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PACE 21 ROCK ON by Ethle Ann Vare Tierra ALBUM REVIEWS Tierra Together Again (Boardwalk) The eight-man band from East Los Angeles turned their self-recorded single "Together" into a na­ tional hit, and are now con­ sidered the Chicano band. In fact, very little of the Mexican- American experience perme­ ates Tierra's work; they sound more like Kool and the Gang in zoot suits. But the horns are hot, the beat is insistent, and their version of "Tequila" sizzles off the vinyl. Bow Wow Wow See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy (RCA) After the title, there's little room to say much about this band. They're brought to us by Malcolm McLaren, the showman who created the Sex Pistols and Adam and the Ants. Their lead singer, Annabelle, is 15 years old. And, perhaps unexpected­ ly, they are an almost irresistibly fun conglomeration of African tribal drums, Caribbean lilts, 50's guitar riffs and whatever else they can throw in the pot. A combination of jaded cynicism and youthful innocence, affec­ tion and artifice. Steve Martin The Steve Mar­ tin Brothers (Warner Brothers) One side of the album is less- than-gut-busting comedy, the other side is excellent banjo music--if you happen to like traditional Appalachian folk tunes. A concept album based on a dubious concept. Jose Feliciano (Motown) Motown's own Berry Gordy pro­ duced this album, and the soul influence is more than ap­ parent. It's far closer to pop than rock, but the cover of Smokey Robinson's "I Second That Emotion" is wonderful and Feliciano is still one of our great guitar talents. PERSONALITIES The Specials, coming off their newsmaking hit "Ghost Town," have split up--literally. The British ska group has become two bands, one retaining the original name and an offshoot trio calling themselves the Fun Boy Three ... Tommy Mandel, keyboard player for Ian Hunter, collapsed onstage in Cleveland. He is now recovering from an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain . . . Accord­ ing to my almanac, Tina Turner turns 40 this week, and Dick Clark turns 52. (I could have sworn Tina was a little older, and Clark younger.) UPDATE They say that the ticket lot­ tery for seats to the New York Rolling Stones' concert receiv­ ed almost two million applica­ tions for the 100,000 available seats . . . Speaking of the Stones, their appearances at small clubs along their tour has caused some "creative promo­ tion" by club owners and book­ ing agents. Things like making hotel reservations in the name of Mick Jagger,,or hiring a ton of extra security for a certain night and making sure the news leaks out. TV COMPUIOO SERVICES. INC. Bemna theScer Tyson's transition is remarkable When questioned about how her acting career got under­ way, she recalled: "I was working as a secretary for the Red Cross, banging away at a typewriter. Then one day, I was sud­ denly overwhelmed by the mechanical routine of the job. So, I pushed myself away from my desk and exclaimed to myself that I knew God hadn't put me on this earth to bang on a typewriter for the rest of my days." Miss Tyson finished work that day, but shortly thereafter her career took a different direction. Her beautician, who was hav­ ing a hair stylist show, asked her if she would participate. The actress-to-be enthusiastically got involved. After she did her stint on the show, Miss Tyson was told by the women gathered there that she should become a model. She promptly went to school, got her license, and quickly became one of the top beautician's models in the country. "Later, when I was out on a. modeling .interview," Miss Tyson recounted, "I saw a black woman sitting in the'Office of a fashion editor. She was a character actress who'd just finished auditioning for a movie that was about to be shot. As I walked through the office, she stopped me and told me that the casting director was looking for somebody just like me for the lead role. I tested for the part and-landed it, but the filmmakers ran out of money and the show never got off the ground. "But, by then, I had been bitten by the proverbial acting bug. I really wanted to study acting, so I entered school" Miss Tyson subsequently attended the Lee Strasberg In­ stitute, the Actors Workshop and Paul Mann's Workshop, and the rest, of course, is history. TV COMPOLOG SERVICES. INC Los Angeles--For Cicely Tyson, who was once one of the top 10 black hair models in the U.S., hirsuteness has always been an element in her career and life. She was one of the first actresses to wear her hair in an "Afro" on television. She also wore braids, then known as "corn rolls," more than 10 years before Bo Derek popularized them in "10." And, at an NAACP Image Awards ceremony, after she had received a best actress award for the feature film "Sounder," Miss Tyson startled the audience by ripping off what appeared to be an elegant coif­ fure, revealing a shaven head. Miss Tyson will star as Marva Collins in "The Marva Collins Story," a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation about a remarkable Chicago school­ teacher who abandoned the traditional school system to start her own school, to be broadcast as a dramatic special, Tuesday, December 1 on CBS-TV. Miss Tyson has amply dem­ onstrated that she has pro­ digious acting talents, having starred in the network's drama­ tic special "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (for Clcalw Tvtm which she won two Emmy Awards), the mini-series "Roots" and "King," and the feature film "Sounder." It is less well known that, had it not been for Miss Tyson's beautiful hair, she might not have become an ac­ tress at all.