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Apex Records (Canada)
Apex Records was a Canadian record label owned by the Compo Company which lasted as late as 1980.
| Apex Records (Canada) | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Compo Company |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Defunct | 1980 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Decca Records MCA Records |
| Genre | Pop |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
Compo established the Apex label in July 1921 in Toronto. It released American recordings from Okeh Records and Gennett Records, among others. It also released recordings by Canadian artists for both the Anglophone and Francophone communities.
After Compo began a distribution arrangement with Decca Records (USA) in 1935, the Apex name was dropped. Apex was revived in 1942 to market Canadian recordings. American Decca bought Compo in 1951. In 1952, Apex resumed issuing American recordings from the various independent American record companies which were established after World War II. Compo was renamed MCA Records (Canada) in 1970, retaining the Apex label for Francophone recordings for a few years before phasing out the label. MCA Canada formally abandoned the trademark in 1984.[1]
Discography of 45 rpm singles (incomplete)
Listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name:
| Artist | Catalogue # | Lead single | B-side Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Alberts | 76833 | "Till Then" | "Blue O'Clock In The Morning" |
| Andy Williams | 76577 | "Lonely Street' | "Summer Love' |
| Andy Williams | 76627 | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | "The Village of Saint Bernadette" |
| Archie Bleyer | 76697 | "Mustafa" | "Jimmie's Blues" |
| Bill Hayes | 76057 | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | "Farewell" |
| Bill Justis | 76208 | "Raunchy" | "Midnight Man" |
| Bobby Vinton | 76822 | "I Love You the Way You Are" | "You're My Girl" |
| The Bobbettes | 76849 | "Teddy" | "Row Row Row" |
| The Bobbettes | 76899 | "My Mama Said" | "Sandman" |
| Brenda & The Tabulations | 77037 | "Dry Your Eyes" | "The Wash" |
| Brother Dave Gardner | 76166 | "White Silver Sands" | "Fat Charlie" |
| Buchanan Brothers | 77097 | "Medicine Man Part 1" | "Medicine Man Part 2" |
| Buckstone Hardware | 77098 | "Pack It In" | "You're Still Feelin' Better" |
| Buddy Knox | 76229 | "Swingin' Daddy" | "Whenever I'm Lonely" |
| The Original Casuals | 76241 | "So Tough" | "I Love My Darling" |
| Champs | 76643 | "Too Much Tequila" | "Twenty Thousands Leagues" |
| Champs | 76702 | "Coconut Grove" | "Alley Cat" |
| Champs | 76843 | "Mr. Cool" | "3/4 Mash" |
| Champs | 76912 | "Switzerland" | "Only the Young" |
| The Chancellors | 76950 | "Little Latin Lupe Lu" | "YoYo" |
| The Chancellors | 76970 | "So Fine" | "I'm a Man" |
| Chordettes | 76068 | "Humming Bird" | "I Told A Lie" |
| Chordettes | 76090 | "Born to Be with You" | "Love Never Changes" |
| Chordettes | 76099 | "Teen Age Goodnight" | "Lay Down Your Arms" |
| Chordettes | 76290 | "Zorro" | "Love Is A Two-Way Street" |
| Chordettes | 76693 | "A Broken Vow" | "All My Sorrows" |
| Christopher Kearney | 77113 | "Theme for Jody" | "Long Old Train" |
| Cleftones | 76094 | "Neki-Hokey" | "Can't We Be Sweethearts?" |
| Counts | 76994 | "Searchin'" | "He Will Break Your Heart" |
| Dave "Baby" Cortez | 76828 | "Fiesta" | "Hey Hey Hey" |
| Del Shannon | 76883 | "Sue's Gotta Be Mine" | "Now She's Gone" |
| Dickey Lee | 76941 | "She's Walking Away" | "Big Brother" |
| Dickie Goodman | 76819 | "Ben Crazy" | "Flip Side" |
| Doc Burch | 76439 | "Catch a Little Moonbeam" | (unknown) |
| Ritchie Valens | 76472 | "That's My Little Suzie" | "In A Turkish Town" |
| Don Abraham/The Ambassadors | 76798 | "Cruel Betty, Cruel" | "International Twist" |
| Donna Loren | 76839 | "I'm In Love With the Ticket Taker at The Bijou Movie" | "I'm Gonna Be All Right" |
| Donna Loren | 76867 | "Dream World" | "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" |
| Donna Loren | 76881 | "I'm Gonna Be All Right" | "Johnny's Got Something" |
