What a revelation to find out that World Radio History‘s website allows one and all the ability to systematically search the complete back issues of Cash Box, Billboard, and Record World! What’s really helpful is when the items in the search results are rendered in miniature, thus allowing you to see more readily which articles are actually germane to your search (and not simply “noise”). This recent discovery thus impelled me to pull together a comprehensive bibliography of periodical literature that documents King Records during its years of operation and also shows the impact of its legacy in the decades following Syd Nathan’s passing in 1968. Utilizing journal and newspaper clippings from my own files, as well as bibliographic references from Steven C. Tracy‘s Going to Cincinnati (1993), Jon Hartley Fox‘s King of the Queen City (2009), and David Bottoms‘ sweeping Stacks of Wax – The Complete Story of the Record Labels of Cincinnati, Ohio (2020), plus information gathered on field trips to the Library of Congress’ Recorded Sound Research Center (as well as a two-month trial subscription to Newspapers.com, not to mention gleanings from an early incarnation of this website), I have been able to encapsulate the King story through 75 years or so of news and journal literature.

Just from reading the titles of the articles in the periodical literature cited below, one can take in the magnitude of the King musical legacy — a remarkable span of commercial success for an independent operation that restlessly sought to exploit areas of the marketplace that were insufficiently served by the major labels. This detailed bibliography is a public service provided by Zero to 180 and will continue to be updated over time — please note that some article titles have been enhanced to make the content more explicit and/or “keyword-searchable”:

King Records & Cincinnati Music History in the Periodical Literature

Updated:  February 17, 2021

1940-1945

• “Real Estate Transfers” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 13, 1940
• “Two Workmen Are Injured In Evanston Tank Explosion” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb. 11, 1942
• “Phonograph Records to Be Made Here” – Cincinnati Times Star – Nov. 1, 1944
• “Company is Formed; To Make Recordings; Located in Evanston” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 12, 1944
• “Deals Include Store Units, Parcel for Sears Expansion” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Dec. 13, 1944

1946

• “Cincinnati’s Mayor at Aireon Electronic Phonograph Show” – Cash Box – Mar. 25, 1946
• Ad = DeLuxe Records presents Denver Darling – Record Retailing – April 1946
• Reviews = Carlisle Bros & Jimmy Widener (King) + Deacon Lem Johnson (Queen) – Cash Box – Aug. 12, 1946
• Reviews = ‘Missouri’ – Hank Penny (King) + ‘Lost Her Re-Bop’ – Annisteen Allen (Queen) – Cash Box – Aug. 12, 1946
• Review = ‘Dream Train Engineer’ – Leon Rusk (King) – Cash Box – Sep. 23, 1946
• NOTE = King & Queen ad with offensive racial stereotypes – Cash Box – Oct. 7, 1946
• “Two Corporations Replace King Record Company” – Cincinnati Post – Oct. 8, 1946
• “Strummin’ Geetar Is Music to Millions” by JF Cronin – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 27, 1946

1947

• “Sidney“ Nathan – ‘Hillbilly Is Our Business‘ (Coin Machine Industries Convention issue) – Cash Box – Jan. 27, 1947

• “Record Manufacturers Meet to Form Trade Association [Suggested by Syd Nathan]” – Cash Box – Mar. 3, 1947
• “King Records Sets Distribution Plans” – Cash Box – April 14, 1947
• ‘Roly Poly’ by Denver Darling – Bullseye of the Week + ‘Johnson County Blues’ by JE Mainer & His Mountaineers – Cash Box – May 19, 1947
• ‘Jole Blon’s Sister’ by Moon Mullican – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – June 30, 1947

Cash Box ad — July 21, 1947

• Review = ‘Do You Ever Worry’ by Boots Woodall & Radio Wranglers – Cash Box – Aug. 4, 1947
• Ad = “King Proudly Presents Cowboy Copas – Exclusive King Artist” [above] – Cash Box – Sep. 1, 1947
• “King Adds Branch Offices in NYC, Chicago & Charlotte” – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1947
• News = Bob Sherman appointed recording director for King Records – Cash Box – Sep. 15, 1947
• Syd Nathan:  “Music Machine [jukebox] Operators Are Essential Cog in Disc Operation” – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1947

• ‘Call Me Darling Once Again’ by Grandpa Jones – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1947
• Syd Nathan quoted in article about Hillbilly Music – Cash Box – Oct. 27, 1947
• “King Records Pacts Wynonie Harris” – Cash Box – Dec. 6, 1947
• ‘Jamboree’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 20, 1947
• Reviews = ‘SF Blues’ by Ivory Joe Hunter + ‘Gold Mine in the Sky’ by Lord Essex – Cash Box – Dec. 20, 1947
• “King Records Sign Folk Artist Team” [Curly Fox & Texas Ruby] – Cash Box – Dec. 27, 1947
• King ad = ‘sepia’ & ‘hillbilly’ – Cash Box – Dec. 27, 1947
• ‘Good Rocking Tonight’ by Roy Brown = #2 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Dec. 27, 1947
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson = #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Dec. 27, 1947

Jukebox operators: . key vinyl market

1948

• News = 300 stations request copy of a Christmas greeting from Grandpa Jones, Delmore Bros, Cowboy Copas, Lightcrust Doughboys, Hank Penny, Bill Carlisle & the York Bros – Cash Box – Jan. 10, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson = #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Jan. 10, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson = #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Jan. 10, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson = #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Feb. 7, 1948
• ‘Waltz of the Wind’ by Clyde Moody – Bullseye of the Week + ‘Signed, Sealed & Delivered’ by Cowboy Copas – #2 folk-hillbilly hit – Cash Box – Feb. 14, 1948
• News = Hank Penny makes TV debut as MC for WLWT’s ‘Musical Ponies’ + King publishes song folios for Grandpa Jones & Cowboy Copas – Billboard – Feb. 21, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Feb. 21, 1948
• ‘Signed Sealed Delivered’ by Cowboy Copas – #1 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Feb. 21, 1948
• “King Expands to 14 Distributors – Banner Year” – Cash Box – Feb. 28, 1948
• “King Diskery Adds Eight Distribution Arms – Sid Nathan Elected Prexy’ – Billboard – Feb. 28, 1948
• Ad = ‘All My Love Belongs to You’ by Bull Moose Jackson – Cash Box – Mar. 6, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Mar. 6, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Mar. 6, 1948
• ‘Phil Grogan Joins King to Expand Juke Box & Radio Effort’ – Cash Box – Mar. 13, 1948
• News = Hank Penny makes TV debut on WLWT – Cash Box – Mar. 13, 1948
• ‘I Love You Yes I Do’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 on LA’s Central Ave – Cash Box – Mar. 20, 1948
• ‘All My Love Belongs to You’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 on Chicago’s South Side – Cash Box – Mar. 27, 1948
• “King Adds 3 New Distributors – DC, Detroit & Atlanta” – Cash Box – Mar. 27, 1948
• Review = ‘Good Rocking Tonight‘ by Wynonie Harris + ‘Whose Hat’ by Roy Brown – Cash Box – Apr. 3, 1948

