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Dwell Records
CMH Records is a Los Angeles-based, independent country and bluegrass label with several subsidiary labels, including Vitamin Records, Crosscheck, Dwell, and Rockabye Baby!. The label release diverse styles of music including string quartet tributes, punk, metal, and lullabies. History CMH co-founder Martin Haerle grew up in Stuttgart, Germany during World War II, where he heard American country music on Armed Forces Radio. At the age of 20 he moved to Nashville to work in the mailroom at Starday Records, where he learned the record business from legendary label president and A&R man Don Pierce. Haerle was promoted to vice president by the early 1960s, and later worked in country radio. In 1968, he became general manager of United Artists Records' manufacturing division. In 1975, Haerle formed CMH in Los Angeles with Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Arthur Smith, the renowned guitarist who wrote both the million-selling "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos," the bluegrass standard mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer of records, as well as a radio and TV host. Smith produced radio and TV shows; ''The Arthur Smith Show'' was the first nationally syndicated country music show on television. After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, Smith developed and ran the first commercial recording studio in the Southeast. Born in Clinton, South Carolina, United States, Arthur Smith was a textile, textile mill worker who became a celebrated and respected country music instrumental composer, guitarist, Musical styles (violin)#Fiddle, fiddler, and banjo player. One of his early hits was the instrumental "Guitar Boogie (song), Guitar Boogie," which he wrote and recorded in 1945. It sold over three million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification, gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. The song earned him the moniker Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (to differentiate h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |