Tangerine Records (1963)

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Tangerine Records was a record label owned by Ray Charles between 1963 and 1973. During that time he was under contract to ABC-Paramount Records and used them as distributors for Tangerine. In 1973 Charles left ABC and he closed Tangerine and started Crossover records. Early singles labels were orange and later became black, red and white.

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The Raelettes had many releases that sold well, Louis Jordan was also signed as were Ike and Tina Turner, Percy Mayfield and The Ohio Players. Many of the later recordings are now sought after in "Northern Soul" cicles.