Eric Records
Eric Records is an American record company that produced vinyl single records from 1968 to 1996, mainly with new editions of successful oldies of pop music . The program then continued with compact discs .
history
The record label Eric Records was founded in 1968 by Bill Buster in Philadelphia with the intention of releasing old successful popular music tracks in the original version. He started with the Paris Sisters , of which he launched the successful titles I Love How You Love Me and He Knows I Love Him Too Much from 1961 and 1962 with catalog number 101 . As a result, Buster published evergreens and lesser-known titles in a colorful sequence, with neither the interpreter nor the time of the original recording being fitted into a scheme in the chronological order. The catalog numbering also changed several times:
- the hundreds series went up to number 325 and ended in 1992
- The numbers 4001 to 4019 followed in 1981, followed by numbers 4101 to 4119 from 1982 to 1986
- In 1969 the 5000 series began mainly with in-house productions by Bill Buster, the last catalog number 5017 appeared in November 1981
- the 6000 series was divided into the blocks 6001 - 6005 (1985), 6101 - 6108 (1986) and 6501 - 6504 (1972)
- In 1988 three singles with Roy Orbison appeared with the catalog numbers 7001 to 7003
While most of the number 1 titles were re-released between 1950 and 1979, curiosities like Jerry Butler For Your Precious Love (# 99 on the US charts ) also hit the market. Erik singles are currently being offered online, where the MusicStack single Step By Step with the Crests (14th place on Hot 100) was offered for 5.09 euros in 2014 , while the original version from 1960 was available for less than 3.00 euros was.
In 1974 the company moved to New Jersey . With the exception of the white labels on the promotional singles, Eric always used the same record label for his singles. It has a black background, the frame and font of the logo are in red, the title information is in silver. When the vinyl records were replaced by the compact discs in early 1990, Eric Records switched its production to compact discs in 1996.
Between 1961 and 1964 there was already a record label called Eric Records, which was based in Conroe (Texas) .
Discography
Number 1 hits on vinyl
| Cat.-No. | Interpreter | title | Original year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 113 | The Marcels | Blue moon | 1961 |
| 115 | Shelley Fabares | Johnny Angel | 1962 |
| 141 | Bobby Lewis | Tossin 'and turnin' | 1961 |
| 143 | The Dixie Cups | Chapel of Love | 1964 |
| 144 | The Shangri-Las | Leader Of The Pack | 1964 |
| 151 | Little Eva | The Loco-Motion | 1962 |
| 161 | Wilbert Harrison | Kansas City | 1959 |
| 171 | Gene Chandler | Duke of Earl | 1962 |
| 178 | Frankie Avalon | Venus | 1959 |
| 184 | Frankie Avalon | Why | 1959 |
| 189 | Del Shannon | Runaway | 1961 |
| 200 | Paul Anka | Diana | 1957 |
| 201 | Paul Anka | Lonely boy | 1959 |
| 208 | Laurie London | He's Got The Whole World In His Hands | 1957 |
| 210 | Mr. Acker Bilk | Stranger on the Shore | 1961 |
| 215 | Gladys Knight | Midnight Train To Georgia | 1973 |
| 217 | The Lovin 'Spoonful | Summer In The City | 1966 |
| 218 | Stories | Brother Louie | 1973 |
| 222 | The Lemon Pipers | Green tambourine | 1967 |
| 225 | Chuck Berry | My thing-a-ling | 1972 |
| 245 | Carl Douglas | Kung Fu Fighting | 1974 |
| 250 | Walter Murphy | A Fifth Of Beethoven | 1976 |
| 252 | The Chordettes | Mr. Sandman | 1981 |
| 254 | Bill Hayes | Ballad Of Davy Crockett | 1955 |
| 255 | Everly Brothers | All I Have To Do Is Dream | 1958 |
| 256 | The Everly Brothers | Wake Up Little Susie | 1957 |
| 258 | Everly Brothers | Bird dog | 1958 |
| 267 | The Champs | tequila | 1958 |
| 271 | Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs | Stay | 1960 |
| 272 | Dale and Grace | I'm leaving it up to you | 1973 |
| 273 | The McCoys | Hang On Sloopy | 1965 |
| 279 | Petula Clark | my love | 1965 |
| 280 | Petula Clark | Downtown | 1964 |
| 290 | Van McCoy | The Hustle | 1975 |
| 298 | Hollywood Argyles | Alley-oop | 1960 |
| 298 | Larry Verne | Mr. Custer | 1960 |
| 299 | The Teddy Bears | To Know Him Is To Love Him | 1958 |
| 300 | Gogi Grant | The Wayward Wind | 1956 |
