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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Chess Records, Fortune Records, Tear Drop Records, Dot Records, Vee-Jay Records, Norton Records, Sound Stage 7, Imperial Records, Jamie Records, Arena Rock Recording Company, Cryptovision Records, Charly Records, Bear Family Records, Holiday Records, Monument Records, Specialty Records, Capri Records, Coral Records, Rust Nashville, P-Vine Records, Aladdin Records, Ironworks, Alta Records, Josie Records, Del-Fi Records, Ace of Hearts Records, Sandy Records, Enjoy Records, Rendezvous Records, Janus Records, Orfeon, Gone Records. Excerpt: Fortune Records was a family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label. Original releases tapered off after 1972 aside from a few LPs in the mid 1980s. Fortune specialized in R&B, blues, soul and doo-wop music, although the label also released pop, big band, hillbilly, gospel, rock 'n' roll, and even polka records. Fortune released some classic doo-wop tunes by Nolan Strong & The Diablos, such as "The Wind" (Fortune 511, 1954), "The Way You Dog Me Around" (Fortune 518, 1955), and "Mind Over Matter" (Fortune 546, 1962). Other notable artists on Fortune included John Lee Hooker, Andre Williams, and Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights (whose release, "Village of Love," on both Fortune 545 and United Artists 449 in the spring of 1962, was perhaps its most popular release; it reached No. 22 pop and No. 16 R&B on the Billboard chart). "Village of Love" also made the Top Ten in local radio station surveys in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Of course, it was No. 1 in Detroit. Prior to "Village of Love," Fortune's biggest-selling record was likely "Bacon Fat" (Fortune 831 and Epic 9196, late 1956) by Andre Williams and His New Group, which featured Willi...