Enjoy Records
{{Short description|American record label}}
Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962{{Cite web|url=http://musicians.about.com/od/indielabels/p/enjoyrecords.htm |title=Enjoy Records Profile |accessdate=26 December 2008 |work=About.com |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115153/http://musicians.about.com/od/indielabels/p/enjoyrecords.htm |archivedate=11 May 2013 }} (archived) through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. in Harlem. Starting with blues, R&B, and rock and roll, the label recorded many of the original old-school hip hop groups and MCs, including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Funky 4+1, Spoonie Gee, and the Treacherous Three, beginning in 1979.Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0753502526}}, p. 110 The label closed down in 1987, although Robinson's shop remained open.
See also
- Everloving Records, a record label that was known as Enjoy Records from 2000-2003.
- The Best of Enjoy! Records, a compilation of hip hop music released by the label
- List of record labels
References
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External links
- {{Discogs label|label=10149-Enjoy-Records}}
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Category:Defunct record labels of the United States
Category:Rock and roll record labels
Category:Rhythm and blues record labels
Category:Hip-hop record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1962
Category:Record labels disestablished in 1987
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