Blog: Fusion 45

Beltone Recording, New York City Opened in the 1940's as a commercial and jingle house, Beltone Recording became a hotspot for King Records artists like James Brown , who were passing through town starting in the early 1950's. Later, it became a division of Beltone Records, which was in turn distributed by King out of Cincinnati. Figuring it could be a hitmaker for his own artists, owner Les Cahan hired Joe Rene as his A and R man and started producing his own hits. Among them, Bobby Lewis ' Tossin' and Turnin' [...]

• Bobby Lewis - Tossin And Turnin
• James Brown - Try Me
• Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City