Albert Green (also known as A. B. Green ) was an American record industry executive, and founder and president of National Records .
3-613: National Records was a record label that was started in New York City by Albert Green in 1945 and lasted until early 1951. Big Joe Turner was signed at the beginning and remained until 1947. Billy Eckstine was also a big seller for the label as were The Ravens . Eileen Barton had a hit with " If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake ", which was No. 1 for 10 weeks. Working as A&R men were Lee Magid , Bob Shad , Jesse Stone and Herb Abramson . Abramson went to Jubilee and then co-founded Atlantic with Ahmet Ertegun . From
6-424: A plastic pressing plant. During World War II , his factory switched from producing toilet seat covers to producing plastic records - which had previously been made from shellac. Seeing that the real money was in producing records and not knowing anything about the business, he hired Sylvia Langler (later his wife), who had experience in the industry. In 1944, he founded National Records and hired Herb Abramson ,
9-566: The beginning Dick Thomas was their foremost country and western artist, best remembered for his " Sioux City Sue " (1945). In 1953, National began distribution arrangements with Jubilee Records . National's masters were owned by Savoy , which later reissued many of them. Al Green (record producer) Green was born in Chicago where he worked as a union organizer for the Painters Union. He moved to Phillipsburg, New Jersey where he owned
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