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Scepter Records, oft auch kurz Scepter, ist ein US-amerikanisches Plattenlabel. Es wurde 1959 von Florence Greenberg in New York City gegründet. Geschichte. Greenberg gründete Scepter Records mit einem Startkapital von 4000 Dollar, das sie aus dem Verkauf ihres Plattenlabels Tiara Records an Decca Records erlöste.
Scepter Records was an American record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg . History. Florence Greenberg founded Scepter Records from the $4,000 she received after she sold Tiara Records and the Shirelles to Decca Records. When the Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them.
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- Early Life and Career
- Personal Life and Death
- Legacy
- Notable Works
Greenberg lived as a housewife in Passaic, New Jersey.In the mid-1950s, she was in her mid-40s with two children, Mary Jane and Stanley, who were both in school, so she had nothing to do at home during the day. By 1956, a 43-year-old Greenberg was desperately searching for an escape from the suburban lifestyle that accompanied her being a housewife...
Greenberg was married to an accountant with whom she had two children, Mary Jane (Greenberg) Goff and Stanley Greenberg. At the time of her death, she was a grandmother to six and had five great-grandchildren. Her son-in-law, Sam Goff, is a managing partner in Essex Entertainment.She was of Jewish descent. Greenberg died on November 2, 1995, of hea...
In 2011, a Broadway show based on Greenberg's life called Baby It's You! debuted starring Beth Leavel as Greenberg. Prior to the show’s opening, a lawsuit was filed “seeking damages on behalf of performers Beverly Lee of The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson, as well as the Estates of Doris Coley Jackson and Addie Harris Jackson, for the ...
Greenberg's labels produced these songs: 1. "Dedicated to the One I Love" - The Shirelles 2. "I Don't Want To Cry"- Chuck Jackson 3. "Louie Louie" - The Kingsmen 4. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B. J. Thomas (featured in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and subsequently the winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song) 5. "Soldier B...
Released as a single following the departure of Warwick from Scepter Records. Although it did not officially appear on an album originally, it was included on the compilation From Within . The original title of the record included Warwick's name printed as "Dionne Warwicke".
Scepter Records, oft auch kurz Scepter, ist ein US-amerikanisches Plattenlabel. Es wurde 1959 von Florence Greenberg in New York City gegründet.
11. Apr. 2023 · April 11, 2023. This compilation is an ideal introduction to a defining voice of the ’60s: a sweeping survey of pop songs as prayers for compassion, consolation, and commitment. Dionne Warwick ...
