Apex Records (Canada)

Apex Records was a Canadian record label owned by the Compo Company which lasted as late as 1980.Compo established the Apex label in July, 1921 in Toronto. It released American recordings from Okeh Records and Gennett Records among others. It also released recordings by Canadian artists for both the Anglophone and Francophone communities.After Compo began a distribution arrangement with Decca Records (USA) in 1935, the Apex name was dropped. Apex was revived in 1942 to market Canadian recordings. American Decca bought Compo in 1951. In 1952, Apex resumed issuing American recordings from the various independent American record companies which were established after World War II. Compo was renamed MCA Records (Canada) in 1970, retaining the Apex label for Francophone recordings for a few years before phasing out the label. MCA Canada formally abandoned the trademark in 1984. [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/cipo/trademarks/search/viewTrademark.do;jsessionid=0000dlMMXGQaYJbAxYVaThVhfgI:1247nfca5?language=eng&fileNumber=0452273&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=1]

Apex discography of 45 rpm singles (incomplete)

"Listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name"

Al Alberts-Apex-76833-till then/Blue o'clock in the morning
Andy Williams-Apex-760577-Lonely street/Summer love
Andy Williams-Apex-76627-I'm so lonesome I could cry/The village of Saint Bernadette
Archie Bleyer-Apex-76697-Mustafa/Jimmie's Blues
Bill Hayes-Apex-76057-The ballad of Davey Crockett/Farewell
Bill Justice-Apex-76208-Raunchy/Midnight Man
Bobby Vinton-Apex-76822-I love you the way you are/You're my girl
Bobettes-Apex-76849-Teddy/Row row row
Bobettes-Apex-76899-My mama said/Sandman
Brenda & The Tabulations-Apex-77037-Dry your eyes/The wash
Buchanan Bros.-Apex-77097-Medicine man Part 1& 2
Buddy Knox-Apex-76229-Swingin' Daddy/Whenever I'm lonely
Casuals-Apex-76241-So tough/I love my darling
Champs-Apex-76643-Too much tequila/Twenty thousands leagues
Champs-Apex-76702-Coconut grove/Alley cat
Champs-Apex-76843-Mr.cool/3/4 mash
Champs-Apex-76912-Switzerland/Only the young
Chancellors-Apex-76950-Little Latin Lupe Lu/YoYo
Chancellors-Apex-76970-So Fine/I'm A Man
Chordettes-Apex-76068-Humming bird/I told a lie
Chordettes-Apex-76090-Love never changes/Born to be with you
Chordettes-Apex-76099-Teen age goodnght/Lay down your arms
Chordettes-Apex-76290-Love is a two way street/Zorro
Chordettes-Apex-76693-A broken vow/All my sorrows
Counts-Apex-76994-Searchin'/He will break your heart
Dave "Baby" Cortez-Apex-76828-Fiesta/hey hey hey
Dave Gardner-Apex-76166-White silver sands/Fat Charlie
Del Shannon-Apex-76883-Sue's gotta be mine/Now she's gone
Dickey Lee-Apex-76941-She's walking away/Big brother
Dickie Goodman-Apex-76819-Ben Crazy/Flip side
Don Abraham/Ambassadors-Apex-76798-Cruel betty,cruel/International twist
Everly Brothers-Apex-76191-Wake up little Suzie/Maybe tomorrow
Everly Brothers-Apex-76392-Problems/Love of my life
Everly Brothers-Apex-76570-('Til)I kissed you/Oh.what a feeling
Everly Brothers-Apex-76644-Let it be me/Since you broke my heart
Frankie Lymon-Apex-76427-Up jumped a rabbit/No matter what you've done
Gene Summers and his Rebels-Apex-76278-School of rock ‘n roll/Straight skirt
Gene Summers and his Rebels-Apex-76306-Nervous/Gotta lotta that
Harptones-Apex-76111-Three wishes/That's the way it goes
Hollywood Flames-Apex-76222-Buzz buzz buzz/Crazy
Jerry Wallace-Apex-76636-Mission bell blues
Jerry Wallace-Apex-76954-You're driving you out of my mind/Helpless
Jimmie Rodgers-Apex-76390-Tucumcari/The night you became seventeen
Jimmie Rodgers-Apex-76391-Bimbombey/You understand me
Jimmie Rodgers-Apex-76510-Ring-a-ling-a-lario/Wonderful you
Jimmy Bowen-Apex-76149-I trusted you/Warm up to me baby
Jimmy Dean-Apex-76022-Release me/Sweet darling
Johnny Thunder-Apex-76842-Loop de loop/Don't be ashamed
Kirby St. Romaine-Apex-76872-Bambola/Empty arms Again
Kirby Stone Four-Apex-76180-S'wonderful/Raven
Maymie & Robert-Apex-76164-Ain't no way in the world/Parting tears
Penguins-Apex-76056-Earth angel/hey senorita
Playmates-Apex-76380-Beep beep/Your love
Regents-Apex-76761-Runaround/Laura my darling
Ritchie Valens-Apex-76402-Donna/La bamba
Rock-A-Teens-Apex-76591-Woo-Hoo/Untrue
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76021-Cry/Autumn rhapsody
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76923-Say you/Let me stay today
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76935-Right or wrong/Baby,put your arms around me
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76956-One kiss for old times sake/Bluebird
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76966-If I live to be a hundred/A little bit of heaven
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76974-I had to let you go/I'll make all your dreams come true
Ronnie Dove-Apex-76983-Kiss away/Where in the world
Ronnie Dove-Apex-77003-Happy summer days/Long after
Ronnie Dove-Apex-77032-One more mountain to climb/All
Ronnie Hawkins-Apex-76499-One of these days/Forty day
Shirley & Lee-Apex-76102-Let the good times roll/Do you mean to hurt me
Wayne Newton-Apex-76913-Born when you kissed me/Little white cloud
Webb Pierce-Apex-76026-Jilted love/I'm happy you hurt me

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External links

* [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/apex-ca-76000-series.html Apex singles 7600 series]
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000771 Compo Company article in The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.capsnews.org/barrcom.htm Compo entry in the History of Recorded Sound in Canada]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/4/4/m2-3011-e.html Compo entry from Collections Canada]