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Bell Records

This article is about the record label active from the 1950s to the 1970s. For the earlier Bell Records labels, see Bell Records (1920) and Bell Records (1940).
Bell was also a custom label active in the 1940s for recordings by Benny Bell.

Bell Records
Parent companyColumbia Pictures Industries
Founded1952 (1952)
FounderArthur Shimkin
Defunct1974 (1974)
StatusDefunct
GenreVarious
Country of originUS
LocationNew York City
London (UK branch)

Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records,[1] and initially a unit of Pocket Books,[2] after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records.[3] A British branch was also active in the 1960s and 1970s. Bell Records was shut down in late 1974, and its assets were transferred to Columbia Pictures' new label, Arista Records.[4]

  1. ^ "bellrecords.nl". www.bellrecords.nl. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009.
  2. ^ Billboard. November 29, 1952. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Smith, Ronald L. (1988). Comedy on record: the complete critical discography – Ronald L. Smith. ISBN 9780824084615. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ Billboard. November 23, 1974. Retrieved August 24, 2012.

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