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May 21, 2020 · Columbia, which had acquired OKeh in 1926, was profitable until 1938 at which time it was sold to CBS. The RCA-Victor label had emerged from RCA’s purchase of Victor in 1928. Decca, a new entry into the race market, was a subsidiary of London-based Decca. Despite the economic downturn, the 1930s were a creative period for race music.
Mar 1, 2024 · 1920s and 1930s — Performed regularly in Europe. 1924 — Signed with RCA Victor, the first Black American to get a recording contract. Aug. 26, 1925 — Entered into a New York Philharmonic vocal competition by famed voice teacher Giuseppe Boghetti, Anderson made her debut with the orchestra at Lewisohn Stadium with conductor Willem van Hoogstraten, the first Black solo artist to appear ...
In 1946, the Victor label was renamed RCA Victor. In 1949, RCA introduced the 7-inch record as both a successor to older 78 rpm discs and a competitor to Columbia Records ' Long Play (LP) format. RCA's attempts at pushing 7-inch albums (which collected multiple discs like 78 rpm albums) fell flat, with customers overwhelmingly preferring the LP for that niche.
Profile: Argentinian record company, branch of Radio Corporation Of America. Renamed from RCA Victor Argentina S.A. circa Jan. 1950. Operated RCA sublabels RCA Victor, RCA Victor Red Seal, "X", Vik, 60s era Groove (3), RCA Camden and homegrown sublabel RCA Vik . It also represented Fantasy, Eurodisc, Montilla, Tamla Motown and others.
Nov 3, 2022 · Actress Lena Horne has become the first black woman to have a Broadway theatre named in her honour. ... was the best-selling record by a female singer in RCA Victor's history. ... It was renamed ...
3 RCA Victor. 3.1 1929–1968; 4 RCA ... Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland ... 7 Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to ...
…enterprises, Hill and Range and RCA Victor, respectively. Sun received a total of \$35,000; Elvis got \$5,000. He began recording at RCA’s studios in Nashville, Tennessee, with a somewhat larger group of musicians but still including Moore, Black, and Fontana, and began to create a national sensation with a series… Read More; Bertelsmann AG
