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- Mel_London abstract "Mel London (April 9, 1932 – May 16, 1975) was a songwriter, record producer, and record label owner. He was active in the Chicago blues and R&B scenes in the 1950s and 1960s. London is best known for his compositions for Chicago blues artists Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Junior Wells as well as being the record producer and owner of Chief Records (and its Profile Records and Age Records subsidiaries).In 1954, Mel London wrote the first of several hit songs for the blues and R&B markets. His \"Poison Ivy\" was recorded by Willie Mabon and reached #7 in the Billboard R&B chart in 1954. In 1955, three hits written by London followed: \"Who Will Be Next\" by Howlin' Wolf and two by Muddy Waters - \"Sugar Sweet\" and \"Manish Boy.\" Not content with just songwriting, in 1957 he started his own record label, Chief Records. Chief's first single, the London-penned \"Man from the Island,\" featured London's solo outing as a lead vocalist. Subsequent Chief releases were produced (and sometimes written) by London and featured Chicago blues artists, such as Elmore James, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, and A.C. Reed. London's \"Little by Little\" was a hit for Junior Wells in 1960, reaching #23 in the Billboard R&B chart. London also wrote several R&B songs that were recorded by Chief artists, including \"Cut You A-Loose\" by Ricky Allen, which reached #20 in 1963.Chief/Profile/Age experienced financial difficulties in the early 1960s and went out of business in 1964. Later, Mel London was associated with a number of small record labels, including All-Points, Mel/Mel-Lon, Bright Star, and Starville, but none had the impact of his earlier labels. In 1975, London died at age forty-three. During his career, he wrote (or cowrote) forty-three songs and produced about eighty singles by approximately thirty-seven artists.".
- Mel_London activeYearsEndYear "1960".
- Mel_London activeYearsStartYear "1950".
- Mel_London associatedBand Earl_Hooker.
- Mel_London associatedBand Elmore_James.
- Mel_London associatedBand Junior_Wells.
- Mel_London associatedBand Magic_Sam.
- Mel_London associatedBand Ricky_Allen.
- Mel_London associatedMusicalArtist Earl_Hooker.
- Mel_London associatedMusicalArtist Elmore_James.
- Mel_London associatedMusicalArtist Junior_Wells.
- Mel_London associatedMusicalArtist Magic_Sam.
- Mel_London associatedMusicalArtist Ricky_Allen.
- Mel_London background "non_performing_personnel".
- Mel_London birthDate "1932-04-09".
- Mel_London birthYear "1932".
- Mel_London deathDate "1975-05-16".
- Mel_London deathYear "1975".
- Mel_London genre Blues.
- Mel_London genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Mel_London occupation Record_producer.
- Mel_London recordLabel Chief_Records.
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- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink A.C._Reed.
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- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Category:1975_deaths.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_businesspeople.
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- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Category:Songwriters_from_Mississippi.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Chess_Records.
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- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Elmore_James.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Hip-Hop_Songs.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Howlin_Wolf.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Junior_Wells.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Lillian_Offitt.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Magic_Sam.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Mannish_Boy.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Messin_with_the_Kid.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Muddy_Waters.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Record_producer.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Rhythm_and_blues.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Ricky_Allen.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLink Willie_Mabon.
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLinkText "London".
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mel London".
- Mel_London wikiPageWikiLinkText "Melvin London".
- Mel_London associatedActs Earl_Hooker.
- Mel_London associatedActs Elmore_James.
- Mel_London associatedActs Junior_Wells.
- Mel_London associatedActs Magic_Sam.
- Mel_London associatedActs Ricky_Allen.
- Mel_London background "non_performing_personnel".
- Mel_London birthDate "1932-04-09".
- Mel_London birthName "Melvin R. London".
- Mel_London birthPlace "Mississippi".
- Mel_London dateOfBirth "1932-04-09".
- Mel_London dateOfDeath "1975-05-16".
- Mel_London deathDate "1975-05-16".
- Mel_London deathPlace "Chicago".
- Mel_London genre Blues.
- Mel_London genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Mel_London label Chief_Records.
- Mel_London name "London, Mel".
- Mel_London name "Mel London".
- Mel_London occupation "Songwriter, record producer, record label owner".
- Mel_London placeOfBirth "Mississippi".
- Mel_London placeOfDeath "Chicago".
- Mel_London shortDescription "American record label owner".
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- Mel_London yearsActive "1960.0".
- Mel_London description "American record label owner".
- Mel_London description "American record label owner".
- Mel_London subject Category:1932_births.
- Mel_London subject Category:1975_deaths.
- Mel_London subject Category:20th-century_American_businesspeople.
- Mel_London subject Category:20th-century_American_musicians.
- Mel_London subject Category:American_music_industry_executives.
- Mel_London subject Category:American_record_producers.
- Mel_London subject Category:Songwriters_from_Mississippi.
- Mel_London hypernym Songwriter.
- Mel_London type Agent.
- Mel_London type Artist.