Kent Records was a Los Angeles–based record label, launched in 1958 by the Bihari brothers. It was a subsidiary of Crown Records Corporation. Kent was a follow-up to Modern Records, which ceased operations in 1958.
Initially, Kent issued only singles, but issued albums from 1964 until the early 1970s.
Selected Discography
Albums
- 1964: B.B. King, Rock Me Baby...14 Great Hits (compilation)
- 1964: B.B. King, Let Me Love You
- 1964: Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live
- 1965: Live! B.B. King on Stage
- 1965: Lowell Fulson, Soul
- 1965: Z.Z. Hill, The Soul Stirring Z.Z. Hill
- 1966: Ike & Tina Turner, The Soul of Ike & Tina
- 1967: Lowell Fulson, Tramp
- 1967: B.B. King, The Jungle
- 1967: Smokey Hogg, Original Folk Blues
- 1967: Z.Z. Hill, A Whole Lot of Soul
- 1967: B.B. King, Boss of the Blues (compilation)
- 1967: Lowell Fulson, Now!
- 1968: B.B. King, From the Beginning (compilation)
- 1968: The Johnny Otis Show featuring Mighty Mouth Evans & Shuggie Otis, Cold Shot!
- 1970: Ike & Tina, Festival of Live Performances
- 1970: Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q
- 1970: Big Joe Turner, Turns on the Blues
- 1970: Various Artists – Rock and Roll Festival, Volume 1
- 1970: Neil Merryweather, John Richardson And Boers
- 1970: B.B. King, Turn on to B.B. King (compilation)
- 1970: Guitar Slim Green featuring Johnny and Shuggie Otis, Stone Down Blues
- 1971: The Greatest Hits of B.B. King, Volume 1 (compilation)
- 1971: The Great Roy Milton, Roots Of Rock, Vol. 1 (compilation)
- 1971: Z.Z. Hill's Greatest Hits: Dues Paid in Full (compilation)
- 1973: B.B. King, The Original Sweet Sixteen (compilation)
Singles
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Catalog No.
!Release
date
!US
!US
R&B
!Single (A-side, B-side)
!Artist
|-
| rowspan="2" |315
| rowspan="2" |Oct 1958
|
|16
|"You've Been An Angel"
| rowspan="2" |B.B. King
|-
|
| 9
|"Please Accept My Love"
|-
|330
|Dec 1959
|
| 2
|"Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 1"
<small>b/w "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 2"</small>
|B.B. King
|-
|345
|1960
|
|
|"Roll With Me Henry"
<small>b/w "Good Rockin' Daddy" [reissues]</small>
|Etta James
|-
| rowspan="2" |346
| rowspan="2" |Jul 1960
|
|
|"Good Man Gone Bad"
| rowspan="2" |B.B. King
|-
|
| 8
|"Partin' Time"
|-
|378
|Apr 1962
|
|
|"Drifting"
<small>b/w "Love You Baby"</small>
|Bobby "Blue" Bland, Ike Turner and His Orchestra
|-
|393
|May 1964
|34
|12
|"Rock Me Baby"
<small>b/w "I Can't Lose"</small>
|B.B. King
|-
|394
|Apr 1964
|
|
|"Dust My Blues (I Believe)"
<small>b/w "Happy Home"</small>
|Elmore James and The Broom Dusters
|-
| rowspan="2" |396
| rowspan="2" |Aug 1964
|107
|
|"You're Gonna Miss Me"
| rowspan="2" |B.B. King
|-
|110
|15
|"Let Me Love You"
|-
|402
|Oct 1964
|95
|
|"I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)"
<small>b/w "My Baby Now"</small>
|Ike & Tina Turner
|-
|409
|Nov 1964
|
|
|"Please, Please, Please"
<small>b/w "Am I A Fool In Love"</small>
|Ike & Tina Turner
|-
|424
|1965
|
|
|"Before Day (Big Mama's Blues)"
<small>b/w "Me and My Chauffeur"</small>
|Big Mama Thornton
|-
|431
|Nov 1965
|
|11
|"Black Nights"
<small>b/w "Little Angel"</small>
|Lowell Fulson
|-
|456
|Jul 1970
|
|
|"Please, Please, Please - Pt. 1"
<small>b/w "Please, Please, Please - Pt. 2"</small>
|Ike & Tina Turner
|-
|4520
|1970
|
|
|"You Must Live It"
<small>b/w "Are You Ready"</small>
|Merryweather
|-
|4522
|Apr 1970
|
|
|"Shop Around"
<small>b/w "Lucille"</small>
|Momma And Pappa Rock'n Family (with Neil Merryweather)
|-
|4538
|Jan 1971
|
|
|"The Hunter"
<small>b/w "Long Handled Shovel"</small>
|Pacific Gas & Electric
|-
|4547
|May 1971
|86
|30
|"I Need Someone (To Love Me)"
<small>b/w "Oh Darling"</small>
|Z.Z. Hill
|}
See also
- List of record labels
- Kent Records artists