Interphon Records
Encyclopedia
Interphon Records was a sub-label from Vee-Jay Records
to distribute its Europe
an-leased masters in the US
. It was active from 1964
until 1965
.
The U.S. release of The Honeycombs
1964 hit Have I The Right?
was released on Interphon.
Interphon 7709 (1964) - Think / If You Don't Come Back
The flip is a classic Mod / R&B dance track.
Vee-Jay Records
Vee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:...
to distribute its Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an-leased masters in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was active from 1964
1964 in music
-Events:*January 1 – Top of the Pops is broadcast for the first time, on BBC television.*January 3 – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....
until 1965
1965 in music
-Events:*January 4 – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.*January 12 – Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by The New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein...
.
The U.S. release of The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966...
1964 hit Have I The Right?
Have I the Right?
Have I The Right? was The Honeycombs' debut single and biggest hit. It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who had made contact with the Honeycombs, a London-based group, then playing under the name of The Sheratons, in the Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road in Islington, where they...
was released on Interphon.
Interphon 7709 (1964) - Think / If You Don't Come Back
The flip is a classic Mod / R&B dance track.