QUEEN RECORDS

Box 1095. Snyder. Texas

QUEEN 145
MARK JOHNSON
Heartbreak Waltz (Piano Instrumental) (+)
(Lewis – Johnson) (American. BMI)
Backin’ Up (Piano Instrumental) (-)
(Lewis – Johnson) (American. BMI)




QUEEN 146 (No Information)


QUEEN 147
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Invitation (Vocal – Ben Nix) (147.A)
(Red Hayes) (Starrite Pub.BMI)
Medley (Instrumental) (147.B)
(Arr: Hoyle Nix) (No Publisher Noted) PD.

QUEEN 148
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Choose The One You Want (Vocal – Ben Nix) (148.A)
(Red Hayes) (Starrite Pub.BMI)
San Antonio Rose (Instrumental) (148.B)
(Bob Wills) (Bourne Inc. ASCAP)

QUEEN 149
JAY-BOB HOWDY WITH HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Real Rockin Daddy (Vocal – Jay-Bob Howdy) (149.A)
(Miller – Howdy) (Clearance BMI)
DEONNE DOME WITH HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Another You (Vocal – Deonne Dome) (149.B)
(G. E. Kennerly) (TNT Pub BMI)




QUEEN 149
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Real Rockin Daddy (Uncredited Vocal) (149.A)
(Miller – Howdy) (Acuff Rose. BMI)
Another You (Uncredited Vocal) (149.B)
(G. E. Kennerly) (TNT Pub. BMI)

Note: Label credits for QUEEN 149 differ. The first entry above, the one credited to Jay-Bob Howdy / Deonne Dome, was taken from a 45rpm copy of the record. The second entry above, the one just credited to Hoyle Nix, was taken from a 78rpm record. Jay-Bob Howdy incidentally is Wink Lewis.

Deonne Dome (Real Name: Evelyn Bradford Balis)
(Photo courtesy Danny Balis)

QUEEN 150 (No Information)



QUEEN 151
WELDON ROGERS
Please Return My Broken Heart (151.A)
(Rogers) (Queen-ette. BMI)
I’m Building A ? ? ? (On The Moon) (151.B)
(Rogers) (TNT Pub. BMI)

QUEEN 152 (No Information)



QUEEN 153
WINK LEWIS – BUZ BUSBY BAND
Stand Still (153.A)
(Tanner) (TNT Pub. BMI)
Low Ball Blues (153.B)
(Pruitt) (Queen-ette. BMI)

QUEEN 154
TEXAS FRANK HUGHES AND HIS TEXAS MELODY BOYS
Will You (Vocal – R. D. Thatcher) (154.A)
()
My Heart (Vocal – R. D. Thatcher) (154.B)
()

QUEEN 155 (No Information)



QUEEN 156



Note: QUEEN 156 was assigned to a release by A. B. (Buddy) Pruitt, but it is unknown if this record was actually issued.

QUEEN 157
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Texas Girl (Vocal – Hoyle & Ben Nix) (157.A)
(H. Nix – B. Nix) (TNT Pub. BMI)
Little Betty Brown (Instrumental) (157.B)
(Arr: © by TNT Pub) (TNT Pub.BMI)

Hear "Low Ball Blues"

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Nine)

STAR TALENT 781
JIMMIE SCOTT
Memory Waltz (A) (385)
(Scott) (Star Talent. BMI)
Rocky Road (B) (386)
(Scott) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 782
JIMMIE SCOTT
I'll Make You Happy Yet (A) (387)
(Scott) (Star Talent. BMI)
You Are In The Doghouse Now (B) (388)
(Scott) (Star Talent. BMI)

600 SERIES

Although master number seem to predate the earliest material released on TALENT, I suspect that the STAR TALENT 600 Series was actually inaugurated much later than it would appear, certainly at least not until after the label had changed its name from TALENT to STAR TALENT.

