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Artists recording for MANY different labels


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Nobody is likely to beat Lukie D, although there are perhaps features of the Jamaican scene that make his track record less unlikely - especially if combined with digital download only releases.

One soul artist that comes to mind is Donald Height. He released singles between 1960 and 1976 on

King, Soozee, Jubilee, Old Town, Roulette, RCA Victor, Shout, Jubilee, Hurdy-Gurdy, Honey, Bell, Mayhew, Dakar and Soulful Music.

As Don Day Curtis he recorded for ABC-Paramount. As Prince Jefferies he had a release on Old Town.

15 labels in 16 years.

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Ike and Tina Turner spread there selves out a bit label wise ,  Sue , Kent ,  Loma , Tangerine , Sonja  , Warner Bros , Modern , Philles , Cenco , Blue Thumb , Innis , Pompeii , Minit , A&M,  United Artists , and on ........        Again ,Nowhere near the original posts list ,    Gregory Isaacs , Alton Ellis  and Vin Gordon must have all used over a dozen labels each  as well .

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From a UK point of view, a pub conversation raised a similar question about the artist with soul releases on the most UK labels. We came up with 19 labels for Donnie Elbert: Parlophone, Sue, CBS, Polydor, New Wave, Deram, London, Avco, Epic,  Mojo, Jay Boy, RCA, Bradley’s, DJM, Klik, All Platinum, Echo, Sugar Hill, Outta Sight.
If you include the Joe Boy release that is credited to him, you can get to 20.

Does anyone beat Donnie?

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