Tempo Records was a mid-20th century United States based

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headquartered in Hollywood, California. It was run by Irving Fogel. Tempo bridged the 78 rpm, 45 rpm and 33 rpm generations, releasing discs in all three formats. Tempo's roster included jazz harpist

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, pianist

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, cornetist

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, clarinetist Sid Phillips,

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virtuoso Lloyd Sloop, violinist

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, Hammond organist Herb Kern, and pianist Ben Light. Tempo released the 1949 version of "

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" by Brother Bones and His Shadows which was used as the theme song for the

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Tempo Records (Impact)

Tempo was also the name of a gospel record label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were, for at least part of their existence, the contemporary arm of Impact Records, known formally as Tempo/Impact. It was based in Nashville, Tennessee and for a brief time also had a base in

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. Some musicians who appeared on the Tempo of Kansas City label included the Hawaiians, Sue Ellen Chenault, Otis Skillings and the Couriers."Christian Record Labels of Yesteryear",

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Tempo Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
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Tempo Records (Impact)

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