• ‘All My Love Belongs to You’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Apr. 10, 1948
• Front-page story about Harry Carlson of Fraternity Records – Cincinnati Times-Star – Apr. 10, 1948
• News = WCKY’s Nelson King cuts ‘Deck of Cards’ for King – strong early sales – Billboard – Apr. 17, 1948
• ‘Good Rocking Tonight’ by Wynonie Harris – #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – May 8, 1948
• “King Records Pact Folk Singer Jimmie Osborne” – Cash Box – June 12, 1948
• “King’s Solid Disk Sales” – Cincinnati label establishing itself as both hillbilly and “race diskery” – Billboard – June 19, 1948
• ‘Tennessee Moon’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – July 3, 1948
• ‘Tomorrow Night’ by Lonnie Johnson – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – July 17, 1948
• “King Offers [Jukebox] Operators 5% Return – Only Given Dealers in Past” – Billboard – Jul. 17, 1948
• ‘King Records Gives Music Ops 5% Return Privilege + Buys Ravens & Gant Masters – Cash Box – July 24, 1948
• ‘Sweeter Than the Flowers’ by Moon Mullican – #3 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Aug. 7, 1948
• ‘Can’t Go On Without You’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Aug. 14, 1948
• “Cowboy Copas Inks Pact with King, WSM” – Billboard – Aug. 21, 1948
• ‘Don’t Fall in Love with Me’ – #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Aug. 28, 1948
• “King to Distribute Other Labels” + “King to Allow 100% Returns on Folk Disks” – Billboard – Sep. 11, 1948
• ‘Can’t Go On Without You’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Sep. 11, 1948
• Reviews = ‘Stardust’ by Lord Nelson & ‘Hogan’s Alley’ by Cecil Gant – Cash Box – Sep. 18, 1948
• ‘What My Eyes See’ by Moon Mullican – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 25, 1948
• “King Enters Pop Field” – Record Retailing – October 1948
• “King Adds New Branch in Philadelphia” – Record Retailing – November 1948
• Full-page King/DeLuxe Christmas-themed ad – Record Retailing – November 1948
• “King Diskery Sets Distribution for Canada” – Billboard – Nov. 13, 1948

Billboard ad — Nov. 27, 1948

• ‘Sweeter Than the Flowers’ by Moon Mullican – #2 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Nov. 27, 1948
• ‘DeLuxe Sets Up West Coast Office’ + ‘King Signs Wayne Raney of XERF’ – Cash Box – Dec. 25, 1948

Four of the Top 10 R&B Crescent City jukebox hits for Apr. 24, 1948: . King Records

1949

• “Record Companies Sign Agreement with Petrillo” – Record Retailing – January 1949
• “King Records See Bright Future in Disk Biz with Ban at End” – Cash Box – Jan. 1, 1949
• King ad = Thank you for 1948’s many hits! – Cash Box – Jan. 22, 1949
• “King Eyes Race Biz; Inks (Earl) Bostic, (Todd) Rhodes” – Billboard – Jan. 22, 1949
• “Juke Box Operator’s $6 Debt Makes Hillbilly Hits” by Jack Ramey – Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb. 6, 1949
• News = King has ‘pacted’ The Satisfiers, Louise Carlyle & Geo Hudson Orch + Syd Nathan & Henry Glover ‘cutting’ Ivory Joe Hunter, Marian Abernathy & the Jubilaires – Billboard – Feb. 26, 1949
• “King Records Bow into Pop Platter Field” – Cash Box – Feb. 26, 1949
• “King Enters Pop Field” – Dewey Bergman & Henry Glover – Record Retailing – March 1949
• Street addresses for all 20 King distributors – Record Retailing – March 1949
• ‘Feel That Old Age Coming On’ by Wynonie Harris – Race Disk of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 5, 1949
• ‘I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome’ by Clyde Moody – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 12, 1949
• “Record Firm Here Smashes Jim Crow; Workers’ Positions, Pay Keyed to Ability” – Jerry Ransohoff – Cincinnati Post – Mar. 21, 1949
• ‘Rocking at Midnight’ by Roy Brown = #1 in New Orleans – Cash Box – Mar. 26, 1949
• “King Records Announce Disk Price Policy” – Cash Box – Apr. 30, 1949
• “King Adds 11 New Branches [Birmingham, Memphis, Kansas City, Denver, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston WV]” – Record Retailing – May 1949
• Al Grant & Louise Carlyle = King’s two promising pop vocalists – Record Retailing – May 1949

• Editorial:  “The Record Business – No Place for Prejudice” – Record Retailing – May 1949
• Full-page King-DeLuxe ‘hillbilly’ & ‘sepia’ ad – Record Retailing – May 1949
• “Country Music Enjoys Greatest Popularity” – Paul Cohen, Decca Records – Record Retailing – May 1949
• “New Look for 3 R’s:  Record Retailing by Radio” — Nelson King of Cinti’s WCKY – Record Retailing – May 1949
• “[King] Disk Fund to Kid Hospital” [‘Death of Kathy Fiscus’ by Jimmy Osbourne] – Billboard – May 21, 1949
• ‘Over the Hill’ by Clyde Moody – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – May 21, 1949
• “King Records Pact Harry Prime & Lucas Ork” – Cash Box – May 28, 1949
• “Crosley Radio-TV Sales Up” – Record Retailing – June 1949
• “King Hits New High” – 800,000 monthly sales – Record Retailing – June 1949
• “King Signs Johnny Long & Vincent Lopez” – Record Retailing – June 1949
• ‘Wrong to Love You Like I Do’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – June 4, 1949
• “King Records Hypo Folk Festival in [Blackstone] VA” – Cash Box – June 18, 1949
• ‘Little Girl Don’t Cry’ by Bull Moose Jackson #1 in LA + ‘Waiting in Vain’ by Ivory Joe #2 in Chicago – Cash Box – June 25, 1949
• ‘Little Girl Don’t Cry’ by Bull Moose Jackson #1 in LA + ‘Waiting in Vain’ by Ivory Joe #2 in New Orleans – Cash Box – July 2, 1949
• ‘The Longer We’re Together’ by Hawkshaw Hawkins – Bullseye of the Week + Paul Howard & Ark Cotton Pickers – Cash Box – July 9, 1949
• ‘Little Girl Don’t Cry’ by Bull Moose Jackson – #1 on Chicago’s South Side – Cash Box – July 16, 1949
• “Crosley Announces Portable TV” – Record Retailing –August 1949
• “DeLuxe & Day [Miltone, Sacred & Foto labels] Master Exchange” – Record Retailing –August 1949
• Review = ‘Blues Stay Away From Me’ by Delmore Brothers – Cash Box – Aug. 13, 1949
• ‘Package Tied in Blue’ by Johnny Rion – Bullseye of the Week + Texas Ruby & Curly Fox + Cope Brothers 78s – Cash Box – Aug. 27, 1949
• “King and DeLuxe Split Confirmed by Syd Nathan” – Billboard – Sep. 3, 1949
• ‘Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me’ by Wayne Raney – #2 folk-hillbilly hit – Cash Box – Oct. 8, 1949
• ‘Love Sick Blues’ by Hank Williams (#1) + ‘Haul Off’ by Wayne Raney (#2) – Cash Box – Oct. 15, 1949
• “Henry Stone Opens New Distribution Firm [in Miami]” – Cash Box – Oct. 22, 1949
• ‘My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It’ by Hank Williams – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 12, 1949
• ‘Guess Who’ by Ivory Joe Hunter – #1 in New Orleans  – Cash Box – Nov. 12, 1949
• ‘Love Sick Blues’ by Hank Williams (#1) + ‘Haul Off’ by Wayne Raney (#2) – Cash Box – Nov. 12, 1949
• News = WCKY’s Nelson King (top national DJ) named A&R advisor-producer for King – Billboard – Nov. 19, 1949
• ‘Love Sick Blues’ – 1949’s Hillbilly Record of the Year = Jukebox Operators of America Poll Winners – Cash Box – Dec. 3, 1949
• ‘Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me’ by Wayne Raney (#2) + ‘Blues Stay Away’ by Delmore Bros (#3) hillbilly-folk jukebox hits – Cash Box – Dec. 10, 1949
• Reviews = Johnny Rion (King) + Rex Allen with Jerry Byrd & the String Dusters recorded at Herzog Studios (Mercury) – Cash Box – Dec. 17, 1949

