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1942–1944 musicians' strike

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398:(1943–44), that catered to musicians who were not under contract. Sometimes musicians under contract restrictions recorded for them under pseudonyms. That business model worked in large urban markets such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, where concentrated markets allowed a sufficient return from local distribution. Many of the historically important recordings of jazz and R&B from the mid-1940s originated from these small labels, including an early 1944 recording of " 168:, was still largely unknown. The original release carried the usual credit, "Vocal Chorus by Frank Sinatra" in small type. It sold around five thousand copies. When Columbia reissued the record in 1943 with the now famous Sinatra given top billing, and "with Harry James and his Orchestra" in small type below, the record was on the best–selling list for 18 weeks and reached number 2 on June 2, 1943. 27:, began a strike against the major American record companies because of disagreements over royalty payments. Beginning on midnight, July 31, 1942, no union musician could make commercial recordings for any commercial record company. That meant that a union musician was allowed to participate on radio programs and other kinds of musical entertainment, but not in a recording session. The 494:: "By about 1942 it was clear to musicians that here was something more than mere experimentation. Here was a new kind of music. Unfortunately, we cannot pinpoint these developments . As a result there are few commercial recordings of any of the bop players during the years they were working out their innovations." As 951:
Acceptance of the Petrillo demands under virtual duress came after the companies, which had held out for more than a year while their competitors kept recording equipment humming, had despaired of promised Government intercession. Many of the most popular artists at Victor and Columbia had sought to,
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Formal contracts between the American Federation of Musicians and Decca Records Inc. and World Broadcasting System, which were reported in the final stage of preparation on Friday, permit these companies to employ AFM members for the making of phonograph records and transcriptions in exchange for the
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The union refused to budge, and with competing companies having made new recordings for over a year, RCA Victor and Columbia finally capitulated, agreeing to substantially similar terms as the other recording companies, on November 11, 1944. The new contract with the AFM included language releasing
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In a country which loves democratic government and loves keen competition under the rules of the game, parties to a dispute should adhere to the decision of the Board even though one of the parties may consider the decision wrong. Therefore, in the interest of orderly government and in the interest
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Petrillo had long publicly maintained that recording companies should pay royalties. As head of the Chicago local chapter of the union in 1937 he had organized a strike there. Petrillo was elected president of the American Federation of Musicians in 1940. When Petrillo announced that the recording
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for distribution to the armed forces fighting World War II, because V-Discs were not available for sale to the general public. However, the union did frequently threaten to withdraw musicians from the radio networks to punish individual network affiliates who were deemed "unfair" for violating the
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of the 1930s and early 1940s. The strike was not the only cause of this decline, but it hastened the shift from big bands with an accompanying vocalist to an emphasis on the vocalist, with the exclusion of the band. In the 1930s and pre–strike 1940s, big bands dominated popular music; immediately
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radio show, circumvented the ban by having friends in England send him records produced in the UK, where the ban was not in effect. He was forced to discontinue this practice after the station's house orchestra staged a retaliatory strike, which was settled after WNEW agreed not to broadcast any
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As the strike continued into 1943, record companies bypassed the striking musicians by recording their popular vocalists accompanied by backup vocal groups in place of an orchestra. Columbia had signed Sinatra on June 1, 1943 and was eager to issue records featuring their new star; the company
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Several months passed before any effects of the strike were noticed. At first, the record companies hoped to call the union's bluff by releasing new titles from their large stockpiles of unissued discs, but the strike lasted much longer than anticipated and eventually the supply of unreleased
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During the strike, vocalists could and did record without instrumentalists; instrumentalists could not record for the public at all. As historian Peter Soderbergh expressed it, "Until the war most singers were props. After the war they became the stars and the role of the bands was gradually
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The strike stopped business between major record labels and musicians under contract with them. With recording and manufacturing equipment idle from the strike, enterprising music promoters, record distributors, and store owners with the right connections took the opportunity to start small
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Bernice Judis, general manager of WNEW, and Merle Pitt, director of station staff orchestra, received telegrams from William Feinberg, secretary of AFM Local 802 in New York, to the effect that the band would not work for WNEW after that date because of the station's use of "non-union made
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The end of the strike was not the end of the royalty dispute, however. As television was beginning, there were questions regarding musicians and royalties from this new medium, and a similar, but much shorter strike was called for 1948, lasting close to a year, ending on December 14, 1948.
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on December 30, 1942. Sinatra was third–billed on the program and although he was then the most popular singer in the country, Goodman had never heard of him. Goodman announced him and the audience roared and shrieked for five minutes. Goodman's bewildered response was, "What the hell was
