Musicor Records
Musicor Records was an American music label based in New York City . It was active in the light music sector and produced from 1960 to 1978.
history
Musicor was founded in New York in 1960 by pop composer Aaron Schroeder . So far, Schroeder was best known for his composition of the Elvis Presley hit I Got Stung . He held 50 percent of Musicor, the other half was owned by the record company United Artists , which also took over the distribution of the Musicor records in the first few years. In 1964, United Artists manager Art Talmadge and record producer Harold Daily became partners in Musicor. They founded their own sales company, Talmadge Production, which would market the Musicor records in the future. From 1972, the success at Musicor declined. Country star George Jones had already left the company in 1971, and in 1973 Gene Pitney , the most successful musician star, left the company. In 1975 the record production at Musicor was interrupted. In 1976 Springboard International from Los Angeles acquired the label. Only a few singles were produced, but a number of long-playing records were released by 1978. In the course of 1978 the Musicor label finally disappeared from the market.
Within 19 years, almost 200 performers released records under the Musicor label. Most of the singles were produced with Gene Pitney, he had 50 releases. He was followed by Georges Jones with 32 singles. Both are also at the top of the singles track track record. In the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord , Gene Pitney got 23 placements. Among them was the track Only Love Can Break a Heart , which with second place became the greatest success of the music singles. George Jones generated the best sales figures for the Country & Western division . He appears on the CW charts 17 times with Musicor singles, including the 1967 number one track Walk Through This World with Me .
Musicor's single labels have changed several times over the years, mostly after the change of ownership. 1960 began with a gray background and a top two-thirds multi-colored border, which contained the white company logo in capital letters. From August 1961 the ground became light brown, the upper edge was shortened to a quarter, the lettering was now red. In July 1962 the label appeared all in black, Musicor was now written linearly, including the addition "Records" in smaller font. Until March 1965, the labels at the bottom bore the imprint "Distributed by United Artists Records", which was then changed to "Musicor Records, a Division of Talmadge Productions". At the end of 1966 / beginning of 1967 the reference to Talmadge disappeared briefly, only to return until 1971. From mid-1971 to October 1972, only Musicor was referred to at the bottom. Then the basic color changed to light brown and the company logo moved to the left. At the bottom next to the company name, the year of publication was given, and "Talmadge Productions" was added again. The last Musicor labels appeared in 1976 with the sales reference "A Product Of Springboard International". The basic color went from yellow above to green below. The company logo now appeared as an ellipse with a blue border. The catalog numbers began in 1960 with 1001 and continued until 1505 in 1974. Springboard used 1977 catalog numbers from 6301 onwards.
Most singles performers
- Gene Pitney (50)
- George Jones (32)
- Tito Rodríguez (22)
- Melba Montgomery (14)
- The Platters (13)
- Floyd Tillman (9)
- Benny Barnes (8)
- Bobby Lee (7)
- Judy Lynn (8)
- Lowell Knipp (6)
- Hot Butter (5)
- Connie Hall (5)
Title in the Hot 100
entry | title | Performers | Catalog no. | space |
---|---|---|---|---|
1/1961 | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | Gene Pitney | 1002 | 39. |
8/1961 | Every Breath I Take | Gene Pitney | 1011 | 42. |
10/1961 | Town Without Pity | Gene Pitney | 1009 | 13. |
10/1961 | Your Ma Said You Cried | Kenny Dino | 1013 | 24. |
4/1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Gene Pitney | 1020 | 4th |
9/1962 | Only Love Can Break a Heart | Gene Pitney | 1022 | 2. |
9/1962 | If I Didn't Have a Dime | Gene Pitney | 1022 | 58. |
12/1962 | Half Heaven - Half Heartache | Gene Pitney | 1026 | 12. |
3/1963 | Mecca | Gene Pitney | 1028 | 12. |
7/1963 | True Love Never Runs Smooth | Gene Pitney | 1032 | 17th |
10/1963 | Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa | Gene Pitney | 1034 | 17th |
1/1964 | That Girl Belongs to Yesterday | Gene Pitney | 1036 | 49. |
5/1964 | Yesterday's Hero | Gene Pitney | 1038 | 64. |
7/1964 | It hurts to be in love | Gene Pitney | 1040 | 7th |
10/1964 | I'm gonna be strong | Gene Pitney | 1045 | 9. |
2/1965 | I Must Be Seeing Things | Gene Pitney | 1070 | 31. |
5/1965 | Last chance to turn around | Gene Pitney | 1093 | 13. |
6/1965 | Looking Through the Eyes of Love | Gene Pitney | 1103 | 28. |
11/1965 | Princess in rags | Gene Pitney | 1130 | 37. |
2/1966 | Backstage | Gene Pitney | 1171 | 25th |
4/1966 | I Love You 1000 Times | The Platters | 1166 | 31. |
11/1966 | Just one smile | Gene Pitney | 1219 | 64. |
12/1966 | I'll be home | The Platters | 1211 | 97. |
2/1967 | With this ring | The Platters | 1229 | 14th |
7/1967 | Washed Ashore | The Platters | 1251 | 56. |
10/1967 | Sweet, sweet lovin ' | The Platters | 1275 | 70. |
5/1968 | She's a heartbreaker | Gene Pitney | 1306 | 16. |
11/1968 | Billy You're My Friend | Gene Pitney | 1331 | 92. |
1/1970 | Jennifer Tomkins | The Street People | 1365 | 36. |
1/1970 | She Lets Her Hair Down | Gene Pitney | 1384 | 89. |
7/1972 | Popcorn | Hot butter | 1458 | 9. |
LPs (selection)
Performers | title | Catalog no. | year | Top 200 / C & W * |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Pitney | Only Love Can Break a Heart | 3003 | 1962 | 48. |
Gene Pitney | Sings World Wide Winners | 3005 | 1963 | 41. |
Gene Pitney | It hurts to be in love | 3019 | 1964 | 42. |
George Jones & Gene Pitney | For the First Time: Two Great Stars | 3044 | 1964 | 3. * |
George Jones | Love bug | 3088 | 1966 | 7. * |
George Jones | I'm a people | 3099 | 1966 | 1.* |
George Jones | We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth | 3106 | 1966 | 3. * |
George Jones & Melba Montgomery | Boy meets girl | 3127 | 1967 | 37. * |
George Jones | I'll Share My World With You | 3177 | 1970 | 5. * |
George Jones | The Best of George Jones | 3191 | 1970 | 10. * |
George Jones | With love | 3194 | 1970 | 9. * |
George Jones | Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne | 3204 | 1971 | 26th |
Hot butter | Popcorn | 3242 | 1972 | 137. |
Dionne Warwick | Only Love Can Break a Heart | 2501 | 1977 | 188. |