"in 1963, as did the album of the same title. After these hits, Shannon was unable to keep his momentum in the U.S. but had continued success in the United Kingdom, where he had always been more popular. In 1963, he became the first American to record a cover version of a song by the Beatles: his version of ""From Me to You"" charted in the U.S. before the Beatles' version. By August 1963, Shannon's relationship with his managers and Bigtop had soured, so he formed his own label, Berlee Records, named after his parents and distributed by Diamond Records."
"Bess Berman Bess Berman (July 14, 1902–August 8, 1968) was an American record label executive. With her husband Isaac ""Ike"" Berman, Hy Siegel and Sam Schneider, she set up Apollo Records, an independent label notable for its promotion of gospel and R&B musicians, in New York City in 1944. She was born Bessie Merenstein in New York, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Germany, and married vending machine salesman Ike Berman (""né"" Behrman, May 16, 1897–February 5, 1956) around 1926. They set up Apollo Records in 1944, and she became the driving force behind its development, particularly in recruiting star"
"executive Lewis Merenstein. Bess Berman Bess Berman (July 14, 1902–August 8, 1968) was an American record label executive. With her husband Isaac ""Ike"" Berman, Hy Siegel and Sam Schneider, she set up Apollo Records, an independent label notable for its promotion of gospel and R&B musicians, in New York City in 1944. She was born Bessie Merenstein in New York, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Germany, and married vending machine salesman Ike Berman (""né"" Behrman, May 16, 1897–February 5, 1956) around 1926. They set up Apollo Records in 1944, and she became the driving force behind its development, particularly"
"Beverley's Beverley's was a Jamaican record label (1961 – 1971) owned by the Chinese Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong. Beverley's was essential to the development of ska and rocksteady into reggae. The label launched the careers of Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley, having released Jimmy Cliff's first recording ""Dearest Beverley"" in 1961 and Bob Marleys early singles ""Judge Not"" and ""One Cup of Coffee"" in 1962. The Beverley's ice-cream parlour/record shop at 135 Orange Street in Kingston was run by the Chinese-Jamaican Kong family, one of whom, Leslie Kong, started the Beverley's record label. Kong launched the label in 1961"
"David Berkeley David Berkeley, born David Berkeley Friedland on 22 September 1976 in New Jersey, is an American singer and songwriter. He has released four studio albums, one live album and has published a book, all of them self-produced under the ""Straw Man"" label, in a recording career that began in 2002. Berkeley accompanies his singing on acoustic guitar, solo or with supporting instruments; his music has been described as acoustic, indie and Americana. He is also known for collaborating with trance music artists on remixes of his own songs and on original material. After growing up in his native"
"Beserkley Records Beserkley Records was an American independent record label based in Berkeley, California, from 1973 to 1984. Beserkley is usually regarded as a power pop and rock and roll label. During the 1970s, the label released albums by Earth Quake, Greg Kihn, Jonathan Richman, and The Modern Lovers, the Rubinoos, and the Tyla Gang. Several other artists appeared on singles, or on compilation albums. From 1980 to its dissolution in 1984, Beserkley was a one-artist label, the artist being Greg Kihn. The label was founded by Matthew King Kaufman along with members of the Bay Area band Earth Quake."
