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Herman Lubinsky (born Hyman Lubinsky, 30 August 1896 – 16 March 1974) was an American radio station and music business executive who founded Savoy Records in New York in 1943.〔〔〔 == Career == He was born in Branford, Connecticut,〔 the son of Fannie ''(née'' Rosinsky; 1865–1941) and Louis Lubinsky ''(aka'' Leuvinsky; 1857–1921), both of whom had emigrated from Russia in 1883.〔〔 By 1915, he worked as an electrical contractor in New Haven,〔 before serving as a radio operator in the US Navy.〔 In 1922, Lubinsky founded The Radio Shop of Newark, Inc., in Newark, New Jersey,〔 and in 1923 set up a radio station WRAZ, which first changed its title to WCBX, then, in October 1924, to WNJ. Initially the station operated from the attic of Lubinsky's home, before its studio in Newark opened in 1925. The station became known as "The Voice Of Newark", and presented programmes for immigrants to the New York metropolitan area in Polish, Lithuanian and Italian.〔 In 1929 Lubinsky set up the Radio Investment Co., but in November 1932 his application to renew the license for WNJ was refused by the Federal Radio Commission because he refused to accept limits on the station's bandwidth.〔 Although Lubinsky fought the action in the courts, the station was taken off the air in March 1933.〔 Lubinsky then started the United Radio Company, which sold and repaired radios and phonographs, and began selling records. Encouraged by his friend, music business executive Eli Oberstein, he and record producer Ozzie Cadena set up Savoy Records in 1942. The company released jazz recordings made before the "Petrillo Ban" had come into effect, as well other recordings made by musicians attempting to circumvent the ban by recording under pseudonyms.〔 Among the latter was Bonnie Davis, whose recording of "Don't Stop Now" reached no.1 on the R&B chart in 1943.〔 By 1944, the label had begun to release records by leading jazz musicians such as Ben Webster and Lester Young, 〔 and over the next few years its roster of musicians expanded to include Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Paul Williams, and Brownie McGhee, among many others.〔 After opening an office in California in 1948, Savoy continued to have success with such musicians as Johnny Otis, Little Esther Phillips, Cannonball Adderley and Big Maybelle, although after the mid-1950s it began to concentrate increasingly on gospel music, including Clara Ward, The Drinkard Singers, Alex Bradford, The Caravans, Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes, and James Cleveland. Lubinsky continued as head of the company until shortly before his death in Newark in 1974.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herman Lubinsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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