Cor! Scepter didn't half produce some albums you wouldn't expect! I used to have a James Moody LP ('Running the gamut') on Scepter and the form also owned Hob, on which the Swan Silvertones, Thompson Community Choir and James Cleveland appeared (and which also reissued Harmonizing Four material from Gotham). All funded, I guess, by Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown and Dionne Warwick.
MG
And initially by the Shirelles. And you could probably thrown in B.J. Thomas later on.
Sure - is the Shirelles' name remembered in the US? Seldom see it mentioned over here, or any albums in the second hand shops.
MG
I know that Shirley (Owens) Alston performs at oldies shows over here.