OKeh Records (/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/) is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which...
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Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe. Pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records...
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Anders Osborne (section Okeh records)
1995, he was signed to Okeh Records. He released Which Way to Here, an album that dealt with spirituality and tolerance. The record became Osborne's first...
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Bessie Smith (section 78 RPM Singles — Okeh Records)
At the time, sales of over 100,000 copies of "Crazy Blues", recorded for Okeh Records by the singer Mamie Smith (no relation), pointed to a new market...
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Major Lance (category Okeh Records artists)
few years. In 1962 he signed with Okeh Records on Mayfield's recommendation. Lance was constantly showing up at the Okeh offices, offering to run errands...
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oversaw stability and success.[citation needed] In 1926, Columbia acquired Okeh Records and its growing stable of jazz and blues artists, including Louis Armstrong...
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Mississippi John Hurt (category Okeh Records artists)
Satisfied)" (Okeh Records, OKeh 8724), 1928 "Ain't No Tellin'" / "Avalon Blues" (Okeh Records, OKeh 8759), 1928 Folk Songs and Blues (Piedmont Records, PLP 13157)...
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Lucille Bogan (category Okeh Records artists)
Spencer. She first recorded vaudeville songs for Okeh Records in New York in 1923, with the pianist Henry Callens. Later that year she recorded "Pawn Shop Blues"...
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vocals while with Arnheim as a member of the string section, six for Okeh Records and only one for Victor ("A Peach of a Pair") on June 18, 1930, a few...
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Big Maybelle (category Okeh Records artists)
debut solo recordings, recorded as Mabel Smith, were for King Records in 1947. In 1952, she was signed by Okeh Records, whose record producer Fred Mendelsohn...
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