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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Vee-Jay_RecordsVee-Jay Records - Wikipedia

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   Vee-Jay was also the first label to nationally issue a record by the Pips (through a master purchase from the tiny HunTom label of Atlanta), who became Gladys Knight and the Pips in 1962 when they moved to Fury Records. Vee-Jay had significant success with pop/rock and roll acts, such as the Four Seasons (their first non-black act) and the Beatles.

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     Vivian Carter (March 25, 1921 – June 12, 1989) was an...

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     Chance Records was a Chicago-based label founded in 1950 by...

2. www.npr.org › 2007/08/21 › 13774728The Success and Undoing of Vee-Jay Records : NPR

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   Aug 21, 2007 · Thirteen years later, Vee-Jay Records became the country's biggest independent, black-owned record label, and for a time, it was bigger than Motown. Vee-Jay was even the Beatles' first...

3. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-black-recordThe Black Record Label That Introduced the Beatles to America

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   Feb 23, 2022 · The most successful Black-run record company before Motown in Detroit, Vee Jay invited the Beatles to share an English interpretation of the rhythm-and-blues music then popular across the...

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4. www.npr.org › the-rise-and-fall-of-vee-jay-recordsThe Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records : NPR

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   Jan 15, 2008 · It's not often that you hear of a record company being destroyed by success, but that was the fate of one of America's most prominent blues, jazz, and soul labels, Vee-Jay Records.

5. www.wyso.org › 2007/08/21 › the-success-and-undoingThe Success and Undoing of Vee-Jay Records | WYSO

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   Aug 21, 2007 · In 1953, Vivian and James Bracken borrowed $500 from a pawnbroker to start a record company. Thirteen years later, Vee-Jay Records became the country's biggest independent, black-owned label, and for a time, it was bigger than Motown.

6. laist.com › the-rise-and-fall-of-vee-jay-recordsThe Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records | LAist

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   Jan 15, 2008 · It's not often that you hear of a record company being destroyed by success, but that was the fate of one of America's most prominent blues, jazz, and soul labels, Vee-Jay Records.

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   What happened to Vee-Jay Records?

   • It's not often that you hear of a record company being destroyed by success, but that was the fate of one of America's most prominent soul labels, Vee-Jay Records. They recorded John Lee Hooker, the Four Seasons and Betty Everett, but the music has been unavailable for decades. A new box set ends the wait.

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   How did Vee-Jay become a major R&B label?

   • One of the earliest African American -owned record companies, Vee-Jay quickly became a major R&B label, with the first song recorded, the Spaniels ' "Baby It's You," making it to the top ten on the national R&B charts.

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   When did Vee-Jay start releasing records?

   • In 1960 Vee-Jay began issuing jazz records with separate catalog numbers as the LP/SR 3000 Series of 12 inch LPs with a catalog prefix of LP for mono releases and SR for stereo.

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   Did Vee-Jay have a doo-wop record?

   • Vee-Jay was also home to one of the last great doo-wop records, 1961's "Duke of Earl," by Gene Chandler. By then, Vee-Jay was one of America's top labels, with a strong jazz catalog, some top gospel groups, and Jerry Butler, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and Betty Everett cranking out hit after hit.

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8. freshairarchive.org › segments › rise-and-fall-veeThe Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records | Fresh Air Archive ...

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   Jan 15, 2008 · Queue. Contributor. Hamburg-born Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960, before they were famous. She took some of the earliest photographs of the group and was engaged to Stuart Sutcliffe, the Beatles' original bassist, before he died of a brain hemorrhage in 1962.