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((Short description|American record producer and musician (1922–2009)))
((more citations needed|date=October 2014))
((infobox people 
| image= OracleofDelFi.jpg
| caption = Bob Keane's book about his life in the music industry 
| name = Rob Keane
| birth_name = Robert Verrill Kuhn
| birth_place =[[Manhattan Beach, California]], United States 
| birth_date = January 5, 1922
| death_date  = November 28, 2009  (aged 87) 
| occupation = Musician, record producer, record label founder
)) 
'''Robert Verrill Kuhn ''' (January 5, 1922 – November 28, 2009), professionally known as '''Bob Keane''',<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-keane-record-producer-who-kickstarted-the-careers-of-sam-cooke-frank-zappa-and-barry-white-1880948.html|title=Bob Keane: Record producer who kick-started the careers of Sam Cooke|date=28 January 2010|website=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=30 November 2017))</ref> and also sometimes known as '''Bob Keene''', was an American [[musician]], [[record producer|producer]] and the founder and owner of the [[record label]] [[Del-Fi Records]]. He was the producer and manager of [[Ritchie Valens]] and [[Pinoy]] star [[Josephine Roberto]], aka Banig.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-keene-mn0000065404/credits |title = Bob Keene ((!)) Credits ((!)) AllMusic| website=[[AllMusic]] ))</ref>

==Life and career==
((unreferenced section|date=September 2021))

===Early years===
Bob Keane was born '''Robert Verrill Kuhn''' in [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]], [[California]], in 1922. He was a [[clarinet]] player, and his ambition was to front a [[big band]] like his idol, [[Benny Goodman]]. He did so and in 1938 (at age 16), he was setting up to play his first show at [[Glendale, California|Glendale]] Junior College and was approached by an employee of [[KFWB]], a [[Los Angeles]] [[radio station]], who wanted to broadcast the concert on air to replace a canceled scheduled show. The next day Keane received a phone call from an agent at [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] who had heard the broadcast on KFWB, and who wanted to sign Keane. MCA billed him as "The World's Youngest Bandleader."((Citation needed|date=April 2020))

MCA dropped Keane in 1941 as they felt he was likely to be drafted.((Citation needed|date=April 2020)) Keane decided to enlist in the [[Army Air Force]], and was retired from active service due to a lung infection. He returned to Los Angeles and continued to play clarinet in several bands. In 1950, he was offered a job as a conductor on ''The Hank McCune Show'', a new radio show. After the first episode, the producer approached Bob and told him that he would have to change his name, as the announcer was pronouncing Kuhn as "Coon." A band colleague suggested Keen, after a popular [[Woody Herman]] song, "Peachy Keen," to which Bob decided to add an 'e'. Later on in life he changed this to Keane.((Citation needed|date=April 2020))

===Sam Cooke and Keen Records===
By 1955 Keane was playing clarinet in several bars and clubs around Los Angeles, and one evening he met businessman John Siamas, who persuaded Bob to set up a record label with him.((Citation needed|date=April 2020)) The label would be known as [[Keen Records]], with Bob working as an A&R man. He was given an acetate of two songs by [[Sam Cooke]], who at the time using his original surname, Cook, and singing in a gospel group called The Soul Stirrers. On the acetate was "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" and "You Send Me". Sam Cook was signed to a three-year contract with Keen, his surname changed just as Bob's had been, and the songs were subsequently pressed and released as the first single on Keen Records. Originally "Summertime" was intended to be the A-side, and sold moderately. It was only when a DJ played the B-side that the record took off, and by November 25, 1957, it reached #1 on the [[Billboard chart]].((Citation needed|date=April 2020))  	

At this point, despite Keen Records having earned over $1,000,000 from sales of "You Send Me," Bob had only an oral contract with Siamas.((Citation needed|date=April 2020)) Upon asking when the corporation was to be formed and when he was likely to receive stock certificates for the company, he received a letter asking for him to invest $5000 (which, of course, he did not have) into his own company should he wish to remain a partner. He realized that he had been tricked into finding a hit record and then pushed out of the company.((Citation needed|date=April 2020))

===Del-Fi===
While waiting for legal proceedings against Siamas to begin, Bob's wife suggested that he set up another label, and approach someone else who had also been duped by Siamas to put up the money to do so. Taking its name from Delphi, the Greek god of music and inspiration, the new label was named Del-Fi Records. The first release was "Caravan" by Henri Rose, which sold well, and led to [[Warner Bros. Records]] offering Keane $8000 for Henri Rose's contract, which he accepted, and which enabled him to buy out his business partner. Another early Del-Fi release was "Chicken Grabber" by The Nite Hawks, which although not a success at the time, was featured in [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]' film ''[[Pink Flamingos]]''.