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The other major cause of the decline of the big bands was World War II itself—and the resulting loss of band members who were drafted, curtailment of traveling by touring bands because of gasoline and other rationing, and a shortage of the shellac used to manufacture records.
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recordings was exhausted. The companies also reissued several long deleted recordings from their back catalogs, including some from as far back as 1925, the dawn of the electrical recording era. One reissue that was especially successful was
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The strike also had an effect on radio programs that used recorded music, due to the limited number of new recordings available. Radio shows that relied mainly on records found it difficult to keep introducing new songs to their listeners.
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Over the long term the record companies were not hurt by the strike. In 1941, 127 million records were sold; in 1946, two years after the strike, that number jumped to 275 million and it jumped higher in 1947 to 400 million.
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Singers. These first sessions were on June 7, June 22, August 5, and November 10, 1943. Of the nine songs released from these sessions, seven charted on the best–selling list. Other recordings made this way included:
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of respecting the considered decision of the Board, I request your union to accept the directive orders of the National War Labor Board. What you regard as your loss will certainly be your country's gain.
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ban would start at midnight, July 31, 1942, most people did not take it very seriously; Petrillo had threatened a strike before and nothing had happened. The United States had just entered
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subsidiary World Broadcasting System settled in September 1943, agreeing to make direct payments to a union-controlled "relief fund", followed shortly by the recently established
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and Dizzy Gillespie and others during the period of the strike, was not recorded and was not available to the general public because of the strike. James Lincoln Collier wrote in
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continued recording during the period when the ban was affecting the major labels. Those recordings for the most part showcased the more established styles of jazz,
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The strike did not affect musicians performing on live radio shows, in concerts, or, after October 27, 1943, on special recordings made by the record companies for
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The strike had a major impact on the American musical scene. At the time, union bands dominated popular music; after the strike, and partly as a result of it, the
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in December, 1941 and most newspapers opposed the ban. By July, when it appeared that the ban would indeed take place, America's big three record companies (
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artists from exclusive recording contracts should the union strike those companies. Within a few hours after signing the new contract, RCA Victor had
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or did terminate their recording contracts with those companies because of the "strike" and the alternative was to sign or go out of business.
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Paul Kingsbury et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Country Music (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 6 (Entry for "AFM" by Walt Trott).
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payment of royalty fees by the companies directly to the union, according to A. Rex Riccardi, assistant to AFM President James C. Petrillo.
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Some smaller recording companies did not have an extensive backlog of recordings and they settled with the union after just over a year.
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Even before the strike began there were signs that the increasing popularity of singers was beginning to reshape the big bands. When
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Peter A. Soderbergh, "Olde Records Price Guide 1900–1947", Wallace–Homestead Book Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1980, pp.136–137
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The only prominent musical organization not to be affected by the strike's onset was the
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A significant moment in the rise of the vocalist occurred when Sinatra performed with
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Robertson, Bruce (November 20, 1944). "Petrillo Victory Seen Affecting Stations".
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Other recording and transcription companies continued to pursue the case with the
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as arranger and conductor for several sessions with a vocal group called the
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Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years: 1943–1952, The Complete Recordings Vol. 1
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in 1931, and the reissue of his 12-year-old record became a number-one hit.
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Time Magazine's account of the settlement of the second AFM strike in 1948.
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One unexpected result of the strike was the decline in popularity of the
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Article discusses second AFM strike which would take place in 1948.
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following the strike, vocalists began to dominate popular music.
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union's policy on recording network shows for repeat broadcasts.
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Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s
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began to decline and vocalists began to dominate popular music.
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Entertainment industry labor disputes in the United States
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remains the longest strike in entertainment history.
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Index

American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
V-Discs
big bands
World War II
RCA Victor
Columbia
Decca
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Charlie Barnet
Bing Crosby
Guy Lombardo
Glenn Miller
Count Basie
Woody Herman
Alvino Ray
Johnny Long
Claude Thornhill
Judy Garland
Glen Gray
Benny Goodman
Kay Kyser
Dinah Shore
Spike Jones
Duke Ellington
Columbia
Harry James
All or Nothing at All
Frank Sinatra

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