[78-L] Pairing artists for greater sales

[joe@salerno.com]

I just peaked in on this thread. Did anyone mention McCormick and
Kreisler?

joe salerno

Michael Biel wrote:
>>From RAY KILCOYNE
>>> It seems that most of the examples cited were on RCA Victor. 
>>> Any from Victor alone?   RayK
> 
> Ron L wrote:
>> Billy Murray and Ada Jones?  8-) Ron L 
>>   
> No, that is an ordinary coupling like Collins and Harlan.  More to his 
> point would be the occasional star parings of performers not ordinarily 
> encountered together,  such as Caruso and Mischa Elman,  Alma Gluck and 
> Efram Zimbalist (actually Mr. & Mrs.),  Billy Murray and Jean Goldkette 
> Orch. or Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman Orch.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> 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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