Sultan Records
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Sultan Recording Company, headquartered in Detroit, was a short-lived label started c. 1946 by Morton Sultan (1921 - 1983).[1]
Its gimmick was "Double-header hits," meaning that two different artists shared each 78 rpm.[1]
As far as is known only three jazz artists recorded for Sultan: Red Saunders, Eddie Wiggins and Sonny Thompson.[2] The only other known Sultan recording is of songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, recorded in Detroit by a synagogue cantor in 1946.[1]
Series 2500
Its three jazz 78s were recorded in Chicago in June 1946:
- 2501 - Side A: "Orientale" (Wiggins) - Eddie Wiggins Sextette - Musicians: Eddie Wiggins (as -2; ob -1); Gene Russell (p); Red Cody (vib); Frank Gassi (eg); Jack Fonda (b); Steve Varela (d).
- 2501 - Side B: "Red, the Be Bop Guy" ("Red" Saunders and His Band, which included an unannounced guest appearance by Buster Bennett) - Musicians: Red Saunders (d, voc, ldr); George "Sonny" Cohn (tp); Joseph "Buster" Bennett (voc, as -1); Nat Jones (as); Leon Washington (ts); Porter Derrico (p); Mickey Sims (b).
- 2502 - Side A: "South Side Boogie" (Thompson) - Sonny Thompson, Prince of the Ivories.
- 2502 - Side B: "Onyx Jump" (Wiggins) - Eddie Wiggins Sextette.
- 2503 - Side A: "Vi, Tell Me Why" (Dean-Saunders) - "Red" Saunders and His Band.
- 2503 - Side B: "Sonny's Boogie" (Thompson) - Sonny Thompson, Prince of the Ivories.
Series 1000
- 1000 - Side A: "Hatikvah"; Side B: "Ich fur Aheim" - Cantor Hyman Adler of Congregation B'nai David in Detroit.
"Hatikvah", sung in Hebrew, would, in two years' time, become the national anthem of Israel, while "Ich fur Aheim" was a Yiddish popular song.[2]