Until the 2009 legislation, growth at the leading records firms was steady; since then, it has been explosive.
The city did support a vibrant jazz scene during Prohibition and was the leading recording centre for artists supplying the "race" market during the 1930s: Big Bill Broonzy, Georgia Tom (who, as Thomas A. Dorsey, went on to even greater success as a gospel composer), Tampa Red, and many more.
The International Game Fish Association IGFAA) of Dania Beach, Florida, the leading record-keeper for recreational anglers, says that the numbers don't support a claim that record-keeping is encouraging people to kill the largest fish in threatened populations.
The purchase provides a fillip to the global ambition of Warner, which is strong in the United States but has struggled to compete with the other leading record companies — Universal and Sony Music Entertainment — in international markets.
It also calculates the daily prices of many funds, serving as a leading record keeper for the industry.
It is the only such service in the world to enjoy support from leading record companies.
In early 1966, they were spotted by leading record producer Tom Wilson when playing "Trouble Every Day", a song about the Watts Riots.
This week Sony BMG, a leading record label, apologised and agreed to pay a fine of $10m for bribing radio stations.
He returned to Kenton in 1947 and remained until 1952, the year he began leading recording groups.
