Kent Records
Kent Records was a Los Angeles–based
Lowell Fulsom. Modern Records was revived in 1964 with successful singles from the Ikettes.[3]
Initially, Kent issued only singles, but issued albums from 1964 until the early 1970s.Northern Soul music.[4]
Selected Discography
Albums
- 1964: B.B. King, Rock Me Baby...14 Great Hits (compilation)
- 1964: B.B. King, Let Me Love You
- 1964: Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live
- 1965: Live! B.B. King on Stage
- 1965: Lowell Fulson, Soul
- 1965: Z.Z. Hill, The Soul Stirring Z.Z. Hill
- 1966: Ike & Tina Turner, The Soul of Ike & Tina
- 1967: Lowell Fulson, Tramp
- 1967: B.B. King, The Jungle
- 1967: Z.Z. Hill, A Whole Lot of Soul
- 1967: B.B. King, Boss of the Blues (compilation)
- 1967: Lowell Fulson, Now!
- 1968: B.B. King, From the Beginning (compilation)
- 1968: The Johnny Otis Show featuring Mighty Mouth Evans & Shuggie Otis, Cold Shot!
- 1970: Ike & Tina, Festival of Live Performances
- 1970: Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q
- 1970: Big Joe Turner, Turns on the Blues
- 1970: Various Artists – Rock and Roll Festival, Volume 1
- 1970: Neil Merryweather, John Richardson And Boers
- 1970: B.B. King, Turn on to B.B. King (compilation)
- 1970: Guitar Slim Green featuring Johnny and Shuggie Otis, Stone Down Blues
- 1971: The Greatest Hits of B.B. King, Volume 1 (compilation)
- 1971: The Great Roy Milton, Roots Of Rock, Vol. 1 (compilation)
- 1971: Z.Z. Hill's Greatest Hits: Dues Paid in Full (compilation)
- 1973: B.B. King, The Original Sweet Sixteen (compilation)
Singles
| Catalog No. | Release
date |
US | US | Single (A-side, B-side) | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315 | Oct 1958 | 16 | "You've Been An Angel" | B.B. King
| |
| 9 | "Please Accept My Love" | ||||
| 330 | Dec 1959 | 2 | "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 1"
b/w "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 2" |
B.B. King | |
| 345 | 1960 | "Roll With Me Henry"
b/w "Good Rockin' Daddy" [reissues] |
Etta James | ||
| 346 | Jul 1960 | "Good Man Gone Bad" | B.B. King | ||
| 8 | "Partin' Time" | ||||
| 378 | Apr 1962 | "Drifting"
b/w "Love You Baby" |
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Ike Turner and His Orchestra | ||
| 393 | Apr 1964 | 34 | 12 | "Rock Me Baby"
b/w "I Can't Lose" |
B.B. King |
| 394 | Apr 1964 | "Dust My Blues (I Believe)"
b/w "Happy Home" |
Elmore James and The Broom Dusters | ||
| 396 | Aug 1964 | 107 | "You're Gonna Miss Me" | B.B. King
| |
| 110 | 15 | "Let Me Love You" | |||
| 402[5] | Oct 1964 | 95 | "I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)"
b/w "My Baby Now" |
Ike & Tina Turner | |
| 409 | Nov 1964 | "Please, Please, Please"
b/w "Am I A Fool In Love" |
Ike & Tina Turner | ||
| 424 | 1965 | "Before Day (Big Mama's Blues)"
b/w "Me and My Chauffeur" |
Big Mama Thornton | ||
| 431[6] | Nov 1965 | 11 | "Black Nights"
b/w "Little Angel" |
Lowell Fulson | |
| 456[6] | Dec 1966 | 52 | 5 | "Tramp"
b/w "Pico" |
Lowell Fulson |
| 462 | Feb 1967 | 94 | 17 | "The Jungle"
b/w "Long Gone Baby" |
B.B. King |
| 463[6] | Mar 1967 | 91 | 20 | "Make a Little Love"
b/w "I'm Sinking" |
Lowell Fulson |
| 474[6] | Aug 1967 | 97 | 38 | "I'm A Drifter"
b/w "Hobo Meetin'" |
Lowell Fulson |
| 501 | Dec 1968 | "Merry Christmas Baby"
b/w "3 O'Clock Blues" |
Charles Brown | ||
| 506 | Feb 1969 | 29 | "Country Girl"
b/w "Bye Bye Baby (Until We Meet Again)" |
The Johnny Otis Show | |
| 512 | May 1969 | "Love Ain't Nothin'"
b/w "10 - 20 - 25 - 30" |
Big Joe Turner | ||
| 4514[7] | Jul 1970 | "Please, Please, Please - Pt. 1"
b/w "Please, Please, Please - Pt. 2" |
Ike & Tina Turner | ||
| 4520 | 1970 | "You Must Live It"
b/w "Are You Ready" |
Merryweather | ||
| 4522 | Apr 1970 | "Shop Around"
b/w "Lucille" |
Momma And Pappa Rock'n Family (with Neil Merryweather) | ||
| 4538 | Jan 1971 | "The Hunter"
b/w "Long Handled Shovel" |
Pacific Gas & Electric | ||
| 4547 | May 1971 | 86 | 30 | "I Need Someone (To Love Me)"
b/w "Oh Darling" |
Z.Z. Hill
|
See also
- List of record labels
- Kent Records artists
References
- ^ a b "Modern Records Story". www.bsnpubs.com.
- ^ a b "Kent Launches R-B Label" (PDF). Billboard. March 23, 1958. p. 3.
- OCLC 785781204.
- ^ "Kent - Ace Records". acerecords.co.uk.
- ^ "Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. October 17, 1964. p. 22.
- ^ a b c d "Lowell Fulsom Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles - Top 20 Soul" (PDF). Billboard. July 18, 1970. p. 72.
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