The Rondolette label was started in 1958, after Eli Oberstein sold off his corporation called "Record Corporation of America", based in Union City, New Jersey, to Pickwick, in 1957.

Oberstein started this new label, Rondo-lette, and later two subsidiaries, Acorn and Evon. He eventually sold Record Corporation of America to Pickwick but kept Rondo/Rondolette.

Oberstein began issuing 12-inch albums in the A-1 series, starting with a collection of Ken Griffin songs packaged as You Can't Be True, Dear [Rondo A-1].

Eli Oberstein died on June 12, 1960, and his son, Maurice, took over operations at the label. In late 1961, he sold the label to Precision Radiation Instruments (PRI), Incorporated, located in Los Angeles. PRI, who ran many of the budget labels found in grocery store racks, placed the Rondo label under its Kimberly subsidiary in New York. PRI reissuing material from Rondo; Tops and other labels they controlled and making dupilcates from their other labels, using the same cheap easy-split-seam jackets and generic jacket backs. Rondo was issueing albums as late as 1965.

Rondo-lette Stereo 10-inch LP Series:

91 Sound Effects Record - Sounds of the Railroads [1958] Steam Whistle Approach-Stop/Diesel Horn-Train At High Speed/Train Whistles-Train At High Speed/Passing Freight Train/ Stopping-Pulling Brakes/Whistles And Approach And Whistle/Whistle And Passing/Whistles Good-Bye In Distance// Traveling On The Train

92 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Gigi [1958] Thank Heaven For Little Girls/The Night They Invented Champagne/(others)

93 Sound Effects Record - Sounds of the Jets [1958]

94 Blue Blazers Band (Quentin Jones, Director) - Stars and Stripes Forever [1958] Stars And Stripes Forever/El Capitan/King Cotton// Diplomat/Liberty Bell/Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty

95 Sound Effects Record - Sounds of the Sea [1958]

96 Not Given - Warsaw Concerto/Cornish Rhapsody [1958]

97 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - My Fair Lady [1958] I Could Have Danced All Night/Get Me To The Church On Time/(others)

98 Not Given - Bull Fight Music [1958] España/Flamenco/(others)

99 Kurt Maier - Kurt Maier and His Popular Dance Rhythms [1958] Humoresque/Song Of India/Barcarolle//La Paloma/Toselli's Serenade/Opera Fantasy

910 Not Given - Wedding March [1958] Wedding March/Midsummer Night's Dream/(others)

911 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Music Of South Pacific [1958] Some Enchanted Evening/Bali Hai/This Nearly Was Mine/I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out'a My Hair/ I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy

912 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The Blue Danube and Other Strauss Waltzes [1958] Artist's Life/Die Fledermaus/Morning Papers// Emperor Waltz/On The Blue Danube/Tales Of The Vienna Woods

913 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Oklahoma [1958] People Will Say We're In Love/Oh What A Beautiful Morning/(others)

914 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Nutcracker Suite [1958] Waltz Of The Flowers/Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies/(others)

915 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Around the World in 80 Days [1958] The score

916 Not Given - Magic Flute Overture [1958] Marriage Of Figaro/Don Giovanni/(others)

917 Not Given - Colonel Bogey [1958] Radetsky March/Pomp And Circumstance/(others)

918 Not Given - Flamenco [1958] Fandangos, Bulieras, etc.

919 Not Given - Dixie and Blues [1958] Swanee River/Mama Don't Allow It/(others)

920 Not Given - Mambo [1958] Swing Mambo/Drum Mambo/(others)

921 Kurt Maier - Kurt Maier in Vienna [1958] Gypsy Baron/Merry Widow/(others)

922 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Viennese Waltzes [1958] Voices Of Spring/Gold And Silver/Village Swallows// Vienna Blood/Tales Of The Vienna Woods/Court Ball Dances

923 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The Music Man [1958] 76 Trombones/Lida Rose/Till There Was You/Goodnight My Someone/The Parisians ("GIGI")/I Remember It Well ("GIGI")

924 Gabor Kalt & His Orchestra - Gypsy Fire [1958] Csardas Potpouri/Flying Swallows// Prelude And Csardas/Fantasy In A Major And Csardas

