Era Records was an independent American
record label in
Hollywood, California. It was founded by Herb Newman and
Lou Bedell
Lewis Joseph Bedell (March 21, 1919 – July 6, 2000)
Retrieved 14 February 2013
in 1955 as a
pop
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Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
,
country and western
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, and
jazz
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label.
In 1959 Bedell sold his interest in the label to Newman. Era had a No. 1 hit in 1956 with
Gogi Grant's "
The Wayward Wind" written by Newman. Musicians with hits on Era include Ketty Lester ("Love Letters"), Larry Verne ("Mr. Custer"),
Donnie Brooks ("
Mission Bell"), Dorsey Burnette ("Tall Oak Tree"), Art & Dotty Todd ("Chanson D' Amour"), and The Castells ("So This Is Love"). Era distributed other labels, including Monogram, Gregmark, and Eden. From 1969 to 1971, Era was associated with
Happy Tiger, which reissued and distributed some of Era's oldies. In 1972, Newman added the RTV label which released the psychedelic album ''Mu''. In the mid-1970s Newman sold the Era label and catalog to
K-tel. In 1993, K-tel began reissuing some of the early Era material using the original Era label and logo.
Notable artists
*
Jewel Akens
*
Donnie Brooks
*
Dorsey Burnette
*
The Castells
*
The Crescents
* Keith Colley
*
Gogi Grant
*
Ketty Lester
*
Colleen Lovett
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*
The Moments
*
Johnny Rivers
*
The Sentinals
*
Mike Smith
*
Larry Verne
* Ty Wagner
*
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Other labels
*
Dore Records (
Teddy Bears,
Jan & Dean,
Hudson & Landry
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)
*
Happy Tiger Records (
Mason Proffit,
Them
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)
*Monogram Records (
Chris Montez,
Kathy Young)
*RTV
*Trey Records
*Zen Records (Pastel Six)
See also
*
List of record labels
References
Record labels established in 1955
Defunct record labels of the United States
Pop record labels
American country music record labels
Jazz record labels
American independent record labels
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
1955 establishments in California
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