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Billboard · 1955

Billboard

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

September 3, 1955Media⭐⭐⭐

Description

Billboard reported that independent record companies continued their unprecedented growth, earning approximately $20 million combined in the previous year and beginning to challenge the dominance of the major corporations known as the “Big Seven”.

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