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The Nashville Teens are a British
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 pop
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 band formed in Weybridge
Weybridge

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, Surrey
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 in Summer
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 1962.

le is known of the founding musician
Musician

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s, except that Arthur Sharp began his career in music as the manager
Management

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 of Aerco Records in Woking, Surrey, but the 'Mark II' line-up comprised original singers Arthur Sharp and Ray Phillips, with former Cruisers Rock Combo
Cruisers Rock Combo

The Cruisers Rock Combo was a British rock band of the early 1960s. Formed in Addlestone, Surrey in 1960, their original line-up comprised singers Tony Gallagher, Kenny King and Chris Wing, backed by Mick Dunford , John Hawken , Pete Harris , and Dave Maine ....
 members John Hawken
John Hawken

John Christopher Hawken is a British keyboard player. He studied classical piano between the ages of four and eighteen at which point he succumbed to the lure of rock and roll....
 (piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
), Mick Dunford (guitar
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), Pete Harris (bass
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) and Dave Maine (drum
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The Nashville Teens are a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 pop
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 band formed in Weybridge
Weybridge

Not to be confused with Wadebridge, Cornwall, or weighbridgeWeybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England....
, Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
 in Summer
Summer

Summer generally refers to the warmest and most humid season between spring and autumn, from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. In the Northern Hemisphere, this falls from the June solstice to the September equinox, while in the Southern Hemisphere it falls from the December solstice to the March equinox....
 1962.

History

Little is known of the founding musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
s, except that Arthur Sharp began his career in music as the manager
Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
 of Aerco Records in Woking, Surrey, but the 'Mark II' line-up comprised original singers Arthur Sharp and Ray Phillips, with former Cruisers Rock Combo
Cruisers Rock Combo

The Cruisers Rock Combo was a British rock band of the early 1960s. Formed in Addlestone, Surrey in 1960, their original line-up comprised singers Tony Gallagher, Kenny King and Chris Wing, backed by Mick Dunford , John Hawken , Pete Harris , and Dave Maine ....
 members John Hawken
John Hawken

John Christopher Hawken is a British keyboard player. He studied classical piano between the ages of four and eighteen at which point he succumbed to the lure of rock and roll....
 (piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
), Mick Dunford (guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
), Pete Harris (bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
) and Dave Maine (drum
Drum

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s). Additional guitarist
Guitarist

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 Pete Shannon completed the band. Roger Groome replaced Maine shortly afterwards.

In 1963, third vocalist Terry Crowe joined briefly; but later that same year Dunford and Groome left and were replaced by John Allen and Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
. (Crowe and Dunford later formed 'The Plebs' with Danny McCulloch, and were re-united with Hawken in Renaissance
Renaissance (band)

Renaissance were an England progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights"....
 in 1970).

Whilst playing in Hamburg
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 (as most British bands of the era did), the Teens backed Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
 for his Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
Live at the Star Club, Hamburg

Live at the Star Club is a live recording with Jerry Lee Lewis and The Nashville Teens playing at the Star-Club, Hamburg, Germany, April 5, 1964....
 album
Album

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. It is widely considered one of the greatest live
Live album

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 rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 albums ever. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 writes, "Live at the Star Club is extraordinary, the purest, hardest rock & roll ever committed to record." They later backed Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins was an United States of America pioneer of rockabilly music who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee beginning in 1954....
 on his hit single
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
 "Big Bad Blues", and also played with Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley , was an original and influential American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton....
. At one such gig
Concert

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, they were spotted by Mickie Most
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Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group....
 who subsequently produced their June 1964
1964 in music

Events*January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television.*January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....
 debut single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, an interpretation of the John D. Loudermilk
John D. Loudermilk

John D. Loudermilk is an United States singer and songwriter....
 penned
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 song, "Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road (song)

"Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....
", which reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart
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 and number 14 in the U.S.
United States

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Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 chart
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
 played guitar on the studio
Recording studio

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 cut of "Tobacco Road". The follow-up, another Loudermilk song, "Google Eye", reached number 10 in the UK
United Kingdom

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 in October 1964.

