BH was signed to Coral, something of a minor miracle because that label had a quite notorious reputation.
>started by Decca in 1949 as a subsidiary for jazz and swing recordings
>by 1954 it was taken over by Bob Thiele who was almost a match for Mitch Miller in bad taste
>Coral was then primarily used for R&R and mainstream pop acts while the parent Decca label went to more classy, upmarket acts
>eventually many years later Thiele and Teresa Brewer married after she'd divorced her first husband as the two had had a close working relationship since her hitmaking days at Coral in the 50s and what more of a match made in heaven could that have been?
>other Coral luminaries included the McGuire Sisters, Steve Lawrence, Eileen Barton, Johnny Desmond, and Lawrence Welk