Sid Talmadge

American record distributor and label owner.

Owner of [l70306] and co-owner of [l685359].

He ran the Los Angeles distribution company [l1168980] since the 1950s,

that was the main distributor for Leon René's [l92819]/ [l86416] and for [l93555]-[l70100].

When in charge of the company, he pushed the [a383355]'s single "Earth Angel",

having a good deal of responsibility for it becoming a hit, that launched the group in 1954.

Born: 1908 in New York.

Died: 1993 in Los Angeles, California