[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Mar 26 10:11:21 PDT 2009
Perry Como + Betty Hutton
Tony Martin + Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore, Tony Martin, Betty Hutton + Phil Harris
Homer and Jethro + Spike Jones
Homer and Jethro + June Carter
Perry Como + Jaye P. Morgan
Just a few for now.
dl
Stephen Davies wrote:
> Folks,
> based on nothing more than perception, and without having studied
> the catalogues, it seems that Victor was alone among the majors in
> resisting the trend to combine artists on one side to increase disc sales.
> Decca and Columbia had frequent collaborations between artists. Decca
> even brought Bing Crosby and Louis Jordan together, who must have been the
> two Kings of the Jukebox, simultaneously. Were they trying to encourage
> crossover in the market?
> Did Victor have a policy agaisnt multiple artists, or were they
> just lousy at it?
> - Stephen D
> Calgary
>
>
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