Carnival Records
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Carnival Records was a record label
started in 1961
by Jerry Moss
and Herb Alpert
.
They released two records, one (701 - Tell It To The Birds / Fallout Shelter - Dore Alpert) which was distributed via Dot Records
outside California. Dore Alpert was the name Herb used as a vocalist in those days. The second single (702 - Love Is Back In Style / Peppermint Twist - Charlie Robinson) featured Herb Alpert on trumpet. However, problems occurred because there already existed another "Carnival Records", and they changed the name in 1962 to A&M Records
.
Carnival was a record label by the John Wanamaker department stores (est. 1861) which is credited as the first department store concept. Records produced for the John Wanamaker Carnival label were often 78 rpm records in the Jazz and Big Band genres.
Later in the 1960s, there was another Carnival Records label whose main focus was rhythm and blues
. This label's roster included The Manhattans
and Lee Williams & The Cymbals.
For more about Carnival Records, The Manhattans and Joe Evans read Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues by Christopher Brooks and Joe Evans.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
started in 1961
1961 in music
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by Jerry Moss
Jerry Moss
Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert....
and Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert
Herbert "Herb" Alpert is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records...
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They released two records, one (701 - Tell It To The Birds / Fallout Shelter - Dore Alpert) which was distributed via Dot Records
Dot Records
Dot Records was an American record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. It was founded by Randy Wood. In Gallatin, Tennessee, Wood had earlier started a mail order record shop, known for its radio ads on WLAC in Nashville and its R&B air personality Bill "Hoss" Allen...
outside California. Dore Alpert was the name Herb used as a vocalist in those days. The second single (702 - Love Is Back In Style / Peppermint Twist - Charlie Robinson) featured Herb Alpert on trumpet. However, problems occurred because there already existed another "Carnival Records", and they changed the name in 1962 to A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
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Carnival was a record label by the John Wanamaker department stores (est. 1861) which is credited as the first department store concept. Records produced for the John Wanamaker Carnival label were often 78 rpm records in the Jazz and Big Band genres.
Later in the 1960s, there was another Carnival Records label whose main focus was rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
. This label's roster included The Manhattans
The Manhattans
The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group, with a string of hit records spanning four decades. Their best known million-selling songs being "Kiss and Say Goodbye" and 'Shining Star' in 1980...
and Lee Williams & The Cymbals.
See also
- List of record labels
For more about Carnival Records, The Manhattans and Joe Evans read Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues by Christopher Brooks and Joe Evans.