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...time, the three top record companies were RCA, Capitol and Columbia. Joe Smith of Warner had pre-empted the pack by signing Jimi Hendrix before the festival. But the most enterprising of all was Columbia's Clive Davis, who in the wake of the festival signed Janis Joplin; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Santana; and Chicago. To their eventual sorrow, RCA and Capitol were still viewing such affairs?indeed, all of rock?as something of a passing...
...years doubled Columbia's share of record market to 22%. Rock moved from 15% of firm's volume to more than 50%. Despite lack of musical training and personal taste that ran to folk singers and Johnny Mathis, he was shrewd enough to develop Santana; Chicago; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Sly and the Family Stone. Gives stars unprecedented artistic freedom, also unprecedented money. Some ventures viewed as risky: $4 million acquisition of Neil Diamond, $2 million-plus deal with Laura Nyro, who hasn't done a record in nearly two years. No sooner signed Delaney and Bonnie...
Driesell should know. A huckster most of his life, he owes his success to a unique mixture of sweat, salesmanship and show biz. Raised in Norfolk, Va., he won a varsity letter as a third-grader for managing the equipment of the Granby High team. At Duke University, he rode the bench as much as he played but figured it helped him become "a better coach 'cause it made me hungrier." After graduation, he coached the Granby High varsity for the princely salary of $4,000 and became a two-time state champion-in the sale of encyclopedias...
...like this! Human beings whose parents brought them into the world and carefully raised them with overflowing love despite so many difficulties, these human beings would die from a single blast as explosions burst, lying still without moving again at all. And who then thinks of the blood, flesh, sweat, and strength of their parents and who will have pity for them? And then what about the splitting up of families to different parts of the country which was caused by the war? Who will pity them? In reality, whatever happens, it is only the innocent who suffer...
...Swedes-like most immigrants-are astonished at the inequities of their adopted country. Is this not the land of liberty? Yet they will not relinquish their Edenic myth. Despite disappointments, America remains the fateful, blessed place-a land where sweat is more important than station...