Label Guide: Big Top

Big Top Records (also Bigtop or BigTop Records) was an American record label started in 1958 by music executive Johnny Bienstock and the music publisher Hill & Range Music (Julian J. and Joachim Jean Aberbach). Big Top was primarily a singles label with about 150 7"-releases ranging from shallow pop music to rock'n'roll until 1966. Only eight longplay albums were released between 1959 and 1963.