Queen Records (Texas)
Queen Records was a small American record label founded in 1955 by Wink Lewis and Hoyle Nix .
history
Queen was founded in 1955 by Wink Lewis, who worked as a radio host at KSNY between jobs in Lufkin , Texas and Cameron , Texas in Snyder . During this time, Lewis founded Queen Records with the fiddler and western swing musician Hoyle Nix. Nix's publications with his West Texas Cowboys made up the bulk of Queens appearances.
In addition to Nix's records, singles by Weldon Rogers and Wink Lewis also appeared on the label. Under the pseudonym “Jay-Bob Howdy” he played the rockabilly single Real Rockin 'Daddy . However, Queen remained a small local label that never had a hit. Most of the records were only made in small numbers and released locally, which makes them very popular with collectors today.
Queens end probably came with the departure of Wink Lewis' from Snyder around 1956. The entire catalog of the label amounted to all research on less than ten singles.
Discography
Catalog number | year | Artist | title |
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Q-145 | Mark Johnson |
Heartbreak Waltz Backin 'Up |
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Q-146 | |||
Q-147 | Hoyle Nix and his West Texas Cowboys |
Invitation medley |
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Q-148 | Hoyle Nix and his West Texas Cowboys |
Choose the One You Want San Antonio Rose |
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Q-149 | 1955 | Jay-Bob Howdy Deonne Dome |
Real Rockin Daddy [!] Another You |
Q-149 | 1955 | Hoyle Nix and his West Texas Cowboys |
Real Rockin 'Daddy Another You |
Q-150 | |||
Q-151 | 1955 | Weldon Rogers |
I'm building a ??? (on the Moon) Please Return My Broken Heart |
Q-152 | |||
Q-153 | Wink Lewis - Buz Busby Band |
Stand Still Low Ball Blues |
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Q-154 | Texas Frank Hughes and his Texas Melody Boys |
Will you my heart |
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Q-155 | |||
Q-156 | |||
Q-157 | Hoyle Nix and his West Texas Cowboys |
Texas Girl Little Betty Brown |
- ↑ Queen 156 was slated for a single from AB “Buddy” Pruitt, but it is not known whether this record was ever released.
Web links
- Discography (Rockabilly only)
- Wink Lewis' activities 1955/1956
- Discography from the Hillbilly Researcher