Warwick
Warwick Records was a record label established in 1959 by Morty Craft. One of the label's earliest releases was a jazz album called Memories Of "Jolie" by 'Morty Craft & His Singing Strings'. Herbie Hancock's first appearance on record was for Warwick on an album with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams.
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Warwick
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- Warwick Records
- Founded
- 1959.
- Headquarters
- United States.
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Warwick Records was a record label established in 1959 by Morty Craft. One of the label's earliest releases was a jazz album called Memories Of "Jolie" by 'Morty Craft & His Singing Strings'. Herbie Hancock's first appearance on record was for Warwick on an album with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams.
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The label's catalogue also included albums by Ralph Burns, Teddy Charles, and Curtis Fuller. Warwick also released the single "Dream Alone"/"Beat Love" by the then relatively unknown Art Garfunkel under the name Artie Garr. Founded in New York City and was short-lived, closing after the album by Burns. Best-selling musicians on the label included Johnny and the Hurricanes ("Crossfire", "Red River Rock", "Reveille Rock", and "Beatnik Fly"), the String-A-Longs ("Wheels", "Brass Buttons", "Should I"), the Raging Storms ("The Dribble Twist"), the Tokens ("Tonight I Fell in Love"), and the Fireballs ("Rik-A-Tik", "Quite a Party"). Warwick filed for bankruptcy in 1962.
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• Name — Warwick Records • Founded — 1959 • Founder — Morty Craft • Country — United States
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4200525-5, Warwick.
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- 1.Morty Craft. www.spaceagepop.com.
- 2.Fornatale, Pete. Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends. Rodale. 22–23. 2007-10-30. 978-1-59486-427-8.
- 3.Gardner, Mark. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. 3. 880. 2002. 1-56159-284-6.
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