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...early 1980s has a record label so dominated the industry. This year five of Interscope's albums have hit the Top 10, including the bland pop-rock act the Wallflowers, smooth R.-and-B. quartet Blackstreet, and shock rocker Marilyn Manson. "They keep things lean and focused," says Geoff Mayfield, charts editor of Billboard magazine. "They don't have a ton of acts, but they have a very high batting average with the ones they...
BORN: Oct. 5, 1945, Covington, Va. EDUCATION: Bluefield Junior College, A.B., 1965; U of Richmond, B.A., 1967; Mercer U, J.D., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Karen; four children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Mayfield city prosecutor, 1974-78; Graves County district judge, 1984-85 ADDRESS: 223 North Seventh Street, P.O. Box 886, Mayfield...
...girlfriend, Diane Zamora, nearly nine months later to bring about the arrest of this nefarious pair? The teenage couple knew precisely what they were doing. This is a blatant case of premeditated murder. If ever there was an argument in favor of capital punishment, this is it. TOM CARDELLO Mayfield Heights, Ohio Via E-mail...
...with the advent of CDs, the distinction between an album and a single, between a 12-inch 33 and a seven-inch 45, blurred. Since all recorded material now came on a standard CD, the special status singles enjoyed was eroded. Sales dipped; artist interest declined. Says Geoff Mayfield, director of charts at Billboard magazine: "For a while rock acts, particularly alternative acts, thought singles weren't cool...
...about a decade ago, soul music lost a bit of its soul. Hip-hop took with it a chunk of the fight-the-power spirit that had once belonged primarily to soul and rhythm and blues. Back in the day--as the phrase goes--Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder sang of urban blight and soul power, about disintegrating families and spiritual transcendence, about "what's going on" and living in a "pasttime paradise...