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Houston, Texas  [source: American Record Label Directory]

Founded by Pappy Dailey after his departure from Starday.

Original Releases

Number	Date & Source	V	Artists	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	Matrix Numbers
uniss.			Doug Bragg	Don't Do That Again {J} If I Find My Dream Girl [alt. vers.]
uniss.			Billy Jack Hale	I Take My Hat Off To The Blues [vers. 1] {}
45-1000	1958/May 26 Bb pop rev.		Tommy Wood	Can't Play Hookey {J} My Steady Dream	1001 1000
45-1002	1958/May 26 Bb pop rev.		Wortham Watts	Cotton Picker [instr.] Lonesome [instr.] {J}	1007 1006
45-1004	1958/June 30 Bb pop rev.		Jimmie [!!] And Johnny	I Can't Find The Door Knob {b,m,r,s,w, E,J,L,T,W,Z} Keep Telling Me {T}	1008 1009
45-1008	1958/June (est.)		The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor	1017 1016
45-1009	1958/Aug. 11 Bb r&b rev.		Sonny Hall	My Big Fat Baby {a,c,d,m,p,q,r,s,w,x, J,Q,Y} Gonna Pack Up My Troubles	1018 1019
45-1010	1958/Aug. (Bb est.)		Les Cole	Bee [!!] Boppin' Daddy {c,n,r,s, J,U} Rock-A-My Baby {c,r,s, J}	1021 1020
1013	1958/Sept. 15 Bb pop rev.		Four B's	Love Eternal I Played The Fool	1025 1024
45-1015	1958/Oct. (Bb est.)		Sonny Sheets	Wheels {J} Dreaming In Vain	1028
1016	1958/Oct. 13 Bb c&w rev.		Eddie Bond	The Blues Got Me {v,y} Standing In Your Window {v,y, M}	1030 1031
1018	1958/Oct. (Bb est.)		Doug Bragg	If I Found My Dream Girl {C,J,K} Daydreaming Again	1039 1038
1020	1958/Oct. 20 Bb c&w rev.		Dee And Patty	Sweet Lovin' Baby Ohh-Wow	1041 1040
1026	1958/Dec. 15 Bb c&w rev.		Royce Porter	Lookin' {c,l, B,J,V,X, 1b} I Still Belong To You {l}	1054 1055
1027	1958/Dec. 8 Bb c&w rev.		Johnny Mathis	I've Been Known To Cry Lonely Night	1059 1058
1034	1959/Jan. (Bb est.)		Doug Stanford	Sady [!!] {b, J} Won't You Tell Me {J,K}	1069 1068
1035	1959/Jan. 26 Bb c&w rev.		Sonny Hall	The Day You Walked Away {J} Men Do Cry	1071 1070
1041	1959/Feb. 9 Bb c&w rev.		Jerry Lynn	Bugger Burns {f , 1e} Queen Of The Moon	1084 1085
1042	1959/Feb. 9 Bb c&w rev.		Merle Kilgore	I Take A Trip To The Moon It'll Be My First Time	1087 1086
1047	1959/Mar. 16 Bb pop rev.		Ray Campi	The Man I Met (A Tribute To The Big Bopper) {i,o,t} Ballad Of Donna And Peggy Sue {i,t}	1097 1096
1050	1959/Mar. 30 Bb pop rev.		Jimmie [!!] Heap	Someone Else Is Filling My Shoes {J} Born To Love You	1102 1103
1051	1959/Apr. 13 Bb pop rev.		William Tell Taylor	I Like It {h, J, 1f} I Love Only You	1105 1104
1052	1959/Apr. 6 Bb c&w rev.		Benny Barnes	Gold Records In The Snow {H} Happy Little Blue Bird {H,N}	1107 1106
1058	1959/Apr. 27 Bb c&w rev.		Byron Johnson	Our Love Is Not Worth Living For It's Wrong For Me To Love You	1116 1117
1059	1959/May 11 Bb c&w rev.		Claude Gray	Letter Overdue I'm Not Supposed	1118 1119
1060	1959/May 18 Bb c&w rev.		Eddie Noack	A Thinking Man's Woman (A Loving Man's Girl) {P} Don't Look Behind	1120 1121
