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Diamond Records was a record label, based in New York City, which was founded in 1961 by former Roulette Records executive Joe Kolsky.[1] Another Roulette exec Phil Kahl joined Kolsky in the venture the following year.[2]
Success for the label was slow but they got their first big hit in 1962 with "Loop De Loop" by Johnny Thunder. That record led to a distribution deal with EMI to distribute Diamond recordings on Stateside Records in the UK.[3] Diamond recordings were issued in Canada by Apex Records. The only consistent hit maker for the label was Ronnie Dove who had a string of hits for Diamond from 1964 to 1969.
Kolsky and Kahl sold their interest in Diamond Records in 1968 to the Edwin H. Morris Corporation[4] which sold it in 1970 to Certron Corporation.[5] The label folded by 1972. The fate of the Diamond catalog is unknown, but Ronnie Dove's recordings are widely available on CD, mostly from Collectables Records.
The label released a total of eight albums in its entire history. The first album was by Johnny Thunder and the remaining albums were all by Ronnie Dove.[6]
In 1987 Dove revived the label to release a couple of singles.[7] He claims ownership of his own recordings made for the label.[8]
References
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=mCAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22diamond+records%22+%2B+kolsky&hl=en&ei=DR0LTqLLI8-fsQLI4vSqAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22diamond%20records%22%20%20%20kolsky&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=QBYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22diamond+records%22+%2B+kolsky&hl=en&ei=DR0LTqLLI8-fsQLI4vSqAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22diamond%20records%22%20%2B%20kolsky&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=dAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=%22diamond+records%22&hl=en&ei=ET8LTue0GMqpsAK9zZ3XAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22diamond%20records%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=qggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22diamond+records%22&hl=en&ei=yDwLTtXdFeGqsAKH48TYAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22diamond%20records%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=fSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22diamond+records%22&hl=en&ei=OD0LTtroDeyfsQLpru3OAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22diamond%20records%22&f=false
- ^ http://bsnpubs.com/nyc/diamond/diamond.html
- ^ http://bsnpubs.com/nyc/diamond/diamond.html
- ^ http://www.angelfire.com/md3/tomdiehl1/diamond.html
External links
Categories:- Media companies based in New York City
- New York record labels
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- Record labels disestablished in 1972
- Record labels established in 1987
- Re-established companies
- United States record label stubs
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