"Lawrence Berk Lawrence Berk (December 1908 – December 22, 1995) was the founder of Berklee College of Music, a pianist, composer and arranger, and educator. Berk oversaw the growth of the modest Schillinger House music school into the Berklee College of Music, the largest independent school of music in the world. Between founding Schillinger House in 1945 and his retirement from Berklee College of Music in 1978, his entrepreneurial and music-industry savvy enabled the school’s curriculum to keep place with popular music trends, developments in electronic music, and advancements in recording technology. He highly valued the practical application of classroom"
"Orfeo (record label) Orfeo International Music GmbH of Munich is a German classical record label founded in 1979 by Axel Mehrle and launched in 1980. It has released many classical own productions with artists as Carlos Kleiber, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rafael Kubelik, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Eichhorn, Christian Thielemann, Andris Nelsons, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (both as singer and conductor), Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Margaret Price, Lucia Popp, Diana Damrau, Edita Gruberova, Grace Bumbry, Brigitte Fassbaender, Agnes Baltsa, Carlo Bergonzi, Peter Schreier, Piotr Beczala, Renato Bruson, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Josef Bulva, Oleg Maisenberg, Mischa Maisky, Julius Berger, Karl Leister,"
"the Night"", ""Baby Please Don't Go"") and Lulu. Berns formed his own record label, BANG Records, in 1965. BANG Records was founded with his Atlantic Records partners, with the label's name derived from the initials of each of their respective personal names—in order, Bert Berns, Ahmet Ertegün, Nesuhi Ertegün, and Gerald (Jerry) Wexler. BANG was home to such artists as the McCoys (""Hang on Sloopy""), the Strangeloves (""I Want Candy""), Them's ex-lead singer Van Morrison (""Brown Eyed Girl""), and, most notably, Neil Diamond (""Solitary Man"" and ""Cherry Cherry""). With BANG Records releasing predominantly rock and roll, Berns formed Shout Records"
"Lowe is credited with co-writing the song ""Butterfly"" which helped launch and further the career of Charlie Gracie, the eminent 1950s rock and roller, just as the term was entering into the cultural lexicon. Lowe also launched the careers of Dee Dee Sharp, Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, and The Tymes. Bernie Lowe died in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, on September 1, 1993. Bernie Lowe Bernie Lowe (born Bernard Lowenthal, November 22, 1917 – September 1, 1993) was an American songwriter / record producer / arranger / pianist and bandleader. Born in Philadelphia, Lowe started Teen Records"
"for Talent"". In 2009, he died in Los Angeles at age 92. Berle Adams Berle Adams (born Beryl Adasky, June 11, 1917 – August 25, 2009) was a music industry executive and talent booking agent best known for co-founding Mercury Records in the 1940s and later becoming a senior executive at MCA. Adams was born to Russian immigrant parents on the West Side of Chicago. Adams became attracted to late night remote radio broadcasts of America's swing bands, including those of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Bob Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman. While still in high school, Crane"
"own record label, Retrowrek Records, and recording studios, Barnroom Studios in Kent, where he lives with his family. Bernie Tormé Bernie Tormé (born Bernard Tormey, 18 March 1952, Dublin, Ireland) is a rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, record label and recording studio owner. Tormé is best known for his work with Gillan, as well as his brief stints with Ozzy Osbourne's backing band and Atomic Rooster. Inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, and Gary Moore, Tormé formed his first band at a young age. His first paid performance came when Don Harris, a 14-year-old drummer he"
"David Anderle David Anderle (July 9, 1937 – September 1, 2014) was an American portrait artist, talent manager, and record producer best known for his business associations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys during the group's ""Smile"" era. Anderle graduated in June 1955 from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, where his schoolmates included Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, and producer Shel Talmy. In 1964 he began working in A&R at MGM Records, which also owned the Verve label, and convinced the label to sign Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1965. He also worked as the manager"
"Me). Jacques Brel, the Belgian poet-singer who stayed with Barclay until his death in 1978, began his long association with Barclay in 1962, recording hits including ""Le plat Pays"" (The Flat Country), and ""Les Bigotes"" (The Holier-than-Thous) on the Barclay label. Brel left Philips Records to join Barclay as did Juliette Gréco. Philips threatened to litigate but the matter was settled out of court and Barclay released Johnny Hallyday to Philips as part of the settlement. Anarchist poet Léo Ferré was another established singer-songwriter who joined Barclay Records to great mutual benefit. Barclay's nose for success was not infallible, however."
