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The oldest King Records is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 as a division of the Japanese music publishing house Kodansha before being spun off in the early 1950s. The label has had huge success with Two-Mix , Miko Nakayama and Yuki Uchida . Now one of Japan's leading record companies, it is headquartered in Tokyo.
The other King Records was a United States based record label, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan , specializing in country music, at the time still known as " Hillbilly music". King advertised "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a King". King artists included Homer and Jethro , Grandpa Jones , and the Delmore Brothers .
King Records was highly successfull in the 1950s with artists like Roy Brown, Jack Dupree, Otis Williams, James Brown and Johnny Guitar Watson (the latter two distributed via sister label Federal RecordsFederal Records was a sister label to King Records. James Brown and Johnny Guitar Watson were artists on the Federal label dirstributed via King. See also List of record labels Record labels.). The company also had a "Race Records" ( African AmericanAfrican Americans also known as Afro- Americans or black Americans comprise an ethnic group in the United States of America whose dominant ancestry is from Sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European, Native American, or Asian ance) label, Queen RecordsQueen Records was the "Race Records" ( African American) of King Records. See also List of record labels Record labels.. King purchaced other record labels, including Deluxe RecordsDeluxe Records was a record label bought by King Records. See also List of record labels Record labels. (in 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.) and Bethlehem RecordsBethlehem Records was a record label bought by King Records. See also List of record labels Record labels..
When Nathan died in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the the label was acquired by Hall Neely 's Star-Day Company . Neely relaunched the label as Star-day King RecordsWhen Syd Nathan died in 1968, his label King Records was acquired by Hall Neely's Star-Day Company. Neely relaunched the label as Star-day King Records . The legendary songwriter duo Leiber & Stoller bought the label in 1970 but sold it soon afterwards to. The legendary songwriter duo Leiber & Stoller bought the label in 1970 but sold it soon afterwards to Gusto Records.