John Edwards memorial collection, 1964.

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John Edwards memorial collection, 1964.

Recording of a workshop on the recording industry, held in the fall of 1964 at the University of California Extension, Los Angeles, and co-sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, attended by recording industry executives. Lectures followed a "step by step case study of the development of an LP album from initial decision through all aspects of production to final public acceptance." Participants included John Maitland, president of Warner Brothers-Reprise; Neely Plumb of RCA Victor; Joseph ("Sonny") Burke of Reprise; F.M. Scott of Capitol; Jimmie Haskell, conductor and composer; Dave Pell of Liberty; Estelle Radin, copyright executive; Jack Tracy of Mercury; Milton Putnam, president of United Recording Corp.; Marvin Schwartz of Capitol; Ed Thrasher of Warner Brothers; Fred Rice of Capitol; Hal Levy, songwriting instructor of UCLA Extension; Daniel Bonbright, Capitol; Morris Ostin of Reprise; Glen Becker, executive vice-president of Music City; Gene Block of Columbia; Joel Friedman of Warner Brothers; Joe Smith of Warner Brothers.

7 sound recordings.

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Capitol Records, Inc.

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Pell, Dave

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Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980

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Big band leader and arranger during the 1940's and 1950's. From the description of Sonny Burke papers, 1949-1951 and undated [195-?] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 35199576 1914, March 22 Born Joseph Francis Burke in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1937 Graduated from Duke University ...

Music City.

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United Recording Corp.

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Maitland, John.

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Becker, Glenn V. (Glenn Vernon), 1918-2000

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Co-owner of funeral home, of Lawton, Okla.; son of Mennonite missionaries to the Comanche Indians, Abraham J. Becker and Magdalena Becker. From the description of Papers, 1945-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974915 From the description of Glenn V. Becker photograph collection, 1890-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 181752849 ...

Block, Gene.

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Tracy, Jack

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Warner Bros. Records

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Putnam, Milton P.

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National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.)

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Ostin, Morris.

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Levy, Hal, 1916-1970

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Hal Levy was a lyricist and publisher in the music industry. Levy was born in 1916 and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He went to work for the Mark Warnow Music Company in late 1947 and went on to write the lyrics for numerous songs between the 1940s and 1960s, including the soundtracks for the movies "The First Travelling Saleslady" (1956) and "Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer" (1956). He also wrote lyrics for numerous composers, including Alan Bergman and Irving Gertz. During the...

Columbia Records, Inc.

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Since the founding of the Columbia Graphophone Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the late 1880s, Columbia Records has pioneered major developments in all areas of the recording industry. Columbia Graphophone's most successful subsidiary, the Columbia Phonograph Company, distributed cylinder recordings and Edison phonographs in the Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., region. In 1902 Columbia began issuing recorded discs as well as cylinders, and in 1904 it introduced the double-sided d...

Liberty Records

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Mercury Records.

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Haskell, Jimmie

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Rice, Freddie

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Dot Records

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Reprise Records (Firm)

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Scott, F. M.

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Friedman, Joel.

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Plumb, Neely

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RCA Victor Records

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Thrasher, Ed.

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Schwartz, Marvin, narrator

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Smith, Joe, 1924-

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Radin, Estelle.

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University of California, Los Angeles. University Extension

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Bonbright, Daniel.

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