Jubilee Records
Jubilee Records, founded 1946: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records. It was founded in New York City in 1946 by Herb Abramson. His partner was Jerry Blaine. Blaine bought Abramson's half of the company in 1947, when Abramson went on to co-found Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun. The company name was Jay-Gee Recording Company, a subsidiary of the Cosnat Corporation. Cosnat was a wholesale record distributor.
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Artists on Jubilee Records
Della Reese
1931–2017 · American actress and singer (1931-2017)
Cy Coleman
1929–2004 · American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (1929-2004)
Ethel Waters
1896–1977 · American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress…
Conrad Janis
1928–2022 · American actor and musician (1928–2022)
Don Cornell
1919–2004 · American singer (1919-2004)
Bobby Sherwood
1914–1981 · American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980)
Label profile
US label; for unofficial releases please use Jubilee (3).
Jubilee was founded by Atlantic co-founder Herb Abramson with bandleader and record wholesaler Jerry Blaine (2) as "Jay-Gee Recording Corporation" (the name would appear on album covers and later 45 RPM singles) in 1946. Blaine bought Abramson's half of Jubilee one year later. The label released a number of classic doo-wop singles, including those by The Orioles, The Gallahads and The Cadillacs. The label also recorded R&B, pop and jazz by Della Reese, The Fifth Estate, Oliver (6), Mary Wells, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and Moe Koffman.
Jubilee's most successful albums were novelty and comedy recordings which included Kermit Schafer "Blooper" compilations, frat-house R&B by (which had to be issued on a custom label created solely for the band's releases called Gross Records (2) due to their raunchy [for the mid-1960s] lyrics) and "party records" by Rusty Warren. One of the most valued Jubilee LPs by collectors is the 1970 debut album of country star Emmylou Harris. In 1954 Jubilee created a subsidiary called Josie Records, whose biggest stars were New Orleans funk band The Meters. And, from 1964 through 1971, alth
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