Kent Records

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Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American record label
record label
activeInPeriod 1950s
1960s
alsoReleased reissues of Modern Records material
associatedWith B.B. King
Modern Records artists
basedIn California
Los Angeles
United States
catalogIncludes albums
singles
country United States
distributionArea United States
international
focus singles market
format vinyl records
foundedBy Joe Bihari
Jules Bihari
Modern Records
Saul Bihari
genre blues
rhythm and blues
rock and roll
soul
hasImprintRelationshipWith Modern Records
historicalRole documenting early R&B
documenting postwar electric blues
influenced R&B reissue culture
later blues labels
locationType independent label
marketedAs budget imprint of Modern Records
notableArtist B.B. King
Ike Turner
Lowell Fulsom
Z.Z. Hill
notableFor releasing early recordings by B.B. King
releasing influential R&B recordings
releasing influential blues recordings
parentCompany Modern Records
specializesIn African-American popular music
status defunct
successorLabel reissue labels using the Kent name

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
B. B. King
recordLabel

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