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Record label founded by Emil E. Shalit in the 1940s
Melodisc Records was a record label founded by Emil E. Shalit in the late 1940s. It was one of the first independent record labels in the UK and the parent
Melodisc_Records
English record label that released Jamaican R&B and ska music
associated with the record label. The Blue Beat label was founded in 1960, in London, as an imprint of Emil E. Shalit's Melodisc Records. Melodisc, which was founded
Blue_Beat_Records
Guyanese actor and musician (born 1934)
Albums Blues+Gospel+Soul (Melodisc Records, 1963) Black London Blues (Beacon Records, 1969) Bootleg Blues (Beacon Records, 1971) You Simply Are... (Fresh
Ram_John_Holder
Irish folk musician (born 1942)
Guthrie And Cisco Houston, Melodisc Records Ltd MLP12-106, 1955. "I saw this yellow 12" LP in the window of Melodisc Records in Earlham Street off Shaftesbury
Andy_Irvine_(musician)
Trinidadian musical artist (1935–2023)
the UK on the Melodisc label, he moved to Jamaica in late 1959 to perform and record and decided to settle there. In 1962, he recorded "Independent Jamaica"
Lord_Creator
British bandleader (born 1910)
programme Educating Archie, with Stella Tanner. The trio released records on the Melodisc Records label. Hedley John Ward was born on 6 February 1910 in Kings
Hedley_Ward
Topics referred to by the same term
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian "Big Ears", track by the Hedley Ward Trio on Melodisc Records Big Ears Festival, annual music festival in Knoxville, Tennessee Big
Big_ears
Records Mega Records Megaforce Records Megalith Records Megarock Records Mego Mello Music Group Melodeon Records Melodic Revolution Records Melodisc Records
List_of_record_labels:_I–Q
British independent record label
recordings of Afrobeat founder Fela Kuti. Fela recorded the song "Fela's Special" in London in 1960 for the Melodisc label with his band Fela Ransome-Kuti &
Soundway_Records
in the UK on Melodisc Records: Melodisc 1123 Original Jelly Roll Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)/ At a Georgia Camp Meeting (Mills) Melodisc 1124 Daddy Do
Yerba_Buena_Jazz_Band
Jamaican musician (1938–2016)
Folkes and Greensleeves Records after they brought a lawsuit against Campbell and Melodisc (Campbell by this time had acquired Melodisc) concerning authorship
Prince_Buster
Trinidadian calypsonian (1921–2007)
one of the first major calypsonians to have records released on Emil Shallit's UK-based Melodisc Records, in 1950. In 1953, he took a job as a fireman
Mighty_Terror
Guyanese musician (1922–1999)
working with producer Denis Preston at both the BBC and for the Melodisc and Parlophone record labels. Preston rapidly established McKenzie as a regular recording
Mike_McKenzie_(jazz_musician)
Nigerian musician
singles in Britain by Melodisc Records, and were later compiled as an album, Live the Highlife, released in 1968. His many records include a 1968 LP Live
Ayinde_Bakare
Trinidadian musician (1910–2001)
as musical director of the Melodisc record label established by Emil Shalit, which increasingly sought to release records to appeal to Britain's growing
Rupert_Nurse
English trumpeter (1922–1978)
during the 1950s. He first recorded for Melodisc c. 1949–1951 before he started to record for EMI's Columbia label and his records included two UK number
Eddie_Calvert
Nigerian musician and bandleader (1919–2006)
bongo player Ade Bashorun. In the 1950s Campbell recorded a series of 78 rpm records for the Melodisc label owned by Emil Shalit, and became a well-known
Ambrose_Campbell
Guyanan musician and composer (1931–2002)
Everywhere" with the group Four Lords And Caribbean All Stars, on the label Melodisc Records in April 1979. Moore was honored with the Wordsworth McAndrew Award
Billy Moore (musician, born 1931)
Billy_Moore_(musician,_born_1931)
Musical artist
Club Afrique, successor to the Abalabi, and recorded an album, Highlife from Nigeria, for Melodisc Records in the late 1960s, with his group credited as
Brewster_Hughes
