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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 swallowed up 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 reissue label in the U.S. and internationally throughout the 1970s.
The catalogue is today owned by Universal Music Group.
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Coral Records artists
- Steve Allen & His Orchestra
- Milton Berle
- Teresa Brewer
- Doug Bragg
- Johnny Burnette Trio
- Patsy Cline
- Don Cornell
- Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
- Pete Fountain
- Greg Hatza
- Milt Herth Trio
- Buddy Holly (and the Crickets)
- Steve Lawrence
- Lennon Sisters
- McGuire Sisters
- Barbara McNair
- Debbie Reynolds
- Tony & The Bandits
- Jackie Verdell
- The Vogues
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. pp. 50. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
External links
- 45 Discography for Coral Records 60000 series - 1949-1953
- 45 Discography for Coral Records 61000 series - 1953-1958
- 45 Discography for Coral Records 62000 series - 1958-1970
- 45 Discography for Coral Records 64000 series - 1949-1955
- 45 Discography for Coral Records 65000 series - 1949-1952
References
- Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973 - reference to Coral becoming reissue label.
See also
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