Mercury Records
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Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub la
Norman Granz "Jazz at the Philharmonic" 78rpm release
Eddie Gaedel
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Edward Carl Gaedel was the smallest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game.
Mercury Records
…and Jimmy Hilliard, they penetrated the pop market with names such as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone, Tony Fontane, and Patti Page. In 1946, Mercury hired Eddie Gaedel, an American with dwarfism, most notable for participating in a Major League Baseball game, to portray the "Mercury Man", complete with a winged hat…
Gaedel batting in August 1951, in his only plate appearance in baseball
Gaedel's grave at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery