Roulette Records
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'''Roulette Records''' was an American record company and [[record label|label]] founded in 1957 by [[George Goldner]], Joe Kolsky, [[Morris Levy]] and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to [[record producer|producers]] and songwriters [[Hugo Peretti]] and [[Luigi Creatore]]. Levy was appointed director. |
'''Roulette Records''' was an American record company and [[record label|label]] founded in 1957 by [[George Goldner]], Morris Gurlek, Joe Kolsky, [[Morris Levy]] and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to [[record producer|producers]] and songwriters [[Hugo Peretti]] and [[Luigi Creatore]]. Levy was appointed director. |
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The label had known ties to New York City mobsters.{{cite web |url=http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2010/07/for-tommy-james-the-past-is-the-future/ |title=For Tommy James, the past is the future|publisher=Blog.chron.com |date=July 5, 2010|access-date=July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308055756/http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2010/07/for-tommy-james-the-past-is-the-future/ |archive-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=live}} Levy ran the label with an iron fist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFrYsNvmrvQC&q=%22roulette+records%22+%2B+levy+%2B+gamble&pg=PA244 |title=Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers |via=Google Books |date=February 26, 2009 |isbn=9780252032905 |access-date=July 22, 2013|last1=Broven |first1=John |publisher=University of Illinois Press }} In 1958 [[Roost Records]] was purchased. Goldner subsequently bowed out of his partnership interest in Roulette and, to cover his gambling debts, sold his record labels [[Tico Records |Tico]], [[Rama Records |Rama]], [[Gee Records |Gee]] and—years later—[[End Records |End]] and [[Gone Records |Gone]] to Levy, who grouped them into Roulette. Peretti and Creatore later left Roulette and worked as freelance producers for [[RCA Victor]] throughout the 1960s. They co-founded [[Avco Records]] in 1969. In 1971 Roulette took over the catalog of [[Jubilee Records]]. |
The label had known ties to New York City mobsters.{{cite web |url=http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2010/07/for-tommy-james-the-past-is-the-future/ |title=For Tommy James, the past is the future|publisher=Blog.chron.com |date=July 5, 2010|access-date=July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308055756/http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2010/07/for-tommy-james-the-past-is-the-future/ |archive-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=live}} Levy ran the label with an iron fist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFrYsNvmrvQC&q=%22roulette+records%22+%2B+levy+%2B+gamble&pg=PA244 |title=Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers |via=Google Books |date=February 26, 2009 |isbn=9780252032905 |access-date=July 22, 2013|last1=Broven |first1=John |publisher=University of Illinois Press }} In 1958 [[Roost Records]] was purchased. Goldner subsequently bowed out of his partnership interest in Roulette and, to cover his gambling debts, sold his record labels [[Tico Records |Tico]], [[Rama Records |Rama]], [[Gee Records |Gee]] and—years later—[[End Records |End]] and [[Gone Records |Gone]] to Levy, who grouped them into Roulette. Peretti and Creatore later left Roulette and worked as freelance producers for [[RCA Victor]] throughout the 1960s. They co-founded [[Avco Records]] in 1969. In 1971 Roulette took over the catalog of [[Jubilee Records]]. |
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