Billboard Year 1961 Magazine Back Issues
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Billboard Jan 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard January 9, 1961
Weiss0-Barry Buy Expands Autry's Pubber Interests
Welk Gets Tag King Of Corn
Disk Jockeys Spell Out Needs To Distributors Manufacturers
Comeback Seen For Coin Industry After Slow '60
Billboard Jan 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard January 16, 1961
Richard, Adam Faith & Elvis Top British Charts
Retail Record Dealers Retain Title As Top Trade Salesmen
Rock - Ola Buys Vending Properties Of Williams
U.S. Ears Tune To Foreign Talent
Billboard Jan 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard January 23, 1961
Dealer Co-Ops Establish New Trend
Europeans Eye U.S. Mkt. For Juke Box Exports
Judkins Leads Offensive Against Discount Problem
Oldie Programming Move Grows
Billboard Jan 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard January 30, 1961
German Juke Box Ops Want Lower Disk Tabs
Canteen Music Bid Watched By Record Biz
Canteen Begins Music Operating; Eyes Games
Chicago Dealer Group Huddles To Air Co-op Buying Prospects
Billboard Feb 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard February 6, 1961
Canteen Begins Operating Push
Canteen Buys Trimount Co. As Operating Arm
DJ's Toast Oldie Trend
Chi Ops Jolted By Canteen Co. Operating Plan
Billboard Feb 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard February 13, 1961
Gov't Sets No Standard Code On Promo Mails
3 Wallichs Music City Stores To Offer
Charge Service To Established Patrons
Victor Pulls In Rights To New Show, Succeed.
Billboard Feb 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard February 20, 1961
Discounting Swings From Coast-To-Coast
Grayson Bows New Disk Club
West's Pop Tunes Make Life With Russian Bear Bearable
Stores Pitches Seldom Specify What's On Sale
Billboard Feb 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard February 27, 1961
Aussie Disk Jockeys Potent Trade Influence
Digest Talks To Bom About Victor Clubs
Hot Artists Fat Contracts Upsetting Diskery Peace?
Cap To Launch Push On Sinatra Albums As Singer's Own Label Bows First Set
Billboard Mar 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard March 6, 1961
Labels Give Dealers Big Spring Tonic
Payola Probes Won't Die; Pose Perennial Problems
Acquaviva Shapes Symphony Project
Victor, Capitol & Mercury Slash Album Prices 25%
Billboard Mar 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard March 13, 1961
Dealers Air LP Discount Views
Col.-AFM Row Still Unsettled
Reactions Run From Raps To Low-Pitched Approval
Trade Stirred By LP Discounts
Billboard Mar 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard March 20, 1961
Hit Singles Show Sudden Sales Power; Indicates Field Still Open For Hot Disks
Maitland Sees Cap Album Discount Program Smash
Asks Quota On Pop Tune Play
German Juke Box Ops Happy With Presley Hit
Billboard Mar 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard March 27, 1961
Foreign Language Wax By U.S. Artists On Rise
Sord To Hire Executive Sec'y; Opens Doors To Local Dealers
Chipmunks Set For TV Debut
Campus Disk $$, Exposure Big
Billboard Apr 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard April 3, 1961
Dealers Note Mild Traffic Increase
BMW Charts Designed For Ready Reference
Disk Labels Spring Drive Stimulates Dealers Action
Canteen Plays Down Distribs Operating
Billboard Apr 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard April 10, 1961
Wallichs Sets Ticket Agency
Harmony On Capitol Hill
Coinmen Thumb Noses At Recession, As Juke Box, Game Collections Rise
Nippon Jock Outlines Need For U.S. Singles
Billboard Apr 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard April 17, 1961
Dot To Launch Second Consumer Summer Sale
Juke Box Commercials May Bring In Extra Operator Loot
Vintage Disks Stealing Show
Commie Cats Dig Billboard
Billboard Apr 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard April 24, 1961
Sales Meets At ARMADA Set
1.6 Million In Columbia Club
Trade Gives Sharp Eye To Rack Jobber As Area Of Growing Dollar Importance
Clyde Otis Joins Liberty As Eastern A.&R. Chief
Billboard May 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard May 1, 1961
Red Juke Boxes Babble Sound Of Outer Space
NARM Confab Hints Stepped - Up Action By Distrib In Dealing With Rock Jobber
Solomon Sells Diners Disk Club To Belock Missile-Computers Co.
