Cash Records is an Independent Record Label.
History
Cash was located at 4854 W. Jefferson Blvd (later at 2610 S. Crenshaw) in
Los Angeles
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and operated by
John Dolphin
John Robert Vernon Dolphin (1 October 19052 May 1973) was a British engineer and inventor, who joined the Secret Intelligence Service and then became the Commanding Officer of the top-secret Second World War Special Operations Executive (SOE) ...
, who ran a record shop with a small demo studio. Among the artists who recorded for the label were pianist and band leader
Ernie Freeman
Ernest Aaron Freeman (August 16, 1922 – May 16, 1981) was an American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop music, pop records from the 1950s to the 1970s.
B ...
, Jimmy Merritt, Don Deal and
Jerry Capehart with The Cochran Brothers (
Eddie Cochran
Ray Edward Cochran ( ; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as " Twenty Flight Rock", " Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in ...
and
Hank Cochran
Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran (August 2, 1935 – July 15, 2010) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy ...
).
Dickie Goodman
Several other labels have also used the name "Cash", most of them obscure. In 1975, soon after folding his own
Rainy Wednesday label,
Dickie Goodman released "
Mr. Jaws", a parody of the then-popular
film
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, under the name "Cash Records". Distributed by
Private Stock Records, "Mr. Jaws" was a national top-five hit in ''
Billboard
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'' (and a #1 smash in ''
Cash Box
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online ...
'' magazine). The single and an album, ''Mr. Jaws and Other Fables'', were the only releases under this version of Cash.
Cash Records discography
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References
External links
Cash Records discography on Rockin' Country Style
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American independent record labels