Roulette Records
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Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed director.
The label had known ties to New York City mobsters.<ref name="blogs.chron.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Levy ran the label with an iron fist.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1958 Roost Records was purchased. Goldner subsequently bowed out of his partnership interest in Roulette and, to cover his gambling debts, sold his record labels Tico, Rama, Gee and—years later—End and Gone to Levy, who grouped them into Roulette. Peretti and Creatore later left Roulette and worked as freelance producers for RCA Victor throughout the 1960s. They co-founded Avco Records in 1969. In 1971 Roulette took over the catalog of Jubilee Records.
HistoryEdit
During the late 1950s, Roulette scored hits by Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, The Playmates, Jimmie Rodgers, Ronnie Hawkins, The Delicates, and Frankie Lymon as well as releasing albums by Pearl Bailey, Dinah Washington and Count Basie.
During the early 1960s, Roulette issued recordings connected to the twist dance craze, such as "Peppermint Twist" by Joey Dee and the Starliters. They also released a rare album of "twist songs" by Bill Haley & His Comets, Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable. Other major 1960s hits for the label include "Two Faces Have I" by Lou Christie. A group of United States Marines called The Essex recorded the hit "Easier Said Than Done" while based at Camp Lejeune, NC, in 1963. In 1964, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay first recorded together on Roulette while in the nine-member Au Go Go Singers, the house band for the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City.
In the UK Roulette's records were issued on EMI's Columbia label. In April 1965, the UK music magazine NME reported that Roulette had agreed to offer a sponsored show to the UK pirate radio radio station Radio Caroline. The hour-long show, recorded in the US by disc jockey Jack Spector, was to be broadcast five evenings a week. The contract covered a two-year period and was worth over £10,000 to the station.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">Template:Cite book</ref>
File:Tommy James and Morris Levy.jpg
Tommy James (left) has stated that Morris Levy (right) hid royalties from the Shondells' biggest hits
According to Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells, whose "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mirage", "Mony Mony", "Crimson and Clover" and many others were released during his time at the label, Roulette was a front business for the Genovese crime family.<ref name="Grdn">Template:Cite news</ref> His band was essentially forced into signing with the label after Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records mentioned that Levy scared off competitors who had interest in the group, including Atlantic, by claiming “Hanky Panky”.<ref name=Gazette>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> James estimates that the label kept $30 million-$40 million of the group's royalties but afforded it total artistic freedom, whereas another label would have tampered with its formula and might have dropped the group early on.<ref name="blogs.chron.com" /> Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Roulette was one of the industry's major distributors, handling records for many leading labels.
Levy was the key financial backer for the rap music label Sugar Hill Records, which was founded in 1979 by the husband-and-wife team Joe and Sylvia Robinson. Sugar Hill released the first Top 40 rap single, "Rapper's Delight", in 1979. In the early 1980s, the Robinsons bought Levy out.
In 1981, Henry Stone turned to Levy to help prevent the demise of TK Records, so they set up Sunnyview Records under the Roulette umbrella. In 1986, Levy was arrested, tried and convicted for extorting money from an FBI informant, John LaMonte, but he died in Ghent, New York, before serving any time in prison. In 1989, Roulette Records was sold to a consortium of EMI and Rhino Records, the latter of which was later acquired by Warner Music Group. Rhino would control Roulette’s pop catalogue in the USA, Canada and Mexico, while EMI acquired Roulette’s jazz catalogue worldwide, plus the international distribution of Roulette’s pop catalogue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2013, Warner Music Group now has worldwide rights to the Roulette catalogue as a result of acquiring EMI’s Parlophone label.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Following their 1989 acquisition, Rhino and EMI began issuing large royalty checks to former Roulette artists. Tommy James recalled that his checks were in amounts in six or seven digits. Roulette was notorious for not paying royalties to its artists, who had to rely on concerts and personal appearances for their income.<ref name="blogs.chron.com" />
Until 2013, EMI used the Roulette name for the reissue of old Roulette-label material. In the US, Blue Note Records handled the Roulette jazz catalogue for release on the Roulette Jazz label until 2013. It was one of the units of Parlophone that Universal Music was required to sell to Warner Music Group to comply with international regulators.
