Okeh Records

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Okeh Records is an American record label historically known for its influential early jazz and blues recordings, including landmark releases by Louis Armstrong.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American record label
record label
activePeriod 1920s
1930s
country United States
distribution Columbia Records
focusDuringRevival adult music
jazz
formerParentOrganization American Record Corporation
CBS Records
foundedBy Otto K. E. Heinemann
genre blues
jazz
popular music
race records
hasNotableArtist Bessie Smith
Clarence Williams
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
Mamie Smith
headquartersLocation New York City
inception 1918
industry music industry
labelCode OKeh
languageOfWork English
marketedAs race records label in the 1920s
mediaType sound recording
namedAfter initials of Otto K. E. Heinemann
notableFor early blues recordings
early jazz recordings
race records series
recordings by Bessie Smith
recordings by Big Bill Broonzy
recordings by Clarence Williams
recordings by Fats Waller
recordings by King Oliver
recordings by Louis Armstrong
recordings by Mamie Smith
parentOrganization Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment
product 78 rpm records
LP records
phonograph records
singles
revival 1950s
1990s
2010s
significantEvent early field recording trips to record African American artists in the South
release of Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings

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