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1. Elvis Presley, the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), Paul Anka (in the 1960s), and Sam Cooke. Record label was primarily black in color, until changing to orange around 1968.
2. Aretha Franklin, the Drifters, Ray Charles (up to 1960), and The Rascals. Record label began as half-yellow and half-black, and the yellow was changed in 1956 to the more familiar red and black.
3. The Supremes, The Four Tops, Mary Wells, and the Jackson Five. Mostly blue label with a picture of a map on the label. (Although the earliest labels were pink in color)
4. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, and Nat King Cole. Label was purple through 1962, and then changed to a yellow and orange design that looked like a pinwheel when spinning on the record player.
5. Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, and The Yardbirds. Label was yellow until about 1973, and changed to orange.
6. Johnny Mathis, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Byrds. First 45's carried maroon labels, then switched briefly to yellow and black, then to the more familiar bright red.
7. Petula Clark, the Everly Brothers (in the 1960s), Peter Paul & Mary, and (in the 70s) James Taylor. First labels were pink, changed to red, then to orange, then to olive green.
8. Stevie Wonder, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Early labels were yellow with stripes on the side, then changed to the more familiar yellow with the "globe logo" on top. Starting in 1967, a gradual change was made to a yellow and brown label.
9. Herman's Hermits, Connie Francis, The Animals, (early in his career) Conway Twitty, and The Osmonds. Labels began as yellow, then switched to black, with the logo in rainbow-colored letters. Later labels (in the 70s) were aqua and gold.
10. Brenda Lee, Bill Haley and the Comets, Patsy Cline, Ricky Nelson (beginning in 1963), and The Who. Early labels were solid black, and in 1960, changed to black with a rainbow band on one side.
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