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V8th SYMPHONY: "Come Friday, Payday, Full Tank, Full Throttle.'

'57 CHEVY BEL AIR




THE LAST YEAR OF ALFRED P. SLOAN (1875.5.23-1966.2.17)
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (/sln/; May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time Presidentchairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation.[2] Sloan, first as a senior executive and later as the head of the organization, helped GM grow from the 1920s through the 1950s, decades when concepts such as the annual model change, brand architectureindustrial designautomotive design (styling), and planned obsolescence transformed the industry, and when the industry changed lifestyles and the built environment in America and throughout the world.
Sloan's memoir, My Years with General Motors,[3] written in the 1950s but withheld from publication until an updated version was finally released in 1964,[4] exemplified Sloan's vision of the professional manager and the carefully engineered corporate structure in which he worked. It is considered one of the seminal texts in the field of modern management education, although the state of the art in management science has grown greatly in the half century since.
Sloan is remembered for being a rational, shrewd, and very successful manager, who led GM to become the world's largest corporation, a position it held for many years after his death. His rationality and shrewdness are also remembered by his critics as extending even to cold,plutocratic detachment or avarice. However, the magnitude of Sloan's philanthropy suggests that he saw himself differently: as a man with greater talents and greater responsibilities than others, who was thus entitled to great authority but also obligated to, and committed to, beneficence.
Sloan and the management of GM in the 1930s and early 1940s – the time of the Great DepressionGerman re-armamentfascism,appeasement, and World War II – are part of a larger narrative about the complex nature of multinational corporations and how nationality of their members was irrelevant in some ways but relevant in others. The national governments on both sides of the Allied–Axis divide used the industrial capacity of GM – the Allies using Detroit and Vauxhall, the Axis using Adam Opel AG, GM's German subsidiary – to churn out materielfor their war efforts.
Like Henry Ford – a contemporary of Sloan's with a rather special relationship to him as the other "head man" of an automotive colossus – Sloan is remembered today with a complex mixture of admiration for his accomplishments, appreciation for his philanthropic legacy, and unease or reproach about his attitudes during the interwar period and World War II.[5]
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Alfred P.Sloan, retired as GM chairman on April 2, 1956.
The 1957 Chevrolet is a car which was introduced by Chevrolet in September 1956 for the 1957 model year. It was available in three series models: the upscale Bel Air, the mid-range "two-ten", and the "one-fifty". A two-door station wagon, the Nomad was produced as a Bel Air model. An upscale trim option called the "Delray" was available for two-ten 2-door sedans. It is a popular and sought after classic car. These vehicles are often restored to their original condition and sometimes modified. The car's image has been frequently used in toys, graphics, music, movies and television. The '57 Chevy, as it is often known, is an auto icon.
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The Day Alfred P. Sloan (Business/Industrial Organogram) and Peter Drucker (Marketing Organogram) succeeded in revolutionizing  the modern world with the sleekest design like the ’57 BelAir combined with sleek Marketing

 As a consequence of a 1.5% reduction in costs,   Engineering Standards, Norms and Quality were overshadowed, took a back seat, relegated to second and often killed for  the optical illusion of Marketing.  But not for long, Engineering, Standards, Norms and Quality would strike back, and fatally.  On the morning of 1 June 2009 GM filed for bankruptcy.










1957 FLASH BACK



NO. 82 IN 1957: KEEP ON KNOCKING BY LITTLE  RICHARD





TOP OF THE CHARTS IN 1957

Position ArtistSong Title
« 195619571958 »
1Elvis PresleyAll Shook Up
2Pat BooneLove Letters In The Sand
3DiamondsLittle Darlin'
4Tab HunterYoung Love
5Jimmy DorseySo Rare
6Pat BooneDon't Forbid Me
7Guy MitchellSinging The Blues
8Sonny JamesYoung Love
9Elvis PresleyToo Much
10Perry ComoRound And Round
11Everly BrothersBye Bye Love
12Debbie ReynoldsTammy
13Buddy KnoxParty Doll
14Elvis PresleyTeddy Bear
15Harry BelafonteBanana Boat (Day-O)
16Elvis PresleyJailhouse Rock
17Marty RobbinsA White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
18Del-VikingsCome Go With Me
19Everly BrothersWake Up Little Susie
20Sam CookeYou Send Me
21CoastersSearchin'
22Chuck BerrySchool Day
23Ferlin HuskyGone
24Paul AnkaDiana
25Ricky NelsonA Teenager's Romance
26TarriersThe Banana Boat Song
27Jimmie RodgersHoneycomb
28Jerry Lee LewisWhole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
29Gale StormDark Moon
30CricketsThat'll Be The Day
31Charlie GracieButterfly
32Frankie LaineMoonlight Gambler
33Tommy SandsTeenage Crush
34Johnny MathisIt's Not For Me To Say
35RaysSilhouettes
36Andy WilliamsButterfly
37Terry GilkysonMarianne
38Fats DominoI'm Walkin'
39Johnny MathisChances Are
40Nat King ColeSend For Me
41Russ HamiltonRainbow
42Ricky NelsonBe-bop Baby
43Larry WilliamsShort Fat Fanny
44Jim LoweThe Green Door
45Billy WilliamsI'm Gonna Sit Rlght Down And Write Myself A Letter
46Patti PageOld Cape Cod
47BobbettesMr. Lee
48Fats DominoBlueberry Hill
49Del-VikingsWhispering Bells
50Fats DominoBlue Monday
51Johnny MathisWonderful! Wonderful!
52Jane Morgan and the TroubadoursFascination
53Bobby HelmsMy Special Angel
54Billy Ward and His DominoesStar Dust
55Bill JustisRaunchy
56Elvis PresleyLove Me Tender
57Harry BelafonteJamaica Farewell
58Pat BooneWhy Baby Why
59Betty JohnsonI Dreamed
60Buddy KnoxHula Love
61Tune WeaversHappy, Happy Birthday Baby
62Ivory Joe HunterSince I Met You Baby
63Jim ReevesFour Walls
64Jerry LewisRock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
65MantovaniAround the World
66Tony BennettIn the Middle of an Island
67Johnnie and JoeOver the Mountain Across the Sea
68HilltoppersMarianne
69Don RondoWhite Silver Sands
70Four LadsWho Needs You
71Ames BrothersMelodie D'Amour
72Thurston HarrisLittle Bitty Pretty One
73Steve LawrenceParty Doll
74CoastersYoung Blood
75Victor YoungAround the World
76Andy WilliamsI Like Your Kind of Love
77Bonnie GuitarDark Moon
78Mickey and SylviaLove Is Strange
79Chuck BerryRock and Roll Music
80Little RichardJenny Jenny
81Pat BooneBernardine
82Little RichardKeep a Knockin'
83Sal MineoStart Movin'
84Chuck WillisC.C. Rider
85Gene VincentLotta Lovin'
86Ernie FreemanRaunchy
87Fats DominoValley of Tears
88Pat BooneRemember You're Mine
89Guy MitchellRock-a-Billy
90Margie RayburnI'm Available
91Larry WilliamsBony Maronie
92Harry BelafonteMama Look at Bubu
93Patience and PrudenceGonna Get Along Without Ya Now
94Lavern BakerJim Dandy
95Marvin RainwaterGonna Find Me a Bluebird
96Four CoinsShangri-La
97Rusty DraperFreight Train
98Elvis PresleyLoving You
99Jimmy BowenI'm Sticking with You
100Joe Bennett and the SparkletonesBlack Slacks





1 comment:


  1. HANG ON SLOOPY, McCoys
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo

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