Laurie Records

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name = Laurie Records


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founded = 1958
founder = Bob Schwartz, Gene Schwartz, Elliott Greenberg and Allan I. Sussel
status = currently owned by EMI-Capitol Special Markets
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Laurie Records was a record label, started in 1958 by the brothers Bob and Gene Schwartz together with Elliott Greenberg and Allan I. Sussel. They had a subsidiary: Andie Records. Its recording artists included Dion & the Belmonts and The Mystics. After the enormous hit single "Abraham, Martin, and John" in 1968 by Dion, Laurie had one of the most controversial hit singles ever to be recorded with, "Once You Understand" written and produced in 1971 by producers and songwriters Lou Stalmman and Bobby Susser, and sung by the studio group "Think", who was (Lou Stallman and Bobby Susser).

Laurie changed its name in the early 1980s to 3C Records. 3C stands for Continental Communications Corporation and the masters are owned by EMI.

The label also distributed records under several subsidiary labels: Rust, Legrand, Dolphin (not to be confused with the Liberty-owned Dolphin/Dolton label), Calico, and President. The label also handled the American distribution of recordings by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Jo Siopis, a well known record producer and wife of Gerry and the Pacemakers band member Les Chadwick, was instrumental in the distribution of Laurie Records artists' albums in the United States. Their last big recording artists were The Royal Guardsmen.

Laurie Records artists

* The Balloon Farm
* The Barbarians
* Birdwatchers
* Mara Lynn Brown
* California (band) featuring Les Fradkin
* The Chiffons (also recorded as The Four Pennies on Rust)
* Church Street Five (Legrand)
* Gary "U.S." Bonds (Legrand)
* Dean & Jean (Rust)
* Dion & The Belmonts
* Dion (solo recordings)
* The Equals (President)
* Gerry & The Pacemakers
* Bobby Goldsboro
* The Jarmels
* Don Lombardi
* Jamie Lyons (leader of The Music Explosion)
* Lou Monte
* Music Explosion
* The Mystics
* Randy & The Rainbows (Rust)
* Rats
* Royal Guardsmen
* Tom Selden
* Tropics
* Uncalled For
* Valerie Tyler
* Don Benjamin
* Wigren and Drago
* Think
* Barbara M
* New Hope
* The Montage

See also

* List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc2/laurie.html The Laurie Story] at Both Sides Now