In 1963, the group recorded two albums for Newtown, a Christmas album titled Sleigh Bells, Jingle Bells and Blue Bells, and a faux-live album ( compiled from their studio recordings with an added audience track ), Sweethearts of the Apollo, taking from a title giving to them after the group successfully performed at the Apollo Theater, however the group failed to match their live success with any following records and left Newtown for more established Cameo-Parkway Records, releasing the top 40 hit, " Down the Aisle ( The Wedding Song )".

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The single ( backed with " East Side Sound ", an instrumental version of " East Side Story ") sold 50, 000 copies, mostly in the Detroit area, and led to a contract with Cameo-Parkway Records.

The label was distributed by Cameo-Parkway Records, which at the time was the hottest label for teenage dance crazes (" The Twist ", " Limbo Rock ", "( Do ) The Bird ", " Wah-Watusi ", " Mashed Potato Time ", " Gravy ( For My Mashed Potatoes )", " Hully Gully Baby ", " Bristol Stomp ", "( Do the ) New Continental ").

MGM also distributed Cameo-Parkway Records briefly in 1967.

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Following the success of " Down the Aisle ", the group would have follow-up success with " You'll Never Walk Alone " and " Danny Boy " before leaving their second label, Cameo-Parkway, for a more lucrative deal with Atlantic Records.

The LP came out on Cameo-Parkway Records of Philadelphia in the autumn of 1967.

Cameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 ( for Cameo ) and 1958 ( for Parkway ) to 1967.

Today the Cameo-Parkway catalogue is owned by ABKCO Records.

In mid-1967 Cameo-Parkway became a subsidiary of MGM Records and released four more albums ( two on Cameo, one on Parkway and one on Vando ) as well as three more singles ( one on Parkway and two on Vando ).

By late 1967, after financial problems worsened, the Cameo-Parkway company was sold to Allen Klein and renamed ABKCO Records, with Bell Records acquiring its remaining subsidiary Vando label.

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Later that year, Cameo-Parkway Records was acquired by ABKCO, bringing the legendary Philadelphia label ’ s decade-long run of hits into the fold.

The independent label later became distributed by Philadelphia-based Cameo-Parkway Records which featured the Flint-based pop band Terry Knight and the Pack.

The Lucky Eleven and Cameo-Parkway recordings are now owned by ABKCO Records .. a re-issue label which includes the re-release of Cameo-Parkway product.

Bogart had been an MGM General Manager in the early sixties before taking a VP / Sales Director position at Cameo-Parkway Records.

A high school friend, Dovells lead singer Len Barry, encouraged them to audition for Cameo-Parkway Records at the turn of the decade.

The Applejacks were the house band for the famed Cameo-Parkway Records.

Because Cameo-Parkway catalogue owner ABKCO Records did not reissue Rydell's music so it was unavailable until 2005, he re-recorded his old hits in 1995 for K-Tel Records.

This city is also the birthplace of American Bandstand, and the home of Cameo-Parkway records and the famed Philadelphia Orchestra.

A photograph on the cover of the sole Cameo-Parkway album shows a photo that bears a striking resemblance to Walsh ; additionally, one of the songs is credited to a writer named " Walsh ".

Cameo-Parkway Publishing is on EMI's " list of missing royaltors " as of 2009.

A Mono remaster of Heavy Music is available from Cameo-Parkway.

Bogart is credited with being a key player in the rise of bubblegum pop music during his time working at Cameo-Parkway and Buddha.

His mother, Joyce Yolanda Storch, was a singer signed to Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records under the stage name Joyce Carol, and is of Lithuanian Jewish heritage.

" Bristol Stomp " is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo-Parkway record label, for The Dovells, an a cappella singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who recorded the song for Cameo-Parkway late that year.

He also owned the Mayfield and Windy C labels which were distributed by Cameo-Parkway, and was a partner in the Curtom label ( first independent, then distributed by Buddha then Warner Bros and finally RSO.

In some foreign markets Cameo-Parkway was also a label name, issuing records by artists from both labels.

Other related labels, mostly independently owned but distributed by Cameo-Parkway, included

The label had been heavily criticized by many fans for keeping the Cameo-Parkway material unavailable until 2005.

After Cameo-Parkway was shut down by the government for stock fraud in 1968, Bogart became an executive at Buddah Records.

Mann and Lowe teamed up to form Cameo-Parkway Records in 1956.

" Heavy Music ", which sold even more copies than " East Side Story ", had potential to break out nationally when Cameo-Parkway suddenly went out of business.

After Cameo-Parkway folded, Seger and Punch began searching for a new label.

Four albums and two singles were released under this arrangement before Allen Klein bought the Cameo-Parkway catalog and renamed the label ABKCO.

In 1962 the parent company was renamed from Cameo to Cameo-Parkway, to give both labels equal status.

Being located in the same city where this popular nationally-broadcast music show was produced meant that Cameo-Parkway artists were always available to perform on the show -- especially in the event any other act should cancel.

Bandstand host and producer Dick Clark has spoken of the " warm relationship " the program had with Cameo-Parkway, and the of the label's willingness to ensure that quality musical acts were always available to the program on short notice.

The label benefited tremendously from the arrangement, as the exposure many Cameo-Parkway artists received on American Bandstand helped propel them to stardom.

In early 1964, three near-simultaneous events sent Cameo-Parkway into a sharp decline from which it would never fully recover.

Turning to midwestern garage bands and orchestrated soul productions ( including the distribution of Curtis Mayfield's " Windy C " label ), Bogart managed to shepherd in a brief Cameo-Parkway renaissance.

Bogart also signed Bob Seger to his first recording contract, and Cameo-Parkway issued Seger's first five singles, which were all huge regional hits in Michigan but failed to catch fire nationally.

ABKCO reissued Cameo-Parkway recordings in the early 1970s, but allowed them to fall out of print after that time.

In May 2005 ABKCO revived the Cameo-Parkway name for reissues only, and released a multi-CD box set of the labels ' most notable output: Cameo-Parkway: 1957-1967.

A various artists CD titled Cameo-Parkway: The Greatest Hits was also issued, as well as two digital-only compilations: Holiday Hits From Cameo Parkway and Original Northern Soul Hits From Cameo Parkway.