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"JAD Records for decades was Joe Armone, head of one of the biggest crime families in America" "Sims and Johnny Nash left America for Jamaica in 1966, reputedly to escape the FBI." https://
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It was Odell Bailey who sent Chuck Corby & his then group (Four Plus One) to Golden World in Detroit to cut the songs Chuck had written -- “Man Loves Two” & “Happy Go Lucky”.
JAD Records was a record label that was co-owned by Johnny Nash, producer Arthur Jenkins, and businessman Danny Sims, whose initials formed its logo.
JAD Records Co. Inc. was located 221 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. They cut lots of their tracks @ Broadway Recording Studio (1697 Broadway, NY).
Johnny Nash had been in the recording biz a long time; his 1st US 45 escaping in 1956, with his 1st UK release following in 1957 (Ladder Of Love on HMV). He went through lots of style changes & had releases on many US labels (ABC, Warners, Groove, Argo, Cadet, Atlantic, MGM, Epic). He first started Joda in 65 with Jad following in 68 (they also used the Jomada & Jocida label names).
You'd think with a long musical pedigree, his big hits around the world, his connections in the biz (Lloyd Price, Howard Tate, Kim Weston, Don Covay & many more) + his links with reggae / Bob Marley from 1968, that everything would be known about his career / his recording work. BUT there a large gaps in knowledge right thru his time in the biz -- 1953 thru to 2006. He was born in Houston & initially made his name on a TV show in 1953. He was recording from 1957 and also made a name for himself as an actor.
The period I'm focusing on here are his Joda & Jad days; 1965 to 1970. He was working out of New York & (then) Jamaica / New York in that period, collaborating with the likes of Arthur Jenkins, Gerry Thomas (of the Fatback Band) and others. For Jocida, he signed & recorded Pittsburgh based (white) jazz organist Gene Ludwig. How that connection came about I'm totally in the dark about. He also signed better known names to his labels' Lloyd Price, Howard Tate, Kim Weston, Gloria Gaynor, Rosco Gordon, Larry Santos, Johnny Daye, Sam & Bill, Bill Johnson (half of Sam & Bill), the Jamaican artists, etc. But lots of 'unknowns' also had releases on his labels -- Vic & Joe, Joe Richardson (Groundhog), the Jodarettes & the Joda Orchestra (both probably just studio based outfits).
Before being signed to Jocida, Gene Ludwig had been a constant on the Pittsburgh club / recording scene (mainly on the jazz side of things. But he must have collaborated with some of the other acts that recorded for the same local labels as himself -- acts such as Curtis & the Showstoppers for instance.
Anyone here shed light on some of the lesser known details from this period ?
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