Flair Records
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Flair Records was an American
record label
owned by the Bihari brothers
, launched in the early 1950s. It was a subsidiary of Modern Records
. Its most famous artist was Elmore James
, who released ten singles with this label (as listed below).
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Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
owned by the Bihari brothers
Bihari brothers
The Bihari Brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American music entrepreneurs and the founders of Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries such as Meteor Records based in Memphis.-Origins:...
, launched in the early 1950s. It was a subsidiary of Modern Records
Modern Records
Modern Records was an American record label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers. In the 1960s, Modern Records went bankrupt and ceased operations, but the catalogue went with the management into what became Kent Records. This back catalogue was eventually licensed to the UK label...
. Its most famous artist was Elmore James
Elmore James
Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
, who released ten singles with this label (as listed below).
Singles
- 1953: "Early in the Morning" b/w "Hawaiian Boogie" (Flair 1011)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1012)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1013)
- 1953: "Can't Stop Lovin'" b/w "Make a Little Love" (Flair 1014)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1015)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1016)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1017)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1018)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1019)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1020)
- 1953: "???" b/w "???" (Flair 1021)
- 1953: "Please Find My Baby" b/w "Strange Kinda' Feeling" (Flair 1022)
- 1954: "Hand in Hand" b/w "Make My Dreams Come True" (Flair 1031)
- 1954: "Sho Nuff I Do" b/w "1839 Blues" (Flair 1039)
- 1954: "Dark and Dreary" b/w "Rock My Baby Right" (Flair 1048 [78])
- 1954: "Sunny Land" b/w "Standing at the Crossroads" (Flair 1057)
- 1955: "Late Hours at Midnight" b/w "The Way You Treat Me" (Flair 1062)
- 1955: "Happy Home" b/w "No Love in My Heart" (Flair 1069)
- 1955: "Dust My Blues" b/w "I Was A Fool" (Flair 1074)