DOLTON RECORDS
Dolton Records was a record label based in Seattle that was originally known as Dolphin Records. It was owned by Bob Reisdorf and Bonnie Guitar. Major Dolton artists included the Fleetwoods, the Ventures, Vic Dana, and the Frantics. It was acquired in 1963 by Avnet and merged with its Liberty Records parent label in 1966. Liberty had distributed Dolton releases when the Fleetwoods’ “Come Softly To Me” became a hit. (More from Wikipedia)
Two guitarists from Tacoma, Washington, Bob Bogle and Don Wilson formed a duo in 1958 called the Versatones, later named the Impacts; they began playing dates with a variety of rhythm sections. Since both band names had already been registered, they changed their name to the Ventures. After being rejected by a Liberty Records subsidiary called Dolton Records, the two formed their own label, Blue Horizon Records and released a single, “Cookies and Coke”, with Don Wilson on vocals. Later they added Nokie Edwards (bass guitar) and Skip Moore (drums) and became an instrumental rock band.
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