Gee Records was a

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formed as a subsidiary to Gloria Gee

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's Tico Records and

Rama Records Rama Records was a record label founded by George Goldner in 1953 in music, 1953 in New York City. It recorded doo-wop groups such as The Crows and The Harptones. Its third release was the one-hit wonder, the song "Gee (The Crows song), Gee," by ...

labels in

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

to honor the million selling hit song " Gee" (1953). Sometime in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

Goldner (an inveterate gambler) sold 50% of Gee to Joe Kolsky who was a business partner of

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. Kolsky and Goldner then opened another label

Roulette Records Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

with Levy as president. A few months later, Goldner sold his shares of Roulette, Rama, Gee, and Tico to the Morris Levy Combine. Goldner then proceeded that year to open two new companies

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and End Records. Gee Records eventually became deactivated. When Gee Records was reactivated as a division of

by president

in early April 1961, The Cleftones' hit " Heart and Soul" (1961) became Gee Records first release.

Gee Records artists

* The Crows * The Cleftones * Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers * The Regents * The Rosebuds

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Gee Records artists

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