Sun - founded 1953 in
Memphis, Tennessee by Sam Phillips. Producers: Sam Philips, Jack
Clement Bill Justis (musical arranger)
Rhythm and Blues: Little Junior Parker, Little Milton, Rufus
Thomas Jr., Billy "The Kid" Emerson.
Doo-Wop Group: Prisonaires
Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins,
Johnny Cash, Sonny Burgess, Billy Lee Riley, Warren Smith,
Malcolm Yelvington, Charlie Feathers, Roy Orbison.
Subsidiary
Phillips International Formed 1957
Rock and Roll - Bill Justis, Charlie Rich, Carl Mann, Jeb Stuart
Meteor -
formed in 1952 by Lester Bihari
Rhythm and Blues: Elmore James, Rufus Thomas Jr.
Rock and Roll: Wayne McGinnis, Junior Thompson, Charlie Feathers
Excello - formed in
1953 in Nashville, Tennessee by Ernie Young as a subsidiary of
the Nashboro gospel label. Producer: Jay Miller
Rhythm and Blues: Lonnie Brooks, Lightin' Slim, Lonesome Sundown,
Arthur Gunter, Roscoe Shelton, Lonnie Brooks,
Doo-Wop Groups - Gladiolas, Marigolds
Rock and Roll: Al Ferrier
Subsidiary
Nasco
Group: Crescendos
Duke/Peacock - Peacock
formed in Houston, Texas by Don Robey in 1949.
Producers/Arrangers: Bill Harvey, Johnny Otis, Joe Scott, Johnny
Board, J.W. Alexander
Rhythm and Blues: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Willie
Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, Johnny McCracklin
Gospel: Dixie Hummingbirds, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Bells
of Joy, Sensational Nightingales, Cleophus Robinson, Spirits of
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Duke - Formed 1952 in
Memphis by James Mattis. Taken over by Peacock in 1953.
Rhythm and Blues: Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Rosco Gordon, Earl
Forrest, Junior Parker
Black Beat Formed circa 1956
Doo-Wop - Group: Norman Fox and the Rob Roys
Ace - Formed in 1955 in
Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent
Rhythm and Blues: Earl King, Frankie Lee Sims
Rock and Roll: Huey Smith and the Clowns, Frankie Ford, Bobby
Marchan, Joe Tex, Jimmy Clanton
Dot - Founded
in Gallatin, Tennessee by Randy Wood; moved in 1956 to Hollywood,
California. Music Director: Billy Vaughn
Pop: Hilltoppers, Fontane Sisters, Gale Storm, Pat Boone, Jim
Lowe, Tab Hunter, Lawrence Welk
Novelty - Nervous Norvus
Rock and Roll: Sanford Clark
Doo-Wop Group - Dell Vikings
Sold in 1965 to Gulf-Western when Randy Wood formed Ranwood.