Jamie Records was a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 in 1957 by Harold Lipsius.
Their first 45rpm single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, "It's Great To Fall In Love"/"Truly" by Marian Caruso (Jamie 1033), was issued in 1957. However, they really hit the big-time in 1958 with the release of Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young"...

's "Rebel Rouser"/"Stalkin'" (Jamie 1104). Eddy became the mainstay Jamie artist, recording hit after hit, unprecedented for an instrumentalist. He single-handedly turned Jamie into one of the most successful independent labels of its day during his tenure there. Eddy's last Jamie single "Runaway Pony"/"Just Because" (Jamie 1224) was issued in 1962. Another Jamie group were the Jordan Brothers from Frackville, PA. Their first release was "Send Me Your Picture" and their biggest hit "Gimme Some Lovin'” was released in the US before the more successful version by The Spencer Davis Group. The Jordans toured with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars

Caravan of Stars

In 1959, Dick Clark formed the Caravan of Stars, a road show featuring some of the most popular stars and musical groups of the day. Chubby Checker, Duane Eddy, Bobby Darin, Fabian, Buddy Holly, Annette Funicello and Bo Diddley toured with the Caravan...

 bus tour and appeared on numerous Philadelphia and New Jersey-based TV shows.
The last major charting record on Jamie was released in 1966, when the label issued Crispian St. Peters

Crispian St. Peters

Crispian St. Peters was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly his 1966 hits, "The Pied Piper" and "You Were on My Mind."-Early career:...

' "The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper (1960s song)

The Pied Piper was a British pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded the song in 1965 as The Changin' Times. However, it was British pop singer Crispian St...

" in the U.S. Afterwards, the hits came out on their subsidiary labels, which included Phil-L.A. of Soul (The Fantastic Johnny C., Cliff Nobles & Co.), Dionn (Brenda and The Tabulations) and Sundi (Mercy).

Jamie/Guyden Records artists

This is a category for recording artists who have had at least one recording

Recording

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 released on the Jamie/Guyden label or one of its subsidiaries.

In alphabetical order:

• Anthony and the Sophomores
• Arthur K. Adams
  Arthur Adams (singer)
  Arthur Adams is an American blues musician from Medon, Tennessee. Inspired by B.B. King and other 1950s artists, he played gospel music before attending college. He moved to Los Angeles, and during the 1960s and 1970s he released solo albums and worked as a session musician...
  
  
• Rex Allen
  Rex Allen
  Rex Elvie Allen was an American film actor, singer and songwriter, known as the Arizona Cowboy, particularly known as the narrator in many Disney nature and Western film productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Family...
  
  
• Johnny Angel
  Johnny Angel
  Johnny Angel is a film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Frank Gruber and Steve Fisher from the novel Mr. Angel Comes Aboard by Charles Gordon Booth. The movie features George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, and Hoagy Carmichael....
  
   and the Creations
• Craig Alden
• Tony Allen
  Tony Allen (musician)
  Tony Oladipo Allen is aNigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. He is currently writing his autobiography "Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat" with author/musician Michael E...
  
   and the Wonders
• The Aubrey Twins
• Yvonne Baker
• The Ballistics
• Barry and the Vikings
• The Beatle-ettes
• Jesse Belvin
  Jesse Belvin
  Jesse Lorenzo Belvin was an American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter popular in the 1950s, whose success was cut short by his death in a car crash aged 27.-Career:...
  
  
• Billy and the Essentials
• Umberto Bindi
• The Blackwells
• Warren Bloom & Sea of Galilee Singers
• Don Blyer and the Tuesdaynighters
• Bobby Bond
• Bobby Bradshaw
• Brenda & The Tabulations
  Brenda & the Tabulations
  Brenda & the Tabulations were an American R&B group formed in 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally composed of Brenda Payton, Eddie L. Jackson, Maurice Coates and Jerry Jones.-History:...
  
   (Dionn, Top & Bottom)
• Neil Brian
• Jimmy Briggs
• Norman Brooks
• Joe Brown
• Bullring
• Robert Byrd (Bobby Day
  Bobby Day
  Bobby Day , was an early African American rock and roll and R&B musician.Born Robert James Byrd, , in Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15...
  
  ) and his Birdies
• Gerald Calvi Orchestra
• Anita Carter
  Anita Carter
  Ina Anita Carter , the youngest daughter of Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, was a versatile American singer who experimented with several different types of music and played stand-up bass with her sisters Helen Carter and June Carter Cash as The Carter Sisters...
  
  
• Carolyn Carter
• Marian Caruso
• Pierre Cavalli Orchestra
• The Chell-Mars
• Savannah Churchill
  Savannah Churchill
  Savannah Churchill was a successful American singer of pop, jazz, and blues music in the 1940s and 1950s.-Career:...
  
  
• Claudine Clark
  Claudine Clark
  Claudine Clark is an American R&B musician, best known as the singer and composer of the 1962 hit "Party Lights", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100....
  
