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Ode Records. Ode Records (also known as Ode Sounds and Visuals) was an American record label, started by Lou Adler in 1967 after he sold Dunhill Records to ABC Records. It was distributed by CBS's Epic Records except between 1970 and 1976, when the label was distributed by A&M Records. The original incarnation was closed in 1978 and CBS took ...
Lou Adler, record producer and founder of Ode Records, talks about his philosophy, his work with Carole King, and his influences. He shares his memories of Jerry Leiber, Gerry Goffin, and the Tapestry album.
- Ode Records Founding and Early Years
- Tapestry
- Ode Records Adds Comedy Albums to Its Catalog
- Ode Records and The Artist Roster That Could
- The Fantasy Year That Was Really Rosie
- 1975
- Adding Motion Pictures to Ode Records
- Ode Sounds and Visuals
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Lou Adler was an old friend and lyric writing partner of Herb Alpert. At one point, Adler, Alpert and Jerry Moss all worked for Alden Music. The original partnership between Adler and Alpert in the late 1950s until 1960 was Herb B. Lou Productions. As a team they wrote, with Sam Cooke, "Wonderful World;" they produced Jan and Dean's "Baby Talk" and...
In 1971, Carole King released her Tapestry album. It was one of the top-selling albums of all time with sales estimated at more than 14 million copies. Tapestry was also one of the all-time records on the Billboard Pop Album chart remaining on the chart for 302 weeks--nearly six years. Tapestry was #1 on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks and King wa...
Carole King won a 1972 Billboard Trendsetter Award "for bringing personal statement songs into a pre-eminent position within the mainstream markets." In 1972, Carole King's Music album was Ode's first album to be released in quadrophonic format. The album produced one Top 40 single. Carole was the #1 Top Album Female Vocalist, the #5 Top New Album ...
1973 was Ode's biggest year on the Billboard pop charts. Carole King had a Top 10 album and David Walker's album was Top 200. Carole King had two Top 40 singles and Tufano and Giammarese (formerly with The Buckinghams) had a Top 100 single. On the Pop Singles chart, Cheech and Chong placed singles in the Top 20 and Top 40 and took home the Best Com...
In 1974, Carole King continued topping the charts with Fantasyher third #1 Ode Records album on the Billboard Pop Album chart. She also had three Top 10 singles. Ode's artist roster was small but talented--11 RIAA gold albums plus six platinum album certifications out of a total of 38 albums released as well as six Grammy Awards between 1971 and 19...
In 1975, Carole King was back on the Billboard Pop Album chart with yet another Top 10 and Top 20 album. She had albums on the Billboard charts each year since 1970. Her singles continued to be in the Top 40 and Top 100. King's singles charted five years in a row. Cheech and Chong Tom Scott each had one Billboard Top 100 pop single.
In 1976, David Walker had a Top 100 album while Cheech and Chong had a Top 100 single. Carole King was the #67 Top Pop Album Artist and the #8 Top Pop Album Female Artist and her Thoroughbredalbum was rated at #85 of Billboard's Top Pop Albums for the year. Adler had supervised Really Rosie. Now, he moved into film with The Rocky Horror Picture Sho...
In January 1989, Adler reactivated the label now named Ode Sounds and Visuals and entered into a pressing and distribution arrangement with A&M Records. Adler told Chris Morris of Billboard about his agreement with A&M, "I played [the Cool'r] demo for Herb Alpert to see if A&M was interested. He suggested that I produce them, and from that we got t...
Ode Records was founded by Lou Adler in 1968 and distributed by A&M Records from 1970 to 1976. It featured Carole King, Cheech and Chong, Tommy, and other artists in various genres.
Lou Adler. Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. [1] Adler has produced and developed a number of high-profile musical artists, including The Grass Roots, Jan & Dean, The Mamas & the Papas, and Carole King.
Spirit is the debut studio album by American rock band Spirit, released on January 22, 1968 by Ode Records. The album was commercially successful, spending more than six months on the Billboard album charts, [4] peaking at #31. It was voted number 658 in Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).
Ode Records. Independent New Zealand label formed in 1968 by Terence O'Neill-Joyce. It has released hundreds of Jazz, Classical, Pop, Rock, Folk, Country and Pacific albums on both it's own label and licensed labels. Sold to BMG NZ Ltd. in 1996, it was repurchased by Terence O'Neill-Joyce in 2001 for a fraction of what he was paid.
Ode Records (also known as Ode Sounds and Visuals) was an American record label, started by Lou Adler in 1967 after he sold Dunhill Records to ABC Records. It was distributed by CBS’s Epic Records except between 1970 and 1976, when the label was distributed by A&M Records.
