D records
D Records is an American record label founded in 1958 by producer Pappy Dailey .
history
Foundation and successes
In 1958 Pappy Dailey founded his own new label after separating from his business partner Don Pierce. Dailey and Pierce had built Starday Records in the previous years and discovered stars like George Jones . D Records was primarily intended for the country and rockabilly market, so numerous rockabilly artists recorded their records for D in the early years of the label. Some of these early musicians were Utah Carl , Jimmy and Johnny , Eddie Bond , "Country" Johnny Mathis , JP Richardson , Dee and Patty , Ray Campi , Merle Kilgore , Glenn Barber , Tibby Edwards , hard rock Gunter and Link Davis . The first release (D 1000) was Can't Play Hookey / My Steady Dream by Tommy Wood on May 26, 1958.
D Records has had hit successes with some artists, such as JP Richardson's Chantilly Lace , Claude Gray's Family Bible , Willie Nelson's Night Life and The Party's Over or Clay Blaker's The Only Thing I Have Left .
End and new beginning
In 1975 the label was closed shortly after the first records of George Strait's band Ace in the Hole were released , as Dailey had withdrawn and his sons had enough to do with the management of their publishing company "Glad Music".
In 2002, Dailey's grandson Wes Dailey also tried his hand at the music business and revived his grandfather's label. With artists like Jason Allen , Jamie Richards and Zona Jones , D Records is now releasing again with moderate success. Then as now, the label is based in Houston , Texas .