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OKeh was founded by Otto (Jehuda) Karl Erich Heinemann (Lüneburg, Germany, 20 December 1876 – New York, USA, 13 September 1965) a German-American manager for the U.S. branch of Odeon Records, which was owned by Carl Lindstrom. In 1916, Heinemann incorporated the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, set up a recording studio and pressing ...
- 1918; 105 years ago
- New York City
- Otto Heinemann
- Sony Music Entertainment
Jun 24, 2021 · OKeh (originally “OKeH”) was a record company founded in 1918 by German-born Otto K.E. Heinemann and drew its name from both his initials and, reportedly, from the 19 th Century Anglo-American spelling of a Choctaw Indian phrase that means “it is so.”
Jun 16, 2023 · Otto Heinemann, a German-American manager for the U.S. branch of Odeon Records, set the foundation for Okeh Records. Born on December 20, 1876, in Lüneburg, Germany, Heinemann played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s success.
Jan 8, 2019 · Birthplace: Lüneburg, NDS, Germany. Death: September 13, 1965 (88) New York, NY, United States. Immediate Family: Son of Marcus Heinemann and Henriette Heinemann. Husband of Recha Heinemann. Brother of Robert Simon Heinemann; Adolph David Heinemann; Betty Jacobsohn; Emma Lindenberg; Karl Heinemann and 11 others.
Jun 15, 2011 · I n September 1918, German-American Otto K E Heinemann, manager of the US office of the German Odeon records, decided, given events in Europe, that it might be wise to start a US-based record...
- Caspar Llewellyn Smith
Okeh was founded by Otto Heinemann (1877-1965), a German-American manager for the U.S. branch of German owned Odeon Records. As World War I raged in Europe, Heinemann thought it best to have an American based company. He incorporated the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation in 1916, set up his own recording
ABSTRACT. An American record first produced by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York. Heinemann had resigned in December 1915 from his post as managing director of Carl Lindström AG, and set up this new firm; it had a factory in Elyria, Ohio, and an office in Chicago. In May 1916 he was.
