Coral Records
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Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary based in the United States of America. Various jazz and swing band recordings were issued on Coral in the 1940s. Coral's A&R manager Bob Thiele would marry Coral artist Teresa Brewer. Coral Records is fondly remembered by early rock & roll fans as the home of the incomparable 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 USA and internationally throughout the 1970's.
In the late 1950's Debbie Reynolds briefly recorded for Coral, with such songs as "Tammy".
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[edit] Coral Records artists
- Teresa Brewer
- Johnny Burnette Trio
- Patsy Cline
- Don Cornell
- Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
- Pete Fountain
- Milt Herth Trio
- Buddy Holly (and The Crickets)
- Lennon Sisters
- McGuire Sisters
- Barbara McNair
- Debbie Reynolds
- Tony & The Bandits
- Jackie Verdell
[edit] External links
- Coral Records 45 discographies - retrieved 23rd May 2007
[edit] References
- Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973 - reference to Coral becoming reissue label.
