Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
Howard Kessel — like the Delmore Brothers — is linked to the King Record Company’s earliest beginnings. In a November 15, 1944 article entitled, “Cincinnatian Ignores Swooners – Puts His Chips on Hillbilly ‘Gittar’ Tunes,” The Cincinnati Post‘s Leo Hirtl explains that “Sinatra may come and Crosby may go,” but
If you discount the first two King releases (King 500 and King 501) — four songs that were recorded north of Cincinnati in a small Dayton sound studio under assumed names, since the two artists involved, Merle Travis and Grandpa Jones were already under contract to WLW — The Delmore Brothers were the
LINK to PART ONE King’s Pop Dalliances in Billboard‘s Hot 100 1965 – 1973 = The James Brown Era Q – How many prominent musical artists of James Brown‘s stature have recorded for two different labels simultaneously? Just for fun, go ahead and pose that question to the internet, and notice how
LINK – Henry Glover’s songwriting body of work LINK – Top historic recordings (1947-1977) * Part One Historical Overview & Narrative Composer, producer, arranger, publisher, talent scout, vocalist, trumpet player, engineer, A&R executive, and later, a label owner in his own right, Henry Bernard Glover — notes Nick Duckett in
What a revelation to find out that World Radio History‘s website not only allows access to a comprehension collection of music trade publications, including Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World, but also the ability to search all back issues simultaneously! What’s especially helpful is how the search results often show
Fun Facts & Trivia — Top Tweets from King Records Month 2018 As with the previous piece (“King’s Jazz Legacy“), it seems pointless to keep all this rich history from last year’s King 75th Birthday Celebration (a wide-ranging musical extravaganza organized by Brian Powers of Cincinnati Public Libraries) tucked away
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