RPM Records was an American Los Angeles–based
record label launched in 1950.
This is not the same RPM used by
Tony Bennett, nor is it related to labels in the UK and South Africa.
RPM was a subsidiary of
Modern Records and part of the
Bihari Brothers record empire.
Ike Turner, who was a talent scout for the Bihari Brothers, arranged for many blues musicians such as
Howlin' Wolf,
B.B. King, and Roscoe Gordon to record for the Biharis. King released many successful singles on the RPM label.
Paul Anka released his first single on RPM in 1956.
In 1957, the Bihari Brothers announced that they were halting all album releases on both Modern and RPM, and that their released and scheduled albums for Modern and RPM would be issued on their
Crown Records label.
The catalogs and
master tapes were sold to
Ace Records (UK) in the 1990s.
Selected discography
See also
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List of record labels
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RPM Records artists
References
External links
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* http://www.globaldogproductions.info/r/rpm.html list of single releases
RPM Recordson the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
Defunct record labels of the United States
Record labels established in 1949
1949 establishments in California
Companies based in Los Angeles
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