Velvet Tone Records

{{Short description|American record label}}

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{{Infobox record label

| name = Velvet Tone Records

| image = VelvetTone.jpg

| caption = Label of a Velvet Tone Record, c. 1928, featuring Rudy Vallee

| parent = Columbia Records

| founded = {{start date|1925}}

| defunct = {{end date|1932}}

| genre = Jazz

| country = U.S.

| location =

}}

Velvet Tone Records was an American record label that was founded by Columbia Records in 1925 and closed in 1932.{{cite book|editor1-last=Kernfeld|editor1-first=Barry|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz|date=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1-56159-284-6|page=172|volume=3|edition=2nd}} Velvet Tone featured material identical to that of Columbia's two other low price labels, Harmony Records and Diva Records (and after Diva was discontinued, Clarion Records).Allan Sutton: Directory of American Disc Record Brands and Manufacturers, 1891–1943 (Westport & London, 1994)

Popular culture

  • In Frank Capra's 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, Mary can be seen playing a record with a "Velvet Tone" label on the phonograph. A close examination reveals that it is "Buffalo Gals" performed by "Arthur Black and His Orchestra". However, the label's design is inconsistent with actual Velvet Tone labels. The prop record is a nod towards the film's assistant director, Arthur Black.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmHy_hRiEGsC&q=velvet+tone+it%27s+a+wonderful+life&pg=PA45|title=The Essential It's A Wonderful Life: A Scene-by-Scene Guide to the Classic Film|isbn=9781569764282|last1=Willian|first1=Michael|date=October 2006|publisher=Chicago Review Press, Incorporated }}

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