Okeh

American record label; imprint of Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company, Inc.

Parent label: Sony Music Masterworks·Est. 1918

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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 Company in late 1931. In 1934, the American Record Corporation (ARC) acquired Okeh together with the Columbia Phonograph Co, Inc. It discontinued the Okeh label in 1935. After ARC itself was sold to Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS), in 1940, CBS revived the Okeh label in April 1940. It was again discontinued in 1946, only to be officially relaunched in 1951. Epic Records took over management of Okeh in 1965. Today, the label is owned by Sony Music Entertainment. 45 RPM catalog number, date and label identification: 6800 through 7092 (1951–1957): Purple label, with small Okeh logo. 7093 through 7140 (1957–1960): Yellow label. A few purple labels overlapped into this series. 7141 and higher (1960–): Purple label with large Okeh logo.

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Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf · 1977

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Combat Rock

The Clash · 1982

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Switched-On Bach

Walter Carlos · 1968

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Nada Personal

Soda Stereo · 1985

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Just Like You

Keb' Mo' · 1996

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The Explosive Little Richard

Little Richard · 1967

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Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo' · 1994

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G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce · 1994

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Booty And The Beast

Popa Chubby · 1995

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Ya Viene El Sol

Mecano · 1984

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Slow Down

Keb' Mo' · 1998

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Mecano

Mecano · 1982

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Big Sur

Bill Frisell · 2013

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¿Dónde Está El País De Las Hadas?

Mecano · 1983

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Music Is

Bill Frisell · 2018

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The Door

Keb' Mo' · 2000

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A New Day Yesterday

Joe Bonamassa · 2000

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NP3

Nils Petter Molvær · 2002

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Er

Nils Petter Molvær · 2005

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Guitar In The Space Age!

Bill Frisell · 2014

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The Wayfaring Stranger

Burl Ives · 1941

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Juice

Medeski Scofield Martin Wood · 2014

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Energy Of Love

The Intruders · 1974

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Rasputín

July Mateo · 1983

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When You Wish Upon A Star

Bill Frisell · 2016

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Right Track / Boston Monkey

Billy Butler · 1966

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Cumbia Disco

Cuarteto Imperial · 1978

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Nordub

Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvær Feat Eivind Aarset And Vladislav Delay · 2018

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Coast To Coast Motel

G. Love & Special Sauce · 1995

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If I Could Wrap Up A Kiss

Silje Nergaard · 2010

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Bossa Com Maysa

Maysa Matarazzo · 1961

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For You A Thousand Times

Silje Nergaard · 2017

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Nightfall

Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg · 2018

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Yeah, It's That Easy

G. Love & Special Sauce · 1997

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The Wolf That House Built

Little Axe · 1994

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As Mais Belas Valsas de Johann Strauss

Johann Strauss, Orquestra Sinfonica Vienense Dirigida Por Hermann von Brauchscholtz · 1962

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Zarabanda

Willy Chirino · 1985

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Les Brown y Su Orquesta de Renombre

Les Brown And His Band Of Renown · 1960

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Two For The Price Of One

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson · 1967

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Pictures

Ada Morghe · 2019

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You're Driving Me Crazy

Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco · 2018

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New Vibrations

The Vibrations · 1966

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Keep It Simple

Keb' Mo' · 2004

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Philadelphonic

G. Love & Special Sauce · 1999

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Speak Her Name

Walter Jackson · 1967

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Tito Guizar

Tito Guizar · 1950

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Peace... Back By Popular Demand

Keb' Mo' · 2004

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The Monkey Time

Major Lance · 1963

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