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-Saturday. Poison the groun
that made the records "Let
Me Lay Mv Funk On You"
and "Get Up and Move Your
Body" has a new single out IS
-Do It Anyway You Want
To". "The record sounds like :K
a winner." says Uggins, chief
executive of the D.N.B.RD.
and Black Gold Music Program.
"We have promoted them five
times. They liaven't produced
"Modulation" crowds as yet,
but they are sitting on ready.
As I explained to Tom
Cephas, manager-owner of
POISON, someone has tr take
the chance on
promotion money, which ran
over a thousand dollars to
promote another main at'rar
t;on Ths i wlrt rflp t!r
puHi" to know abut heir
rco'ds and becoring awar ft
of the nainp cf the trrop. v.
Someone has to keep cn -J.
promoting or they will drop
out cf the race to become
and stay a top cttracticn. f
Money alone can't maV e them
top stars, it helps. Bi t you
have to have that othci ball
rolling to which they call a
personal relaticn
and promotion man between
the act and the public.
Most black band owners
don't know this and they
overlook this important step
in getting their attraction ui
on top. Those Jews know
this setp and they will put
a black man out there with
a pocket full of mercy to
do the job. These black ban''
owners don't have tie moey
and thev want to ter another
Mack nvn' heart rut with
critWsm bcau'C their
atrar.ti"n dJdn't draw -eorle
nd they haven't give" tlr
at'ratrn tme to grow into
a drawing power. They stick
a price tag on their attraction
that they themselves wouldn't
pay. I hope all black band
owners, managers
and musicians read this. No
attraction is worth no more
tharr they can draw. I didn't
AT MAY 15, 137 THE CAROLINA TETS 13
Joe Alves, Designer For
"Cfose Encounter" Film
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Joe Alves has been set by
producers Julia Philips and
Michael Phillips as production
designer for "Close Encount
ers of the Third Kind," con
temporary science-fact mo
tion picture being directed
by Steven Spielberg and
starring Richard Dreyfuss.
The film marks Alves'
third consecutive association
with Spielberg, having
worked previously with him
on "Jaws," for which he
received Academy Award
consideration for his design
of the mechanical shark.
Prior to that, the two teamed
on "Sugarland Express."
"Close Encounters of the
Third Kind," written by
Spielberg, is a Julia Phillips
and Michael Phillips Product
ion of a Steven Spielberg
Film for Columbia Pictures
release. It is scheduled to
resume production May 18
on location in Gillette, Wyo.,
then moves to Mobile, Ala.
on June 1 .
labor Dept. Employee
Doubles As Actress
Lady Soul Show Is Guess-A-Rama
Festival
"Right i d a s
mak1 mi'linns'res" are the
words of Rev. Ike, and he
should knowi "We jist
finished our jfirs weekend
with the first presentation of
Cuess-A-Rama soul show
festival, which I proposed
with some changes to insert
this Guess-A-Rama into all
Black Cold Music shows and
use" one unknown name
attraction to appear and name
say a hand, I said
an ATTRACTION. .
1 h"pe the black, music
industry soon learns the
difference and stop cutting off
the hand that's trying to
feed them.
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free gifts an" prizes on the
membership card promotion
a"d even' member can par
tici"at vith ter nae. You
nembership card nus be
naid up to claim your prizes
THs is all set up to fi
nance a nat'cnal blac1" recor''
distribution business with
money made from paid up
mpmbprship cards. We art
working on a plan to make
the black 61d" rrrembership
crd, to be exceteft fo a
rducti"i3' oF pr'ce at' te
clubs on any show inted
cf ju't a Hak g"ld music
sl ow. I fcl that this will
nizke the "ublic mon
irrer0st"c ir. carry;ng a pa'd
u- bbek "ol1 ntctbe'slv'p
prrg'aRV'' nJBRi) .i-ycrd,"
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IMPERSONATORS BAKD
JOINS BLACK GOLD
MUSIC PROGRAM i
The Impersonators Band
of Chesapeake' Virginia came
into Durham Sunday, May 9
and made arrangements with
Liggins for bookings, promo
tions anc recording. The
group, under the manaRement
of Lemon Jenkins has tapes
now cut on B. J. Thomas
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ami if iu urc niuui will
tc trred over to Duplex
Lbel also a runber by
Frzncinp Ba'er, "This Fool "
IsTo'th.er".
"Tf'is cro"p will reciw
natjo"al promotion and wfl1
le introd"oe in'o tue Nort
Ca'ohr.a "re" in the "er-" ner
fMtue," cnimnts Iitgi"!.
The rop carrie highly
rec'mm"ndd bv Alfre1
Bpns"n, manager of the
Duracha Baiid.
WASHINGTON - "I've
met President Ford, the Vice
President and the Secretary
of Labor," says Corlis Lasley,
a black U. S. Department of
Labor Employee.
Ms. Lasley, a new em
ployee of the Department,
finds her spare time avoca
tion exciting, too. She
doubles as an actress and has
appeared in a Washington,
D. C. production of the
play, "Raisin in the Sun."
A supervisor in the mail
room in the new Department
of Labor Building, Ms. Lasley
is responsible for
coordinating four daily mail
runs in the big new structure
at 3rd St. and Constitution
Ave.,N.W.
Ms. Lasley also conducts
surveys to determine the
efficiency of the operation.
"We do a number of
things here; reviewing and dis
patching incoming and out
going mail, updating lists of
personnel who have moved ,
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"COOLEY HIGH'S" KID GROWS UP IN "J. DS REVENGE" - "I'm through playms
teenagers," says the boyish looking 31-year-old father of three, Ghm Turman, the high points of
whose career have come with his sensitive portrayal of young people, starting with his role in the
original cast of "A Raisin in the Sun," and climaxing last year with his crrtkaJry-acdaimed
performance in American International's "Cooley High." Scheduled for release in June, AIP"s "J.
D. Revenge," stars Turman in the dual role (as pictured) of a law student who becomes possessed
by the spirit of a long-dead hoodlum. Film also stars Joan Pringie and Lou Gossett
and ensuring that mail is
placed in the proper drop,"
she explains.
Soon after coming to
work for the Labor Depart
ment, Ms. Lasley got to
meet and shake hands with
President Ford, Vice Presi
dent Rockefeller, and Secre
tary of Labor W. J. Usery,
Jr. at the latter's swearing
in ceremony at the
WhiteHouse.
Concerning her acting,
Ms. Lasley says:
"I've always wanted to
be an actress, and I just
loved working, in 'Raisin in
the Sun. She played the role
of Lena Younger in the
current production at the
Back Alley Theater in Wash
ington. Having recently
graduated from Hampton
Institute in Virginia,
Lasley finds acting "a real
challenge" and her job at the
Labor Department a good
opportunity for advancement.
EXPLAINING MAILROOM TECHNIQUES'- Corlis Lesley,! eft,
a U. S. Department of Labor mailroom supervisor, explains
techniques of sorting mail to Connie Strayhorn, a mailroom em
ployee. When not at work for the Department of Labor Miss
Lasley is avidly engaged in pursuing a career as an actress.
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