Red Bird Records was a record label founded by American pop music songwriters Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and George Goldner in 1964.[1] Though often thought of as a "girl-group" label, female-led acts made up only 40% of the artist roster on Red Bird and its associated labels (including Blue Cat Records, Tiger and Daisy). However, female-led acts also accounted for more than 90% of the label's charting records.[2]
The label's first release was "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups, which quickly reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat matched later that year by the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack".[3] Eleven of the first 30 singles released by Red Bird reached the Top Forty.
- ^ Betrock, Alan (1982). Girl Groups The Story of a Sound (1st ed.). New York: Delilah Books. pgs. 90-94. ISBN 0-933328-25-7.
- ^ Charles, Don: liner notes to The Girl Group Sound: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits from Red Bird Records, Varese Saradande, 2001. Cat. # 302 066 246-2
- ^ "Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - inductees". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2006-12-02. Retrieved 2006-12-05.