• Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 as a division of Chess Records. Originally the label was called Marterry, but bandleader...
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    Argo Records is a record label founded by Harley Usill and Cyril Clarke in 1951 with the intention of recording "British music played by British artists"...
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  • Look up Argo or argo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Argo is the ship captained by Jason in Greek mythology. Argo may also refer to: Argo, Alabama...
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  • 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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    Argo Records PLP 1060 Solo Under Milk Wood 1954 Spoken Arts SA 791 SA 792, 791-792 Cast Recording The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1954 Argo Records RG...
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  • Universal Music Record Label Decca Records Argo Records (UK) Decca Vision EmArcy Records Island Records Capitol Records UK All Around the World Productions...
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  • Archenemy Record Company Archeophone Records Architecture Label Arcola Ardent Records Arena Rock Recording Company Aretino Records Argo Records (UK) Argo Records...
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  • Time Travel Haining, Peter. Doctor Who: The Key to Time. A Year-by-Year Record. London: W. H. Allen, 1984, 145. "Variations", a mini-documentary included...
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  • Argo is a 2012 American biographical historical thriller film directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio...
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    Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016...
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    Johnny Nash (category Argo Records artists)
    create a new label, JAD Records (after their first names Johnny, Arthur, and Danny), and recorded their albums at Federal Records in Kingston. JAD released...
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  • Marshall and Terry. This was quickly renamed Argo Records, but the name was changed again in 1965 to Cadet Records to end confusion with an existing British...
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  • Ain't Got No Home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song) (category Argo Records singles)
    death. The song was the first big hit released on the Chess subsidiary Argo Records. It was used in the 1987 film The Lost Boys and the 1995 Martin Scorsese...
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  • Lorez Alexandria (category Argo Records artists)
    local favorite and recorded for the first time for several independent local labels such as King Records, and later Argo Records. During this early part...
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    Etta James (category Argo Records artists)
    found for him. Dueting with Harvey Fuqua, James recorded for Argo Records (later renamed Cadet Records), a label established by Chess. Her first hit singles...
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    Ramsey Lewis (category Argo Records artists)
    Chicago at age 87. With Max Roach MAX (Argo, 1958) With Jimmy Woode The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Argo, 1957) With Young/Holt Feature Spot (Cadet...
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    Something's Got a Hold on Me (category Argo Records singles)
    R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 290. James, Etta (1962). Etta James (Liner notes). Etta James. Argo Records. Something's Got a Hold on...
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    Sonny Stitt (category Argo Records artists)
    comparison to Stitt, in the 1950s and recorded a number of sides for Prestige Records as well as albums for Argo, Verve, and Roost. Stitt experimented...
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  • Keep On Dancing (The Gentrys song) (category MGM Records singles)
    originally recorded by the U.S. R&B group, The Avantis (not to be confused with the surf rock band with the same name) on Argo Records in 1963. In 1965...
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  • The Monotones (category Argo Records artists)
    could not cope with its popularity, and it was reissued on Chess Records' subsidiary Argo label in February 1958. It became a hit, eventually reaching No...
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  • Make It Through the Night". In 1974, Williamson recorded an abridged reading of The Hobbit for Argo Records, authorisation for the abridgement having been...
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  • At the Pershing: But Not for Me (category Argo Records live albums)
    played that night was recorded, a total of 43 tracks, of which 8 were selected by Jamal for the album. The LP was released as Argo Records LP-628. Jamal's previous...
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  • Kilgarriff. In 1974, Nicol Williamson recorded an abridged version of the book on 4 long-playing records for the Argo Records label, voicing all the characters...
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  • The Sensations (category Argo Records artists)
    the group should re-form, and they won a contract with Chess Records subsidiary label Argo. They soon had a hit with a version of "Music, Music, Music"...
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    James Moody (saxophonist) (category Argo Records artists)
    Blues (Argo) 1956: Moody's Mood for Love (Argo) 1958: Last Train from Overbrook (Argo) 1959: James Moody (Argo) 1960: Hey! It's James Moody (Argo) 1960–61:...
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  • Vow To You" - 1973 Argo Records (another subsidiary of Chess) 5386 "I'm So Young" / "Every Day Of The Week" - 1961 Cadet Records (another subsidiary...
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    Capitol, Savoy, Argo Records, Sesac, Time, Design, and Dot Records, in 1969 McPartland co-founded her own record label, Halcyon Records. She would later...
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  • (I Don't Know Why) But I Do (category Argo Records singles)
    December 1960, the U.S. release on the Argo record label was titled "I Don't Know Why". However, about ten weeks later, Argo announced that due to confusion...
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    Fuqua, a singer for the Moonglows, James signed with Argo Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records. Producer Leonard Chess believed James had crossover...
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  • Gene Ammons (category Argo Records artists)
    1995) – rec. 1947 Howard McGhee, House Warmin'! (Argo, 1963) – originally issued in 1962 on Winley Records as Nothin' But Soul under Gene Ammons' name. Charles...
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