1061	1959/May 18 Bb c&w rev.		Andy Charles	Love Come Back Baby Don't Go {g, J}	5000 5001
1063	1959/June 8 Bb c&w rev.		Eddie Burke	Rock Mop {e} Too Many Tears	1129 1128
1069	1959/June 29 Bb c&w rev.		Glenn Barber	Your Heart Don't Love Most Beautiful	1147 1146
1073	1959/July 27 Bb pop rev.		Tommy Hudson	Swanee River Gal {f,k, J} Band Stand Stomp [instr.] {f, J}	1140 1141
1077	1959/July 27 Bb pop rev.		Travelin' Texans	Beating On The Bars {G} Song Of Blue Love [instr.]	1161 1160
1080	1959/Aug. 3 Bb c&w rev.		William Tell Taylor	Uh Huh I Can't Ever Free My Mind	1171 1170
1086	1959/Sept. 7 Bb pop rev.		Gloria Henson	Sad Girl Don't Tell Me, Show Me	1183 1182
1089	1959/Oct. 5 Bb pop rev.		Jimmy And Johnny	My Little Baby {e,q, Q,T, 1a} All I Need Is Time {T}	1208 1209
1090	1959/Oct. (Bb est.)		Margie Word	I Shot Sam Takes A Lot Of Heartaches	1210 1211
1097	1959/Oct. (Bb est.)		Dave Edge	Wham Bam {J, 1e} Nights Of Loneliness	1214 1215
1098	1959/Oct. 26 Bb c&w rev.		Glenn Barber	New Girl In School Go Home Letter (I Wish I Were You) {r,s , 1g}	1216 1217
1100	1959/Nov. 2 Bb c&w rev.		Durwood Daily	What Difference Does It Make East Dallas Dagger {F,R}	1222 1223
1105	1959/Dec. 28 Bb c&w rev.		William Tell Taylor	Angel Of Love Love Is Everywhere	1238 1239
1164	1961/Dec. (Bb est.)		Merl Lindsay	Hey Hey Little Boy Blue {q, J,Q} Rockin' Water Baby [instr.] {J}	1440 1441
1181	1961/Apr. (Bb est.)		William Penix	You Take The Medicine (I'll Take The Nurse) Blue Wedding Bells Ringing	1449 1448
1183	1961/May 1 Bb c&w rev.		Bill Carter	Shot Four Times And Dy'in [!!] Stranger Shake Hands With A Fool	1452 1453
1187	1961/May (Bb est.)		Slim Free	Scratchin' Off For Old Times Sake	1462 1463
1190	1961/June (Bb est.)		Cousin Louie Richie Johnson	I'm Gonna Tell {e, I,J,S} Grand Ole Opry In The Sky	1469 1468
1191	1961/June (Bb est.)		Link Davis	Come Dance With Me {f} Five Miles From Town	1470 1471
1197	1961/Aug. (Bb est.)		Richie Johnson	Broken Valentine Grand Ole Opry In The Sky	1484
1206	1961/Sept. (Bb est.)		Danny Reeves	I'm A Hobo {b,j,m,p,u,w, A,J, 1c,1d} Bell Hop Blues {b, J}	1510 1511
1211	1961/Oct. (Bb est.)		Tony Douglas	Shrimpin' {O} Woman Behind This Man	1521 1520
1219	1961/Nov. (Bb est.)		Jimmie Martin	Signifyin' Monkey World's [!!] Apart	1545 1544
1259	1964/May BMI clear.		Joe Jackson	Rock My Warriors Rock {r,s,z, D} Who's This Lonely Fool	1635 1634

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   Andrew Bohan, CMF, CMF Library, Malcolm Chapman, Stéphane Chatain, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Will Derrington, Mitch Drumm, Udo Frank, Andy Gallagher, Marc Grobman, Derek Hamilton, Shane Hughes, Rob Karman, Adam Komorowski, Kurt Krauter, Willie Lewis, Mick's Rare Records, Gerd Miller, John Neal, Lasse Olander, Michel Proost, Bill Quigley, Rockabilly Record Guide, Rockin' Ed, Neil Scott, Mark Seganish, Adriaan Sturm, Al Turner, Peter van Wilsem, Bjorn Witlox, Kirill Yakovlev