The following year they appeared as themselves in the British film
Film

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, Be My Guest
Be My Guest (film)

Be My Guest is a 1965 in film United Kingdom black and white music-film. It was filmed at Pinewood Film Studios, London, England. The film is notable for the appearance of Steve Marriott who started out as a child actor before giving up a promising acting career to help form successful rock groups Small Faces and Humble Pie ; and for the...
, filmed at the Twickenham Film Studios
Twickenham Film Studios

Twickenham Film Studios is a film studio located in St Margarets, London, England, that is used by many motion picture and television companies....
, which was arranged by their then manager Don Arden
Don Arden

Don Arden was an English music management, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath....
.

A further three top fifty singles, "Find My Way Back Home" and "This Little Bird", followed in February and May 1965; with "The Hard Way" making a brief appearance the following year; but three subsequent records ("I Know How It Feels To Be Loved", "Forbidden Fruit" and "That's My Woman") all failed to chart.

Jenkins left in 1966 to join the The Animals
The Animals

The Animals were an England music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature songs "The House of the Rising Sun" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", the band balanced tough, rock music-edged pop mu...
, and was replaced by his predecessor Roger Groome.

The Nashville Teens' record producer
Record producer

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s included Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham

Andrew Loog Oldham is an England rock and roll record producer, impresario and author. He was manager of The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, taking a Flaming style inspired by Phil Spector....
 and Shel Talmy
Shel Talmy

Shel Talmy is an American record producer, songwriter, arranger best known for his work in London with The Who and The Kinks in the 1960s.Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks, "My Generation" by The Who, and "Friday on My Mind" by the Easybeats.He also played guitar or tambourine on some of his productio...
. Although they were musically as competent as any of their contemporaries, the Teens had no distinctive personality as a band, and this contributed to their lack of long-term success, as did Decca
Decca Records

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's typical lack of promotion. (By 1970, Decca's only remaining rock
Rock music

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 acts were The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

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 and The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are an England band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressi...
, both of whom handled their own promotion). In 1971 they released a single, "Ella James" - a Roy Wood
Roy Wood

Roy Wood is an England singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the musical bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard....
 penned song, originally recorded by The Move
The Move

The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success in the US....
 - on Parlophone
Parlophone

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, but again without success.

Arthur Sharp left in 1972 to join their one-time manager Don Arden
Don Arden

Don Arden was an English music management, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath....
, whilst Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams (musician)

Trevor Williams is the bass guitarist for Audience , cult British Art rock band which ran from 1969 - 1972, reforming in 2004.In 1972, Williams went on to play for The Nashville Teens and Jonathan Kelly's Outside, the latter with guitarists Chas Jankel and Snowy White, before retiring from the music business in 1975 to pursue interests in...
 joined the fray. Despite Phillips' efforts, the Nashville Teens split in 1973.

They reformed in 1980, however, with Phillips as the only recognisable member joined by Peter Agate (guitar), Len Surtees (bass) and Adrian Metcalfe (drums), and are still playing. The current line-up is Phillips, Metcalfe, Colin Pattenden
Colin Pattenden

Colin Pattenden , is a professional bass guitar player chiefly known for his membership of Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its formation in 1971, to 1978 when he left to form the group Terra Nova with Chris Slade....
 (bass and vocals), Simon Spratley (keyboards and vocals) and Ken Osborn (guitar).

Phillips joined The British Invasion All-Stars in the 1990s and made three albums with the group, consisting of members of The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an England Rock music band, noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page....
, Procol Harum
Procol Harum

Procol Harum are a United Kingdom Rock music band, formed in the 1960s, which built an important foundation for what would become progressive rock, or perhaps more closely, symphonic rock....
, The Pretty Things, Downliners Sect
Downliners Sect

The Downliners Sect were a British rhythm and blues band of the beat boom era, formed in 1963 when the existing Downliners band split up. The line-up consisted of:...
 and more. They did a cover
Cover version

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 of "Tobacco Road", which still receives airplay on XM Satellite Radio.

A 1993 EMI
EMI

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 label compilation
Compilation album

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, Best of the Nashville Teens, contained a re-recording of their "Tobacco Road" hit, which is the only one available on iTunes
ITunes

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.

