Word: rca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...IMMORTAL FRITZ KREISLER (RCA). The fabled Viennese-born violinist in showpieces, bonbons and a quicksilver Beethoven sonata...
...NOSTALGIA ON THE HIGHEST The '30s in all of their sleek and glitzy Art Deco splendor have been re-created in the restoration of the Rainbow Room in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Perched atop the 70-story RCA Building, this classic setting offers incomparable views of the fabulous skyline, plus revolving dance floor, deep purple walls and glints of crystal and brass. Now if only they can cook...
...sale of CBS's labels leaves the U.S. recording industry dominated by overseas owners. (Polygram is controlled by the Dutch, RCA by the West Germans and Capitol by the British.) Yet in a sense, CBS Records is only passing from one revered entrepreneur, Paley, to another, Akio Morita, who is responsible for the Walkman and other breakthroughs. Morita, who favors classical music, seems determined not to mess up the good beat at CBS. His company has offered a package of some $20 million in compensation to persuade CBS Records' bearded, brassy chief, Walter Yetnikoff, 54, to stay...
...French's mustard. The take from Las Vegas' Dunes Hotel and Country Club, one of the best-known American gambling and entertainment centers, will soon go to its new Japanese owner. The latest hit recording by Country Singer Kenny Rogers is a foreign-owned product; his record label, RCA, is now West German property. And what about breakfast (or a diamond ring) at Tiffany, or drinks in the literarefied atmosphere of Manhattan's Algonquin hotel? Those vintage landmark buildings are now Japanese possessions...
...years while deciding how his company should spend its $1 billion American shopping budget. Often taking the morning Concorde from Paris in order to put in a full day's work in the states, Dornemann visited more than 20 U.S. companies before choosing his recommended targets: Doubleday publishing and RCA records. The possibility of snagging both was considered so unlikely that he and his boss, Bertelsmann Head Mark Wossner, 48, had called it their "extreme case...