"Martin. It was featured on Parlophone PMC 1131, a 12-inch album called Peter and Sophia (Loren). In 1961 the Temperance Seven achieved national fame with the #1 hit ""You're Driving Me Crazy"", arranged by Frank Skinner and produced by George Martin. It was quickly followed by ""Pasadena"", which reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. They toured the UK widely that year, often in shows promoted by their manager Ralph Peters and their performances acquired a set routine beginning with the last few bars of ""Pasadena"" (which became their signature tune) and ending with the stirring strains of the"
"they were all serious musicians. The name ""Temperance Seven"" was suggested by Douggie Gray, of the Alberts fame. The Alberts were cult figures in the art scene in the mid 1950s and were forerunners of the sort of humour that became Monty Python. (This was not the band's only link with Monty Python; see below). The Temperance Seven was a subtle play on words – the number seven being ""one under the eight"". That there were nine members or ""one over the eight"" implied intemperance. In 1960 they recorded ""Ukulele Lady"" with vocal refrain by Peter Sellers, produced by George"
"while strumming a guitar, suggested they do it like a country song. Richard and his band agreed and duly rerecorded the song with the slower tempo. The song was recorded in April 1959 by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and produced by Norrie Paramor. It was first released in the UK in May 1959 on the ""Serious Charge"" (EP) soundtrack before being released as a single in July 1959. It was number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from July, becoming the biggest selling single of 1959 in the UK with sales of 770,000. Richard was awarded"
"Step One Records Step One Records was an independent American record label established in February 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded by singer-songwriter and producer Ray Pennington with Curtis Potter, the former of whom had produced for Waylon Jennings. At the time of the label's foundation, it was one of the few independent country music labels to have significant chart success, most notably in 1991, when the label released Clinton Gregory's ""(If It Weren't for Country Music) I'd Go Crazy"", the only independently released single on the ""Billboard"" country charts at the time of its release. The label"
"1961 were ""That Towering Feeling"", ""Angela Mia"", ""Closer Than a Kiss"", ""This Game of Love"", ""On the Swingin' Side"", and ""Young and Lively"". In 1961, he was released by Columbia. Moving over to Capitol Records, he filled the gap left by Frank Sinatra's leaving to help found Reprise Records. He lasted at Capitol only until 1965; however, he recorded some of his most highly regarded albums there, including two which made the ""Billboard"" chart, ""Linger Awhile with Vic Damone"" and ""The Lively Ones"", the latter with arrangements by Billy May, who also arranged another of Damone's Capitol albums, ""Strange Enchantment""."
"to California, she recorded her first single, ""Queen for a Day"", for the Everest label. She was introduced by Dorothy Shay to record producers and songwriters Ed Cobb and Lincoln Mayorga of The Four Preps and The Piltdown Men, who won her a contract with Era Records in Los Angeles. In 1961, they released her single ""I'm a Fool to Want You"" b/w ""Love Letters"". Radio listeners and disc jockeys preferred the B-side, a reworking of a 1945 hit by Dick Haymes, and Lester's recording of ""Love Letters"", which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums,"
"best known number one hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Singles Charts were ""Blue Moon"" by the Marcels in the spring of 1961 (also a number one in the UK, where Colpix was licensed to Pye International), and ""Johnny Angel"" by Shelley Fabares in the spring of 1962. Bernadette Castro recorded for the label ""Get Rid of Him""/""A Girl in Love Forgives"" and ""His Lips Get in the Way""/""Sportscar Sally"". Singer Jo Ann Greer, who dubbed several of the actresses at Columbia Pictures, recorded two albums with the studio's musical director, Morris Stoloff: ""Soundtracks, Voices and Themes"" and ""The Naked"
"Lucky 7 Records Lucky Seven Records were founded by the British band Madness. The launch of this new record label enabled them to release their new material. So far the label has released six Madness singles including ""Sorry"", ""NW5"", ""Dust Devil"", ""Sugar and Spice"", ""Forever Young"", ""My Girl 2"" and the albums ""The Liberty of Norton Folgate"", which returned Madness to the top ten of the UK Albums Chart, ""Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da"" and ""Can't Touch Us Now"". Lucky Seven Records is not the first Madness Label to be set up. Zarjazz Records, a sub label"
