Apex Records
{{Short description|Canadian record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Apex Records (Canada)
| image = ApexEverly.jpg
| image_size =
| parent = Compo Company
| founded = {{Start date|1921}}
| founder =
| fate =
| defunct = {{End date|1980}}
| status = Defunct
| distributor = Decca Records
MCA Records
| genre = Pop
| country = Canada
}}
Apex Records was a Canadian record label owned by the Compo Company which lasted as late as 1980.
Compo established the Apex label in July 1921 in Toronto. It released American recordings from Okeh Records and Gennett Records, among others. It also released recordings by Canadian artists for both the Anglophone and Francophone communities.
After Compo began a distribution arrangement with Decca Records (USA) in 1935, the Apex name was dropped. Apex was revived in 1942 to market Canadian recordings. American Decca bought Compo in 1951. In 1952, Apex resumed issuing American recordings from the various independent American record companies which were established after World War II. Compo was renamed MCA Records (Canada) in 1970, retaining the Apex label for Francophone recordings for a few years before phasing out the label. MCA Canada formally abandoned the trademark in 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/cipo/trademarks/search/viewTrademark.do;jsessionid=0000dlMMXGQaYJbAxYVaThVhfgI:1247nfca5?language=eng&fileNumber=0452273&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=1|title=Search - Canadian Trademarks Database - Intellectual property and copyright - Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada}}
Discography of 45 rpm singles (incomplete)
Listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name:
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Artist
!Catalogue # !Lead single !B-side Single |
|---|
| Al Alberts
|76833 |"Till Then" |"Blue O'Clock In The Morning" |
| Andy Williams
|76577 |"Summer Love' |
| Andy Williams
|76627 |"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" |"The Village of Saint Bernadette" |
| Archie Bleyer
|76697 |"Mustafa" |"Jimmie's Blues" |
| Bill Hayes
|76057 |"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" |"Farewell" |
| Bill Justis
|76208 |"Raunchy" |"Midnight Man" |
| Bobby Vinton
|76822 |"You're My Girl" |
| The Bobbettes
|76849 |"Teddy" |"Row Row Row" |
| The Bobbettes
|76899 |"My Mama Said" |"Sandman" |
| Brenda & The Tabulations
|77037 |"The Wash" |
| Brother Dave Gardner
|76166 |"Fat Charlie" |
| Buchanan Brothers
|77097 |"Medicine Man Part 2" |
| Buckstone Hardware
|77098 |"Pack It In" |"You're Still Feelin' Better" |
| Buddy Knox
|76229 |"Whenever I'm Lonely" |
| The Original Casuals
|76241 |"So Tough" |"I Love My Darling" |
| Champs
|76643 |"Twenty Thousands Leagues" |
| Champs
|76702 |"Alley Cat" |
| Champs
|76843 |"Mr. Cool" |"3/4 Mash" |
| Champs
|76912 |"Switzerland" |"Only the Young" |
| The Chancellors
|76950 |"YoYo" |
| The Chancellors
|76970 |"So Fine" |"I'm a Man" |
| Chordettes
|76068 |"Humming Bird" |"I Told A Lie" |
| Chordettes
|76090 |"Love Never Changes" |
| Chordettes
|76099 |"Lay Down Your Arms" |
| Chordettes
|76290 |"Zorro" |"Love Is A Two-Way Street" |
| Chordettes
|76693 |"A Broken Vow" |"All My Sorrows" |
| Christopher Kearney
|77113 |"Long Old Train" |
| Cleftones
|76094 |"Neki-Hokey" |
| Counts
|76994 |"Searchin'" |
| Dave "Baby" Cortez
|76828 |"Fiesta" |"Hey Hey Hey" |
| Del Shannon
|76883 |"Now She's Gone" |
| Dickey Lee
|76941 |"Big Brother" |
| Dickie Goodman
|76819 |"Ben Crazy" |"Flip Side" |
| Doc Burch
|76439 |(unknown) |
| Ritchie Valens
|76472 |"That's My Little Suzie" |"In A Turkish Town" |
| Don Abraham/The Ambassadors
|76798 |"International Twist" |
| Donna Loren
|76839 |"I'm In Love With the Ticket Taker at The Bijou Movie" |"I'm Gonna Be All Right" |
| Donna Loren
|76867 |"Dream World" |"(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" |
| Donna Loren
|76881 |"I'm Gonna Be All Right" |"Johnny's Got Something" |
