[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales

[Randy Watts]

Billy Murray recorded quite a few duets for Victor with Ada Jones and with Aileen Stanley.

Randy


--- On Thu, 3/26/09, RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> From: RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:31 PM
> It seems that most of the examples
> cited were on RCA Victor.  Any from 
> Victor alone?
> RayK
> 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
> >
> Eddy Arnold & the Carter Sisters
> Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
> Eartha Kitt & Perez Prado
> Rosemary Clooney & Bing
> Rosemary Clooney & Bob Hope
> >
> Ann-Margret + Al Hirt.
> >
> From: "Stephen Davies"
> > 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