"between 1957 and 1963, including his number one hit, ""You Send Me,"" among 33 records in the top 100 in that period. Although Cooke was clearly making his label, RCA Records, a great deal of money, label executives nonetheless repeatedly refused to honor his many requests for a review of his accounts. Klein forced the reluctant label to open its books for a thorough audit. Shortly afterward, RCA agreed to re-negotiate Cooke's contract. Klein secured for his client a genuinely groundbreaking deal. Klein created a holding company, Tracey Ltd., which was owned by Klein and named after one of Cooke's"
"Chandler and Michael Atkins in the early-1970s to the group. They would gain two more members during the 1990s Eddie Graham, a cousin, and Fred Price. The group is currently Cleve and Clay Graham, Bobby McDougal, Ben Chandler, Michael Atkins, Eddie Graham and Fred Price. The group has released 25 albums with six labels from 1952 until present day, and those labels were the following: Nashboro Records, Peacock Records, Savoy Records, Malaco Records, MCA Records, and Benson Records. Their first recording contract was with Nashboro Records, where they made singles, and this gained them enough revenue to be an operable"
"The Temperance Seven The Temperance Seven is a British band originally active in the 1960s, specialising in 1920s-style jazz music. The Temperance (Temperence? - ref certain album covers) Seven was founded at Christmas 1955 by students at the Chelsea School of Art, though the band mythologized its foundation as dating from 1904 at the fictitious Pasadena Cocoa Rooms, Balls Pond Road, North London. The three founder members were Paul McDowell (who originally played trombone), Philip Harrison (who originally played banjo) and Brian Innes (drums). Gradually the band evolved into a nine-piece ensemble with a light-hearted and humorous performing style, although"
"summer of 1961 Vee had a big hit with "" Take Good Care of My Baby"", which peaked at number one (US) and number 3 (UK). He regularly had Hot 100 hits until 1970. Other major signings included Willie Nelson, Jan and Dean, Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Del Shannon, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Timi Yuro and Vikki Carr. Liberty staff producer Snuff Garrett, in addition to producing hits for many of the stars listed above, also had great success with a series of instrumental easy listening albums credited to ""The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett."" The name of the"
"nationally on July 30, 1957 and peaked at #7 on the ""Variety"" National Box Office Survey, staying on the chart for four weeks. The soundtrack of the film was recorded from January 15–18, 1957, at the Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage, and in two additional sessions at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on January 12, 13, and 19, and February 23–24, 1957. It contains seven songs, composed expressly for the movie by writers contracted to Elvis Presley Music and Gladys Music, the publishing companies owned by Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The title tune, ""Loving You"", was composed by Jerry"
"initially distributed by Island Records and then Philips Records. Soul City Records (British label) Soul City was a British soul independent record label run by Dave Godin, David Nathan and Robert Blackmore, from a record shop of the same name in London. It is not to be confused with the US record label of the same name, run by the singer Johnny Rivers. Its first release was Don Gardener & Dee Dee Ford's ""Don't You Worry"" in March 1969. The label released a further 18 singles, the biggest hit being Gene Chandler's ""Nothing Can Stop Me"" which reached Number 41"
"to independent distributors in 1974, and later did its own distribution. Ultimately, RCA absorbed the label in 1977. Chelsea Records Chelsea Records was an American-based record company founded by musician, songwriter, and record producer Wes Farrell in 1972. Within the company's first four months, it released its first gold single, ""Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"" by Wayne Newton. In addition to Newton, Chelsea featured a number of new and established artists like Tommy Boyce, Jim Gilstrap, Lulu, and Rick Springfield. A sublabel, Roxbury Records, focused on the soul and R&B market and scored a million-selling hit with William DeVaughn's"
"the style of music they played. Some members also went under preposterous pseudonyms emphasised by the wearing of a minor yet conspicuous item of clothing – Colin Bowles a dog collar and John R. T. Davies a fez. ""Josef Kronk"", who supposedly arranged ""The Temperance Seven"" 1961 LP, was the collective pseudonym for the band. The early personnel included: Later members included: The Temperance Seven also appeared on: The Temperance Seven The Temperance Seven is a British band originally active in the 1960s, specialising in 1920s-style jazz music. The Temperance (Temperence? - ref certain album covers) Seven was founded at"
