Premium Records

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Premium Records was an American record label established in Chicago in 1950 by , who had previously run Miracle Records. Lew Simpkins, who had also worked at Miracle, joined Premium soon afterwards.^[1]

Its recording artists included Memphis Slim, Miff Mole, Eddie Chamblee, Lynn Hope, , Terry Timmons, , and Tab Smith. The label folded in mid-1951. Simpkins went on to form United Records, and the Premium label's master recordings were bought by Chess Records.^[1]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Robert Pruter and Robert L. Campbell, Premium Records Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 18 November 2012

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