In 1958, RCA released the film soundtrack of South Pacific, which was based on the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which had been first staged nine years earlier; Rodgers and Hammerstein had much say in this recording, with many of the songs performed by accomplished singers rather than the actors in the film. Mitzi Gaynor and Ray Walston were the only two leading performers who did their own singing in the film (and on the soundtrack album). The roles of Emile

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RCA is a company worthy of salutations, for it invented the 45 RPM record in 1949. The roots of the company lie in the formation of the Consolidated Talking Machine Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., by Eldridge R. Johnson. To begin with, Johnson issued records on his 'Improved Gram-O-Phone Record' label. After a court battle with a rival, from which he emerged successful, he incorporated the company as 'Victor'; this was in 1901. He joined forces with Emile Berliner, and in 1902 their new Victor

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