Jubilee Records was a
record label specializing in
rhythm and blues along with novelty
records.
It was founded in New York City
in 1946 by Herb Abramson and Jerry Blaine. Blaine would later buy out
Abramson's half of the company. The company name was Jay-Gee
Recording Company, a subsidiary of the Cosnat Corporation. Cosnat
was a wholesale record distributor.
Jubilee was the first to reach the white market with a black vocal
group when
The Orioles recording of
"
Crying in the Chapel" reached
the top twenty on the
pop charts in
1953.
History
The Four Tunes switched to Jubilee in
1953. The biggest early hit for Jubilee was "Crying In The Chapel"
by
The Orioles. A subsidiary label
Josie Records was formed in 1954 which
issued uptempo material. Hits on Josie include "Speedoo" by
The Cadillacs and "Do You Wanna Dance"
by
Bobby Freeman. The label's last
rock and roll hit was a good
rhythm and blues instrumental "Poor
Boy"/"Wail!" by The Royaltones.
On the novelty side, successful artists include
blooper compiler
Kermit
Schaefer and comedian
Rusty
Warren.
Jubilee/Josie also had a custom label, Gross Records, whose only
artist was
Doug Clark and
the Hot Nuts.
Jubilee/Josie folded in
1970 and the
catalog was taken over by
Roulette
Records.
In the late 1980s , Roulette Records was sold jointly to
Rhino Records and
EMI, and
in the 1990s , Rhino was sold to Time Warner. The rights to the
Jubilee records archives in North America are now owned by Warner
Music with EMI holding the rights in the rest of the world.
Jubilee Records artists
This is a list of
recording
artists who have had at least one
recording released on the Jubilee Records
label.
Josie Records artists
This is a list of
recording
artists who have had at least one
recording released on the Josie
Records
label.
See also
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