All three Hank Williams songs (below) recorded at E.T. Herzog Studios — Cincinnati

• Ad = ‘Thanks from Hank’ – ‘Love Sick Blues‘ 1949’s #1 hillbilly record – Cash Box – Dec. 24, 1949
• “Nathan-Braun DeLuxe Fuss Erupts in Court Litigation” – Billboard – Dec. 31, 1949
• ‘Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me’ by Wayne Raney + ‘Blues Stay Away’ by Delmore Bros + ‘My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It’ by Hank Williams = Top 5 folk-hillbilly hits – Cash Box – Dec. 31, 1949

1950

• “The Man Who Is King [Syd Nathan]” – Saga – January, 1950

[Note:  According to Jon Hartley Fox, this article presents information on Syd Nathan “that formed a basis for subsequent discussions of him in print”]

• ‘Blues Stay Away From Me’ by Delmore Bros – (still) #3 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Jan. 7, 1950
• “Paul Cohen Named Sales Manager Decca’s Country-Sepia Department” – Cash Box – Jan. 7, 1950
• ‘Blues Stay Away From Me’ by Delmore Bros – #2 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Jan. 14, 1950
• ‘I Love You Because’ by Clyde Moody – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Jan. 14, 1950
• ‘Blues Stay Away From Me’ by Delmore Bros – #2 folk-hillbilly jukebox hit – Cash Box – Jan. 28, 1950
• ‘I Love My Baby’s Pudding’ by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 18, 1950
• “King Now Operating 33 Factory Owned Branches” – Cash Box – Feb. 18, 1950
• “King Records Spikes Rumors on Chi(cago) Branch Closing” – Cash Box – Feb. 25 1950
• “King Records Spike False Rumors About Closing Branches” – Record Retailing – March 1950
• Syd Nathan quoted in “Record Industry Hails Music Operators of America Meet as Smash Success” – Cash Box – Mar. 15, 1950
• ‘A Fool in Love’ by Bull Moose Jackson – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 25, 1950
• “King Set For Big Promotion in Pop Field” – Cash Box – Apr. 8, 1950
• “King Revamps; Back in Pops” – Billboard – Apr. 8, 1950
• “King Adds Shorty Long, Mabel Scott & Wild Bill Moore to Roster” – Cash Box – Apr. 15, 1950
• Syd Nathan on the run = LA sessions with Hank Penny; Moon Mullican sessions in Odessa, TX; Paul Howard session in Shreveport & Grandpa Jones-York Brothers sessions in Cincinnati – Cash Box – Apr. 22, 1950
• “King Confusion” = Joe Thomas vs. Joe Thomas – Record Retailing – May 1950
• ‘Say You Were Wrong’ by Clyde Moody – Bullseye of the Week + ‘Al Dexter Signs King Wax Pact’ + Zeb Turner 78 – Cash Box – June 3, 1950
• ‘Southern Hospitality’ by Moon Mullican – Bullseye of the Week + Al Dexter & Hank Penny 78s – Cash Box – June 24, 1950
• King signs Lucky Millinder to long-term pact + ad on facing page – Record Retailing –July 1950
• ‘Well Oh Well’ by Tiny Bradshaw – #1 on LA’s Central Ave – Cash Box – July 1, 1950
• ‘Good Morning Judge’ by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – July 1, 1950
• ‘Hard Luck Blues’ by Roy Brown – #1 in LA – Cash Box – July 8, 1950

Cash Box — July 15, 1950

• Ad = “King Goes Direct to Writers for New Songs” – Billboard – July 22, 1950
• Reviews = Zeb Turner & Redd Stewart (King) + Red Kirk with Jerry Byrd & String Dusters @ Herzog Studios (Mercury) – Cash Box – July 29, 1950
• “King Told to Pull Moon Mullican Disk” – Billboard – July 29, 1950
• ‘Well Oh Well’ by Tiny Bradshaw – #1 in LA – Cash Box – Aug. 5, 1950
• ‘I’ll Sail My Ship Alone’ by Moon Mullican – #2 folk-hillbilly hit – Cash Box – Aug. 12, 1950
• Review = ‘Hi De Ho Boogie’ by Al Dexter – Cash Box – Aug. 19, 1950
• ‘Well Oh Well’ by Tiny Bradshaw (#1) & ‘Hard Luck Blues by Roy Brown (#2) in Detroit – Cash Box – Aug. 19, 1950
• ‘I’ll Sail My Ship Alone’ by Moon Mullican – #2 folk-hillbilly hit – Cash Box – Sep.  9, 1950
• ‘Rock Mr Blues’ by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Sep.  9, 1950
• ‘Want to Love You Baby’ by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct.  14, 1950
• “King Signs Margaret Phelan” – King’s first ‘name’ signing – Cash Box – Nov. 4, 1950
• “King Sets New Tag – Federal” + “King Buys Miracle Masters”– Billboard – Nov. 4, 1950
• “King Sets New Label – Federal” – Cash Box – Nov. 18, 1950
• ‘Breaking Up the House’ by Tiny Bradshaw – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 2, 1950
• ‘Teardrops From My Eyes’ by Hawkshaw Hawkins – Bullseye of the Week + Bob Newman, Moon Mullican & Al Dexter 78s – Cash Box – Dec. 9, 1950
• Ad introducing King’s new Federal label, under the leadership of Ralph Bass – Cash Box – Dec. 16, 1950

• “Federal Releases 1st Record” – Ralph Bass with Billy Ward & Dominoes – Cash Box – Dec. 16, 1950 [BLOOPER = incorrect photo]
• “Federal Releases 1st Record” – Ralph Bass with Billy Ward & Dominoes – Cash Box – Dec. 23, 1950

• News = Ralph Bass – new A&R director of Federal – Cash Box – Dec. 23, 1950
• “Brauns File DeLuxe Suit” – Billboard – Dec. 30, 1950

