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Pop scene Poco gefs ready for another decade What can you tell me about Mark Harmon? I saw him in the TV series "Centennial" and think he's really adorable. Please help. Jeanne Strong, Macon, Ga. Mark comes from a fairly illustrious family. His father is the great football player Tom Harmon, and his mother, the beautiful actress, Elyse Knox.

He's also the brother-in-law of singer Rick Nelson, so success is something that Mark's seen a lot of from an early age. Mark looked as though he was going to follow in his father's footsteps by becoming a football player, but in fact, he turned down a lucrative professional contract to become an actor. He says that he's never regretted his decision, although he has still not earned anywhere near what he'd have made with his pro contract offer! You'll be able to see Mark again soon, this time as a feature player in the soon-to-be-released movie, "New Poseidon Adventure," which stars Shirley Jones. The movie opens in June. Can you please tell me something about Elvis Costello like how he got started in the music business and was he always a musician? Also, is Elvis Costello his real name? Thank you Tom Cherry, Niles, Kan.

Elvis Costello is not noted for his frequent interviews, so there isn't a lot of information to pass on, Tom, but here goes. Elvis was born Declan Patrick McManus, the son of a big band singer. Because of the family connection, young Declan used to follow his father to as many concerts as possible, and quit school at 16 to try to become a musician. In the meantime, he became a computer programmer for a cosmetics company, but played music whenever possible. He saw an ad in a British music paper inviting people to send in demo tapes to Stiff Records, one of the first British "new wave" labels, and did just that.

His tape was accepted, and in turn he got a contract. In North America he's on the CBS label. Could you please tell me about the Bee Gees? Where and when they were born and some information about their lives? Also where could I write for pictures, posters, etc. S.F.L., Winnipeg, Manitoba. Even a little information about the Bee Gees would take up quite a lot of space, but to answer your specific questions: Barry Gibb was born in Top singles RECORD, Performer (Last Week) 1.

Knock on Wood, Amii Stewart (2) 2. Heart of Glass, Blondie (6) 3. Music Box Dancer, Frank Mills (3) 4. Reunited, Peaches Herb (5) 5. Stumblin' In, Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman (8) 6.

What a Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers (1) 7. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor (4) 8.1 Want Your Love, Chic (9) 9. Goodnight Tonight, Wings (10) 10. In the Navy, Village People (14) UP 'N COMING: Love You Inside Out, Bee Gees; Honesty, Billy Joel. Mark Harmon in a scene from his new movie, "The New Poseidon Adventure." Douglas, Isle of Man (an island in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland) on September 1, 1946.

Maurice and Robin were born there also, on Dec. 22, 1949, non-identical twins. Robin arrived half an hour before Maurice. They started singing together almost before they could walk, and performed together publicly for the first time in 1956. They were enormously successful in the '60s, then went through a slump, even split up for a while, but then reformed, and have been getting stronger and stronger all the time.

The Gibbs live in Miami with their families, and you can write to them in care of RSO Records, 8335 Sunset Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. I've been seeing a lot of posters for an album by Cher. Is this the first time she's recorded songs without Sonny, and if not, what were her other records? Thanks. Chuck Peters, Joliet, 111.

If you want to catch up with Cher's old records, Chuck, you've got some catching up to do! Cher has been recording records on her own for many years now 29 singles and 16 albums Got a question? Mail it to Pop Scene Service, United Feature Syndicate, 200 Park New York, N.Y. 10017. Top albums RECORD, Performer (Last Week) 1. Spirits Having Flown,) Bee Gees (4) 2. 2-Hot, Peaches Herb (3) 3.

Minute by Minute, Doobie Brothers (1) 4. Desolation Angels, Bad Company (5) 5. Dire Straits, Dire Straits (2) 6. Parallel Lines, Blondie (10) 7. Enlightened Rogues, Allman Brothers Band (8) 8.

Livin' Inside Your Love, George Benson (9) 9. Blondes Have More Fun, Rod Stewart (7) 10. Breakfast in America, Supertramp (14) WATCH THIS: Gimme Some Neck, Ron Wood; I Could Have Been a Sailor, Peter Allen. "Crazy Love," from their "Legend" album, has brought Poco a whole new musical life and Poco's keystones, Paul Cotton and Rusty Young, say they couldn't be happier. "This is our first top 20 hit and our first top 20 album," Paul said, saucing the statement with just a touch of a cynical smile and as he added, "We're an overnight success!" Overnight indeed.

Poco has endured 10 years of a variety of personnel changes. But the support and good feelings of loyal fans has endured. Now Poco people will have to make another adjustment. The group, one of the first to amalgamate rock and country, has added two British musicians. Steve Chapman on drums and Charlie Harrison on bass replace George Grantham and Tim Schmit who have left after five years Chapman and Harrison played on the "Legend" LP.

Rusty says the British members will add a sound that will bring Poco into the 1980s and Paul firmly backs their inclusion. He sees the new rhythm section as helping make "rock," not country, the group's keynote word. A third new member is Kim Bullard, from Atlanta, on keyboards. "Paul and I decided that we wanted a keyboard," Rusty said, "so Paul and I can play together instead of having to alternate leads. Kim will give us time for other things while we're on stage," he said grinning.

"To comb our hair, brush our Paul and Rusty give the impression Poco Members of Poco are (from left) Steve Chapman, Paul Cot- of being easy-going guys, but they know what they want and why they want it. And one thing they don't want at the moment is to do certain television shows. "The last time we did 'Midnight Special," Rusty said, "they lost the tape that we had approved. We were very unhappy because there's nothing you can do about it by the time you're sitting home watching it on television." He and Paul had personally super- ton, Kim Bullard, Rusty Young and Charlie Harrison. vised the complex mixing of the tape, Rusty said, and even paid the union men for their work.

