Scepter Records
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Scepter Records was started in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a subsidiary Wand Records. In 1976 Florence Greenberg decided to retire from the business and sold her record labels to Springboard International. When Springboard went bankrupt, Gusto Records acquired the catalog.
Scepter and Wand remain known for releasing The Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, Lenny Miles, Dionne Warwick, B.J. Thomas, Joe Jeffrey, The Buoys, and others.
They were also one of the earliest record labels to release 12-inch singles intended for the nascent disco market. (Vince Aletti, 1975)
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