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American record label
Accent Records
Accent 78rpm label from 1954
Founded 1954 (1954 ) Status Defunct Genre
Jazz ,
traditional pop ,
country Country of origin U.S. Location Hollywood, California
Accent Records was a Hollywood-based
[1]
[2] record label formed in 1954. Scott Seely was the president.
Nick Lucas signed to the label in 1955 and made his final recording for them in 1980.
[3] Previously releasing only singles, Accent's first LP record, an album by Drew Page, was released in 1956.
[4]
History
1966 saw
GNP Crescendo make a marketing, packaging, and distribution deal with Accent for
Buddy Merrill 's guitar albums,
[5] following a tip that Merrill's recordings were selling well as a result of in-store plays.
[6]
In 1967 Accent made the decision to focus on
country music .
[2]
The label promoted a self-learn course for pop singers in 1971.
[7]
Seely remained president until at least 2006.
[8] Accent Records owned the Boomerang Music and S&R Music publishing companies.
[2]
Artists
Accent LP label from 1976
External links
References
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"Music as Written" . Billboard . May 15, 1954. p. 19.
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b
c
"Nashville Scene" . Nielsen Business Media. 19 August 1967. pp. 53–.
^
a
b Pitts, Michael; Hoffmann, Frank; Carty, Dick; Bedoian, Jim (2001).
The Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Vallee . Scarecrow Press. p. 155.
ISBN
9781461707127 .
^ Page, Drew (1 March 1999).
The Ha-ha: Poems . LSU Press. pp. 172–.
ISBN
978-0-8071-2496-3 .
^
"Talent: Signings" . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 18 June 1966. pp. 48–.
^
"From the Music Capitals of the World" . Nielsen Business Media. 5 February 1966. pp. 41–.
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"Accent Pop Vocal Course" . Nielsen Business Media. 4 December 1971. pp. 25–.
^ Brobston, Stanley Heard (2006).
"Daddy Sang Lead: The History and Performance Practice of White Southern Gospel Music" . Vantage Press. pp. 422–.
ISBN
978-0-533-15353-4 .
^
"Music As Written" . Billboard . July 6, 1963. p. 25.
^
a
b
"Music as Written" . Billboard . December 3, 1955. p. 19.
^ Friedman, Joel (April 17, 1954).
"Folk Talent and Tunes" . Billboard . p. 27.
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"Accent (2)" . Discogs . Retrieved 2017-05-22 .