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Gennett Records
Founded1917 (1917)
FounderStarr Piano Company
Defunct1947–48 (1947–48)
StatusInactive
GenreJazz, blues, country
Country of originU.S.
LocationRichmond, Indiana, United States

Gennett Records (pronounced "jennett") was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, United States, which flourished in the 1920s and produced the Gennett, Starr, Champion, Superior, and Van Speaking labels. The company also produced some Supertone, Silvertone, and Challenge records under contract. The firm also pressed, under contract, records for record labels such as Autograph, Rainbow, Hitch, Our Song, and Vaughn; Gennett also pressed records for the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Gennett produced some of the earliest recordings by Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and Hoagy Carmichael. Its roster also included Jelly Roll Morton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, and Gene Autry.

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Gennett Records (pronounced "jennett") was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, United States, which flourished in the 1920s and...

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Armstrong, a member of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, which recorded at Gennett Records in 1923, remembered that at first Oliver and his young second...

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Morton, King Oliver, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings sides made for Gennett Records in the 1920s. The label also issued blues albums, most of them produced...

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Starr Records

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Starr Records was a record label founded by the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana. Gennett Records was also owned by Starr Piano. Starr's first...

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jazz, blues, and old-time music discs that were pressed by Gennett and Paramount. The records were advertised in farming magazines and sold through the...

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Rainbow Records

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era, and all are acoustically recorded. Some seem to have been recorded and pressed by Gennett Records. List of record labels "Early Gospel: Chronology"...

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Lawrence Welk

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with a style quite separate from jazz, he recorded several jazzy sides; in November 1928 for Gennett Records, based in Richmond, Indiana: "Spiked Beer"...

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Louis Armstrong

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musicians. Armstrong's first studio recordings were with Oliver for Gennett Records on April 5–6, 1923. They endured several hours on the train to remote...

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Hoagy Carmichael

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band, The Wolverines, recorded it as "Riverboat Shuffle" in 1924 for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. The song became a jazz staple. (Mitchell Parish's...

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Peerless Records

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gramophone record were made under contract by Gennett Records. By 1933, Peerless was pressing its own records in Mexico. The Peerless label mostly released...

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Aco Records

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British and US Aeolian, as well as leasing masters from U.S.-based Gennett Records. Sometimes these re-releases on Aco had the recording artists listed...

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Bix Beiderbecke

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astonished even the Wolverines themselves. The Wolverines recorded 15 sides for Gennett Records between February and October 1924. The titles revealed a...

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he had no equipment, only his Chicago office space. The records were pressed at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. The catalog included jazz, blues...

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Big Bill Broonzy

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including Champion Records and Gennett Records. Harum Scarums, a trio composed of Broonzy, Georgia Tom, and Mozelle Alderson, recorded the two-part "Alabama...

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Jim Booker

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produced by Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana in 1927. Richard Nevins, a 78 rpm record collector and owner of the 78 reissue label, Yazoo Records, has conducted...

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Scooter Gennett

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Ryan Joseph "Scooter" Gennett (born May 1, 1990) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB)...

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Gene Autry

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regular basis to date since. In 2007, he became a charter member of the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in Richmond, Indiana.[citation needed] In May 2019, Warner...

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Starr Piano Company

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Starr, the company also made phonographs and records and was the parent company of the jazz label Gennett. The company is known for manufacturing Starr...

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Fats Waller

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Waller recorded for Victor, so Decca Records hired singer-pianist Bob Howard for recordings aimed at Waller's audience, and Columbia Records followed...

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Burl Ives

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Company's Gennett label, but the recording was rejected and destroyed a few weeks later. In later years Ives did not recall having made the record. Ives traveled...

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Alberta Hunter

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Gennett in 1924, OKeh in 1925–1926, Victor in 1927 and Columbia in 1929. While still working for Paramount, she also recorded for Harmograph Records under...

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Jimmy Durante

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Durante Show". IMDb. Retrieved November 15, 2010. See California Death Records – Jeanne Durante Benoit, Tod (2003). Jimmy Durante. Black Dog & Leventhal...

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Roosevelt Sykes

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years. He recorded for different labels using pseudonyms, including "Easy Papa Johnson" for Melotone Records, "Dobby Bragg" for Paramount Records, "Willie...

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New Orleans Rhythm Kings

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often allowed to perform with the band. The group recorded a series of records for Gennett Records in 1922 and 1923. On July 17 and 18 1923, they were...

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Artie Shaw

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records, and then disbanding. He generally did not stick around long enough to reap his bands' successes through live performances of their recorded hits...

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Apex Records

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July 1921 in Toronto. It released American recordings from Okeh Records and Gennett Records, among others. It also released recordings by Canadian artists...

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Blind Lemon Jefferson

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figures. He recorded about a hundred tracks between 1926 and 1929; forty-three records were issued, all but one of them on Paramount Records. Almost all...

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Ernest Stoneman

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and Victor, and he freelanced on other labels such as Edison, Gennett and Paramount Records. In 1926, he added family musicians to his group for a full...

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