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2 unusual facts about Irving Green


Irving Green

In 1962, Green sold Mercury to Consolidated Electronics Industries Corporation (Conelco) a U.S. Affiliate of Dutch electronics giant Philips of the Netherlands but he remained Mercury Records' President.

In 1964, Mercury Records became the first major record label to have a black high-level executive, when Green hired the trumpeter Quincy Jones as vice president.



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