[78-L] TENNESSEE label info wanted

[Bill McClung]

There were four principals: Bill Beasley, who had owned Collegiate Records
in 1948-49; Howard Allison, who along with Beasley owned Coastline
Distributing and Volunteer Music Sales; Alan and Reynold Bubis, counsins who
owned American Tea and Coffee, a food distribution company which included a
juke box distribution division.

Two of their most successful artists were Randy Hughes, who later became
Patsy Cline's manager and who piloted her last flight, and Del Wood, who had
Tennessee's biggest hit  "Down Yonder."

The first release was numbered 711 because the number was lucky.
Tennessee shut down in late 1952 because of legal troubles but was reformed
as Republic Records in 1953.

There is a very detailed history of Tennessee Records in "A Shot in the
Dark: Making Records in Nashville, 1945-1955."

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net> wrote:

>
> found this:
> BILLBOARD  JAN 28 1950
>  Alan Bubis and Bill Beasley, who distribute London and other
> disk lines out of Nashville, have setup their own diskery, TENNESSEE
> RECORDS.  The label will specialize in hillbilly material.  The first
> release is Rick Riddle's "Second Hand Heart" and "Somebody's Stealin'
> My Baby's Sugar".  Riddle has signed an exclusive with the company.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>  [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Frank Scott
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 1:44 PM
> To: '78-L Mail List'
> Subject: Re: [78-L] TENNESSEE label info wanted
>
>
> The Tennessee label issued around  200 78s - around 50 in their 100 series
> were blues and gospel and the rest were in the 700/800 series and mostly
> country. There were five singles issued by Helen Carter.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [mailto:78-l-
> > bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Rockwell
> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:24 AM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] TENNESSEE label info wanted
> >
> >  From ARLD (p. 219):
> > Tennessee Records
> > 417 Ash St., Nashville, TN (as of 07/50)
> > 824 Fifth St. S., Nashville, TN (as of 08/51)
> > Owned by Bill Beasley and poss. Alan Bubis (after 06/53)
> > 774 seems to have been released c. July 1951.
> > Mal
> >
> > *******
> >
> > On 6/26/2010 6:17 AM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> > > I'd like some background information on the 78rpm TENNESSEE label - a
> > number of
> > > HELEN CARTER recordings c.1951 were issued by them.
> > > The only one I've seen (774) has not even an address.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Best wishes, Thomas.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 78-L mailing list
> > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>