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Dean Reed was mentioned in the weekly newspaper BILLBOARD on the following dates:

The Billboard, 12.01.1959

page 53

Pop Talent

DEAN REED

ANNABELLE (Trinity, BMI)
THE SEARCH (Beechwood, BMI)

Reed, a new artist, turns in a pair of fine readings on this debut. Top side is a sharp rocker wich a cajun rhythm backing, while the flip also catches a good performance in the Tex-Mex tradition. Watch the boy and the sides.

Capitol 4121

The Billboard, 02.03.1959

page 8

HOT 100 ADDS NINE

NEW YORK - There are nine new sides with first appearances on this week's Hot 100 chart. Details are:

70. No Other Arms, No Other Lips - Chordettes, Cadence.
72. Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? - Lloyd Price, ABC-Paramount.
75. If I Didn't Care - Connie Francis, M-G-M.
87. No Other Arms, No Other Love - Four Aces, Decca.
91. It's Late - Ricky Nelson, Imperial.
93. The Morning Side of the Mountain - Tommy Edwards, M-G-M.
96. The Search - Dean Reed, Capitol
98. City Lights - Ivory Joe Hunter, Dot.
100. The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer - June Valli, Mercury.

page 39

HOT 100

Three Weeks Ago: -
Two Weeks Ago: -
One Week Ago: -
This Week: 96
Title: The Search
Artist: Dean Reed
Company: Capitol
Record Number: 4121
Weeks On Chart: 1

The Billboard, 13.04.1959

page 18

ARDMORE MUSIC CORP.

BEECHWOOD MUSIC CORPORATION

1750 N. VINE STREET
HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA

315 W. 44TH STREET
NEW YORK 36, N. Y.

WE SIZZLED THE CHARTS IN 1958 WITH

26 MILES - THE FOUR PREPS
FOR YOUR LOVE - ED TOWNSEND
BIG MAN - THE FOUR PREPS
TOM DOOLEY - THE KINGSTON TRIO

AND IN 1959 IT'S...

PIXILATED PENGUIN - RUSS CONWAY
PARADE ROCK - BOBBY SUMMERS
TONIGHT I AM A KING - RICHARD CANNON
THE FOX - EDDIE AND JOE
RAIN - THE RAINDROPS
THE SEARCH - DEAN REED
THAT'S WHEN I RAN - RUSS REGAN
RASPBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES - THE KINGSTON TRIO
IT TAKES SO LONG TO SAY GOODBYE - DEAN MARTIN
RAINY NIGHT IN PARIS - FRANCK POURCEL
THE JOY OF LIVING - NELSON RIDDLE
CHOO CHOO CHA CHA - THE RINKY DINKS
MAIDS OF CADIZ - THE KING SISTERS
NEVER, NEVER - THE TRENIERS

The Billboard, 11.05.1959

page 47

DEAN REED

*** A Pair of Scissors - CAPITOL 4198 - Rockabilly tells of a cat who's going to cut himself a paper doll. Energetic vocal is nicely backed. It's worth watching. (Jimpskip, BMI)

*** I Kissed a Queen Cat meets a beautiful chick at a dance. Tune is told in rockaballad style by Reed. It should attract. (Sherman-Devorzon, BMI)

The Billboard, 21.09.1959

page 43

DEAN REED

In July 1956 Dean was racing 110 miles on foot against a man on muleback. In 1958 the 21-year-old Denver youth was training for the 1960 Olympic games. Now, less than a year later, he is the object of a nationwide promotion campaign by Capitol Records to promote his latest release, Our Summer Romance b-w I Ain't Got You. Dean started his professional singing career to help get through college. He uses a guitar in his singing but is not a rock 'n' roll singer. He describes his singing as pop-folk. By the way, Reed won the race with the mule by a bare tree minute margin.

BIRTHDAYS OF THE WEEK:

Sept. 22, Joni James, Dean Reed, [...]