In March 1958, Keane discovered [[Ritchie Valens]] performing a Saturday matinee show in a movie theatre in [[Pacoima]] and invited Valens to audition in the basement of his home, where he had set up a small recording studio. A formal contract was signed, and Valens and Keane spent hours in the basement working on songs together. Among the songs was ''Come On Let's Go'', which was recorded in [[Gold Star Studios]] in March 27, 1958, and released in May the same year as Valens' first single soon after. This single and the follow-ups, "Donna" and "La Bamba," were smash hits. Keane (whom Valens nicknamed "Bobbo") served as Valens' manager as well as producer, booking shows for him across America and several TV performances. Keane was portrayed by actor [[Joe Pantoliano]] In the 1987 [[biopic]] ''[[La Bamba (film)|La Bamba]]'', the story of Ritchie Valens.

After Valens' death in February 1959, Del-Fi records continued, and one of the next signings was [[eden ahbez]], best known for his song "[[Nature Boy (song)|Nature Boy]]." By this point, and totally unlike the rest of the major labels in Hollywood, Del-Fi had an "open door" policy - anybody with music they wanted to be released could approach the Del-Fi offices and get it played to Bob Keane. In an interview, he remarked, "I'll listen to anyone, even if they bring 'em in on a stretcher."

Other notable artists on Del-Fi over the next few years included [[Chan Romero]], best known for his song "Hippy Hippy Shake," [[Little Caesar and the Romans]], [[Ron Holden]], [[Johnny Crawford]], [[Brenda Holloway]], the first records released by [[Frank Zappa]], and [[surf music|surf bands]] [[The Surfaris]], [[The Lively Ones]] and [[The Centurians]].

In 1964 he signed [[Bobby Fuller]] and his band, The Bobby Fuller Four, to Del-Fi, and released several singles and two albums under a subsidiary label just for the band called Mustang Records. Their biggest song, "[[I Fought the Law]]," was released in October 1965 and was a hit in the United States and the [[United Kingdom]]. The band's career was brought to an abrupt end when the corpse of Bobby Fuller was found inside his mother's car in the parking lot of his Hollywood apartment on July 18, 1966.

In 1965, Keane also set up a subsidiary label for [[R&B]] music, called Bronco, and employed [[Barry White]] as an in-house producer, musician and A&R man for the new label. In late 1966, Keane also released an album titled ''An Afternoon Affair'', under the pseudonym "Verrill Keene," which showcases his talent as an accomplished clarinet player.

===After Del-Fi===
By 1967, with Del-Fi's biggest band, The Bobby Fuller Four, disbanded, Del-Fi was closed down. Keane embarked upon a career selling burglar alarm systems, mainly to celebrities, and oversaw the music career of his two sons, known professionally as [[The Keane Brothers]].((Citation needed|date=April 2020))

Ritchie Valens' life and music came back into the public eye with the release of the film ''La Bamba'' in 1987, and seven years later, two of Del-Fi's surf records by The Lively Ones and The Centurians were used in the film ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''. Del-Fi was resurrected and released numerous CDs of its original material, and signed some new acts to the label as well. In September 2003, Keane sold the Del-Fi catalog to the [[Warner Music Group]].((Citation needed|date=April 2020))

==Death==
Keane was diagnosed with [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] when he was 87, and died of [[kidney failure]] on November 28, 2009.<ref>[http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091130/LOCAL06/911309929/1002/LOCAL Del-Fi Records Founder Bob Keane, 87, Dies] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153523/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091130/LOCAL06/911309929/1002/LOCAL |date=June 15, 2011 )), ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', November 30, 2009.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Keen Records]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090821000027/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobbyfullerfour/articles/story/6525866/delfis_keane_opens_door Del-Fi's Keane Opens Door], Colin Devenish, ''Rolling Stone'', on line, article dated September 28, 2004.
*[((AllMusic|class=artist|id=p178325/biography|pure_url=yes)) Bob Keane] at [[Allmusic]]
*[http://bsnpubs.com/la/delfi/keane.html Article on Keane's labels]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188973992/bob-keane Findagrave Memorial]
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