotion job be
gins. Publishers send out song
pluggers to key cities such as
Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland
to romance the disk jockeys.
One plugger said: "I get $400
a week. Two hundred for me.
Two hundred to spend on disk
Jockeys."
Record companies send their
artists out on the disk jockey
circuit in the hope that free
public appearances will boost air
exposure of the record.
Recently, a Phildelphia disk
jockey was indicted for neglect
ing to include a total of S20,000
income over a five year period
on his tax reports. Some dee
jays are on record company
payrolls as talent scouts. Some
bluntly stick their hands out
when a promotion man comes
to visit.
Does the payola work? A dee
jay can guarantee plugs on his
show, but he can't guarantee
sales. That's up to the public.
Thus the trade axiom: "Money
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Competition being what it is,
songwriters surrender without a
fight when a top recording artist
insists upon publishing the song
he is to record. Some even list
themselves as co - composers.
They collect royalties three
ways.
As for rock 'n roll, the com
panies are still with it because
it still sells. But more ballads
arc coming out and fewer peo
ple in the business think you're
crazy if you record one. Every
one in the trade seems happy
about this- The industry, gen
erally, follows what it considers
to be the trend. As one A-and-R
JACKSONVILLE
Visitors At Clemmer Home
By BETTE HOSKINS
Jacksonville Mrs. Eva Eld
ridge and two daughters, Darcy
and Billie Jean, of Hanford,
Calif., have been visitors at the
home of Mrs. Eldridge's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clemmer.
Mrs. Eldridge, a former resident
here, is now a police woman
with the Hanford police de
partment. While here Mrs. Eldridge vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lewis
on the Applegate, Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Adams at Klamath Falls,
and Mrs. Elsie Elrod in Medford,
as well as many other friends
in the valley. A turkey dinner
was held last Sunday at the
Clemmer home before Mrs. Eld
ridge left for Hanford.
Guests present were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McCormick and
children, of Medford, Barbara
and Charlene McCormick and
Joann Kimberell, of Medford,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clemmer
and family, of Central Point, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lewis of the
Applegate.
Harvey Fredricks of Hanford
has also been a guest at the
Clemmer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hoddor of
Oakland, Calif., were Monday
afternoon visitors at the home
of Mrs. Ida Wright. The Hod
dors have been guests this week
at the home of Mrs. Hoddor's
sister, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pur
cell, in Medford.
Tom Dunnington is recover
ing from recent surgery at the
Stanford University hospital in
San Francisco and should soon
be home.
Recent visitors at the home of
Mrs. Helen Maples was her
daughter, Mrs. Jean Archer, and
two children, Dixie and Butch
of Huntington Beach, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wil
kinson of Mom's Hide-Away
Cafe and Bar took a fishing trip
recently to Winchester Bay, Ore.
They were accompanied by their
son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Wilkinson and their
son of Medford. Their "catch"
included five large salmon. En
route home they stopped at
Sutherlin, Ore., and visited the
cemetery there, where all of
Mrs. Wilkinson's folks are
buried.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wil
kinson last Sunday closed their
cafe and were host and hostess
at a potluck picnic at TouVelle
park. About 200 friends attend
ed during the day The picnic
was also given in honor of the
Wilkinson's grandson, Larry, on
his 15th birthday. Birthday re
freshments were included on the
menu.
Entertainment was provided
by Ted and Calvin Seggerman,
who played guitars and sang.
Bill Hancock of Gold Hill also
sang requested cowboy songs.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson ex
pressed their thanks to the
many local distributors who
helped make the event possible.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Arnold re
port that they are still operating
the Jacksonville Seed and Feed
store, with Phil Phelps assisting
as clerk.
Mrs. Peggy Eaton, former
Jacksonville resident, now of
San Francisco, has been a visi-
I tor here for a few days. While
i here she spent some time at the
Election Declared
j 'Rigged' (or Hoffa
Pontiac, Mich OPi A group
i of Pontiac Teamsters Local 614
members charged today the lo
! cal's election for delegates to the
j Miami Beach convention was
i "rigged" in favor of James R.
! Hoffa.
I A leader of the dissident fac
tion said 50 affidavits, signed by
local members, was sent to a
New York Teamsters group for
presentation at the convention
showing that "we don't even
know who the delegates are and
how and when they were elect-
ed."