1951

• News = Ralph Bass: off to a good start + reference to Saga‘s January 1950 Syd Nathan profile – Cash Box – Jan. 20, 1951
• “King Signs Little Esther, Goes Into 45 Line” – Billboard – Jan. 20, 1951
• ‘Other Lips, Other Arms’ by Little Esther – Award o’ the Week’ – Cash Box – Mar. 3, 1951
• ‘Short But Sweet’ by Moon Mullican – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 3, 1951
• “King, Federal Open in NY, Shift Staffers” – Billboard – Mar. 10, 1951
• ‘Chew Tobacco Rag‘ by Zeb Turner – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 10, 1951
• ‘Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee’ by “Louie” Innes & String Dusters – Bullseye of the Week + King-Federal 78s – Cash Box – Mar. 17, 1951
• “King Signs Hillbilly Star (Neal Burris)” – Cash Box – Mar. 17, 1951
• Reviews = Hank Penny & Grandpa Jones (King) + Tex Atchison (Federal) – Cash Box – Mar. 31, 1951
• King staffers Howard Kessel, Jim Wilson, and Mary Lou Smith referenced in “More Notes for MOA Convention” – Cash Box – April 7, 1951
• “King to Open New Distribution Centers (Butte, Knoxville & Columbia SC et al)” – Cash Box – May 12, 1951
• “King Drives for Added Sales” – branch offices switched to sales – Cash Box – June 2, 1951
• News = Syd Nathan & Ralph Bass sign Charles Maxwell & Preston Love after southern talent search – Billboard – June 2, 1951
• ‘I Got a Lot of Time For a Lot of Things’ by Zeb Turner – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – June 2, 1951
• Reviews = Hank Penny (King) + Cowboy Jack Derrick (Federal) – Cash Box – June 16, 1951
• Reviews = Bill Carlisle (Federal) + Louis Innes & String Dusters (Mercury) – Cash Box – June 30, 1951
• ‘Cherokee Boogie’ by Moon Mullilcan – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – July 7, 1951
• ‘Sixty Minute Man’ by Dominoes – #1 in Harlem & New Orleans – Cash Box – July 7, 1951
• ‘Tennessee Flat Guitar’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – July 14, 1951
• ‘Sixty Minute Man’ by Dominoes – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – July 21, 1951
• ‘Sixty Minute Man’ by Dominoes – #1 in Harlem & Chicago – Cash Box – Aug. 11, 1951
• ‘Tennessee Choo Choo’ by Delmore Bros – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 11, 1951
• “[Elliott] Lawrence Gets Disking Mates [Cowboy Copas & Melvin Moore]” + two-year pact with King – Billboard – Aug. 11, 1951
• News = Bull Moose Jackson to be known as ‘Moose’ Jackson at the behest of Syd Nathan – ‘Cherokee Boogie’ first release with new moniker – Billboard – Aug. 18, 1951
• Lucky Millinder & Henry Glover gossip item – Philadelphia Inquirer – Aug. 24, 1951
• ‘Sixty Minute’ by Dominoes #1 in Dallas + ‘Sleep’ by Earl Bostic #1 in LA – Cash Box – Aug. 25, 1951
• “King Places New Emphasis on Pop Field” – Cash Box – Sep. 1, 1951
• “King Sings [Larry] Fotine” = staff arranger for Sammy Kaye – Billboard – Sep. 1, 1951
• “Eli Oberstein Joins King As Head of Pop Division” – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1951
• “Eli Oberstein to Guide King Pop Disk Line” – Billboard – Sep. 8, 1951
• ‘Sixty Minute Man’ by Dominoes – #1 in Harlem – Cash Box – Sep. 15, 1951
• “Oberstein Begins Major Talent Hunt for King” – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1951
• “King Plans to Cover All Hillbilly Hits” – Cash Box – Sep. 29, 1951
• Eli Oberstein joins King to boost their pop division – Record Retailing – October 1951
• Top Ten R&B Jukebox hits = ‘Sixty Minute Man’ (#1) + Lucky Millinder, Wynonie Harris & The Swallows – Billboard – Oct. 6, 1951
• ‘Flamingo’ by Earl Bostic – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 20, 1951
• ‘Heartless Lover’ by Moon Mullican – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 20, 1951
• Reviews = Moon Mullican, Neal Burris & Zeb Turner King 78s – Cash Box – Oct. 27, 1951
• “Ralph Bass Heads Coast Office for Federal – Signs Artists” – Cash Box – Dec. 1, 1951
• ‘Lovin’ Machine’ by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 15, 1951
• Reviews = ‘It Ain’t the Meat’ – The Swallows (King) + ‘Crying Blues’ – Little Esther (Federal) – Cash Box – Dec. 15, 1951
• Reviews = Bettie Clooney + Burnie Peacock Orchestra + Elliot Lawrence Orchestra King 78s – Cash Box – Dec. 29, 1951

A whopping four King and two Federal releases reviewed in the April 19, 1952 edition

1952

• News from LA = Ralph Bass + Little Esther + ‘Prof Bald Head’ Byrd + Baby Shirley new item – Cash Box – Jan. 5, 1952
• “King Goes All Out on Promotion for New Teddy Phillips Disk” – Cash Box – Jan. 19, 1952
• ‘Good Rockin’ Man’ by Roy Brown – #1 in LA – Cash Box – Feb. 2, 1952
• “[Eli] Oberstein Will Quit King Post for Own Firms” – Billboard – Feb. 16, 1952
• ‘Everybody’s Got a Girl But Me’ by Hawkshaw Hawkins – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 23, 1952
• Review = ‘Train Kept a Rollin” (as a B-side) – Cash Box – Feb. 23, 1952
• News = Syd Nathan & Henry Glover to head up King’s pop division at month’s end when Eli Oberstein departs to pursue his own commercial venture – Billboard – Mar. 1, 1952
• Review = Delmore Bros & Grandpa Jones 78s – Cash Box – Mar. 1, 1952
• News = King’s west coast office on Pico Blvd for Ralph Bass – Cash Box – Mar. 15, 1952
• Reviews – ‘Nosey Joe’ by Moose Jackson + ‘Last Laugh’ by Roy Brown – Cash Box – Mar. 15, 1952
• “Dewey Bergman Named King Pop A& R Head by Nathan” – Cash Box – Mar. 22, 1952
• ‘Better Beware’ by Little Esther – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 12, 1952
• ‘Keep on Churnin” by Wynonie Harris – Award o’ the Week [one of six King/Federal 78s reviewed] – Cash Box – Apr. 19, 1952
• “Syd Nathan, King Prexy, First to Agree to One Tone [Recording] Level Meeting” – Cash Box – Apr. 19, 1952
• News = Earl Bostic post-near-fatal car accident en route to one-nighter – Cash Box – Apr. 26, 1952 (pictured below – with John Coltrane, in all likelihood)

• ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – May 17, 1952
• Reviews = Little Esther & Peter Guitar Lewis & Shirley Haven (Federal) + The Swallows & Spirit of Memphis (King) – Cash Box – May 31, 1952
• PHOTOS: Earl Bostic with John Coltrane (et al) – Huntsville Ala Mirror – June 7, 1952
• “Lucky Millinder Gets Gold Award from Henry Glover” – Huntsville Ala Mirror – June 7, 1952
• “The Rise of Syd Nathan & King Records” – Cash Box – June 28, 1952
• Reviews = ‘Grant It Lord’ by Swan’s Silvertone Singers + ‘Lay It on the Line’ by Tiny Bradshaw – Cash Box – July 5, 1952
• “Musical Platters … Made in Cincinnati” – Cincinnati Enquirer – July 6, 1952 [Sunday Magazine]
• Review = ‘My Ding a Ling’ by Dave Bartholomew (King) + Preston Love & The Four Internes (Federal) – Cash Box – July 12, 1952
• Reviews = Delmore Bros, Jimmy Thomason & Bob Newman King 78s – Cash Box – July 26, 1952
• “Unknown Warblers [i.e., Ruby Wright & Dick Noel] Sought in ‘Bible’ of Theatrical Trade Revealed in Cincinnati” – Cincinnati Times-Star – Aug. 20, 1952
• “Syd Nathan Off to Europe [for Licensing Deals in Various Countries]” – Cash Box – Sep. 6, 1952
• “Syd Nathan to Europe for Looksee” – Billboard – Sep. 13, 1952
• Reviews = Delmore Bros, Brown’s Ferry Four & Howdy Kemp King 78s – Cash Box – Sep. 20, 1952
• Reviews = Spirit of Memphis Quartet + The Royals + Sarah McLawler + Kitty Mann King 78s – Cash Box – Sep. 20, 1952
• Reviews = Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal) + Jimmy Rushing & Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson (King) 78s – Cash Box – Sep. 27, 1952
• ‘I’d Be Satisfied’ by Billy Ward & Dominoes – Award o’ the Week + ‘Big Jay Shuffle’ by Big Jay McNeely – Cash Box – Oct. 18, 1952
• “Syd Nathan Acquires Hot Lips Page Masters on European Trip” – Cash Box – Oct. 18, 1952
• Reviews = Delmore Bros, Jimmy Ballard & York Bros King 78s – Cash Box – Nov. 15, 1952
• “Syd Nathan Finds American Music Creates European Goodwill” – Cash Box – Nov. 15, 1952
• ‘Night’s Curtains’ by The Checkers – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 22, 1952
• Review of 3 King 78s – Wayne Raney, Moon Mullican & Jimmie Osborne – Cash Box – Nov. 22, 1952
• ‘Love Me Now’ by Cowboy Copas – Bullseye of the Week + Rabon Delmore dies – Cash Box – Dec. 20, 1952

