Aladdin - founded in 1945 in Los Angeles by Eddie and Leo Messner.
Producers: Maxwell Davis, Dave Bartholomew
Rhythm and Blues - Amos Milburn, Charles Brown,big Jay McNeely, Peppermint Harris, Lynn
Hope, Lloyd Glenn, Floyd Dixon
Rhythm and Blues Group - Five Keys
Rock and Roll: Shirley and Lee, Thurston Harris
Modern - founded in 1945 in Los Angeles by Jules and Saul Bihari.
Producers: Joe. Jules and Saul Bihari.
Rhythm and Blues: Floyd Dixon, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers,Roy Hawkins, Smokey Hogg,
Lightin' Hopkins, Jimmy McCracklin, Jimmy Witherspoon, Pee Wee Crayton, John Lee Hooker
Doo Wop Groups - Cadets
Marvin and Johnny
Rock and Roll: Etta James, Jimmy Beasley, Joe Houston, Young Jessie
RPM formed 1950
Blues: B.B. Kings, Roscoe Gordon, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Jimmy Nelson
Doo Wop Groups - Jacks, Teen Queens
Flair founded in 1953
Rhythm and Blues: Elmore James
Doo Wop Groups - Richard Berry and the Pharaohs, Shirley Gunter and the Queens, Flairs
Specialty formed in 1945 in Hollywood by Art Rupe. Producers: Rupe,
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. J.W. Alexander, Johnny Vincent
Rhythm and Blues: Roy Milton, Frankie Lee Sims, Percy Mayfield, Joe Liggins, Jimmy
Liggins, Lloyd Price, Guitar Slim
Gospel - Pilgrim Travelers, Soul Stirrers, Wynona Carr, Joe May
Rock and Roll - Little Richard, Larry Williams, Jerry Byrne, Don and Dewey
Imperial founded in 1947 in Los Angeles by Lew Chudd. Producer: Dave
Bartholomew
Rhythm and Blues: Jimmy McCracklin, T-Bone Walker, Smokey Hogg, Smiley Lewis
Doo-Wop Group - SpidersInstrumental Group - Ernie Freeman
Rock and Roll: Fats Domino, Rick Nelson
Liberty - founded in 1955 in Hollywood, California with Al Bennett as
vice president and head of A&R; Tommy "Snuff" Garret head off A&R from
1959
Pop - Julie London,David Seville, Patience and Prudence, Timi Yuro, Dick and Dee Dee
Pop Rock - Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee, Gene McDaniels
Rhythm and Blues - Billy Ward and the Dominoes
Doo-Wop Group - Rivingtons
Rock and Roll - Eddie Cochran
Distributed labels:
Dolton - (formerly Dolphin ) formed by Bob Reisdorf in Seattle
Instrumental Group (Surf) - Ventures
Doo-Wop Group - Fleetwoods
Demon - found by Joe Green in Los Angeles, California
Rock and Roll: Jody Reynolds
Doo-Wop Group - Olympics
Imperial - bought from Lew Chudd in 1963
PopRock - Cher, Jackie de Shannon, Johnny Rivers
Rhythm and Blues - Irma Thomas
Keen - founded in 1957 by Bob Keene, A&R- Robert "Bumps"
Blackwell
Soul - Sam Cooke, Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Del-Fi
Puchuko pop: Ritchie Valens, Chan Romero, Addrisi Brothers
Mustang
Tex-Mex Rock - Bobby Fuller Four
ERA formed in Hollywood in 1955 by Herb Newman and Lew Bidell
Pop: Gogi Grant, Larry Verne, Ketty Lester
Dore:
Teen Pop: Teddy Bears,
Vocal Group: (Surf and Hot Rod) Jan and Dean
Gregmark: owned by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood
Pop: Paris Sisters
Philles: Founded 1961 by Phil Spector and Lester Sill
Girl Groups: Crystals, Ronettes
Blue Eyed Soul - Righteous Brothers
Vocal Group - Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
Rock and Roll - Darlene Love, Ike and Tina Turner
Challenge - founded in Hollywood, California by Joe Johnson and Gene
Autry
Country Pop: Jerry Wallace
Pop: Jerry Fuller
Instrumental (Rock and Roll) - Champs
Big Al Downing