Coral

US record label; imprint of Coral Records, Inc.

Parent label: Universal Music Group·Est. 1949

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US label, also credited as "Coral Record" or "Coral Records". Label Code: LC 0166 / LC 00166 Coral was launched as the "independent" counterpart of the Decca label in 1948. It recorded bandleaders like Bob Crosby in the beginning but it was under the A&R direction of Bob Thiele that Coral hit the bigtime with Teresa Brewer, the McGuire Sisters, Debbie Reynolds, Lawrence Welk mainstays The Lennon Sisters and early rock and rollers Buddy Holly and the Johnny Burnette Trio on its roster. The label was operated by Coral Records, Inc. and was also active in the UK. The parent company was acquired in 1962 by MCA, Inc. Artists who had records issued on Coral during the Sixties included Bobbi Martin, Barbara McNair, a pre-stardom Patti Austin and Dixieland clarinetist Pete Fountain, who was the label's most consistent artist. As the decade wore on, the hits and album sales, apart from Fountain, declined. In 1968, Lawrence Welk bought the masters to his own recordings and the contracts of his musical associates from both Coral and Dot Records and moved them all to his own Ranwood label. Parent company MCA moved Decca to California, bringing Coral with it in 1970. It was then decided to discontinue Decca, Vocalion (2), Kapp Records and UNI Records in favour of the newly created MCA Records in April 1971. Coral remained as a budget label with both medium and low-priced material. After the Decca, Uni, Kapp and Vocalion labels were officially retired in 1973, Coral became MCA Coral, MCA's mid-line and budget reissue label until the late 1980s when those duties were reassigned to either MCA Special Products or the parent label. This version had a blue label similar to the 1973-78 MCA Records label (with MCA CORAL in the same lettering style as the 1972-91 MCA Records logo). Known International Releases: Coral-branded releases (under its own name and as Vogue Coral) were distributed by Vogue Records Limited (originally a UK subsidiary of the French company Disques Vogue, later acquired by The Decca Record Company Ltd.) from roughly 1956 until 1967 in the UK when the MCA label was established for UK releases of US Decca and Brunswick material, and distributed by either TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH or Deutsche Grammophon in Germany. In Britain and most of Europe after 1967, Coral became the reissue imprint of MCA Records and its labels until at least 1978. According to GVL, the label is now owned in Germany by Universal Music Entertainment GmbH. For bootleg / counterfeit releases, see Coral (3) French EPs: -Production Vogue until "ECV.18.065" (1955-1957) -Production Disques Vogue until "ECV.18.126" (1957-1958)

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White Christmas

Bing Crosby · 1955

Studio Album

Hello Dolly!

Louis Armstrong · 1964

Studio Album

The "Chirping" Crickets

The Crickets · 1957

Studio Album

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash · 1970

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Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly · 1958

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Louis And The Good Book

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars With The Sy Oliver Choir · 1958

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The Eddy Duchin Story

Carmen Cavallaro · 1956

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Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley And His Comets · 1955

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That'll Be The Day

Buddy Holly · 1958

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Ella Sings Gershwin

Ella Fitzgerald · 1951

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Wipe Out!

The Surfaris · 1963

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If You Love Me, Let Me Know

Olivia Newton-John · 1974

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The End

Earl Grant · 1958

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Guys And Dolls

Original Broadway Cast, Feuer And Martin Present Frank Loesser's · 1950

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The Benny Goodman Story Soundtrack With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra · 1964

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The Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

Buddy Holly · 1963

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Black Coffee

Peggy Lee · 1953

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Annie Get Your Gun

Original Broadway Cast, Ethel Merman With Ray Middleton · 1946

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Miss Dinamita

Brenda Lee · 1960

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Stardust

Lionel Hampton All Stars · 1958

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The King And I

Original Broadway Cast, Rodgers And Hammerstein · 1951

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Revisited

Eartha Kitt · 1960

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Ebb Tide And Other Instrumental Favorites

Earl Grant · 1961

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The Unicorn

The Irish Rovers · 1967

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Satchmo Serenades

Louis Armstrong

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Country Slicker Joe / Soulful Strut

Young Holt Unlimited · 1968

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The Benny Goodman Story Vol. 1

Benny Goodman · 1955

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Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio · 1956

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Coming On Strong

Brenda Lee · 1966

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Satchmo Sings

Louis Armstrong With Orchestra · 1955

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At The Crescendo

Gene Norman Presents Mel Tormé · 1957

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Showcase

Buddy Holly · 1964

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Pete Fountain's New Orleans

Pete Fountain · 1959

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Baby Workout

Jackie Wilson · 1963

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New Orleans Nights

Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars · 1958

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The Band With Young Ideas

Neal Hefti · 1956

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Johnny One Time

Brenda Lee · 1969

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Nothing But Heartaches / I Get The Sweetest Feeling

Jackie Wilson · 1968

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Holly In The Hills

Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery · 1965

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Sweet And Hot

Ella Fitzgerald · 1955

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Emotions

Brenda Lee · 1961

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Porgy And Bess

Sammy Davis, Jr. Y Carmen Mc Rae · 1959

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Truckin' With Albert Collins

Albert Collins · 1965

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I Will Wait For You

Louis Armstrong · 1968

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En El Town Hall De New York

Sammy Davis Jr.

Studio Album

This Is Brenda

Brenda Lee · 1960

Studio Album

Violinkonzert Nr. 2 H-moll / Violinkonzert Nr. 1 A-dur

Paganini / Saint-Saëns - Ruggiero Ricci · 1963

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Giant

Buddy Holly · 1969

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