925 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Let's Dance in Stereo [1958] Non Dimenticar/Flying Home/Until Yesterday// Indiscretion/Get Happy/Sola Lucente

926 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor) - Orpheus in Hades [1958] Orpheus In Hades: Can-Can Music// La Vie Parisienne/Barcarolle

927 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Hit Italian Movie Songs [1958] Anna/Love And Dreams/Sierra// Autumn Waltz/Non Dimenticar/Indiscretion

928 Not Given - World Dances [1958] La Danza/Tritsch-Tratsch Polka/(others)

929 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The Flower Drum Song [1958] I'm Glad I'm A Girl/A Hundred Million Miracles/(others)

930 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor)- The Sorcerer's Apprentice/A Night on Bald Mountain [1958] Sorcerer's Apprentice// A Night On Bald Mountain

931 Not Given - Porgy and Bess [1958] Summertime/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'/(others)

932 Not Given - Swan Lake Ballet [1958] Waltzes/Dance Of The Swans/(others)

933 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Carousel [1958] June Is Busting Out All Over/You'll Never Walk Alone/(others)

934 Not Given - Egmont Overture [1958] Egmont Overture// Coliolanus Overture

935 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The King and I [1958] Shall We Dance/I Whistle A Happy Tune/(others)

936 Not Given - The Organ in Stereo [1958] Londonderry Air/Coppelia Waltz/(others)

937 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Leroy Anderson Hits [1958] Synchopated Clock/Sleigh Ride/Pennywhistle Song// Blue Tango/Fiddle Faddle/First Day Of Spring

938 Not Given - Symphony Highlights [1959] Beethoven 5th Symphony/Schubert Unfinished Symphony/(others)

939 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Show Music [1958] French Marching Song (from "Desert Song")/Deep In My Heart, Dear (from "The Student Prince")// our Land And My land (from "My Maryland")/Lover Come Back To Me (from "New Moon")

940 Not Given - Stereo Feast for Orchestra [1958] Barcarolle/Hungarian Dance No. 5/(others)

941 - Victor Herbert & Rudolf Friml Hits [1958] Gypsy Love Song/Rose Marie/(others)

942 Kurt Maier - Kurt Maier in Italy [1958] Toselli's Serenade/O Solo Mio/(others)

Start of the 12" series

A1 Ken Griffin - You Can't Be True, Dear [1958]

A2 Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra - Dixieland [1958]

A3 Kay Starr - Them There Eyes [1958] Them There Eyes/I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/Honeysuckle Rose/Ain't Misbehavin/Should I// You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night/If I Could Be With You/Mama Goes Where Papa Goes/Honey/I Ain't Gonna Cry/ Don't Meddle In My Mood

A4 Johnny Gregory and His London Orchestra - Hi Fi Shows [1958]

A5 Gordon MacRae - Gordon MacRae [1958] Prisoner Of Love/You Go To My Head/Stars Fell On Alabama/Full Moon and Empty Arms/Talking Is A Woman/ I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

A6 The Song Successes - My Fair Lady and Pal Joey [1958]

A7 Duke Ellington and Orchestra - Overture to a Jam Session [1958] Overture To Jam Session/Jam-A-Ditty-Concerto For 4 Horns/The Beautiful Indian-Hiawatha & Minnehaha/Happy Go Lucky Local/ Blue Skies/Diminuendo In Blue/Magenta Haze/Golden Feather/Sultry Sunset/Flippant Flurry

A8 Rias Orchestra conducted by Manuel Rosenthal - Gaite Parisienne [1958]

A9 Louis Prima - ln All Moods [1958]

A10 Don Baker - Organ in Pop Dance Tempos

A11 Dizzie Gillespie - Dizzie Gillespie And His Original Orchestra

A12 All Star Cast - Alice In Wonderland/Alice Through The Looking Glass

A13 Jaye P. Morgan - Jaye P. Morgan Have You Ever Been Lonely/Just A Gigolo/Life is Just A Bowl Of Cherries/Wasted Tears/I Ain't Got the Man/ Baby Don't Do It// Nobody Met The Train/Life Was Made For Living/It Gets You/Operatpr 299/Don't Tell Him/Ring, Telephone, Ring

