Heritage Records was an American record label founded in the early 1960s by Jerry Ross Productions. It was distributed by
MGM Records
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It released a number of hits by groups such as
The Cherry People
The Cherry People were a psychedelic pop and later hard rock music group from Washington, D.C., United States. Their track "And Suddenly" reached no.45 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts in 1969.
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Euphoria
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Bill Deal and the Rhondels
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Ross discontinued the label by 1970 when he founded a new independently distributed label called
Colossus Records
Colossus Records was an American record label founded in 1969 by Jerry Ross, who had also founded Heritage Records the year before. Like Heritage, Colossus was distributed by MGM Records.
In the autumn of 1969, Jerry Ross was in Europe looking ...