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[[Image:Okeh4042.jpg|thumb|right|286px|Una grabación de [[Billy Murray]] de 1919]]
'''OKeh Records''' fue una [[discográfica]] estadounidense fundada en 1918. AEn partir1926 defue laadquirida décadapor de 1920, era un filial dela [[Columbia Records]]. Eny en 1970 fue cerrada por [[CBS Records]] hasta que, en 1994, [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] lo volvió a reactivar (distribuído por [[Epic Records]]) como un sello de [[Blues]] New Age, aunque se volvió a cerrar en 2000.
 
En 1920, unas grabaciones del cantante de blues [[Mamie Smith]]<ref> {{en}} [http://bsnpubs.com/columbia/okeh/okeh.html Discografía de OKeh] Consultado el 12 de marzo de 2011</ref> se convirtieron en un éxito para el sello, y apostaron fuertemente en los [[race records]], abriendo un nuevo estudio de grabación en [[Chicago, Illinois]], por aquel entonces el centro del [[jazz]], y grabando artistas como [[King Oliver]], [[Lucille Bogan]], [[Sidney Bechet]], [[Hattie McDaniel]], [[Louis Armstrong]], y [[Duke Ellington]]. Asimismo firmaron un acuerdo de distribución con la [[Parlophone]] en el Reino Unido.
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==Location recording==
Okeh Records pioneered the practice of "location recording" in 1922. Starting in 1924, Okeh also sent mobile recording trucks to tour other parts of the country to record performers not heard in New York or Chicago. Regular return trips were made once or twice a year to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[San Antonio, Texas]], [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[Kansas City, Missouri]], and [[Detroit, Michigan]], recording a wealth of jazz and early [[country music]] artists.
 
In 1926, Okeh switched to the electric [[microphone]] system of [[audio recording]]. On November 11 of that year, controlling interest in Okeh was purchased by Columbia Records. Beside the legendary OKeh Race 8000 Series (which featured some of the great blues and black jazz of the era), OKeh recorded a series of legendary "chamber" hot jazz sessions with [[Joe Venuti]] and [[Eddie Lang]], [[Frank Trumbauer]]'s studio groups, [[Miff Mole]]'s studio groups, among others. These are considered among the best of the 1920s hot small-group white jazz sessions.
 
==Later years==
Okeh releases grew infrequent after 1932, although the label continued into 1935. Columbia again revived it in 1940 after they lost the rights to the [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]] name (by dropping the [[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]] label) and pressed it until 1946. It was revived once again in 1951<ref name="saundersokeh">Red Saunders Discography. http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/saunders.html Accessed August 1, 2009.</ref> and used sporadically through to the 1990s. In 1953, Okeh's [[pop music]] acts were transferred to the newly formed [[Epic Records]] making Okeh an exclusive [[rhythm and blues]] label.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ZAoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=epic+%2B+okeh&hl=en&ei=ldMbTbO5Osuknwe23rnUDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=epic%20%2B%20okeh&f=false</ref> In 1963, Carl Davis became Okeh's A&R manager and boosted Okeh's fortunes for a couple of years.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=fgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22Okeh+Records%22&hl=en&ei=HaMaTYenPNH9nAfisdXjDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22Okeh%20Records%22&f=false</ref> [[Epic Records]] took over management of Okeh in 1965. Among the artists during Okeh's "pop" phase of the 50s and 60s were [[Johnnie Ray]], [[Little Joe & The Thrillers]].