About this catalogue entry
King Records is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Original Production.
Source note: American R&B label from Cincinnati, 1943-75
Historical entity: the source marks this entity as ended in 1975. This is not an active-status verification.
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Associated release artists
Showing 80 of 208 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.
Selected releases
965 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- Blues for Everybody →
Release date: 2002-10-21
- Blues in “F” / Cross Bones →
Release date: 1949
- Bongo Blues / King’s Spinner →
Release date: 1949
- Bonnie Baby / Miss Rubberneck Jones →
Release date: 1959
- Boodie Green / After You've Gone →
Release date: 1950-08
- Boogie Woogie Baby / Born to Be Blue →
Release date: 1947
- Bossa Nova and Blues →
Release date: 1963
- Bostic Rocks: Hits of the Swing Age →
Release date: 1958
- Bostic for You →
Release date: 1956
- Boy-Girl-Boy →
Release date: 1962
- Boy‐Girl‐Boy →
Release date: 1988
- Bradshaw Boogie / Walkin' The Chalk Line →
Release date: 1951-06
- Brand New Country Songs →
Release date: 1968
- Branded Man →
Release date: 2003
- Breeze / Dolly Dear →
Release date: 1947
- Bring It Back / Bad News Baby (There'll Be No Rockin' Tonight) →
Release date: 1952
- Bring It Back / Bad News Baby (There'll Be No Rockin' Tonight) →
Release date: 1952
- Bring It Up →
Release date: 1967
- Bringing Up the Guitar / Gittin' a Little Hipper →
Release date: 1968
- Brother Rapp ↗
Release date: 1970Release genres: funk · Genre source ↗
- Brown's Ferry Blues / Mississippi Shore →
Release date: 1947
- Butter Your Popcorn / Funky Soul Train →
Release date: 1969-06
- Call Me Super Bad →
Release date: 1970
- Catfish Baby / Heads or Tails, I Win →
Release date: 1952-03-31
Artists linked to this entry
60 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.
- Abu Talib ↗
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- Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley ↗
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- Baby Lloyd Stallworth ↗
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- Beau Dollar ↗
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- Big Maybelle ↗
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- Bill Doggett ↗
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- Bobby Bennett ↗
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- Bobby Byrd ↗
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- Bonnie Lou ↗
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- Boyd Bennett ↗
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- Cowboy Copas ↗
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- Don Reno ↗
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- Earl Bostic ↗
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- Eddie Kirkland ↗
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- Eddie Vinson ↗
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- Floyd Robinson ↗
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- George Shuffler ↗
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- Hank Ballard ↗
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- Hardrock Gunter ↗
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- Hawkshaw Hawkins ↗
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- Henry D. "Homer" Haynes ↗
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- Homer and Jethro ↗
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- Ivory Joe Hunter ↗
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- J. E. Mainer ↗
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Founders
1 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.
- Syd Nathan →
Founding date not specified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
Recording contracts
2 sourced relationships. These source records may be historical and do not confirm a current roster or contract.
- Bill Beach →
Dates not specified · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Ruby Wright Rapp →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
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