1911-1998 CA
A.k.a. Lewis Robert "Lew" Chudd
Born: 1 July 1911 in Toronto, Canada Died: 15 June 1998 in Los Angeles, USA He set up Imperial in the autumn of 1947. He bought the Aladdin (6) catalog in 1961 and purchased the Minit label in 1963. In 1964 he sold Imperial to Liberty Records, Inc. and retired from music.