17 years later, Lou Reed would release an album titled after, and inspired by, this song

• ‘The Bells‘ by Billy Ward & Dominoes – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 20, 1952

1953

• Tiny Bradshaw’s ‘Soft’ – Award o’ the Week + Wynonie Harris, Big Jay McNeely & Lucky Millinder 78s – Cash Box – Jan. 10, 1953
• ‘Tangled Heart’ by Hawkshaw Hawkins – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Jan. 17, 1953
• Reviews = Hot Lips Page & Spirit of Memphis Quartet (King) + Ray Charles (Rockin’) + Spiritual Harmonizers (Glory) – Cash Box – Jan. 24, 1953

One of Ray Charles‘ earliest recordings!

King’s Rockin‘ subsidiary label

• “[Vic] Mizzy Files $2,200 King Diskery Claim” – Billboard – Jan. 24, 1953
• Syd Nathan quoted in “Disk Jockey Promotion – The Disker View” – Billboard – Feb. 28, 1953
• Reviews = Jimmy Rushing (King) + Royals (Federal) + Manzy Harris Orch (Rockin’) 78s – Cash Box – Mar. 14, 1953
• Reviews = Little Esther, Sonny Thompson & Babs Gonzalez 78s – Cash Box – Apr. 4, 1953
• “Harrises Nathan Guests” [Arthur Harris – True Tone Africa] – Billboard – May 2, 1953
• News = Henry Glover’s daughter born Apr 24th (on Syd Nathan’s birthday!) – Cash Box – May 23, 1953
• King news = Henry Glover, Anisteen Allen, Sugar Ray Robinson & Ink Spots – Cash Box – June 6, 1953
• Syd Nathan & Sugar Ray Robinson promo – Cash Box – June 6, 1953

• ‘Clyde McPhatter Claimed by Federal & Atlantic’ + ‘Essex Named King Distributor in NJ’ – Cash Box – June 13, 1953
• ‘Tennessee Wig Walk’ by Bonnie Lou – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – June 13, 1953
• “[Dewey] Bergman Quits King A&R Post” – Billboard – June 27, 1953
• “Syd Nathan – Form Letter Has [Publishers] Reflecting” – Billboard – June 27, 1953
• “[Al] Miller to Quit Victor, Return as King Exec” – Billboard – July 4, 1953
• “Al Miller Returns to King Records” – Cash Box – July 4, 1953
• “King Makes New Union Tie-Up” – Cash Box – July 4, 1953
• ”King Hops Into ‘Hound [Dog]’ Hassle” – Billboard – Aug. 1, 1953
• News = Ralph Bass Makes Great Talent Prediction – Cash Box – Aug. 8, 1953
• Reviews = Jimmie Osborne (King) + Joe Asher (Rockin’) – Cash Box – Aug. 15, 1953
• News = Syd Nathan hosts cocktail party at home to celebrate the return of Al Miller – Billboard – Aug. 22, 1953
• News = Syd Nathan & Henry Glover Take PA Turnpike to NYC – Cash Box – Aug. 22, 1953
• ‘South of the Orient’ by Tiny Bradshaw – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 24, 1953
• ‘Rags to Riches’ by Billy Ward & Dominoes – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 31, 1953
• “King Signs Carl Lebow As A&R Head” – Cash Box – Nov. 21, 1953

• “King Records Copyright Lawsuit Settled” – Cash Box – Nov. 28, 1953
• Ralph Bass cuts sessions for Mickey Rooney + ‘Rags to Riches’ by Dominoes selling well – Cash Box – Nov. 28, 1953
• Jerry Byrd = Grand Ole Opry artist bio + Congratulations WSM from King Records – Cash Box – Nov. 28, 1953
• “King Takes on 3 New Labels” [Four Star, Gilt Edge & Big Town] – Billboard – Dec. 5, 1953
• “King to Handle Distribution of Four Star Thru Its Company Owned Branches” – Cash Box – Dec. 5, 1953

1954

• King baseball-themed ad – Cash Box – Mar. 13, 1954
• Review of Young John Watson’s ‘steel’ work on ‘Space Guitar’ 45 – Cash Box – Apr. 17, 1954
• ‘Bump on a Log’ by Lula Reed – Sleeper of the Week – Cash Box – May 1, 1954
• News = Syd Nathan to travel with Henry Stone to Cuba for calypso/mambo artists – Billboard – May 15, 1954
• ‘Work With Me Annie’ by The Midnighters – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – May 22, 1954
• ‘Sexy Ways’ by The Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 5, 1954
• News = DeLuxe A&R Exec Henry Stone recording calypso group The Quails in Cincinnati + Syd Nathan’s search for talent in Cuba – Billboard – June 5, 1954
• “Orders Mount – [King] Rescind(s) Ban on [McCarthy hearings parody] ‘Point of Order’” – Billboard – June 5, 1954

• News = ‘Midwestern Hayride’ to feed their show via NBC-TV coast-to-coast – Cash Box – June 12, 1954
• ‘Work With Me Annie‘ by The Midnighters – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – June 12, 1954

• ‘Work With Me Annie’ by The Midnighters – #1 in NYC & New Orleans – Cash Box – June 19, 1954
• ‘Spider Web’ by Tiny Bradshaw – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 26, 1954
• ‘Mambolino’ by Earl Bostic – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – July 3, 1954
• ‘Work With Me Annie’ by The Midnighters – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – July 3, 1954
• ‘Work With Me Annie’ by The Midnighters = #1 in Chicago, SF & Newark – Cash Box – July 17, 1954
• “Apollo and King in Hassle Over Right to ‘5’ Royales” – Cash Box – July 31, 1954
• News = Marvin Novak, Miami King distributor, to join Syd Nathan on hillbilly talent search – Billboard – July 31, 1954
• “Three Legal Actions Involve Music Trade” = Apollo vs King Records – Five Royales – Billboard – July 31, 1954
• ‘Gonna Run It Down’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week + Brother Claude Ely – Cash Box – Aug. 14, 1954
• ‘Annie Had a Baby’ by The Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 28, 1954
• “King Portable Designed for College Trade” – Billboard – Aug. 28, 1954
• Billy Ward & Dominoes + Midnighters – R&B Ramblings – Cash Box – Sep. 4, 1954
• Midnighters rack up 3rd straight hit in ‘Annie’ series written by Glover & Nathan – Cash Box – Sep. 4, 1954
• ‘Annie’ trilogy by The Midnighters – Top 6 R&B – Cash Box – Sep. 18, 1954
• ‘Annie’ trilogy by The Midnighters – Top 7 R&B – Cash Box – Oct. 2, 1954
• ‘Annie’ trilogy by The Midnighters – Top 8 R&B – Cash Box – Oct. 16, 1954
• News = Henry Stone, A&R for DeLuxe, who accompanied Syd Nathan & Marvin Novak on talent expedition, raving about ‘Hearts of Stone’ by The Charms (to be recut by Louis Innis for ‘hillbilly’ market) – Billboard – Oct. 16, 1954
• News = Pee Wee King’s show on WLW-TV doing well + ‘Midwestern Hayride’ celebrates 6 years on TV – Cash Box – Oct. 16, 1954
• ‘Monkey Hips With Rice’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 23, 1954
• ‘Annie’s Aunt Fannie’ by The Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 30, 1954
• Midnighters release 4th single in ‘Annie’ series – Cash Box – Oct. 30, 1954
• Syd Nathan – ‘Blue material not tolerated‘ – Cash Box – Nov. 6, 1954
• Nathan reports ‘Hearts of Stone’ sales spill over into pop – Cash Box – Nov. 20, 1954
• Survey by King Records show that 45 rpm is fast becoming the preferred speed – Cash Box – Nov. 20, 1954
• Henry Stone says ‘Money Money Money’ by King artist Johnny & Mack is ‘coming up fast’ – Cash Box – Nov. 20, 1954
• ‘Hearts of Stone’ by The Charms – #3 R&B hit – Cash Box – Dec. 4, 1954
• ‘Liebestraum’ by Earl Bostic – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 4, 1954
• Henry Stone says ‘Hearts of Stone’ biggest record in US – hillbilly, pop + r&b – Cash Box – Dec. 11, 1954
• News – Bob Shreve in TV show ‘Surprise’ to replace Paul Dixon’s afternoon show – Cash Box – Dec. 11, 1954
• ‘Stingy Little Thing’ by Midnighters + ‘Mambo Sh-mambo’ by The Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 11, 1954
• ‘Hearts of Stone’ by Red Foley – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 18, 1954
• ‘Hearts of Stone’ by The Charms – #1 in Atlanta, Nashville & Shoals, IN– Cash Box – Dec. 18, 1954
• ‘Hearts of Stone’ by The Charms – #1 in New Orleans & Memphis – Cash Box – Dec. 18, 1954
• ‘Hearts of Stone‘ by The Charms – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Dec. 25, 1954

