• Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control...
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  • companies Gone Records and End Records. Gee Records eventually became deactivated. When Gee Records was reactivated as a division of Roulette Records by president...
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  • End Records was a record label founded in 1957 by George Goldner. In 1962 the label was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. Among...
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    Morris Levy (category Tico Records)
    independent record industry. Levy was cofounder and owner of Roulette Records, founding partner of the Birdland jazz club and the Roulette Room. He was...
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    Tommy James (category Roulette Records artists)
    He left Roulette Records in 1974 and two more albums, In Touch (July 1976) and Midnight Rider (January 1978), followed on Fantasy Records, with yet...
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    Frankie Lymon (category Roulette Records artists)
    label, and the singer returned to recording. Roulette Records expressed interest in releasing Lymon's records in conjunction with Big Apple and scheduled...
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  • up Roulette or roulette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Roulette is a popular game of chance in casinos. Roulette may also refer to: Roulette, Pennsylvania...
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    distributed by Roulette Records. Roost was then acquired by Roulette, which sold music under the label's name until 1971. Since 2013, Roost Records' catalogue...
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  • Malden and funding from Tony Riviera and Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records. Joe Robinson had parlayed a music publishing company that he established...
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  • wonders whose lone hit record was "Woo Hoo", written by George Donald McGraw and backed with "Untrue", released on Roulette Records R 4192. The song hit...
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  • Diamond Records was a record label, based in New York City, which was founded in 1961 by former Roulette Records executive Joe Kolsky. Another Roulette exec...
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  • The Turbans (category Imperial Records artists)
    as a trio. In 1960, they moved to Morris Levy’s Roulette Records. Jones returned, and they recorded "Diamonds And Pearls," backed with "Bad Man". It...
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  • George Goldner and later acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. It specialized in Latin music and was significant for introducing...
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  • It was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records in 1962. List of record labels "Billboard". 1957-04-13. Glenn C. Altschuler All...
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  • roll record because it was an original recording, unlike "Crying in the Chapel" by the Orioles. The label was eventually sold to Roulette Records. List...
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  • Alive 'N Kickin' (category Roulette Records artists)
    they began recording for Tommy James on the label he was signed to, Roulette Records. In early 1970, the band began recording sessions for their upcoming...
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    Tommy James and the Shondells (category Roulette Records artists)
    went to New York City, where he sold the master of "Hanky Panky" to Roulette Records, at which time he changed his last name to James. With national promotion...
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    Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company...
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  • Crimson and Clover (category Roulette Records singles)
    pleaded with WLS not to play the record prematurely, before its release, but listener response changed his mind. Roulette Records produced a specially pressed...
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  • Ward (Juana). In 1980, TK Records encountered financial problems and the label was acquired by Morris Levy's Roulette Records; a merger of the two labels...
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  • EMI-Capitol Special Markets (category Record label distributors)
    EMI recorded music division (including most of North American assets) while UMG divested selected EMI assets (such as Parlophone and Roulette Records) to...
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    Lou Christie (category Roulette Records artists)
    contacted Morris Levy of Roulette Records, saying that he had a hit that needed national distribution. Levy released the single on Roulette, but initially nothing...
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  • Joey Dee and the Starliters (category Roulette Records artists)
    was awarded a gold disc. By this time the team had contracted with Roulette Records. In 1961, Joey Dee and the Starliters filmed the movie Hey, Let's Twist...
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    Sammy Davis Jr. (category Roulette Records artists)
    which played at clubs around Portland, Oregon. He also recorded blues songs for Capitol Records in 1949 under the pseudonyms Shorty Muggins and Charlie...
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  • Lou Monte (category Jubilee Records artists)
    the Donkey". He also recorded on Roulette Records, Jubilee Records, Regalia Records, Musicor Records, Laurie Records, and AFE Records. Monte was born on...
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  • Dominick the Donkey (category Roulette Records singles)
    Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, and was recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, on Roulette Records. The song describes Dominick, a donkey who helps Santa...
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    Mister Kelly's. In the 1960s, Vaughan recorded a series of albums for Roulette Records, beginning with 1960's ballad-focused Dreamy. She and the Count Basie...
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  • distributed by Cameo-Parkway Records, the label became part of Roulette Records. The label was subsequently distributed by Shakat Records, a United States disco...
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  • Draggin' the Line (category Roulette Records singles)
    included on his second album, Christian of the World in 1971 on the Roulette Records label. The song was James' biggest hit as a solo artist selling more...
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  • The Essex (category Roulette Records artists)
    signed to a recording contract in 1963 after submitting a demo to Roulette Records. "Easier Said Than Done" was written by Larry Huff and William Linton...
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