Smash Records
Smash Records was an American record company that was active in the field of light music from 1961 to 1970.
history
The Chicago record company Mercury Records founded Smash Records in March 1961 as a subsidiary. Shelby Singleton was appointed as managing director . It was planned that Smash would take over the teen pop , country , gospel and foreign imports sectors . Smash acted as an independent record company, distribution was taken over by the parent company Mercury. In addition, Mercury signed production contracts with several small record labels, the singles of which were included in the Smash catalog. The first catalog number 1700 was a single from the Nero label. The foreign imports were included in the Smash catalog under the Fontana label.
The first single with the Smash logo came out with the Paramours, the later Righteous Brothers in March 1961. In May of the same year Smash had its first title in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord . Joe Barry reached number 24 for the song I'm a Fool to Care . In August 1961, Wooden Heart , sung by Joe Dowell, was the first number one hit . With Hey! Baby by Bruce Channel and My Boyfriend's Back with the Angels were added later another number-one title. A total of about 40 singles reached a place in the top 50. Between 1961 and 1970 Smash released over 560 singles and more than 130 vinyl long-playing records. Most of the singles were produced with Roger Miller (23), followed by Jerry Lee Lewis (20).
1970 the production of records under the label Smash was stopped. In 1980 the media group PolyGram Smash revived for a short time and released records with country music under the label.
Most singles performers
- Roger Miller (23)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (20)
- James Brown (12)
- The Left Banke (10)
- Bobby Byrd (8)
- Bruce Channel (8)
- Joe Dowell (8)
- Jay & The Techniques (8)
- The Walker Brothers (8)
- Dickey Lee (7)
- Pete Drake (6)
- Sir Douglas Quintet (6)
- The Swingin 'Medallions (6)
- The Angels (6)
- Norro Wilson (6)
- Joe Barry (5)
- Bill Justis (5)
- Anna King (5)
- Charlie Rich (5)
- The San Francisco Earthquake (5)
Billboard Top 50
| published | title | Performers | space |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/1961 | I'm a fool to care | Joe Barry | 24. |
| 6/1961 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 1. |
| 10/1961 | The Bridge of Love | Joe Dowell | 50. |
| 1/1962 | Hey infant | Bruce Channel | 1. |
| 6/1962 | Little Red Rented Rowboat | Joe Dowell | 23. |
| 8/1962 | Patches | Dickey Lee | 6th |
| 12/1962 | I Saw Linda Yesterday | Dickey Lee | 14th |
| 8/1963 | My boyfriend's back | The Angels | 1. |
| 8/1963 | You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry | The Caravelles | 3. |
| 10/1963 | I Adore Him | The Angels | 25th |
| 3/1964 | Forever | Pete Drake | 25th |
| 3/1964 | My Boy Lollipop | Millie | 2. |
| 6/1964 | Dang Me | Roger Miller | 7th |
| 6/1964 | Sweet William | Millie | 40. |
| 8/1964 | Out of sight | James Brown | 24. |
| 9/1964 | Chug-a-Lug | Roger Miller | 9. |
| 11/1964 | Thu-Wacka-Thu | Roger Miller | 31. |
| 1/1965 | King of the Road | Roger Miller | 4th |
| 5/1965 | Engine, engine # 9 | Roger Miller | 7th |
| 7/1965 | One Dyin 'and A-Buryin' | Roger Miller | 34. |
| 8/1965 | Make It Easy on Yourself | The Walker Brothers | 16. |
| 8/1965 | Mohair sam | Charlie Rich | 21st |
| 9/1965 | Kansas City Star | Roger Miller | 31. |
| 11/1965 | England swings | Roger Miller | 8th. |
| 1/1966 | Hurt Yourself | Frankie Valli | 39. |
| 2/1966 | Husbands and Wives | Roger Miller | 26th |
| 3/1966 | The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | The Walker Brothers | 13. |
| 3/1966 | Double shot | Swingin 'medallions | 17th |
| 6/1966 | You Can't Roller Skate | Roger Miller | 40. |
| 9/1966 | Walk Away Renee | The Left Banke | 5. |
| 1/1967 | Pretty ballerina | The Left Banke | 15th |
| 3/1967 | Walkin 'in the Sunshine | Roger Miller | 37. |
| 7/1967 | Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie | Jay & the Techniques | 6th |
| 10/1967 | Keep the ball rollin ' | Jay & the Techniques | 14th |
| 1/1968 | Strawberry shortcake | Jay & the Techniques | 39. |
| 3/1968 | Little Green Apples | Roger Miller | 39. |
| 1/1969 | Mendocino | The Sir Douglas Quintet | 27. |
LPs
(only top 100)
| ! Cat no. | title | Performers | published | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27020 | The Tale of Patches | Dickey Lee | 10/1962 | 50. |
| 27021 | Instrumental hits | Bill Justis | 10/1962 | 94. |
| 27030 | More Big Instrumental Hits | Bill Justis | 1/1963 | 89. |
| 27039 | My boyfriend's back | Angels | 8/1963 | 33. |
| 27049 | Roger and Out | Roger Miller | 5/1964 | 37. |
| 27053 | Forever | Pete Drake | 4/1964 | 85. |
| 27054 | Show time | James Brown & His Orchestra | 3/1964 | 61. |
| 27056 | The Greatest Live Show On Earth | Jerry Lee Lewis | 11/1964 | 71. |
| 27061 | The Return of Roger Miller | Roger Miller | 1/1965 | 4th |
| 27068 | The 3rd Time Around | Roger Miller | 6/1965 | 13. |
| 27072 | Today and Yesterday | James Brown | 10/1965 | 42. |
| 27073 | Golden hits | Roger Miller | 10/1965 | 6th |
| 27083 | Double shot | The Swingin 'Medallions | 6/1966 | 88 |
| 27088 | Walk Away Renee Pretty Ballerina | The Left Banke | 2/1967 | 67. |
| 67115 | Mendocino | Sir Douglas Quintet | 4/1969 | 81. |
| 422 830 002-1 | Class of '55 | Carl Perkins and Others | 6/1986 | 87. |