American, out of New York; a subsidiary of Florence Greenberg's 'Scepter' label. Scepter / Wand lasted from 1961 to 1976 in the States, at which point Greenberg retired. It had several successes in its native land, notably with the Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and B. J. Thomas. Most of Wand's hits were licensed to other companies in Britain, but the Wand label in its own right appeared on these shores c.1970, through Decca. Its first single, B. J. Thomas's 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' (WN-1), was a minor hit over here in 1970, but that was as good as it got. By 1973 the label seems to have retreated back to the USA.
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