1 hit with " Green Tambourine", produced by Paul Leka, in February 1968. However, it was The Lemon Pipers who gave Buddah its first No. īuddah initially made its mark as a bubblegum pop music label, with Ohio Express, the 1910 Fruitgum Company and Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus. Kass and Bogart also brought along the promotion department of Cameo-Parkway, which was shutting down. Buddah's first single was "Yes, We Have No Bananas"/"The Audition" by the Mulberry Fruit Band the label's first album was Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. Bogart quickly enlisted Cameo-Parkway producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz, the Ohio Express (a band signed to Kasenetz's and Katz's Super K Productions firm), and ex-Cameo artists the Five Stairsteps into the new label. Bogart had been an MGM General Manager in the early 1960s before taking a VP/Sales Director position at Cameo-Parkway Records. Kass brought in 24-year-old Neil Bogart to oversee Buddah's daily operations. Kama Sutra's head, Art Kass, ultimately grew dissatisfied with his distribution deal with MGM and founded Buddah Records in 1967, with his Kama Sutra partners, Artie Ripp, Hy Mizrahi, Phil Steinberg, and (allegedly) Italian mobster John "Sonny" Franzese. Kama Sutra Records helped bolster MGM Records's profits during 19, primarily due to the success of Kama Sutra's flagship artists The Lovin' Spoonful. In addition to the Buddah imprint, the company distributed many other independent labels, including Kama Sutra Records (after Kama Sutra cut their distribution ties with MGM in 1969), Curtom Records ( Curtis Mayfield), T-Neck Records (the Isley Brothers), Charisma Records ( Genesis, Monty Python), Sussex Records ( Bill Withers), Hot Wax Records ( Holland-Dozier-Holland post- Motown productions) and smaller subsidiaries.
Buddah handled a variety of music genres, including bubblegum pop (the Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum Company), folk rock ( Melanie), experimental music ( Captain Beefheart), and soul ( Gladys Knight & the Pips). The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding.
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