What Record Label? Flashcards
independent Chicago based label owned by 2 brothers
Chess Records- Leonard and Phil Chess
What label? Howlin’ Wolf, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson,
Chess Records
Bo Diddley
Chess Records
Chuck Berry
Chess Records
Muddy Waters
Chess Records
city of independent Atlantic records label
New York
Owned by Ahmet Ertegunson of Turkish Ambassador and Herb Abramson
Atlantic
Ruth Brown and Big Joe Turner
Atlantic
The Drifters and The Coasters
Atlantic
Ray Charles
Atlantic
Cover artists Bobby Darrin
Atlantic
independent memphis based founded by radio disc jockey Sam Phillips
Sun Records
used record press technology, helped launch careers of other label artist like BB King, Howlin Wolf etc
Sun Records
early Elvis Presley
Sun Records
Carl Perkins
Sun Records
Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Records
Johnny Cash
Sun Records
buddy holly
decca
founded by barry gordy
motown
jefferson airplane
rca records
The doors label
elektra records
creedence clearwater revival
fantasy records in san fran
brian wilson and the beach boys
capital records
4 major record labels of 50’s and 60’s
capital, columbia, decca, rca
