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Sutton Records
Sutton Records was a budget record label that was sold in outlets other than record shops. The outlets for Sutton were supermarkets, gas stations etc., would be serviced by rack jobbers. In addition to cover versions, the label issued recordings by The Ink Spots, Jesse Crawford and Jimmy Witherspoon. Background Sutton was founded by Bob Blythe, the former president of Tops Records. In 1963, the label began with 225 records in its catalogue. Some of the label catalogues that they sourced their recordings from were Music Craft, Omega and Tiara. One solo artist to have a record issued on the label was Jimmy Witherspoon with ''Stormy Monday And Other Blues By''. One of the groups to have albums released on the label was a group called New Dimension who never released any singles. Tony Hilder and Robert Hafner had a deal with Sutton. This is an example of one of the many budget releases were packaged in generic sleeves and sent straight to shops to go into the cut-out bins and racks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Blythe
Bob Blythe was a ball point pen manufacturer and owner of BB pens. Later he was president of a record company, Tops Records, as well as founder of budget record label Sutton Records. Background Blythe was a former vaudevillian who drove around in a yellow convertible. He would hire actors to work in his pen factory. BB Pens He partnered up with Jack Stein, a Los Angeles surgeon. They began the pen operation in Mrs. Stein's kitchen, but as a result of making a mess in the sink, they moved it to Stein's garage. Later they were on the verge of having a $1,250,000 contract for a chain of jewelry stores signed but it didn't eventuate because a pen exploded in the face of the director of the stores. After that they had to start again. By 1949, it was forecasted that year that the company would produce 20 million pens. Tops Records In 1958 Blythe was hired by Tops Records. In early April 1959, Blythe bought into Tops Records and became the largest shareholder. At the time, Blythe who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Collins (hypnotist)
Patricia Ann Collins (May 7, 1935 – May 31, 1997) was an Americans, American hypnosis, hypnotist. Early life Collins was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 7, 1935. She spent most of her childhood in orphanages and foster homes. Career Collins mentioned in interviews that hypnosis helped her recover from a mental breakdown, nervous breakdown. She later studied the art and came up with a nightclub act in which she would hypnotize volunteers from the audience. She owned a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, where she would perform her act, as well as use hypnosis for therapeutic purposes. She became known as the "Hip Hypnotist". At her zenith, Collins earned $4,000 per week. In 1966, Collins appeared as herself on ''The Lucy Show'', in an episode titled "Lucy and Pat Collins", on which she hypnotized Lucille Ball's and Gale Gordon's characters, Lucy Carmichael and Mr. Mooney. She also appeared in the film ''Divorce American Style''. Collins w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sentinals (band)
The Sentinals were a surf rock band from San Luis Obispo, California (1961–1965). The band is notable for a Latino influence in some works, such as "Latin'ia" (1962). Notable band members included Tommy Nuñes, drummer John Barbata (later of The Turtles and Jefferson Starship) and Lee Michaels (then known as Michael Olsen) on keyboards. Background Even though a surf group, they added an appealing Latin accent to their music. According to band member John Barbata, as mentioned in Craig Fenton's ''Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual'', the group was actually rhythm and Blues. Career 1960s In the summer of 1962, the group toured the country and opened for bands including The Coasters and The Righteous Brothers. Also that year, through Norman Knowles, the group came across Tony Hilder, whose company Anthony Music would later become involved in legal action with Del-Fi records, slapping the label with a $122,000 lawsuit as a result of royalties not be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Viscaynes
The Viscaynes were an American doo-wop group from Vallejo, California, United States, that released a few singles in the early 1960s. They also had a regional hit with the song "Yellow Moon". One of their members Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone would front the multi-racial group Sly & the Family Stone. They were unique in being one of the very few integrated doo-wop groups of their time. Background The Viscaynes were a high school group that Sylvester Stewart became a member of. He joined them in or around 1961 when he was 17. The make up of the group consisted of two white females, two white males, a Filipino male (Frank Arellano ) and Stewart.''Sly: The Lives of Sylvester Stewart and Sly Stone'', By Eddie Santiago Sly 19/ref> According to Rickey Vincent's book, ''Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music'', they were the only integrated doo-wop vocal act around. There was a romance going on in the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pied Pipers