Everlys' Label Named Calliope
Billboard May 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard May 8, 1961
Sparking 33 Singles
Nab Convention Spotlights Stereo FM, FCC Role In Radio-TV Programming
Stereo Singles Hot MOA Topic
German Tunes Study Points To Phono's Power
Billboard May 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard May 15, 1961
MOA Conclave Raises Curtain
2,000 Attend Ops Miami Beach Show
LP Price Bid Timely
Sord To Mfrs.: Adjust Pricing
Billboard May 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard May 22, 1961
Ops Protest Battle Of Record Speeds
Birthplace Of Dixieland? Russia, Utyosov Insists
Here's What Album Manufacturers Say About Proposed Product Price Change
Singing Stock Boys In Style
Billboard May 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard May 29, 1961
Paid Circulation This Issue 21,863, Including Overseas
German Trade Raps 33 Disks
Ask Kindness Toward Tripp
RCA Stereo Action Clicks
Billboard Jun 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard June 5, 1961
Gallagher Looks At Catalog Concept: It's Alive Despite Big Product Flow
More Big-Name Artists Call Own Masters Shots
Prison Terms, Fines For N.J. Bootleg Trio
Salty Prose Rolls Off DJ Press
Billboard Jun 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard June 12, 1961
Soviet Coin Games Tout Space Flights
Disk Firms Heavy In Broadway Investments Despite High Odds
Dealer Across Country Praise Garner Club View
Red's Bootleg Racket Is Rough, But Unique
Billboard Jun 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard June 19, 1961
German Phono Ops Mull Record Output
Detroit Break In LP Pricing Rocks L.A. Distribs; Midwest, East Reaction Varied
Indie Dealers Stressing Services Can Survive Discount Competition
Canteen Co. Makes Major Buy In Background Music, Vending
Billboard Jun 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard June 26, 1961
Broadcasters Balk At FCC Payola Wording
RCA Keeps Lead As Hottest In Singles; Columbia Still Out Front On LP Charts
Artists To Ride On Video Special
Dr. Betcke Elected Pres. Of Intern'l Phono Federation
Billboard Jul 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard July 3, 1961
Seeburg Spikes Rumors On European Production Base
Cap To Issue Albums On New Weekly Basis
R.&B. Disk Jockeys In Hit-Making Role; Break Singles & Spawn Fresh Issues
Special Armada Panel Airs Detroit Situation
Billboard Jul 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard July 10, 1961
Sord Meet Shaping As Trade Summit Starter
Soundtrack & Score To RCA
Cap Tests New Album Sales Idea
Narm Widening Member Rolls
Billboard Jul 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard July 24, 1961
Belgian Dealers, MFRS. Agree On Pricing Code
Record Execs Deliver Balm And Solace For Dealers Problems At Sord Confab
Jocks Out For Hot Weather Fun
WM Acquires Top European Agency
Billboard Jul 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard July 31, 1961
Dept. Stores Tied To Diskeries & Stations
Victor Goes All Out In Fall LP Presentation
British Diskeries Set All-Time High In May Production
Friendly Frost Adds B'casting To Selling
Billboard Aug 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard August 7, 1961
NAB Would Have FCC Scrap No Plugs Ruling
Periodicals Turn New Leaf In Ties With LP Producers
Columbia Playtime 45 A Hit With Operators
Subway Rights Go To Sinatra
Billboard Aug 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard August 14, 1961
Vogue Intros 33 Single In Germany
Two Boston Rock Jobbers Tottering; Creditor Committees In On Operation
Air Dogfight Continues To Rage
Juke Box-Only Roulette Disks
Billboard Aug 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard August 21, 1961
ACC Kiddie Fair May Alter Ops Biz
Gradual Shift To Good Music Creates Quandry For Pop Labels
2 Jazz Firms Launching Pop Market Disk Labels
Distrib-Creditor Balked In Record Ent'prises Case
Billboard Aug 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard August 28, 1961
Test New Merchandising, Pricing For Singles Field
WB's Conkling Sets Plus 2 Singles Plan
Mixed Emotions Greet Goody Price Slash News
Two N.Y. Goody Stores Selling Singles For 56c
Billboard Sep 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard September 4, 1961
Goody Plus 2 Reaction Varied
Plus 2 Gets Wait And See Action
Juke Box Ops Cool To Plan
Cross-Country Price Comment Round-Up
Billboard Sep 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard September 11, 1961
Neutral Nation Leaders See Tito's Juke Imports
Disk Execs Voice Disappointment Over Slow Stereo Sales Climb
S. Klein, Mays, Alexander's, A&S Vie For Price In N.Y. Singles Hassle
White Front Buys Enterprises Stock
Billboard Sep 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard September 18, 1961
Singles Sales Climb On Coast; Storms, Strikes Hit Other Areas
MOA Meet Might Show Foreign Units
RCA Victor, Bell Vie For Cartridge Tape Limelight
Wesley Rose Files Against Everly Bros.
