[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales

[RAY KILCOYNE]

> From RAY KILCOYNE
>
>> > It seems that most of the examples cited were on RCA Victor.
>> > Any from Victor alone?
>
>
> David Weiner wrote:
>> Eleanor Powell & Tommy Dorsey
>> Dinah Shore & Freddie Martin
>> Dinah Shore & Dick Todd
>> Paul Robeson & Paul Whiteman
>> Eddie Duchin & Harold Arlen
>>
>> And another from RCA:
>> Eddie Cantor, Lisa Kirk & Sammy Kaye
>>
>> Dave W.
> But ALL of the ones you cite are RCA Victor except the one that I had
> previously mentioned, Paul Robeson & Paul Whiteman.  He wants citations
> of PRE-RCA pairings on Victor, and I had cited the occasional star
> parings of performers not ordinarily encountered together, such as
> Caruso & Mischa Elman, Alma Gluck & Efram Zimbalist (actually Mr. &
> Mrs.), and Billy Murray & Jean Goldkette Orch., along with the
> aforementioned Robeson and Whiteman.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
The Dinah Shore/Dick Todd pairing was pre-RCA but I think it was on 
Bluebird, so it still doesn't count as a Victor.
RayK