Roulette Records artistsEdit
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- Alive N Kickin'
- Louis Armstrong
- Arzachel (US and Canada)
- Au Go Go Singers
- Pearl Bailey
- The Barry Sisters
- Count Basie
- Jimmy Bowen
- Joanne Campbell
- Cathy Carr
- Betty Carter
- Marilyn Chambers
- The Choir
- Lou Christie
- The Cleftones
- Dave "Baby" Cortez
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Joey Dee and the Starliters
- The Delicates
- The Detergents
- The Devotions
- Tom Rizzi
- Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
- Duane Eddy
- Harry "Sweets" Edison
- The Essex
- The Exciters
- Maynard Ferguson
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Herman's Hermits
- Ronnie Hawkins
- The Hullaballoos
- Tommy James
- Tommy James & the Shondells
- Truth
- Jackie Kannon
- Buddy Knox
- Little Anthony & the Imperials
- Frankie Lymon
- Machito
- Deidre McCalla
- Lou Monte
- Jim Neske, aka Chance Eden
- Esther Phillips
- The Playmates
- The Regents
- The Rock-A-Teens
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Sam & Dave
- Jeri Southern
- The Teenagers
- The Three Degrees
- Sarah Vaughan
- Dinah Washington
- Joe Williams
- Eddie Palmieri
- Chuck Wood
DiscographyEdit
25000 Popular SeriesEdit
Roulette Records 25000 Popular Series of LP records began in 1957 and ran until 1968.<ref>Edwards, D. & Callahan, M., Roulette Album Discography, Part 1 Template:Webarchive, accessed November 9, 2015</ref>
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25001 | Calypso with the Playmates | Template:Sortname | |
| 25002 | Barrelhouse | Template:Sortname | |
| 25003 | Buddy Knox | Template:Sortname | |
| 25004 | Jimmy Bowen | Template:Sortname | |
| 25005 | Italy | Template:Sortname | |
| 25006 | Charleston | Template:Sortname | |
| 25007 | Memories of Hal Kemp | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25008 | Showplace of the Nation | Radio City Music Hall Orchestra | |
| 25009 | Tyree Glenn at the Embers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25010 | Dorothy Donegan at the Embers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25011 | Polka | Template:Sortname | |
| 25012 | Pearl Bailey A Broad | Template:Sortname | |
| 25013 | Frankie Lymon at the London Palladium | Template:Sortname | |
| 25014 | Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards | Template:Sortname | |
| 25015 | Dixiecats | Jazz All Stars | |
| 25016 | Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only | Template:Sortname | |
| 25017 | Copa Girl | Template:Sortname | |
| 25018 | Songs My Mother Loved | Template:Sortname | |
| 25019 | Hi-Fi Harmonica | Template:Sortname | |
| 25020 | Jimmie Rodgers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25021 | Pajama Party | Various Artists | |
| 25022 | Accordion in Hi-Fi | Template:Sortname | |
| 25023 | Musical Themes of Hollywood U.S.A. | Template:Sortname & Symphony of the Air | |
| 25024 | Let's Dance | Template:Sortname and Orchestra | |
| 25025 | Jamaica | Template:Sortname | |
| 25026 | The Long Hot Summer (Soundtrack) | Template:Sortname | |
| 25027 | Guy Pastor and His Dad | Template:Sortname and Orchestra | |
| 25028 | Italy Revisited | Template:Sortname with the Tony Dannon Orchestra | |
| 25029 | Curtain Going Up | Original Dukes of Dixieland | |
| 25030 | Gospel Songs | Stamps-Baxter Quartet | |
| 25031 | Let's Do the Polka | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25032 | Oriental Delight | Template:Sortname Sextet | |
| 25033 | The Number One Ballads | Template:Sortname | |
| 25034 | David Niven Reads the World's Most Famous Love Letters | Template:Sortname | |
| 25035 | Cowboy | Template:Sortname & The Riders of the Purple Sage | |
| 25036 | Rock 'n Roll | Template:Sortname | |
| 25037 | St. Louis Blues | Template:Sortname | |
| 25038 | Dixieland at Carnegie Hall | Various Artists | |
| 25039 | Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories | Template:Sortname | |
| 25040 | Emil Coleman at the Waldorf Astoria | Template:Sortname | |
| 25041 | With Love | Template:Sortname | Two tracks arranged by Astor Piazzolla |
| 25042 | Jimmie Rodgers Sings Folk Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25043 | At Play with the Playmates | Template:Sortname | |
| 25044 | When Good Fellows Get Together | Hugo & Luigi with Their Family Singers | |
| 25045 | Noro Morales at the Harvest Moon Ball | Template:Sortname | |
| 25046 | Song Stylist Extraordinaire | Template:Sortname | |
| 25047 | On My Way to Heaven | Template:Sortname & Wayfarers | |
| 25048 | Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen | Template:Sortname/Jimmy Bowen | Split album |
| 25049 | Greece | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25050 | Tyree Glenn at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname | |
| 25051 | Italia con Pier Angeli | Template:Sortname | |
| 25052 | A Long, Long Kiss | Template:Sortname | |
| 25053 | Steve Allen at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname | |
| 25054 | Love Songs a LaRosa | Template:Sortname | |
| 25055 | La Guitarra: The Genius of Rolando Valdes-Blain | Template:Sortname | |
