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    Albert Eli Coury (October 21, 1934 – August 8, 2013) was an American music record executive and producer who was vice-president of Capitol Records, co-founder...
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  • Coury is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Al Coury (1934–2013), vice-president of American record label Capitol Records Dick Coury...
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  • roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood and record executive Al Coury in 1973. The letters "RSO" stood for the Robert Stigwood Organisation....
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    on the album's last track, "Ya Ya". While recording Walls and Bridges, Al Coury, vice president of promotion for Capitol Records, got possession of the...
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  • wake of declining record sales, many A&R staffers have been terminated. Al Coury Chas Chandler George Daly Clive Davis Clyde Otis David Geffen Impresario...
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  • success, and on the inside I was trying to figure out how to sue my label." Al Coury, the former RSO executive who signed Cara to his newly formed Network Records...
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  • 1975 interview, Capitol executive Al Coury suggested that the band issue the single. McCartney recalled: "Al Coury, Capitol's ace plugger, rang up and...
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    million copies sold worldwide by May 1, 1979 Jerome, Jim (May 14, 1979). "Al Coury Is the Frankenstein of the Record Business: at R.s.o., He Makes Monsters"...
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  • Records vice president Al Coury to release singles from the album, resulting in the single release of "Jet" and "Band on the Run". Al Coury, promotion man for...
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  • for the soundtrack, RSO, went out of business, one of its executives, Al Coury, convinced her to join his newly-formed Network Records, and the title...
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  • first choice for a single. It was chosen by Capitol Records vice-president Al Coury, who had recently worked his singles 'magic' with Paul McCartney's album...
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  • release of the album. However, Capitol Records vice president of promotion Al Coury persuaded McCartney to include it on the American release. The song peaked...
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  • first American band to play in Thailand. Signed to Capitol Records by Al Coury, the group released an album of new material in 1976. (A live album was...
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  • came to Lennon in a dream and has no specific meaning. Pang added that Al Coury of Capitol Records initially protested against the use of the word "pussy"...
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  • Khalaf al-Saudi, was a landowner and shaykh and her mother's family descended from several Arabian Peninsula tribes. According to biographer Ralph Coury, scholars...
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  • original material, Walls and Bridges. Shortly before these sessions began, Al Coury, then-head of A&R/promotion for Capitol Records retrieved the Spector tapes...
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  • Havens Ray Manzarek Alvin Lee Dennis Frederiksen Andy Johns Sid Bernstein Al Coury Marian McPartland Cedar Walton Gloria Lynne George Duke Bebo Valdés Chico...
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  • enlisted the help of Al Coury, the vice-president of marketing for Capitol Records. Lennon had been impressed with the "magic" that Coury displayed in the...
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  • a heterosexual image, helped popularize disco in the United States. As Al Coury, president of RSO Records (which had released the bestselling soundtrack...
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  • clarinetist Al Copley (born 1952), American blues pianist and singer Al Coury (1934–2013), American music record executive and producer Al Cromwell (1938–1995)...
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  • Network Records, and she eventually filed a lawsuit against the label and Al Coury, Inc. over the issue. A Los Angeles County Superior Court awarded her $1...
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  • liner notes of Linda Ronstadt. Technical personnel John Boylan – producer Al Coury – production coordinator Don Blake – engineer Larry Hamby – engineer Rudy...
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  • her $1.5 million from a 1985 lawsuit she filed against record executive Al Coury and Network Records, accusing them of withholding royalties from the Flashdance...
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  • The re-recording of the song in 1987 was advised by record labels bosses Al Coury and David Geffen as a negotiation deal with Coverdale to re-record "Crying...
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  • Adam Kury, bassist for American rock band Candlebox Albert Eli Coury, known as Al Coury (1934–2013), Lebanese American record company executive Amin Khoury...
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  • led him to agree to the recommendations of Capitol's head of marketing, Al Coury, who had similarly pushed for the inclusion of "Helen Wheels" on the album's...
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  • after several months of lobbying the network, Geffen general manager Al Coury convinced MTV to play the video just once a night for three nights. "Welcome...
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  • diamond-certified albums in Canada Fong-Torres, Ben (5 October 1978). "Al Coury Owns Number One". Rolling Stone. No. 275. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc...
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  • Wilson is heard saying "Thanks, Dean" at the song's conclusion. Capitol's Al Coury rush-released "Barbara Ann" as a single without informing the band, after...
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    Travelin' McCourys is a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2009. The band is composed of brothers Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, Alan Bartram...
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