   liberty records was a united states-based record label. it was started by chairman simon waronker in 1955 with al bennett as president and theodore keep as chief engineer. it was reactivated in 2001 in the united kingdom and had two previous revivals. ==history== ===1950s=== liberty's early releases focused on film and orchestral music. its first single was lionel newman's "the girl upstairs." its first big hit, in 1955, was by julie london singing her version of the torch song, "cry me a river", which climbed to #9 in the billboard hot 100.http://musicvf.com/julie+london.art it helped liberty sell her first album, julie is her name. she was to record 32 albums in her career. in 1956, liberty signed the little-known henry mancini. they released two singles and several albums for him, but he left in 1959 when he got hot. billy rose and lee david's song, "tonight you belong to me", scored a number 4 (us) and number 28 (uk) as performed by teen sisters patience and prudence (mcintyre), selling over a million copies. (it was first recorded in 1927, revived by frankie laine in 1952.) their biggest early rock and roll artist was eddie cochran,bobby cochran, susan vanhecke, three steps to heaven: the eddie cochran story. hal leonard corporation, 2003, p. 60ff. isbn 0-634-03252-6 who had just starred in his second film, untamed youth. his first hit for the label was john d. loudermilk's "sittin' in the balcony" in 1957, then came "summertime blues" and "c'mon everybody". the label was also home to r&b veterans billy ward and his dominoes after [[jackie
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