Fraternity Records

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Fraternity Records was a small record label based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was started by Harry Carlson and silent partner Dr. Ashton Welsh in 1954.

The 1967 hit single "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by The Casinos was released on Fraternity. WLWT-TV personality and singer Bob Braun and former Cincinnati radio personalty Shad O'Shea also recorded for the label also which served as the launching pad for many Cincinnati area artists,many of which rose to national attention.

Shad O'Shea purchased the company from Carlson in 1975.

"Hey Conductor" another hit song released in 1967 by Sonny Flaherty and The Mark V was released locally on its subsidiery label Counterpart Records but released nationally on Philips Records, a unit of PolyGram Records.

Applegate Recording Society was also a subsidiery label of Fraternity.

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