| 25056 | Hello Nice People | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25057 | His Golden Year | Template:Sortname | |
| 25058 | Swingin' My Way Through College | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25059 | Rock and Roll Record Hop | Various Artists | |
| 25060 | At Home with the Barry Sisters | Template:Sortname | |
| 25061 | Emotions of Jose Duval | Template:Sortname | Arranged by Astor Piazzolla |
| 25062 | Cha Cha Italiana | Template:Sortname | |
| 25063 | Pearl Bailey Sings Porgy and Bess and Other Gershwin Melodies | Template:Sortname | |
| 25064 | Swingin' Marchin' Whistlin' | Template:Sortname and his Golden Echo Music | |
| 25065 | Lennie Hayton Introduces Scandinavian Suite No. 1 | Template:Sortname | |
| 25066 | Hawaiian Luau | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25067 | Woody Herman Sextet at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname Sextet | |
| 25068 | Cuttin' Capers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25069 | Honky Tonk Piano | Template:Sortname | |
| 25070 | Dixieland in High Society | Template:Sortname and the Knights of the Roundtable | |
| 25071 | TV Favorites Volume 1 | Template:Sortname | |
| 25072 | Basie Swings, Bennett Sings | Template:Sortname and Tony Bennett | |
| 25073 | Themes from the Hip | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25074 | Folk Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee | Template:Sortname and Brownie McGhee | |
| 25075 | Try a Little Tenderness | Template:Sortname with Strings | |
| 25076 | Turk Murphy and His Jazz Band at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname and His Jazz Band | |
| 25077 | Shy | Template:Sortname | |
| 25078 | Ronnie Hawkins | Template:Sortname | |
| 25079 | It Seems Like Only Yesterday | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25080 | Dixieland at the Roundtable | Salt City Six | |
| 25081 | Twilight on the Trail | Template:Sortname | |
| 25082 | Joe Reisman Salutes the All-Time Instrumental Favorites | Template:Sortname | |
| 25083 | On the Sunny Side | Template:Sortname | |
| 25084 | Broadway Show Stoppers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25085 | Go Ahead & Rock Rock Rock | Template:Sortname Orchestra featuring Ella Johnson | |
| 25086 | Shepherd and His Flock | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25087 | Happy Organ | Template:Sortname | |
| 25088 | Music for Wise Guys | Template:Sortname | |
| 25089 | Great American Waltzes | Template:Sortname | |
| 25090 | Born to Be Blue | Template:Sortname | |
| 25091 | Jack Teagarden at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname | |
| 25092 | Relax'n with Chico Randall | Template:Sortname | |
| 25093 | Rock n' Roll Bandstand | Various Artists | |
| 25094 | Ev'ry Hour, Ev'ry Day | Template:Sortname | |
| 25095 | It's Christmas Once Again | Template:Sortname | |
| 25096 | Memorie di Roma | Template:Sortname | Arranged by Astor Piazzolla |
| 25097 | Christmas Carols | St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir | |
| 25098 | On the Beach (Soundtrack) | Template:Sortname | Musical Score from the film. |
| 25099 | Sounds in the Night | Template:Sortname | |
| 25100 | Marc of Fredericks | Template:Sortname and Orchestra | |
| 25101 | More Songs for Adults Only | Template:Sortname | |
| 25102 | Mr. Dynamo | Template:Sortname | |
| 25103 | When the Spirit Moves You | Template:Sortname | |
| 25104 | Once More with Feeling | Template:Sortname | |
| 25105 | Polka! Polka! Polka! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25106 | Original Hit Records | Various Artists | |
| 25107 | A Thousand Miles Away | Template:Sortname | |
| 25108 | Salute Italia | Template:Sortname | |
| 25109 | Woo Hoo | Template:Sortname | |
| 25110 | On Stage | Template:Sortname | |
| 25111 | Island Paradise | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25112 | Dixieland at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname | |
| 25113 | Smooth and Rocky | Template:Sortname with The Al Cohn Orchestra | |
| 25114 | Instrumental Imports | Template:Sortname | |
| 25115 | Let's Have a Ball | Template:Sortname | |
| 25116 | Songs of the Bad Old Days | Template:Sortname | |
| 25117 | Accent Italino | Template:Sortname | |
| 25118 | Las Vegas Late Show | Template:Sortname Quartet | |
| 25119 | Jazz Maverick | Template:Sortname | |
| 25120 | The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins | Template:Sortname | |
| 25121 | Folk Scene U.S.A. | Template:Sortname | |
| 25122 | Neapolitan Memories | Doreen | |
| 25123 | Jimmy Durante at the Copacabana | Template:Sortname | |
| 25124 | Ivory and Bone | Template:Sortname | |
| 25125 | Naughty But Nice | Template:Sortname | |
| 25126 | Italiano U.S.A. | Template:Sortname | |
| 25127 | New Sensations in Sound | Template:Sortname | |
| 25128 | At Home with Jimmie Rodgers: An Evening of Folk Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25129 | Swings for Dancers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25130 | Sing Along with Emmett Kelly | Template:Sortname | |
| 25131 | Banjo & Calls Sing Along | Various Artists | |