"Bernie Lowe Bernie Lowe (born Bernard Lowenthal, November 22, 1917 – September 1, 1993) was an American songwriter / record producer / arranger / pianist and bandleader. Born in Philadelphia, Lowe started Teen Records and in 1955 was working with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. He asked Freddie Bell to rewrite the lyrics of ""Hound Dog"" to appeal to a broader radio audience. Teen Records and the group had a regional hit with this version of the song, which was one of four songs the group did with Lowe. It was this same version that Elvis Presley heard in Las"
"both labels. As the year 2018 neared its end, the Cameo-Parkway catalogue was still owned by ABKCO Records. Cameo Records was founded in December 1956 in Philadelphia by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann (it has no connection to the 1920s record label Cameo Records). Parkway, initially a subsidiary label, was formed in 1958. Mann and Lowe had been a successful songwriting team prior to the start of label, with Mann writing lyrics and Lowe the music; their biggest hit prior to starting the label was Elvis Presley's ""(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"". Dave Appell joined the label from its"
"Leslie Kong Leslie Kong (1933 – 9 August 1971) was an influential Chinese-Jamaican reggae producer. Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Street, Kingston. In 1961, he encountered a young Jimmy Cliff outside of his shop singing a song he had written called ""Dearest Beverley,"" in the hopes that the mention of the establishment would convince Kong to record him. This encounter led Kong to launch his own record label, Beverley's, and to record Cliff's song, launching Cliff's career in the process. Cliff took on"
"Lee Eliot Berk Lee Eliot Berk (born 1942) was President and namesake of the Berklee College of Music (founded as Schillinger House in 1945 by his father, Lawrence Berk, who renamed the school after Lee in 1954) from 1979 to 2004. Under the younger Berk’s leadership, the college underwent significant changes. Berklee expanded its curriculum to create new majors, including Film Scoring, Music Production and Engineering, Music Synthesis, Songwriting, Music Business/Management, and Music Therapy. Educational applications of music technology expanded, the college administration was reorganized, more student services were added, and non-music academic offerings increased. In 1992, he established the"
"Steele and The Philharmonics. Cardinal Records (1950s) Cardinal Records was an American record label based in Kansas City, Missouri. It was founded during the early 1950s by Louis Blasco, whose wife Betty Peterson Blasco was co-writer of the song ""My Happiness"" which was the initial reason for starting their music publishing company Blasco Music Inc. After Louis died in 1954, brother Frank took over running of the label and the publishing company while Betty took control of the song rights of ""My Happiness"" The label is known mainly for recordings of the harmonica duo The Mulcays. Other artists were Hack"
"local reputation as the ""Organ tornado from Munich"" spread after her first TV appearances in 1982. When her third LP ""Bebab"" was issued, Dennerlein established her own record label in 1985, and assumed her own management duties, because she felt she was not getting enough support from either her existing label or from Hammond, who wanted to promote later digital models rather than the B-3 she used. She received two German Record Critics' awards for self-produced albums. Later, she made three recordings for Enja Records and three for Verve Records. On these recordings she worked with Ray Anderson, Randy Brecker,"
"catalogue as a result of acquiring Parlophone in 2013. This is a list of recording artists who have had at least one recording released on the Jubilee Records label. This is a list of recording artists who have had at least one recording released on the Josie Records label. Jubilee Records Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records. It was founded in New York City in 1946 by Herb Abramson. His partner was Jerry Blaine. Blaine bought Abramson's half of the company in 1947, when Abramson went on to co-found Atlantic"
"Jubilee Records Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records. It was founded in New York City in 1946 by Herb Abramson. His partner was Jerry Blaine. Blaine bought Abramson's half of the company in 1947, when Abramson went on to co-found Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun. The company name was Jay-Gee Recording Company, a subsidiary of the Cosnat Corporation. Cosnat was a wholesale record distributor. Jubilee was the first independent record label to reach the white market with a black vocal group, when the Orioles' recording of ""Crying in the Chapel"""
"Berle Adams Berle Adams (born Beryl Adasky, June 11, 1917 – August 25, 2009) was a music industry executive and talent booking agent best known for co-founding Mercury Records in the 1940s and later becoming a senior executive at MCA. Adams was born to Russian immigrant parents on the West Side of Chicago. Adams became attracted to late night remote radio broadcasts of America's swing bands, including those of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Bob Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman. While still in high school, Crane Technical High School, Adams began renting speaker systems and booking bands schools"
