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Scepter Records Brings Black Music to the Middle of the Road

Rock historian Ed Ward concludes his profile of the pop and soul record label, founded on a whim by Florence Greenberg.

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An Independent Label Finds Success with Black Artists

Rock and roll historian Ed Ward gives us the first part of a two part history of Scepter Records, which--led by Florence Greenberg--discovered and produced the Shirelles and Dionne Warwick, and helped bring black music into the mainstream.

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