Music — the perfect gift

• News = WLW to replace Pee Wee King’s TV show with Eddie Cantor on films – Cash Box – Dec. 25, 1954

1955

• King signs Lucky Millinder + Thanks from Midnighters – 1954’s #1 R&B group – Cash Box – Jan. 1, 1955

• LA News = Ralph Bass in hot seat over risque R&B – Cash Box – Feb. 19, 1955
• News = The Midwesterners, WLW’s top square dance troupe, fly to Hollywood to film ‘Second Greatest Sex’ – Cash Box – Feb. 19, 1955
• News = ‘More people in show business hail from the Queen City than from any other American city’ – Cash Box – Mar. 5, 1955
• King Records supplies Bill Doggett instrumental for Cincinnati ‘Name That Tune’ contest – Cash Box – Mar. 12, 1955
• ‘Mohawk Squaw’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 19, 1955
• News = Midwestern Hayride’s original host, Willie Thall, bows after 6 years – replaced by Hugh Cherry – Cash Box – Mar. 26, 1955
• “Louie Innis = New Country A&R Chief @ King” – Cash Box – Apr. 2, 1955
• Syd Nathan & Henry Glover:   ‘Work With Me Annie‘ – Best R&B Record of 1954 – Cash Box – Apr. 2, 1955

• 1st Prize awarded in Cincinnati ‘Name That Tune’ contest for which King Records & Bill Doggett Combo had been commissioned – Cash Box – Apr. 30, 1955
• News = WLW’s ‘Midwestern Hayride’ will hit NBC-TV – already serving Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton & Indianapolis – Cash Box – May 14, 1955
• ‘Gum Drop’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 11, 1955
• News = Ray Starkey back in the saddle at ‘Midwestern Hayride’ – Cash Box’s pick for ‘driver of the rig’ – Cash Box – July 9, 1955
• ‘Don’t Take It So Hard’ by Earl King – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – July 23, 1955
• WCKY’s Nelson King celebrates 10 years on air – Grand Ole Opry stars Roy Acuff (et al) pay visit – Cash Box – Aug. 20, 1955
• ‘I Get So Happy’ by Earl King – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 17, 1955
• News = Ralph Bass on talent hunt by automobile from LA to New Orleans – Cash Box – Sep. 17, 1955

Billboard ad — Sep. 17, 1955

• ‘Miss the Love’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct 1, 1955
• ‘That’s My Pa’ b/w ‘Stumbling Block’ by Jack Dupree – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct 22, 1955
• “Four Star Cuts Ties with King” – Billboard – Oct. 29, 1955
• “Another Platters ‘Only You’” [recorded at King but not released – until now] – Cash Box – Nov. 5, 1955
• “Happy 30th Anniversary to WSM from Clay Eager @ Midwestern Hayride” – Cash Box – Nov. 12, 1955
• ‘Home at Last’ by Little Willie John – Sleeper of the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 12, 1955
• “Henry Stone Severs Ties with King & Crystal Records” – Cash Box – Dec. 10, 1955
• ‘Henry Stone Splits with King Records’ – R&B Ramblings – Cash Box – Dec. 10, 1955
• News = Henry Glover attends large trade event hosted by Dr Jive – Cash Box – Dec. 24, 1955
• ‘Silent Partner’ by Jack Dupree – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 24, 1955
• ‘Time Will Tell’ by Earl Connelly King – Sleeper of the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 24, 1955

1956

• ‘All Around the World’ by Little Willie John – #1 in Chicago – Cash Box – Jan. 7, 1956
• “[Don Bohanon] Named Asst. Sales Mgr. of King”  – Cash Box – Jan. 7, 1956
• News = Bob Stoddard buys Herzog Studio & moves to old WLW-TV site – Cash Box – Jan. 7, 1956
• “Defense [King Records] Wins Platters’ Suit“ – Billboard – Jan. 21, 1956
• Reviews = Rudy Moore + Mel Williams (Federal 78s) – Cash Box – Jan. 28, 1956
•  ‘Ivory Tower’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week + ‘Rock Granny Roll’ by The Midnighters – Cash Box – Mar. 17, 1956
• ‘Rock Island Line’ by Grandpa Jones – a Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 7, 1956
• News = Cincinnati’s Moonlight Gardens to open + New rock ‘n’ roll star = Carl Perkins – Cash Box – Apr. 14, 1956
• ‘Ivory Tower’ by Otis Williams & Charms – #3 in New Orleans, #8 in Detroit & #10 in Newark – Cash Box – Apr. 21, 1956
• Review = ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – Cash Box – May 5, 1956
• ‘If I Had Me a Woman’ by Mac Curtis – Bullseye of the Week – Cash Box – May 12, 1956
• Q = where is Bill Thall & Bob Shreve’s early great TV show? – Cash Box – May 25, 1956
• ‘It’s All Over‘ by Otis Williams – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 2, 1956

• ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – June 16, 1956
• ‘Please Please Please’ by James Brown – breaking in Cleveland – Cash Box – June 16, 1956
• Syd Nathan – ‘Two biggest consecutive business days in last five years‘ – Cash Box – June 16, 1956
• ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – June 23, 1956
• ‘Please Please Please’ by James Brown – breaking in Atlanta – Cash Box – June 23, 1956
• ‘Fever‘ by Little Willie John – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – June 30, 1956

• ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – July 14, 1956
• ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – July 28, 1956
• Reviews = Margie Day (DeLuxe) + Rudy Moore (Federal) + 5 Royales (King) – Cash Box – July 28, 1956
• ‘Thanks from Little Willie John = Most Promising Vocalist’ – Cash Box – July 28, 1956
• R&B Ramblings = Syd Nathan thrilled that first 20,000 copies of ‘Honky Tonk’ sold out lickety split – Cash Box – July 28, 1956
• ‘Half Hearted Love’ by Mac Curtis – Bullseye of the Week + ‘Cincinnati Cut-Ups’ column turns two – Cash Box – Aug. 4, 1956
• ”Fever” vs “Honky Tonk” vs “Flying Saucer“ vs. “Please Please Please“ – Cash Box – Aug. 18, 1956

