Piano rolls were used on player pianos between about 1900 and 1930, when records replaced them.
Sir Peter Blake's original collage image was revamped to insert the faces of US label bosses from Capitol Records, replacing the band and many of the other notable figures who had originally featured, although Bob Dylan and Sonny Liston were among those retained.
The earliest hip-hop records replaced the DJ with a live band playing funk and disco influenced tunes, or "interpolating" the tunes themselves, as in "Rapper's Delight" (Sugar Hill, 1979) and "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" (Spring, 1979).
G.H.I., or Group Health Inc., New York, chose Munn Rabôt, New York, as its agency of record, replacing Cossette Post, New York, part of the Cossette Communication Group.
Trend Influence, Atlanta, part of the Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners unit of MDC Partners, was named creative agency of record, replacing TracyLocke, part of the Omnicom Group.
Rod Thorn, the Nets' president and general manager, was fired as the Spirits' head coach midway through the team's final season with a 20-27 replacedreplaced by Joe Mullaney.
New Jersey Nets chose Brand Buzz, New York, part of the Young & Rubicam Brands unit of the WPP Group, as agency of record, replacing Kerwin Communications, West Caldwell, N.J.
Milk Processor Education Program, Washington, which oversees the national milk mustache "Got milk?" campaign, named MGSComm, Miami, as its national Hispanic marketing agency of record, replacing Siboney USA, New York and Miami, which is closing.
Century 21 Real Estate, Parsippany, N.J., part of Cendant Corp., named McGarry Bowen, New York, as its creative agency of record, replacing Lowe Worldwide, New York, part of the Interpublic Group of Cos., which had handled the assignment since 1998.
By the end of its opening day, it had accrued a total of $34.4 million (including midnight earnings), setting an April opening-day record, replacing Fast & Furious ($30.1 million), and marking the third largest Friday outside of the summer and holiday period, behind The Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland.
