US label; also appears as "Starday" only.
Starday Records was started in Beaumont, Texas in 1952 by Pappy Daily and Jack Starnes, Jr. The "Starday" name is a combination of Starnes' and Daily's names. The label recorded country & western, Cajun and sacred music.
Short history
1952 - Starday Records founded
1953 - Don Pierce (2) became the president of the label
1954 - Grand Ole Opry's New Star" by George Jones (2) released
1954 - Hollywood Records (2) label - owned by Don Pierce (2), consolidated
1955 - Pierce and Daily purchase Starnes' share of the label
1957 - January 1st merged into Mercury as Mercury Starday. In Dec. the headquarters moved to Madison, TN. - the distributor Starday International Sales, Inc. appeared
1958 - Mercury agreement dissolved. Pierce buys Daily's share of the label, Daily leaves the label
1964 - Nashville subsidiary started
1968 - Starday purchased King Records (3)
1969/1970 - name of the company changed to Starday-King Records, Inc.
1971 - Starday-King sold to Lin Broadcasting
July 1971 - Lin sold the Starday-King labels to Tennessee Recording and Publishing
1975 - labels sold to GML, Inc., Starday moved under Gusto Records, Inc.
Other companies associated to the label are:
Starday Recording And Publishing Co., Inc.
Starday Sound Studios
For unofficial releases, see Starday Records (2).
