Liberty Records: A History of the Recording Company and Its Stars, 1955-1971

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword xiii
• Preface
• Part one: Anatomy of a Record Label
• 1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Record Labels
• 2. Liberty in the Beginning
• 3. 1955 The Liberty Girl, Julie London
• 4. 1956 The Little Liberty Girls, Patience and Prudence
• 5. 1957 Eddie Cochran, Snuff Garrett, Sharon Sheeley, and Margie Rayburn
• 6. 1958 “Witch Doctor” and the Chipmunks
• 7. 1959 Martin Denny, Bobby Vee, Dolphin Records, the Fleetwoods, the Frantics, and Little Bill and the Blue Notes
• 8. 1960 Johnny Burnette, Buddy Knox, Ernie Freeman, and the Ventures
• 9. 1961 Avnet, Gene McDaniels, Timi Yuro, Vic Dana, Troy Shondell, and Dick and DeeDee
• 10. 1962 The Crickets, Jan & Dean, the Marketts, the Rivingtons, Danny and Gwen, Walter Drennan, Jackie DeShannon, Willie Nelson, and Vikki Carr
• 11. 1963 Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino, and More from Bobby Vee, Jan & Dean, Jackie De Shannon, the Fleetwoods, and the Crickets
• 12. 1964 Matt Monro, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, the Searchers, the Beatles, Irma Thomas, Johnny Rivers, the Swinging Blue Jeans, and the Hollies
• 13. 1965 Gary Lewis and the Playboys, P.J. Proby, T-Bones, Hal Blaine, O’Jays, Jimmy McCracklin, and Cher
• 14. Liberty Stereo Little LPs, EPs, 78s, and Picture Sleeves
• 15. 1966 Bob Lind and Del Shannon
• 16. Liberty Acquisitions, Special Series, and Subsidiaries
• 17. 1967 Nitty Gritty Birt Band, Bikki Carr, Hardtimes, Love Generation, Sunshine Company, Classics IV, and the Fifth Dimension
• 18. 1968 Canned Heat and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich
• 19. 1969 The Fifth Dimension and Also-Rans
• 20. 1970 Ike and Tina Turner and Sugarloaf
• 21. 1971 Liberty in the End
• Part Two: Making Liberty Hit Records
• 22. Music Publishing —Metric Music
• 23. Record Producing
• 24. Recording Music
• 25. Engineering a Hit
• 26. Picturing Music
• 27. Promoting Records
• 28. Publicity
• 29. Selling Records
• 30. Distributing Records
• 31. Merchandising Records
• 32. Radio Airplay
• Part Three: Four Liberty Superstars
• 33. Bobby Vee
• 34. The Ventures
• 35. Jackie DeShannon
• 36. Jan & Dean
• Part Four: The End of Liberty
• 37. Selling Liberty... and Selling It and Selling It
• 38. Life After Liberty
• 39. Overview
• 40. Epilogue: Where Did They Go?
• Appendices
• 1. #1 Hits
• 2. Artists in the Top 200
• 3. Liberty, Dolton, Imperial, and Soul City Top Rankings
• 4. The Top Liberty, Dolton, and Imperial Hit Makers
• 5. The Top Twenty Liberty Family Artists
• 6. Percentage of Success
• 7. Chronological Hit Lists
• 8. Graphs of Hits Per Year
• 9. Top 100 Hits by Artists
• 10. Top 100 Hits Listed by Month and Year
• 11. Singles Discography
• 12. Liberty LP and EP Discography
• 13. Liberty Family 45 Sleeves and Libels
• Index