Jesse Colin Young’s Record Label Was Home to Music’s Weirdest and Wildest
Jesse Colin Young, the singer of the Youngbloods who died this week, was also behind Raccoon Records, home to some of music's ...
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A Philadelphia Record Label Once Failed To Cash In On The Beatles’ Popularity
the Beatles were already fleeing armies of fans in London. But while other record labels were reluctant to bring the Beatles’ music stateside, Swan Records jumped at the opportunity. However ...
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The Beatles’ Contentious Final No. 1 Hit Was Almost a Tom Jones Single
The Beatles released their last No. 1 hit as a band in May 1970. But before that, it was almost a Tom Jones single.
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18 Rarest Beatles Albums and How Much They Are Worth
The album is rare due to legal issues between Vee Jay and the Beatles’ record label, which resulted in the album being quickly pulled from shelves. A copy of the album in excellent condition can ...
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Celebrate The Beatles’ Remarkable 1964 With Commemorative Turntable
Shortly before The Beatles’ history-making Stateside visit, Capitol Records secured exclusive U.S. rights to release the band’s recordings in a deal with EMI. The storied, already iconic record label ...
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5 Beatles Songs That Benefited Greatly From George Martin’s Production Brilliance
People like to debate about the identity of the fifth Beatle, but there’s really only one answer that makes sense. George Martin was the guy in the room with the four members of the group for the vast ...
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The Beatles were dropped by their record label.
When The Beatles were just starting out, a recording company told them no. Decca Recording studios, who had recorded 15 songs with the group, said "we don't like their sound, and guitar music is ...
Joey Molland, of the Power-Pop Band Badfinger, Is Dead at 77
He was the last remaining core member of a group that was both propelled and pigeonholed in the 1970s by its close ...
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Taylor Swift vs. The Beatles: who's bigger?
But record label EMI estimates that, including sales of compilations and live albums, The Beatles can claim album sales of more than a billion units worldwide: the most of any act in history.