Editing Modern Records (section)

==History==
In the beginning, Modern bought master recordings from other small labels, as with the purchase of 32 unreleased [[Gold Star Records]] [[master recordings]] by [[Lightnin' Hopkins]] and [[Lil' Son Jackson]] for $2,500 from Bill Quinn in 1951.<ref name="BBSep1951">{{cite magazine|title=Modern Buys 32 Hopkins, Jackson Masters for $2,500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3UQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=september+1951+billboard+quinn+modern&pg=PA26|magazine=Billboard|page=26|date=September 29, 1951|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> The Biharis also often used pseudonyms to give themselves writing credit on songs.<ref name=":0" /> Saul Bihari, for example, (whose middle name was Samuel) used the name Sam Ling as a songwriting pseudonym.  Having started as an R&B label, Modern was later one of the few R&B labels to routinely cover rhythm and blues hits on other labels, apparently in an attempt to broaden their appeal and reach the popular market.

In 1958, the Bihari brothers formed [[Kent Records]] and stopped issuing records on Modern.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 24, 1958|title=Kent Launches R-B Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1958/Billboard%201958-03-23.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=3}}</ref> In 1964, the Modern imprint was revived and [[the Ikettes]] released a few successful singles in 1965,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Ikettes Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/The+Ikettes.art|access-date=2021-01-28|website=musicvf.com}}</ref> but the company went bankrupt a few years later and ceased operations. The catalog went with the management into Kent Records. This back catalog was eventually licensed to the UK label [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] in the 1980s and later sold outright during the 1990s. Ace Records of the U.K. now owns the master tapes.<ref name="gillett">{{cite book
| first=Charlie
| last=Gillett|author-link=Charlie Gillett
| year= 1996
| title= The Rise of Rock and Roll
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Da Capo Press
| location=New York
| pages= 85–86
| isbn= 0-306-80683-5}}</ref>