| Everly Brothers
|76191 |"Maybe Tomorrow" |
| Everly Brothers
|76392 |"Problems" |"Love Of My Life" |
| Ritchie Valens
|76530 |"Little Girl" |
| Everly Brothers
|76570 |"Oh, What a Feeling" |
| Everly Brothers
|76644 |"Let It Be Me" |"Since You Broke My Heart" |
| Frankie Lymon
|76427 |"No Matter What You've Done" |
| Gene Summers and his Rebels
|76278 |
| Gene Summers and his Rebels
|76306 |"Nervous" |
| The Harptones
|76111 |"Three Wishes" |"That's The Way It Goes" |
| The Hollywood Flames
|76222 |"Crazy" |
| J-Double-R (HipHop Artist Canadian & Usa)
|76636 |"Soo City" |"Hip-Hop Re'Birth" |
| Jerry Wallace
|76954 | "You're Driving You Out of My Mind" |"Helpless" |
| Jimmie Rodgers
|76283 |"Secretly" |
| Jimmie Rodgers
|76390 |"Tucumcari" |"The Night You Became Seventeen" |
| Jimmie Rodgers
|76391 |"Bimbombey" |"You Understand Me" |
| Jimmie Rodgers
|76510 |"Wonderful You" |
| Jimmy Bowen
|76149 |"Warm Up to Me Baby" |
| Jimmy Dean
|76022 |"Release Me" |"Sweet Darling" |
| Johnny Thunder
|76842 |"Loop de Loop" |"Don't Be Ashamed" |
| Kirby St. Romaine
|76872 |"Bambola" |"Empty Arms Again" |
| Kirby Stone Four
|76180 |"S'Wonderful" |"Raven" |
| Maymie & Robert
|76164 |"Parting Tears" |
| The Penguins
|76056 |"Earth Angel" |"Hey Senorita" |
| The Playmates
|76380 |"Beep Beep" |"Your Love" |
| The Raftsmen
|76886 |"Kelligrew's Soiree" |
| The Regents
|76761 |"Runaround" |"Laura My Darling" |
| Ritchie Valens
|76402 |"Donna" |"La Bamba" |
| The Rock-A-Teens
|76591 |"Woo-Hoo" |"Untrue" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76021 |"Cry" |"Autumn Rhapsody" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76923 |"Say You" |"Let Me Stay Today" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76935 | "Right or Wrong" |"Baby, Put Your Arms Around Me" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76956 |"One Kiss for Old Times' Sake" |"Bluebird" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76966 |"If I Live to Be a Hundred" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76974 |"I Had to Let You Go" |"I'll Make All Your Dreams Come True" |
| Ronnie Dove
|76983 |"Kiss Away" |"Where In The World" |
| Ronnie Dove
|77003 |"Long After" |
| Ronnie Dove
|77007 |"I Really Don't Want To Know" |"Years of Tears" |
| Ronnie Dove
|77032 |"All" |
| Ronnie Hawkins
|76499 |"Forty Days" |"One of These Days" |
| Shirley & Lee
|76102 |"Do You Mean to Hurt Me" |
| The Trashmen
|76894 |"Surfin' Bird" |"King Of The Surf" |
| Wayne Newton
|76913 |"Born When You Kissed Me" |
| Vernon Dalhart
|76913 |"The Prisoners Song" |
| Witness Inc.
|77044 |"Girl Before You Go" |
| Witness Inc.
|77063 |"Jezebel" |"Not You Girl" |
| Witness Inc.
|77077 |"Harlem Lady" |"I Put A Spell On You" |
| Witness Inc.
|77087 |"Another Side of Her" |
| Witness Inc.
|77093 |"I've Got To Go" |
| Webb Pierce
|76026 |"Jilted Love" |"I'm Happy You Hurt Me" |
References
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External links
- [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/apex-ca-76000-series.html Apex singles 76000 series]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050505050353/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000771 Compo Company article] in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- [http://www.capsnews.org/barrcom.htm Compo entry in the History of Recorded Sound in Canada]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001065854/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/4/4/m2-3011-e.html Compo entry from Collections Canada]
- [https://www.discogs.com/label/82279-Apex-3 Entry at discogs.com]
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Category:Defunct record labels of Canada
Category:Record labels established in 1921
Category:Record labels disestablished in 1935
Category:Record labels established in 1942
Category:Record labels disestablished in 1980
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