Bob Keane was largely instrumental in the shaping of Rock 'n' Roll and the overall music industry, and the sounds created in his studios over the last 50 years are still influencing new music today.
A late-comer to the big band era, gifted clarinetist Bob Keane was deemed the youngest bandleader in 1939. At barely 17, MCA hired Keane to front his own dance band. He later went on to lead the Artie Shaw Band.After the decline of big band, Bob found his niche in producing unique artists in various music genres, including Rock 'n' Roll, pop, surf, hot rod, Latin, blues, and rhythm & blues. He briefly headed up the Keen Label in 1957 before establishing the renowned Del-Fi Records. Under these labels, Bob Keane was the catalyst for the careers of artists such as Sam Cooke, and his top hit, You Send Me, and Ritchie Valens who topped the charts with Donna, Come on Let’s Go and the legendary Latin rock sensation, La Bamba. In 1965, Keane set up Mustang Records, which featured The Bobby Fuller Four and their memorable hit song I Fought the Law.
Over the years, Keane produced and released a long list of artists through his Del-Fi label and its subsidiaries, including Barry White, The Lively Ones, Frank Zappa, Johnny Crawford, Chan Romero, David Gates, and Ron Holden.In the late 70's, Bob fostered the career of his two young sons, Tom and John, The Keane Brothers, who at barely 10 and 11 years old released their first album in 1977, and a second in 1979. Both his sons as well as most of the artists and musicians who began their careers in music with Bob Keane are highly respected figures in today’s music, and continue to give testament to the insights gained from the Oracle of Del-Fi.
Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California, Bob Keane is recognized today as one of the most influential talent scouts, producers, songwriters, record label owners, sound engineers and promotional visionaries in the history of rock ‘n’ roll music. With a big band background and a unique and differentiated musical sense, Keane helped launch rock ‘n’ roll music into mainstream American popular culture.Many of the old Del-Fi gems have been re-released on Rhino Records, and are distributed through Warner Music today.
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