"1979. He is the author of ""Legal Protection for the Creative Musician"", which won an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 1971. Lee Eliot Berk Lee Eliot Berk (born 1942) was President and namesake of the Berklee College of Music (founded as Schillinger House in 1945 by his father, Lawrence Berk, who renamed the school after Lee in 1954) from 1979 to 2004. Under the younger Berk’s leadership, the college underwent significant changes. Berklee expanded its curriculum to create new majors, including Film Scoring, Music Production and Engineering, Music Synthesis, Songwriting, Music Business/Management, and Music Therapy. Educational applications of music technology expanded,"
"manager. Williams then took him to Apollo Records introducing him to Bess Berman, who signed him to the label. The move was made after Williams added four years to Burke's age, which led to confusion from the press about his age. Burke signed with Apollo Records in late 1955, following the departure of gospel singer and the label's primary star Mahalia Jackson to Columbia. After he signed with Apollo, the label's founder Bess Berman and its handlers were reportedly trying to make Burke ""the next Harry Belafonte"". Burke recorded nine singles for the label during his two-year tenure, releasing his"
"several years of success, Kihn's 1984 single ""Reunited"" flopped (peaking at #102) and the parent album ""Kihntagious"" stalled at #121 on the charts. Beserkley founder Kaufman then essentially dissolved the label and allowed Kihn to sign with major label EMI, where Kaufman would continue to act as Kihn's producer. The Beserkley catalogue was licensed to Rhino Records in 1986, and later to Castle Communications, Sanctuary Records, and BMG Rights Management. Kaufman operated the Son of Beserkley label for a time in the 1990s; his current label is called Fun Fun Fun Recordings. Beserkley Records Beserkley Records was an American independent"
"accompanist. They had a son Jim Corwin in 1961.<ref> Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer. He was also a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessman Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most"
"Barclay Records Barclay Records is a French record company and label founded by Eddie Barclay in 1953. Eddie Barclay was a bandleader, pianist, producer, and nightclub owner. With his wife, Nicole, who was the vocalist in his band, he started Barclay. The catalogue included the work of Stéphane Grappelli, Lionel Hampton, and Rhoda Scott. In 1978 the label was sold to Polygram. Jazz issues ceased in 1983. Barclay's catalogue includes Hugues Aufray, Charles Aznavour, Alain Bashung, Jacques Brel, Les Chaussettes Noires, Dalida, Jean Ferrat, Léo Ferré, Nino Ferrer, Jimi Hendrix, Patrick Juvet, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Danielle Licari, Mireille Mathieu,"
"Private Stock Records Private Stock Records was a record label that operated from 1974 to 1978. The label was founded by Larry Uttal after he was ousted from Bell Records. The label primarily focused on pop music and had numerous hit records, many of them one-hit wonders, including singles by David Soul of ""Starsky and Hutch"" fame (""Don't Give Up on Us""), Starbuck (""Moonlight Feels Right""), Austin Roberts (""Rocky""), Samantha Sang (""Emotion""), Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (""A Fifth of Beethoven""), Cyndi Grecco (""Making Our Dreams Come True,"" a.k.a. the theme song to ""Laverne & Shirley"") and Frankie"
"Applause Records Applause Records was a short-lived record label featuring popular standards performers, nearly all of them vocalists. It was founded in Beverly Hills, California, in 1981 by record company executive and music publisher Arthur Mogull. The label released albums by Shirley Bassey, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Sammy Davis Jr., Robert Goulet, Vic Damone, Jack Jones, Tony Martin, The Lettermen and Peter Nero. In December 1981 Peggy Lee said she was considering joining the label, although she never did. A 1988 newspaper story gave Steve Lawrence credit for founding Applause Records, saying he did so ""out of acute frustration."" In"
"Wright, Hux Brown, Rad Bryan, Paul Douglas and Winston Grennan) and the Maytals’ brilliant harmonizing, Toots wrote and sang his unmistakable voice about every subject imaginable."" In 1963, Kong began licensing recordings to Black Swan, a subdivision of friend Chris Blackwell's Island Records. Later he licensed recordings to Graeme Goodall's Pyramid and to Trojan Records by the end of the 60s. The Beverley's label folded with the death of Leslie Kong in 1971. Beverley's Beverley's was a Jamaican record label (1961 – 1971) owned by the Chinese Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong. Beverley's was essential to the development of ska"
"Purple Music Switzerland Purple Music Switzerland is a Swiss record label, based in Zürich and owned by DJ, producer and a former record shop owner Cem Berter aka Jamie Lewis. Purple Music is regarded as one of the most influential house music labels of the past decade. The label was created in 1997 with the intention to fuse Gospel with house music. The label has had a monthly residency party at Kaufleuten club in Zurich since 1997. Jamie Lewis has been nominated twice for the House Music Awards in the UK. Artists currently signed to the label include Dario D'Attis,"
"Bernie Wayne Bernie Wayne (March 6, 1919 – April 18, 1993) was an American composer who wrote over 1,000 songs and music for commercial jingles. He was best known for ""Blue Velvet,"" which was recorded as a hit by numerous artists, and ""There She Is,"" the song long associated with the Miss America pageant, as well as songs written for Elvis Presley, Broadway musicals and Hollywood productions. He also wrote the tune featured in commercials for Chock full o'Nuts which portrayed it as the ""heavenly coffee"". Wayne was born Bernard Weitzner in 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey. He died at"