Diva Records

Label of a Diva Record from 1928

Diva Records was a United States based record label from 1925 to 1931. The label was a subsidiary of Columbia Records marketed by the W.T. Grant department store chain. (Columbia's Clarion label, which started up around 1930, seems to have taken Diva's place.)

Diva Records were acoustic through early 1929. The audio fidelity of the post-acoustic records, as well as the pressing quality is above average for the era.

Artists on the label included Irving Kaufman, Annette Hanshaw, The Golden Gate Orchestra, Sammy Fain, "Hobo" Jack Turner, Walter Cummins, The Broadway Bellhops, Tom Clines, Ed Blossom, The Harmonians, The Royal Troubadors, The Bar Harbor Society, Gay Ellis, Tommy Weir, Buck Wilson, Hotel Pennsylvania Music and Vernon Dalhart.

See also

• List of record labels

Sources

• Allan Sutton: Directory of American Disc Record Brands and Manufacturers, 1891-1943 (Westport & London, 1994)