STAR TALENT 600
DALE BERRY AND HIS TEXAS BLUE BONNETS
Varmints In My Garments (A) (98)
(Dale Berry) (Star Talent. BMI)
They Don't Know You (B) (99)
(Echols - Berry) (Star Talent. BMI)

Hear “You Are In The Doghouse Now”



Hear “Varmints In My Garments”

TALENT / STAR TALENT

Material on CD

“PLAYBOY BOOGIE” KRAZY KAT CD 21 (UK) 2001

BUDDY WALKER - We've Lived A Lie / BOOTS AND HIS BUDDIES - Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday / HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS - I'm All Alone / TEX MELTON - It Won't Do, Baby / ALINE McMANUS AND HER PIANO - Television Boogie / JACK PADGETT "THE TEXAS WRANGLER - Boogie Woogie Gal / SEVEN ROWE BROTHERS - WESTERN SWING BAND - Polk County Two Step / COWBOY DIXON - Everything's Gonna Be Changed / BUSTER DOSS AND HIS ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS - Playboy Boogie / JOHNNY MATHIS - Tell Me Why / JOHNNIE BEE- Hang-Over Blues / BUSTER DOSS AND THE ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS - Graveyard Boogie / SNUFFY SMITH AND HIS SNUFF DIPPERS - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS - You're Throwing Life Away / RILEY CRABTREE - If My Tears Were Gold / WAYNE SINGLETON - Mistreated Blues / RAY ROGERS AND HIS MELODY COWBOYS - Mississippi Blues / HANK HARRAL AND HIS PALOMINO COWHANDS - Red Barn Boogie (unissued version); A Smile Won’t Hide A Broken Heart (unissued) / FREDDIE BURNS AND HIS RANCH BOYS - Two Piano Boogie; Juke Box Boogie / HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS - May You Never Break A Heart Like You Broke Mine / BURNS BROTHERS - SUNNY, SLIM & PEEWEE - I Can Sleep Again At Night / SLIM WILLET - I'm A Tool Pusher From Snyder; I'm Going Strong / WAYNE WALKER - Who's Kiddin' Who / SUNNY BURNS AND THE TRAILSMEN - Agreed To Disagree / HANK HARRAL AND HIS PALOMINO COWHANDS - Dream Band Boogie.

Riley Crabtree's TALENT / STAR TALENT material can be found on “WHEN JIMMIE RODGERS MET HANK WILLIAMS” CATTLE CD 317 (GERMANY) 2006.

Hank Harral's TALENT / STAR TALENT sides are to be found on BACM CD D 302(UK) 2010.

Originally published in The Hillbilly Researcher No 8; credits (in alphabetical order) Mitch Drumm, Steve Hathaway, Dave Sax, Phil Tricker, Al Turner,

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Eight)

STAR TALENT 771
GRANVILLE TISDALE AND HIS HOME TOWNERS
Twenty Short Years (A) (366)
(Tisdale) (Star Talent. BMI)
Could You Call King Solomon Wise (B) (365)
(Tisdale) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 772
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Life Is Blinded Through These Tears (Vocal - Ben Nix) (A) (346)
(Ben Nix) (Star Talent. BMI)
Blue Flame (Instrumental) (B) (338)
(arr: Hoyle Nix) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 773
HANK HARRAL AND HIS PALAMINO COWBOYS
Red Barn Boogie (A) (373)
(Harral) (Star Talent. BMI)
Dear Little Oakie Darlin' (B) (374)
(Harral) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 774
SLIM WILLET WITH THE BLUE SAGE BOYS
A Cold Can Of Beer (A) (369)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)
I Call You Stingy (B) (370)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 775
JOHNNY SUTHERLAND
I'm Loaded For Love (A) (376)
(Sutherland) (Star Talent. BMI)
All About The Women (B) (3750
(Sutherland) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 776
WAYNE WALKER
Frown On The Moon (A) (377)
(Wayne & Janet Walker) (Star Talent. BMI)
Who's Kiddin' Who (B) (3780
(Walker) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 777
SLIM WILLET WITH THE BLUE SAGE BOYS
Nobody Loves A Fat Man (A) (367)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)
Give Me That Kind Of Love (That You Would Like To Receive)

