WESN Show #34 - Nov. 14, 2019

STARDAY-DIXIE-NASHVILLE : Downstate "Custom Series" Singles 1957-1967

A selection of 45s by downstate Illinois musicians released by Starday Records as part of their custom pressing series.   

Starting in the mid-1950's any group or singer could send Starday their recordings.  In exchange for $115 and the publishing rights, the record company would provide the artist with 300 copies of their own single to send out to radio stations or to sell.  On the early releases, artists often used their own label names.  Later on Dixie and eventually Nashville were used for these vanity pressings.

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Bobby Mack	Waiting For You To Call	B-Mac	1958	Peoria
Art Buchanan w/ The Pioneers	Queen From Bowling Green	Dixie	1960	Wayne City
Bill & Ben and the Arkansas Travelers	The Sun Shines Brighter	Traveler	1958	Champaign-Urbana
Carl Trantham w/ The Rhythm All Stars	Deedle Deedle Dum	Starday	1958	Peoria
The Beck Brothers	Just Like You	Mid West	1960	Colchester
Carl Trantham w/ The Rythm All Stars	Where There's A Will (There's A Way)	Lincoln	1957	Peoria
Bobby Mack	Who Put The Blues In Your Heart	Dixie	1959	Peoria
Art Ontario	It Must Be Me	Dixie	1959	Wayne City
Lyle Keefer	A Fool Doesn't Know	Lincoln	1959	Elmwood
The Beck Brothers	Screamin' Mamie	Mid West	1959	Colchester
Howard Mayberry w/ The Sangamon Boys	This Just Can't Be Puppy Love	Dixie	1961	Decatur
Ray King	I'm An Old Pipe Liner	Nashville	1963	Pekin
Junior Garner w/ The Sangamon Boys	Blind Date	Dixie	1961	Decatur
Jim Durdel	Bright Lights Uptown	Nashville	1962	Arthur
Bill & Ben & The Arkansas Travelers	My One Mistake	Nashville	1961	Champaign-Urbana
The Casuals	It's Gonna Work Out Right	Nashville	1964	Decatur
The Holidays	Concussion	Dixie	1964	Springfield
Bobby Mack	Tell You What I'm Gonna Do	Nashville	1967	Peoria
Jim Wheeler & The Country Playboys	Hughes Ramble	Gen-Nell	1964	Danville
Gene Pierson	Engineer Mountain	Nashville	1963	Springfield
Marguerite Sanders	Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar	Star	1967	Sullivan
Junior Garner	Go On And Live With The Devil	Nashville	1963	Decatur

Extras

Art Buchanan (aka Art Ontario)

Jim Durdel

Ray King