Eastern Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = Eastern Records

| founded = 1964

| genre =

| parent =

| founder = Juggy Murray

| defunct = 1966

| location = New York, New York, U.S.

| status = Defunct

| distributor = Sue Records

}}

Eastern Records was a subsidiary label of Sue Records, founded by Juggy Murray.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82368180|title=The R & B Indies: An Encyclopedic Exploration of African American Music and Independent Record Labels from 1940 to 1980|last=McGrath, Bob|publisher=Eyeball Productions|year=2007|isbn=9780968644546|volume=2|location=West Vancouver|pages=11|oclc=82368180}} In 1965, the label released the singles "The Real Thing" by Tina Britt which reached #20 on the Billboard R&B chart,{{cite book|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|publisher=Record Research|year=1996|page=46|author-link=Joel Whitburn}} and "Time Waits For No One" by Eddie & Ernie which reached #34 on the R&B chart in 1965.{{Cite magazine|date=February 27, 1965|title=Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-02-27.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=45}}

Partial discography

class="wikitable"

!Catalog

No.

!Release

date

!US

R&B

!Single (A-side, B-side)

!Artist

!Notes

600

|1964

|A: "Baby I'm Leaving You"

B: "When You Get Tired Of Me"

|Geraldine Jones

60-002

|Jun 1964

|A: "Don't Hold Back"

B: "The Swingin' Organ"

|Duke Daniels

|Cash Box review (Jun 13, 1964){{Cite journal|date=June 13, 1964|title=Record Reviews - Newcomer Picks|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-06-13.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=14}}

602

|Dec 1964

|34

|A: "That's The Way It Is"

B: "Time Waits For No One"

|Eddie & Ernie

|B-side charted

604

|Apr 1965

|20

|A: "The Real Thing"

B: "Teardrops Fell (Every Step Of The Way)"

|Tina Britt

|Billboard review (May 1, 1964){{Cite magazine|date=May 1, 1965|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-05-01.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=47}}

609

|Feb 1966

|A: "I Can't Do It (I Just Can't Leave You)"

B: "Lost Friends"

|Eddie & Ernie

|Cash Box review (Feb 12, 1966){{Cite journal|date=February 12, 1966|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-02-12.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=24}}

610

|Jun 1966

|A: "If You've Ever Loved Somebody"

B: "Hello Baby, Goodbye Too"

|Jean Wells

611

|1966

|A: "She's Called A Woman"

B: "Since You've Been Gone So Long"

|Magnificent 7

References

Category:Record labels established in 1964