THIS WEEK'S NEW MONEY RECORDS

SINGLES

BOOM, BOOM BABY - Crash Craddock .........Columbia
DON'T TAKE THE STARS - The Mytics ........Lourie
GOODBYE CHARLIE - Patti Page .............Mercury
I AIN'T GOT YOU - Dean Reed ..............Capitol
DON'T DESTROY ME - Crash Craddock ........Columbia
IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE - Baby Cortez ...Clock
OUR SUMMER ROMANCE - Dean Reed ...........Capitol
MISTY - Johnny Mathis ....................Columbia
PIANO SHUFFLE - Baby Cortez ..............Clock
TO TENDERLY - The Mystics ................Lourie
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE - Eydie Gorme ....ABC Paramount
TALK TO ME - Frank Sinatra ...............Capitol
THE ENCHANTED SEA - Martin Denny .........Liberty
THE YEARS BETWEEN - Eydie Gorme ..........ABC Paramount
UNFORGETTABLE - Dinah Washington .........Mercury

page 65

DEAN REED

*** I Ain't Got You - CAPITOL 4273 - Reed complains about having everything he could want but that one chick. Smart reading by the chanter in a rockabilly framework with a good backing by ork and chorus. Good talent. (Sheldon, BMI)

** Our Summer Romance - Dean Reed wrote this tune himself. It's a happy, upbeat effort with good chanting by Reed and the vocal group behind him. (Beechwood, BMI)

The Billboard, 26.09.1960

page 97

DEAN REED

*** Hummingbird - CAPITOL 4438 - An older tune, once out by the Chordettes and Les Paul and Mary Ford. The artist gives it a pleasant reading to a Spanish rhythm pattern. Spinnable side. (Hill & Range, BMI) (Ross Jungnickel, ASCAP) (2:08)

Billboard Music Week, 20.03.1961

page 106

Limited Sales Potential

POPULAR

[...]

DEAN REED
Once Again - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (About Her), IMPERIAL 5733

[...]

Billboard Music Week, 21.08.1961

page 30

Moderate Sales Potential

POPULAR

DEAN REED
***Female Hercules - ***La Novia. CAPITOL 4608

[...]

Billboard Music Week, 09.10.1961

page 42

Spanish Newsnotes

[...] "La Novia" will come out here soon with Dean Reed on Capitol. [...]

Billboard Music Week, 16.10.1961

page 42

Spanish Newsnotes

New Disks

[...] "La Novia" by Dean Reed and Connie Francis singing in Spanish "Nosotros" and "La Novia de Otro" (Someone Else's Boy) were released by Hispavox. [...]

Billboard, 19.01.1963

page 20

HITS OF THE WORLD

PERU

This Week: 10
Last Week: -
EL AMOR ES LA FUERZA MAS PODEROSA - Dean Reed (Philips)

Billboard, 09.02.1963

page 36

HITS OF THE WORLD

PERU

This Week: 4
Last Week: 8
EL AMOR ES LA FUERZA MAS PODEROSA - Dean Reed (Philips)

Billboard, 23.02.1963

page 38

HITS OF THE WORLD

PERU

This Week: 8
Last Week: 6
EL AMOR ES LA FUERZA MAS PODEROSA - Dean Reed (Philip)

Billboard, 28.11.1964

page 16

HITS OF THE WORLD

ARGENTINA

This Week: 19
Last Week: -
La Bamba - Trini Lopez (Reprise); Dean Reed (Odeon)

Billboard, 05.12.1964

page 15

HITS OF THE WORLD

ARGENTINA

This Week: 17
Last Week: 19
La Bamba - Trini Lopez (Reprise); Dean Reed (Odeon)

Billboard, 26.06.1965

page 20

HITS OF THE WORLD

ARGENTINA

This Week: 6
Last Week: 4
Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Bert Kaempfert (Polydor); Wayne Newton (Odeon); Marito Gonzalez (Music Hall); Dean Reed (Odeon) - Fermata

Billboard, 10.07.1965

page 24

HITS OF THE WORLD

ARGENTINA

This Week: 8
Last Week: 6
Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Bert Kaempfert (Polydor); Dean Reed (Odeon); Marito Gonzalez (Music Hall)

Billboard, 27.08.1966

page 50

FROM THE MUSIC CAPITALS OF THE WORLD

MADRID

... American Dean Reed made his debut at Florida Park...

Billboard, 18.02.1967

page 81/85

MIDEM Award Presentations End Weeks of All-Star Galas

PARIS - The final gala of the MIDEM week saw the inaugural presentation of the MIDEM trophies and was unique in bringing top selling record stars of many countries together on one stage - in the Salon des Ambassadeurs of the Cannes Municipal Casino.

Altogether 25 MIDEM trophies were awarded - one world trophy, three international trophies and 19 national trophies.

