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Red Bird Records was started by American pop music songwriters In 1952 the song writing team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller had their first hit with Charlies Brown’s “Hard Times”. In 1953 they formed Spark Records for the singing group The Robins. It was all on the West Coast, but when The Robbins had a hit with “Smokey Joe’s Café” and got nationwide distribution by Atlantic, who even bought Spark Records, the song writing team moved to New York. The remains of The Robbins became The Coasters, who had several hits written by Leiber & Stoller. All
was in the R&B genre. Then they moved to the new Rock and Roll wave and Elvis started to record their songs. Most well known is perhaps “Jailhouse Rock”. While connected to Atlantic Leiber & Stoller wrote songs for Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Clyde McPhatter and LaVern Baker. Then they were asked to help resurrect The Drifter’s career. Later on it led to the solo career of Ben E. King the lead singer. A young
Phil Spector was the producer overseen by Leiber & Stoller. In 1962 they split with Atlantic over disagreement about their royalty. They often only got 2 cents a record for producing and writing. Jerry Leiber is cited for saying: “Why should we settle for two cents when we could have our own record company and get twenty-one cents?” So – in November 1963 - they formed a new record company with two labels: Daisy and Tiger. They got Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich to produce and write. Leiber & Stoller were still producing and writing for other companies. In 1964 they started a third label: RED BIRD and hit the # 1 in April 1964 with the second release: The Dixie Cups with “Chapel of Love”. Later they even added a fourth label: Blue Cat. In April 1966 Leiber & Stoller sold RED BIRD and Blue Cat for 1$, just to get out of it. They were clever enough to hold on to the publishing rights! A total of 83 releases were made.Manufactured And Distributed By PYE Records in the UK.  Former Address A.T.V House, Great Cumberland Place, London, W.1. The discography below cover UK & USA releases.

  
64 Dixie Cups  Chapel Of Love   RED BIRD RB 10 001
64 The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City RED BIRD RB 10 002
64 Jelly Beans I Wanna Love Him So Bad  RED BIRD RB 10 003
64 Chi-Chi Mc Cauley I Know He Loves Me  RED BIRD RB 10 004
64 The Rockaways Top Down Time  RED BIRD RB 10 005
64 Dixie Cups People Say RED BIRD RB 10 006
64 The Honeyman Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt)  RED BIRD RB 10 007
64 Shangri-Las Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) RED BIRD RB 10 008
64 Butterflys Goodnight Baby RED BIRD RB 10 009
64 Alvin Robinson Down Home Girl RED BIRD RB 10 010
64 Jelly Beans Baby Be Mine RED BIRD RB 10 011
64 Dixie Cups No True Love RED BIRD RB 10 012
64 Roger Mudslinger Election Year 1964 - Part 1  RED BIRD RB 10 013
65 Shangri-Las Leader Of The Pack RED BIRD RB 10 014
65 Barry Mann Talk To Me Baby  RED BIRD RB 10 015
65 The Butterflys I Wonder  RED BIRD RB 10 016
65 Dixie Cups Little Bell RED BIRD RB 10 017
65 Shangri-Las Give Him A Great Big Kiss RED BIRD RB 10 018
65 Shangri-Las Maybe RED BIRD RB 10 019
65 Trade Winds New York'S A Lonely Town RED BIRD RB 10 020
65 Joy Roddie Come Back Baby RED BIRD RB 10 021
65 Jimmy Rice The Grass Is Always Greener  RED BIRD RB 10 022
65 Steve Rossi I'Ll Set My Love To Music  RED BIRD RB 10 023
65 Dixie Cups Iko Iko RED BIRD RB 10 024
65 Shangri-Las Out In The Street RED BIRD RB 10 025
65 Jeff Barry I'Ll Still Love You  RED BIRD RB 10 026
65 Jimmy Rice Or Not At All  RED BIRD RB 10 027
65 The Trade Winds The Girl From Greenwich Village  RED BIRD RB 10 028
65 Steve Rossi Nobody But You  RED BIRD RB 10 029
65 Shangri-Las Give Us Your Blessing RED BIRD RB 10 030
65 Roddie Joy The La La Song  RED BIRD RB 10 031
65 Dixie Cups Gee The Moon Is Shining RED BIRD RB 10 032
65 The Trade Winds Summertime Girl  RED BIRD RB 10 033
65 Ellie Greenwich You Don'T Know  RED BIRD RB 10 034
65 Steve Rossi Try To Remember  RED BIRD RB 10 035
65 Shangri-Las Right Now & Not Later RED BIRD RB 10 036
65 Roddie Joy If There'S Anything Else That You Want (Let Me Know) RED BIRD RB 10 037
