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5 unusual facts about Orfeon Records


Haley's Juke Box

Although Haley would continue to record country-western style tracks on occasion during the 1960s, most notably during his tenure with the Mexican label, Orfeon Records, Haley wouldn't record another full country album until the 1971 release, Rock Around the Country for Sonet Records.

Iakovos Nafpliotis

His voice was recorded owing to the clairvoyance of Patriarch Germanos V (1913–1918), who even contributed from his personal purse so as to finance some of the historic plates which were recorded under the label "Orfeon Records".

Orfeon Records

The first record company in Turkey, it was founded by the Blumenthal Family in 1912.

The company was based in Constantinople and was actively producing records up until 1924 when it was purchased by Columbia Records.

See You Later, Alligator

Haley and the Comets re-recorded the song several more times: in 1964 for Guest Star Records, a drastically rearranged version for Mexico's Orfeon Records in 1966, and once more in 1968 for Sweden's Sonet Records.



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