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Shreveport, Louisiana based label and record company founded by record distributor and jukebox operator [a=Stanley Lewis] in 1963 after being encouraged by [a=Leonard Chess] to start his own label. He created sister labels [l=Paula Records] (named for his wife) and [l=Ronn Records] in 1965 and 1966 respectively as the pop and blues divisions. He also started releasing gospel (with the [b]0000[/b] series) in 1966. Jewel remained active until Lewis sold the company to eMusic in the late 1990s which in turn ultimately was acquired by [l=Fuel 2000], which has been reissuing parts of the Jewel/Paula/Ronn catalog in recent years. Since September 1st, 2005, [l10119] has purchased the back catalogs of Jewel Records and is managing the master recordings in the territory, which extended to East Asia and Southeast Asia. For counterfeit releases, please see [l=Jewel Records (7)]