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    Posted 5 years ago

    artfoot
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    The real heart of Central Avenue was the record store Dolphin's of Hollywood. John Dolphin was a smart businessman who came to L.A. with the capital to open his dream record store. He wanted it to be in Hollywood. Unfortunately, racist restrictions in 1940s Los Angeles would not permit Black owned businesses in Hollywood so “Lovin' John” opened Dolphin's of Hollywood and brought Hollywood to the “South Central Corridor”.

    Dolphin's of Hollywood, from the beginning, was an interactive community record shop. Not only with a focus on the recordings of Black musical artists, Dolphin also promoted local concerts and shows featuring those artists. He bought time on a local radio station and broadcast from the record store bringing the music to a wider audience. Also, he produced records.

    His first record label was Recorded in Hollywood (RIH) which Dolphin sold to Decca in 1954. After the sale, Dolphin quickly established Lucky Records, Cash Records, and Money Records where he continued to promote Black talent.

    In 1959, John Dolphin was murdered in his record store office.

    Further south on Central Avenue, near Watts, sax player Sherman Williams had established Unique Records. He can be heard playing saxophone on most of the labels releases. Possibly the best known Unique artists were Hollywood's Four Flames led by Robert Byrd.

    The Flames, The Four Flames, Hollywood's Four Flames, The Four Hollywood Flames, and any other permutation you can think of – this group recorded under a lot of names. The Turks, The Turbans, The Satellites – that was also them. They also recorded for lots of different labels but Unique was their first

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    1. Manikin Manikin, 5 years ago
      Always love me some Doo -wop ! one of my favorite genres . I would have thought he was more a jazz and rhythm and blues man ? Great sax player !
    2. artfoot artfoot, 5 years ago
      Thanks Manikin - you are correct. Joe Houston was a jazz and R&B sax player - one of the many jazz and R&B sessions recorded by John Dolphin for his labels. He also recorded many of the local vocal groups. These were just the first examples of the labels I could dig out of storage. I've got another hundred or so of these '50s R&B and Doo-wop discs that I just have to move too much stuff to get at quickly. But stay tuned...
    3. Manikin Manikin, 5 years ago
      I will keep your channel tuned in on the Radio and watch for some Doo-wop :-) I have many Doo-wop songs in my PC from 45's I recorded and make into Cds .

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