Timmie Rogers (1914-2006) 78 rpm Capitol record label “If I Were You Baby, I’d Love Me” recorded May 1953
Capitol was founded as the first West Coast-based label in the in 1942 by three industry insiders, Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn Wallichs. On July 1, 1942, Capitol Records released its first nine earliest recording artists included co-owner Mercer, Whiteman, Tilton, Morse, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, the Pied Pipers, Johnnie Johnston, Tex Ritter, and Paul Weston and His Orchestra.[2] Capitol's first gold single was Morse's "Cow Cow Boogie" in 1942.[4] Capitol's first album was Capitol Presents Songs By Johnny Mercer, a three 78-rpm disc set with recordings by Mercer, Stafford and the Pied Pipers, all with Weston's Orchestra. In June 1952, Billboard magazine presented a multi-page chronicle of the label's first decade—an important source for its early history.[5]Beginning in 1948, Capitol Records were released in the UK on the Capitol label by Decca Records. After its 1955 acquisition of Capitol, EMI took over distribution in Rogers was an American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor who appeared on many national TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s Rogers was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience when he worked. Before Rogers, African-American funny men had to either work in pairs or groups, only conversing with each other, and they had to play a character, while popular white comedians, such as Bob Hope and Jack Benny got to play themselves. Rogers worked by himself, always dressed well, often wearing a tuxedo, and never wore blackface.
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