Bob Bertram

American record executive born in Massachusetts and subsequently relocated to California, where he began recording country artists in the 1950s on the International (12) label. In 1956 he moved to Hawaii and started Bertram International Records, which was involved in the Hawaiian music scene. He recorded Robin Luke's hit Susie Darlin' in 1958 and The Tilton Sisters, the Lawrence Brothers, and others in the late 1950s and early 60s. Thirty Bertram International releases were issued between 1956 and 1977. He also recorded Eden Ahbez (Nature Boy), The Weight (5), and later, religious music.