Diamond Records
Diamond Records was a record company that existed in New York from 1961 to 1971 and was active in the pop music sector .
history
Diamond Records was founded in 1961 in New York City by brothers Joe and Phil Kolsky of Polish descent. The company was located in the 1650 Broadway building. While Joe Kolsky served as president, his brother took over the artistic management. Diamond began production in the fall of 1961 and released the first single under catalog number 101: Ev'ry Step Of The Way / Keep Me On Your Mind with Kevin McQuinn. It was not until July 1962 that the song Ben Crazy by Dickie Goodman (No. 119) was ranked 44th and for the first time a Diamond title was placed on the Billboard Hot 100 . The record company achieved the greatest success in its history just a few weeks later when Johnny Thunder reached number four with Loop De Loop .
The most successful interpreter at Diamond was Ronnie Dove . His success story began in 1964 with the title Say You , with which he landed at number 40 on the Hot 100. By 1969 he was able to place himself in the Hot 100 with 20 Diamond productions. His two 14th place titles Right or Wrong and One Kiss for Old Times' Sake were among the most successful Diamond singles along with Johnny Thunder's Loop De Loop . In addition to Dove and Thunder, Ruby Winters was one of the successful interpreters at Diamond, who achieved particularly good placements in the rhythm and blues charts . In 1969 she was represented there with four titles, the song I Don't Want to Cry was best listed with rank 15. Bobby Vinton made a short guest appearance at Diamond. Shortly after his number one hit Roses Are Red , published on Epic Records , Diamond released the track I Love You the Way You Are with Bobby Vinton under the number 121 in the summer of 1962, which went to number 38 in the hot 100 brought. There were no more Vinton recordings at Diamond, as Epic asserted its contractual rights. Another mayfly was Mitch Miller , who brought out his only and unsuccessful Diamond production in 1968 with the single Dear World / One Person (No. 251).
In 1969 Diamond Records was sold to Edwin H. Morris Corporation, which was already the owner of Columbia Records . The last Diamond single was released in 1970 under catalog number 271 (Ronnie Dove - Chains Of Love / If I Live To Be A Hundred ), after which the company was sold again, this time to Certron Corporation. This took the brand name Diamond from the market. Between 1961 and 1970, 171 singles and eight long-playing records, seven with Ronnie Dove and one with Johnny Thunder, were released under the Diamond label. Ronnie Dove acquired the rights to his Diamond titles in 1987 and released two more singles himself with the Diamond label under the numbers 378 and 379.
Diamond on Billboard Hot 100
| year | title | Interpreter | Cat.No. | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Ben Crazy | Dickie Goodman | 119 | 44. |
| 1962 | I love you the way you are | Bobby Vinton | 121 | 38 |
| 1962 | Loop De Loop | Johnny Thunder | 129 | 4th |
| 1963 | Charlie Russo | Preacherman | 131 | 92. |
| 1964 | Say you | Ronnie Dove | 167 | 40. |
| 1964 | Right or Wrong | Ronnie Dove | 173 | 14th |
| 1965 | One Kiss for Old Times' Sake | Ronnie Dove | 179 | 14th |
| 1965 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Ronnie Dove | 184 | 16. |
| 1965 | I'll Make All Your Dreams Come True | Ronnie Dove | 188 | 21st |
| 1965 | Kiss Away | Ronnie Dove | 191 | 25th |
| 1965 | Everybody Do the Sloopy | Johnny Thunder | 192 | 67. |
| 1966 | When Liking Turns to Loving | Ronnie Dove | 195 | 18th |
| 1966 | Let's start all over again | Ronnie Dove | 198 | 20th |
| 1966 | Cry | Ronnie Dove | 214 | 18th |
| 1966 | Happy Summer Days | Ronnie Dove | 205 | 27. |
| 1966 | I really don't want to know | Ronnie Dove | 208 | 22nd |
| 1967 | One More Mountain to Climb | Ronnie Dove | 217 | 45. |
| 1967 | My babe | Ronnie Dove | 221 | 50. |
| 1967 | Dancin 'out of my heart | Ronnie Dove | 233 | 87. |
| 1968 | In some time | Ronnie Dove | 240 | 99 |
| 1968 | Mountain of Love | Ronnie Dove | 244 | 67. |
| 1968 | Tomboy | Ronnie Dove | 249 | 96. |
| 1969 | I don't want to cry | Ruby Winters | 255 | 97. |
| 1969 | I need you now | Ronnie Dove | 260 | 93. |
| 1969 | Guess Who | Ruby Winters | 269 | 99 |