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...culled from the top hits of the past 30 years. So far, Capitol and Warner Bros. are among the leading record companies that have agreed to let their songs be distributed by the system. The firms, which will receive royalties whenever one of their songs is selected, hope to recoup some of the estimated $1.5 billion in sales that the record industry loses annually to home taping...
...Valli realized he was losing his hearing because of otosclerosis, a rare inner-ear ailment. One doctor told him that he would go completely deaf. At about the same time, sloppy management of the Four Seasons' business affairs plunged the group some $2 million in debt. To recoup, Valli embarked on a grueling schedule of about 300 concerts a year from 1969 to 1973. During that period, his ears got so bad that at times he had trouble hearing the band playing behind him. Finally, a series of operations restored most of Valli's hearing, and a string...
...been a "misunderstanding" in the earlier reports. He said that the council's arrangement with the Student Production Association was not a loan at all, but rather made the council the first sponsor of the event. As it turned out, no corporate sponsors were attracted. The council will recoup the students' funds, McDonald said, only if the concert is a success...
...Sweet words for Remar. Chunk to hunk probably also equals health to wealth. Though he sank $100,000 into his remake for consults, travel and just plain fun, he stands to recoup much more. Movie rights have been sold, lecture tours planned. He's going to continue a column for the Washington Post, and a second book is already under way. Remar seems to be getting off on some other delights too. A few days ago, I watched him in the culmination of the year, the ultimate version of what he calls his Swoon Walks...
...advance ticket sales are holding steady at $5.6 million, and the production has already broken house records at the Gershwin Theater, Broadway's biggest. But weekly operating costs exceed $300,000, and according to Producer Martin Starger, Starlight would have to play to almost 90% of capacity just to recoup its investment within a year...