"producer George Martin, the song ""Do You Want to Know a Secret?"" was a number two UK Singles Chart hit in 1963, (but number one in some charts), and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by the Beatles, ""I'll Be on My Way"". After this impressive breakthrough another Lennon–McCartney pairing, ""Bad to Me"" c/w ""I Call Your Name"", reached number one. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. ""I'll Keep You Satisfied"" ended the year with a respectable number four placing. Kramer was given a series of songs specially written for him by John"
"""Take Me Home"" by Cher and ""Are You For Real"" by Deodato featuring Camille. Tony Humphries formed his first record label, Yellorange, in 1998. The label was superseded by Tony Records, which he founded in 2006. He left the label in 2016, and TR Records was founded in its place. Todd Terry cites Tony Humphries and Larry Levan as big influences. MK, whose remix of “Push the Feeling On” by the Nightcrawlers reached #3 in the UK charts in 1995, also cites Humphries as a major influence. ""It helped my production hearing the New York DJs, hearing Tony Humphries, Frankie"
"by Transamerica Corporation (an insurance company) and combined with their other label United Artists Records. Following that merger, Turner was transferred to Nashville to take over the country division of the newly merged Liberty/Imperial/United Artists. After leaving the label, he served as an independent producer on several albums for Slim Whitman, garnering Turner four U.K Gold Records, and produced recording sessions for artists such as (in alphabetical order) Bobby Bare, Larry Butler, Jimmy Bryant, Vicki Carr, Johnny Carver, Jimmy Clanton, Roy Clark, Rosemary Clooney, Penny DeHaven, Glen Garrison, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Lewis, Willie Nelson, Harry Nilsson, Bill Phillips, Del Reeves,"
"After being promoted and becoming successful in Boston and Philadelphia, the single gradually received national airplay. In 1959, it peaked at No. 6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming the first of his 22 songs to appear on the Billboard chart, and also reached No. 13 on the R&B singles chart. In the UK, where his early records were issued on the Top Rank label, it reached No. 17. ""Tallahassee Lassie"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. He stayed on the Swan label with producer Frank Slay for the next five years,"
"the plane safely. The 1962 album ""Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"" and its sequel, ""Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2"", helped to bring country music into the musical mainstream. Charles's version of the Don Gibson song ""I Can't Stop Loving You"" topped the Pop chart for five weeks, stayed at number 1 on the R&B chart for ten weeks, and gave him his only number-one record in the UK. In 1962, he founded his record label, Tangerine, which ABC-Paramount promoted and distributed. He had major pop hits in 1963 with ""Busted"" (US number 4) and"
"""You're the One"" and KQV became the first radio station to play the record, which entered the KQV ""Finest Forty"" chart in July 1965, and that August broke in Detroit and San Diego. prior to breaking nationally that September. The burgeoning success of the Vogues' ""You're the One"" had alerted Petula Clark's UK label: Pye Records, to the track's hit potential with Pye rush releasing Clark's own version as a single which entered the UK chart in November 1965 and peaked at No. 23. According to Chuck Blasco of the Vogues, Clark's US label: Warner Bros., had also intended to"
"record deal with CBS Records and the group thereafter had top 10 singles with ""She Doesn't Cry Anymore"" (1988) and ""See If I Care"" (1990), top 5 singles with ""Mama Knows"" (1988) and ""The Moon Over Georgia"" (1991), and six number 1 singles with ""The Church on Cumberland Road"" (1989), ""Sunday in the South"" (1989), ""Two Dozen Roses"" (1989), ""Next to You, Next to Me"" (1990), ""Ghost in This House"" (1990), and ""I Got You"" (1991). In addition to FAME studios, Hall operated FAME Records, whose original roster included Clarence Carter, Candi Staton, Jimmy Hughes, Willie Hightower and the Fame"
"created by Stanley Applebaum. The personnel on the song included Romeo Penque on sax, Ernie Hayes on piano, Al Caiola and Charles McCracken on guitars, Lloyd Trotman on double bass, Phil Kraus on percussion, and Gary Chester on drums, plus a wordless mixed chorus and strings. Songwriting credits on the single were shown as King and Elmo Glick—a pseudonym used by Leiber and Stoller. King's record went to No. 1 on the R&B charts and was a Top Ten hit on the US charts twice—in its original release, entering the Billboard chart on May 13, 1961 and peaking at No."
