Johnny Tillotson Quotes

The late '50s were a great time to get into the record business because the independents were just coming into the world. Of course, you had the majors like Columbia and R.C.A. But you also had all of the new labels like the Sun record label with Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins. Even the label that I chose, Cadence Records was a small label. It was headed by a man named Archie Bleyer, who I watched on television for years. What I noticed about Archie Bleyer when he worked for Arthur Godfrey was there was so many musical acts and he would have to get songs that fit their voice and personality. So, when I had dreams of being on records, I already had in my mind consciously decided that I would rather be with a small company and a person who put the songs first, than a large company where you get lost and have more of a scheduled release date. 
Johnny Tillotson

You couldn't even sign autographs. As soon as the show was over, you'd be on the bus taking off. There wasn't any social life due to the fact that the fans were so young and the artists were so young. You're talking about people who were seventeen, eighteen, nineteen. It was a different time. It was just like the movies at the time. The closest relationship you had, and that's why it was so important, was between the beautiful girls in the audience. And all of them were beautiful. And on stage entertaining them and also making their boyfriends happy. The record hops were nice 'cause you got to actually meet the fans. 
Johnny Tillotson