Talk:Nick Venet

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Deleted the claim that Derry Weaver was a pseudonym for Venet. I know Andrew Doe, the author of the source linked, and he admits that this was a mistake. See pretty much any of Stephen McParland's books on the California music scene for ample evidence that Venet's claims to be the real Derry Weaver were false. (I don't currently have a Wikipedia login, but I'm Andrew Hickey, author of several books on the Beach Boys and California music). 86.174.244.157 (talk) 21:06, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Made a couple of further changes -- the article said that Venet was twenty-one when he joined Capitol. According to Bull Sessions With the Big Daddy by McParland, "What appears to be possibly the first Capitol Records single issued with the production credit of “Produced By Nick Venet” is When Johnny Comes Slidin’ Home b/w Cruisin’ (CAPITOL 5611) issued under the artist name of “The Hollywood Vines” in January 1961." This was when Venet would have just turned 24, but only shortly after his birthday, so I put "early twenties". Before this, Venet was working for World Pacific, Liberty Records, and RCA among others. I also deleted the claim that The Lettermen gave Capitol "their first hits in a decade". Just as two examples off the top of my head, "Looking Back" by Nat "King" Cole was a top five pop hit in 1958, and "Be Bop A Lula" by Gene Vincent a top ten pop hit in 1957. Capitol was a major label in the decade before Venet signed the Lettermen in 1961, and the unsourced claim that it had no hits in that decade is obvious nonsense. 86.164.3.26 (talk) 16:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]