Scepter Records
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Scepter Records was started in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a subsidiary Wand Records. In 1976 Florence Greenberg decided to retire from the business and sold her record labels to Springboard International. When Springboard went bankrupt, Gusto Records acquired the catalog.
They were also one of the earliest record labels to release 12-inch singles intended for the nascent disco market. (Vince Aletti, 1975)
[edit] Scepter & subsidiary label artists
- B.T. Express
- Beverly Bremers
- The Buoys
- Scott English (Spokane)
- The Esquires (Bunky)
- The Guess Who (Chad Allan & The Expressions)
- Roy Head
- Tommy Hunt
- The Kingsmen (Wand)
- Rocky Fellers
- Merrilee Rush
- The Shirelles
- B.J. Thomas
- Dionne Warwick
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