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   Location. Chicago, Illinois. Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll . The label was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a husband-and-wife team who used their initials for the label's name. [1]

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2. 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 · Reed was Vee-Jay's first star and helped the label take on local blues giant Chess Records. A year later, Vee-Jay released "Uncloudy Day" by the Staple Singers, with a 12-year-old Mavis on lead vocals. The Staples went on to international fame with Stax Records. Vee-Jay was doing well with regional hits but had yet to crack the mainstream.

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   When was Vee-Jay Records founded?

   • Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll . The label was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a husband-and-wife team who used their initials for the label's name.

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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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   When did Vee Jay go out of business?

   • From 1967 to 1972, Vee-Jay was limited to selling some of the inventory on hand when the company went under, and leasing or licensing the Vee Jay masters to Buddah Records, who came out with "The First Generation" series, and Springboard International, who issued dozens of albums featuring Vee Jay material on their subsidiary label, Upfront.

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   How did Vee-Jay become famous?

   • Vee-Jay had significant success with pop/rock and roll acts, such as the Four Seasons (their first non-black act) and the Beatles. Vee-Jay acquired the rights to some of the early recordings by the Beatles through a licensing deal with EMI, as the American affiliate Capitol Records was initially uninterested in the group.

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   Aug 21, 2007 · The Success and Undoing of Vee-Jay Records 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 ...

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   Feb 23, 2022 · Vee Jay realized unprecedented profits in 1964, putting out records by the most popular band in the world. Though the label didn’t allow the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to ...

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   Jan 15, 2008 · Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection is a four-disc set that came out this past summer. In 1953, Vivian Carter Bracken and her husband, James, borrowed $500 from a pawnbroker because they wanted to ...

7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Vee-Jay_RecordsVee-Jay Records - Wikiwand

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   Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. Quick Facts Parent company, Founded ... The label was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a husband-and-wife team who used their initials for the label's name.

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   Jan 15, 2008 · both came out on Vee-Jay followed by an album at the end of 1963. The Four Seasons and the Beatles both went to greener pastures, and Vee-Jay wound up in court, its day in the sun over. GROSS: Ed Ward lives in Berlin. He played music from "Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection," a boxed set of recordings from the catalogue of Vee-Jay records.