Present to receive their awards and to perform on stage were Petula Clark (International Trophy for Continental Europe), who was introduced by unexpected guest star Anthony Quinn; Roberto Carlos (Brazil); Karel Gott (Czechoslovakia); the Trio Hagashash (Israel); Gert Timmermann (Holland); Kirsti Sparboe (Norway); Udo Jurgens (Austria); Anna German (Poland); Amalia Rodrigues (Portugal); Katri Helena (Finland); the Sven Adamo, who won trophies for both Belgium and Ingvars Orchestra (Sweden), and Salvatore France.

The show, composed in French and English by Joe Dassin and Elga Andersen, was notable for the success of the Trio Hagashash, Kirsti Sparboe, Adamo, Udo Jurgens and Petula Clark fresh from a four-month tour in the U.S.

Phone Contact

In the absence of the other award winners, the trophies were presented to representatives of their record companies. However, telephone contact was established with Diana Ross of the Surpremes and Barbra Streisand, with whom CBS International President Goddard Lieberson was called up on stage to talk. A call was also relayed to the stage from Mike Ross for the Beach Boys. Other U.S. award winners were Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams.

Also unable to be present to receive their awards were the Beatles (world trophy), Herb Alpert (International Trophy for North and South America), the Rolling Stones (Great Britain), the trophy received by Andrew Oldham; Freddy Quinn (Germany), Caesar (Denmark), Los Brincos (Spain); Gianni Morandy (Italy), and Jozsef Nemeth (Hungary). The Beatles also received an International Trophy for the U.K. and the Rest of the World which was accepted by Robert Stigman of NEMS Enterprises, Ltd.

The awards, for the most records sold between July 1, 1965 and June 30, 1966, were based on figures supplied by the various mechanical rights societies. For the U.S. they were based on information supplied by the trade press. The preceding galas, staged by various record companies throughout the week had not quite found a common format.

A Showcase

Pathe-Marconi sponsored the first one and used it as a showcase for their young talent, taking advantage of an invited audience of professional people from more than 30 countries. I paid off to the extend that the trio of J.J. and Beb signed a pact for Italy, Brazil and the U.S.A. and Jennifer was signed up for Italy and South America.

The following night's gala was presented by Vergara & Concentric of Spain and Ariston of Italy. Vergara presented Tete Montoliu, one of Europe's top jazz pianists, his discovery Elia Fleta who was voted Spain's top singer of 1966 and the newest Spanish beat group Los No. Ariston featured Dean Reed, Anna Identici, Bruno Lauzi and Orndella Vanoni.

For the third gala, Vogue, in their 20th anniversary year, put on a prestige show with all their top French artists - Antoine, Francoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Luter, Aimable, Pierre Perret, Cleo, Liz Sarian, Les Charlots and Gerard Calvi - plus Britain's Sandie Shaw, Austria's Udo Jurgens and America's Geno Washington.

The CBS gala was well received. The Compagnos de la Chanson, though present, were unable to sing because of a contract in nearby Monte Carlo, so a filmed version of their hit, "Le Chanson de Lara" was shown. Also featured were the Gypsy guitarist, Peret, Roberto Carlos, Gigliola Cinquetti, Georgie Fame and Donovan. Donovan, who closed the show, was warmly acclaimed. The final gala, presented by Barclay-Atlantic, featured only three acts - French Canadian Jean-Pierre Ferland, Sonny and Cher and Alain Barriere. It was, however, a complete success.

Billboard, 23.09.1967

page 10

From The Music Capitals of the World

MADRID

... American singer Dean Reed (Belter) recently completed the Western movie "Buckaroo" in Italy, co-starring with German actress Monica Brugger, and will begin another film shortly with Van Heflin.

Billboard, 20.07.1968

page 54

From The Music Capitals of the World

DUBLIN

... Music For Pleasure released albums featuring Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier, Dean Reed, the International Hits Orchestra and Clive Lythgoe...

Billboard, 02.10.1971

page 46

From The Music Capitals of the World

LENINGRAD

... Dean Reed is continuing his current concert tour of Russia, which started Aug. 7 in Moscow. The singer is scheduled to give concerts in Leningrad, Kiev, Volgograd, Vladivostok...

Billboard, 04.07.1981

page 74/75

Melodiya Puts Its Hits On Tape

Cassettes Due Out Before LPs At Twice The Price

By Vadim Yurchenkov

MOSCOW - Melodiya, Russia's state-owned record company, is building up its production of prerecorded cassettes by marketing current hit albums in the tape format.

