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Discography

Label / Number	Artist	Title
Metropolitan 3001A	Hazan, Victoria	Me Kemi Y Me Enflami
Metropolitan 3001B	Hazan, Victoria	No Riygas con mi
Metropolitan 3002A	Hazan, Victoria	Un anio Ay
Metropolitan 3002B	Hazan, Victoria	Mis Penserios Gazel
Metropolitan 3003A	Hazan, Victoria	Un dia Yo Bizi
Metropolitan 3003B	Hazan, Victoria	Todas mis esperansas
Metropolitan 3004A	Hazan, Victoria	Lagrimas Verterei
Metropolitan 3004B	Hazan, Victoria	Seda Amaria Son
Metropolitan 3005A	Hazan, Victoria	El Cante por la Victoria
Metropolitan 3005B	Hazan, Victoria	No Ay Luz, Sabah Gazel

History

In New York, dozens of Greek-owned nightclubs on 8^th Avenue from 23^rd to 42^nd street served as a haven for Greek and Armenian immigrants – as well as Sephardim originally from the region. On-stage, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, Sephardic and other vocalists and session musicians all contributed to the flavorful melange. Several record companies sprang up devoted to these musicians and their audiences. According to one account, Me-Re was established in the early 1940s by Aydin Asllan (a poly-lingual Albanian) and the violinist, Nick Doneff. They soon parted company, with Aydin founding Balkan and Doneff founding Kaliphon Records. Whatever the (cross-) ownership among the Balkan, Me-Re, Metropolitan and Kaliphon labels, artists moved fluidly from label to label: 'Oud player Marko Melkon recorded for all four labels, while Victoria Hazan recorded for Metropolitan and Kaliphon.

Source: Joel Ackerman and Harold Hagopian, private correspondence.

Catalogs and Advertisements

Source: La Vara, 15 Jan. 1943, p. ***

Pliegos (Songsheets)

Source: Maurice Ninio. For a higher resolution version, click here.

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