Gee Records was a

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formed as a subsidiary to George Goldner's

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and

Rama Records Rama Records was a record label founded by George Goldner in 1953 in New York City. It recorded doo-wop groups such as The Crows and The Harptones. Its third release was the one-hit wonder, the song " Gee," by the doo-wop group, The Crows Goldn ...

labels in

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to honor the million selling hit song " Gee" (1953). Sometime in

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Goldner (an inveterate gambler) sold 50% of Gee to

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who was a business partner of Morris Levy. Kolsky and Goldner then opened another label

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in 1957 with Levy as president. A few months later, Goldner sold his shares of Roulette, Rama, Gee, and Tico to the Morris Levy Combine. Goldner then proceeded that year to open two new companies Gone Records and End Records. Gee Records eventually became deactivated. When Gee Records was reactivated as a division of

by president Morris Levy in early April 1961, The Cleftones' hit " Heart and Soul" (1961) became Gee Records first release.

Gee Records artists

The Crows The Crows were an American R&B singing group formed in 1951 who achieved commercial success in the 1950s. The group's first single and only hit, " Gee", released in June 1953, has been credited with being the first rock n’ roll hit by a rock ...

* The Cleftones * Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers * The Regents *

The Rosebuds The Rosebuds were an American indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, that recorded and performed from 2001 to 2014. (Not to be confused with the vocal group of the same name who recorded for George Goldner's Gee Records in the 1950s.) I ...

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Gee Records artists

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