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Fortune promotional 45rpm record. Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label. Original releases tapered off after 1972 aside from a few albums in the mid-1980s.
Zephire Andre Williams (November 1, 1936 – March 17, 2019) was an American R&B [1] musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. His most famous songs include the hits "Jail Bait", "Greasy Chicken", "Bacon Fat" (1957) and "Cadillac Jack" (1966).
Those demos impressed Jack and Devora Brown, owners of Fortune, who immediately signed the group to record for their label. Their first recording for Fortune was the Devora Brown-penned "Adios My Desert Love", a cha-cha influenced tune. [3] But it was their second Fortune record that established the group as R&B legends.
The song appeared originally on the group's second 45rpm single, "The Wind" b/w "Baby Be Mine" (Fortune Records). [1] The lyrics describe a man who feels the summer wind blow as he thinks about a lover who left him. [2] In 2007, The Metro Times listed "The Wind" at no. 11 in The 100 Greatest Detroit Songs list - which was the November 11 cover ...
The single day record for shows in daytime television was set in 1984 by Michael Larson, who won $110,237 (equivalent to $323,000 in 2023) [3] on Press Your Luck. Larson achieved this record by memorizing the show's board patterns, repeatedly hitting the board's squares that awarded contestants money and an additional spin, which would, in turn, replace the spin he had just used, effectively ...
The duo began appearing regularly on radio shows in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan.They first started recording in Detroit at Fortune Records in 1952. The pair recorded "Jealous Love," (Fortune 170) a song written by Devora Brown, co-owner of the Fortune label.
European shellac records – In the first three decades of the twentieth century European companies including Pathé, Odeon, and Fonotipia made recordings in a variety of sizes, including 21 cm. [citation needed] 9 in (23 cm) Early American shellac records – Prior to 1910, nine-inch brown shellac records were issued under the Zon-O-Phone label.
Fortune Records, 1946–1995; Fortune (band), 1980s, US The Fortunes, an English harmony beat group; Fortune, 2011; Fortune (Callers album) and its title song, 2008; Fortune (Chris Brown album), 2012