A14 The Three Suns - Twilight Time Midnight Time/Bizet Medley/It's Dawn Again/Girl Of My Dreams/Out Of This World/Barcarolle/Twilight Time/Love Jumped Up/ Star Dust/Busy Holiday

A15 Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner Plays I Surrender Dear/Moonglow/Confessin/I Can't Believe That I'm in Love With You/Stompin at The Savoy// Star Dust/She's Funny That Way/Stormy Weather/Sunny Side of the Street/Red Sails in the Sunset/This Can't Be Love

A16 Charles Vangerg and His Orchestra - Vienna In 3/4 Time

A17 Ken Griffin - Ken Griffin Sentimental Me

A18 Jack Teagarnder and Orchestra - The Blues and Dixie

A19 Paul Baron and His Orchestra - Lonely Hearts

A20 Lawence Welk and His Orchestra - Plays For Dancing

A21 Frankie Lane - Franki Lane

A22 Martyn Green with James Pease and Karl Brock - Mikado [Gilbert & Sullivan]

A23 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Percy Faith and His Orchestra

A24 Sidney Bechet/Muggsy Spanier - Jam Session Sweet Lorraine/Lazy River/China Boy/Four of Five Times/That's A Plenty// Squeeze Me/Sweet Sue, Just You/CherryDigga Digga Do

A25 Louis Prima - Louis Prima Entertains

A26 Carlos Montoya - Carlos Montoya Plays The Flamenco Fire Guitar [1958]

A27 Not Given - Music of Two Great Shows Music Man and South Pacific

A28 Red Norvo Trio - Red Norvo Trio

A29 Jan Peerce - The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer/The Rosary, Morning/At Dawning/Song of Songs/Because/I Love Life/I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen/ Thine Alone/Softly As a Morning Sunrise/I'm Falling In Love With Someone/I Love you Much Too Much

A30 Ken Griffin - At The Great Organ

A31 Various Artists - Great Jazz [1958] September Song/They Say It's Wonderful/Honeysuckle Rose/Body And Soul/Ole Man River/Wrap Your Toubles In Dreams// Don't Worry About Me/And The Angels Swing/Dark Eyes/Big Deal/Over The Rainbow/Annie Laurie

A32 Broadway Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, directed by Suzanne Auber - Music of Gigi and Oklahoma The Music of Gigi// The Music of Oklahoma

A33 Kurt Maier - Around The World with Kurt Maier

A34 Caruso and McCormack - All The Great Tenor Arias

A35 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Songs Of Broadway [1956] The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else/Love Me Or Leave Me/A Hundred Years From Today/Penthouse Serenade/ Eveything I Have Is Yours/Lover Man// I'm Through With Love/Don't Worry About Me/September Song/Gentleman Friend/I Feel So Smoochie/Trouble Is A Man

A36 The Three Suns - Midnight Time

A37 Emil Gilels - Plays Tschaikowsky Piano Concerto No. 1

A38 Ken Griffin - Christmas Carols Jingle Oh Tannenbaum/Hark The Herald Angels Sing/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Up On The House Top/Winter Wonderland/ Silent Night/Adeste Fidelis/The First Noel/O Little Town of Bethlehem/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Away In A Manger

A39 St. Nichlas Church Boys' Choir - Christmas Carols

A40 Eric Silver - Christmas Organ and Chimes The First Noel/It Came Upon The Midnight Clear/Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ O Little Town Of Bethlehem/Silent Night/Jingle Bells/The Holy Boy/Angels We Have Heard On High/Adeste Fidelis/ Sleepers Awake/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemn/What Child Is This/Good King Wenceslas/Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers/ Christians Awake/Joy To The World/Break Forth O Beauteous Light/Good Christian Men Rejoice/We Three Kings/ Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming/Away In The Manger

841 Suzanne Auber & Broadway Orchestra - 4 Hit Shows [1959] South Pacific Suite: Some Enchanted Evening-Bali Ha'i-Younger Than Springtime-I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair/The King And I Suite: I Whistle A Happy Tune-Hello Young Lovers-Entrance Of The Children Ballet-Getting To Know You-We Kiss In The Shadow-Shall We Dance//Oklahoma Suite: People Will Say We're In Love-Oh What A Beautiful Morning-Surrey With The Fringe On Top-Out Of My Dreams/ Carousel Suite: June Is Busting Out All Over-You'll Never Walk Alone-If I Loved You-Carousel Waltz - What's The Use Of Wondering

