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Andrews' career with him now a popular nightclub attraction. Not only had it broken wide into r&b but it was also doing well in pop and getting a good amount of juke box play. The Lancers were also doing well with their release, "Peggy O'Neil" bw "Stop Chasin' Me Baby" which was released on Trend 70.
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that the label had released its first record which was a novelty. The record was "Wang Wang Blues" backed with "Somebody Stole My Gal". The recordings featured "Gus
Meuller, Buster Johnson, Leo Wood and Henry Busse. Jerry Feilding who had recently signed to the label was set to release an LP album of
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February 1956. It's likely that the label with its good catalogue wasn't meeting the expectations of Paul W Trousdale. Being the major investor, he decided to sell the label in the spring of 1955. In February 1956, Dave Kapp of Kapp Records purchased the label for a
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release, “Make Me A Present of You” and “Don’t Lead Me On” were getting a good amount of airplay in the Los
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healthy five figure amount. Following the sale, Albert Marx had a short career in management and had signed up singer Johnny
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Dave Pell - The
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