| 25132 | Civil War Almanac Volume 1: The Yankees | Template:Sortname | |
| 25133 | Civil War Almanac Volume 2: The Rebels | Template:Sortname | |
| 25134 | Italy Volume 2 | Template:Sortname | |
| 25135 | Voice of Hawaii | Template:Sortname | |
| 25136 | Side by Side | Template:Sortname | |
| 25137 | Ronnie Hawkins Sings the Songs of Hank Williams | Template:Sortname | |
| 25138 | Tyree Glenn at London House in Chicago | Template:Sortname | |
| 25139 | Wait for Me | Template:Sortname | |
| 25140 | In Love for the Very First Time | Template:Sortname | |
| 25141 | It's Happy Polka Time | Template:Sortname & His Polka Poppers | |
| 25142 | St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir Sings Christmas Songs | St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir | |
| 25143 | You Talk Too Much | Template:Sortname | |
| 25144 | The Best of Pearl Bailey | Template:Sortname | |
| 25145 | Fidoodlin' | Template:Sortname | |
| 25146 | Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales | Template:Sortname | |
| 25148 | Swing Folksongs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25149 | That's Paris | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25150 | The Folk Song World of Jimmie Rodgers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25151 | Melodie O'Italia | Template:Sortname | |
| 25152 | Dream Bar | Template:Sortname | |
| 25153 | Return to Rome | Template:Sortname | |
| 25154 | It Happened One Night | Template:Sortname | |
| 25155 | Pearl Bailey Sings Songs of Harold Arlen | Template:Sortname | |
| 25156 | We Belong Together | Template:Sortname | |
| 25157 | Shalom | Template:Sortname | |
| 25159 | Murray the "K's" Sing Along with the Original Golden Gassers! | Various Artists | |
| 25160 | The Best of Jimmie Rodgers Folk Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25161 | My Name...Jose Jimenez | Template:Sortname | |
| 25162 | Pat Harrington, Jr. as Guido Panzini and Bill Dana as Kookie as Ever | Template:Sortname and Bill Dana | |
| 25163 | Enzo Stuarti | Template:Sortname | |
| 25164 | The Gospel in Words & Music | Template:Sortname | |
| 25165 | Top Polka Million Sellers | Template:Sortname & His Orchestra | |
| 25166 | Doin' the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge | Joey Dee and the Starliters | |
| 25167 | Happy Sounds | Template:Sortname with the Louis Bellson Orchestra | |
| 25168 | Hey, Let's Twist | Various Artists | |
| 25169 | Twistin' at the Roundtable with the Orchids | Template:Sortname | |
| 25170 | Dinah '62 | Template:Sortname | |
| 25171 | All the World is Twistin | Joey Dee and the Starliters | |
| 25172 | Twistin' at the Miami Beach Peppermint Lounge | Seven Blends | |
| 25173 | Back at the Peppermint Lounge | Joey Dee and the Starliters | |
| 25174 | Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable | Template:Sortname and His Comets | |
| 25175 | Let's All Twist at Peppermint Lounge | Template:Sortname and His Escapades | |
| 25176 | The Most of the Twist | Various Artists | |
| 25177 | The Dixie Sound of Jack Teagarden | Template:Sortname | |
| 25178 | Brilliant Big Band Ballads and Blues | Template:Sortname | |
| 25179 | 15 Million Sellers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25180 | In Love | Template:Sortname | |
| 25181 | Come On, Let's Play with Pearlie Mae | Template:Sortname | |
| 25182 | Two Tickets To Paris (Soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 25183 | Drinking Again | Template:Sortname | |
| 25184 | The Trombone Artistry of Tyree Glenn | Template:Sortname | |
| 25185 | This Was Burlesque | Template:Sortname | Original Cast Album |
| 25186 | How to Strip for Your Husband | Template:Sortname | Orchestra conducted by Sonny Lester |
| 25187 | Songs for the John | Template:Sortname | |
| 25188 | Hit Movie Themes in Italiano | Template:Sortname | |
| 25189 | Back to the Blues | Template:Sortname | |
| 25190 | Modern Dance Band Sounds of Country & Western Hits | Template:Sortname Orchestra | |
| 25191 | Murray the K Presents Golden Gassers for Hand Holders | Various Artists | |
| 25192 | Murray the K Presents Golden Gassers for a Dance Party | Various Artists | |
| 25193 | Bossa Nova | Template:Sortname | |
| 25195 | About Good Little Girls and Bad Little Boys | Template:Sortname | |
| 25196 | The Next One Will Kill You | Template:Sortname | |
| 25197 | Joey Dee | Template:Sortname | |
| 25198 | The Barry Sisters in Israel | Template:Sortname | |
| 25199 | Folk Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25200 | Lowdown Back Porch Blues | Louisiana Red | |
| 25201 | The Funniest New Comic Since the Last New Comic | Template:Sortname | |
| 25202 | How to Belly Dance for Your Husband and His Friends | Little Egypt and the Sonny Lester Orchestra | |
| 25203 | At Home with That Other Family | Template:Sortname and Gwen Davis | |
| 25204 | Tapped Wires | Template:Sortname and Rhonda Brown | |
| 25205 | Don Sherman at the Playboy Club | Template:Sortname | |
| 25206 | Bossa Nova Italian Style | Template:Sortname | |
| 25207 | Golden Goodies Volume 1 | Various Artists | |
| 25208 | Lou Christie | Template:Sortname | |
