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Challenge Records (1950s)

Index Challenge Records (1950s)

Challenge Records was founded in Los Angeles in 1957 by cowboy singer Gene Autry and former Columbia Records A&R representative Joe Johnson. [1]

61 relations: A-side and B-side, Artists and repertoire, Baker Knight, Bass guitar, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley (1958 album), Bobby Austin (musician), California, Challenge Records, Challenge Records (1950s), Cleveland, Columbia Records, Country music, Danny Flores, Dave Burgess (guitarist), Dean Beard, Disc jockey, Donna Loren, Drum kit, Gary Usher, Gene Autry, Gene Vincent, George W. Weston, Hollywood, Huelyn Duvall, Instrumental, Jan and Dean, Jan Howard, Jerry Fuller, Jerry Wallace, Joe B. Mauldin, Keyboard instrument, Kip Tyler, Kip Tyler and the Flips, List of record labels, Los Angeles, Marty Balin, Pop music, Primrose Lane, Record chart, Record label, Rhythm guitar, Rock and roll, Rockabilly, Saxophone, Singer-songwriter, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Tequila, ..., Tequila (song), The Brogues, The Champs, The Falling Leaves, The Knickerbockers, The Kuf-Linx, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, United States, We the People (band), Willie Nelson, Wynn Stewart. Expand index (11 more) »

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Artists and repertoire

Artists and repertoire (A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters.

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Baker Knight

Thomas Baker Knight Jr. (July 4, 1933 – October 12, 2005) was an American songwriter and musician.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Bo Diddley

Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.

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Bo Diddley (1958 album)

Bo Diddley is a compilation album by American rock and roll musician Bo Diddley.

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Bobby Austin (musician)

Bobby Austin (May 5, 1933 in Wenatchee, Washington – January 6, 2002 in Camas, Washington) was an American country musician.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Challenge Records

Challenge Records may refer to.

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Challenge Records (1950s)

Challenge Records was founded in Los Angeles in 1957 by cowboy singer Gene Autry and former Columbia Records A&R representative Joe Johnson.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Danny Flores

Danny Flores (born Daniel Flores; July 11, 1929 – September 19, 2006), also known by his stage name Chuck Rio, was an American rock and roll saxophonist.

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Dave Burgess (guitarist)

Dave Burgess (born December 13, 1934 in Beverly Hills, CA) was an American guitar player, singer, and band leader of The Champs.

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Dean Beard

Dean Beard (August 31, 1935 - April 4, 1989) was an American rockabilly musician, known as the "West Texas Wild Man".

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Donna Loren

Donna Loren (born March 7, 1947) is an American singer and actress.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Gary Usher

Gary Usher (December 14, 1938 – May 25, 1990) was an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer.

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Gene Autry

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer and business tycoon who gained fame as a singing cowboy in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s.

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Gene Vincent

Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly.

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George W. Weston

George Weston (born August 10, 1931) is an American singer.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Huelyn Duvall

Huelyn Duvall (born August 18, 1939) is an American Rock and roll and rockabilly musician.

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Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Band setting.

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Jan and Dean

Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940).

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Jan Howard

Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1929), known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star.

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Jerry Fuller

Jerry Fuller (born November 19, 1938) is an American songwriter, singer and record producer.

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Jerry Wallace

Jerry Wallace (December 15, 1928 – May 5, 2008) was an American country and pop singer.

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Joe B. Mauldin

Joseph Benson Mauldin, Jr. (July 8, 1940 – February 7, 2015) was an American bass player, songwriter, and audio engineer who was best known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group The Crickets.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Kip Tyler

Kip Tyler (May 31, 1929 - September 23, 1996) was an American rock and roll singer and bongo player.

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Kip Tyler and the Flips

Kip Tyler and the Flips were an American rock and roll band best known for recording "Jungle Hop.".

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List of record labels

For lists of record labels, see.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marty Balin

Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald; January 30, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Primrose Lane

"Primrose Lane" is a song made famous by country music singer Jerry Wallace.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Rhythm guitar

In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drumkit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is an American music publishing company owned by Sony Entertainment.

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Tequila

Tequila is a regional distilled beverage and type of alcoholic drink made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco.

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Tequila (song)

"Tequila" is a 1958 Latin-flavored rock and roll instrumental written by Daniel Flores and recorded by the Champs.

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The Brogues

The Brogues were an American garage rock band formed in Merced, California, in 1964.

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The Champs

The Champs were an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged instrumental "Tequila".

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The Falling Leaves

The Falling Leaves is a poem written by Margaret Postgate-Cole (1893–1980) in November 1915 about World War I. Cole was an English atheist, feminist, pacifist, and socialist; her pacifist views influenced her poetry.

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The Knickerbockers

The Knickerbockers were an American rock band, formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1964.

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The Kuf-Linx

The Kuf-Linx were an American Rock and roll vocal group, active in the 1950s.

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The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy was a Los Angeles-based psychedelic pop/rock group from the 1960s.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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We the People (band)

We the People was an American garage rock band from Orlando, Florida, that was formed in late 1965 and professionally active between 1966 and 1970.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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Wynn Stewart

Winford Lindsey Stewart (June 7, 1934 – July 17, 1985), better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_Records_(1950s)

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