"turned around by 1962 thanks to the Everly Brothers, Newhart, folk stars Peter, Paul & Mary, jazz and pop crossover hit Joanie Sommers and comedian Allan Sherman, and Warner Bros. Records ended the financial year 1961–62 in the black for the first time since its foundation. In August 1963, Warner Bros. made a ""rescue takeover"" of Frank Sinatra's ailing Reprise Records as part of a deal to acquire Sinatra's services as a recording artist and as an actor for Warner Bros. Pictures. The total deal was valued at around US$10 million and it gave Sinatra a one-third share in the"
"which he co-wrote with his mother. It was published by Athens Music Co. The Brothers did their first recording session for Columbia Records in 1931, recording ""I've Got the Kansas City Blues"" and ""Alabama Lullaby,"" which became their theme song. They signed a contract with Victor's budget label Bluebird in 1933 and became regulars on the Grand Ole Opry. Within three years, they had become the most popular act on the show. Disagreements with Opry management led to the brothers leaving the show in 1939. While they continued to play and record music throughout the 1940s, they never achieved the"
"Scepter Records in what was the biggest contract at the time for a female recording artist, although her five years at Warner Bros. were relatively unsuccessful in comparison to her spectacular hit-making tenure at Scepter. After a slow start, the Doobie Brothers proved to be one of Warner Bros.' most successful signings. Their debut album made little impact but their second album ""Toulouse Street"" (1972) reached #21 and spawned two US Top 40 singles, ""Listen to the Music"" and ""Jesus is Just Alright"", inaugurating a string of hit albums and singles over the next five years. Their third album ""The"
"the brothers eventually left the label in 1961, later signing with Scepter Records. In 1962, the brothers scored their first top 40 hit with the Bert Berns song ""Twist and Shout"", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 2 R&B, staying on the charts for 19 weeks. The song had been produced by Berns for the brothers to teach then-struggling producer Phil Spector how to produce a hit. Moving their entire operations to New Jersey, the brothers continued to struggle with recordings eventually forming T-Neck Records in 1964. During that same time period, Jimi Hendrix began playing"
"They quickly achieved success when their eponymous first album entered the Billboard Top Ten in 1962. The group had been avidly pursued by Atlantic Records, who were on the verge of signing them when the deal inexplicably fell through. The group signed with Warner Bros. Records instead and Atlantic's executives later discovered that it was because music publisher Artie Mogull had introduced Grossman to Warner executive Herman Starr, from whom Grossman was able to extract an unprecedented deal that gave the trio complete creative control over the recording and packaging of their music. Over the course of his career, Grossman's"
"Sam Warner Samuel Louis ""Sam"" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal, August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, ""The Jazz Singer"". He died in 1927, the day before the film's enormously successful premiere. Samuel ""Wonsal"" or ""Wonskolaser"", was born in Congress Poland under Russian Empire, possibly in the village of Krasnosielc,"
"Warner Brothers. Their first album, ""Robin Lane & the Chartbusters"" (1980) featured the singles ""When Things Go Wrong"" and ""Why Do You Tell Lies?"", earned favorable reviews, and received widespread airplay; the music video for ""When Things Go Wrong"" was the 11th song shown on MTV's first American broadcast day, August 1, 1981. The band had two more releases on Warner, the EP ""5 Live"" (1980) and ""Imitation Life"" (1981). The limited commercial success of these records, combined with business disputes and Lane's desire to have a child, led to the breakup of the Chartbusters in 1983. Lane continued writing"
"film, ""My Four Years in Germany,"" based on a popular book by former ambassador James W. Gerard, was released. On April 4, 1923, with help from money loaned to Harry by his banker Motley Flint, they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. (As late as the 1960s, Warner Bros. claimed 1905 as its founding date.) The first important deal was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwood's 1919 Broadway play, ""The Gold Diggers"", from theatrical impresario David Belasco. However, Rin Tin Tin, a dog brought from France after World War I by an American soldier, established their reputation."