Billboard Sep 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard September 25, 1961
Report FTC Probe Of Retail Disk Business Going Full Blast
Solons Interest In Industry At Height
EMI's L.G. Wood Scans The Internat'l Record Market's Problems & Potential
Conkling Exits As WB Head; Mike Maitland Takes Over
Billboard Oct 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard October 9, 1961
RCA Victor Will Introduce New 49-cent Singles Label
Reactivate Groove Name To Carry Low Price Tag
Manufacturers Unveil New Small LP's
ZOA Figures Chart Payments To GEMA
Billboard Oct 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard October 16, 1961
Nat Cole Forms Pop Label; Artist To Stay With Capitol
Jim Conkling Salute Oct. 25
Discounters Discover Big Columbus Day Sales Pitch
Comedy LP's Hand DJ's A Laugh
Billboard Oct 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard October 23, 1961
French Ops Admire De Gaulle's Actions
Record Firms Jockey For Better Profits Through Widespread Distributor Activity
After Hours, Surprise Lend Spice, Sales To Nation's Record Markets
German Industry Keys Pitch To Teen Market
Billboard Oct 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard October 30, 1961
Disk Dates In Clubs, Concert Hall Show Strong As LP Sellers
Coin Interest High In Nama Confab
Launch 2 Independent Record Clubs With Multi-Label Product
NARAS To Show Disk-Making Film
Billboard Nov 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard November 6, 1961
W. Berlin Coinmen Seek American Aid
Sound Fair Seeks Representation From Music Industry Segments
WSM, CMA Hold Annual Events
Association Lists Gains, New Plans
Billboard Nov 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard November 13, 1961
DOT Records Shoots For All-Time Gross In 1961
Many Top Radio Outlets Moving Toward Moderate Music, News
Arthur Rosett Named BMW European Chief
Tangle Over Cast Albums
Billboard Nov 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard November 20, 1961
Milwaukee, N.Y. Key Action Surge Of 23 Local Singles
James Ray Side Moves In Philly
Flock Of New 45's Take Off In N.Y.C.
Milwaukee Has Seven Hot Ones
Billboard Nov 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard November 27, 1961
Retail Check Shows First Holiday Albums On Move
Singles Artists Get Heavy Album Sales
Hot Knight In Philly
Kenner, Bland Torrid In N.O.
Billboard Dec 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard December 4, 1961
London Phase 4 And Twister Albums Are Solid Chart Sellers
Elvis & Dion Lead Frisco Singles Gain
Richard & Others Up Baltimore Biz
Singles Sales Up
Billboard Dec 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard December 11, 1961
Retailers Report Business Booming From N.Y. To L.A.
New Records Move In Pack
James Brown, Soldier Capture Balto Market
Xmas Lights N.Y.C.
Billboard Dec 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard December 18, 1961
BMW's Disk Charts Reflect Strong Yuletide Buying Trend
N.Y. Xmas Buying Wave Carries Old, New Sides.
Mpls.: Kiss & Jose
Patti Hits Beer City
Billboard Dec 1961
Buying Choices
Billboard December 25, 1961
Fewer Big Breakout Sides As Mfrs. Key To Xmas Wax
Jazz, Christmas Sets Swing LP Sales
Let Me In Battles Yule Sales Wave Disks In Philly Market
Sales Wave Rolls Over Wash'gton
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