[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales

[David Lennick]

Billy Murray + Monroe Silver (I Ate the Baloney..a classic)
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Randy Watts wrote:
> Billy Murray recorded quite a few duets for Victor with Ada Jones and with Aileen Stanley.
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> Randy
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> --- On Thu, 3/26/09, RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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