The local has been under Hof
I fa's trusteeship since October,
j 1953. The spokesman, who re
i fused to identify himself, said
nearly 2,000 of the 3.000 mem
i bers are anti-Hoffa and have
been trying for a 'clean" elec
i tion since Hoffa assumed con
Itrol. The spokesman also said one
of the dissident faction was sub
poenaed to appear before the
Senate Labor Rackets Investi-1 lems not just talk about buy
gating Committee in Washington. ' ing and selling them.
man said: "If I'm in the shirt
business and everybody's buying
red shirts, I'll make red shirts."
The "million seller" record is
a Dig item in the business, even
though it is often a myth. There's
a difference between distribut
ing a million recrods and selling
a million. But the ' labels often
choose to overlook this.
The artist who is honored with
a "gold record" for a million
copy hit usually stops smiling
when he reads his royalty state
ment and finds he's credited
with a half-million or so. Still,
he'll keep that gold-plated rec
ords. It's as important as Holly
wood's "Oscar" to him.
home of Mrs. Mable McCullie
and at the Byron Sanford home
on the Applegate as well as vis
iting all her many friends in
Jacksonville. She left by bus
Wednesday for Eugene, where
she will visit a sister before re
turning to San Francisco.
Also a visitor at the McCullie
home is Mrs. McCullie's son, W
L. McCullie, of Sweet Home,
Ore., who is here for a weeks
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tobison
sold their home at East Eight st
and have moved to the Apple
gate. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dor-
sey and four children have
moved into the house.
Remodeling Done
In City Department
Completion of the remodeling
program in the water depart
ment offices was confirmed to
day by Water Superintendent
Robert L. Lee.
He said the program was
planned in June, 1956 and was
completed on Monday this week
with the construction of a separ
ation wall in the department's
offices at city hall. The separa
tion is to provide a section to in
stall the- billing, addressograph
and grafotype machines and to
lower the noise level. The bil
ling department has also long
needed a place to keep its equip
ment in a central unit, he added.
Starting the first of October
water bills for the West side on
flat rate will be on postcards, he
said. Lee said also that east side
flat rate users will be receiving
postcard bills on Nov. 1.
He said that this would com
plete the post card billing sys
tem for the department as all
metered water users begin re
ceiving their bills on the cards
on June 1.
Liberals Gain 36
Seats in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (W
The opposition Liberal Party
captured 36 of the 58 seats in the
Constituent Assembly, according
to latest official returns today
from Sunday's elections.
The total was just two seats
short of an absolute two-thirds
majority in the assembly which
is scheduled to convene Oct. 21
to draft a new constitution. It is
empowered also to elect a new
president, if it so desires.
Returns from 12 of 18 de
partments in Honduras gave the
Nationalist Party 18 seats and
the National Reform Movement
four.
Four persons were killed in
gun-fights during the elections.
'Charleston' Test
Postponed in Nevada
Las Vegas, Nev. IPV The
Atomic Energy Commission
Monday night announced a 24
hour postponement in its
"Charleston" nuclear shot be
cause of radioactive contamina
tion from a previous test at the
Nevada proving grounds.
Scientists have rescheduled
"Charleston," the 23rd and next-to-last
shot of the series, for 1:30
a.m. (p.s.t.) Wednesday. The
bomb will be triggered from a
balloon, 1,500 feet above the
desert and have a force of more
than 20,000 tons of TNT.
CONFAB PLAN REJECTED
Athens, Greece HP Greece
has turned down Communist Ro
mania's proposal for a confer
ence of Balkan states to
strengthen peace and ' increase
Balkan cooperation, it was an
nounced today. Informed sources
said a Greek note explained
Greece was unable to partici
pate because it has serious prob
lems pending with Bulgaria and
Albania, and because of its
Western alliances. Romania had
proposed a six-nation conference
with pro-Western Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Albania.
Chicago fl? An apple a day
can keep the doctor away
apparently it can also help
Johnrfy pass subtraction.. Maur
ice Hartung, University of Chi
cago education professor, says
grade school pupils should use
real apples in mathematics prob-
Police and Families
To Get Inoculations
Medford police officers and
their families will receive their
second shot in the polio series to
day. The program is "signup" basis
and all costs will be paid by the
individual. The shots will be
given at the county health department.
