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Tempo Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label headquartered in Hollywood, California. It was run by Irving Fogel.[1][2] Tempo bridged the 78 rpm, 45 rpm and 33⅓ rpm generations, releasing discs in all three formats.[3]
Tempo's roster included jazz harpist Robert Maxwell,[4] pianist Mel Henke,[5] cornetist Doc Evans, clarinetist Sid Phillips, Novachord virtuoso Lloyd Sloop, violinist Joe Venuti, Hammond organist Herb Kern,[6] and pianist Ben Light.[7]
Tempo released the 1949 version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Brother Bones and His Shadows which was used as the theme song for the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.[8]
Tempo was also the name of a gospel record label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were, for at least part of their existence, the contemporary arm of Impact Records, known formally as Tempo/Impact. It was based in Nashville, Tennessee and for a brief time also had a base in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Some musicians who appeared on the Tempo of Kansas City label included the Hawaiians, Sue Ellen Chenault, Otis Skillings and the Couriers.[9]
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