| 25209 | Golden Goodies Volume 4: Goodies for a Dance Party | Various Artists | |
| 25210 | Golden Goodies Volume 2 | Various Artists | |
| 25211 | Golden Goodies Volume 3 | Various Artists | |
| 25212 | Golden Goodies Volume 7 | Various Artists | |
| 25213 | Golden Goodies Volume 9 | Various Artists | |
| 25214 | Golden Goodies Volume 8 | Various Artists | |
| 25215 | Golden Goodies Volume 5 | Various Artists | |
| 25216 | Golden Goodies Volume 6 | Various Artists | |
| 25217 | Golden Goodies Volume 10 | Various Artists | |
| 25218 | Golden Goodies Volume 12 | Various Artists | |
| 25219 | Golden Goodies Volume 11 | Various Artists | |
| 25220 | Dinah '63 | Template:Sortname | |
| 25221 | Dance-Dance-Dance | Template:Sortname | |
| 25222 | C'est la Vie | Template:Sortname | |
| 25223 | Old Country Polka | Template:Sortname | |
| 25224 | More How to Strip for Your Husband | Template:Sortname | Orchestra conducted by Sonny Lester |
| 25225 | More How to Belly Dance for Your Husband | Little Egypt | Orchestra conducted by Sonny Lester |
| 25228 | Rendezvous in Istanbul | Template:Sortname | |
| 25229 | Rendezvous in Greece | Template:Sortname | |
| 25230 | Rendezvous in Armenia | Template:Sortname | |
| 25231 | Strike Up the Band | Template:Sortname and Count Basie | Reissue of 25072 with different track order |
| 25232 | Ragtime U.S.A | Template:Sortname | |
| 25233 | Gospel Concert: The Ward Singers Recorded Live | Template:Sortname | |
| 25234 | Easier Said Than Done | Template:Sortname | |
| 25235 | A Walkin' Miracle | Template:Sortname | |
| 25236 | And Now...The Missing Otis Trio | Template:Sortname | |
| 25237 | Meetin' | Template:Sortname | |
| 25238 | Instrumental Golden Goodies Volume 13 | Various Artists | |
| 25239 | Golden Goodies Volume 14 | Various Artists | |
| 25240 | Golden Goodies Volume 15 | Various Artists | |
| 25241 | Golden Goodies Volume 16 | Various Artists | |
| 25242 | Golden Goodies Volume 17 | Various Artists | |
| 25243 | Portrait of Mr. T | Template:Sortname | |
| 25244 | In Tribute | Template:Sortname | |
| 25245 | Organ Dynamics | Template:Sortname | |
| 25246 | Young and Lively | Template:Sortname featuring Anita Humes | |
| 25247 | Golden Goodies of 1963 Volume 18 | Various Artists | |
| 25248 | Your Favorite Groups and Their Golden Goodies Volume 19 | Various Artists | |
| 25249 | 20 Original Winners Volume 1 | Various Artists | |
| 25250 | Jerry Blavatt Presents the Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon | Template:Sortname | |
| 25251 | 20 Original Winners Volume 2 | Various Artists | |
| 25252 | Hootenanny Nashville | Gene & Jerry | |
| 25253 | A Stranger on Earth | Template:Sortname | |
| 25254 | Good Guy Jack Spector Presents 22 Original Winners | Various Artists | |
| 25255 | The Best of Ronnie Hawkins | Template:Sortname | |
| 25256 | Golden Goodies Goodies | Various Artists | |
| 25257 | The Magic World of Italy | Various Artists | |
| 25258 | The World of the Barry Sisters | Template:Sortname | |
| 25259 | The Risque World of Pearl Bailey | Template:Sortname | |
| 25260 | The World of Dinah Washington | Template:Sortname | |
| 25261 | The World of Jack Teagarden | Template:Sortname | |
| 25262 | Music to Stop Smoking By | Template:Sortname Quartet | |
| 25263 | 20 Original Winners Volume 3 | Various Artists | |
| 25264 | 20 Original Winners Volume 4 | Various Artists | |
| 25265 | Melodie d'Italia | Template:Sortname | |
| 25266 | Polish Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25267 | Yiddish Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25268 | Wedding Polkas | Template:Sortname | |
| 25269 | Dinah Washington | Template:Sortname | Compilation |
| 25270 | What's New | Template:Sortname | |
| 25271 | Songs by James Van Heusen | Template:Sortname | |
| 25272 | Let's Go Bobo! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25273 | WFUN Good Guys | Various Artists | |
| 25274 | Drums!, Drums!, Drums! | Olatunji | |
| 25275 | Rockin' in the 25th Century | Template:Sortname | |
| 25276 | My Fair Lady Goes Latin | Template:Sortname | |
| 25277 | Race! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25278 | By Jupiter & Girl Crazy | Template:Sortname & Roy Kral | |
| 25279 | Polynesian Rendezvous | Template:Sortname and George Tumahai | |
| 25280 | They Call Us Au Go-Go Singers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25281 | Love Songs from a Cop | Template:Sortname | |
| 25282 | Songs I Sang with Guy Lombardo | Template:Sortname | |
| 25283 | Cascading Voices | Hugo & Luigi | |
| 25284 | I Sing in a Pub | Template:Sortname | |
| 25285 | Jewish Folk Songs | Template:Sortname and Sholom Secunda | |
| 25286 | More Italian Songs Mama Never Taught | Template:Sortname | |
| 25287 | More Polish Songs Mama Never Taught | Template:Sortname | |
| 25288 | Greek Songs Mama Never Taught Me | Template:Sortname | |
| 25289 | The Best of Dinah Washington | Template:Sortname | |
| 25290 | 20 All Time No. 1 Hits | Various Artists | |
| 25291 | WMAK Jet Set-22 Winners | Various Artists | |
| 25292 | Life with Liz and Dick | Template:Sortname | |
