The Checkmates on Northwest 1009

 

The Checkmates

12011 - West Side Whizz [Vocal]
12012 - West Side Whizz [Instrumental]

both wr. D. Jakary, Skintone Music Co. BMI

Northwest NSC-1009

Northwest Sound Company
14958 Ardmore
Detroit, MI

Full name of the songwriter is Daniel A. Jakary.
Skintone Music Co was owned by Julian G Skinner


Clip (vocal side)

Dean-O-Delray And His Delrays

Dean-O-Delray And His Delrays

10393 - I Want To Be Your Lucky Star

10394 - The Ballad Of Billy The Kid

Both wr O.Davidson, Roman Music Pub. Co.

  Northwest Sound Company 1007

14958 Ardmore, Detroit, Michigan

1963

(Songs copyrighted on 5 June 1963)

Dean-O-Delray's real name is Oscar Davidson. (see comment)


The Northwest Sound Company was operated by the owner/engineer named Julian G. Skinner, also known as "Jody"

According to Ron Murphy (Soulful Detroit Archives) :

Jody lived with his parents upstairs and his studio was in the basement of the house, it had a small control room with a Ampex 351-2 track,he also had a little dub cutter and the studio was just one 9X12 room but he did have good ears and got a pretty good sound for that set-up, sometimes he would press records on his own Northwest Sound label for people paying to make their own record...he operated there for quite a long time from about 1960 into the 70's.

Ted (member of Anvil, a rock band) :

We recorded in a cheap mono studio in Detroit [in 1970] for our first attempt. Julian G. Skinner ran the recording equipment with the back of his twisted hands as he had several palsy. Could not speak well, and would not let us use our amplifiers.

Sound files are from the CD "Move and Rock" (Collector Records)

Denny Jorden with the Fortuneaires

14263 – You Don’t Know
(Walter Spriggs, Roosevelt Music BMI)
2:10

14264 –You’ll Be Lonely
(Dennis J. Bejester, Jorden BMI)
2:00

Denny Jorden with the Fortuneaires

Boss 2001/2
Detroit, Michigan
Year : 1965

-

Dennis Jorden Bejester, at a time guitarist of Detroit local band The Jesters, had at least two other records pressed by Rite Records. He died in 2003.

Northwest Sound Company NSC-1007/8 -- '63
(as by Dennis Jorden)

11447 ~ Since I Met You Baby
11448 ~ Any Message

Blanden 2003/4 -- '66
(as by Denny Jorden and the Berkeleys)

18195- Here I Come (Through The Door)
18196- Do You Want To Dance