Sun - founded 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee by Sam
Phillips. Producers: 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 Nashboro gospel label. Producer: Jay Miller
Rhythm and Blues: Lonnie Brooks, Lightin' Slim, Lonesome Sundown, Arthur Gunter, Rosco
Shelton, Lonnie Brooks,
Doo-Wop Groups - Gladiolas, Marigolds
Rock and Roll: Al Ferrier
Nasco
Group: Crescendos
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 MemphisSubsidiary:
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-Wo- 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.