| Everly Brothers | 76191 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | "Maybe Tomorrow" |
| Everly Brothers | 76392 | "Problems" | "Love Of My Life" |
| Ritchie Valens | 76530 | "Little Girl" | "We Belong Together" |
| Everly Brothers | 76570 | "(Till) I Kissed You" | "Oh, What a Feeling" |
| Everly Brothers | 76644 | "Let It Be Me" | "Since You Broke My Heart" |
| Frankie Lymon | 76427 | "Up Jumped a Rabbit" | "No Matter What You've Done" |
| Gene Summers and his Rebels | 76278 | "School of Rock 'n Roll" | "Straight Skirt" |
| Gene Summers and his Rebels | 76306 | "Nervous" | "Gotta Lotta That" |
| The Harptones | 76111 | "Three Wishes" | "That's The Way It Goes" |
| The Hollywood Flames | 76222 | "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz" | "Crazy" |
| J-Double-R (HipHop Artist Canadian & Usa) | 76636 | "Soo City" | "Hip-Hop Re'Birth" |
| Jerry Wallace | 76954 | "You're Driving You Out of My Mind" | "Helpless" |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 76283 | "Make Me a Miracle" | "Secretly" |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 76390 | "Tucumcari" | "The Night You Became Seventeen" |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 76391 | "Bimbombey" | "You Understand Me" |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 76510 | "Ring-a-ling-a-lario" | "Wonderful You" |
| Jimmy Bowen | 76149 | "I Trusted You" | "Warm Up to Me Baby" |
| Jimmy Dean | 76022 | "Release Me" | "Sweet Darling" |
| Johnny Thunder | 76842 | "Loop de Loop" | "Don't Be Ashamed" |
| Kirby St. Romaine | 76872 | "Bambola" | "Empty Arms Again" |
| Kirby Stone Four | 76180 | "S'Wonderful" | "Raven" |
| Maymie & Robert | 76164 | "Ain't No Way in the World" | "Parting Tears" |
| The Penguins | 76056 | "Earth Angel" | "Hey Senorita" |
| The Playmates | 76380 | "Beep Beep" | "Your Love" |
| The Raftsmen | 76886 | "Something to Sing About" | "Kelligrew's Soiree" |
| The Regents | 76761 | "Runaround" | "Laura My Darling" |
| Ritchie Valens | 76402 | "Donna" | "La Bamba" |
| The Rock-A-Teens | 76591 | "Woo-Hoo" | "Untrue" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76021 | "Cry" | "Autumn Rhapsody" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76923 | "Say You" | "Let Me Stay Today" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76935 | "Right or Wrong" | "Baby, Put Your Arms Around Me" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76956 | "One Kiss for Old Times' Sake" | "Bluebird" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76966 | "A Little Bit of Heaven" | "If I Live to Be a Hundred" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76974 | "I Had to Let You Go" | "I'll Make All Your Dreams Come True" |
| Ronnie Dove | 76983 | "Kiss Away" | "Where In The World" |
| Ronnie Dove | 77003 | "Happy Summer Days" | "Long After" |
| Ronnie Dove | 77007 | "I Really Don't Want To Know" | "Years of Tears" |
| Ronnie Dove | 77032 | "One More Mountain to Climb" | "All" |
| Ronnie Hawkins | 76499 | "Forty Days" | "One of These Days" |
| Shirley & Lee | 76102 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | "Do You Mean to Hurt Me" |
| The Trashmen | 76894 | "Surfin' Bird" | "King Of The Surf" |
| Wayne Newton | 76913 | "Little White Cloud" | "Born When You Kissed Me" |
| Vernon Dalhart | 76913 | "Wreck of the Old 97" | "The Prisoners Song" |
| Witness Inc. | 77044 | "I'll Forget Her Tomorrow" | "Girl Before You Go" |
| Witness Inc. | 77063 | "Jezebel" | "Not You Girl" |
| Witness Inc. | 77077 | "Harlem Lady" | "I Put A Spell On You" |
| Witness Inc. | 77087 | "Visions of Vanessa" | "Another Side of Her" |
| Witness Inc. | 77093 | "So Come with Me" | "I've Got To Go" |
| Webb Pierce | 76026 | "Jilted Love" | "I'm Happy You Hurt Me" |
References
- ^ "Search - Canadian Trademarks Database - Intellectual property and copyright - Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada".
External links
- Apex singles 76000 series
- Compo Company article in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Compo entry in the History of Recorded Sound in Canada
- Entry at discogs.com