"Brothers in 1930 for a widescreen process used for films such as ""Song of the Flame"". Warner was trying to compete with other widescreen processes such as Magnascope, Widevision, Natural Vision (no relation to the later 3-D film process), and Fox Grandeur. Thomas Edison was slow to develop a projection system at this time, since his company's single-user Kinetoscopes were very profitable. However, films projected for large audiences could generate more profits since fewer machines were needed in proportion to the number of viewers. Thus, others sought to develop their own projection systems. One inventor who led the way was"
"brother of the group's then-manager, John Hartmann. The liner notes spell his last name as ""Hartmann"" - the original spelling of his name. The cassette version produced in Canada by WEA Music of Canada LTD (a Warner Brothers Communication Co) 1975 has the following order: History: America's Greatest Hits History: America's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. It was a success in the United States, reaching number 3 on the ""Billboard"" album chart and being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. It has also been certified"
"However, Conkling had decidedly middle-of-the-road musical tastes (he was married to Donna King of vocal trio the King Sisters) and was thus rather out of step with emerging trends in the industry, especially the fast-growing market for rock'n'roll music. Warner Bros. Records opened for business on March 19, 1958; its original office was located above the film studio's machine shop at 3701 Warner Boulevard in Burbank, California. Its early album releases (1958–1960) were aimed at the upscale end of the mainstream audience, and Warner Bros. took an early (though largely unsuccessful) lead in recording stereo LPs that targeted the new"
"to merge with United Artists Television) for the modest sum of $21 million. ""This is our heritage, what we worked all our lives to create, and now it is gone,"" Harry exclaimed, upon hearing of the deal. The breach between Jack and Harry widened later that year. In July 1956, Jack, Harry, and Albert announced that they were putting Warner Bros. on the market. Jack, however, secretly organized a syndicate that purchased control of the company. By the time Harry and Albert learned of their brother's dealings, it was too late. Jack Warner, as the company's largest stockholder, appointed himself"
"film ""The Gold Diggers"", Warner Brothers, Inc. was officially established. Albert remained in New York, where he ran the company's distribution and finances. Warner Bros' first film, ""Where the North Begins"", drew success for the brothers not seen since ""My Four Years in Germany"". The film also made the dog Rin Tin Tin the studio's first star. Newcomer director Darryl Zanuck's career was also greatly boosted because of his productions of Rin Tin Tin as well. Zanuck would eventually become a top producer for the studio as well, and between 1928 and 1933, served as Jack Warner's right-hand man and"
"at 15 and his brother Wayne 12, they were signed with ABC-Paramount. That year as Jerry & Wayne, they had a single ""Song sample Baby, Baby, Baby"" bw ""I'm Sad, Blue And Lonesome"" released on ABC-Paramount. In 1959, as The Newton Brothers Featuring Wayne Newton, they had ""The Real Thing"" bw ""I Spy"" released on Capitol. In 1961, they had ""The Little White Cloud That Cried"" bw ""Calorie Date"" released on the George label. Later that year That year the Newton Brothers had ""Little Jukebox"" bw ""Wild Irish Rose"" also on the George label. The following year they had another"
"some profit. In 1954, Warner and his brother Jack were finally able engage in the new television medium, providing ABC with a weekly show, ""Warner Bros. Presents"". ""Warner Bros. Presents"" was not a success. In 1955, the studio was able debut a very successful western television drama, ""Cheyenne"" The studio then followed up with a series of Western dramas such as ""Maverick"", ""Bronco"" and ""Colt .45"". The studio's television westerns would, indeed, help accumulate for the net losses that the studio was now given at the box office Within a few years, Warner, who was accustomed to dealing with actors"
"to accept Sam's demands, and the Warner brothers pushed ahead with a new Vitaphone feature, based on a Broadway play and starring Al Jolson. ""The Jazz Singer"" broke box-office records, established Warner Bros. as a major player in Hollywood, and single-handedly launched the talkie revolution. In 1925, after years of bachelorhood, Warner met eighteen-year-old ""Ziegfeld Follies"" performer and actress Lina Basquette while spending time in New York visiting the Bell Laboratories. The two began an intense love affair. On July 4, 1925, the two were married. While Warner's younger brother Jack did not object to Basquette's Catholicism, the rest of"
