Showing posts with label Renown label. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renown label. Show all posts

Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Marcelles on Renown


The Marcelles

24017 – Ding-A-Ling, Act I
24018 - Ding-A-Ling, Act II

Richard Lucas and Charlie Williams
Renown Records & Publications BMI

 Renown 1024


Soul/funk from 1969 on Durham, North Carolina label. The label, started in 1957, had a dozen of releases until 1960 in a 100 series .  The most successful Renown releases from the period were by Wayne Handy, a rock 'n' roller who performed both up-tempo numbers and Elvis-type ballads. 

Renown Records seems to have been dormant during the most part of the sixties and was reactivated with a new 1000 series, all known releases being by country singers, with the exception of  The Marcelles.











Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Charlie Hicks on Renown


Charlie Hicks

Renown 112

CP-2364 - Tonight
CP-2365 - Impressed

Renown Records, small label out of Durham, North Carolina was owned by Howard Rambeau.



Impressed enough were Lou Caposi and Bill Lawrence, owners of Calico Records in Pittsburgh, as the Renown single was re-issued on their label.


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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Joe Franklin (Renown 113)


Joe FRANKLIN with the HI-LITERS

Renown 113

CP-2368 - True Blue

CP-2369 - Who Put The Pep In The Punch




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Friday, November 21, 2008

Joe Franklin And The Hi-Liters (Renown 114)

Joe Franklin And The Hi-Liters
Renown 114
Durham, North Carolina

CP-3789 - Swanee River Rock
CP-3780 - The Belle Of Tennessee



Swanee River Rock

Align Center

The Belle Of Tennessee

Acknowledgments : whopfrog (You Tube), butchrvd (e-bay seller, Johnson City, Tennessee)




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