End

Defunct American record label, established early 1957, sold 1962, but later revived for reissues.

For bootleg and counterfeit releases mimicking official End releases, please use End (2).
For company credits, please see End Records and End Music Inc.

End was established in 1957 by George Goldner as a label for his growing list of artists whose doo-wop or emerging R&B styles did not 'fit' his Gone Records label.

One such group, signed and managed by Goldner's protegé Richard Barrett (5), was The Chantels. Their first single, on End 1001 was "He's Gone / The Plea." Barrett then wrote and featured on their hit "Maybe," released in December 1957. Two further chart-making groups were signed in 1958, The Flamingos and Little Anthony & The Imperials. End was sold to Roulette Records in 1962.

Prior to the sale, the "grey dog" labels had a pale grey background. In 1961, "A Product of End Music Inc. New York, N. Y.," was added at the bottom of the label. After 1962, this label became pale blue, known as the "blue dog" label, which had "A Division of Roulette Records, Inc.," at the bottom of the label. Subsequent issues were on the Roulette label until the late 1970s, when reissues by Roulette featured End on a wide orange center bar on a pale blue background.

45 RPM Catalog Number, Date and Label Identification:
1000 through 1010 (1957): Black label.
1010 through 1045 (1957–1959): White or gray labels. (1010 exists both black and white labels. Also, 1005 and 1008 can be found with white.)
1046 and higher (1959 forward): White or multi-color labels.

Compilations of End artists became available on the Murray Hill Records, Rhino Records (2) and Collectables labels.