Excelsior Records

Excelsior Records was an American record label established by Otis Rene, in 1944, and ceased operations in original form in 1951, only to live on in a second incarnation until 1971. The label went out of business, only to be purchased out of bankruptcy (in name only), and the label existed another 20 years by selling second and third-run pressings of recordings. It is particularly notable as having released some of the earliest recordings of Nat King Cole.