  
• Sanford Clark
• Steve Clayton
• The Cole Brothers
• Johnny Colmus
• The Combo Kings
• Connie Conway
• Don Costa
  Don Costa
  Don Costa was an American pop music arranger and record producer, best known for his work with Frank Sinatra.-Career:...
  
  
• Pal Crawford
• Chuck Crayne
• Pee Wee Crayton
  Pee Wee Crayton
  Connie Curtis Crayton , known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer.-Career:...
  
  
• The Creations
• Ann D'Andrea
• Jack Dailey
• Dale & Grace (Montel)
• Jim Dale
• The Dantes
• Glenn Darrell Orchestra and Chorus
• Mac Davis
  Mac Davis
  Mac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...
  
  
• Allan Dean and the Problems
• Sylvia De Leion
• Denny Ezba's Gold
• Roland Dice
• Johnny Dorelli
  Johnny Dorelli
  Johnny Dorelli is an Italian actor, singer and showman.Born as Giorgio Guidi in Meda, he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label. In 1958 he won the Sanremo Festival in duo with Domenico Modugno, with the songs "Nel blu dipinto di blu" and "Piove "...
  
  
• Dorothy and the Hesitations
• The Dovells
  The Dovells
  The Dovells were an American music group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. The members were Arnie Silver, Mark Gordesky, Len Borisoff , Jerry Gross, Mike Freda and Jim Mealey...
  
  
• Lyn Earlington
• Duane Eddy
  Duane Eddy
  Duane Eddy is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young"...
  
  
• Edge of Darkness
• The Emotional Upsets
• Emily Evans
• The Fantastic Johnny C (Phil-LA Of Soul)
• Ernie Fields
  Ernie Fields
  Ernie Fields was an African American trombonist, pianist, arranger and bandleader. He first became known for leading the Royal Entertainers, which were based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and toured along a circuit stretching from Kansas City, Kansas, to Dallas, Texas.-Early life and career:Fields was born...
  
   Orchestra
• The Five Chords
• Don Forbes
• The Four-Evers
• The Four J's
• Dallas Frazier
• Girard Gregory
• Groop
• Peter Hamilton
• Curley Hamner & the Cooper Brothers
• Lee Hazelwood
• Pervis Herder
• Heroes of Cranberry Farm
• Ben Higgins
• Billy Jean Horton
• Houston
• Darrell Howe
• Howie
• Pookie Hudson
• Jimmy Hughes
  Jimmy Hughes (singer)
  Jimmy Hughes is an American former rhythm and blues singer, whose biggest successes in the mid 1960s, notably his hit "Steal Away", were important in the early development of the Muscle Shoals music industry.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Leon (Fingers) Huff
• The Inspirations
  The Inspirations
  The Inspirations are a professional Southern gospel quartet from Bryson City, North Carolina.-Career:The quartet began in 1964 when Martin Cook, a teacher at Swain County High School, invited several young men to his home for evenings of singing. Later they began traveling around the area and...
  
  
• The Intentions
• The Intros
• Burt Jackson
• Mark James
  Mark James (songwriter)
  Mark James is a songwriter, famous for writing hits for singers B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee, and Elvis Presley, most notably Elvis' last US number one hit single, "Suspicious Minds."-History:...
  
   Trio
• Johnny and the High Keys
• Marke Johnson
• Mirriam Johnson
• Al Jones
• Roosevelt Jones
• Dick Jordan
• Jennie Jordan
• The Jordan Brothers

• Alexandrow Karazov
• Joey Kay
• Ray Kennedy
  Raymond Louis Kennedy
  Raymond Louis Kennedy is a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. His works span multiple genres including R&B, pop, rock, jazz, fusion, acid rock, country and many others...
  
  
• The Key Brothers
• The Kit Kats
• Pepe Lattanzi
• Pat Leahy
• Raymond Le Fevre Orchestra
• Steve Lee
• The Legends
• Tony Liss
• Ricky Livid and the Tone Deafs
• The Lolly-Pops
• Shorty Long & the Santa Fe Rangers
• The Looters
• The Lords of T.O.N.K.
• Los Vivos
• Barbara Lynn
  Barbara Lynn
  Barbara Lynn is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, "You'll Lose A Good Thing" .-Life and career:She played piano as a child, but switched to guitar...
  
  
• Mae Maria and the Maybees
• Magic Reign
• Rosalie Mann
• Marlena
• Marvin and Johnny
• Mashmakhan
  Mashmakhan
  Mashmakhan was a Canadian rock fusion band that was most active in the early 1970s, and is best known for their hit single "As the Years Go By."-History:...
  
  
• Barbara Mason
  Barbara Mason
  Barbara Mason is an American R&B/soul singer best known for her 1965 hit song, "Yes, I'm Ready".-Career:A soul singer, Mason initially focused on songwriting when she entered the music industry in her teens...
  