842 Louis Prima - Louis Prima and His Orchestra [1959]

843 Various Artists - The Flower Drum Song/Porgy and Bess [1959]

844 Three Suns - The Three Suns [1959]

845 Joe Bushkin & Teddy Wilson - Jazz [1959]

846 Kurt Maier - French Hits with Kurt Maier [1959]

847 Kurt Maier - Kurt Maier in Italian Moods [1959]

848 Kurt Maier - Merry Maier in Vienna [1959]

849 Kurt Maier - Latin Rhythms of Kurt Maier [1959] Granada/La Cumparsita/Ay Ay Ay/Siboney/Adios Muchachos/Tico Tico//The Carioca/Mama/Waltz Espagnol/Plegaria/Misirlou/La Violettera/My Shawl/Lady Of Spain

850 Kurt Maier - Pops by Kurt Maier [1959]

851 Popular Players Orchestra - Pop Christmas Melodies [1959]

852 Artie Shaw Orchestra - Artie Shaw and His Famous Orchestra [1959]

853 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings [1959]

854 Louis Prima - Loius Prima [1959]

855 Russ Case Orchestra - Stephen Foster Hits [1959]

856 Ira Wright & London Company - West Side Story [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA132] Overture/Something's Coming/Maria/Tonight/Cool/One Hand, One Heart/The Rumble/I Feel Pretty/Somewhere/A Boy Like That/ I Have A Love/Finale

857 (?)

858 Russ Case Orchestra - Russ Case and His Magic Strings [1959]

859 Bourbon Street Dixie Band, directed by Wilie Winber - Dixieland Bourbon Street Parade [1959]

860 Various Artists - Oklahoma [1959] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA142]

861 Not Given - (?)

862 Various Artists - Carousel [1959] [Issued in stereo as Rondo-lette SA141]

863 Various Artists - The King and I [1959] [Issued in stereo as Rondo-lette SA14]

864 Various Artists - South Pacific [1960] [Issued in stereo as Rondo-lette SA145]

865 Gigi Durston & Russ Case Orchestra - Miss You [1959]

866 Russ Case Orchestra - Take Me Along [1960] [Issued in stereo as Rondo-lette SA151]

867 Richard Muller & Lampertz Orchestra & Chorus - The Merry Widow [1960] [Issued in stereo as Rondo-lette SA153]

868 Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus - Can Can [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA154]

869 Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus - Showboat [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA155]

870 Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus - The Sound of Music [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA156]

871 Russ Case Orchestra - Popular Melodies of Chopin [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA157]

873 Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus - The Student Prince [1960] Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA159

874 Russ Case Orchestra - Immortal Film Music [1960] [Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA160] Slaughter On Tenth Avenue/The Dream Of Olwen/A Tale Of Two Cities/Hungarian Freedom Fighters// Spellbound/Stradivarius (Theme)/Gypsy (Theme)/The Life of Stephen Foster

875 Not Given - (?)

876 Georgia Gibbs - Her Nibs

877 Not Given - (?)

878 Russ Case Orchestra - Fiery Popular Dance Rhythms [1960] Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA162

879 Not Given - (?)

880 Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus - The Music Man [1960] Issued in stereo on Rondo-lette SA161

SA 49 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor) - Serenade For Strings Waltz/Sonatina/Finale// Suite For Strings

SA 50 The Revelers - Jazz at the Downstairs CLub Stars Fell on Alabama/Flying Home/Bel Ami/Get Happy/Destination Moon/Don't Blame Me/Pennies from Heaven/I Got it Bad/ I May Be Wrong/I Found a New Baby

SA 53 The Blue Blazers Band~Quentin Jones, Director - Men Of Brass

SA 54 (?)

SA 55 Adolpho Gorman and His Orchestra - Latin Rhythms Mambo Romo/Anna/Love And Dreams/Sierra/Autumn Waltz/Frenesi/Alice/Manuel/Beguine De Fun/Oh Herman 0

SA 56 (?)

SA 57 (?)

