Warwick Records was a

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established in 1959 by

Morty Craft Morton Irving Craft (August 19, 1920 – January 27, 2022) was an American music arranger, songwriter, record producer, business executive, and record label owner. Biography Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Craft's early career was as a saxop ...

. One of the label's earliest release was a jazz album called ''Memories Of "Jolie"'' by 'Morty Craft & His Singing Strings'.

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

's first appearance on record was for Warwick on an album with

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

and

Pepper Adams Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...

. The label's catalogue also included albums by

Ralph Burns Ralph Joseph P. Burns (June 29, 1922 – November 21, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Burns was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, where he began playing the piano as a child. In 1938, he attend ...

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, and Curtis Fuller. They would also release the single "Dream Alone"/"Beat Love" by the then relatively unknown Art Garfunkel under the name Artie Garr. Warwick was founded in New York City and was short-lived, closing after the album by Burns. Best-selling musicians on the label included Johnny and the Hurricanes ("Crossfire", "

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", "Reveille Rock", and "Beatnik Fly"), the String-A-Longs (" Wheels", "Brass Buttons", "Should I"), the Raging Storms ("The Dribble Twist"), the Tokens ("Tonight I Fell in Love"), and the Fireballs ("Rik-A-Tik", "Quite a Party"). Warwick filed for bankruptcy in 1962.

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