| 25293 | 20 Original Winners of 1964 | Various Artists | |
| 25294 | The Greatest Hits of Little Anthony and the Imperials | Little Anthony and the Imperials | |
| 25295 | WHK Good Guys | Various Artists | |
| 25297 | England's Newest Singing Sensations | Template:Sortname | |
| 25298 | Organ Shindig | Template:Sortname | |
| 25299 | And Now | Template:Sortname | |
| 25300 | For Women Only | Template:Sortname | |
| 25301 | More of Frankie Randall | Template:Sortname | |
| 25302 | The Tiffiny Singers | Template:Sortname | |
| 25303 | 50 Best Loved Italian Songs | Template:Sortname | |
| 25304 | 20 "Big Boss" Favorites: 10 Great Hits of 1964 - 10 Great Oldies Hits | Various Artists | |
| 25306 | Music of the Middle East | Template:Sortname | |
| 25307 | WING Lively Guys | Various Artists | |
| 25308 | The Many Faces of the Detergents | Template:Sortname | |
| 25309 | Polka Spectaculars | Template:Sortname and his Polka Poppers | |
| 25310 | The Hullaballoos On Hullabaloo | Template:Sortname | |
| 25311 | German Songs Mama Taught Me | Template:Sortname | |
| 25312 | Live from the Ratfink Room | Template:Sortname | |
| 25313 | Sincerely | Template:Sortname | |
| 25314 | Tales | Template:Sortname | |
| 25315 | Tweetie Pie | Template:Sortname | |
| 25316 | Shame and Scandal in the Family | Template:Sortname | |
| 25317 | The Detective | Template:Sortname | |
| 25318 | Searching the Gospel | Template:Sortname | |
| 25320 | Polish Songs Mama Never Taught Me | Template:Sortname | |
| 25321 | Slovenian Songs Mama Taught Me | Template:Sortname and His Happy Slovenians | |
| 25322 | Music for Batman and Robin | Template:Sortname | |
| 25323 | Sam and Dave | Sam & Dave | |
| 25324 | Live at the Taft | Template:Sortname | |
| 25325 | Polka Memories | Template:Sortname & Polka Team | |
| 25326 | The Exciters | Template:Sortname | |
| 25328 | Dave "Baby" Cortez In Orbit | Template:Sortname | |
| 25329 | Etta Jones Sings | Template:Sortname | With Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Milt Hinton |
| 25330 | Honky Tonk a-la Mod! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25331 | Strike Up the Band | Template:Sortname & Count Basie | |
| 25332 | Lou Christie Strikes Again | Template:Sortname | Stereo reissue of Lou Christie Strikes Back |
| 25333 | WWIN Astro Jocks Present 20 Original Winners | Various Artists | |
| 25334 | This Hombre Called Lemon | Template:Sortname | |
| 25336 | Hanky Panky | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 25337 | WOL- Soul Brothers | Various Artists | |
| 25338 | K-BOX Dusty Discs | Various Artists | |
| 25339 | The Matadors Meet the Bull | Template:Sortname | |
| 25343 | What's New!!! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25344 | It's Only Love | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 25245 | Man in Love | Template:Sortname | |
| 25346 | I Keep Comin' Back! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25347 | Color Me OBG: Station WDRC | Various Artists | |
| 25348 | KGFJ Sounds of Success | Various Artists | |
| 25349 | Canzone D'Amore | Ray Allen | |
| 25350 | Our Anniversary | Shep and the Limelites | |
| 25351 | Aqui Se Habla Espanol | Template:Sortname | |
| 25352 | Songs of My People | Template:Sortname | |
| 25353 | I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 25354 | Parallel-a-Stitt | Template:Sortname | |
| 25355 | Something Special! The Best of Tommy James and the Shondells | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 25356 | Ma Vie | Template:Sortname | |
| 25357 | Gettin' Together | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
|
25358 |
The Fallen Angels | Template:Sortname | |
| 25359 | Don't Walk, Dance! | Template:Sortname | |
| 25360 | This Is My Song | Template:Sortname | |
| 25361 | The Big Three Featuring Cass Elliot | Template:Sortname |
42000 Pop seriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42000 | The Big Three Featuring Cass Elliot | The Big Three | Reissue of 25361 |
| 42001 | The Spanish Side of Jazz | Candido, Machito and Willie Bobo | |
| 42002 | Back On Broadway | Template:Sortname | |
| 42003 | Very Special Envoy | Very Special Envoy | |
| 42004 | Cole Porter Songbook | Pearl Bailey | |
| 42005 | Something Special! The Best of Tommy James and the Shondells | Tommy James and the Shondells | reissue of 25355 |
| 42006 | Yours Truly | Jimmie Rodgers | |
| 42007 | Forever Yours | Little Anthony and the Imperials | |
| 42008 | Roman Guitar | Template:Sortname | |
| 42009 | Fantail | Template:Sortname | |
| 42010 | The Rabble | The Rabble | |
| 42011 | It's A Long Way Down | The Fallen Angels | |
| 42012 | Mony, Mony | Tommy James & the Shondells | |
| 42013 | Lalolé: The Latin Sound of Lalo Schifrin | Template:Sortname | reissue of Tico Records LP |
| 42014 | The Best of Dinah Washington | Dinah Washington | |
| 42015 | The Kid from Red Bank | Count Basie | |
| 42016 | A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry | Template:Sortname | |
| 42017 | Count Basie & Billy Eckstine | Count Basie and Template:Sortname | |
| 42018 | Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan | Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan | |
