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| Created in 1942 and based in Hollywood. Founded by music store owner Glenn Wallichs songwriter Johnny Mercer and movie executive George "Buddy" DeSylva. |
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| Bought paramount, had 79 radio stations and complete control of radio. Owned by William S Paley |
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| city where American Bandstand developed |
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| club in Harlem where Duke Ellington performed |
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| company sold Gene Autry records & "Round-Up" guitar |
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| Where Duke Ellington played |
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| Country and Western Disk Jockeys Association |
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| Formed at grand ole opry 25th anniversary, boosted country music, evolved into Country Music Associaion. |
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| credited with creating "swing" |
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| Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Herman Arnspiger, Derwood Brown "Light Crust Dough Boys" |
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| Phone interviews to tell advertisers which shows ere most popular, first rating service for radio |
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| President of RCA Victor and board member of EMI |
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| Formed in London 1929 by Edward Lewis. Acquired American Edison Bell Company in 1933 formed the American Decca Company in 1933 headed by Jack Kapp |
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| developed 33 1/3 rpm record |
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| Edward Wallerstein, Columbia |
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| "Buttons and Bows" pop singer/tv star |
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| Self taught pianist, composer, associated with Irving Mills band |
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| entertainment firms owned by RCA |
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| Rosevelt talking to the public. First time people could hear president. |
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| first hit produced by Owen Bradley |
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| "Chattanooga shoeshine boy" |
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| first PRO with an "open door" policy |
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| first singing cowboy star |
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| first successful Broadway cast recording |
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| formed Decca Records (American) |
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| formed Decca Records (British) |
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formed Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI)
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| Merging of Columbia Graphaphone Company and Gramaphone Company, Alfred North Clark and Louis Sterling |
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| founded Acuff-Rose Publishing |
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| Headed by Irving Green, this TV & radio company started releasing records in 1945. in 1947 they got the first office in Nashville of any lable with Les Hutchings in charge of it. |
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| founded the Sons of the Pioneers |
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| Syd Nathan, 1945. Started with Country, then moved to R&B. Had whites record black hits and vice versa. |
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| Men hate him, women love him. 40's icon, soft voice divese songs. |
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| Great singing cowboy, in Oklahoma and many films |
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| head of Grand ol Opry, NBC Network. "Solemn Judge" |
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| Glenn Miller Band. Personified WW2 pop sound. |
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| guitar player & studio wizard |
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| Charlie Christian, Les Paul |
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| Signed publishing deal with Fred Rose. |
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| head of AFM during the 1940s |
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| James Petfillo, called musician strike in 1948 |
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| Signed Gene Autry; Republic Studios |
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| Where movies, TV, and Capital Records are. |
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| how electricity in homes and businesses changed entertainment |
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| Caused the radio to become a center for entertainment |
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| Head of Decca, producer for Bing Crosby |
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| Head of AFM, called strike |
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| Hill & range publishing, let clients play pro-active role in songs |
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| Yodler, biggest star in country music in 30's . "Blue Yodel #1" |
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| Very prolific songwriter. In charge of recording and song selection at Capital |
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| Important cultural way to hear music. Bought lots of records popularized country/R&B. |
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| Started 1950 when communist forces in N Korea invaded S Korea |
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| label formed in Chicago by Chess brothers |
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| label formed in Los Angeles in 1942 |
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| label founded by Ahmet Ertegan and Herb |
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| label instituted free record service to disk jockeys |
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| "how High the moon" with wife Mary Ford. made electric guitars, Log |
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| Involved in EMI and Rena Manufacturing Company. Joined Columbia |
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| "God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From the Tares" Gospel |
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| manufactured earliest tape machines |
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| music dominated the V-Disks |
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| Military marches, pop music, radio shows |
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| Grand ole Opry, Acuff-Rose |
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| Became wholly owned by RCA to create competition |
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| Changed look of country to flashy crazy stupid looking suits |
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| organization provided "Welcome Clubs" |
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| originated and developed most radio shows |
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| Producer, first produced "Chattanooga shoeshine boy" |
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| owned American Record Corporation & Republic Studios |
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| owners of Hill and Range Publishing |
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| White recorded artist who mainly recorded black hits but often outsold black artists |
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| performing rights organization formed in 1940 |
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| Big band, Jazz, popular group |
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| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Independent labels played R&B. Paul Whiteman. "American Bandstand" Break out city for records. Dick Clark, WFIL |
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| President during the Great Depression |
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| President of CBS Corporation |
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| primary media for entertainment during the Great Depression |
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| PRO formed by National Association of Broadcasters |
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| PRO formed by Paul Heinke |
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| problems faced by record companies during World War II |
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| Shortage of Shellac to make records, people getting drafted |
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| publishing company signed Hank Williams |
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| purchased majority of single records in 1930s |
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| Radio network created by RCA |
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| ratings service for radio |
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| reason "big" bands had to be big |
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| no amplification or mics, had to be heard in concert halls |
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| reason country was more popular than blues in 1930s |
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| recorded "Brother, Can You Spare Me a Dime" |
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| "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy" |
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| Discount seller, king of discount |
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| Popularized Guitar through catalog sales, gene autry round up guitar |
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| Society of European Songwriters Authors and Composers |
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| singer who first taped radio shows |
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| Bing Crosby, wanted to play golf and fish |
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| singing cowboys in the movies |
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| RCA Victor before and after WW2 in charge of country and blues |
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| Supreme Court decision "when a record was purchased at its list price, all property rights belonged to the buyer" |
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| 1940 lower court ruling, allowed records to get played on radio |
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| Supreme Court decision re: movie industry |
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| studios had to sell of theatres, 1950 |
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| created teen culture, popularized by Benny Goodman |
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| ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont. at first no licenses, other entertainment became less popular |
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| United Services Organization (USO |
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| Organized performances for military |
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| Military distributed music |
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| Western Swing, light crust Dough Boys w/Bob Wills |
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| long island, mass produced houseing creating suburbs |
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| invented transistor in 1948, unnoticed |
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| wrote and recorded the Blue Yodels |
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| Rudolph Wurlitzer, manufactured jukeboxes |
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| "bobby sox" idol of 1940s |
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| "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy" |
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| "father of rhythm and blues" |
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| WW1-1970 when people left rural south |
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| "king of discount selling" |
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| huge WW2 musical hit, stared Autry |
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| Musician's Strike, radio's biggest year, transistor invented |
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| A&R person for race and hillbilly music for Columbia |
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| Started by Fred Rose, songwriter, and Roy Acuff, opry performer. Nashville publishing company |
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| Radio DJ played R&B, found white audience for it. Moondog show, moondog ball 1952 |
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| American recorded music became international |
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| Recording machine manufacturer |
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| Signed race music and hillbilly music to Columbia |
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| American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers |
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| formed in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun, partnered with Abramson. Not executives as much as absolute fans. |
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| Hill and Range Records founders |
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| band leader died during World War II |
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| Big band leader. Had Charlie Christian play electric guitar for him. Popularized swing music which became the center of teen culture (first time teen culture existed). |
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| Big pop singer in the 30's. 'Voice of America,' helped establish Decca records with guidance of Jack Kapp. |
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| Broadcast Music Inc. Open door policy for people who wrote race music. Created by broadcasters to have leverage against ASCAP. Established 1940. |
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| Western Swing, Light Crust Dough Boys |
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| Subcommittee “to probe the morals of radio and television programs” |
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| 1952 House of Representatives subcommittee on Legislative oversight. They didn't like R&B |
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