Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1976 — Page 10

PAGE Arlene Manson named director of .. # religious programming for WGRT *

Arlene Manson of Arlene’s House of Music, 547 Indiana Avenue, has been named director of Religious and gospel Programming at Radio Station WGRT-FM, Stereo 107 on your dial. Starting Friday morning, January 23, from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. she assume her new position. Format of the new program will be her own choice of gospel music. Dedications and request, coupled with warm and friendly chatter for which she has become locally renowned, will be included. WGRT-FM inaugurated 24hour broadcasting on January 5 and has programed rhythm and blues since the fulltime schedule was adopted.

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ARLENE MANSON The addition to the two hours of gospel music to the format is regarded as a tremendously appealing change, according to Gordon Graham, WGRT president. “We are pleased to have a personality as well known and established as Arlene working with us to add to our schedule something as deeply satisfied as this gospel interlude," Graham added.

Williamson, Pryor score big in flick HOLLYWOODThe latest Fred Williamson motion picture production under the auspices of his POBY Productions, ADIOS AMIGOS” a hilarious westerncomedy, opened Christmas Day in 20 cities and scored a whopping $140,000 in gate receipts over the first five days of running. The film was shot entirely in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the hilarious humor of the script was enhanced immensely by Richard Pryor making his debut as a “horse-riding cowboy” for the first time in his life. Smokey Robinson, Eric Carmen on American Bandstand Top rhythm and blues performer Smokey Robinson and Eric Carmen make special guest appearances on the ABC Television Network’s “American Bandstand,” Saturday, Jan. 31 (12:30-1:30 p.m., EST). Smokey Robinson sings two of his latest releases, “The Agony and the Ecstasy” and “Quiet Storm.” Eric Carmen sings his hit song, “All by Myself,” and “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.”

— Norman Connors-an irresistible Believe Me.. , . . . , I force in today s contemporary music

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REWARD FOR OLD RE CORDS:...Believe it or not, there is a standing offer of $2,000 for a recording of “Stormy Weather,” recorded in the late 1950s, on the Jubilee Label by a group known as the Five Sharps. No one knows what has happened to the 45 rpm master recording which sports a crack in it. Several copies were made from that cracked record three-years ago, but only the original has the really high price tag. The Record Collector’s Journal of Covina Calif., has a standard running offer for 24 recordings worth a total of $6,650 with “Stormy Weather,” topping the list in value. Some old records have been "highly under estimated in price.” Many of these prices are paid by a growing number of collectors and dealers throughout the nation. Some have formed clubs to trade, sell or buy old platters. Early Elvis Presley records on the Sun Label, made in the early 1950s before he recorded for a larger company, would be worth between $200 and $500. Certain Bing Crosby records from the 1930s may be worth $100 a piece, and certain shellac recordings from the 1940s also

are valuable.

During World War II (1940s), there were scrap drives, shellac was in great demand. And before vinyl was developed for Lps, all the old 78s were made of shellac and a stiffening agent. So patrioic Americans donated their platters to the scrap drive. Thus, some records during the early 1940s,

are very RARE.

As a public service to our many reading fans, in the event you have any of these old

records that you think worth something Allen Koenigsberg at

Antique Phonogaph Monthly, 3400 Snyder Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203. All that he requests is a return stamped,

self-addressed envelope.

GENERAL NEWS:...Dionne Warwicke, well-known vocalist, may declare bankruptcy due to her recent divorce from ex-bandleader-movie star Bill Elliott. Prior to the divorce, Ms. Warwicke had remodeled her new Beverly Hills estate at

• e m mm.* his arrival at a well-known annual charity golf tournament was asked by one of the top officials to withdraw from the event. Seemingly, the official didn't go for a recent national magazine article in which Mathis related “how he had stopped his drug habit." The dude felt that the superstar’s participation might hurt the tournament. Dis-regarding the protest, Johnny wailed anyway....Eartha Kitt, dancer-TV performer has friends worried about her early morning drinking problem. Sammy Davis Jr., said that he has stopped drinking and swinging too. He committed himself to the Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, September 22, 1975, after suffering a paralyzed neck and leg while performing at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, where he has a long-term-contract. The doctors told him if he didn’t stop boozing, he would be a

goner.

