Bell Records
Record label active 1950s-1970s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the record label active from the 1950s to the 1970s. For the earlier Bell Records labels, see Bell Records (1920) and Bell Records (1940).
Bell was also a custom label active in the 1940s for recordings by Benny Bell.
Bell was also a custom label active in the 1940s for recordings by Benny Bell.
Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records,[1] and initially a unit of Pocket Books,[2] after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records.[3] A British branch was also active in the 1960s and 1970s. Bell Records was shut down in late 1974, and its assets were transferred to Columbia Pictures' new label, Arista Records.[4]
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Bell Records | |
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Parent company | Columbia Pictures Industries |
Founded | 1952 (1952) |
Founder | Arthur Shimkin |
Defunct | 1974 (1974) |
Status | Defunct |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | US |
Location | New York City London (UK branch) |
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