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god paul can really sing this song well. and by well i mean sexily.
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A Day In The Life - 1st January 1962: The Beatles audition for Decca Records.
On New Year’s Day (not a holiday in England at that time), The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best) conduct their first audition for a major record company, Decca. In Decca’s studios in London, and less than 2 miles from EMI’s Abbey Road studios, The Beatles tape 15 songs that have been carefully selected by Brian Epstein to show off their versatility: “Like Dreamers Do,” “Money,” “Till There Was You,” “The Sheik of Araby,” “To Know Her Is to Love Her,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Memphis,” “Sure to Fall (In Love With You),” “Hello Little Girl,” “Three Cool Cats,” “Crying, Waiting, Hoping,” “The Love of the Loved,” “September In the Rain,” “Besame Mucho,” and “Searchin.’” It takes about an hour to record all the songs, and Decca’s Mike Smith (who had arrived late, irritating Brian Epstein) promises to get back to Brian with Decca’s decision.
Source: beatlesbible.com
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Erik Nitsche, cover artwork for George Gershwin, 1951. Decca Gold Label series.
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Carmen Miranda – The South American Way
Decca, 1940
3 × Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
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Commodore Record Store, New York
Commodore Records was founded in 1938 as an offshoot of the legendary Manhattan Jazz record store. It was one of the first and best examples of a unique and highly important element of the American Jazz scene – a record company owner whose principal motivation was a deep love for the music and whose main goal was to celebrate Jazz and its players.
Commodore was essentially the creation of one remarkable man, Milt Gabler, who [in what was to become the tradition among the many other small, independent Jazz labels that followed] was the CEO, the producer of virtually the entire catalogue, and frequently the shipping clerk.
Although much of his producing activity was focused on the “Dixieland” style spearheaded by Eddie Condon and involving artists such as Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Bud Freeman and Bobby Hackett, Commodore was also responsible for major recordings by Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and many other key figures of the day, before ceasing operations in the mid-1950s.
Incredibly, Mr. Gabler was simultaneously active as the head of recording for Decca Records, one of the most prolific labels of the period.”
