Jewel Records (New York record label)

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Jewel Records
Parent company Plaza Music Company
Founded 1927 (1927)
Defunct 1932 (1932)
Status Defunct
Genre Jazz
Country of origin U.S.
Location New York

Jewel Records was a record label started in 1927 by the Plaza Music Company.With other Plaza properties, it became part of the American Record Corporation in 1929. It released records until 1932. [1]

American Record Corporation (ARC), also referred to as American Record Company, American Recording Corporation, or (erroneously) as ARC Records, was an American record company.

Artists on the label included Hugh Donovan, Larry Holton, Billie Jones, Ernie Hare, the Yankee Ten Orchestra, Roy Collins and the Dixie Jazz Band.

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References

  1. Hoffmann, Frank W.; Ferstler, Howard (2005). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 542–543, 844. ISBN   978-0-415-93835-8.

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