Columbia Records

==== Rock and roll ====
When the [[British Invasion]] arrived in January 1964, Columbia had no rock musicians on its roster except for [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]], who was signed in 1963 as the label's first major rock star, and [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]] who were also signed in 1963. The label released a [[merseybeat]] album, ''The Exciting New Liverpool Sound'' (Columbia CL-2172, issued in mono only). [[Terry Melcher]], son of Doris Day, produced the hard driving "[[Don't Make My Baby Blue]]" for Frankie Laine, who had gone six years without a hit record. The song reached No. 51 on the pop chart and No. 17 on the easy listening chart.<ref name="bsn17"/>

Melcher and [[Bruce Johnston]] discovered and brought to Columbia [[the Rip Chords]], a vocal group consisting of Ernie Bringas and Phil Stewart, and turned it into a rock group through production techniques. The group had hits in "Here I Stand", a remake of the song by [[Wade Flemons]], and "[[Hey Little Cobra]]".<ref name="bsn17"/> Columbia saw the two recordings as a start to getting into rock and roll. Melcher and Johnston recorded several additional singles for Columbia in 1964 as "[[Bruce & Terry]]" and later as "The Rogues". Melcher produced early albums by [[the Byrds]] and Paul Revere & the Raiders for Columbia while Johnston produced [[the Beach Boys]] for [[Capitol Records]].