Keen Records

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Keen Records was an American independent record label best known for releasing some of Sam Cooke’s early and most influential soul recordings in the late 1950s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Keen Records canonical 6
Keen Records, Inc. 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent record label ⓘ
record label ⓘ
activePeriod late 1950s ⓘ
associatedWith West Coast R&B scene ⓘ
basedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
catalogFocus solo vocalists ⓘ
vocal groups ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distribution independent distribution ⓘ
era pre-Motown soul era ⓘ
format 12-inch LP ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
foundedIn 1957 ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
influenced development of soul music ⓘ
languageOfReleases English ⓘ
locationRegion California ⓘ
market United States record market ⓘ
mediaType vinyl records ⓘ
notableFor releasing early Sam Cooke recordings ⓘ
notableRelease "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" ⓘ
"Only Sixteen" ⓘ
"Summertime" (Sam Cooke) ⓘ
"You Send Me" ⓘ
linked to: You Send Me
parentCompany Keen Records, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Keen Records
releasedAlbum "Encore" (Sam Cooke album) ⓘ
"Sam Cooke" (1958 album) ⓘ
"Tribute to the Lady" (Sam Cooke album) ⓘ
releasedRecordingBy Johnny "Guitar" Watson ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
The Hollywood Flames ⓘ
The Pilgrim Travelers ⓘ
The Soul Stirrers ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timeframeOfSamCookeReleases 1957–1960 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sam Cooke → recordLabel → Keen Records ⓘ
Only Sixteen → originalLabel → Keen Records ⓘ
subject linked to: "Only Sixteen"
Wonderful World → recordLabel → Keen Records ⓘ
subject linked to: "Wonderful World"
Sam Cooke → recordLabel → Keen Records ⓘ
subject linked to: Samuel Cook
You Send Me → recordLabel → Keen Records ⓘ
Keen Records → parentCompany → Keen Records, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Keen Records
Bumps Blackwell → employer → Keen Records ⓘ