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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]
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 ...
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 his 2010 biography Me, the Mob, and the Music, singer Tommy James wrote that Morris Levy, the Mafia-connected head of Roulette Records, had arranged the attack in response to Rodgers' repeated demands for unpaid royalties he was due by the label. All of Rodgers' most successful singles had been released by Roulette, who were notorious for ...
The official music video for "Musty" was released on May 7, 2018, with the song being released almost a year and a half earlier on December 21, 2016. [2] [5] An earlier music video for "Musty" was released in 2017. [6] The album was re-released by Atlantic Records on May 4, 2018, with four additional tracks. [1] [7]
"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 ...
Signed to Roulette Records in 1958 as the label's first vocal group, [2] and anticipating a Calypso craze, the group recorded an album called Playmates Visit the West Indies. They then released two notable Top 40 singles —"Jo-Ann" and "Don't Go Home"—before having a number 4 hit (July 9, 1958) with the tempo-changing novelty song "Beep Beep ...
Work for the album started in late 2009, after the group completed the second and final volume of its greatest hits series, Viaţa noastră (Vol.2).The album was released by Cat Music and was the last time B.U.G. Mafia collaborated with the record label, choosing to terminate their contract and go fully independent.