[78-L] Artist and Repertoire administrator

[Malcolm Rockwell]

The answers so far have been all well and good!
It's been pretty much shown here that the function has been around 
almost since the industry began,
but when did the term "A&R man" come into common usage?
I thought that was the original query.
Mal

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On 8/15/2012 12:13 AM, Eric wrote:
> Please forgive me for not thanking everybody sooner.  I have not had access
> to the Internet in a couple of days and it is only now that the my e-mail
> connection appears to be working.  There is still some kind of trouble with
> the  Internet.  Anyway, thank you and I deeply appreciate what people sent
> me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eric Byron
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Rockwell
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:45 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Does anybody know when the various recording companies
> realized that they needed an Artist and Repertoire administrator?
>
>
> By November of1926 Tommy Rockwell was working for Columbia records out
> of Chicago as a "talent scout." This was when he made a scouting trip to
> the West Coast on which he signed numerous acts to Columbia. He had been
> involved as Branch Supervisor of Record Sales prior to the trip and
> later became an A&R man for OKeh after OKeh merged with Columbia. I
> don't think the term "A&R man" existed much before that, but that's just
> an educated guess.
> Malcolm
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> On 8/13/2012 10:56 AM, Eric wrote:
>> Does anybody know when the various recording companies realized that they
>> needed an Artist and Repertoire administrator? Is it possible to obtain
>> from some archives the requirements for the position? Any help would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Eric Byron
>>
>>
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