Your Roulette and Calla Records - SHOCKING

[Blackpoolsoul]

I don't know if this has been raised before, but I have been studying the 2 labels and came up with this shocking item

https://gangsterreport.com/the-music-concert-murders-four-on-the-floor-following-mob-backed-maryland-concert-40-years-ago/

[Winsford Soul]

That's a stunning story. Thanks for sharing it. 

Steve 

[Roburt]

Morris Levy & Roulettes close connections to the mob have been well known since the 60's, he really was a piece of work. Guess the HBO tv show will be well worth watching. It's a good thing they decided to host that concert at that location east of DC as nearer to DC are the two top 60's black music venues (Carr's Beach / Sparrow's Beach). If they had used those places, the likes of Rufus Mitchell & the Ru-Jac team could well have ended up the same way (fortunate they had largely fallen out of use in the early 70's).  

Edited August 27, 2018 by Roburt

[Garethx]

Unfortunately the HBO show mentioned, Vinyl, has already been cancelled after one series.

 

A shame as even though it was deeply flawed as a drama it was fascinating for the tiny proportion of the population interested in the machinations of the historical music business. 

 

There are quite a few detailed online histories of Levy and McCalla and their fairly significant roles in the New York mob.