Lola Records

Lola Records
Active years	1962-1968
founder	John Marascalco
Seat	Hollywood
distribution	Atco Records (from 1965)

Lola Records was an independent music label based in Hollywood , California.

The songwriter and music publisher John Marascalco started the new label in 1962 after he had already made several attempts with JC Records, Sabrina Records and T-Bird Records to gain a foothold as an independent music producer in the Californian music business. With the Electras he produced the follow -up band to the doo-wop group The Valiants , who first published his rock 'n' roll composition Good Golly, Miss Molly in 1957 and which he was largely responsible for. He had recently released Lee Diamond's recording of Good Old Summertime as the only record on the Bourbon Street Records label and reissued it on Lola. Lola 102 could be Harry Nilsson's first record under his own name, as he used to publish the recordings of his early career under a pseudonym. There are also some instrumental numbers from surf and Chicano rock . The affiliation of a spoken word performance by LC Campbell about Richard J. Daley from 1968 to Marascalco's Lola Records is uncertain.

The design of the label stickers and the logic of the numbering changed several times. Lola # 002 from 1965 was the first record for which a distribution agreement with Atco Records took hold.

Discography

year	Label #	Interpreter	title	Label scans	Remarks
1962	100	The Electras	A. You Know B: Can't You See It in My Eyes
1962	100	Lee Diamond	A: Good Old Summertime B: Nothing but a Playboy		Re-release of 100 Bourbon Street
1964	100	The Electras	A. Boo Babe B: Can't You See It in My Eyes		New edition of Lola 100 with a new A-side
1964	101	Rick & The Ric-A-Shays	A: Running Bear B: The Drag		unconfirmed, only as a source of Reprise Records documented
1964	102	Harry Nilsson	A: Baa Baa Blacksheep B: Baa Baa Blacksheep (Part 2)		also on Crusader Records and Barry Records as Bo Pete
1964	103	The Young Lions	A: Back in the Alley B: Something Like Mr. C
1964	104	Frankie Olvera	A: Huggie's Bunnies B: Something Like Mr. C		B-side identical to Lola 103, supervisor Godfrey Kerr , also in circulation as misprint “Lolla 104”.
1964	105	The Soul Men	A: Road House B: Sister Sue
1965	# 001	The Electras	A: Huff and Puff B: Mary Mary
1965	# 002	The Ric-A-Shays	A: Turn On B: Groovy		not identical to tape on Lola 101, also known as The Travelers
1965	# 003	Rick & Jerry	A: I'll Be Happy B: Cry Baby
1965	# 003	The Girl Watchers	A: Got My Mojo Working B: Lonely Avenue
1968	2207	LC Campbell	A: Hey! Mayor Daley, man! B: If		Spoken Word

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marv Goldberg: The Valiants In: Marv Goldberg′s R&B Notebook, 2002, accessed on May 29, 2018.
2. ^ Dan Philips: Tracking Lee Diamond In: Home of the Groove, 2008, accessed May 20, 2018.
3. ^ Alyn Shipton: Nilsson. The life of a singer-songwriter . Oxford University Press. Oxford 2013. p. 32 f.
4. ^ Marascalco, Atlantic Deal . In: Billboard Magazin, June 5, 1965, p. 6.