Keen Records

Keen Records was founded by John and Alex Siamas in 1957 in Los Angeles as a side business. John Siamas was a very successful businessman in the aerospace industry, and, as a music aficionado, started Keen as a side business. Bob Keane (later of Del-Fi Records) was with the label in its early days, but departed in late 1957. [cite web
url=http://www.iconnect.net/home/bsnpubs/keen.html
title=Keen and Famous Labels Album Discography
publisher=
accessdate=2007-03-24]

Bumps Blackwell was the A&R man. It was a black pop label featuring Sam Cooke and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.cite book
first=Charlie
last=Gillett
year= 1996
title= The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
edition= (2nd Ed.)
publisher= Da Capo Press
location=New York, N.Y.
pages= p. 102
id= ISBN 0-306-80683-5]

ee also

* Sam Cooke
* List of record labels

Notes

External links

* [http://www.iconnect.net/home/bsnpubs/keen.html Discography]