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Shreveport, Louisiana based label and record company founded by record distributor and jukebox operator Stanley Lewis in 1963 after being encouraged by Leonard Chess to start his own label. He created sister labels Paula Records (named for his wife) and Ronn Records in 1965 and 1966 respectively as the pop and blues divisions. He also started releasing gospel (with the 0000 series) in 1966. Jewel remained active until Lewis sold the company to eMusic in the late 1990s which in turn ultimately was acquired by Fuel 2000, which has been reissuing parts of the Jewel/Paula/Ronn catalog in recent years. Since September 1st, 2005, has purchased the back catalogs of Jewel Records and is managing the master recordings in the territory, which extended to East Asia and Southeast Asia. For counterfeit releases, please see Jewel Records (7)
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Lewis
1970s gospel label from Shreveport, Louisiana.
Paula Records
Label and record company specialized in pop/R&B/country, subsidiary of Shreveport, Louisiana-based Jewel Records (3), launched in 1965. Named after company founder Stanley Lewis' wife [url=...
Soul Power
1970s soul label from Shreveport, Louisiana. Operated closely with Jewel Record Corporation and was a division of Jewel Records (3).
Dynamite Records (5)
1970s label from Chicago, Illinois.
Ronn Records
USA Ronn was a subsidiary of Jewel Records (3), started in 1967 as an "uptown R&B and jazz" subsidiary. It was named for owner [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stanley+Lewis?anv=Stan+Lewis]S...
Whit
1960s-1970s label from New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by . Also appears as "Whit Records."
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Jewel Record Corporation 728 Texas Street Shreveport, LA USA (Contact info now obsolete)