Tempo Records (US)

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Tempo Records was a mid-20th century United States–based record label headquartered in Hollywood, California. It was run by Irving Fogel.{{cite web|title=3 Foreign Distribs Lined Up by Temp|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=4 April 1953|publisher=Billboard|pages=18–}}{{cite news |last1=Bahrampour |first1=Tara |title=Leo Sarkisian, who brought African music to listeners around the world, dies at 97 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/leo-sarkisian-who-brought-african-music-to-listeners-around-the-world-dies-at-97/2018/06/30/612b9bae-7a47-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=29 September 2018 |date=8 June 2018}} Tempo bridged the 78 rpm, 45 rpm and 33⅓ rpm generations, releasing discs in all three formats.{{cite book|title=Tempo Upping 45's|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=4 February 1950|publisher=Billboard|pages=47–}}

Tempo's roster included jazz harpist Robert Maxwell,{{cite book|title=Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xx0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=9 December 1950|publisher=Billboard|pages=17–}} pianist Mel Henke,{{cite book|title=Tempo Features Briggs's Flute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT14|accessdate=14 November 2022|date=8 October 1949|publisher=Billboard|pages=14–}} cornetist Doc Evans, clarinetist Sid Phillips, Novachord virtuoso Lloyd Sloop, violinist Joe Venuti, Hammond organist Herb Kern,{{cite book|title=Philco Places 500G Order As Freebies to Distribs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=28 April 1951|publisher=Billboard|pages=16–}} and pianist Ben Light.{{cite book|title=Light Signs 4-Year Paper with Capitol|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=1 March 1952|publisher=Billboard|pages=18–}}

Tempo released the 1949 version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Brother Bones and His Shadows which was used as the theme song for the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.{{cite web |last1=Coulter |first1=Bruce |title=Leo and Mary Sarkisian of Tewksbury captured sights and sounds around the globe |url=http://tewksbury.wickedlocal.com/article/20151114/NEWS/151118348 |website=Tewksbury Advocate |accessdate=29 September 2018 |date=14 November 2015}}