4-1 Flashcards
“The Network”
consisted of Independent Promotion people;Radio Promotion people formed an alliance which create a close personal relationship with personnel
“wheels of steel”
DJ turntables
Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka
founded Sony
Apple computer
created by steve jobs and steve wozniak
bar code technology used by Billboard
SoundScan 1991, determines chart position
Bedroom Band
late 1990s, development of CDS and synthesizers allowed for one man bands in bedroom
Bee Gees
barry maurice and robin gibb, disco group that sang “night fever”, “more than a woman”, and “lonely days”
dominated Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
began experimenting with optical electronics in 1960s
Philips
Bertlesman
BMG, German music group, purchased RCA in 1987
merged with Sony in 2004,
began a movie company after a print shop, ariola records,
purchased Arista Records in 1979, also purchased doubleday publishing in 1986
Bill Gates
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)