(B) (368) (Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 778
SUNNY BURNS AND THE TRAILSMEN
I Wouldn't Take A Million (Vocal - Slim Burns) (A) (379)
(Joe Mancuso) (Star Talent. BMI)
You Can't Break A Broken Heart (Vocal - Irvin Tuttle) (B) (380)
(Irvin Tuttle) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 779
SUNNY BURNS AND THE TRAILSMEN
Come Back To Me (Vocal - Slim Burns) (A) (381)
(Grady Carroll) (Star Talent. BMI)
Agreed To Disagree (Vocal - Slim Burns) (B) (382)
(Fitzgerald - Brasher) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 780
SLIM WILLET
My Story's Sadder Than Yourn [sic] (Vocal - Slim Willet & Jean Stansbury) (A) (383)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)
When We Grow Old (Vocal – Slim Willet) (B) (384)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)

Hear "All About The Women"

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Seven)

STAR TALENT 761
RILEY CRABTREE
Free From Shackles And Chains (A) (355)
(Crabtree) (Star Talent. BMI)
Broken Heart - Falling Tears (B) (356)
(Crabtree) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 762
FREDDIE BURNS AND HIS RANCH BOYS
Juke Box Boogie (Vocal - Freddie Burns & Speedy McNatt) (A) (323)
(Williams - Wamble) (Star Talent. BMI)
Two Piano Boogie (Instrumental) (B) (318)
(Wamble - Martin) (Star Talent. BMI)

“Two Piano Boogie” has notation on label “Featuring Piano By Ray Martin & Pee Wee Wamble”

STAR TALENT 763
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
May You Never Break A Heart Like You Broke Mine

(Vocal - Ben Nix) (A) (344)
(Ben Nix) (Star Talent. BMI)
River Bottom (Instrumental) (B) (336)
(Traditional) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 764
HANK HARRAL AND HIS PALAMINO COWHANDS
When They Raised The UN Flag In South Korea (A) (359)
(Hank Harral) (Star Talent. BMI)
You've Got A Sweetheart (I've Got Just A Friend) (B) (360)
(Hank Harral) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 765
BURNS BROTHERS - SUNNY, SLIM & PEEWEE WITH THE TRAILMEN
My Son's Gone Away (Vocal - Slim & Group) (A) (362)
(Sunny Burns) (Star Talent. BMI)
I Can Sleep Again At Night (Vocal – Slim) (B) (361)
(Cliff Cochran) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 766
FREDDIE BURNS AND HIS RANCH BOYS
Glad Hosanna (Vocal – Trio) (A) (325)
(W. A. Burns – F. Burns) (Star Talent. BMI)
Have You Got Your Reservation (Vocal – Quartet) (B) (324)
(Williams - Wamble) (Star Talent. BMI)

Trio = Freddie Burns, Jig Wilson, Jimmie Smith
Quartet = Freddie Burns, Jig Wilson, Jimmie Smith, Peewee Wamble

STAR TALENT 767
COUSIN ABNER (JOHN HITT)
Toys Behind The Door (A) (351)
(A. M. Franks) (Star Talent. BMI)
Tears Of Shame (B) (352)
(Johnson) (Metro. BMI)

768 (No Information)



769 (No Information)



STAR TALENT 770
SLIM WILLET
I'm Going Strong (A) (363)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)
I'm A Tool Pusher From Snyder (B) (364)
(Willet) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 770
SLIM WILLET
I'm Going Strong (A) (363)
(Willet)
I'm A Tool Pusher On A Rotary Rig (B) (364)
(Willet)

Star Talent 770 was reissued, with modified title (see scan above) the label of the second issue has notation "Formerly - I'm A Tool Pusher From Snyder"

Hear “Have You Got Your Reservation ”

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Six)

STAR TALENT 751
STONEY CARLISLE
Our Last Goodbye (A) (272)
(Carlisle) (No Publisher Noted)
Take Me Home I'm Tired (B) (273)
(Trudy Troup) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 751 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 26th November 1949

