abstract:Imperial Records was the second United Kingdom-based label of that name, which went into business in 1920. Imperial was owned by the Crystalate Gramophone Record Manufacturing Company Ltd.
She was one of Imperial Records' best-selling artists, but when sales began to wane in the late-1960s, compounded by the devastating effects of Hurricane Camille on many of the clubs in New Orleans where she worked, she announced her semi-retirement from music.