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Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed director. The label had known ties to New York City mobsters. [1] Levy ran the label with an iron fist. [2]
Topics about Roulette Records albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the Roulette Records label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
In 1956, he founded Roulette Records with George Goldner, initially to release rock and roll music but also diversifying into jazz. [3] In 1967, Levy hired a personal assistant Karin Grasso, the wife of singer-songwriter Richie Grasso (another singer-songwriter signed to Roulette Records ) whose work includes " Sweet Cherry Wine ", co-written ...
The usually reliable Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide also claims that Pryor authorized the release of this album on Tiger Lily Records. As most sources such as Robert Plante claim, however, the releases on Tiger Lily were usually unauthorized--Tiger Lily being, in fact, a tax scam operated by Morris Levy , the Mafia connected head of ...
A part owner of Roulette Records, Vastola was the listed songwriter on several doo-wop hits from the 1950s and 1960s, including The Valentines song "Lily Maebelle", The Cleftones song "You Baby You", and The Wrens song "Hey Girl". During this period, Vastola also engaged in the counterfeiting of music records, netting him a $500,000 profit.
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2008.These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
"Dominick the Donkey" is a Christmas song written by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, and was recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, on Roulette Records. The song describes Dominick, a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn ") to children in Italy due to the reindeer , despite their flight, being unable to climb the ...
He left Roulette Records in 1974 and two more albums, In Touch (July 1976) and Midnight Rider (January 1978), followed on Fantasy Records, with yet another, Three Times in Love, appearing on Millennium Records in late 1979. The independent label Aegis Records put out his Hi-Fi album in the summer of 1990.