The Pied Pipers is an American popular singing group originally formed in the late 1930s. They had several chart hits through the 1940s, both under their own name and in association with Tommy Dorsey and with Frank Sinatra. Origins Originally they consisted of eight members who had belonged to three separate groups: Jo Stafford from The Stafford Sisters, and seven male singers: John Huddleston, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry, Bud Hervey, George Tait, Woody Newbury, and Dick Whittinghill, who had belonged to two groups named The Four Esquires and The Three Rhythm Kings, all of whom were contributing to the 1938 movie ''Alexander's Ragtime Band''. Multi-instrumentalist Spencer Clark was also a member at one point. Paul Weston and Axel Stordahl, who were arrangers for Tommy Dorsey's big band, heard of the group through two of The King Sisters, Alyce and Yvonne. Weston had a jam session at his home and a visiting advertising executive signed the octet for Dorsey's radio program, broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character, based on the ''Maisie'' short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series (''Congo Maisie'', ''Gold Rush Maisie'', ''Up Goes Maisie'', etc.) and a network radio series (''The Adventures of Maisie''). In 1953, Sothern moved into television as the star of her own sitcom ''Private Secretary''. The series aired for five seasons on CBS and earned Sothern three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1958, she starred in another sitcom for CBS, ''The Ann Sothern Show'', which aired for three seasons. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Elgart
Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter. Early Years Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Elgart grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey with his brother Larry. They were exposed to musical influences early in their lives. Their mother, Bessie (Aisman) Elgart, was a concert pianist before her marriage to Arthur Elgart, a manufacturer's representative. She is said to have given a piano recital at Carnegie Hall, and at one time had her own music conservatory. At age 10, Les was attracted to bugling after joining the Cub Scouts. Later, he turned to the cornet, and then the trumpet. Both brothers attended Pompton Lakes High School, where Les was elected president of the school orchestra. He was playing professionally by the age of twenty. Career The First Band During the 1940s Les was a member of bands led by Raymond Scott, Charlie Spivak, and Harry James, occasionally finding himself alongside brother Larry. They forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rack Jobber
A rack jobber (also known as a rack merchandiser) is a company or trader that has an agreement with a retailer to display and sell products in a store. The outlets for the products would be ones that traditionally do not stock such products such as gas stations, grocery stores, and others not traditionally associated with the products sold. Often the products are of a budget variety. Etymology of the phrase The term "jobber" can be synonymous with wholesaler or intermediary in merchandising. The term dates to the mid-19th century and earlier. The rack jobber retains ownership of the products, reducing the potential loss incurred by the retailer from lack of product sales. The proceeds of the sale from the product are then divided/shared by the rack jobber and retailer. Rack jobbers have played a role in the music industry: in the 1930s the Music Dealers Service was a rack jobber that operated music sheet racks. LP records have been supplied to stores in this fashion. Other items ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Knowles
Norman Knowles is a surf musician, band leader, and record producer from California. He is the composer of several classic surf songs, including as co-writer of the surf classic "Church Key", which was a hit for The Revels. He also has been involved in band management, managing another surf band, The Sentinals. Knowles has made a significant contribution to the surf genre. Background Knowles' compositions include "Church Key", "Intoxicate", and " Six Pak". He also produced "Latin’Ia" by The Sentinals. He was responsible for the first recorded release by The Impacts. He co-owned a record label with Tony Hilder. The label, Westco Records was located in Morro Bay.''The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music, 1961-1965'', Compiled by John Blair Page 71/ref> As well as being the saxophonist and the band leader being of The Revels, he was also a both a member and manager of another surf rock act, The Sentinals. Having become tired of travelling and not making much money, Knowles got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacchus Archives
Bacchus Archives is a record label that has often released previous unreleased recordings. Some of the recordings it has released, includes recordings by artists such as The Controllers, Evan "Funk" Davies, The Dils, Peter Miller and Bob Thompson. It is also sublabel of Dionysus Records. Background Baccus Archives is located in Burbank, California, United States. Its parent label is Dionysus Records. The parent label was founded by Lee Joseph in 1983. Some of the music that it has issued / reissued covering the period from the 1950s through to the 1980s and beyond, includes Rockabilly, 60s Garage and Arizona Garage, Psych and Freakbeat. It has also issued / reissued Proto-punk and 70s Punk including L.A. 70s punk. In addition to keeping various back-catalogue recordings in print, it also releases recordings that lean towards certain past genres. Some of the releases have been by artists that include the Creepy Creeps, Ruby Dee and The Snakehanders, The Satelliters and Stereop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