After his release from the hospital some months ago, my “main man” started recently having those weekly swinging house-parties again. Not withstanding, he wants to lead a normal life and sometimes drink a bottle of beer while diggin’ televison and reading. In a statement to the press right after his termination from the hospital, Davis said, “I got bored with all the parties; I tried to burn the candle at both ends too long. I can’t do it anymore. I’m not ancient, but I am 50-years old.” ...We are wondering what made him change his mind concerning the parties, etc?... Incidentally, the little cat is worth $42 million dollars...That’s The Black

Truth!!!

Muhammad Ali was almost

contact booed off the stage of New the York’s Madison Square Garden

when he appeared in a rally in behalf of jailed boxer Hurricane Carter, who has won a new trial on his murder conviction. As usual Ali clowned and talked about himself “I’m the greatest,” until Carter himself, speaking over a jail telephone hook up, told him to shut

up..(smile).

TV M 0 V I E S Roger Cor man plans to remake “The Birth of A Nation," one of the

NORMAN CONNORS

With growing success, that the fruit of an

a cost of $750,000. Now she has *■ most talked about flicks of this put the pad up for-sale and is century. The film is about

* blacks, the Ku Klux Klan and

the Civil War. Several white politicians and the NAACP have been successful in the past against the remaking and showing of these old clips due to their fear of repetition of the film’s incitement to racial

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currently making plans to split to Paris, and try to forget all about her troubles. In the past year, her singing career has taken a step backward. Personal friends are distressed over Dionne’s depressed men-

tal condition.

Singer Johnny Mathis upon

beautiful, progressive and ex perimental music that has been known as jazz, is again making itself felt as an irresistible force throughout contemporary mu sic. Such as in the flute playing of Herbie Mann -- and in the genius composing and electric piano of Herbie Hancock - a new spirit has come into its own, borrt of the giants of the jazz past and fusing with the new sophistication of rock audiences. Mann, Hancock, Weather Report, P h a r o a h Sanders, Sun Ra, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rahsaan Roland Kirk have now become fa vorites of young listeners. And to this charmed circle another name is being added... a brilliant young drummer Norman Connors. A composer, performer band leader and a charismatic force in his own right, Connors has captured the imagination and allegiance of even the finest among his musical contemporaries. As on his previous albums, Connors new (and fifth) LP for The Buddah Group, "Saturday NightSpecial", has been recorded with the assistance of Reggie . Lucas, Michael Henderson., Gary Bartz, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Hubert Eaves, Eddie Henderson, Carlos Garnett. Ken Nash, Herbie Hancock and featuring the amazing vocals of

Jean Cam.

There is no simple way to describe Connors’ music. It is like walking into a garden of vivid musical colors. Melody, energy, nervousness, sensu ality, percussion, space...these are some of its mesmerizing

qualities.

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lifetime of music. iHo is simply light years beyond the four chords, the hit single, the seasonal fame of many a rock star.) Born "some twenty-odd years ago" in Philadelphia. Connors has been playing drums and writ-ing music since the age of five, and - has performed, written and re corded with some of the biggest names in contemporary music. Among these is the Pharoah Sanders Quintet, about whom Connors says, “Working with

Pharoah has been one of my most rewarding associations so far. Pharoah’s concepts have given me the opportunity to develop as an influential stylist ^ in the art of percussion." A good listen to the sinewy precision and the driving flexibility of Connors palying amply shows his accomplishments as a master of percussive

style.

His musical studies are prodigious: With Gilbert Stanton at the Henry Glass School of Music; with Ellis Tollin and Paul Patterson at Music City; compost ion at the Settlement House School of Music, (all in Philadelphia): Temple University for two yers; and then the Julliard School of Music in New York, majoring in percussion and composition. Following school, Connors became involved in an intense career of musical activity: in 1968 with the Marion Brown Quartet; in 1968 69, with Archie Schepp, he recorded “The Magic of Ju Ju" on the Impulse Label; in 1969 he worked with Sun Ra; 1970 saw him collaborating with Carlos Garnett and Jackie McLean and with Sam Rivers at the Jazz Workshop in Boston. In July, 1971. he joined Pharoah Sanders, traveled around the • world with him and recorded five albums: “Black Unity,”. “Live At The East." “Wisdom Through Music.” "Village of the Pharoahs” and “Love In Us

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