Waldorf Music Hall Records

Waldorf Music Hall 4535, a 45rpm EP issued in 1955

Waldorf Music Hall Records was a budget record label exclusively sold in Woolworth stores from 1954 to 1959. Waldorf was headed by Enoch Light and based in Harrison, New Jersey. Light's business partners in this venture were Casper Pinsker and Dick Davemos.[1] The business model for Waldorf Music Hall appears to have been inspired by the popularity of the Your Hit Parade television program. In the 1950s it was common to refer to Waldorf Music Hall, and other labels like it, as 'Hit Parader Records.'

  1. ^ David Edwards, Patrice Eyries, and Mike Callahan, "Waldorf Music Hall Album Discography" [1]