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Norrie Paramor - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
 | | Norrie Paramor won the competition for EMI, scoring the first and the biggest in mid-1958 when he signed Cliff Richard and his backing band the Drifters (later rechristened The Shadows). |
 | | Paramor and EMI found that Richard's rock 'n roll sides didn't sell as reliably as they'd hoped, and he ultimately did his best to move the singer in the original direction he'd thought of, into a more romantic, pop-oriented sound "Living Doll" etc.), similar to what Ricky Nelson was doing in America. |
 | | Paramor was considered one of the company's major assets, a successful recording artist as well as a producer who'd generated many millions of dollars for them, and was treated well, but even he left in early 1968, to become an independent producer with his own company. |
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