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Lewis Joseph Bedell (March 21, 1919 – July 6, 2000)

Los Angeles, California
in the 1950s. Originally named Lewis Joseph Bedinsky, he also used the pseudonyms Louis Bideu and Billy Joe Hunter, among others.

Early life

Lewis Bedinsky was born in

Santa Barbara State College.[2] In 1941, he and his mother changed their surname by decree to Bedell.[3]

During

WOR-TV in New York City in the early 1950s.[1]

By 1955 Bedell had begun work for a music publisher, Meadowlark Music.

Chanson d'Amour", by Art and Dotty Todd.[3]

Bedell married Dolores Ethel Mae "DeDe" Barrymore (born 1930) in 1956. She was the divorced daughter of actors John Barrymore and Dolores Costello. The couple had two children: a son, Doré Lewis Bedell (born 1957), who was named for Lew Bedell's grandmother Dora; and a daughter Stephanie Mae Bedell (born 1966). DeDe also had two children from her first marriage.[3]

Doré Records

Main article: Doré Records

Bedell was later described as "a garrulous man who masked a hardheaded business sense with endearing and sometimes annoying bluster."

To Know Him Is To Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, written by and featuring the young Phil Spector. Bedell and Newman decided to end their partnership in 1959, with Newman retaining control of Era and Bedell running the Doré label.[1][3][5]

The Doré label had several major pop and

Hot 100 in early 1962.[7] Bedell claimed a co-writing credit using the pseudonym "Louis Bideu", and, to help promote the record, used an old college photo of himself, as "Billy Joe Hunter". The label released a further 18 singles credited to Billy Joe & The Checkmates but recorded by studio musicians over the following years.[1][2][3]

From the mid-1960s, the Doré label issued pop and

R&B records. It also produced comedy albums, including Bedell's own 1967 album Oh Mighty Game of Golf!!; Bedell was an enthusiastic golfer. He continued to run Doré Records until shortly before his death.[4] In later years Bedell released three additional comedy CDs under his own name: Mel's Hole (1997), Bad Bad Biker (1998), and Extra, Extra... Humor Discovered in the Bible (2000).[8]

Death

Bedell died of cancer in Los Angeles in 2000, at the age of 81.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lou Bedell at Black Cat Rockabilly. Retrieved 14 February 2013
  2. ^ a b West Texas Music Hall of Fame: Billy Joe & The Checkmates Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 February 2013
  3. ^ a b c d e f Rob Finnis, Liner notes: The Dore Story Vol.1, 2011, reprinted at LinerNotes.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013
  4. ^ a b Mark Ribowsky, He's a Rebel: Phil Spector, Rock and Roll's Legendary Producer, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, p.30
  5. ^ Billboard, Sister labels split to go it on own, 8 June 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2013
  6. ^ 45 Discography for Dore Records, Global Dog Productions. Retrieved 14 February 2013
  7. ISBN 0-89820-155-1
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  8. ^ Mike Callahan, David Edwards, Doré Album Discography, Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 14 February 2013
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