Editing Modern Records (section)

==Management and staff==
* Saul, Jules and Joe Bihari were the main people who ran the label. Their older brother Lester was only there sporadically.<ref name=King>{{cite book|title=The B.B. King Reader: 6 Decades of Commentary|editor1-last=Kostelanetz|editor1-first=Richard|editor1-link=Richard Kostelanetz|editor2-last=Reiswig|editor2-first=Jesse|url=https://archive.org/details/bbkingreader6dec00kost|url-access=registration|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gaD6PuSpq1IC&pg=PA7 7]|publisher=Hal Leonard|year=2005|isbn=9780634099274}}</ref>
*[[Ike Turner]] was a talent scout and session musician for Modern Records in the 1950s.<ref name=":0" /> Artists Turner discovered for Modern include [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]], [[Howlin' Wolf]], and [[Rosco Gordon]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner|last1=Turner|first1=Ike|last2=Cawthorne|first2=Nigel|date=1999|publisher=Virgin|isbn=9781852278502|location=London|language=en|oclc=43321298}}</ref> According to [[B.B. King]] and Joe Bihari, Turner introduced King to the Bihari brothers which led to his [[RPM Records (United States)|RPM]] releases.<ref name=King />
*[[Tony Hilder]] was an [[Artists and repertoire|A&R man]] for Modern Records in the late 1950s. Later he went on to form his own labels, first CT Records<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000005010|title=Tony Hilder Biography}}</ref> and later owner and president of [[Impact Records (California)|Impact Records]].<ref>''Billboard Music Week'' May 8, 1961 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ACEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22IMpact+Records%22Tony+Hilder%22&pg=PA4 Page 4 Music As Written, Hollywood]</ref><ref>''[[Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties]]'', Robert J. Dalley [https://books.google.com/books?id=ACEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Impact+Records+Tony+Hilder+owner&pg=PA4 Page 259, Page 298, Page 299]</ref>
* Austin McCoy was an artist, session musician and recording session director with Modern Records. He left Modern in late 1950 to take up an A&R post with [[Mercury Records]] at their Beverly Hills office.<ref>''The Billboard'' December 16, 1950 [https://books.google.com/books?id=zB0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Modern+Records%22Billboard+Manager&pg=PA12 Page 12 McCoy Joins Modern Staff]</ref>