The policy spotlights both the strengths and weaknesses of the cassette software and hardware sectors of the industry here.

Since other national companies are producing several different models of cassette recorders, and have just about saturated the tape hardware market in Russia, Melodiya decided to go for regular releases of cassette "duplicates" of its album releases.

This move compensates, in part, for what is often an inadequate supply of new album releases because of manufacturing shortfalls. At the same time, the new trend is seen as a way of reducing home duplicating, which is not illegal here.

The costs of blank and prerecorded tapes in the U.S.S.R. do not vary all that much. A blank C-60 retails around $5,25; stereo prerecorded tape works out to not more than $6, on the average.

Melodiya started issuing prerecorded cassettes in the early 1970s but they were simple collections of dance music and songs by national writers, and the annual release schedules were very limited.

Even today, it's hard to find more than a handful of titles of prerecorded cassettes, even in specialist stores in the big cities.

Now that Melodiya has decided to up its contemporary material in cassette form, Igor Dmitriyev, Melodiya deputy director-general, says the cassettes will have playing time equal to the album from which the material is reproduced.

It has also been decided that the new cassettes will be released prior to the album versions.

However, Dmitriyev won't hazard guesses on how this change of production and marketing emphasis will affect sales, for album and tape sales differ dramatically. In Russia, the cassette is twice as expensive.

As a start to its new policy, Melodiya is putting out a summer batch of cassette "duplicates," comprising nine titles all rated in the potential top-seller brackets. Featured are the Zodiak rock group; Alexander Gradsky and his group, playing Russian folk songs in a rock format; and material from Dean Reed, a U.S. singer currently based in East Germany.

Alongside this trend, Melodiya is planning to initiate its own digital recording process this year, according to Dmitriyev. The company's top engineers are studying international recording techniques and technology.

That Melodiya is increasingly alert to market changes is underscoted by the corporate decision to introduce special two-record sets aimed at the national discotheque circuit. One record in each pack will feature classical, jazz and folk material, with the other devoted to pop and dance music.

The new series will carry a special Diskoteka log and the distribution is through disk jockeys and disco operators.

Dmitriyev adds that current Melodiya plans include "live" recordings from the Tbilisi 80 national rock festival, as yet the only real showcase of rock talent in Russia. There have been earlier recordings of the Tbilisi 1978 jazz festival.

There are, however, reports that an international rock festival is due this year in Yerevan, Armenia, where national pop-rock will be represented by five bands, Mashina Vremeni, Zemlyane, Araks, Arsenal and the Stas Namin Group.

Billboard, 01.05.1982

page 55

Musical Exchange Is Aid To Czechs, East Germans

By Lubomir Doruzka

PRAGUE - The musical trade between Iron Curtain neighbors Czechoslovakia and East Germany has now reached an extend considered unparalleled among Socialist countries, thanks to a similarity in traditon and taste and the complementary repertoire policies of the state record companies VEB Deutsche Schallplatten in East Berlin and Supraphon in Prague.

Product exchange through license deals or direct imports is substantial and efficient, while live acts frequently cross the borders for guest appearances.

Although unit production of records and tapes is over 19 million in East Germany, against 10 million in Czechoslovakia, the former territory is still in need of suitable MOR recordings, in which the latter has the stronger tradition. Czech MOR artists like Karel Gott, Felix Slovacek and Ladia Staidl therefore achieve sizable sales in East Germany, as do country acts like Jiri Brabec and brass band ensembles like Karel Valdauf's.

Supraphon also licenses to VEB recordings made by foreign artists in its Prague studios. Recent examples include Hungarian singer Sarolta Zalatnay, an all-star free jazz album with Western musicians - free jazz being much more popular in East Germany than in Czechoslovakia itself - and a recording by American singer Dean Reed, an East German resident who sometimes records in Prague, albums which are licensed back to East Germany.

On the other side of the coin, Supraphon takes from VEB many recordings by East German rock groups, rock being much more widely represented in the VEB catalog than Supraphon's, and particularly large classical works or complete operatic sets by German composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and Handel.

License releases can achieve considerable sales: some of Supraphon's Karel Gott albums licensed to VEB have sold over 150,000 copies. Royalties are accounted for and paid in Russian rubles, the common currency of Socialist countries. Those recordings whose sales would not justify license deals are imported. Sales are not only through specialist retailers and chain stores but also in large quantities through the respective countries' cultural centers in Prague and East Berlin.