Page 68 - The Westerner Magazine Halloween 2018

No. Columbia was. I hate to say this we chose to promote him locally
because I was an RCA guy, but wherever we could.
Columbia was the better company.
Well thank you for your time, Harvey.

Why? It’s been a pleasure talking to you.

They were better marketeers. I think Likewise.

RCA wasn’t as serious about their

record company. It was a very minor
part of their corporation.

What do you believe truly pushes
records and makes a hit?

Music mirrors the times. Every once in a
while somebody comes along that is
talented, writes great songs and is a

singer. Adele comes along and sells 100
million records and you can’t get into
her concerts. That’s the goods. You

don’t have to be a genius to figure out
she’s in the hearts and minds of those
little girls.

You worked with our future cover star,
didn’t you—Peter Nero?

Yes. He was one of our artists. He was a
gentleman. He was very easy to work
with. I worked with RCA at the time.

We worked with our artists very closely.
I worked several regions as the country

as the artist relations guy. Peter was one
of our artists for many, many years and
wherever he went, our representatives
used to take him around to the local

media. He used to give us his time and