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5 unusual facts about Paramount Records


Bonnie Guitar

White-label Charter test pressings of the original concept album exist though, and most of the songs thereon found their way onto subsequent albums, with the remaining material such as the country remake version of Dark Moon and Ned Miller's Lucky Star being featured in a 1972 Paramount Records double-album compilation of her work.

Broadway Records

Most of the early issues were from masters recorded by Paramount Records.

The New York Recording Laboratories were owned by the Wisconsin Chair Company, also the parent of Paramount Records.

Elmo Tanner

His subsequent on-air appearance brought a call from Paramount Records, which had offices in Chicago.

Guido van Rijn

At present Van Rijn is working with Alex van der Tuuk on a four-part discography of the Paramount blues label.


Audition Records

The first Audition Records, with no connection to the Audition Records based in Berlin, was sold in October 1959 by Enoch Light to ABC-Paramount Records.

Don Costa

He agreed, and thus began an association that led to their joining a new record label being headed by Sam Clark as president: ABC-Paramount Records.

Ernest Stoneman

Ralph Peer directed him through several sessions for Okeh and Victor, and he freelanced on other labels such as Edison, Gennett and Paramount Records.

Geeshie Wiley

In March 1930, Wiley recorded "Last Kind Word Blues" and "Skinny Leg Blues" for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin.

H. C. Speir

In 1926, through selling blues records in his store, he began working as a scout for the record companies producing the records, such as Okeh, Victor, Gennett, Columbia, Vocalion, Decca and Paramount.

Joseph Samuels

Most of these latter sides were made under the names of Synco Jazz Band (49 recordings during 1919-1922, mainly for Pathé but also for Columbia and Grey Gull), Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band (40 recordings during 1920-23, mainly for Okeh but also for Paramount) and Tampa Blue Jazz Band (31 recordings for Okeh during 1921-1923).


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