Crest Records
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| Crest Records | |
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| Founder | Sylvester Cross |
| Defunct | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Hollywood, California |
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Crest Records was a subsidiary record label of music publisher American Music owned by Sylvester Cross.
History
Crest Records started operating in 1954, released its first records in 1955. Its offices were located at 9109 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Crest Records recorded a long list of artists in a wide variety of styles and were more of a pop label, similar to Liberty Records for instance.[1] The label scored a hit with the song Three Stars a tribute record to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, written and performed by DJ Tommy Dee. Another hit was Turn Around, Look at Me by Glen Campbell. Crest closed its activities in 1963.
Sylvester Cross
Sylvester Cross, president of American Music, Inc. published thousands of songs during the 1940s, in most cases for a fee of about $60. Although the company was charging songwriters to record and publish their music, they did have hundreds of hit songs. Sylvester Cross was a real estate developer by trade ran American Music as his secondary business. After his death his wife quickly sold his publishing company to Hill and Range Songs.
Artists
Among the artists who recorded for the label were Jewel Akens, Eddie Cochran, Carol Kaye, Bobby Edwards, Jimmy Bowen, Tom Tall, Donna Loren, Bob Denton, Terry Fell and Glen Campbell.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Crest Records Story". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
External links
- Crest Records discography on Rockin' Country Style
- Crest Records discography on Global Dog Productions
- Crest label discography
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