Sims Records was a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
record label
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in the 1950s and 1960s.
History
Russell Sims had been associated with Country music in the late 1940s and early 1950s and became a sort of touring manager for
T. Texas Tyler who was a
Four Star Records
4 Star Records was a record label that recorded many well-known country music acts in the 1950s. The label, founded after World War II, was home to singers such as Hank Locklin, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Rose Maddox, Webb Pierce, Cousin Ford Lew ...
artist. A meeting with
Fabor Robison in 1951 allowed Sims to witness the birth of Robison's
Abbott Records
Abbott Records was an American record label operated by music promoter and producer Fabor Robison from 1951 to about 1958. Abbott Records released mainly country and western music, rockabilly and — towards the end of its existence — mainstrea ...
and Fabor labels and gave him the desire to start his own record company.
Sims Records began in
Los Angeles
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in the early 1950s with a financial grant from Robison who was already successful with
Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville Sound. Known as "Gentleman ...
ánd began to record local Country musicians.
After an unsuccessful start, Sims relocated to
Nashville in the early 1960s and began to add
Black Gospel and
R&B musicians to his roster. One of his releases by
The Kelly Brothers sold well, but by the late 1968 Sims was running short of money and the company was put in "Mothballs".
In 1999 Sims re-opened his label with a multi-disc set of
Bob Wills
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although ...
music.
See also
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List of record labels
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External links
singles discographySims Records Home Page
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Record labels established in 1951
American country music record labels
Rhythm and blues record labels
American companies established in 1951