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Vee Jay Records label. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Record store owners Vivian Carter (“Vee”) and James Bracken (“Jay”), later husband and wife, formed Vee Jay Records in 1953. (At various times the company’s labels also read VJ or Vee-Jay.) With Carter’s brother Calvin as producer and Ewart Abner in charge of promotion, Vee Jay ...
Vee Jay. Vee-Jay was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James Bracken, a husband-and-wife team who used their initials for the label s name. Vivian's brother, Calvin Carter, was the label's A&R man. Ewart Abner, formerly of Chance Records, joined the label in 1955, first as manager, then as vice president, and ultimately as ...
27 de ene. de 2022 · Vee-Jay Records was one of the country’s most successful Black-owned labels, helping launch the careers of artists as diverse as Curtis Mayfield, the Four Seasons, and the Staple Singers.
Vee Jay's catalog is currently owned by the Concord Music Group, which also owns Fantasy Records among its holdings. 45 RPM Catalog Number, Date and Label Identification: 100 through 223 (1953–1956): Maroon label with thin outer silver circle.
25 de feb. de 2023 · Vee-Jay Records was an American record label founded in the 1950s in Chicago, specializing in blues, jazz, R&B, and rock and roll. It became a major R&B label in the 1950s, featuring artists such as Jimmy Reed, the Spaniels, and the El Dorados. In the 1960s, it became a major soul label and also had significant success with pop/rock and roll acts, including the Four Seasons and the Beatles ...
Vee-Jay Records, which specialized in R&B, Jazz, Gospel, Blues and Rock & Roll was founded in Chicago in 1953 by husband-and-wife team, Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken. The first initial of their first names were used to form the Vee-Jay label name. Also Vee-Jay was the first female, African-American owned record company, located at 1449 S ...
15 de ene. de 2008 · both came out on Vee-Jay followed by an album at the end of 1963. The Four Seasons and the Beatles both went to greener pastures, and Vee-Jay wound up in court, its day in the sun over. GROSS: Ed Ward lives in Berlin. He played music from "Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection," a boxed set of recordings from the catalogue of Vee-Jay records.
