Various – All-Star Festival

The following article is from page 1 of the 23 Mar 1963 edition of Billboard magazine:

"UN Disk Zooms All Over World - By JACK MAHER NEW YORK

Early reaction to the United Nations "All Star Festival" LP has begun to stream in from points around the world. The disk, which is being distributed by Philips International on a worldwide basis, and by Mercury Records in the United States, is being hailed in some countries as one of the greatest sellers ever.

The album contains tracks by such international stars as Louis Armstrong, Maurice Chevalier, Nat Cole, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Nana Mouskouri, Patti Page, Luis Albert De Parana, Edith Piaf, Anne Shelton and Caterina Valente. The artists, distributors and even in some cases dealers, are all realizing little or no profit from the album, with the lion's share of the money going to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the support of some 13 million destitute souls. The album has been put on sale in 110 countries of the world.

The Billboard worldwide network of correspondents have filed individual stories on the sales and special promotions being carried out in their individual countries, and what effect they have had."