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Del-Fi Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 based in Hollywood, California and owned by Bob Keane
Bob Keane

Bob Keane, born Robert Kuhn on January 5, 1922 in Manhattan Beach, California, California, is a musician, record producer and owner of the record label Del-Fi Records....
. The labels first single released was no 4101 "Caravan" by Henri Rose released in 1958
1958 in music

Events*January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama*January 29 - Bo Diddley records "Say Man", a #3 R&B hit when it is released in the Fall of 1959....
; however, the label was most famous for signing Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
. Valens first single for the label was "Come On Let's Go" which was a big hit. His next single, Donna
Donna (song)

"Donna" is a song written and sung by Ritchie Valens. The song was released in 1958 in music on Del-Fi Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single....
/La Bamba
La Bamba (song)

"La Bamba" La Bamba is a traditional song of the Huasteca region, with greater attachment to the state of Veracruz, is the son jarocho genre and is known popularly as the anthem of Veracruz....
, was also a big hit. The Del-Fi label closed its doors in 1967
1967 in music

The summer of 1967 was "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park", Eric Burdon & The Animals , The Doors , Jefferson Airplane , Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Love 's Forever Changes, Cream 's Disraeli Gears, Th...
. In the 1990's, Del-Fi was resurrected and released numerous CDs of its original material, and signed some new acts to the label as well.






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Del-Fi Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 based in Hollywood, California and owned by Bob Keane
Bob Keane

Bob Keane, born Robert Kuhn on January 5, 1922 in Manhattan Beach, California, California, is a musician, record producer and owner of the record label Del-Fi Records....
. The labels first single released was no 4101 "Caravan" by Henri Rose released in 1958
1958 in music

Events*January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama*January 29 - Bo Diddley records "Say Man", a #3 R&B hit when it is released in the Fall of 1959....
; however, the label was most famous for signing Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
. Valens first single for the label was "Come On Let's Go" which was a big hit. His next single, Donna
Donna (song)

"Donna" is a song written and sung by Ritchie Valens. The song was released in 1958 in music on Del-Fi Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single....
/La Bamba
La Bamba (song)

"La Bamba" La Bamba is a traditional song of the Huasteca region, with greater attachment to the state of Veracruz, is the son jarocho genre and is known popularly as the anthem of Veracruz....
, was also a big hit. The Del-Fi label closed its doors in 1967
1967 in music

The summer of 1967 was "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park", Eric Burdon & The Animals , The Doors , Jefferson Airplane , Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Love 's Forever Changes, Cream 's Disraeli Gears, Th...
. In the 1990's, Del-Fi was resurrected and released numerous CDs of its original material, and signed some new acts to the label as well. In September of 2003
2003 in music

See also:* 2003 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 2003...
, Bob Keane sold the Del-Fi catalog to the Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third-largest of the big four music industry, the others being Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Universal Music Group....
.

Bob Keane also owned and operated Donna Records, Mustang Records, Bronco Records and Stereo-Fi Records as sister labels to Del-Fi.

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  • Addrisi Brothers
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    Eden Ahbez

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  • Chan Romero
    Chan Romero

    Robert Lee "Chan" Romero is an United States rock and roll pioneer and contemporary of Ritchie Valens best known for his seminal 1959 chart-topper, "Hippy Hippy Shake"....
  • Ritchie Valens
    Ritchie Valens

    Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
  • Johnny Crawford
    Johnny Crawford

    John Ernest Crawford is an United States actor, singer, and musician....
  • Bobby Curtola
    Bobby Curtola

    Bobby Curtola, Order of Canada is an early Canada rock and roll singer and one-time teen idol....
  • Bobby Fuller Four (Mustang)
  • Brenda Holloway
    Brenda Holloway

    Brenda Holloway is an African-American singer and songwriter best known for her period as a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s and is best known for the soul musicful hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy", which later became a pop smash by Blood, Sweat & Tears....
  • Barry White
    Barry White

    Barry White DBE was an United States record producer and singer-songwriter.A multiple Grammy Award-winner known for his rich basso voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with the the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul music, funk, and disco songs....
     (Bronco)
  • Frank Zappa
    Frank Zappa

    Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....
  • The Surfaris
    The Surfaris

    The Surfaris were an United States surf music band formed in Glendora, California, California in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the record chart in the Los Angeles, California, California area, and nationally by May 1963: "Surfer Joe" on the A-side and B-side and "Wipe Out " on the A-side and B-side of a Gramophone record s...
  • The Lively Ones
    The Lively Ones

    The Lively Ones were an instrumental surf rock band active in Southern California in the 1960s. They played live mostly in California and Arizona....
  • The Centurions
    The Centurions

    The Centurions were an United States surf rock band from Newport Beach, California, active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In recent times, they are best known for the recording "Bullwinkle Part II", a dark and saxy surf tune from the eponymous album featured in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction "....
  • Spider Webb and the Insects
    Tom Fogerty

    Tom Fogerty was a musician best known as the lead guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band....
  • Little Caesar & the Romans
    Little Caesar & the Romans

    Little Caesar & the Romans were an American musical group from Los Angeles active briefly in the 1960s.The group began recording in 1959 as The Cubans, but changed their name to The Upfronts after the political crisis in Cuba....
  • Ron Holden
    Ron Holden

    Ron Holden was an American pop singer.Holden was discovered by Larry Nelson , who had just left work as a police officer to start his own record label....
     (Donna)
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See also

  • Bob Keane
    Bob Keane

    Bob Keane, born Robert Kuhn on January 5, 1922 in Manhattan Beach, California, California, is a musician, record producer and owner of the record label Del-Fi Records....
  • Ritchie Valens
    Ritchie Valens

    Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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