For all Unofficial / Bootleg releases of this label please use Dore (3)

Doré Records Ltd, Inc. was formed in Hollywood in 1958 by Herb Newman and Louis Bideu as a companion to their Era label. Doré was pronounced "Dorrie" by the people who worked at the label, and the name is often written without the accent, "Dore".

Both Era and Doré were originally located at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. By 1960, the formal address of Doré Records was 1481 Vine Street in Los Angeles. They later moved to 1608 Argyle in Hollywood, where they were located from the 1970s through 2000.

A&R for the Doré label was by Lou Adler and Herb Alpert. Doré recorded popular, rock and roll, rhythm and blues and comedy records. In June 1959, Lew Bedell and Herb Newman split, with Newman buying Bedell's interest in Era and selling his interest in Doré Records to Bedell.