Oriole Records was a small British record label founded in 1927 by the London-based Levy Company, which owned a gramophone record subsidiary called "Levaphone". It recorded popular music in England, and also issued masters from United States Vocalion Records. The label was discontinued in 1935. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1926 in music, other events of 1927, 1928 in music and the list of years in music. Events January 8 - Alban Bergs Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna July 1 - Béla Bartóks Piano Concerto No. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1921 Vocalion label Vocalion Records was a record label historically active in the United States and in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1934 in music, other events of 1935, 1936 in music and the list of years in music. // Events April 8 - Béla Bartóks String Quartet No. ...

Owner, Morris Levy (no relation to his Roulette Records namesake) revived the Oriole label in 1950. For a few years it was the exclusive UK licensee for the American Mercury Records label, with releases by artists such as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Patti Page. Oriole boasted a few british-made hits, mainly in the late 1950s, which included the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group's version of "Freight Train" (featuring Nancy Whiskey on vocals); "Like I Do" by Maureen Evans, and the label's biggest hit, Russ Hamilton's "We Will Make Love", which reached number 2 in the UK charts and number 4 in the USA on Kapp Records. The label enjoyed a UK Top Ten hit in 1958 with Domenico Modugno's original recording of "Volare". Roulette Records is a record label which was started late 1956 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Khals, but the label was soon sold to Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Kapp Records was a record company started in 1955 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934). ... Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928 – August 6, 1994) was an Italian singer and songwriter. ...

Oriole also produced cover versions of the hits of the day, which it released on its cut-price Embassy Records label, sold exclusively in Woolworths Group stores. Embassy Records was a subsidiary of the UK Oriole Records. ... // About Woolworths Group plc is a general merchandise business in the United Kingdom. ...

During the tenure of its A&R manager John Schroeder, Oriole was the first UK label to license recordings from the U.S. Motown Record's catalogue, but none of the releases charted (it was not until a few years later, and under the EMI banner, that the Detroit label would begin it's run of hits in the UK). Motown Records, Inc. ...

Oriole had its own record pressing facility, situated in leafy Aston Clinton, and Morris' brother, Jacques Levy ran the Company's recording studio (a converted ballroom) in London's Bond Street. dcdc ...

The Oriole record company lasted until September 1964, when it was bought, lock, stock and barrel, by the American Columbia Records giant, who were looking to set up their own label in the UK. The result was CBS Records, whereupon the Oriole label disappeared forever. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...

See also

• List of record labels
• Oriole Records (US)