DIXIE RECORDS 1106

Don Walton

Jan 65

45-1106-A – I Met Another

(Don Walton)   (Tronic BMI)

45-1106-B – Another Heartache

(Billy Parker)   (Galway Music)

DIXIE RECORDS 1106

514 SE 10 Newton, Kansas

Source: Phillip J Tricker

CERDAY RECORDS 1034

CLAY CERDAY

Aug 63

45-1034-A - Returning Oklahoma

(Clay Cerday)   (Tronic Music)

45-1034-B - West Berlin

(Clay Cerday)   (Tronic Music)

CERDAY RECORDS 1034

Wichita, KS

Source: Pascal Perrault

PANCHO RECORDS 988

JERRY HOOVER

Sept 62   (BB =  10^thDec 1962)

45-988-A – Pat Malone

(J. Hoover)   (Marvel Pillar Music)

45-988-B – Are You In Love With Someone

(J. Hoover)   (Marvel Pillar Music)

PANCHO RECORDS 988

708 West 16^thStreet, Topeka, KS

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DIXIE RECORDS 975

THE TORNADOES

Jun 62

975-A – Tornado Twist

(None)   (Tronic Music)

975-B – Riot

(B Matthews)    (Tronic Music)

TORNADO RECORDS 975

103 East Hickory, Dodge City, KS

(The A side was produced by Kay Charles. The B side was produced by Dave Tarter.)

Source:  Pascal Perrault

Monster Rocker with killer instrumental. What more can you want?

(Well, a copy to call my own would be nice.)

BIG STATE RECORDS 572

BIG STATE RECORDS 572

No. 8 Manchester Road, Wichita Falls, KS

JACK FROST and his Band

Jul 56 (BMI clearance on 3rd Aug 56)

45-572-A - There Is No Tomorrow

(Ken Blackridge) (Starrite BMI)

45-572-B - Crying My Heart Out

(Ken Blackridge) (Starrite BMI)

No knowledge about Jack Frost and his Band. Both sides are western swing, like an early Texas Playboys with trumpet, guitar, fiddle - the whole nine yards of western swing sophistication. The B side is the better of the two in my opinion but they are kind of similar so it's hard to chose on from the other.
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Label Shots courtesy of Al Turner.

MID WEST RECORDS 551

MID WEST RECORDS 551

MOWEE JOHNSON and his Rocky Mountain Boys

Apr 56 (BMI clearance on 13th Apr 56)

551-A - I Hope Tomorrow Never Comes

(Johnson) (Starrite)

551-B - What Am I Going To Do

(Johnson) (Starrite)
Wichita, KS

Yet again, another artist had slipped past my radar and vanished into that "Bermuda Triangle" of obscure artists. (MC)

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COSMOPOLITAN RECORDS 503

BIG BOB DOUGHERTY and his Orchestra

Mar 54

503-A - Whale   (Don Carlos Music)

(B Dougherty)

503-B - Okey Pretty Baby   (Don Carlos Music)

(L Dougherty)

COSMOPOLITAN RECORDS 503

458 4th Avenue, Leavensworth, KS

503-A is a tuff fast Rhythm and Blues tenor sax instrumental led by Dougherty and accompanied by piano, bass, drums and guitar. Nice drum solo near the end of side A. Slightly shaky Vocals on 503-B is by Lonnie Dougherty, who I presume is a brother of Bob. Note the dodgy spelling on the label (which makes me wonder if “Whale” was supposed to be “Wail”.) Regardless, it’s a nice tune with good piano, sax and guitar solos. It bring up an image in my mind of a tiny, dimly-lit stage in some smokey bar with all the customers sitting around very small tables.

Despite being quite a prolific recording artist, I haven’t as yet nailed down any kind of biography on Bob. He was based at the time of this recording around Leavensworth, KS but played and recorded across the Missouri river in Kansas City, MO. He recorded for Westport, KCM, Kay and Cardinal - all out of K City - and also recorded for Decca and the Long Island Shelley/Golden Crest label set-up. According to notes by John Broven on the Golden Crest Instrumental CD (ACE CDCHD 724), Bob’s band probably featured Elsie Carr (piano), Ted Williams (Gtr), Jackie Lewis (Bs) and Corky Jackson (dms) in 1959. 

Don Carlos Music appears on quite a few releases on Wolf-Tex Records (Wolf City, TX)

(MC / Mack Stevens / Ace CD 724).

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Source: Phillip J Tricker