[3] Tempo's roster included jazz harpist Robert Maxwell,[4] pianist Mel Henke,[5] cornetist Doc Evans, clarinetist Sid Phillips, Novachord virtuoso Lloyd Sloop, violinist Joe Venuti, Hammond organist Herb Kern,[6] and pianist Ben Light.

[7] Tempo released the 1949 version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Brother Bones and His Shadows which was used as the theme song for the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.

They were, for at least part of their existence, the contemporary arm of Impact Records, known formally as Tempo/Impact.

Some musicians who appeared on the Tempo of Kansas City label included the Hawaiians, Sue Ellen Chenault, Otis Skillings and the Couriers.

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