"later joined the Voice Masters and the Originals. George Dixon replaced Edwards, and the group renamed themselves the Spinners in 1961. The Spinners' first single, ""That's What Girls Are Made For"", was recorded under Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi Records. The single peaked at number 27 on the Top 100 chart in August 1961. Smith sang lead vocal on this track, coached by Fuqua. The group's follow-up single, ""Love (I'm So Glad) I Found You"", also featured lead vocals by Smith. This song reached number 91 that November, and was the last Tri-Phi Records' single to reach the Top 100 charts. Sources"
"as Avig and Coleman were the leads for the Valadiers and Street was the Monitors' lead singer. The Valadiers were the first to record the song in late 1961. Their version would only make it to No. 89 on the pop chart, not enough (and too little too late) to save the Miracle label from being shut down and replaced with the Gordy label (to which both the group and the Temptations would be reassigned to). The Isleys were the next to record it on January 22, 1966, and then the Monitors just days later on January 28. The Isley"
"Chelsea Records Chelsea Records was an American-based record company founded by musician, songwriter, and record producer Wes Farrell in 1972. Within the company's first four months, it released its first gold single, ""Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"" by Wayne Newton. In addition to Newton, Chelsea featured a number of new and established artists like Tommy Boyce, Jim Gilstrap, Lulu, and Rick Springfield. A sublabel, Roxbury Records, focused on the soul and R&B market and scored a million-selling hit with William DeVaughn's ""Be Thankful for What You Got"" in 1974. RCA Records originally handled distribution for Chelsea, but Farrell switched"
"recalled his quick fix: ""this was a need-to-know situation and I figured nobody needed to know. I had been in the business three months or something like that. You're not a good engineer until you destroy a master and hopefully live to talk about it."" In July, the song went to number one on the U.S. country and pop charts, and Porter's reputation rose. Porter served for four years as the chief engineer under guitarist and producer Atkins. Porter became the engineer big-name artists wanted to work with, and he was influential in creating the Nashville sound. Record producer Owen"
"popularity of the tune prompted Glenn Miller to ask Jurgens if he could record a vocal version of the song. Robbins Music Company, the song’s publisher, hired Sammy Gallop to write the lyrics. Miller recorded his version of the song for RCA Bluebird (B-11274-A) on August 11, 1941 in New York with Ray Eberle on lead vocals and the Modernaires on backing vocals. This version was an even bigger success than Jurgens’ recording, peaking at no.1 for one week on the ""Billboard"" Best Selling Retail Records chart for the week ending December 13, 1941, in a 20-week chart run. The"
"the mid-1960s, the band changed labels from W&G Records to Go Records. After the demise of the Go!! Show and its associated record label, they moved to Philips Records, and finally to Fable Records in 1970. In February 1967 Terry Walker (ex Glen Ingram & The Hi-Five) replaced Fred Wieland, who left to join The Mixtures. During 1969, The Strangers' cover of ""Melanie Makes Me Smile"" made No. 16 in Sydney, No. 9 in Melbourne and No. 7 in Brisbane. Later singles included ""Mr. President"" (Trevor 'Dozy' Davies, John 'Beaky' Dymond, Ian 'Tich' Amey) in 1970, and ""Sweet Water"" (Fletcher/Flett),"
"released on the W & G label in 1963. In 1969, the single ""Saint Paul, which was produced by Peter Dawkins, and arranged by him became a number one hit, staying in that position for six weeks. He did the arrangements for Eliza Keil's album ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"", which was released on the Philips label in 1970. In 1971, he did the arrangements for the a single by Abe Phillips who died later that year. The song ""Don't Think You Remember Me"", which had the backing of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was described in an article as"
"AFO Records All for One Records, better known as AFO, was the first African American musician-owned record label. AFO was founded in New Orleans in 1961 by Harold Battiste, who was an established composer, arranger, and performer. AFO was established as a musicians' collective. According to AFO alumnus Wallace Johnson, Battiste ""said it was time for New Orleans musicians that make the music to make the money – not out-of-town companies that came here to record."" House musicians for AFO included John Boudreaux and Melvin Lastie. In 1961, AFO released Barbara George's song ""I Know (You Don't Love Me No"
"Kane"" was Barclay's favourite film – and the song was released as the B-side of a single, ""You Make Love So Well"", by Pye Records in August 1960. He then won a recording contract with Decca Records. His first recording for the label, ""Well I Ask You""—written by Les Vandyke, arranged by John Keating, and produced by Bunny Lewis—reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1961. It was followed by three more top ten hits in the UK over the next year, ""Get Lost"" (No. 10), ""Forget Me Not"" (No. 3) and ""I Don't Know Why"" (No."