Dot records
Dot Records was an independent American record company that was founded in 1950 by Randy Wood (1917-2011) in Gallatin / Tennessee, moved its headquarters to Los Angeles in 1956 and in 1965 was sold to the film company Gulf & Western, which Dot became a sub Label made by ABC Records .
Randy Wood owned one of the largest mail order record stores in the southern United States when he founded Dot Records in a small town near Nashville in 1951 . Through his mail order business and the establishment of his own distribution system, Wood was able to become independent of the distribution by the major labels relatively quickly and was able to land a hit in the pop area as early as 1952 with the title Trying by the Hilltoppers.
The most important producer of the label was Billy Vaughn , who also published a series of hits on Dot between 1954 and 1966 as a band leader, he was the most successful orchestra conductor in the era of rock and roll.
Dot Records' sales policy in the mid-1950s was shaped by cover versions of R&B hits produced by young white singers for the teenage market. The best-known example is Pat Boone , alongside Jim Lowe and Tab Hunter also presented a gentle style of rock'n'roll that is also acceptable for adults. However, some jazz albums were also released on Dot, including a. by Count Basie ( Straight Ahead ), Pete and Conte Candoli ( The Brothers Candoli ), Eddie Costa ( House of Blue Lights ), John Serry senior ( Squeeze Play ), Larry Novak and Buddy DeFranco / Nelson Riddle ( Cross Country Suite ).
In 1956, Dot moved its headquarters from Gallatin, Tennessee to Hollywood. At the end of 1956, Dot Records belonged to several shareholders: Randy Wood held the largest share of 70%, the remaining 30% were shared by Al Bennett, the former sales manager of Dot, Gilbert Brown, the manager of record sales and shipping in Gallatin, and the disc jockey Gene Classy. In January 1957, Randy Wood sold his stake in Dot to Paramount Pictures Corporation, including his other businesses such as Gallatin record distribution, his Randy-Smith Publishing Company and the Wood-Spina artist agency. Wood remained President of the Dot Label and also became Vice President of Paramount Pictures.
The label has been revived since 2014. Among others, Maddie & Tae and Steven Tyler are under contract.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in Los Angeles Times
- ^ Tibor Kneif: Sachlexikon Rockmusik. Instruments, styles, techniques, industry and history . Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, 1978, p. 61
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Records. Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin: Record Research, 1994, pp. 624f
- ^ Charlie Gillett: The Sound Of The City. The history of rock music . German by Teja Schwaner. Frankfurt / Main: Zweiausendeins Verlag, 1979, pp. 140f
- ↑ http://bsnpubs.com/dot/dotb.html
- ^ Dot Records - Paramount Negotiations Continue. In: Billboard. Edition of January 5, 1957, p. 11 and p. 13
- ^ Billboard , January 26, 1957, issue, p. 38
- ^ Nate Rau: Big Machine resurrects Dot Records name . In: The Tennesseean . March 24, 2014.
- ^ Republic Records Revive Legendary Dot Records . Big Machine Label Group. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ↑ DOT RECORDS ANNOUNCES MADDIE & TAE AS INAUGURAL ACT ON ROSTER ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6524266/steven-tyler-signs-with-big-machine-label-group
