TRUE STORIES: Wonder why record labels have...

TRUE STORIES: Wonder why record labels have sound-track fever? Check out the Billboard singles charts, where you can find (count ‘em) five sound-track hits in the Top 10--three from “Beverly Hills Cop II” alone. In addition to the “Cop” hits from George Michael, Bob Seger and the Jets, the Top 10 features a new Madonna smash, “Who’s That Girl,” and Los Lobos’ “La Bamba,” each from the film of the same title. . . . John Waters, the film maker behind such classics as “Pink Flamingos” and “Polyester,” has such a shrewd eye for casting that we couldn’t help but get excited when we heard that he’d hired several pop legends to appear--opposite Divine, of course--in his upcoming “Hairspray.” The co-stars include Deborah Harry, Sonny Bono and Pia Zadora. . . . Speaking of Bono--SST Records, which is releasing a new solo album by Violent Femmes leader Brian Ritchie, describes his solo project as being a cross between “Sun Ra, Son House and Sonny Bono.” . . . We’re so happy to see rock radio stations everywhere hopping on the safe-sex bandwagon. And that goes double for St. Louis’ KSHE-FM, whose Morning Zoo team of deejays has begun issuing membership cards in the station’s tongue-in-cheek “U Man Celibacy Club.” The club protects members from “wanton sexual dangers” and counsels cardholders--”If you must have sex, make it safe sex.” The card’s expiration date: “When you screw up.” . . . And remember when KMET-FM briefly went hard-rock, earning it the nickname KMETL? Lots of radio stations borrow monikers from their call letters, ranging from the Wave (KTWV-FM) to K-EARTH (KRTH-FM). But our favorite new nickname comes from Washington’s WBMW-FM, which now calls itself “The Beemer.”