DeBow : The Unicorn Project

DeBow

[41015] -Crime
[41016] - Improve Yourself

(Rite numbers in dead wax)

    Presented by The Unicorn Project
    Producer : Ray Johnson
    Written-by Clinton Coleman

A Neighborhood Anti-Crime Program, funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

A community project 45 given away free to promote anti-crime in Louisville, Kentucky. Members of DeBow are Joe Debow and Rick Debow + four.

Crime

Improve Yourself

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Note: images courtesy of  discogs

Cliff Butler and the Lovers on Frantic

Cliff Butler and the Lovers

CP-1870 - I Can't Believe
J.Sanders – G.Smith, San-Gor BMI


CP-1869 - Everybody Needs Somebody
C. Coleman – C. Butler, Alexander, BMI


Frantic 801
Louisville, Kentucky
1959

The Frantic label was probably owned by WAKY deejay Jack Sanders.

Cliff Butler was born on October 17, 1922, in Louisville, Kentucky.

 His early experience in music was with one of the many jug bands that made their home in Louisville. After serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he returned to his hometown and organized his first band to back his singing. His first recordings were with the Three Notes, for Signature (1948), followed by recordings for King (1949). 

Through the mid-fifties Cliff and his trio played at Louisville nightspots like The Neon, The Silver Dollar Bar and The El Rancho.  In thelate fifties he became a deejay for WLOU in Louisville, Kentucky.

After turning to the ministry in the early sixties, he continued to broadcast on local radio and recorded several gospel albums. He died in 1981.

Further reading :I've Got A Mind To Ramble : Remembering Cliff Butler  by Keith S. Clements

F. Eddy Pierce on Pier-Wats

F. Eddy Pierce Pier-Watts 1300 [December 1956] CP-1046 - Hold Back Tomorrow CP-1047 - Your Kisses Don't Thrill Me Anymore (Eddy Pierce-James Watson, Fairway Corp. BMI)

Label likely owned by Eddy Pierce (PIER) and James Watson (WATS) out of Louisville, Kentucky.

Eddy Pierce also recorded, with Charlie Davis, two years later for Farral Records a good rockabilly bopper, "It's You, Only You". The flipside, "A Thousand To One", can be heard at YouTube HERE

It's You, Only You .

The Derbytowners on Thoroughbred 321

Thoroughbred EP-321, Louisville, Kentucky
Rite 3497/3498, Account #138, 1960
See images for song titles.

This pop vocal was issued by the same individuals who during the same year released the highly sought after Rhythm Addicts "If You're Square" on the Cee-Gee Label.

Photo Credits: Leonard Yates

Herbie Koch on "Christmas Bells"

Herbie Koch at the Carillons
"Christmas Bells" - EP - 4 Christmas carols per side
CP-2729 ~ (see photos for titles)
CP-2730 ~ (see photos for titles)
Rite Acct # 226 - Christmas 1959
Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.
Louisville, Kentucky

A holiday gift from your local bank on one of the hottest pop culture formats of the day, the 45 rpm record! Apparently, these did not survive in large quantities as no one has reported it previously.

The major significance of this release is RITE's apparent duplicate matrix number error with another Kentucky release:

Although they share duplicate matrix numbers, they have different account numbers. Rite account number 226 on the Christmas Bells EP is correct for a newly assigned account number at that matrix number. The Royce release has account number 113 which was initiated much earlier and is used on all Royce releases.

Christmas Bells photos courtsey of Leonard Yates.

WINN Singers & Orchestra on WINN Radio

The WINN Singers & Orchestra
WINN Radio 111240/1
13011 ~ Louisville, KY. (vocal)
13012 ~ Louisville, KY. (inst.)
Rite Acct. #1378 - 1964

This was created in 1964 to promote Louisville, Kentucky and WINN Radio 1240 AM. It was played on WINN Radio at the time and some copies were given away at dances and on-air promotions. They were playing an MOR format at the time. There's not a lot of these and best chance to find one was the immediate Louisville, Kentucky area.

Photo credits to Louisville musical historian, Leonard Yates.