• ‘Honky Tonk’ (#2), ‘Flying Saucer’ (#3), ‘Fever’ (#4) R&B hits – Cash Box – Aug. 25, 1956
• News = MGM artist Jimmie Williams recorded at new Herzog Studios in Rookwood Bldg – Cash Box – Aug. 25, 1956
• Ad = ‘Honky Tonk’ vs ‘Fever’ – Cash Box – Sep. 1, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B two weeks in a row – Cash Box – Sep. 1, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett battling ‘Fever’ by Little Willie John – Cash Box – Sep. 1, 1956
• Ad = ‘Bigger, Bigger, Bigger – ‘Honky Tonk’ & ‘Fever” – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1956
• Ad = ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett on the way to #1 in the nation – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Sep. 15, 1956
• ‘Whirlwind’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 15, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (a) – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (b) – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk‘ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B hit– Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1956

• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B hit– Cash Box – Sep. 29, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 R&B hit– Cash Box – Oct. 6, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (a) – Cash Box – Oct. 13, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (b) – Cash Box – Oct. 13, 1956
• Otis Williams – R&B Ramblings – Cash Box – Oct. 20, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (a) – Cash Box – Oct. 27, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere (b) – Cash Box – Oct. 27, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – #1 almost everywhere – Cash Box – Nov. 3, 1956
• ‘Gypsy Lady’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 10, 1956
• News = Country musicians to get axe at WLW along with ‘Midwestern Hayride’ – Cash Box – Nov. 17, 1956
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – Top 5 everywhere – Cash Box – Nov. 17, 1956
• Cover photo = Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler, Shep Shepperd & Syd Nathan – Cash Box – Nov. 24, 1956

• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett – Top 5 everywhere – Cash Box – Dec. 1, 1956
• “Two King Branches Get Cadence Line” – Cash Box – Dec. 1, 1956
• News = WLW does a ‘George Costanza‘ and quietly resumes ‘Midwestern Hayride’ (with Bill Thall to replace Clay Eager) – Cash Box – Dec. 15, 1956
• Ad = ‘Fever‘ by Little Willie John – Best R&B 45 of 1956 – Cash Box – Dec. 22, 1956

• Review = ‘One Hand Loose’ & ‘Bottle to the Baby’ by Charlie Feathers – Billboard – Dec. 22, 1956
• Review = ‘One Hand Loose’ & ‘Bottle to the Baby’ by Charlie Feathers – Cash Box – Dec. 29, 1956
• ‘Will the Sun Shine Tomorrow’ by Little Willie John – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 29, 1956

1957

• ‘Pardon Me’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Jan. 5, 1957
• Otis Williams (et al) ‘strong King releases this week’ – R&B Ramblings – Cash Box – Feb. 23, 1957
• ‘Walkin’ After Midnight’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 2, 1957
• News = WLW’s Ruth Lyons profiled by Sat Evening Post as ‘one of the most successful TV personalities’ – Cash Box – Mar. 30, 1957
• ‘Chloe’ by Bill Doggett – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 13, 1957
• ‘Hurts To Be in Love’ by Annie Laurie – #1 in Detroit – Cash Box – Apr. 13, 1957
• “All That Rockin’ and Not Much ‘Kingly’ Music” by Dick Schaefer – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 19, 1957
• NY News = Syd Nathan back after having a stroke – Cash Box – May 25, 1957
• ‘Ding Dong’ by Bill Doggett – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 1, 1957
• Reviews = 5 R&B King & DeLuxe 45s – Cash Box – June 1, 1957
• ‘United’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – July 6, 1957
• “Carl Lebow Named General Manager of Bethlehem” – Cash Box – July 20, 1957
• “Midwestern Hayride (Hosted by Paul Dixon) Goes Network” – ABC – Cash Box – July 20, 1957
• “King Boosts Prices of 78s” – Billboard – Aug. 5, 1957
• R&B Ramblings = 5 Royales, Tiny Topsy & Ralph Bass – Cash Box – Sep. 21, 1957
• ‘Think’ by 5 Royales – Top 10 R&B hit – Cash Box – Oct. 5, 1957

King ad — Billboard — Oct. 14, 1957

1958

• ‘Oh Julie’ by Otis Williams & Charms – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Jan. 4, 1958
• ‘Flying Home’ by Bill Doggett + ‘Talk to Me’ by Little Willie John – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 8, 1958
• ‘King Appoints Two to San Francisco Branch’ – Cash Box – Apr. 12, 1958
• ‘Talk to Me Talk to Me’ by Little Willie John – Top 3 – Cash Box – Apr. 19, 1958
• ‘Blues for Handy’ by Bill Doggett – ‘Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 26, 1958
• ‘The Feeling Is Real’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – May 3, 1958
• “Hal Neely New King G.M.” – Billboard – May 5, 1958
• “King Names Hal Neely General Manager” – Cash Box – May 10, 1958
• News = Syd Nathan working deal with Carlton Haney to record LP by Richmond VA’s New Dominion Barn Dance talent in the Fall – Billboard – June 9, 1958
• “King on First Stereo Kick” – Billboard – June 23, 1958
• “King Issues 1st Stereo Release” – Cash Box – June 28, 1958
• “King Sets Up Summer Album Program” – Billboard – June 30, 1958
• “Hal Neely New King [General Manager]” – Billboard—July 5, 1958
• Photo = King Records window display in SF – Cash Box – July 5, 1958
• “King Pacts New Faces – Bob Kames, Milty & Nat, Tommy Love, Johnny Darling” – Cash Box – July 12, 1958
• ‘Double or Nothing’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – July 19, 1958
• “King Takes Over Bethlehem Distribution” – Cash Box – Aug. 2, 1958
• “King Signs More Talent” [Reggie & Jimmy + Swinging Phillies (via Andy Gibson, DeLuxe) -also- Faith Taylor and Kenneth Tibbs (via Ralph Bass, Federal)] – Cash Box – Aug. 23, 1958
• “King Signs Shorty Baker, Puddle Jumpers, Teddy Humphries & Wes Voight” – Cash Box – Oct. 11, 1958
• “King & Bethlehem Reduce EPs to $1.29” – Cash Box – Oct. 18, 1958
• ‘The Slummer the Slum’ by 5 Royales + ‘Goodnight’ by Earl Bostic – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 18, 1958
• News = Syd Nathan & Hal Neely in Los Angeles to record Earl Bostic + duo to also record Trini Lopez in Dallas – Billboard – Dec. 15, 1958

Cash Box — Feb. 8, 1958

1959

• Hal Neely says King has issued 1st two stereo singles = quoted in ‘Record MFRS to Release Plenty of Stereo Singles’ – Cash Box – Jan. 17, 1959
• “King Re-Pacts Roy Brown – Cash Box – Jan. 31, 1959
• ‘Made For Me’ by Little Willie John & ‘I Want You So Bad’ by James Brown – Cash Box – Feb. 14, 1959
• ‘The Twist’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – R&B Sure Shot – Cash Box – Feb. 14, 1959
• ‘Answer Me’ by Titus Turner – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 21, 1959
• ‘Kansas City’ by Midnighters + ‘Miracle of Love’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 4, 1959
• ‘Kansas City’ [vs. ‘K.C. Loving’] Keeps Trade Fever Rising [Syd Nathan’s copyright concerns] – Billboard – Apr. 6, 1959
• “8 New LPs for ‘organist’ Earl Bostic” – Cash Box – Apr. 25, 1959
• Hank Ballard & Midnighters LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – May 30, 1959
• ‘Sugaree’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – June 20, 1959
• News = Long-time King production/promotion exec Howard Kessel resigns – Syd Nathan buys out Kessel’s 16% share – Billboard – July 6, 1959
• Syd Nathan’s open letter to the record industry – ‘Save the Single‘ – Cash Box – July 11, 1959

