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Wallichs Music City. Wallichs Music City was a record store [ 1] in Hollywood, California, US, founded by Glenn E. Wallichs, [ 2] that also had stores in West Covina, [ 3][ 4] Lakewood, [ 5] Canoga Park, Costa Mesa, Torrance, Buena Park, [ 6] and Hawthorne [ 7] from 1940 to 1978 and was one of the first to display cellophane-sealed albums in ...
Guitar Center was founded in Hollywood in 1959 by Wayne Mitchell as The Organ Center, a retailer of electronic organs for home and church use. In 1964, after a supplier required him to carry Vox guitar amplifiers, to continue receiving organs, Mitchell added the amplifiers to his inventory and renamed the store The Vox Center, leveraging the Beatles association with the Vox brand.
In 1983, Wherehouse Entertainment Inc., renamed from Integrity Entertainment Corp., went public with a public offering of 750,000 shares under the symbol WEI. At this time, the company had 126 stores, primarily in California. [6] [7] In 1984, the company began renting movies, or "video software" in 77 of its 126 stores, with a roll out into ...
In 1929, the company was founded and opened its first store at 7651 S. Central Avenue in Florence, South Los Angeles [3] [4] In 1950 it expanded this store. In a 1950 advertisement, the company tongue-in-cheek explained that its lone location was in a "low rent area". [5] Its second store opened in October 1957 at 16040 Sherman Way in Van Nuys. [6]
Camelot Music Inc. was founded in 1956 by Paul David in Massillon, Ohio. Initially operating as Stark Record and Tape Service, the company placed racks of LPs, 45 rpm records and cassettes in rented store space and maintained their stock and displays. In 1965, the company opened its first retail store as Camelot Music in North Canton, Ohio with ...
Located in Pasadena, the Rose Bowl is the venue with the largest seating capacity in Greater Los Angeles. This is a list of notable music venues in Greater Los Angeles, California. This includes theaters, clubs, arenas, convention centers, and stadiums in the area, all which can host a concert.
Paradise in the Park is coming to Los Angeles' scenic Grand Park on Saturday, June 1. The event is a creation of house music producer Jamie Jones, who's brought it to many cities such as New York ...
Hartfield’s Downtown Los Angeles location at 545 Broadway was a 1931 Art Deco building originally home to the F. W. Grand Silver Store. Hartfield was present on Broadway (Los Angeles), the main shopping district in the Los Angeles area, in the 1940s, at 545 Broadway, and a 1943 advertisement showed branches at 253 South Market Street in Inglewood, 650 Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park ...