Miracle Records was an independent American

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, established in

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, United States, in 1946 to record and issue

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and gospel music. The company was established in August 1946 by Chicago-born businessman Lee L. Egalnick (1921–2000). Robert Pruter and Robert L. Campbell, ''Miracle Records'', article and full discography
. Accessed 19 November 2012 It released records by musicians including Rudi Richardson,

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, Piney Brown, ,

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, Al Hibbler, and Robert Anderson. In 1948, Memphis Slim's " Messin' Around", and Sonny Thompson's " Long Gone" and "

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" all made No. 1 on the US '' Billboard'' R&B chart. (known at the time as the "

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" chart). Egalnick left the label in 1950 to found Premium Records, and his associate Lew Simpkins soon followed, closing the label down. The name was later used by unrelated record labels in Australia and the UK during the 1970s.

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External links

DiscographyMiracle Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
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