Coed Records

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Coed Records was an American music label that produced records in the pop music genre between 1958 and 1965 .

history

The record company Coed Records was founded in 1958 in New York by the band leader and music producer George Paxton (* ~ 1914) and the musician manager Marvin Cane (* 1921) . Paxton became president of the company while Cane took over the post of vice president. The company was based in New York's Brill Building , which was also home to several music publishers. The first single with the catalog number 500 appeared in early 1958 with the jazz musician O. Jay Oliver. However, the focus of the productions at Coed was on the field of pop music. Well-known groups like the Crests and the Rivieras were signed, and the Rivieras were the first to achieve chart success for Coed. Already in the summer of 1958 they came with the title Count Every Star of the record company's third single at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 . However, the Crests were more successful and reached the top chart position of all Coed productions shortly after the Rivieras. With their title Sixteen Candles they reached number two in the Hot 100. The first successful solo artist was Adam Wade , who released his debut single in November 1959 with Coed. In 1961 he delivered two more top 10 successes with The Writing on the Wall (5th) and As If I Didn't Know (10th). The singing group The Duprees began their recording career with Coed in the summer of 1962 and also made it into the top 10 with their first track You Belong to Me in seventh place. They were also the last performers to achieve a Billboard listing for Coed in January 1964. After the Duprees, the record company was no longer able to hire other successful interpreters. The single with Joey Vann and the tracks Try To Remember and My Love, My Love was Coed's last production, which was released in July 1965. Within eight years, 120 singles had been released and six music albums had been released. 47 performers had been signed by Coed. Most of the records were produced with Adam Wade, he released 15 singles and two long-playing records. The master material was taken over by the Post label in the 1970s, which again released four albums with old titles by the successful groups Duprees (2), Rivieras and Crest.

Most singles performers

Title in the single Hot 100

entry title Performers Catalog no. space
08/30/1958 Count every star The Rivieras 503 73
11/24/1958 Sixteen candles The Crests 506 02
02/14/1959 Moonlight serenade The Rivieras 508 47
03/23/1959 Six Nights a Week The Crests 509 28
06/08/1959 Flower of Love The Crests 511 79
08/17/1959 The Angels Listened In The Crests 515 22nd
December 07, 1959 A Year Ago Tonight The Crests 521 42
01/11/1960 Tell Her for Me Adam Wade 520 66
01/23/1960 Since I Made You Cry The Rivieras 522 93
02/29/1960 Step by step The Crests 525 14th
03/14/1960 Ruby Adam Wade 526 58
06/13/1960 Trouble in Paradise The Crests 531 20th
06/20/1960 I Can't Help It Adam Wade 530 64
09/12/1960 Journey of Love The Crests 535 81
October 24, 1960 Isn't it amazing The Crests 537 100
11/21/1960 Gloria's theme Adam Wade 541 74
02/11/1961 Model girl Johnny Maestro 545 20th
March 13, 1961 Take Good Care of Her Adam Wade 546 07th
04/29/1961 What a surprise Johnny Maestro 549 33
05/15/1961 The writing on the wall Adam Wade 550 05
06/19/1961 Point of no return Adam Wade 550 85
07/24/1961 As If I Didn't Know Adam Wade 553 10
07/29/1961 Mr. Happiness Johnny Maestro 549 57
September 18, 1961 Tonight I Won't Be There Adam Wade 556 61
10/02/1961 Linda Adam Wade 556 94
08/04/1962 You belong to me The Duprees 569 07th
10/20/1962 That Stranger Used To Be My Girl Trade Martin 570 28
10/20/1962 My Own True Love The Duprees 571 13
01/26/1963 I'd Rather Be Here in Your Arms The Duprees 574 91
03/23/1963 Gone with the Wind The Duprees 576 89
08/24/1963 Why Don't You Believe Me The Duprees 584 37
11/9/1963 Have you heard The Duprees 585 18th
01/25/1964 It's no sin The Duprees 587 74

Album discography

title Performers Catalog no. released
The Crests Sing All Biggies The Crests LPC-901 02/1960
And then came Adam Adam Wade LPC-902 06/1960
Adam and Evening Adam Wade LPC-903 02/1961
16 greatest hits The Crests LPC-904 12/1960
You belong to me The Duprees LPC-905 11/1962
Have you heard The Duprees LPC-906 12/1963

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