Instead, a more basic tape was used for their segment. "What you get," Rusty explained, "is an engineer who's been recording fqr 40 years and doesn't know the band's technology." The two of them believe, though, that a major direction for rock is television and they think one important and imminent step is the videodisc, a recording that produces both sound and a picture for television sets. "We want to get involved in that right from the beginning for an album," Rusty said. jf Rusty has come to the forefront of 3 Poco recently, both in singing and conv posing. The title track of "Legend," a song about a ghostly horseman, is his composition, based on a true story from his home state of Colorado.

He and Paul would like to do "Leg- end" as an animated film. "A la 'Lord a of the Paul said. Rusty and Paul made two important policy decisions recently, one before jg the album and one after. The first, was to hire a producer for the album, rather than doing that job themselves. The second, was not to tour Europe.

"We've been together eight years," Rusty said, "and we know about as much about producing as producers. Unless you're a total fool, you catch on to what's going on in the business. Producers certainly make more money than anyone else. But as producer, you're the one who has to answer to the record company about deadlines. We're nice guys, so we tend to deliver whether it's ready or not.

This way we can let our producer, Richard Orshoff, do the arguing for us." As far as Europe is concerned, they just canceled a tour because, Paul said, flatly, "We just didn't want to go. You. go through jet lag for a week and you have to get through so many details, going from country to country, that's it's almost like music becomes second-, ary to the trip." "Besides," Rusty added, "the hotels are terrible." Teens concerned about inflation, crime (Editor's note: In a nationwide survey conducted by Scholastic Magazines, teen-agers were asked which issues facing the United States concerned them most. They were allowed to select up to three from a list. The article below is based on the responses of 31,000 junior and senior high school students.) Question of the Week: Which issues facing the U.S.

concern you most? Of the major issues facing the United States today, inflation and crime most concern teen-agers. These are the findings of a nationwide survey by Scholastic Magazine, and they are based on the responses of 31,000 secondary school students. Teen-agers were asked to pick three issues. Inflation (51 percent) and crime (46 percent) were cited most often by the students. According to the Scholastic Youth Poll here are the national issues that concern teen-agers most.

The figures in parentheses indicate the percentage of students who chose that particular issue. Soap actress honored HOLLYWOOD Charita Bauer, daytime actress on "The Guiding Light" on CBS-TV and a mother off screen and on received one of the First Outstanding Mother awards in ceremonies in New York. She was honored by the National Mother's Day Committee. Inflation (51); crime (46); saving energy-producing more energy (32); unemployment (31); peaceful relations with other nations (25); protecting the environment (19); having a strong military defense (15); enforcing equal rights for all citizens (12); providing adequate health care for all citizens (11); making government work better (9); aid to education (8); restoring trust in government (7); welfare reform (4); aid to cities (3). Scholastic reports that some issues worried girls more than they did boys or vice versa.

For example, 53 percent of the boys expressed concern about inflation, compared to 49 percent of the girls. But 52 percent of the girls are most concerned about crime, compared to 41 percent of the boys. Having a strong military defense is of prime concern to 21 percent of the boys but only 8 percent of the girls. Regarding equal rights enforcement, 15 percent of the girls are most concerned with this issue, compared to 9 percent of the boys. Age affects attitude Scholastic finds that age affects attitude.

Of the senior group, 58 percent worried most about inflation, compared to 47 percent of the junior high group. On the subject of unemployment the figures are 38 percent and 27 percent, re- spectively. Crime is the single greatest concern of junior high school girls (53 percent). For senior high girls crime is the second greatest concern, with inflation the issue they worry about most. Of the senior high girls, 50 percent list crime as their top concern, and 56 percent cite inflation.

In sampling student opinion, Scholastic got these reactions: "Rising prices concern me," says Renee Church, 18, a student at Lakeview-Auburn Community School, Lakeview-Auburn, Iowa. "Finding jobs is also a problem for high school kids in this area, except for those who work on farms." Renee adds, "Crime, too, scares me." She says that she would think twice before going to a large city: Dave Masterangello, 15, of Rancho Arroyo Junior High School, Hayward, says, "We have too much crime; we need tougher laws." Dave also expresses concern over energy and the environment. "We don't have enough energy," says Claire Nyland, 14, of the Ursuline School, New Rochelle, N.Y. "We should do more research in finding other forms of energy, such as solar energy." Scholastic asked: Which three Issues facing the nation do you worry about most? The answers, nationally, In percentages: Junior HS Senior HS All Grades 2. 3.

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14, Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 49 43 34 26 25 20 20 9 9 10 6 7 4 3 44 53 32 28 25 18 7 16 53 7 11 6 4 3 47 48 33 27 25 19 14 13 11 8 8 6 4 3 61 37 31 38 23 21 24 8 7 13 5 8 4 2 56 50 26 37 28 18 9 14 15 9 8 7 4 2 58 44 29 38 26 19 16 11 11 11 7 7 4 2 53 41 33 31 24 20 21 9 8 11 6 7 4 3 49 52 30 31 26 18 8 15 14 8 10 6 4 2 51 46 32 31 25 19 15 12 11 9 8 7 4 3 1. Inflation; 2. Crime; 3. Energy; 4. Unemployment; 5.

Peace; 6. Environment; 7. Defense; 8. Equal Rights; 9. Health Care; 10.

Efficient Government; 11. Aid to Education; 12. Trust in Government; 13. Welfare Reform; 14. Aid to Cities.

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