| 303 | John Fred And His Playboy Band | Judy In Disguise | 1967 |
| 304 | Ernie K. Doe | Mother In Law | 1961 |
| 305 | The Turtles | Happy together | 1967 |
| 317 | Al Wilson | Show and tell | 1973 |
| 319 | Chubby checker | Pony time | 1961 |
| 320 | Chubby checker | The twist | 1960 |
| 4001 | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 1960 |
| 4003 | The Shirelles | Soldier boy | 1962 |
| 4006 | BJ Thomas | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | 1969 |
| 4014 | Percy Sledge | When A Man Loves A Woman | 1966 |
| 4015 | The Archies | Sugar, Sugar | 1969 |
| 4017 | Guy Mitchell | Heartaches By The Number | 1959 |
| 4101 | The Righteous Brothers | You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' | 1964 |
| 4103 | Conway Twitty | It's Only Make Believe | 1958 |
| 4106 | Tommy Edwards | It's All In The Game | 1958 |
| 4107 | Lou Christie | Lightnin 'strikes | 1965 |
| 4109 | The Angels | My boyfriend's back | 1963 |
| 4110 | The Platters | The great pretender | 1955 |
| 4111 | The Platters | My prayer | 1956 |
| 4112 | The Platters | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 1958 |
| 4113 | The Platters | Twilight Time | 1958 |
| 4114 | Lesley Gore | It's my party | 1963 |
| 4118 | Mark Dinning | Teen angel | 1959 |
| 4119 | Peaches and Herb | Reunited | 1979 |
| 4119 | Gloria Gaynor | I will survive | 1978 |
| 6001 | Guy Mitchell | Singing the blues | 1956 |
| 6004 | Bill Withers | Lean On Me | 1972 |
| 6005 | Mitch Miller | Yellow Rose Of Texas | 1955 |
| 6101 | David Rose | The stripper | 1962 |
| 6101 | Teresa Brewer | Music! Music! Music! | 1950 |
| 6107 | The Troggs | Wild thing | 1966 |
| 6502 | The Rooftop Singers | Walk Right In | 1963 |
| 7101 | Roy Orbison | Oh, pretty woman | 1964 |
Compact discs
| year | title | Cat.-No. |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Tommy Edwards: It's All In The Game | 11501 |
| 1996 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Vol. 1: 1955-60 | 11502 |
| 1996 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Vol. 1: 1961-64 | 11503 |
| 1999 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 3: The Mid Fifties | 11504 |
| 1999 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 4: The Late Fifties | 11505 |
| 1999 | Glen Gray & Casa Loma: Swinging Sounds Of Great Bands | 11506 |
| 1999 | Hard to find orchestral instruments | 11507 |
| 1999 | Hard to find pop instrumentals | 11508 |
| 2001 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 5: Sixties Pop Classics | 11509 |
| 2000 | Vic Dana: Complete Hits Of Vic Dana | 11510 |
| 2000 | The Complete Hits of Linda Scott | 11511 |
| 2001 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 6: More Sixties Classics | 11512 |
| 2001 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 7: More Sixties Classics | 11513 |
| 2002 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 8: Seventies Pop Classics | 11514 |
| 2002 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Pop & Country Classics | 11515 |
| 2002 | More Sounds of the Great Swing Bands | 11516 |
| 2003 | Freddy Martin: Smooth Sounds of the Great Dance Bands | 11517 |
| 2003 | Hard To Find Orchestral Instrumentals | 11518 |
| 2003 | Hard to Find Pop Instrumentals II | 11519 |
| 2004 | Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock & Roll - Volume 1: Love Me Forever | 11520 |
| 2004 | Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock & Roll - Volume 2: I Got Rhythm | 11521 |
| 2004 | Paris Sisters Sing Everything Under The Sun | 11523 |
| 2004 | Teen Time: The Young Years of Rock & Roll Volume 3: A Very Special Love | 11522 |
| 2004 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Sweet Soul Sounds | 11524 |
| 2005 | Dick Bartley Presents - Classic Oldies 1965–1969 | 11525 |
| 2005 | Young Love: The Best of Tab Hunter | 11526 |
| 2007 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 9: 1957-1959 | 11527 |
| 2007 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 10: 1960-1965 | 11528 |
| 2010 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 11: Sugar Pop | 11529 |
| 2010 | Hard to Find 45s on CD - Volume 12: 60s & 70s Pop Classics | 11530 |
| 2013 | Hard To Find 45s On CD Volume 13: The Love Album | 11531 |