STEREO REVIEW THROWS A PARTY-- Celebrating the 1979 Record of the Year awards .
...to celebrate its Record of the Year Awards for the 1979 publishing year at New York's St. Regis Hotel on January 9. There were twelve awards and twenty-six honorable mentions (see February 1980 issue) to toast, as well as the recipient of our Award of Merit (for outstanding contributions to the quality of American musical life). This year that honor went to beloved jazz -piano superstar Earl Hines, who is seen (1) accepting the framed certificate from Katherine Handy Lewis, daughter of the composer of St. Louis Blues, and the original cover art for the February issue (by famed caricaturist Al Hirschfeld) from STEREO REVIEW'S Publisher, Edgar Hopper. (2) Another jazz piano wizard, George Shearing, offers Hines his congratulations along with Charles Bourgeois of the Newport Jazz Festival. Hines poses with (3) singer/pianist Steve Ross and Ruth Ellington, sister of the late com poser, (4) Roxanna Gordy, head of Jobete Music, Motown Records music -publishing wing, (5) popular composer/conductor Morton Gould, (6) young pop singer Brenda Bergman of ditto and the Real -Tones, (7) Soap Opera Digest columnist Phoebe Tyler (a.k.a. stage, screen, and 1V actress ' Ruth Warrick), and STEREO REVIEW Contributing Editor Ebet Roberts.
At (8) on the facing page are pop -music publicists David Salidor and Beth Wernick, and at (9) are Horace Burrell of Atlantic Records' publicity department and Bernice Hollinger-also in publicity, but with Warner Communications. (10) An apprehensive Paulette Weiss (STEREO REVIEW'S Popular Mu sic Editor) in the grip of notorious rock critic (and sometime musician) Lester Bangs; at right is publicist Jeffi Powell. (11) Critical standoff: harpsichordists (and critics) Igor Kipnis and Stoddard Lincoln are refereed by Karl Reuling, managing editor of Ballet News. (12) Andy McKaie, national publicity director of Arista Records, with STEREO REVIEW'S composer (and critic) in residence Eric Salzman, pop singer Phyllis Hyman, and jazz critic Chris Albertson. (13) Amanda Ruben (left) and Richard Gordon (right) of Casablanca Records' publicity department with Production Editor John Harrison.
(14) Pop Music Editor Weiss is comforted by Dennis Fine, VP, Arista publicity. (15) Cabaret singer Peter Dean with protegee jazz vocalist Jeanne Churchill. (16) Tenor Jon Vickers admires his award for the Philips recording of Britten's Peter Grimes as Editor William Anderson looks on. (17) Another pair of vocalists, thrushes Barbara Lea and Susannah McCorckle, surprised with Research Editor Richard Sarbin. (18) All smiles are Publisher Hopper and Stephen Sondheim, whose musical Sweeney Todd garnered yet another award. (19) Executive Editor William Livingstone admires the tiny ruby heart gracing the cheek of Suzzi Roche of the award -winning Roche sisters. (20) And finally, singers Phyllis Hyman (her latest is "You Know How to Love Me," Arista AL 9509) and award winner Cory Daye ("Cory and Me,'.' International BXL1-3408). (Credits: Ebet Roberts, 1, 3, 8, 13, 14, 17, 20; C. Zumwalt, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18; Raymond Ross, 7, 9; Charlyn Zlotnick, 19.)
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Source: Stereo Review (USA magazine)