Tag Archives: Lew Bedell
MAKE MINE MONDO! 2.
Make Mine Mondo! 2. Label: Ace. Release Date: 28th November 2024 Format: CD. Usually, record labels spend a considerable part of their budget promoting their latest releases. However, that isn’t always the case. Many independent labels, both big and small have a rather chaotic approach to promoting an album. Some smaller independent labels have no budget …
THIS LOVE WAS REAL-LA VOCAL GROUPS 1959-1964.
This Love Was Real-LA Vocal Groups 1959-1964. Label: Ace Records. Format: CD. During the forties and fifties, doo wop groups were formed in towns and cities across America. From Baltimore to Chicago and Detroit to New York new groups were founded. This was also the case in Los Angeles during the golden age of doo …
DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES 2.
DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES 2. In the mid-fifties, many small record companies sprung up across America. Especially, in cities like New York and Los Angeles, which are two of America’s musical cities. One of these new labels was Era Records, which was founded in 1955 by two cousins, Lew Bedell and Herb Newman. The two …
THE SUPERBS-THE BEST OF THE SUPERBS.
THE SUPERBS-THE BEST OF THE SUPERBS. Just over fifty years ago, in March 1964, The Superbs released their debut single, The Story Book Of Love. Things were happening quickly for The Superbs. They’d just signed to Lew Bedell’s Dore Records a month earlier, in February 1964. Lew thought that The Superbs had potential. So, he …
DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES.
DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES. It was in 1955 that cousins Lew Bedell and Herb Newman decided to found their first record label, Era Records. The two cousins came from very different backgrounds. Lew Bedell had been a comedian, but his career was at a crossroads. So he was on the lookout for a new career. …
ERA RECORDS AND WEST COAST NORTHERN SOUL.
ERA RECORDS AND WEST COAST NORTHERN SOUL. The Era Records story began back in 1955. That’s when two cousins, Lew Bedell and Herb Newman decided to decided to form a record label in their hometown, Los Angeles. They called their new label Era Records. For Lew and Herb, this was indeed the start of a …
ERA RECORDS NORTHERN SOUL.
ERA RECORDS NORTHERN SOUL. Back in 1955, two cousins decided to decided to form a record label in their hometown, Los Angeles. They called this new label Era Records. The two cousins were Lew Bedell and Herb Newman. Lew Bedell was a comedian, whose career seemed to have come to a halt. So he was …
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