Tag Archives: RPM Records

B.B. KING-HERE’S ONE YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT-FROM THE RPM AND KENT VAULTS.

B.B. KING-HERE’S ONE YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT-FROM THE RPM AND KENT VAULTS. There aren’t many musicians who are still playing live aged eighty-nine. However, B.B. King was. He was still touring during 2014. Sadly, on October 3rd 2014, B.B. King had to call time on his performance at the House Of Blues in Chicago. When …

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SPEAK EASY THE RPM RECORDS STORY VOLUME 2 1954-1957.

SPEAK EASY THE RPM RECORDS STORY VOLUME 2 1954-1957. RPM Records was founded by Hollywood based, musical entrepreneur, Jules Bihari, in 1949. This was the second subsidiary of Modern Records, which Jules had founded with his brothers Saul, Joe and Lester in 1944. A year later, Modern Records enjoyed its first hit single. This came …

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NO MORE DOGGIN’ THE RPM STORY VOLUME 1 1950-53.

NO MORE DOGGIN’ THE RPM STORY VOLUME 1 1950-53. Jules Bihari, a Hollywood based musical entrepreneur, founded Modern Music with his brothers Saul, Joe and Lester in 1944. Little did anyone realise, that within a few years the nascent Modern Music would become one of the most successful independent labels. Modern Music made its name …

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