STAR TALENT 752
FREDDIE BURNS AND HIS RANCH BOYS
I'm Just A Pore Unlucky Dog [sic]

(Vocal - Freddie Burns & Jimmy Smith) (A) (321)
(Richard Brown) (BMI)
You're Gone (Vocal - Freddie Burns) (B) (320)
(Richard Brown) (BMI)

STAR TALENT 753
SNUFFY SMITH AND HIS SNUFF DIPPERS
Wichita Baby (Vocal - Claude Fewell) (A) (327)
(Claude Fewell) (Star Talent. BMI)
Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide (Vocal - Snuffy Smith) (B) (331)
(Snuffy Smith) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 754
JOHNNIE BEE
You Wanted Mansions (A) (348)
(Balducci) (BMI)
Gulf Of Mexico (B) (349)
(Balducci) (BMI)

STAR TALENT 755
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
You're Throwing Life Away (Vocal - Ben Nix) (A) (340)
(Ben Nix) (Star Talent. BMI)
Hoyle's Fox Trot (Instrumental) (B) (337)
(Hoyle Nix) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 755 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 18th February 1950
STAR TALENT 755 = BILLBOARD review 25th February 1950

STAR TALENT 756
RILEY CRABTREE
Ozark Waltz (A) (242)
(Crabtree) (Star Talent. BMI)
If My Tears Were Gold (B) (250)
(Crabtree) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 756 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949
STAR TALENT 756 = BILLBOARD review 1st October 1949, and again on 25th February 1950

STAR TALENT 757
WAYNE SINGLETON
Mistreated Blues (A) (310)
(Singleton) (Star Talent. BMI)
Louisiana Waltz (B) (313)
(Singelton) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 758
RAY ROGERS AND HIS MELODY COWBOYS
My Life's Just A Failure (A) (306)
(Ray Rogers) (Star Talent. BMI)
Mississippi Blues (B) (307)
(Ray Rogers) (Star Talent. BMI)

STAR TALENT 759
BEN HALL "THE MESA VALLEY BOY"
Old Caravan (A) (354)
(Harris – Hall - Harris) (No Publisher Noted)
Song Of The Prairie (B) (353)
(Jo Harris – Buddy Harris) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 760
HANK HARRAL AND HIS PALOMINO COWHANDS
Dream Band Boogie (A) (357)
(Harral - Samuel) (Star Talent. BMI)
Dilly Dally Doodle (B) (358)
(Hank Harral) (Star Talent. BMI)

Hear "I'm Just A Pore Unlucky Dog" [sic]

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Five)

TALENT 741
GENE O'QUINN WITH AL TURNER’S BIG "D" JAMBOREE BARN DANCE GANG
Pennies For Papa (A) (240)
(Taylor) (No Publisher Noted)
Blues Come Around (B) (241)
(Williams) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 741 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949
TALENT 741 = BILLBOARD review 17th September 1949

TALENT 742
AUDREY JEAN CRABTREE
Little Paper Boy (A) (236)
(Wright - Anglin) (No Publisher Noted)
Our Baby's Gone To Jesus (B) (237)
(Arnett) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949
TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 8th October 1949
TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD review 8th October 1949

TALENT 743
BUSTER DOSS AND THE ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Returned Soldier's Grave (Vocal - Buster Doss) (A) (226)
(Louise Erickson) (No Publisher Noted)
Wedding Bells (Vocal - "Deacon" Darrell) (B) (227)
(Claude Boone) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 743 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949

TALENT 744
JOHNNIE BEE
Looking For A Flower (That Forever Blooms) (A) (246)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)
Hang-Over Blues (B) (247)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 744 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 17th September 1949

TALENT 745
BEN HALL "THE MESA VALLEY BOY"
Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me (A) (252)
(Raney - Glosson) (No Publisher Noted)
Try It Again (B) (251)
(Louis Murdock) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 745 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949