Nigerian percussionist and bandleader (1916–1975)
Caribbean musicians who had migrated to England. He also recorded a number of 78s and 45s for the Melodisc label in London during the 1950s; these were among
Ginger_Johnson
2004) Hot Chip – "The Ass Attack" (Moshi Moshi Records, 4 October 2004) Pedro – "Fear & Resilience" (Melodisc, 18 October 2004) Cyne – "Automaton" (City Centre
Four_Tet_discography
Jamaican reggae singer (1947–2014)
Feel (1971), Bamboo Like a Bolt (1971), Treasure Isle OK Fred (1972), Melodisc Holt (1973), Jaguar Still in Chains (1973), Trojan Pledging My Love (1972)
John_Holt_(singer)
Subculture in England
Skatalites, Owen Gray, Derrick Morgan and Prince Buster on record labels such as Melodisc, Starlite and Bluebeat. The original mods gathered at all-night
Mod_(subculture)
Jamaican jazz musician and composer
own name in 1954, releasing a handful of EPs for Columbia, Pye/Nixa and Melodisc throughout the 1950s. However, the majority of his 1950s recordings were
Joe_Harriott
Sports-themed poems
by Calypso Rhythm Kings, "supervision" by Denis Preston. It was recorded on the Melodisc (1133) label (MEL 20). The song was originally composed by Lord
Poetry_about_cricket
American folk song
set, "Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.” List of songs recorded by Lead Belly Adolf Hitler in popular culture van Rijn, Guido (1997). Roosevelt's
Mr._Hitler
English clarinetist and vocalist (1929–2014)
were also released successfully in the United States on the Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco. In 1968 the album Blue Acker, produced by Denis Preston
Acker_Bilk
American jazz singer-songwriter and musician (1911–1991)
Jews. The songs were issued by the Slim Gaillard Quartet in 1945 on the Melodisc label, featuring Gaillard on guitar, Zutty Singleton on drums, "Tiny" Brown
Slim_Gaillard
American folk song first recorded in 1933
Record Research. p. 250. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995. Record Research. p. 167. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955
Goodnight,_Irene
Guyanese singer and songwriter
he visited Britain, and recorded two sessions in London with producer Denis Preston, one for Parlophone and one for Melodisc, reprising some of his most
Bill_Rogers_(musician)
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1903–1958)
began recording for the American Record Corporation on their line of less expensive labels (Melotone Records, Perfect Records and others). These recordings
Big_Bill_Broonzy
American jazz musician (1909–1986)
saxophonists in the 1940s". "Don't Blame Me"/"For Boobs Only" (Melodisc, 1945) "You're Buggin' Me (Melodisc, 1945) "Harlem Hop" (King, 1949) "Blue Shadows"/"Raw
Joe Thomas (tenor saxophonist)
Joe_Thomas_(tenor_saxophonist)
American blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988)
leading to off-contract recording sessions for King Records in Cincinnati and Peacock Records in Houston. One of Slim's 1947 recordings for Miracle
Memphis_Slim
Cuban-Jamaican musician (1927–2005)
Blue Beat) "Please Don't Leave Me" (1961, Blue Beat) "Mary Lee" (1961, Melodisc) "Love Me Baby" (1961, Starlite) "Stars Were Made" (1961 Starlite) "Brother
Laurel_Aitken
British Musician
Chris Barber's Jazz Band). 1952 Old Fashioned Love / Fly Cat Boogie (for Melodisc) with The Christie Brothers Stompers. 1955 Don Rendell Sextet (EP for Tempo)
Dick_Hawdon
Trinbagonian calypsonian (1922–2000)
(1964), RCA Victor Mr. Kitch (1965), RCA Victor King of Calypso (1965), Melodisc Kitch 67 (1966) RCA Victor King of the Road (1969), Tropico Sock It to
Lord_Kitchener_(calypsonian)
American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1914–1990)
1950s, making many records and touring across the United States multiple times (as well as Canada in 1951). He recorded for Melodisc, United Artists, Excelsior
King_Perry
British people of Jamaican ancestry
three music labels releasing Jamaican music in the UK (Melodisc, Blue Beat Records and Island Records), as more and more Jamaicans moved to the UK, the country
