Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to...
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John Klemmer (category Cadet Records artists)
was signed by producer Esmond Edwards at Chess Records, eventually recording five albums with their Cadet label, including his innovative hit 1969 album...
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subsidiary labels Checker and Argo/Cadet. The Chess catalogue is owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records and Universal Music Enterprises...
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Terry Callier (category Cadet Records artists)
Callier (Prestige, 1968) Occasional Rain (Cadet, 1972) What Color Is Love (Cadet, 1972) I Just Can't Help Myself (Cadet, 1973) Fire on Ice (Elektra, 1978) Turn...
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Kenny Burrell (category Cadet Records artists)
(Verve, 1965) The Tender Gender (Cadet, 1966) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (Cadet, 1966) Man at Work (Cadet, 1966) – reissue of A Night at the...
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Rotary Connection (category Cadet Records artists)
Marshall Chess, son of Chess Records founder Leonard Chess. Marshall was the director behind a start-up label, Cadet Concept Records, and wanted to focus on...
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Sarah Vaughan (category Cadet Records artists)
and Blues Revue in 1955 The illustrated encyclopedia of Sarah Vaughan records... and more ! Sarah Vaughan at IMDb Image of Sarah Vaughan performing in...
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Tell Mama (category Cadet Records albums)
studio album by American singer Etta James. Her second album release for Cadet Records, produced by Rick Hall at his FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama...
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Jack McDuff (category Cadet Records artists)
1999] Cadet/GRT Records The Natural Thing (Cadet/GRT, 1968) Getting Our Thing Together (Cadet/GRT, 1968) -with Richard Evans Gin and Orange (Cadet/GRT,...
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Etta James (category Cadet Records artists)
was portrayed by singer Beyoncé in the film Cadillac Records, a fictional account of Chess Records, James's label for 18 years, about how label founder...
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry (category Cadet Records artists)
"Ain't Got No Home" one night in 1955. Chess Records A&R man Paul Gayten heard the song, and had Henry record it in Cosimo Matassa's studio in September...
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Electric Mud (category Cadet Records albums)
psychedelic artwork. In 1967, Marshall Chess formed Cadet Concept Records as a subsidiary of Chess Records. The label's first release was the self-titled debut...
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the Dells. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet Records when the company discovered that an Argo Records already existed in the UK. As with its parent...
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Hey, Love (category Cadet Records albums)
album by American psychedelic soul group Rotary Connection released by Cadet Records. Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic...
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The Howlin' Wolf Album (category Cadet Records albums)
"Black Albums" chart. In 1967, Marshall Chess formed Cadet Concept Records as a subsidiary of Chess Records. The label's first release was the self-titled debut...
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The Dells (category Cadet Records artists)
was their third certified gold record. The song was written by L.V. Johnson and produced by Don Davis. Leaving Cadet around the end of 1974 with the...
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Dorothy's Harp (category Cadet Records albums)
released in 1969 via the Cadet label. A few years after releasing Dorothy’s Harp, she started working with Stevie Wonder. The record includes two Brazilian-touched...
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Rotary Connection (album) (category Cadet Records albums)
psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection. It was released in 1968 on Cadet Concept Records. The album rose to No. 37 on the Billboard 200 chart. All tracks...
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The Spice of Life (Marlena Shaw album) (category Cadet Records albums)
the second album by Marlena Shaw. It was her last studio album with Cadet Records and contains her famous version of the Ashford & Simpson song "California...
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Afro-Harping (category Cadet Records albums)
Afro-Harping is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1968 and released on the Cadet label. Ron Wynn, in his review for Allmusic, calls the...
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Dorothy Ashby (category Cadet Records artists)
Tom Montgomery 1968: Afro-Harping (Cadet) 1969: Dorothy's Harp (Cadet) 1970: The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (Cadet) 1984: Django/Misty (Philips) 1984:...
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Ramsey Lewis (category Cadet Records artists)
pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album...
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Shel Silverstein (category Atlantic Records artists)
Don't Have to Brag (Cadet Records) (1965) Drain My Brain (Cadet Records) (1967) Boy Named Sue and Other Country Songs (RCA Records) (1969) Ned Kelly (United...
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Bunky Green (category Cadet Records artists)
(Vee-Jay, 1965) – recorded in 1960 Testifyin' Time (Argo, 1965) Playin' for Keeps (Cadet, 1966) Soul in the Night with Sonny Stitt (Cadet, 1966) The Latinization...
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What Color Is Love (category Cadet Records albums)
Callier. Released by Cadet Records, it is Callier's third album and the second of a trilogy that he recorded in short succession for Cadet with producer Charles...
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Ahmad Jamal (category Cadet Records artists)
Music Award, Leopolis Jazz Fest, Lviv 1967: Standard Eyes (Cadet) 1972: Inspiration (Cadet) 1974: Re-evaluations: The Impulse! Years (Impulse!) 1980:...
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Illinois Jacquet (category Cadet Records artists)
Hill Jazz (LHJ-10231) 1966 Go Power! [recorded live at 'Lennie's On-The-Turnpike' in West Peabody, MA] (Cadet LPS-773) – with Milt Buckner, Alan Dawson...
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Hang On Sloopy (category Cadet Records singles)
and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard...
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Oh, What a Night (The Dells song) (category Cadet Records singles)
In 1969, they refashioned it as a soul song on the Cadet label. The August 2, 1969 edition of Record World gave it a "Four Star Pick" review, stating:...
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After the Rain (Muddy Waters album) (category Cadet Records albums)
distorted, are less overtly psychedelic. On September 13, 2011, Get On Down Records digitally remastered and reissued the album on compact disc and vinyl....
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