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Tops Records was a Los Angeles-based record label owned by Tops Music Enterprises, both founded in 1947 by Carl L. Doshay and Sam Dickerman. After a prolific and profitable run, Tops merged with
Tops/Mayfair Story
'' by Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, ''Both Sides Now'' (newsletter of Michael A. Callahan; born 1945), McKinney, Texas (article last updated April 15, 2007) Pickwick's assets were purchased by PolyGram Records in the late 1970s. In 1990, Tom Ficara and Combined Artists acquired the Tops / PRI catalog.
Tops Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tops Records 1947 establishments in California Blues record labels Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1947 Record labels disestablished in 1962
Tops Records was a Los Angeles-based record label owned by Tops Music Enterprises, both founded in 1947 by Carl L. Doshay and Sam Dickerman. After a prolific and profitable run, Tops merged with PRI Records
PRI Records was an American, Los Angeles-based record label, founded as a division of Precision Radiation Instruments Inc., a Geiger counter manufacturer founded in the 1950s that had expanded into radio manufacturing, marginally profitable, and u ...
in 1958, which in turn, sold to a group of investors in 1960, then went bankrupt in about 1962. Its assets — which included a huge library of recordings — were sold to Pickwick Records, a label that had been its main competitor throughout the 1950s.Tops/Mayfair Story
'' by Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, ''Both Sides Now'' (newsletter of Michael A. Callahan; born 1945), McKinney, Texas (article last updated April 15, 2007) Pickwick's assets were purchased by PolyGram Records in the late 1970s. In 1990, Tom Ficara and Combined Artists acquired the Tops / PRI catalog.
Selected staff
* Carl L. Doshay (1917–2010), founder and president * Sam Dickerman (1915–2000), founder and vice president * Corky Carpenter (pseudonym of Amos Randolph Carpenter; 1922–1986), A&R * Harold Spina, A&R * Dave Pell, producerReferences
External links
Tops Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tops Records 1947 establishments in California Blues record labels Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1947 Record labels disestablished in 1962