Continental Records
Continental Records was a record company founded by Donald H. Gabor in 1942 producing and releasing jazz, blues and classical music. Its catalogue included issues by Cozy Cole, Edmond Hall, Sabby Lewis, Slam Stewart, Mary Lou Williams, Rubberlegs Williams, Ethel Waters, and classical artists Georges Enesco, Béla Bartók, and Andor Foldes. The label's name was revived briefly in the 1960s.
Continental Records
- Name
- Continental Records
- Founded
- 1942
- Headquarters
- United States
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Continental Records was a record company founded by Donald H. Gabor in 1942 producing and releasing jazz, blues and classical music. Its catalogue included issues by Cozy Cole, Edmond Hall, Sabby Lewis, Slam Stewart, Mary Lou Williams, Rubberlegs Williams, Ethel Waters, and classical artists Georges Enesco, Béla Bartók, and Andor Foldes. The label's name was revived briefly in the 1960s.
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• Name — Continental Records • Founded — 1942 • Founder — Donald H. Gabor • Status — Defunct • Genre — Jazz, blues, classical • Country — U.S.
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Continental Records is associated with United States. Recorded from 1942.
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1942
Continental Records established.
1942
Continental Records is recorded from 1942.
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- United States
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- “Continental Records”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1093989-1, Continental Records Co. (Bramalea, Ontario).
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• Partial list of Continental recordings by catalog no.
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- 1.Rye, Howard. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. 506. 2002. 1561592846.
- 2.Jazz on Continental 78 rpm Shellac Records, Remington Vinyl Lp, Masterseal, Plymouth. www.soundfountain.org.
- 3.Donald H. Gabor - Biography. www.soundfountain.org.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1093989-1, Continental Records Co. (Bramalea, Ontario).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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