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'The 1970s were destined to get off to a slow start, though. Aside from a two-week
run at Chicago’s Quiet Knight, the Velvets’ touring schedule had begun to
thin out. Moe was pregnant, and as her belly expanded, it became increasingly
difficult for her to reach the drums.'
'Ultimately, Ahmet Ertegun, the president of Atlantic Records who had
rejected the Velvets’ debut album,'
'One two-page ad in Billboard for Pickwick/33 featured the handwritten
signatures of dozens of country and blues stars—including Johnny Rivers, Floyd
Cramer, Hank Locklin, Johnny Mathis, Lightnin’ Hopkins—scrawled across the
top. “What are these names doing on $2 records? The same thing they’re doing
on $3.98 records,” the ad read. “Belting out great pop hits. Blowing, strumming
and stomping jazz classics and country and western favorites. Giving new life to
symphonic classics.” '
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