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BLACK GOLD MUSIC PROGRAM-REVIEW
Mighty Zoo Band Of Washington To Record
"Dear Pen Pal,'" the segment of the children's TV show,
"Big Blue Marble" which invites children to correspond with t
others around the world, has reached A registration of almost
half a million. Pen Pal exchanges have involved a Soviet pen
pal group from Sverdlovsk, a school for the blind in Texas, a
child in an iron lung and other handicapped children. ' Big
Blue Marble" is sponsored by ITT as a public service and
distributed internationally.
When Richard Wesley's "The Sirens" played before
enthusiastic audiences for over three months at the Upper East
Side's Manhattan Theatre Club, an audience survey strongly
indicated that it's appeal extended across social, economic and
racial lines. Now Lathan & Thomas Production hopes this
holds true with the filmed version of the play which they'll
start shooting in April, mainly in Newark, New Jersey and
New York City. Wesley, who's doing the screenplay, wrote
both the successful 4 'Uptown Saturday Night" and "Lets's Do
It Again."
Curtis Mayfield, the creator of the "Chicago Sound' and
Don Cornelius, producer of TV "Soul Train" have joined with
five other Chicago men in a bid before the- Federal
Communications Commission to grant them the old 1450 AM ,
radio frequency vacated last winter by WVON. Eight other
companies have asked for the opening. It's expected that the
FCC will take another year or 1 8 months before awarding the
frequency.
' P" is for the Pointer Sisters andthe pop singers recite the
alphabet like it's never been heard before on an upcoming
episode of "Sesame Street," the award-winning series for
preschoolers produced by the Children's Television Workshop.
The Alvin Ailey Dancers are also to be featured on the series.
In Washington, the National Black Media Coalition, a
citizens' broadcast action group, singled out Boston's
WCVB-TV for the second consecutive year as No. 1 TV station
in the country in terms of public affairs and news
programming and minority hiring.
. Brock Peters and Raymond St. Jacques will head up an
array of Hollywood actors and actresses who will participate in
a tSalute To Jackie Wilson" on February 5 at the Hollywood
Palladium. Bobby Womack conceived the idea of saluting the
veteran singer who is currently recuperating from a stroke.
Commitment for the show already have been received,
according to the promoters, Barry White, James Brown, Al
Gf&n, New Birth, James Taylor, Carlye Simon, Dick Clark,
RichardPryor and Frankie (Hollywood) Crocker.
In St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, The New Windward Hotel's
late supper club, The Club Daiquiri, is showcasing the dynamic
RCA Victor recording Zulema, now known as Ms. "Z". She
features a five-.nan band and three-woman vocal backup.
Six company executives of Brunswick Records and Dakar
Records are now on trial in Newark Federal Court on charges
that they raised more than $371,000 through the black market
of records and then used part of that sum to bribe disc
jockeys. On trial are Nat Tarnopol of New York City,
president of the twocompanies; Peter Garris of Bayside, New
York, the sales manager; Lee Shep, of Murray Hill, N.J., the
production manager; Carl Davis, of Chicago the director of
artists; Melvin Moore, of the Bronx, director of promotions;
Irving Wiegan, of Valley Stream, N.Y., bookkeeper, and
Carmine DeNola, of Manhattan, a salesman.
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Duplex Record Label;
Joins Black Gold Music Program
The mighty Zoom Band of
Washington, D. C.. came into the
beautiful Club ' Bjipy Grand,
Durham, Jan. 23 on a
recommendation to Jimmy
Liggins, chief executive of B. G.
M. P. by Johnny Shaw, who has
business ties in Washington, and
along with his wife owns the No.
1 Club in Wilson. 'Shaws
Out-A-Limite" - Shaw told
Liggins if you see them once you
will want them back, A
telephone call from Liggins to
Jim Cash, manager of Zoom
arranged the date and the
contract was set up. On a
suggestion by Saoopy's, one of
the owners of Club Baby Grand
the door admission was set at
$1.00 so every one could see this
super star group. The band came
in a long bus which carries the
equipment along with seating
space for the band. They arrived
at 9:20 p.m. and didn't get into
playing until 10:30 as they
brought in equipment for almost
an hour. Their first set was
without uniforms and the dance
fans who had turned out by the
droves to fill up Club Baby
Grand was a little let-down at
first, but on the second set
Zoom came out dressed and
stepping and they changed
uniforms 3 more times to the
delight of the dance fans. Their
closing number ending with a
blast like a boom with a big
cloud of smoke that left the fans
cheering and as they left the
club they were asking when will
the mighty Zoom be back.
Liggins advised me that he had
made arrangements for a date in
the near future, and a recording
deal.
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BRENDA GRIFFIN SAVES SHOW FOR DASH OF BLACK
Brenda deserves the right to
be called a Black Gold Music
entertainer. Brenda Griffin came
to the rescue of Big Daddy
Riggsbee who gave a reas6n for
his band not being up to par,
that his drummer was missing.
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