Discography


Singles

  • "Tobacco Road
    Tobacco Road (song)

    "Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....
    "/"I Like It Like That" (1964) - # 6 (UK Singles Chart
    UK Singles Chart

    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
    ), # 14 (Billboard Hot 100
    Billboard Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
    )
  • "Google Eye"/"T.N.T. (1964) - # 10 (UK) # 117 (US)
  • "Find My Way Back Home"/"Devil In Law" (1965) - # 34 (UK)
  • "This Little Bird"/"Whatcha Gonna Do" (1965) - # 38 (UK) # 123 (US)
  • "Soon Forgotten"/"I Know How It Feels To Be Loved" (1965)
  • "The Hard Way"/"Upside Down" (1966) - # 45 (UK)
  • "Forbidden Fruit"/"Revived 45 Time" (1966)
  • "That's My Woman"/"Words" (1967)
  • "I'm Coming Home"/"Searching" (1967)
  • "The Biggest Night of Her Life"/"Last Minute" (1967)
  • "All Around The Watchtower"/"Sun Dog" (1968)
  • "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian"/"Looking For You" (1969)
  • "Ella James"/"Tennesse Woman" (1971)
  • "You Shouldn't Have Been So Nice"/"Tell The People" (1972)

Main band members

The following individuals were responsible for the bulk of the group's most successful era :-

  • Lead Vocalist - Ray Phillips (born Ramon John Phillips, 16 January, 1939, Tiger Bay
    Tiger Bay

    This article relates to the place in Wales, for other meanings see Tiger Bay .Tiger Bay was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks....
    , Cardiff
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    , South Wales
    South Wales

    South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
    ).
  • Pianist - John Hawken (born John Christopher Hawken, 9 May 1940, Bournemouth
    Bournemouth

    Bournemouth is a large town in the Bournemouth in Dorset, England. The town has a population of 163,444 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, making it the largest settlement in Dorset....
    , Dorset
    Dorset

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    ).
  • Guitarist / Lead Vocalist - Art Sharp (born Arthur Sharp 26 May, 1941, Woking
    Woking

    Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding Non-metropolitan district, located in the west of Surrey, England....
    , Surrey
    Surrey

    Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
    ).
  • Bassist - Pete Shannon (born Peter Shannon Harris, 23 August, 1941, Antrim
    Antrim, County Antrim

    Antrim is a town in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six Mile Water, half a mile northeast from Lough Neagh....
    , Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

    conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
    ).
  • Drummer - Barrie Jenkins (born Barry Jenkins, 22 December, 1944, Leicester
    Leicester

    Leicester is a city status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire....
    , Leicestershire
    Leicestershire

    Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
    ).
  • Lead Guitarist - John Allen (born John Samuel Allen, 23 April, 1945, St Albans
    St Albans

    Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
    ).
  • Bassist - Neil Korner (born 6 October, 1942, Ashford
    Ashford

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    , Middlesex
    Middlesex

    Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
    ). He joined them in April 1966 from The New Vaudeville Band
    The New Vaudeville Band

    The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to sound recording and reproduction his novelty song composition "Winchester Cathedral ", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s....
    , but left them in late 1969.
  • Bassist - Roger Dean (born David Roger Bryan Dean, 16 March, 1943, Hendon
    Hendon

    Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
    , North West London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    ). He joined in late 1969 and left in 1973.
  • Lead Guitarist Len Tuckey (born Leonard Tuckey, 15 December, 1947, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Aberdeenshire
    Aberdeenshire

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    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
    ). He joined in late 1969.


See also

  • List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
    List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

    This is a list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1960s.The list contains recording artists who reached the Top 40 of the U.S....
  • List of artists under the Decca Records label
    List of Artists under the Decca Records label

    Decca Records is a recording label. A division of Universal Classics Group, it is also known as Decca Music group....
  • List of performers on Top of the Pops
    List of performers on Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops is a long-running United Kingdom UK singles chart television programme It was originally shown each week on BBC and is now licensed for national versions around the world....
  • British Invasion
    British Invasion

    File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
  • London Records
    London Records

    London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 in music through 1979 in music, then becoming a semi-independent label....


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