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Lew Chudd (Louis Cudnofsky) was born on 11 July, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Lewis Robert Chudd was American record label and radio executive who. Discover Lew Chudd's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Louis Cudnofsky
Occupation Music industry executive, radio station owner
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 11 July 1911
Birthday 11 July
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 15 June, 1998
Died Place Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality Canada

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1911

Lewis Robert Chudd (July 11, 1911 – June 15, 1998) was an American record label and radio executive who founded Imperial Records in 1946.

The record company was influential in the development of rock and roll, with a roster of musicians including Fats Domino, Slim Whitman, Chris Kenner, Sandy Nelson, and Ricky Nelson.

Chudd was born Louis Chudnofsky in Toronto, Canada, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants.

1934

He grew up in Harlem, New York, and after (in his own words) "skipp[ing] college and... loafing for four years" – although on other occasions he claimed to be a university graduate – joined NBC as an advertising salesman in 1934.

He promoted swing bands and created the radio program Let's Dance, featuring Benny Goodman, before moving to head the corporation's bureau in Los Angeles.

1943

During World War II he worked for the Office of War Information, where he produced radio programmes, and became a naturalized US citizen in 1943.

1945

In 1945, he set up his first record label, Crown, to record jazz.

He sold the label the following year, and established Imperial Records, which he initially saw as targeting the growing black and Hispanic record-buying markets in Southern California.

He recorded a various jump blues musicians and Mexican artists, including Los Madrugadores and Lalo Guerrero.

1947

After diversifying into such genres as square dancing and Dixieland jazz, in 1947 he met the bandleader Dave Bartholomew, who became his A&R man and record producer in New Orleans.

Bartholomew introduced Chudd to a young pianist, Fats Domino, and Chudd signed Domino to Imperial.

1950

The company's first national hits, Domino's "The Fat Man" and "3 x 7 = 21" by singer Jewel King, soon followed, in 1950.

Bartholomew left Imperial after a disagreement with Chudd at the end of 1950, though they were later reconciled.

Imperial had a series of hits in the early 1950s, many by Fats Domino, and others by the R&B musicians Roy Brown, Smiley Lewis, Chris Kenner, and Ernie Freeman; blues musicians Smokey Hogg, T-Bone Walker, and Lightnin' Hopkins; and country singer Slim Whitman.

1957

Chudd signed Ricky Nelson, the star of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, to Imperial in 1957, and the singer had a succession of hits through the early 1960s.

The label also had hits with records by Sandy Nelson and Frankie Ford.

A "shrewd and astute businessman", Chudd became known for his "caustic tongue and abrasive personality."

He bought other record labels, including Aladdin and Minit, incorporating them into Imperial.

1960

The label was discontinued later in the 1960s and incorporated into United Artists.

After leaving the recording business, Chudd bought several radio stations.

He continued to live in Los Angeles after he retired.

1963

In 1963 he sold the Imperial label to Liberty Records.

1998

He died there in 1998, aged 86.