Warwick Records
Warwick Records was an American record company that released records in the field of pop music between 1959 and 1962 .
history
In March 1959, Marty Craft, manager and owner of several record companies in the USA, signed a contract with the Canadian company United Telefilms Records Ltd. on the establishment of a subsidiary in New York called United Telefilm Records Inc. The Canadians were guaranteed an 85 percent stake in the subsidiary. According to Craft's ideas, the New York company should serve as a roof for other sub- labels. As one such label, he founded Warwick Records on April 27, 1959, based on Seventh Ave., New York.
The company relationship was made clear on the record labels with the imprint "A Division of United Telefilm Records". The cataloging of the singles began with the number 500. The first single was produced with the doo-wop group The Harptones , which had previously been under contract with the small label Rama Records. At the same time, Craft managed to win the rock 'n' roll band Johnny and the Hurricanes from Twirl Records. The group made Warwick's first big success with their instrumental Red River Rock in August 1959. The piece came in fifth place in the Hot 100 of the music magazine Billbord . In mid-1960, the instrumental band The String-A-Longs joined Warwick and reached number three in the Hot 100 with their first release, Wheels . It was Warwick's biggest record success.
From January 1961, the Warwick label appeared under the parent company Seven Arts Corp., whose seat and president had remained unchanged. The year 1961 brought Warwick several more listings on the Hot 100, of which the 15th place for the tokens ( Tonight I Fell in Love ) and 18 for Matt Monro ( My Kind of Girl ) stood out. In its December 4, 1961 issue, Billboard magazine announced that Seven Arts had ceased operations in late November. Warwick published singles until April 1962, but then had to file for bankruptcy. By this time Warwick had produced around 200 singles, 17 of which had reached the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, around 240 long-playing records were released , of which only the album Stormsville by Johnny & Hurricanes came into the LP charts (number 34).
Most singles performers
- Bob Crewe (7)
- The String-A-Longs (6)
- Shirley and Lee (5)
- Sunny Gale (5)
- Faye Adams (4)
- Jerry Landis (4)
- Johnny and the Hurricanes (4)
- Morty Craft (4)
- The Craftsmen (4)
- The Crew-Cuts (4)
Title on the Billboard Hot 100
| entry | title | Performers | Catalog no. | space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/27/1959 | Crossfire | Johnny & the Hurricanes | 502 | 23 |
| 08/03/1959 | Red River Rock | Johnny & the Hurricanes | 509 | 5 |
| 11/02/1959 | Reveille rock | Johnny & the Hurricanes | 513 | 25th |
| 02/01/1960 | Whiffenpoof Song | Bob Crewe | 519 | 96 |
| 02/15/1960 | Beatnik Fly | Johnny & the Hurricanes | 520 | 15th |
| 06/27/1960 | I've Been Loved Before | Shirley & Lee | 535 | 88 |
| 09/05/1960 | Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley & Lee | 581 | 48 |
| 01/09/1961 | Wheels | The String-A-Longs | 603 | 3 |
| 03/06/1961 | Tonight I Fell in Love | The tokens | 615 | 15th |
| 03/27/1961 | Brass buttons | The String-A-Longs | 625 | 35 |
| 04/03/1961 | A Scottish Soldier | Andy Stewart | 627 | 69 |
| 05/29/1961 | My kind of girl | Matt Monro | 636 | 18th |
| 06/12/1961 | Should I | The String-A-Longs | 654 | 42 |
| 06/26/1961 | Quite a party | The Fireballs | 644 | 27 |
| 08/07/1961 | Well-A, Well-A | Shirley & Lee | 664 | 77 |
| 08/21/1961 | Donald, Where's Your Troosers | Andy Stewart | 665 | 77 |
| 10/16/1961 | Why Not Now | Matt Monro | 669 | 92 |
Discography of LPs
| title | Interpreter | catalog no. | published |
| Memories of Jolie | Morty Craft | 2001 | 11/1959 |
| So in love | Andrew Hill Trio | 2002 | 11/1959 |
| imagination | Johnny Smith | 2003 | 11/1959 |
| A Girl and Her Guitar | Mary Osborne | 2004 | 11/1959 |
| Johnny and The Hurricanes | Johnny & Hurricanes | 2007 | 11/1959 |
| Goodies But Oldies Volume 2 | Various artists | 2008 | 11/1959 |
| Kicks with Crewe | Bob Crewe | 2009 | 3/1960 |
| Stormsville | Johnny & Hurricanes | 2010 | 3/1960 |
| America's Best Loved Folk Songs | Milt Okun | 2011 | 3/1960 |
| Something's coming | Fran Warren | 2012 | 4/1960 |
| My Concerto | Bill Farrell | 2013 | 4/1960 |
| rebellion | Jack Hammer | 2014 | 4/1960 |
| Kalaniot | Shoshana Damari | 2015 | 5/1960 |
| An American in Rome | Phil Brito | 2017 | 5/1960 |
| Sunny | Sunny Gale | 2018 | 6/1960 |
| Jeremy's Friends | Jeremy's Friends | 2019 | 6/1960 |
| Fran Can Really Hang You Up | Fran Jefferies | 2020 | 7/1960 |
| Mr. Ink Spot | Bill Kenny | 2021 | 7/1960 |
| Percussion in Hollywood | Morty Craft | 2022 | 8/1960 |
| Richard the Lion Hearted | Dick Haymes | 2023 | 9/1960 |
| The Egghead and I. | Danny Davis & Frank D'amore | 2024 | 10/1960 |
| Do Nothing Til You Hear from Cootie | Cootie Williams | 2027 | 10/1960 |
| Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley & Lee | 2028 | 11/1960 |
| Shake a hand | Faye Adams | 2031 | 12/1960 |
| Jazz in the Garden | Teddy Charles | 2033 | 2/1961 |
| Crazy in the Heart | Bob Crewe | 2034 | 12/1960 |
| Pick a hit | String-A-Longs | 2036 | 1/1961 |
| Boss of the Soul Stream Trombone | Curtis Fuller | 2038 | 5/1961 |
| Biggest voice in jazz | Nat Wright | 2040 | 5/1961 |
| Out of This World | Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd | 2041 | 5/1961 |
| Here are the fireballs | Fireballs | 2042 | 5/1961 |
| A Scottish Soldier | Andy Stewart | 2043 | 6/1961 |
| My kind of girl | Matt Monro | 2045 | 7/1961 |