# Exclusive Records

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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name          = Exclusive Records
| image         = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| parent        = <!-- parent company, such as "[Warner Music Group](/source/Warner_Music_Group)" -->
| founded      = {{start date|1944}}
| founder       = [Leon René](/source/Leon_Ren%C3%A9)
| fate            = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct       = {{end date|1950}}
| status         = Defunct
| distributor   = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre         = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [blues](/source/blues), [gospel](/source/gospel_music), [R&B](/source/R%26B)
| country       = U.S.
| location      = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| url             = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}

'''Exclusive Records''' was a record label established by [Leon René](/source/Leon_Ren%C3%A9), which existed from 1944 to 1950.

==History==
Exclusive Records was established by Leon René in Los Angeles<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book| last1=Rye|first1=Howard| 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=732|volume=1|edition=2nd}}</ref> in 1944 and ceased operations in January 1950.<ref>The Vocal Group Harmony Website,[http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/At_Least.htm Herb Jeffries and Three Shades of Rhythm]. Retrieved 2012-03-12.</ref> [Buddy Baker](/source/Buddy_Baker_(composer)) was the music director. The label's roster included music by [Lucky Thompson](/source/Lucky_Thompson),<ref name="New Grove" /> the Basin Street Boys, the Ceele Burke Orchestra, Edgar Hayes & His Stardusters, [Herb Jeffries](/source/Herb_Jeffries), Rickey Jordan, [Jack McVea](/source/Jack_McVea) & His Orchestra, [Mabel Scott](/source/Mabel_Scott), Frantic Fay Thomas,<ref>The Vocal Group Harmony Website, [http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/ImInTown.htm Previous single artist record of the week--from the collection of Paul Ressler]. Retrieved 2012-03-17.</ref> [Joe Liggins](/source/Joe_Liggins) & His Honeydrippers,<ref>Be Bop Wino, [http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.ca/2009/02/joe-liggins-honeydripper_13.html Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper], February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-01.</ref> and [Johnny Moore's Three Blazers](/source/Johnny_Moore's_Three_Blazers) with [Charles Brown](/source/Charles_Brown_(musician)).<ref>Dave Penny, [http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/johnny_moore.htm Biography of Johnny Moore]; Black Cat Rockabilly Europe. Retrieved 2012-03-31.</ref>

Leon René and his brother [Otis René](/source/Otis_Ren%C3%A9), who owned [Excelsior Records](/source/Excelsior_Records),<ref name="New Grove" /> purchased a shellac record pressing plant, but when the format changed from [78 rpm to 45 rpm](/source/Gramophone_record), their old equipment could not press the new smaller vinyl discs, and both labels went out of business.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

In 1951, Leon René started up [Class Records](/source/Class_Records) with his son, musician [Googie René](/source/Googie_Rene). They formed [Rendezvous Records](/source/Rendezvous_Records) with new partners in 1958.

==Roster==
* [Big Jay McNeely](/source/Big_Jay_McNeely)
* [Buddy Baker](/source/Buddy_Baker_(composer)) Orchestra
* Ceele Burke Orchestra
* Charles Lind
* [Dan Burley](/source/Dan_Burley) & His Skiffle Boys
* Doye O'Dell
* [Edgar Hayes](/source/Edgar_Hayes) & His Stardusters
* [Ernie Andrews](/source/Ernie_Andrews)
* [Four Hits and a Miss](/source/Four_Hits_and_a_Miss)
* [Frances Wayne](/source/Frances_Wayne)
* Frank Haywood
* ["Frantic" Fay Thomas](/source/%22Frantic%22_Fay_Thomas)
* Gladys Watts
* [Herb Jeffries](/source/Herb_Jeffries)
* [Jack McVea](/source/Jack_McVea) & His Orchestra
* Jimmie Hudson
* [Joe Liggins](/source/Joe_Liggins) & His Honeydrippers
* Joe Swift (with [Johnny Otis](/source/Johnny_Otis) & His Orchestra)
* [Johnny Moore's Three Blazers](/source/Johnny_Moore's_Three_Blazers)
* Les Robinson Orchestra
* [Mabel Scott](/source/Mabel_Scott)
* Paul Martin Orchestra
* Pete Peterson Orchestra
* Prince Cooper Trio
* [Rafael Méndez](/source/Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez) Orchestra
* [Red Callender](/source/Red_Callender) Trio
* [Redd Harper](/source/Redd_Harper)
* Rickey Jordan
* [Smokey Hogg](/source/Smokey_Hogg)
* Steve Miller's Four Barons
* Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys
* The Basin Street Boys
* [The Dixieaires](/source/The_Dixieaires)
* [The Famous Ward Singers of Philadelphia](/source/Clara_Ward)
* The Gay Sisters of Chicago
* [The Sallie Martin Singers](/source/Sallie_Martin)
* WMA Soul Stirrers of Houston

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/georgeblood?and%5B%5D=publisher:exclusive Exclusive Records] on the Internet Archive's [http://great78.archive.org/ Great 78 Project]

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Category:American jazz record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1944
Category:Record labels disestablished in 1950

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