Del-Fi Records
Del -Fi Records was an American record company that published 1958-1965 records in the pop music field.
History
The record label Del -Fi was founded by the then 35 -year-old clarinetist and music producer Bob Keane in 1957. This had previously been already co-owner of Keen Records label, but resigned in 1957 after disputes with his partner John Siamas from the Company. The first Del -Fi single was released in 1958 with the sung by Henri Rose Caravan titles and September Song under the catalog number 4,101th In the same year took Keane the 17 -year-old unknown Ritchie Valens under contract. Its first single was already a success, the title Come On, Let's Go made it on the Billboard Hot 100 to number 42 and was also Del - Fis first listing in Billboard. Already using Valens ' second published in the November 1958 single titled Donna reached Del -Fi the greatest success in its history. In January 1959, the song was number 2 on the Hot 100 and stayed a total of 23 weeks in the charts. Until July 1959 Valens was represented with three other titles on the Hot 100, before, he had already come in February of the year in a plane crash.
In 1959, Keane 's daughter Donna company, named after the greatest success at Del -Fi. The sub-label has been assigned to any particular division, his only Top 50 hits were Love You So by Ron Holden (No. 7) and To Be Loved by the Pentagon ( No. 48 ). By 1965, Donna has produced approximately 90 singles.
With the death of Valence Del -Fi had lost his guarantors of success and it takes two years before in June 1961 Those Oldies But Goodies by Little Caesar reappeared a Del -Fi single on the Hot 100. The song reached number 9 with his best quotation. At the same time joined Del -Fi a recording contract with the only 14 -year-old Johnny Crawford from. With the title Daydreams on his first single he immediately came into the Hot 100 and developed in the sequel to the new one of the lable. By 1964, he came up with a total of seven titles in hit parade in 1962 with the title Cindy 's Birthday, the number 8 on the Hot 100 reached his greatest success.
Crawfords out matched in November 1963 Title Judy Loves Me was Del -Fi 's last chart listing, he came at the Hot 100 at number 95 After 1965, only four singles were produced, presented Keane a Del -Fi and Donna productions. Under the label Del -Fi around 200 singles and 49 vinyl LPs were released. Of the LPs only the productions Ritchie Valens (1959, number 23 in the charts PL ) and A Young Man 's Fancy by Johnny Crawford (1962, number 40 ) had been successful. Keane continued his entrepreneurial activity continues with the new label Mustang.