United Artists Building, Bagley, Detroit
 photograph courtesy of Lowell Boileau

Kudo was based in Room 1114 in the United Artists building in the heart of Downtown Detroit. It looks like this was basically an office in Room 14 on the eleventh floor.

Obviously impressed by the Falcons, they would provide Kudo's first release.

It was "This heart of mine", written by a young Bob Hamilton, who would go on to write many songs for the Golden World empire.

The song was good enough to be re-recorded by the Chess brothers in Chicago the following year and a version was also released on Billy Davis and Gwen Gordy's Anna label, in an attempt to cash in on the success of a later Falcon's song.

This was a promising start for West's new venture.

Notes thanks to David Meikle
 

DESIGN AND GRAPHICS BY LOWELL BOILEAU