No Asylum For Country Singer Jon Randall
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(4/12/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - With his first single "Cold Coffee Morning"
struggling on the Billboard charts, country singer Jon Randall and his
label Asylum Records parted company last week.
Randall, an aspiring singer-songwriter, is perhaps best known as
singerLorrie Morgan's husband du jour. Morgan and Asylum A&R head Susan
Nadler are longtime friends and business associates (Nadler managed the
singer for several years), but label reps say the split with Randall was
amicable, "mutual," and stemmed from differing ideas on the artist's
career.
Randall's first album was to be titled Cold Coffee Morning after the
single--in retrospect, a prophetic title. Randall won't be shopping the
project to other labels, as he apparently opted not to buy back his
masters. However, he is actively looking for a new label deal.
Until last week, "Cold Coffee Morning" was at number 74 on Billboard's
Hot Country Singles chart. Without a label's support, it didn't stay
there long, and has since dropped off the chart for the April 17 issue.
-- Lisa Zhito, Nashville