| 42019 | You're Mine, You | Sarah Vaughan | |
| 42020 | How to Strip for Your Husband | Ann Corio | reissue of 25186 |
| 42021 | How to Belly Dance for Your Husband | Little Egypt & Sonny Lester Orchestra | reissue of 25202 |
| 42022 | Let's Sing Yiddish | original cast | |
| 42023 | Crimson and Clover | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 42024 | The Queen Does Her Thing | La Lupe | |
| 42025 | Don Cooper | Template:Sortname | |
| 42026 | Mario Bertolino Sings Songs of Naples | Template:Sortname | |
| 42027 | Remember How Great, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | |
| 42028 | Remember How Great, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | |
| 42029 | Remember How Great, Vol. 3 | Various Artists | |
| 42030 | Cellophane Symphony | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 42031 | Remember How Great, Vol. 4 | Various Artists | |
| 42032 | Remember How Great, Vol. 5 | Various Artists | |
| 42034 | This Time | Mario Bertolino | |
| 42035 | Make Someone Happy | Sonny Stitt | |
| 42036 | Arzachel | Arzachel | |
| 42037 | Charisma | Charisma | |
| 42038 | Thundertree | Thundertree | |
| 42039 | Clarence "Frogman" Henry is Alive and Well Living in New Orleans | Template:Sortname | |
| 42040 | The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 42041 | Alan Freed's Memory Lane | Various Artists | reissue of End 314 |
| 42042 | Alan Freed's Top 15 | Various Artists | reissue of End 315 |
| 42043 | Roots and Branches | Don Crawford | |
| 42044 | Travelin' | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 42045 | The Best of Ronnie Hawkins Featuring His Band | Ronnie Hawkins | |
| 42046 | Bless The Children | Don Cooper | |
| 42047 | Morganmasondowns | Template:Sortname | |
| 42048 | Stardust | Template:Sortname | |
| 42049 | Morning Dew | Morning Dew | |
| 42050 | Maybe | Template:Sortname | |
| 42051 | Tommy James | Template:Sortname | |
| 42052 | Alive N Kickin' | Template:Sortname | |
| 42053 | George Nardello | George Nardello | |
| 42054 | Beasts and Fiends | Charisma | |
| 42055 | Would You Understand My Nakedness? | Don Crawford | |
| 42056 | Ballad of C.P. Jones | Don Cooper | |
| 42057 | Hog Heaven | Hog Heaven | |
| 42058 | Dust Bowl Clementine | Dust Bowl | |
| 42060 | Brand X | Oscar Brand | |
| 42061 | Rosko Reads the Giving Tree and Other Selected Poems | Template:Sortname | |
| 42062 | Christian of the World | Tommy James | |
| 42063 | Babatunde Olatunji | Babatunde Olatunji |
3000 Pop SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 | Christian of the World | Tommy James | |
| 3002 | Ilmo Smokehouse | Ilmo Smokehouse | |
| 3003 | The Best of Basie | Count Basie & His Orchestra | |
| 3004 | Harlem River Drive | Harlem River Drive | |
| 3005 | Another Shade of Black | Don Crawford | |
| 3006 | Murmur of the Heart | Soundtrack | |
| 3007 | My Head, My Bed and My Red Guitar | Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| 3008 | Very Special Love | Template:Sortname | |
| 3009 | What You Feel is How You Grow | Don Cooper | |
| 3010 | Now We're Even | Clinic | |
| 3011 | Fluff | Fluff | |
| 3012 | Fur Coats and Blue Jeans | Template:Sortname | |
| 3013 | Ecstasy, Passion & Pain | Ecstasy, Passion & Pain | |
| 3014 | Truth | Truth | |
| 3015 | So Much Love | The Three Degrees | |
| 3016 | Out Among Em' | Love Child's Afro Cuban Blues Band | |
| 3017 | Way to No. 1 | Poison | |
| 3018 | Sunshine | Sunshine | |
| 3019 | The Atomic Mr. Basie | Count Basie | |
| 3020 | Transformed | Template:Sortname |
Birdland Jazz SeriesEdit
The Roulette 52000 Birdland Series of 12 inch LPs commenced in 1958 and consists of 124 album releases over 10 years.<ref>Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3 Template:Webarchive, accessed November 10, 2015</ref>
5000 Jazz SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5000 | Finally, Betty Carter | Template:Sortname | |
| 5001 | 'Round Midnight | Betty Carter | |
| 5002 | Stardust | Template:Sortname | Reissue of What's New!! |
| 5003 | Backgammon | Template:Sortname and the Jazz Messengers | |
| 5004 | Songs of the Bad Old Days | Pearl Bailey | |
| 5005 | Now It's My Turn | Template:Sortname | |
| 5006 | The Nonet | Template:Sortname | |
| 5007 | Evening Breeze | Template:Sortname | |
| 5008 | Gypsy Folk Tales | Template:Sortname and the Jazz Messengers | |
| 5009 | Estimated Time of Arrival | Template:Sortname |
2-LP Birdland SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Count Basie Story | Count Basie | |
| 2 | The Birdland Story | Various Artists |
500 Comedy SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Saloon Society | Template:Sortname | |
| 502 | Prose from the Cons | Template:Sortname and the Convicts of Southern Michigan Prison | |
| 503 | |||
| 504 | |||
| 505 | Live! | Jackie Kannon | |
| 506 | Let's Play Strike! | Transit Strike Interviews | |
| 507 | The Truth About the Green Hornet | Template:Sortname and Template:Sortname |
800 Soundtrack SeriesEdit
All of the soundtracks in this series were for films released in the United States during 1966.
