Bigtop Records was an American record label started by music executive Johnny Bienstock (brother of Freddy Bienstock) and the major music publisher Hill & Range Music and was co-owned along with Big Top Record Distributors (sic).
[1] Hit artists included Del Shannon, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Lou Johnson, Sammy Turner, Don Covay, Don and Juan and Toni Fisher.
Bell Records briefly distributed Bigtop prior to the label closing, around 1966.
Its current UK licensees are Ace Records (United Kingdom).
There was a subsidiary, Big Hill Records, which issued a few singles by Lou Johnson after Bigtop closed.