"for the studio. In 1930, Harry acquired more theaters in Atlantic City, despite the beginning of the Great Depression. In July 1930, the studio's banker, Motley Flint, was murdered by a disgruntled investor in another company. Harry acquired a string of music publishers (including M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corp., and T.B. Harms, Inc.) to form Warner Bros. Music. In April 1930, Warner Bros. acquired Brunswick Records. Harry obtained radio companies, foreign sound patents and a lithograph company. After establishing Warner Bros. Music, Harry appointed his son, Lewis, to manage the company. By 1931, the studio began to feel"
"Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.), commonly referred to as Warner Bros. and abbreviated WB, is an American entertainment company headquartered in Burbank, California and a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia. It has operations in film, television and video games and is one of the ""Big Six"" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The company's name originated from the four founding Warner brothers (born ""Wonskolaser"" or ""Wonsal"" before Anglicization): Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner. They emigrated as young children with their parents to Canada"
"Their self-titled debut album was a notable success, reaching #19 on the Billboard album chart, and their second album ""Van Halen II"" (1979) reached #6 and produced their first hit single ""Dance the Night Away"" (#19). Warner Bros. also began to tentatively embrace the burgeoning new wave movement in the late 1970s, signing cult bands Devo and the B-52s. A crucial acquisition in this field—and one which would soon prove to be of enormous importance to the company—was the New York-based Sire Records, founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Warner Bros. took over Sire's distribution from ABC"
"Brothers in 1946. By the 1960s, there were two dozen or more family members including uncles, cousins, and in-laws, working in various departments of the company, which became one of the biggest appliance retailers in the United States at a time when the industry was very fragmented. Polk Bros. was the dominating electronics/appliance retailer in the Chicago market through the 1980s. The chain was known for its aggressive ""let's make a deal"" salesmen who would pair off with customers as they came in the door. It was an industry leader in innovative merchandising and was chosen to be the first"
"(arranged by Carl Stalling) and television shows (arranged by Max Steiner). In 1958, the studio launched Warner Bros. Records. Initially, the label released recordings made by their television stars—whether they could sing or not—and records based on television soundtracks. In 1963, Warner agreed to a ""rescue takeover"" of Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. The deal gave Sinatra US$1.5 million and part ownership of Warner Bros. Records, making Reprise a sub-label. Most significantly the deal brought Reprise manager Morris ""Mo"" Ostin into the company. In 1964, upon seeing the profits record companies made from Warner film music, Warner decided to claim ownership"
"now began establishing subsidiaries in the other major markets, beginning with the creation of Warner Bros. Records Australia in 1970, soon followed by branch offices in the UK, Europe and Japan. In July 1971, the new in-house distribution company was incorporated as Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Distributing Corp. (WEA) and branch offices were established in eight major US cities; Joel Friedman a one-time ""Billboard"" writer who had been the head of Warner's advertising/merchandising division in its early years, was appointed to head WEA's US domestic division, and Ahmet Ertegun's brother Nesuhi was appointed to oversee its international operations. Neshui Ertegun, originally a Turkish"
"Brothers, cut a single, ""Buffalo Bill"" with the Pennant label; both Curtis and Bobby Womack were only ten years old at the time of the recording. In 1956, Sam Cooke discovered the group performing while he and his then group, the Soul Stirrers, were headlining and was so impressed with the brothers that he promised to help the group advance in their careers. In 1960, a couple of years after he founded SAR Records and becoming a crossover solo sensation, Cooke made good on his promise signing the teenage act to the label. The group arrived to California in a"
"its release, ""The Jazz Singer"" would indeed help establish the three surviving Warners as arguably the most important figures in the film industry. On October 5, 1927, Sam died and younger brother Jack became sole head of production. However, he was only the studio's vice president, and didn't have nearly as much power as Harry did. The success of Warner Bros.' early talkie films (""The Jazz Singer"", ""The Lights of New York"", ""The Singing Fool"" and ""The Terror"") catapulted the studio into the ranks of the major studios. Flush with cash, the Warners abandoned their old location in the Poverty"
"Bros. was Fleetwood Mac, whose massive success firmly established Warner Bros. in the front rank of major labels—although few would have predicted it from the band's tumultuous history. Between 1970 and 1975 there were multiple lineup changes (with only two original members remaining by 1974), their album sales declined drastically, and a legal battle over the group's name kept them off the road for over a year. However, just as Fleetwood Mac was switching labels in 1975, the group re-invigorated by the recruitment of new members Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The 'new' Fleetwood Mac scored a string of US"