65 Tony Jackson Stage Door  RED BIRD RB 10 038
65 Sidney Barnes You'Ll Always Be In Style  RED BIRD RB 10 039
65 Andy Kim I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby)  RED BIRD RB 10 040
65 Orpheus My Life RED BIRD RB 10 041
66 Cross Jimmie Super Duper RED BIRD RB 10 042
66 Shangri-Las I Can Never Go Home Anymore  RED BIRD RB 10 043
66 Tawny Reed Needle In A Haystack  RED BIRD RB 10 044
66 Murray The "K" It'S What'S Happenin' Baby  RED BIRD RB 10 045
66 The Poets Merry Christmas Baby  RED BIRD RB 10 046
66 John Hammond I Can Tell  RED BIRD RB 10 047
66 Shangri-Las Long Live Our Love RED BIRD RB 10 048
66 Justin Hayward London Is Behind Me  RED BIRD RB 10 049
66 Herman Grimes Thought I Had It Made  RED BIRD RB 10 050
66 Ral Donner It Will Only Make You Love Me More  RED BIRD RB 10 051
66 The Frugal Sound Norwegian Wood  RED BIRD RB 10 052
66 Shangri-Las He Cried RED BIRD RB 10 053
66 Sidney Barnes I Hurt On The Other Side  RED BIRD RB 10 054
66 The Insiders I'M Stuck On You  RED BIRD RB 10 055
66 Unreleased RED BIRD RB 10 056
66 Ral Donner Love Isn'T Like That  RED BIRD RB 10 057
66 Dickie Goodman Batman And His Grandmother RED BIRD RB 10 058
66 Kane & Abel He Will Break Your Heart  RED BIRD RB 10 059
66 The New York Sounds Good Lovin'  RED BIRD RB 10 060
66 The Ramblers Oh What Can I Do  RED BIRD RB 10 061
66 The Silence Hey, You Lolita  RED BIRD RB 10 062
66 Unreleased RED BIRD RB 10 063
66 The Fifth Estate Love Is All A Game  RED BIRD RB 10 064
66 The Young Generation The Hideaway  RED BIRD RB 10 065
66 006 Like What, Me Worry  RED BIRD RB 10 066
66 Greg & The Unknowns  Oscillaton/Red Beats  RED BIRD RB 10 067
66 Shangri-Las Past Present And Future RED BIRD RB 10 068
66 Seven Of Us How Could You  RED BIRD RB 10 069
66 Joe Nardone'S All Stars Shake A Hand  RED BIRD RB 10 070
66 Bobby Mooreand The Formosts  It Was A Lie   RED BIRD RB 10 071
66 The Do'S And The Don'Ts I Wonder If She Loves Me  RED BIRD RB 10 072
66 Charlie Stone Doctor Seven  RED BIRD RB 10 073
66 The Shaggy Boys Stop The Clock  RED BIRD RB 10 074
66 Shanan Vale Little Girl (You'll Want Me Someday) RED BIRD RB 10 075
66 The Secrets Every Day  RED BIRD RB 10 076
66 Unreleased RED BIRD RB 10 077
66 The Four-Evers You Never Had It So Good  RED BIRD RB 10 078
66 Billy Soll The Bells  RED BIRD RB 10 079
66 Seven Of Us Jamboree  RED BIRD RB 10 080
66 Unreleased RED BIRD RB 10 081
67 The Five Cards Stud Be-Bop-A-Lula  RED BIRD RB 10 082
67 Odds And Ends Never Learn  RED BIRD RB 10 083
  
Jimmy Justice Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes BLUE CAT BC 101
The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City / Kicked Around BLUE CAT BC 102
Little Joseph The Story Of Christmas BLUE CAT BC 103
Alvin Robinson Something You Got / Searchin' BLUE CAT BC 104
Bruce Forsyth Real Live Girl  BLUE CAT BC 105
Banks Bassie Go Now RED BIRD BC 106
The Soul Brothers Keep It Up BLUE CAT BC 107
Alvin Robinson How Can I Get Over You / I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You BLUE CAT BC 108
Not Issued BLUE CAT BC 109
The Regents  Me And You BLUE CAT BC 110
Ronnie Mitchell Having A Party BLUE CAT BC 111
Sam Hawkins Hold On Baby / Bad As They Come BLUE CAT BC 112
Alvin Robinson Bottom Of My Soul / Let The Good Times Roll BLUE CAT BC 113
The Ad Libs He Ain't No Angel / Ask Anybody  BLUE CAT BC 114
The Bouquets Welcome To My Heart BLUE CAT BC 115
The Fenways Hard Road Ahead / The Fight  BLUE CAT BC 116
The Goodies The Dum Dum Ditty  BLUE CAT BC 117
Sands Evie Take Me For A Little While RED BIRD  BC 118
The Ad Libs On The Corner BLUE CAT BC 119
Bubbles And Co. Underneath My Pillow / Just One Girl BLUE CAT BC 120
Sam Hawkins I Know It's All Right / It Hurts So Bad (Drip Drop) BLUE CAT BC 121
Evie Sands I Can't Let Go BLUE CAT BC 122
The Ad Libs I'm Just A Down Home Girl / Johnny My Boy BLUE CAT BC 123
Newby I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree BLUE CAT BC 124
Sidney Barnes I Hurt On The Other Side / Switchy Walk ? BLUE CAT BC 125
Charles Brandy I Can't Get Enough Of You BLUE CAT BC 126
Tiny Tim April Showers / Little Girl BLUE CAT BC 127
Linda Jones Fugitive From Love BLUE CAT BC 128
Didi Noel Let The Music Play  BLUE CAT BC 129
Eddie Jacobs I'll Be Right Back BLUE CAT BC 130
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