Duke Records

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Duke Records was an American independent label that existed between 1952 and 1974 and was based in Memphis (Tennessee) and Houston . Records of pop music were produced, with a focus on blues , rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul .

history

Duke Records was founded by the program director of the Memphis radio station WDIA , David James Mattis and Bill Fitzgerald, owner of the Tri-State Recording Company . It was founded in Memphis in 1952, and moved to Houston in 1953 after Don Robey joined the company. His record company Peacock Records and Duke formed the joint umbrella company Duke-Peacock in the future . Both brands remained on the market separately.

Duke Records began its singles program in 1952 under catalog number 101 with blues singer Rosco Gordon and the titles Tell Daddy / Hey, Fat Girl . Rosco had come to Duke from Chess Records . The first single that found inclusion in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord was Pledging My Love in January 1955 with Johnny Ace , who had started his recording career with Duke. The guarantee of success for Duke was the blues and soul singer Bobby Bland , who was under contract from 1952 to 1972. He had his first Hot 100 title with Farther Up the Road , which peaked at number 43 in the summer of 1957. In the 21 years at Duke, 47 titles were inducted into the Hot 100, of which Ain't Nothing You Can Do was the most successful at # 20. The label produced a total of 59 singles and twelve long-playing records. Far behind was the R&B singer Junior Parker , who released 33 singles and three LPs from 1954 to 1966. He appeared on the Hot 100 three times and had his greatest success with Annie Get Your Yo-Yo at number 51.

From 1952 to 1961 Duke used yellow and brown labels for his singles, the yellow company lettering in the brown field was in the upper part. During the year, the label was switched to a red label. The red turned into a yellow hue towards the middle. The lettering was black, the white, black bordered, western-style company lettering moved to the right edge. The promo plates were purple in all years. After producing about 480 singles and 23 long-playing records, Don Robey sold Duke-Peacock to ABC Dunhill on May 23, 1973 .

Most singles performers

Title in the Hot 100

entry title Performers Catalog no. space
01/1955 Pledging my love Johnny Ace 136 17th
07/1957 Next Time You See Me Little Junior Parker 164 74.
08/1957 Farther Up the Road Bobby Bland 170 43.
12/1959 I'll take care of you Bobby Bland 314 89.
10/1960 Cry, Cry, Cry Bobby Bland 327 71.
02/1961 I pity the fool Bobby Bland 332 46.
05/1961 Driving wheel Little Junior Parker 335 85.
07/1961 Don't Cry No More Bobby Bland 340 71.
12/1961 Turn on Your Love Light Bobby Bland 344 28.
03/1962 Ain't That Loving You Bobby Bland 338 86.
03/1962 Annie Get Your Yo-Yo Little Junior Parker 345 51.
03/1962 Who Will the Next Fool Be Bobby Bland 347 76.
08/1962 Yield Not to Temptation Bobby Bland 352 56.
09/1962 Stormy Monday Blues Bobby Bland 355 43.
01/1963 Call on Me Bobby Bland 360 22nd
01/1963 That's the way love is Bobby Bland 360 33.
07/1963 Sometimes You Gotta Cry a Little Bobby Bland 366 56.
11/1963 The feeling is gone Bobby Bland 370 91.
03/1964 Ain't Nothing You Can Do Bobby Bland 375 20th
06/1964 Share your love with me Bobby Bland 377 42.
10/1964 Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1) Bobby Bland 383 49.
12/1964 Blind man Bobby Bland 386 78.
01/1965 Black Night Bobby Bland 386 99
04/1965 Ain't no telling Bobby Bland 390 93.
008/1965 These hands Bobby Bland 385 63.
01/1966 I'm Too Far Gone Bobby Bland 393 62.
05/1966 Good time Charlie Bobby Bland 402 75.
09/1966 Poverty Bobby Bland 407 65.
04/1967 You're All I Need Bobby Bland 416 88
02/1968 Driftin 'blues Bobby Bland 432 96.
11/1968 Rockin 'in the Same Old Boat Bobby Bland 440 58.
05/1969 Gotta get to know you Bobby Bland 447 91.
08/1969 Chains of Love Bobby Bland 449 60.
01/1970 If you've got a heart Bobby Bland 458 96.
11/1970 Keep on Loving Me Bobby Bland 464 89.
05/1971 I'm sorry Bobby Bland 466 97.
01/1972 Do What You Set Out to Do Bobby Bland 472 64.

LPs

Performers title Catalog no. year
Johnny Ace Memorial album 70 1955 *
Bobby Bland / Junior Parker Blues Consolidated 72 1958
Various artists Like 'Er Red Hot 73 1960
Bobby Bland Two Steps From the Blues 74 1961
Bobby Bland Here's the man 75 1962
Junior Parker Driving wheel 76 1962
Bobby Bland Call on Me 77 1963
Bobby Bland Ain't Nothing You Can Do 78 1964
Bobby Bland Soul of the Man 79 1966
No. 80 and 81 unknown
Various artists Blues That Gave America Soul 82 1966
Junior Parker Best of Junior Parker 83 1967
Bobby Bland Best of Bobby "Blue" Bland 84 1967
No. 85 unknown
Bobby Bland Best Of Bobby "Blue" Bland Volume 2 86 1968
No. 87 unknown
Bobby Bland Touch of the blues 88 1967
Bobby Bland Spotlighting the Man 89 1967
Bobby Bland If Loving You Is Wrong 90
Joe Hinton Duke-Peacock Remembers 91
Bobby Bland Introspective of the Early Years 92 1970

* second edition 1961 under No. 71

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