"""Have Pity on the Boy"", a #18 hit the same year. This success took its toll on Paul, who was unable to cope any longer with the stress of show business. It was decided that Barry would now continue as a solo artist, enabling his brother to stay out of the limelight and write songs for his twin to perform. Their greatest achievement as a composer-singer duo, now for MGM Records, was ""Eloise"", a #2 hit in 1968. Melodramatic and heavily orchestrated, it sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. ""Love is Love"", their next chart"
"brothers featuring vaudeville shows during the week and concerts on Sunday nights at affordable prices. In 1922, the Manhattan Opera House was purchased by the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, who built a new building façade and a new Grand Ballroom on the seventh floor. In 1926, Warner Bros rented the ballroom to set up a studio for the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to record the New York Philharmonic orchestra for the film ""Don Juan"". That film marked the release of the inaugural commercial film featuring a recorded musical soundtrack. By 1939, the name of the building had been"
"1960's ""Cathy's Clown,"" which they wrote and composed themselves, sold eight million copies and became the duo's biggest-selling record. ""Cathy's Clown"" was number WB1, the first selection Warner Bros. Records ever released in the United Kingdom. Other successful Warner Bros. singles followed in the United States, such as ""So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"" (1960, pop No. 7), ""Walk Right Back"" (1961, pop No. 7), ""Crying in the Rain"" (1962, pop No. 6), and ""That's Old Fashioned"" (1962, pop No. 9, their last top 10 hit). From 1960 to 1962, Cadence Records released Everly Brothers singles from the"
"On May 12, 1990, Sherman received an honorary doctorate from Lincoln College. Within two years, Sherman and his brother Richard began writing songs together on a challenge from their father, Al Sherman, a successful popular songwriter in the ""Tin Pan Alley"" days (""No! No! A Thousand Times No!!"", ""You Gotta Be a Football Hero""). In 1958, Sherman founded the music publishing company, Music World Corporation, which later worked with Disney's BMI publishing arm, Wonderland Music Company. That same year, the Sherman Brothers had their first Top Ten hit with ""Tall Paul"", which was sung by Annette Funicello. The success of"
"and international hits and their self-titled Warner Bros. debut album was a huge success, reaching #1 in the US, charting for more than 30 weeks and selling more than 5 million copies. In 1977, their now-legendary ""Rumours"" took both group and label to even greater heights—it generated a string of international hit singles and became the most successful album in the label's history; it is currently ranked the 11th biggest selling album of all time and as of 2009 was estimated to have sold more than 40 million copies. After a string of albums with the Faces and as a"
"the brothers' first to crack both the pop and R&B top 40 and also their first international success, reaching 42 in the United Kingdom. Much like RCA, however, Wand failed to deliver more singles and the brothers left the label in 1963 for United Artists Records, which released ""Nobody But Me"" but was also a short-lived tenure. In 1964, they signed with Atlantic Records and released their penned composition, ""Who's That Lady"", which also failed to chart. In the meantime, the record success of ""Shout"" by other notable pop and rock acts had helped the song sell well over two"
"""rock stars,"" to which their father responded ""The only stars are in the sky."" The brothers wrote a song one night when they ""couldn't sleep after playing a gig, and started jamming."" The song was ""Sleep Walk"" and during September 1959 it scored at the top of the American charts. The brothers eventually came to the attention of a music publishing company and signed a songwriter's contract and eventually landed a recording contract with Canadian-American Records. Their first release, ""Sleep Walk"", was credited as being composed by the two brothers plus Santo's wife, Ann, although Johnny later said that her"
"Warner Brothers. In 1929, a lavish production was filmed, with Technicolor sequences and starring John Boles and Myrna Loy. This version was scrupulously faithful to and captured the spirit of the original Broadway production and became a huge hit. To capitalize on the success of the original picture, Warner Bros. released a two-reel adaptation of the film in 1932 entitled ""The Red Shadow"". By the 1940s, the original 1929 film had become prohibited to exhibit in the United States due to its Pre-Code content which included sexual innuendo, suggestive humor and open discussion of themes such as homosexuality. Apparently, the"