They also released a rare album of "twist songs" by Bill Haley & His Comets, Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable.

A group of United States Marines called The Essex recorded the hit "Easier Said Than Done" while based at Camp Lejeune, NC, in 1963.

The hour-long show, recorded in the US by disc jockey Jack Spector, was to be broadcast five evenings a week.

Levy was the key financial backer for the rap music label Sugar Hill Records, which was founded in 1979 by the husband-and-wife team Joe and Sylvia Robinson.

In 1986, Levy was arrested, tried and convicted for extorting money from an FBI informant, John LaMonte, but he died in Ghent, New York, before serving any time in prison.

[5] As of 2013, Warner Music Group now has worldwide rights to the Roulette catalogue as a result of acquiring EMI’s Parlophone label.

[6][7] Following their 1989 acquisition, Rhino and EMI began issuing large royalty checks to former Roulette artists.

Roulette was notorious for not paying royalties to its artists, who had to rely on concerts and personal appearances for their income.