Last Victims of
Pennsylvania Mine
Explosion Removed
Brownsville, Pa. HP) The
bodies of the last two of five
victims of a violent explosion
500 feet below the earth's sur
face were brought up late Mon
day night from the depths of a
soft coal pit.
Workers identified the bodies
as those of Joseph Smith and
Stanley Collins, both of Marian
na, a small community 30 miles
from Pittsburgh where the vio
lent sub-surface blast occurred
early Monday. Three other bod
ies were recovered earlier.
Federal and state mine inspec
tors opened investigations today
into the cause of the explosion.
State Mine Inspector A. J. Narn
refused to speculate on what
touched off the tremendous
blast.
Eleven Men Trapped
Eleven workers were trapped
in the soft coal pit. All but two
were foremen or supervisory
personnel who had gone into the
shaft to repair a faulty fan.
Because of the faulty fan,
which caused poor ventilation,
the mine was closed for the day.
Otherwise, more than 200 miners
would have reported to work on
the 7 a.m. shift. The blast oc
curred at 7:10. It blew a con
crete block structure on the sur
face to pieces.
The mine elevator, used to
carry miners into the pit, was
also torn loose. Debris was toss
ed more than 20 feet into the
air on the surface by force of
the blast.
Week End Visit To
Satellite Predicted
Hartford, Conn. OPI Col.
John P. Stapp predicted today
that before the end of the cen
tury you'll be able to make a
week end visit to a satellite.
Stapp, who made history three
years ago by riding a rocket sled
at 632 miles an hour, said he's
more interested now in distance
than speed. He described recent
mcnts which sent Maj. David G.
Simons 100,000 feet aloft during
a 32-hour period.
"Our flying laboratory show
ed that man can live above the
earth's atmosphere for relatively
long periods," he said. "Before
the century's end we'll be able
to week end there, possibly on
one of the earth's satellites."
The Air Force colonel came
here to address the American
Rocket Society.
Worker Electrocuted
On Job Near Salem
Salem (IP) A Salem man was
electrocuted Monday when a
crane touched a power line on
the Pudding river near the com
munity of Pratum. Victim of the
accident was Howard L. Ivey,
36, an employee of the Salem
Sand & Gravel Co.
Ivey, an oiler, apparently
stepped off the crane and was on
the ground next to it when the
crane's boom touched the power
line. He was dead when ambu
lance attendants arrived.
Airport Lights Bids
Set For Spring, 1958
City manager Robert A. Duff
reported Monday that bids on
the contract for installing the
new airport lights will be an
nounced in early spring of 1958.
He said that under the current
timetable set up, the consulting
engineer would have his plans
complete to present to the CAA
in the next few weeks.
COLONEL FACES DEATH
Seoul, Korea (IP) Republic of
Korea Army Col. Huh Hai Yung
goes before a firing squad at
Taegu today for taking part in
the 1956 assassination of army
intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Jim
Chang Yong. Huh's driver, Sgt.
Lee Yiu Hoe, also was to be exe
cuted. Lee drove the getaway
jeep after the killing stemming
from a feud among top South
Korean army officers. In all, 13
persons were arrested and con
vited of complicity in the plot.
ANTHROPOLOGIST "DIES
Berkeley, Calif. (IP) Dr. Rob
ert H. Lowie, 74, noted anthro
pologist and authority on North
and South American Indians,
died Saturday.
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Elects President
Portland API Glenn R.
Blake,- a member of the Building
Service Employees union, Mon
day night was elected new presi
dent of the Portland Central La
bor Council to succeed William
Way of the Boilermakers.
Way was asked to resign all
his offices in the Boilermakers
local, including that of delegate
to the central council, following
an investigation into reports of
expense account duplications.
Tactics of the Boilermakers in
airing its difficulties with Way
to newsmen were criticized by
council delegates.
MEMORIAL TOUR PLANNED
Ventimiglia, Italy OP)
Famed British conductor Sir
Thomas Beecham said today he
would make a world tour to per
form the works of his late
friend, Finnish composer Jan Si
belius, who died last Friday.
Beecham disclosed no details of
the tour.
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working on a section of the
Antioch road.
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have sold their home in the
meadows and are moving to the
McLeod guard station above
Trail.
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brother, Carl Mitchel, made a
trip to Roseburg last week.
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