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | A Study in Terror | Template:Sortname | |
| 802 | The Russian Adventure | Template:Sortname | |
| 803 | Sleeping Beauty | Template:Sortname | |
| 804 | The Peach Thief | Simeon Pironkov | |
| 805 | Four in the Morning | Template:Sortname |
80000 Original Cast SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80001 | Showgirl: Carol Channing Live | Template:Sortname |
10 Original Cast SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Billy Noname | Original Cast |
100 Echoes SeriesEdit
Reissue series from used by the label during 1973. Not all these albums have "Echoes of An Era" somewhere in the title - some do, some don't. They are two-album sets.
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Echoes of an Era: The Maynard Ferguson Years | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 102 | Echoes of an Era: The Count Basie Years | Count Basie | |
| 103 | Echoes of an Era: The Stan Getz Years | Stan Getz | |
| 104 | Echoes of an Era: The Dinah Washington Years | Dinah Washington | |
| 105 | Echoes of an Era: The Sarah Vaughan Years | Sarah Vaughan | |
| 106 | <ref>From personal copy</ref> Diz 'n' Bird: The Beginning | Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker | |
| 107 | Echoes of an Era: Count Basie with Tony Bennett and Sarah Vaughan | Count Basie, Tony Bennett and Sarah Vaughan | |
| 108 | Echoes of an Era: Music to Keep Your Husband Happy | Sonny Lester | |
| 109 | Echoes of an Era: The Louis Armstrong Years | Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong | |
| 110 | Echoes of an Era: The Maynard Ferguson and Herbie Mann Years | Maynard Ferguson and Herbie Mann | |
| 111 | Echoes of an Era | Jack Tatum, Erroll Garner, Bud Powell & B. Taylor | |
| 112 | Echoes of a Rock Era: The Early Years | Various Artists | |
| 113 | Echoes of a Rock Era: The Middle Years | Various Artists | |
| 114 | Echoes of a Rock Era: The Later Years | Various Artists | |
| 115 | Echoes of a Rock Era | Various Artists | |
| 116 | Echoes of an Era: Message From Newport/Newport Suite | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 117 | Echoes of an Era: Queen of the Blues | Dinah Washington | |
| 118 | Echoes of an Era: The Best of Count Basie | Count Basie | |
| 119 | Echoes of an Era: The Best of Stan Getz | Stan Getz | |
| 120 | Echoes of an Era: The Best of Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker | |
| 121 | Echoes of an Era | Johnny Dankworth and Billy Strayhorn | |
| 122 | Echoes of an Era: Maynard Ferguson '61/Si! Si! M.F. | Maynard Ferguson | |
| 123 | Echoes of an Era | Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt | |
| 124 | Echoes of an Era: Kansas City Suite/Easin' It | Count Basie | |
| 125 | Echoes of an Era: The Immortal Dinah Washington | Dinah Washington | |
| 126 | Echoes of an Era | Count Basie, Stan Getz and Sarah Vaughan | |
| 127 | Echoes of an Era: Birdland Live at Carnegie Hall | Various Artists | |
| 128 | Echoes of an Era | Joe Newman, Zoot Sims, John Coltrane and Ray Draper | |
| 129 | Echoes of an Era | Jackie McLean Quintet and Sextet | |
| 130 | Echoes of an Era: Bantu Afrika | Randy Weston | |
| 131 | Echoes of an Era | Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers | |
| 132 | Echoes of an Era: Vernacular | John Handy |
59000 Original Rock N' Roll Hits SeriesEdit
This was the label's final effort at repackaging its old recordings.
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59001 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 1 | Various Artists | |
| 59002 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | |
| 59003 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 3 | Various Artists | |
| 59004 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 4 | Various Artists | |
| 59005 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 5 | Various Artists | |
| 59006 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 6 | Various Artists | |
| 59007 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 7 | Various Artists | |
| 59008 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 8 | Various Artists | |
| 59009 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 50s, Volume 9 | Various Artists | |
| 59010 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 10 | Various Artists | |
| 59011 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 11 | Various Artists | |
| 59012 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 12 | Various Artists | |
| 59013 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 13 | Various Artists | |
| 59014 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 14 | Various Artists | |
| 59015 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 15 | Various Artists | |
| 59016 | Original Rock 'N Roll Hits of the 60s, Volume 16 | Various Artists |
9000 African SeriesEdit
These albums, which were acquired by Roulette for U.S. distribution, were recorded in the continent of Africa.
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9001 | Songs of New Nations | The De Paur Chorus | |
| 9002 | Life in the Bush | Various Artists | |
| 9003 | Music of West Africa | Various Artists | |
| 9004 | Dahomey Guinee | Various Artists |
65000 International SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9001 | Uhuru Afrika | Randy Weston | |
| 65002 | Around the World in Percussion | Louis Bellson |
75000 Classical SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75001 | J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1 & 2 | Template:Sortname and the Hamburger Kammerorchester | |
| 75002 | J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 & 4 | Template:Sortname and the Hamburger Kammerorchester | |
| 75003 | J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 5 & 6 | Template:Sortname and the Hamburger Kammerorchester |
100 Demo SeriesEdit
| Catalog | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Roulette Presents a Demonstration of the New Dimensional Sound of Dynamic Stereo | Various Artists |