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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 1989, 15 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart. Bobby Brown 's Don't Be Cruel was the best performing and best-selling album of 1989, spending 6 non-consecutive weeks at number one. The Raw & the Cooked , the second album by rock and soul band Fine Young Cannibals , had the longest run among the releases that reached peak ...
While a Roulette artist had great creative control when recording for the company, the lack of payment for those efforts was difficult. [49] [51] [52] James estimated that Roulette owed him $30–40 million in unpaid royalties. [49] [48] James said Roulette was a front for organized crime, [53] and functioned as a money laundering operation. In ...
On That Other Level is the second studio album by the Houston, Texas based hip-hop group, the Ghetto Boys (later spelled Geto Boys), released on March 12, 1989, on Rap-A-Lot Records. Following the disappointing results of the group's first album, Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince replaced two of the group members with Scarface (then known as Akshen ...
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by John Bush states, "Joe Williams had enlivened the Count Basie band for so long that it was natural for Basie and company to return the favor on his 1959 solo LP for Roulette. And with a trio of Basie arrangers – Frank Foster, Ernie Wilkins, Thad Jones – providing charts for a rather small ...
The album had two singles that charted. "She" went to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970. [3] "Gotta Get Back to You" reached #45 on the chart in March 1970. [4] The album landed on the Billboard 200, reaching #91. [5] The album was the final album released by the band on Roulette Records. [6]
The decade was further highlighted by further Roulette projects, such as the Sarah Slightly Classical (1963) and Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965). [7] She later moved back to Mercury Records and released several albums beginning with the Latin-flavored ¡Viva! Vaughan. [8] Her final album releases for Mercury were issued in 1967. [7]