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Says Nat Cole: Record Industry Must Go Back to Building Stars

uncredited writer, Billboard, 25 January 1964

HOLLYWOOD — "If I had to come up in the business today, I'd be a frustrated man. No one's developing stars anymore, and the industry is guided by hard sell, blitz tactics. Artists are here today and gone tomorrow.

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