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The Bebop Revolution
On February 16, 1944, Apollo Records held its very first recording session in New York City. In Coco, Charlie Parker takes the chord changes to another song and invents a completely new melody on top of it. But even as Bebop started to spread, the recording band was still going against the two biggest companies. The labels signed an agreement accepting the union's terms for three years.