[78-L] Sterling label

[David Lennick]

Proprietor: Al Middleman (what an appropriate name!)
Affiliated label: Juke Box..which should link it to Joe Davis, Eli Oberstein 
and company (Oberstein and Middleman acquired Art Rupe's interest in Juke Box 
in 1946, Juke Box reissued old Varsity material, and the music goes 'round and 
around)..I could be wrong about Davis

Irving Kaufman did a few Yiddish comedy discs for Sterling in the late 40s.

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth at attglobal.net>
>> anyone have a brief history of STERLING?  (78rpm, c.1947)
>> who owns the masters?  is there a listing or complete discography?
>>
> Probably not on the Internet; however, I suspect the label is 
> included in that book on 78rpm labels (whose title & author
> I can't bring to mind!). The label is more important than might
> be assumed, since it was the first label to record Hank Williams!
> 
> However, VERY little research has been done on the gazillion
> or so "independent" labels of the forties & fifties (there were just
> TOO MANY of them!)...and I don't envy the hapless 78ophiles
> who are strving for complete listings of ANY...let alone ALL...of
> these...?!
> 
> ...stevenc
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