- Coral Records
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Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary formed in 1949. It recorded pop artists McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer, as well as rock and roller Buddy Holly.[1]
It was based in the United States. Various jazz and swing band recordings were issued on Coral in the 1940s. Coral's Artists & Repertoire manager Bob Thiele would marry Coral artist Teresa Brewer. In the late 1950s, Debbie Reynolds briefly recorded for Coral, with such songs as "Tammy". Coral Records was also the home of Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
Coral was absorbed by MCA Records in the late 1960s. In 1973, MCA amalgamated Decca, Kapp Records, Uni Records, and Vocalion Records under the single MCA Records banner, and the MCA Coral label became the company's mid-line and budget album reissue label in the U.S. and internationally throughout the 1970s.
The catalogue, except for recordings by Lawrence Welk,[2] is today owned by Universal Music Group.
Contents
Coral Records artists
- Steve Allen & His Orchestra
- Ames Brothers
- Milton Berle
- Owen Bradley
- Teresa Brewer
- Doug Bragg
- Johnny Burnette Trio
- Patsy Cline
- Don Cornell
- Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
- Pete Fountain
- Georgia Gibbs
- Greg Hatza
- Milt Herth Trio
- Buddy Holly (and the Crickets)
- Steve Lawrence
- Lennon Sisters
- McGuire Sisters
- Barbara McNair
- Debbie Reynolds
- Jack Shook
- Tony & The Bandits
- Jackie Verdell
- The Vogues
- Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll ((2nd Ed.) ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-306-80683-4.
- ^ http://www.bsnpubs.com/dot/dotstoryc.html
References
- Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973 - reference to Coral becoming reissue label.
External links
Categories:- American record labels
- Jazz record labels
- Record labels disestablished in 1973
- Rock and roll record labels
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