OKeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918. The name originally was spelled "OkeH" from the initials of Otto K. E. Heinemann but was later changed to "OKeh". In 1965, OKeh became a subsidiary of Epic Records, now a subsidiary of Sony Music. OKeh has since become a jazz imprint, distributed by Sony Masterworks.
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Artists on OKeh Records
Billie Holiday
1915–1959 · American jazz singer (1915–1959)
Ahmad Jamal
1930–2023 · American jazz pianist (1930-2023)
Stacey Kent
b. 1968 · American recording artist; singer
Kurt Elling
b. 1967 · American jazz singer and songwriter
Lonnie Johnson
1899–1970 · American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and…
Dhafer Youssef
b. 1967 · Tunisian musician
Regina Carter
b. 1966 · American jazz violinist
Mamie Smith
1891–1946 · American vaudeville singer (1891–1946)
Eddie Lang
1902–1933 · American jazz guitarist (1902–1933)
Frankie Trumbauer
1901–1956 · American musician (1901–1956)
Miff Mole
1898–1961 · American jazz musician (1898–1961)
Sippie Wallace
1898–1986 · American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986)
Jeff Ballard
b. 1963 · American jazz drummer
Papa Celestin
1884–1954 · American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and…
Lizzie Miles
1895–1963 · African American blues singer (1895-1963)
Magos Herrera
b. 1970 · Mexican Jazz singer
Johnny Desmond
1919–1985 · American pop singer (1919–1985)
Shelton Brooks
1886–1975 · Canadian-born African American composer of popular music…
Label profile
American record label, named after its founder Otto K. E. Heinemann (stylized "OkeH" or "OKeh").
Label Code: LC 0288 / LC 00288
For unofficial releases/bootlegs of Okeh, please use Okeh (3).
Launched by the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company, Inc., in 1918, Okeh records were initially produced as 10" vertical-cut discs bearing dark blue labels with an Indian head trademark. On October 1, 1919, the Heineman Corporation reorganized as the General Phonograph Corporation and vertical-cut discs were replaced with standard lateral-cut records. The Indian head label was replaced with a script trademark in 1920. Okeh released the first authentic vocal blues recording in November 1920 (Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues," on Okeh 4169), and became a leading producer of blues and rural American music during the 1920s.
The Okeh label was sold to Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc., in 1926, and came under control of the newly formed Okeh Phonograph Corporation. It operated more-or-less independently into the 1930s, maintaining its own studios, master numbering system, and artist and repertoire departments, even after its parent, Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc., was sold to the Grigsby-Grunow C
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