Enjoy Records
Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962 through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. In Harlem. Starting with blues, R&B, and rock and roll, the label recorded many of the original old-school hip hop groups and MCs, including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Funky 4+1, Spoonie Gee, and the Treacherous Three, beginning in 1979.
Enjoy Records
- Founded
- 1962
- Founder
- Bobby Robinson
- Headquarters
- United States
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Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962 through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. In Harlem. Starting with blues, R&B, and rock and roll, the label recorded many of the original old-school hip hop groups and MCs, including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Funky 4+1, Spoonie Gee, and the Treacherous Three, beginning in 1979.
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The label closed down in 1987, although Robinson's shop remained open.
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1962
Enjoy Records established.
1962
Enjoy Records is recorded from 1962.
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- 1.Enjoy Records Profile. About.com.
- 2.Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books, , p. 110
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Enjoy Records is recorded as founded by Bobby Robinson. Associated with United States. Recorded from 1962.
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