• James Caesar Petrillo (March 16, 1892 – October 23, 1984) was the leader of the American Federation of Musicians, a trade union of professional musicians...
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    The Petrillo Music Shell (sometimes referred to as the Petrillo Bandshell or formally as the James C. Petrillo Music Shell) is an outdoor amphitheater...
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  • Petrillo may refer to: Petrillo (surname) Myrceugenia correifolia, evergreen shrub commonly referred to as "petrillo" Petrillo Music Shell, amphitheater...
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  • Canadian hockey broadcaster Ferdinando De Petrillo, Italian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics James Petrillo (1892–1984), leader of the American...
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  • Department of Justice later ruled the agreement illegal. Labor leader James Petrillo took command of the AFM in 1940. He took a stronger stance, challenging...
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    determined by the groove in which the stylus happened to land. In late 1947, James Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, announced an indefinite...
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  • American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James C. Petrillo, began a strike against the major American record companies because...
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  • leading to the Hour Glass's abbreviated run." Another factor was that James Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians forbade musicians...
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    DeLugg, and Gus Van. In the mid-1940s, during a moratorium imposed by James Petrillo of the musicians' union, Soundies resorted to filming nonmusical vaudeville...
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  • union to make recordings during the ban on Union recordings ordered by James Petrillo. In May 1948, the singing duo of Jon and Sondra Steele released "My...
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    few sides for Decca Records, just before the AFM recording ban which James Petrillo imposed in January 1948. The ban was lifted a year later. The brothers...
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    year. In mid–July, Miller and the band recorded thirteen sides, as James Petrillo, chief of the musicians' union, embarked on a 28-month recording ban...
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    Preceded by James Petrillo Thirteenth Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor 1953–1954 Succeeded by Maurice Hutcheson Preceded by James Petrillo Twelfth...
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    originally composed for the wind ensemble has been performed. August 1 – James Petrillo, leader of the American Federation of Musicians, orders a ban on musicians...
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    Alok (DJ) (redirect from Alok Petrillo)
    Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (Portuguese pronunciation: [/a'lɔki/]; born 26 August 1991) is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is known for...
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  • Paul Petrillo, in 1930s Philadelphia, where the Italian community had more than doubled in 20 years from 76,734 in 1910 (the year the Petrillos arrived...
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    Halliday, 67, American actor American Federation of Musicians President James Petrillo banned the making of recordings and transcriptions by the union's 225...
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    to derail Russell's career before it had even begun. Union President James Petrillo had set the date of July 31 where no union musician could record for...
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  • Union, 1992. "Change for the Changeless." Time. December 22, 1961. Doherty, James. "State Gets Tale of Romano Link With Nitti Gang." Chicago Daily Tribune...
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    1943. The American Federation of Musicians recording ban, called by James Petrillo, continued through 1943. Django Reinhardt records "Cavalerie" on the...
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  • Woody Herman, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, James Petrillo, Ella Fitzgerald 9. "Good Times: Rhythm and Blues" April 16 Nik...
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  • 4:30 "I Think I'll Tell Him" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 4:50 "Jim" (James Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) – 5:03 "Crazy He Calls Me" (Carl Sigman...
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  • United States by order of American Federation of Musicians President James Petrillo. The ban was aimed at a provision in the Taft-Hartley Act which criminalized...
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  • Chiara Corbella Petrillo (9 January 1984 – 13 June 2012) was an Italian Catholic public speaker and a mother known for her faith amidst her battle with...
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  • imposed by the Union on its members on August 1, 1942, known as the James Petrillo ban, after the head of the union, that continued until November 22,...
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    1942) The American Federation of Musicians recording ban, called by James Petrillo, continued through 1943. Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige (1943)...
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  • imperiled in November 1945 when American Federation of Musicians president James Petrillo directed networks to ban the duplication of programs containing music...
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  • eleven and a half months when American Federation of Musicians President James Petrillo signed a government-approved agreement with the record industry to create...
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    Well known labor organizers included Carlo Tresca, Luigi Antonini, James Petrillo, and Angela Bambace. The Mafia, or La Cosa Nostra is a highly organized...
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    vice-president's position. After three years of working with Leo Davis and James Petrillo, the presidents of Local 767 and Local 47 respectively, the two groups...
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