SA 58 Kurt Maier - Kurt Maier, Pianist, with Rhythm Can Can/Humoresque/Song Of India/Barcarolle/Hungarian Rhapsody/La Paloma/Toselli's Swewnade/Opera Fantasy/La Violetta/ Luxemburg Waltz/Skater's Waltz

SA 59 (?)

SA 60 The Revelers - Jazz At The Downstairs Club

SA 61 (?)

SA 62 (?)

SA 63 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor) - Romantic Stero Music

SA 64 (?)

SA 65 (?)

SA 70 Ira Wright and His Orchestra - International Show Music This Season's Girl/Only Water/Violins/Everybody Loves In Paris/My Own Love/Almost Like Being In Love/ The Heather On the Hill/Charmaine/Neapolitan Nights/Close Your Eyes

SA 71 (?)

SA 72 (?)

SA 73 (?)

SA 74 (?)

SA 75 Hamburg Symphony Orchestra with Otto Schmidt - William Tell Overture The William Tell Overture/Titus Overture// Dances of the Polevetski Maidens/The Director Overture

SA 76 Ira Wright and His Orchestra - Porky And Bess Suite Summertime-A Woman Is A Sometime Thing-There's A Boat Leaving For New York-I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'-Bess/ You Is My Woman Now/Ain't Necessarily So

SA 77 Ira Wright And His Orchestra - Show Hits by Romberg

SA 78 (?)

SA 79 (?)

SA 80 Hamburg Symphony Orchestra with Otto Schmidt - Mozart Symphony #40 in G Minor

SA 81 (?)

SA 82 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The Finest Musical Comedy Music

SA 83 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The King And I Overture/I Have Dreamed/I Whistle A Happy Tune/A Puzzlement/Hello Young Lovers/March Of The Siamese Children/ My Lord And Master/Intermezzo/Shall We Dance/Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You/We Kiss In A Shadow/ Getting to Know You/Something Wonderful

SA 84 (?)

SA 85 (?)

SA 86 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - The Great Stereo Pops Of Leroy Anderson Syncopated Clock/Sleigh Ride/Penny Whistle Song/Sand Paper Ballet/Forgotten Dreams/Fiddle Faddle/Blue Tang/ Belle Of The Ball/First Day Of Spring/Sarabbande

SA 86 (?)

SA 87 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor) - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Night On Bald Mountain// Coriolanus Overture

SA 90 Dixieland Dandies - Dixieland And Blues Grey Bonnet/Tin Roof Blues/That's a Plenty/Farewell Blues/Indiana/Sugar Blues/Some of These Days/ Alexander's Ragtime Band/Darktown Strutter's Ball/Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee

SA 92 Howard Jones with Orchestra - The Jolson Story In Song

SA 100 Berlin Concert Orchestra (Lajos Kevehazy, Conductor) - Roumanian Rhapsody/Eine Kleine Nachtmusik [Enesco] Roumanian Rhapsody// [Mozart] Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

SA 103 Hamburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Otto Schmidt - Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto In E-Minor, Opus 64 Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto In E-Minor, Opus 64// Midsummer Night's Dream Overture Christa Ruppert, violin

SA 107 Ira Wright & His Orchestra - Dave Rose Styled Stereo

SA 112 St. Paul's Boys Choir - 16 Christmas Carols

SA 121 Gerhard Gregor - The Best Known Organ Selections Wedding March-Lohengrin/Oh Promise Me/Because/The End of a Perfect Day/Wedding March-Midsummer Night's Dream/ Ave Maria/Meditation from "Thais"/The Lord's Prayer/Largo "Xerxes"/Beautiful Dreamer

SA 123 World's Fair Great Accordian Orchestra: Hubert Hubert Director - World's Fair Great Accordian Orchestra Tea for Two/Whispering/Arabesque/Indian Love Call/River Kwai March/Moonlight Night on the Alster-Waltz/ Neopolitan Serenade-One Step/La Morenita-Tango/Slavonic Dance/Liza-Waltz/Vivian-Gavotte/Maria-Sicilian Dance/ Ivan-Cossack Dance

SA 128 Kurt Maier - In a Spanish Stereo Mood The Carioca/Spanish Tango/Waltz Espagnol/Plegaria/Miserlou/Lady of Spain/Piano Concerto/Pathetique/Warsaw Concerto/ Bai a ai Medley

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