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Capitol Records Founder Wallichs Built Hit Factory From Six Discs
Glenn Wallichs, founder of Capitol Records, built a major label from a small seal industry start. The firm scored hits with Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, and Margaret Whiting while sales rose from 1944 records to a peak in 1948, then fluctuated with industry slumps. Children’s records boosted growth alongside hit songs like Pee Wee Hunt’s Twelfth Street Rag and Kay Starr’s Wheel of Fortune. Helicopters aid Alaska survey teams.
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Nat ‘King” Cole
Peg- Lee
Margaret Whiting
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Capitol
Pee Wee
Hunt
Kay Starr
Children’s Records