Jimi Hendrix $1 record deal: who signed for what?
48 years after Hendrix signed his deal, check out details of the biggest bands' contracts
- Beatles: The band originally signed with Parlophone Records in 1962 for a series of singles, where they received the bare minimum in royalties. Several years later Allen Klein was able to negotiate with their new label EMI - this saw them receiving the highest royalty rate at that time, as well as grabbing a hefty 69 cents per album
by Esin Huseyin | Photos by Press/WENN
Exactly today, 48 years ago, was the day that musician Jimi Hendrix signed his contract with his record label - for just $1. To commemorate we've compiled a list of some of the biggest names in music, going.
Take a musical trip through the years and see which huge bands started with earning pennies in their contracts, to later gain worldwide recognition, domination in the charts, and not a household in sight who didn't know they were.
But; we bet you didn't know that some of them had a rather unlavish contract rendezvous in the ladies' loos, rather peculiar blood contract practices, and even earning a penny per record sold. Find out the grim details of record contracts signed by some of music's biggest stars right here...
