Sentence examples for paramount records from inspiring English sources

The erstwhile reverend lived in constant conflict between the spiritual life and the life of a bluesman, even as he made dozens of recordings for Paramount Records throughout the Depression.

Ma Rainey carved out a notable career, starting in 1923, and made 100 recordings, including "See See Rider Blues" with Paramount Records.

The second volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records is due in November.

Paramount Records was born, but it wasn't until 1922 that it discovered the blues.

In the annals of American music in the 20th century, no record label had a more unlikely origin or trajectory than Paramount Records.

"Paramount Records was founded on a modest proposition: produce records as cheaply as possible, recording whatever talent was available," Third Man said at the time.

The Paramount record label enjoyed great success with the Delta blues recordings of Charley Patton, who had been a farmworker on Dockery Farms cotton plantation in Sunflower county, especially his "Pony Blues," which was released in 1929.

"As much as I say the live experience is paramount, recorded music is how a lot of us learn the songs we play live.

Mr. Charles left Atlantic for ABC-Paramount Records in 1959 when it offered him higher royalties and ownership of his master recordings.

But neither he nor the executives at ABC-Paramount Records, which put out the album, expected the song to be a hit.

Mr. Charen, who grew up in Boston, entered the music business as a sales representative for ABC-Paramount Records in 1959.