Gateway and Big 4 Hits were labels run out of Cincinnati by Carl Burkhardt of Queen City Records — later Rite — from 1952 to 1958. Low-cost alternatives to major label hit singles, these labels were apparently the first of their kind, preceding Enoch Light’s Waldorf Music Hall label by a year or two. Among […]
I visited Earl Fuller’s grave today. I have been living in Lebanon, Ohio for two and a half years and Fuller’s grave is located about 10 miles from where I sit. Yesterday I did a major update to his Wikipedia page, and I may be moving shortly, so it seemed like the right time to […]
Since the ARSC Journal (Vol. 39, 2008) published my The Rainbow Records Discography: 1920-1926 there have been a veritable wealth of discoveries about the label and its history. Founded by Billy Sunday’s songleader, Homer Rodeheaver (1880-1955) in 1920, Rainbow issued mostly small runs of Gospel records covering a wide range of interests and talent. Initially […]