TALENT 746
BUSTER DOSS AND THE ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Graveyard Boogie (A) (176)
(Doss) (No Publisher Noted)
She's My Arkie (B) (177)
(Doss) (No Publisher Noted)

Some copies of TALENT 746 were mislabeled as TALENT 756
TALENT 746 = BILLBOARD review 17th September 1949

TALENT 747 / STAR TALENT 747
COUSIN ABNER (JOHN HITT)
Texas Brags (A) (256)
(Elsie Johnson) (No Publisher Noted)
A Room Full Of Roses (B) (257)
(Ken Spencer) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 747 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949
TALENT 747 = BILLBOARD review 1st October 1949


TALENT 748
JOHNNIE BEE
Warm Red Wine (A) (254)
(Cindy Walker) (No Publisher Noted)
I Won't Break Your Heart Anymore (B) (255)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 748 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949
TALENT 748 = BILLBOARD review 1st October 1949

STAR TALENT 749
CURLEY SANDERS
Last On Your List (A) (259)
(Dillbeck) (No Publisher Noted)
Penny For Your Thoughts (B) (258)
(Carson) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 749 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 26th November 1949

STAR TALENT 750
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Darling Why Are You So Mean To Me (Vocal – Uncredited) (A) (212)
(Ben Nix) (No Publisher Noted)
Comin' Down The Pecos (Instrumental) (B) (214)
(Hoyle Nix) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 750 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 19th November 1949

Hear “Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me”

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Four)

TALENT 731
SEVEN ROWE BROTHERS WESTERN SWING BAND
Oklahoma Moon (Vocal - Luther Rowe) (A) (166)
()
Broken Heart (Vocal - Jack Rowe) (B) (165)
()

TALENT 731 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 15th October 1949


TALENT 732
SEVEN ROWE BROTHERS WESTERN SWING BAND
Good Luck To You (Vocal - Jack Rowe) (A) (211)
(Rowe) (No Publisher Noted)
Polk County Two Step (Instrumental) (B) (192)
(Rowe) (No Publisher Noted)

“Polk County Two Step” has master # 213 deleted in dead wax

TALENT 733
COWBOY DIXON
I'll Go On Dreaming (A) (174)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)
Everything's Gonna Be Changed (B) (173)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 733 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949

TALENT 734 / STAR TALENT 734
BUSTER DOSS AND HIS ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Let's Go Fishing (A) (185)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
Playboy Boogie (B) (175)
(Kay & Buster Doss) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 734 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949
TALENT 734 = BILLBOARD review 7th May 1949
TALENT 734 was repressed at some time with a STAR TALENT label


TALENT 735
JACK PADGETT "THE TEXAS WRANGLER
Our Baby Boy (A) (184)
()
Three Little Words (B) (161)
()

TALENT 735 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949

TALENT 736
BEN HALL "THE MESA VALLEY BOY"
Driftwood On The River (A) (188)
(Klenner - Miller)
Stormy Skies (B) (187)
(Hall) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 736 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949

TALENT 737
JOHNNY HICKS
Mended One Broken Heart (A) (223)
(George - Neal) (Metro. BMI)
Why Be Afraid To Cry (B) (220)
(Hicks – Gwyn - Giersdorf) (Metro. BMI)

TALENT 737 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949

TALENT 738
JOHNNY MATHIS
Tell Me Why (A) (244)
(Mathis) (No Publisher Noted)
Before You Call (B) (245)
(Fred Rose) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 738 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 17th September 1949

TALENT 739
BOB PORTER AND THE CORNCOBB RAMBLERS
A Broken Heart Knows (A) (238)
(Bob Porter) (No Publisher Noted)
You're A Fool If You Don't Get That Woman (B) (239)
(Bob Porter) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 739 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 20th August 1949


TALENT 740
JIMMY ROLLINS
Tragedy At The Well (A) (234)
(Louise Erickson) (No Publisher Noted)
Dancing With Tears In My Heart (B) (235)
(Rollins - Knight) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 740 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 20th August 1949

Hear "Let's Go Fishing"