Accent Records (US)

American record label

Record label

Accent Records

Accent 78rpm label from 1954

Founded| 1954 (1954)
Status| Defunct
Genre| Jazz, traditional pop, country
Country of origin| U.S.
Location| Hollywood, California

Accent Records was a Hollywood-based[1][2] record label formed in 1954. Scott Seely was the president. Nick Lucas signed to the label in 1955 and made his final recording for them in 1980.[3] Previously releasing only singles, Accent's first LP record, an album by Drew Page, was released in 1956.[4]

## History

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1966 saw GNP Crescendo make a marketing, packaging, and distribution deal with Accent for Buddy Merrill's guitar albums,[5] following a tip that Merrill's recordings were selling well as a result of in-store plays.[6]

In 1967 Accent made the decision to focus on country music.[2]

The label promoted a self-learn course for pop singers in 1971.[7]

Seely remained president until at least 2006.[8] Accent Records owned the Boomerang Music and S&R Music publishing companies.[2]

## Artists

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Accent LP label from 1976

* Bob Bellows[9]
* Roy Goodrich[10]
* Nick Lucas[3]
* Buddy Merrill
* Bill Myrick[11]
* Kelly Norwood[1]
* Millicent Rodgers[10]
* Wes Stuart[12]
* Clarice Howard[12]
* Dick Dale[12]
* Katherine Kovar[12]
* Becky Cooper[12]

## External links

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* 45rpm numerical discography
* Accent at Discogs

## References

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1. ^ a b "Music as Written". Billboard. May 15, 1954. p. 19.
2. ^ a b c "Nashville Scene". Nielsen Business Media. 19 August 1967. pp. 53–.
3. ^ a b Pitts, Michael; Hoffmann, Frank; Carty, Dick; Bedoian, Jim (2001). The Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Vallee. Scarecrow Press. p. 155\. ISBN 9781461707127.
4. ^ Page, Drew (1 March 1999). The Ha-ha: Poems. LSU Press. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-0-8071-2496-3.
5. ^ "Talent: Signings". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 18 June 1966. pp. 48–.
6. ^ "From the Music Capitals of the World". Nielsen Business Media. 5 February 1966. pp. 41–.
7. ^ "Accent Pop Vocal Course". Nielsen Business Media. 4 December 1971. pp. 25–.
8. ^ Brobston, Stanley Heard (2006). "Daddy Sang Lead: The History and Performance Practice of White Southern Gospel Music". Vantage Press. pp. 422–. ISBN 978-0-533-15353-4.
9. ^ "Music As Written". Billboard. July 6, 1963. p. 25.
10. ^ a b "Music as Written". Billboard. December 3, 1955. p. 19.
11. ^ Friedman, Joel (April 17, 1954). "Folk Talent and Tunes". Billboard. p. 27.
12. ^ a b c d e "Accent (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-05-22.

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