Varsity (Label)

Varsity (Label) A record issued by the United States Record Corp., New York, from 1939 to 1940; Eli Oberstein was the owner. Good jazz material was featured, including Harry James, Jack Teagarden, and Frank Trumbauer; Buddy Clark was one of the vocalists. Their discs sold for $.35. When the label folded in 1940, the matrices went to Musicraft. In 1948 the label name was revived for LP issues by Varsity Records of New York, again with Oberstein as president. Varsity was absorbed by the Record…