BIG Records 613

Paul & Art's first single was released on Big Records. Owned by Sid Prosen, who had written Teresa Brewer's hit ''Till we waltz again'. When they signed a contract with Big Records, the only wated it if a single was released within 60 days (did they already have hade an earlier contract?), he did. November 1957 became very important for Paul & Art. The single sold some 100.000 copies and entered BillBoard's Hot 100. They were on Dick Clark's American Bandstand (November 22nd, 1957) and the single was in the charts until early 1958.

There are 3 releases of #613:
- 78 RPM (schelak)
- 45 rpm (with credits to Tommy Graph & Jerry Landis)
- 45 rpm (with credits to A. Garfunkel & P. Simon)

Is the last one a so-called bootleg-release? I am still hoping to see the matrix-numbers of that soon and be able to check them to the other one.

Here are some pictures that will give you an idea! Besides the so-called stock-copy labels, I also was lucky to get pictures of the Demo-disc labels.

Big Records promoted Tom & Jerry's release in Billboard of December 9th 1957:

and who are Tom & Jerry:

The labels of the Acetates:


The 78rpm release, with credits to A.Garfunkel & P.Simon:

With credits to Tommy Graph & Jerry Landis


With credits to A. Garfunkel & P. Simon

This one is signed by Paul Simon in 1957, as sold on eBay recently.