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...finish line. Backers of Gourmet Belch in the crowd of 450 spectators ringing the course have not lost hope, however, because their favorite is making a determined run at the leader. Suddenly Gourmet Belch stops dead in its tracks and Cannabis veers off unexplainably. From back in the pack Motown Missile, pride of the Israeli Rocket Racing Stables, surges down the stretch, takes the lead, and sprints home the winner-by a beak...
...drummer and a bass guitar, have more wail than twang. They are in fact a somewhat unlikely assemblage. Drummer Don Henley, 28, and Guitarists Frey, 26, and Don Felder, 27, have roots in rock. Bernie Leadon, 28, is country-trained, while Randy Meisner, 29, remains partial to Motown blues...
...time when much of the recording industry is feeling the nation's economic squeeze-a few companies report sales down as much as 30%-Motown Record Corp., the black pop-music giant, has given Megastar Stevie Wonder, 25, a new contract for a guaranteed minimum of $13 million. If the singer-songwriter delivers more than the single annual LP required by the seven-year agreement, he can earn up to $24 million. The largest parcel handed out yet by a record company, Wonder's contract is worth as much as the Elton John ($8 million) and Neil Diamond...
Wonder, who has won ten Grammy awards in the past two years, averages 1 million sales per record. Since he began recording at Motown as twelve-year-old Little Stevie Wonder, he has sold more than 30 million albums. Asked about how the current contract compares with Wonder's early paydays, Motown Records President Ewart Abner just laughed. "We're not even talking about apples and oranges," he said. "It's more like comparing mustard seeds and watermelons...
Since then, Gladys and the Pips have sold $10 million worth of records. They have extended their repertory from soul and blues to Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach songs. Needless to say, Motown has unearthed several dozen old recordings-and the Pips have sued their former employer for $1.7 million in disputed royalties...