   (Arctic)
• The Matadors
• Lee Maye
  Lee Maye
  Arthur Lee Maye was a Major League Baseball player. He played eleven seasons in the majors as an outfielder for the Milwaukee Braves , Houston Astros , Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators , and Chicago White Sox .Maye was also well known as a Rhythm & Blues singer...
  
   (aka Arthur Lee Maye and the Crowns)
• Tommy McLain (MSL)
• The Mechanics
• Johnny Mendell
• Mercy
  Mercy
  Mercy is broad term that refers to benevolence, forgiveness and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social and legal contexts.The concept of a "Merciful God" appears in various religions from Christianity to...
  
   (Sundi)
• Microbop Ensemble
• Stephen Monahan
• Chris Montez
  Chris Montez
  Chris Montez , is an American singer.-Early life:Montez grew up in Hawthorne, California, influenced by the Latino-flavored music of his community and the success of Ritchie Valens....
  
  
• Carol Murray
• The New Breed
• New Hope
• The New Silhouettes
• Cliff Nobles & Co.
  Cliff Nobles
  Cliff Nobles was an American pop singer, who is best known for his instrumental hit, "The Horse."-Biography:...
  
   (Phil-LA Of Soul)
• Jacky Noguez Orchestra
• Cindy Owens
• Pal and the Prophets
• Tony Panassi
• Johnny Pearson
  Johnny Pearson
  John Valmore Pearson known as Johnny Pearson, was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist...
  
   Orchestra
• The Pentagons
• Bobby Peterson
• Bob Please and the Pleases
• Jamie Power
• Donna Prima
• The Ragin' Storms
• The Rainbows
• Rita Raines
• Denny Randall
• Anita Ray
• Chuck Reed
• The Revels
• Rick and the Keens
• The Riffs
• Floyd Robinson
• Mark Robinson
• Wayne Rooks
• Rumplestikskin Kartoon
• The Scamps
• Dean Scott
• Ray Sharpe
  Ray Sharpe
  Ray Sharpe is an American R&B and rockabilly singer, guitarist and songwriter.He grew up influenced by country as well as blues music, and many of his recordings are classed as rockabilly – he was described by one record producer as "the greatest white-sounding black dude ever"...
  
  
• The Sharps
• Timmy Shaw
  Timmy Shaw
  Timmy Shaw was a 1960s African American R&B singer from the Deep South, who charted just once with "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia " in 1964. The song was covered by The Animals as "Gonna Send You Back to Walker". John Lennon was also known to be an admirer of the Shaw recording...
  
  
• The Sheiks
• The Sherrys
  The Sherrys
  The Sherrys were an American girl group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active briefly in the 1960s.The group came together in 1961 around Philadelphia singer Little Joe Cook, former lead singer of The Thrillers; it featured two of his daughters and their cousin. Initially they acted as a backup...
  
  
• The Show Stoppers (Showtime)
• Jon Sisco
• The Sonics
• Spilt Milk
• Crispian St. Peters
  Crispian St. Peters
  Crispian St. Peters was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly his 1966 hits, "The Pied Piper" and "You Were on My Mind."-Early career:...
  
  
• Lincoln Starr
• The Statesmen
• Jerry Stevens
• Gene Summers
  Gene Summers
  Gene Summers is an American rock/rockabilly singer and entertainer. Some of his classic recordings include "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds"...
  
  
• The Sundowners
• Sunny & The Sunliners (Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career....
  
  )
• The Teenmakers
• Arthur Thomas
• The Timberland Four
• Toast
• Tommo and the Ding Dongs
• Mitchell Torok
  Mitchell Torok
  Mitchell Torok is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1953 hit, "Caribbean".-Biography:...
  
  
• The Tritones
• Titus Turner
  Titus Turner
  Titus Turner was an American R&B and East Coast blues singer and songwriter. His best remembered recordings were "We Told You Not To Marry" and "Sound-Off," plus he wrote "Leave My Kitten Alone," and "Tell Me Why."...
  
  
• The Tygers
• Dick Van Dyke
  Dick Van Dyke
  Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer with a career spanning six decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke, and father of Barry Van Dyke...
  
  
• The Velaires
• Jimmy Velvit
  Jimmy Velvit
  Jimmy Velvit is an American rock and roll singer, who began his career in the 1960s. His real name is James Mullins, originally from Coalgate, Oklahoma, later from Dallas, Texas. He is best known for recording a white rhythm and blues version, in 1961, of Robert & Johnny's 1958 hit "We Belong...
  
   (Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career....
  
  )
• Vic Vickers
• The Waldron Sisters
• C.L. Weldon and the Pictures
• Wheel of Fortune
• Marty Wilde
  Marty Wilde
  Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky Wilde, Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde.-Career:Wilde was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in...
  
   and the Wild Cats
• The Wil-Ettes
• J. Frank Wilson
  J. Frank Wilson
  J. Frank Wilson was an American singer, the lead vocalist of J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers.-Career:Wilson joined the Cavaliers after his discharge from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas in 1962....
  
  
• Sue Winford
• Bill Wright Sr.