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Friday, 16 April 2010

DIAMOND RECORDS

Port Arthur. Texas

DIAMOND CW 1001 / CW 1002
MACK HAMILTON AND HIS DRIFTING TEXANS
Moaning In The Morning (CW 1001)
(Conway – Johnson) (BMI)
Sweet Little Rosebud (CW 1002)
(Smith – Conway) (BMI)

DIAMOND CW 1001/1002 reviewed in BILLBOARD October 1953

DIAMOND CW 1003 / CW 1004
ROLAND AND HIS RYTHM [sic] BOYS
Send Me Someone (CW 1003)
(Roland Faulk) (No Publisher Noted)
I’d Own The World (CW 1004)
(Roland Faulk) (No Publisher Noted)

Label address; Port Arthur. Texas. Correspondence; c/o Ken Ritter Enterprises, Beaumont, Texas.

BILLBOARD review dates - source: Bill Daniels “American 45 and 78 RPM Record Dating Guide, 1940 – 1959"

Research Craft Pressings.


Hear "Moaning In The Morning"

1 comment:

  1. There was also a Diamond release by Earl Rebert.

    This label later became "Diamond Jim."

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