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Los Angeles 1950s overview
Capitol Records was launched in Los Angeles in 1942 in association with the British company EMI and soon became a serious rival to the major New York City-based companies, but no other major label appeared on the West Coast until Warner Brothers launched a record division in 1958. Among the independent labels that sprang up to record local artists and meet the tastes of the city’s rapidly expanding population during the 1940s, Modern, Imperial, Aladdin, and Specialty survived long enough to enjoy pop success in the mid-1950s. While they found the teen market almost by accident—simply by being there and ...(100 of 237 words)