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Oriole Records was an American record label founded in 1921 by McCrory's stores. [1]The Oriole label first appeared in 1921, selling for 25 cents per disc record.Originally, Oriole records were pressed by the Cameo Record Company (generally not from Cameo material, however), but this arrangement lasted briefly.
Oriole Records may refer to: Oriole Records (U.S.), a record label of the 1920s and 1930s; Oriole Records (UK), founded in 1925 and taken over in 1964
Oriole had a few home-made hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group's version of "Freight Train" (featuring Nancy Whiskey on vocals), "Like I Do" by Maureen Evans (based on the same music as Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" – Amilcare Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours – and the label's biggest hit), and Russ Hamilton's "We Will Make Love ...
Oriole Records (UK), a record label; Oriole Records (U.S.), a record label; Places. Australia. Oriole Park (Sydney), a park and a former baseball stadium in the ...
Johnson's records were initially issued on 78 rpm record singles by Vocalion, one of several labels that specialized in jazz and blues. These were supplemented with pressings from ARC's budget labels, Perfect Records, Oriole Records, Romeo Records, and Conqueror Records, which were sold through variety retailers or "dime stores". [16]
Embassy Records was the result of a contractual arrangement between Oriole Records and Woolworths, with Embassy's product being sold exclusively through the latter's stores. [1] Between November 1954 and January 1965, Embassy released around 1,200 songs recorded by about 150 different artists and these releases were sold for half the price of a ...
Johnny Pearson was born John Valmore Pearson in Plaistow in Kent, the only child of a steel erector. [2] [3] [4] At age seven, Pearson began studying piano. [3]By nine, he had won a scholarship with the London Academy of Music, where he spent four years under English pianist Solomon. [2]
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