Golden Crest Records
formerly of
220 Broadway,
Huntington Station,
Long Island, NY,
USA
President: Clark Galehouse
Current owner: Shelley Galehouse Broven
Type of output: rock 'n' roll, teen pop, jazz, R&B, doo wop, classical, comedy, educational and more (1956-84)
Subsidiary of Shelley Products pressing plant
Subsidiary labels: Shelley, Crest, Silver Crest, DeWitt, Yorkshire
Publishing company: CFG Publishing Co. (affiliated to BMI, 1957)
There is still a stock of original vinyl albums available for sale, but no 45s.
Please communicate by email via the contact page (especially for licensing inquiries and LPs); or write to: PO Box 26, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Latest release: "The Best of Golden Crest" double CD (Ace CDCH2 1254). More details.
Latest News
- Many thanks for the many kind messages wishing Shelley continued recovery from her stroke on Nov. 1 2012.
- John Broven’s new article, “Golden Crest Records: The Independent Record Industry Comes To Long Island” was published in the December, 2012, edition of Stony Brook University’s Long Island History Journal. Link.
- The National Flute Association has included four Golden Crest pieces in its Frances Blaisdell CD, “Historic Recordings Series Volume 5” (NFA-5); www.nfaonline.org
- The Golden Crest LPs by Mark Thomas, flute, with Christine Croshaw, piano, have been reissued by Mark Records; www.markcustom.com
- Shelley Records mystery R&B group, Roland Bennett and the Rockin' Whalers, was the subject of an article in the May 2012 issue (No. 269) of Blues & Rhythm magazine by Bennett's niece, Dr. Dina M. Bennett: "Roland Bennett, Sweet Root and the Rockin’ Whalers: A Kansas R&B mystery solved." Their "Money Crazy" is available on "The Best of Golden Crest".
Listen to "Money Crazy"
- The 1963 Dick Heatherton song, “Hey! Travelin’ Man,” included in “Teen Scene!” (Dee-Jay Jamboree), “The Best of Golden Crest” (Ace) and now “That’s Life: 44 Fabulous Crooners” (Universal Holland) is featured in a Volkswagen advertisement in Holland.
Listen to "Hey! Travelin' Man"
We regret that the following Golden Crest artists have died in recent times:
Kent Morrill, the Wailers’ great vocalist and pianist. Please see The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA obituary, “Fabulous Wailers vocalist Kent Morrill was singing to the end.”
Gino (of Gino & the Dells). See artists section, below, for career overview with sound clips of his group doo wop classic, “Altar Of Dreams,” and the Northern Soul standard, “It’s Only A Paper Moon.”
Harvey Phillips. Please see the New York Times obituary, “Harvey Phillips, a Titan of the Tuba, Dies at 80”.
Art Mineo - who introduced the Wailers and other Northwest acts to Golden Crest. Please see The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wa., obituary, “Tacoma music legend Art Mineo dies”.
Artists (this list will be expanded at regular intervals)
The Wailers ~ Gino ~ The Precisions ~ The Montells ~ Roland Bennett ~ The Seven Teens