[78-L] Huh?

[David Lennick]

Unless you count those headbangers The Tokens, and that slam-bang solo act Neil 
Sedaka. And Anka was hardly a rocker in the sixties either. They had Elvis, 
what more did they need?

dl

On 8/29/2010 12:37 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> Actually, it was RCA Victor that fell behind in the rock 'n' roll wars. Columbia had it all over them. Without checking resources, I can't think of a major rock group to appear on RCA before Jefferson Airplane. Am I close?
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:31:21 -0700
>> From: david_breneman at yahoo.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Huh?
>>
>> -- On Sat, 8/28/10, Taylor Bowie<bowiebks at isomedia.com>  wrote:
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>>> In the 60s and 70s and later,  Columbia signed many
>>> major rock bands and
>>> artists,  including The Animals,  The
>>> Byrds,  Big Brother, Mott the Hoople,
>>> Blood Sweat and Tears,  Chicago, Iron Maiden,
>>> Santana, Kiss,  Fleetwood
>>> Mac,  and a guy named Bruce Springsteen.
>>
>> Don't forget Pink Floyd. Even my mom loved "Wish
>> You Were Here" and she grew up listening to Glenn
>> Miller and Benny Goodman in high school.
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