Aladdin/Score

Aladdin/Score Founded in Beverly Hills, California, in 1945 by brothers Edward and Leo Mesner as Philo Records , the independent label had substantial hits within its first few months of business with releases by Illinois Jacquet (“ Flying Home ”), Wynonie Harris (“Around the Clock Blues”), Helen Humes (“Be-Baba-Leba”), and Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (“Drifting Blues”). However the Mesner brothers were soon forced to change the label name because of the similarity to the major household…