Editing Embassy Records (section)

===The artists===
The artist whose name appears on the greatest number of Embassy recordings is [[Paul Rich]], a singer with the [[Lou Preager|Lou Preager Orchestra]], who recorded for Embassy between 1957 and 1965.<ref name="artistes">{{cite web|title=Embassy Artistes |publisher=embassyrecords.co.uk |url=http://www.embassyrecords.co.uk/id12.html |access-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311134253/http://www.embassyrecords.co.uk/id12.html |archive-date=2009-03-11 }}</ref> However, the artist who actually recorded the most songs for Embassy was [[Ray Pilgrim]].<ref name="artistes"/> Between 1960 and 1965 he recorded almost 150 songs for the Embassy label using the pseudonyms Bobby Stevens, the Typhoons, the Jaybirds, and the Starlings.<ref name="real">{{cite web|title=The Real Names Of Embassy Artists|publisher=The Wonder of Embassy Records|url=http://www.spanglefish.com/thewonderofembassyrecords/index.asp?pageid=141089|access-date=2009-09-02}}</ref>

[[Mike Redway]], who had been a singer with the [[Oscar Rabin Band]], recorded for Embassy under the pseudonym Redd Wayne, in addition to appearing on many of the Typhoons, Jaybirds and Starlings recordings for the label between 1962 and 1965.<ref name="artistes"/> Redway later sang the vocal version of the "Casino Royale Theme" over the closing credits of the 1967 ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Redway|publisher=Radiocafe|url=http://www.radiocafe.co.uk/mike-redway|access-date=2009-09-11}}</ref> [[Ken Barrie]], who later became the voice of [[Postman Pat]], recorded for Embassy under the name of Les Carle.<ref name="cranes"/>

The female singers who made the most recordings for the label were Jean Campbell, Joan Baxter, [[Maureen Evans]] and Barbara Kay, with all but the latter recording for Embassy under their own names.<ref name="global">{{cite web|title=Singles Discography for Embassy Records|publisher=Global Dog Productions|url=http://www.globaldogproductions.info/e/embassy-uk.html|access-date=2009-09-02}}</ref> Maureen Evans went on to have a hit for Oriole with "[[Like I Do (Nancy Sinatra song)|Like I Do]]" and Barbara Kay was one of the members of [[the Carefrees]], who released the [[Novelty song|novelty record]] "[[We Love You Beatles]]" in 1964.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brown, Tony.|year=2000|title=The Complete Book of the British Charts|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=0-7119-7670-8}}</ref> Barbara Kay, who was yet another singer who had previously been with the Oscar Rabin Band, was usually credited as Kay Barry on Embassy releases.<ref name="real"/>

[[Instrumental]] recordings would feature whatever session musicians were booked for that day, so the names used for the label, such as Bud Ashton, the Beatmen and the Happy Knights, did not imply any particular participants.<ref name="artistes"/> Similarly, the group names such as the Typhoons, the Jaybirds, and the Starlings did not imply any consistent membership and were generally made up of any musicians who were available on that particular day.<ref name="artistes"/> Additionally, [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]] on many Embassy releases were provided by the [[Mike Sammes|Mike Sammes Singers]] but usually went uncredited.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oriole Record Label |publisher=embassyrecords.co.uk |url=http://www.embassyrecords.co.uk/id13.html |access-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411103448/http://www.embassyrecords.co.uk/id13.html |archive-date=2009-04-11 }}</ref>