Talent and Opportunity

There sure wasn’t a dearth of talent back in “our’ time… Holy Moley… It seems as those all you had to do was shake a tree, and gaggles of talented people would fall out… And cover the ground… Doo Wop groups… “Classic Sound” groups… Gals with great pipes… Guys who could really sing… But there was also opportunity!!!... Independent record labels gave artists, who would have been merely faces in the big record company crowd, the chance to record and be heard… Maybe catch the gold ring… Not to mention, that although it was probably morally wrong… Payola undoubtedly was responsible for some brand new and unheard of artists getting some air play… And there were tours… Headlined of course, by stars… But filled with lesser known acts, thrilled to be getting the venues needed to have their sound heard… The tours visited cities and locations big and small, and were affordable for most teenagers… The thing is… They were shows, and more about getting exposure and creating excitement, rather than making a million $$$$... There was no American Idol on TV… Can you imagine if there were???...Fats Domino versus Buddy Holly versus The Platters versus Dion and the Belmonts versus… The phones would have rung off the hooks…

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