British_Jamaicans
American musician (1918–1961)
(Folkways FA 2013) (1954) More Songs By Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston (Melodisc MLP12-106) (1955) Cisco Sings (Folkways FA 2346) (1958) Cisco Houston Sings
Cisco_Houston
1917 song performed by Original Dixieland Jass Band
& The Five Saints on Lion, Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz band on Melodisc 1158, Watergate Seven Plus One, The Sons of Bix, and the Freddy Randall
Ostrich_Walk
Lebanese composer, musician, and conductor (1938–2021)
'aalam" (أتحدى العالم). When the songwriter Khaled Bakri and his record company, Rotana Records, denied the charges, Rahbani filed a lawsuit, in which a committee
Elias_Rahbani
British jazz musician (1935–2010)
1970, Beckett led groups of his own, recording for Philips, RCA and Ogun Records among other labels. Beckett was a key figure of important groups in the
Harry_Beckett
British jazz saxophonist (1926–2013)
pneumonia while on holiday in Spain. Tommy Whittle Quartet (Melodisc, 1951) Tommy Whittle Septet (Melodisc, 1951) Tommy Whittle with the Tony Kinsey Trio (Esquire
Tommy_Whittle
1960s British pop band
label – a new Melodisc subsidiary run by Emil Shallit. The two tracks "Children of Tomorrow" and "Concerto of Thoughts" were recorded at R.G. Jones studio
Mike_Stuart_Span
English musician (1932–2008)
group was signed by the Melodisc label, and they recorded an EP in December 1957 and produced an album for Doug Dobell's 77 Records. Charlesworth left the
Dick_Charlesworth
English jazz musician (1921–2000)
1960 (Philips) Kwamlah Quaye Sextetto Africana (Melodisc, 1962) Kwamlah Quaye Sextetto Africana (Melodisc, 1962) Billy Cotton & His Band, Things I Love
Cab_Kaye
Trinidadian singer and actress (1926–1993)
In 1951, she worked Ted Heath's band and other jazz groups, and recorded for Melodisc her version of "Calypso Blues", a song originally performed by Nat
Mona_Baptiste
Dutch singer
Zigany Melody/Miserlu (acc. Grisha Farfel his trumpet and Orchestra) (Melodisc 5019) 1937 : Der Siderel (Yiddele Briederel) (Victrola) 1937 : Gesselach
Leo_Fuld
British Jamaican-born jazz bassist (1914–2015)
Fusions (Columbia, 1967) Indo Jazz Fusions II (Columbia, 1968) Swings High (Melodisc, 1970) Journey (Moonlight Tunes, 2011) With others Ray Ellington, The Three
Coleridge_Goode
British record producer, radio presenter and music critic
independent producer, he supervised recordings issued on the independent Melodisc label, including Lord Kitchener's "London Is the Place for Me"; recordings
Denis_Preston
British jazz trumpeter (1934–2014)
Faces from Britain – Ronnie Ross Big Band 1967: Joe Harriott Swings High (Melodisc) 1968: Trumpet A'Gogo – Hamer and Phil Parker (trumpets), David Moses (bass
Stu_Hamer
Trinidadian calypso-jazz crossover performer (1920–2007)
returning to London in 1951. In 1952 Tiger signed to Melodisc, the first British company to record calypso music. He inherited the name Young Tiger from
Young_Tiger
7"-side: Blue Beat BB 040-B /UK Laurel Aitken: "Bouncing Woman" - Prod. by Melodisc (Turner/Schoenfeld 2003, p. 6); released as: 7"-side: Starline DA 3149
Rico_Rodriguez_discography
Jamaican musician
London CAY108); Rupert Nurse, Lord Kitchener: "Birth of Ghana" (1956, Melodisc 1390); "African Waltz" (1960, Col. SEG8137), John Dankworth: "African Waltz"
George_Tyndale
American jazz writer (1918–1948)
engineer & producer); Eugene Williams (sleeve notes) Melodisc MLP 12–112 (re-issue) Pressed by Orlake Records Eugene Williams (1918–1948) – see a short biographical
Eugene_Williams_(jazz_critic)
Scottish jazz musician (1923–1983)
Spirits (Columbia, 1965) Personal Portrait (Columbia, 1968) Swings High (Melodisc, 1970) Genius (Jazz Academy 2000) BBC Jazz for Moderns (Gearbox, 2009)
Pat_Smythe_(pianist)
Nigerian-born lawyer and musician (1912–1996)
musician John Payne in Regent's Park. Sowande also recorded at least one single on the Afro-Caribbean Melodisc label, the track being "Ihin Rere" and Igi T'Olorun"
Tunji_Sowande
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