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Starday Records
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US label; also appears as "Starday" only.
Starday Records was started in Beaumont, Texas in 1952 by Pappy Daily and Jack Starnes, Jr. The "Starday" name is a combination of Starnes' and Daily's names. The label recorded country & western, Cajun and sacred music.
Short history
1952 - Starday Records founded
1953 - Don Pierce (2) became the president of the label
1954 - Grand Ole Opry's New Star" by George Jones (2) released
1954 - Hollywood Records (2) label - owned by Don Pierce (2), consolidated
1955 - Pierce and Daily purchase Starnes' share of the label
1957 - January 1st merged into Mercury as Mercury Starday. In Dec. the headquarters moved to Madison, TN. - the distributor Starday International Sales, Inc. appeared
1958 - Mercury agreement dissolved. Pierce buys Daily's share of the label, Daily leaves the label
1964 - Nashville subsidiary started
1968 - Starday purchased King Records (3)
1969/1970 - name of the company changed to Starday-King Records, Inc.
1971 - Starday-King sold to Lin Broadcasting
July 1971 - Lin sold the Starday-King labels to Tennessee Recording and Publishing
1975 - labels sold to GML, Inc., Starday moved under Gusto Records, Inc.
Other companies associated to the label are:
Starday Recording And Publishing Co., Inc.
Starday Sound Studios
For unofficial releases, see Starday Records (2).
Starday Records was started in Beaumont, Texas in 1952 by Pappy Daily and Jack Starnes, Jr. The "Starday" name is a combination of Starnes' and Daily's names. The label recorded country & western, Cajun and sacred music.
Short history
1952 - Starday Records founded
1953 - Don Pierce (2) became the president of the label
1954 - Grand Ole Opry's New Star" by George Jones (2) released
1954 - Hollywood Records (2) label - owned by Don Pierce (2), consolidated
1955 - Pierce and Daily purchase Starnes' share of the label
1957 - January 1st merged into Mercury as Mercury Starday. In Dec. the headquarters moved to Madison, TN. - the distributor Starday International Sales, Inc. appeared
1958 - Mercury agreement dissolved. Pierce buys Daily's share of the label, Daily leaves the label
1964 - Nashville subsidiary started
1968 - Starday purchased King Records (3)
1969/1970 - name of the company changed to Starday-King Records, Inc.
1971 - Starday-King sold to Lin Broadcasting
July 1971 - Lin sold the Starday-King labels to Tennessee Recording and Publishing
1975 - labels sold to GML, Inc., Starday moved under Gusto Records, Inc.
Other companies associated to the label are:
Starday Recording And Publishing Co., Inc.
Starday Sound Studios
For unofficial releases, see Starday Records (2).
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