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- Al_Coury abstract "Albert Eli "Al" Coury (October 21, 1934 – August 8, 2013) was a 1970s vice-president of American record label Capitol Records. He joined the label in 1957 and rose to the position of vice-president of marketing, sales and promotion. Coury helped develop the careers of many recording artists, including The Beatles, Nat King Cole, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Glen Campbell, Bob Seger, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Cher and Linda Ronstadt.Coury was important to several solo Beatles releases in the 1970s, particularly Paul McCartney's 1973 album Band On The Run, and John Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges, both of which reached the top of the charts and yielded #1 singles. It was Coury who persuaded McCartney to include the successful single "Helen Wheels" on the US version of Band On The Run (because it was last-minute, the lyrics to the song were not included on the lyric sheet). He then chose the song "Jet" as the second single, which helped make the album the most successful of McCartney's solo efforts.The following year, Lennon invited Coury to "work his magic" promoting Lennon's Walls and Bridges album. It was Coury who chose the first single, "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", which became Lennon's first #1 solo hit (and the only one in his lifetime). Coury was also instrumental in the long-awaited release of Lennon's 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll, bartering with producer Phil Spector to retrieve the master tapes from their abandoned 1973 recording sessions.Coury's last signing to Capitol Records was the group Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, made up of former Monkees Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who'd written several Monkees hits. He then left Capitol to become president and co-founder of RSO Records, with Robert Stigwood. At RSO, Coury marketed such hits as the Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtrack albums, and Eric Clapton's Slowhand. Coury worked extensively with the Bee Gees, RSO's flagship group.In 1980, Coury created a new record label, Network Records. One of the label's initial successes was the soundtrack to the movie Flashdance. The song "What a Feeling" won a Grammy Award and an Oscar for Song of the Year in 1984. Another was Del Shannon's Drop Down And Get Me album produced by Tom Petty and featuring the hit single Sea Of Love.In 1985, Network Records merged with Geffen Records, and Coury became Geffen's general manager, launching hit records for Guns & Roses, Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel and Don Henley.Coury retired from the record business in 1994. He was married to children's book author and artist, Tina Nichols Coury|Coury served on the nominating committee of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. Coury died at the age of 78 on August 8, 2013, in Thousand Oaks, California, from complications of a stroke.".
- Al_Coury activeYearsEndYear "1994".
- Al_Coury activeYearsStartYear "1957".
- Al_Coury alias "Coury, Albert Eli".
- Al_Coury associatedBand Bob_Seger.
- Al_Coury associatedBand Glen_Campbell.
- Al_Coury associatedBand Linda_Ronstadt.
- Al_Coury associatedBand Nat_King_Cole.
- Al_Coury associatedBand Pink_Floyd.
- Al_Coury associatedBand The_Beach_Boys.
- Al_Coury associatedBand The_Beatles.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist Bob_Seger.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist Glen_Campbell.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist Linda_Ronstadt.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist Nat_King_Cole.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist Pink_Floyd.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist The_Beach_Boys.
- Al_Coury associatedMusicalArtist The_Beatles.
- Al_Coury background "non_performing_personnel".
- Al_Coury birthDate "1934-10-21".
- Al_Coury birthPlace Worcester,_Massachusetts.
- Al_Coury birthYear "1934".
- Al_Coury deathDate "2013-08-08".
- Al_Coury deathPlace Thousand_Oaks,_California.
- Al_Coury deathYear "2013".
- Al_Coury occupation Capitol_Records.
- Al_Coury occupation Geffen_Records.
- Al_Coury occupation RSO_Records.
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- Al_Coury wikiPageWikiLink Cher.
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- Al_Coury wikiPageWikiLink Whatever_Gets_You_Thru_The_Night.
- Al_Coury wikiPageWikiLink Whatever_Gets_You_thru_the_Night.
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- Al_Coury wikiPageWikiLinkText "Al Coury".
- Al_Coury wikiPageWikiLinkText "Al Coury|Al [Coury] ], promotion man for Capitol Records ] released 'Jet,' which I wasn't even thinking of releasing as a single, and 'Band on the Run' too. He single-handedly turned [''Band on the Run''] around. |source= – Paul McCartney |width=20%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}".
- Al_Coury alternativeNames "Coury, Albert Eli".
- Al_Coury associatedActs Bob_Seger.