D RECORDS
D Records was a record label located in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Pappy Daily. The label closed in 1965, though George Strait recorded his first songs under the label’s name from 1978-1980 until he signed to MCA Records in 1981. Daily also owned the Dart record label. (More from Wikipedia)
The first 45 released by the Big Bopper – actually a pair of instrumental recordings credited to Wortham Watts (the two men co-wrote the songs) – came out on D Records: “Cotton Picker” b/w “Lonesome”. Shortly afterwards, “Beggar To A King” b/w “Crazy Blues” came out on Mercury/Starday Records.
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