• “Beverly Ann Gibson on King Records” – Montgomery Ala Tribune – July 24, 1959
• “King Gets (Cozy) Cole” – Cash Box – July 25, 1959
• Review = Bob Newman’s classic truck-driving doubleheader – Cash Box – July 25, 1959
• “King Disks Triples Its Custom Jobs” – Billboard – Aug. 24, 1959
• ‘Cute Little Ways’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 29, 1959
• ‘Dark Eyes’ by Earl Bostic – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 19, 1959
• Cincinnati News = Seymour “Steinbeigle” [future Sire Records co-founder] “youthful New York platter expert” was “house guest last week of Syd Nathan” – Billboard – Sep. 21, 1959
• ‘Ain’t No Rocking No More’ by Roy Brown – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 26, 1959
• “Henry Glover Forms New Label with Hy Weiss” – Cash Box – Oct. 10, 1959
• “Otis Blackwell Joins Henry Glover’s New Label” – Cash Box – Oct. 17, 1959
• ‘My Sugar, Sugar’ by 5 Royales – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 24, 1959
• ‘Once in a While’ by Earl Bostic – a Best Bet + ‘Zeen Beat’ by Gene Redd – Cash Box – Oct. 24, 1959
• ‘Never Knew’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 7, 1959
• “Recording Firm Admits Payoffs” – UPI – Nov. 20, 1959
• “DJ Payoffs Revealed” – Cincinnati Times-Star – Nov. 20, 1959
• “Cincinnati Firm Called In on Disc Jockey Payments” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 21, 1959
• “Gave Disk Jockeys Checks” – UPI – Nov. 21, 1959
• ‘Uh Oh’ by The Nutty Squirrels – R&B Sure Shot – Cash Box – Nov. 21, 1959
• Dallas News = King artist Trini Lopez – Cash Box – Nov. 28, 1959
• ‘Look at Little Sister’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 5, 1959
• ‘Gagging Up ‘The Taste’‘ – Syd Nathan sends Christmas card of a piano-playing Santa bearing the message ‘Play-ola Greetings’ – Billboard – Dec. 28, 1959

1960

• News = Starday’s Don Pierce in Cincinnati to confer with King’s Syd Nathan over shared commercial venture – Billboard – Jan. 11, 1960

• “Syd Nathan Blasts Off” [payola hearings] – Billboard – Jan. 25, 1960
• News = Syd Nathan and Hal Neely to spend a month abroad negotiating leases with EMI; itinerary to include London, Milan, Zurich, Vienna, Hamburg & Music Festival @ San Remos, Italy – Billboard – Jan. 25, 1960
• “Syd Nathan Scores [Stanley] Adams’ Charges” [Denies Receiving $100K BMI Subsidy] – Cash Box – Jan. 30, 1960
• ‘Waiting’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 6, 1960
• ‘My Love Is’ by Little Willie John – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 20, 1960
• ‘Finger Poppin’ Time’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Apr. 23, 1960
• “Local Record Man Faces Quiz at Clark Payola Probe” – Cincinnati Post Times-Star – Apr. 26, 1960
• ”Carlson Contract Favored Record Firm, Singer Says” – Cincinnati Post Times-Star – Apr. 28, 1960
• “Carlson Gets Rebuke in Payola Inquiry” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Apr. 28, 1960
• Dale Stevens’ column = “US Payola Hearing Unfair, Local Record Maker Says” – Cincinnati Post Times-Star – Apr. 29, 1960
• Italy News = Hal Neely makes international deal with Betty Curtis – Cash Box – May 7, 1960
• ‘Mountain Dew’ by Stanley Brothers – a Cash Box Bullseye– Cash Box – May 7, 1960
• “King Records A&R Appointments – Teddy Charles & Billy Miles” – Cash Box – May 21, 1960
• Syd Nathan quoted in “Pop Charts Sprout Grass Roots Although Air Formats Change” – Billboard – July 4, 1960
• “King Custom Work 43% of Volume” – 57 presses total – Cash Box – July 9, 1960
• Cincinnati News + King Studio activity: Billboard – July 11, 1960

Billboard editorial on ‘The R&B Scene‘ — same issue

• “King Launches Summer Pitch” – Billboard – July 11, 1960
• “King A&R Men, Branch Managers [4-Day] Confab” = Syd Nathan, Hal Neely, Billy Myles, Sonny Thompson, Andy Gibson, Gene Redd, Jack Pearl, Jim Wilson, Jim Namey & Richard Kline – Billboard – July 18, 1960
• “King Summer Special – 1 free LP for 4 ordered” + 12 LP presses – Cash Box – July 16, 1960
• Review = ‘Finger Poppin’ Time’ by Stanley Brothers – Cash Box – July 30, 1960
• ‘This Old Heart’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 13, 1960
• “King Reissues Hank Ballard ‘Twist’” – Cash Box – Aug. 13, 1960
• “King Debuts New LP Line” – Billboard – Aug. 15, 1960
• “King Announces New International Series” – Cash Box – Aug. 20, 1960
• ‘Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 17, 1960

Hank Ballard & Syd Nathan on the cover of Cash Box – Cash Box – Sep. 24, 1960

• “Coltrane on Coltrane” – Earl Bostic cited as an early influence – Downbeat – Sep. 29, 1960
• “Henry Glover Named to Roulette’s A&R Staff” – Cash Box – Oct. 1, 1960
• Reviews = Five Keys (King) + El Pauling & the Royalton (Federal) – Cash Box – Oct. 8, 1960
• “Local Firm Bows to FTC on Payola” – Cincinnati Post – Oct. 18, 1960
• Review = ‘Crying Tears’ by Smokey Smothers – Cash Box – Nov. 5, 1960
• “Unknown Fan Attacks Little Willie John” – Pittsburgh Courier – Nov. 12, 1960
• “Buy Big in December, Urges Nathan” – Billboard – Nov. 14, 1960
• Reviews = ‘Then You Know’ by Trini Lopez + ‘Bowling USA’ by The Blue Flames – Cash Box – Nov. 26, 1960
• News = Syd Nathan’s draws 150 at annual Christmas party hosted at his home – Billboard – Dec. 26, 1960
• Review = ‘Now Baby Don’t Do It’ by El Pauling & the Royalton – Cash Box – Dec. 31, 1960

1961

• “Andy Gibson, King A&R Director, Dies in Cincy” – Billboard – Feb. 20, 1961
• ‘Little Turtle Dove’ by Otis Williams & Charms – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 4, 1961
• “King to Handle Kem Label” – Cash Box – Mar. 18, 1961
• ‘Continental Walk’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 1, 1961
• “King Makes Globe Expansion Move” – Billboard – Apr. 3, 1961
• Ad = ‘74,000 sold in 5 days’ – Hank Ballard’s ‘Continental Walk’ – Cash Box – Apr. 8, 1961
• “Roulette Reactivates Gee – Henry Glover Heads A&R” – Cash Box – Apr. 22, 1961
• ‘Spring Fever’ by Little Willie John – a Best Bet + ‘Brother in Law’ by Paul Peek (Fairlane) – Cash Box – May 6, 1961
• News – Chuck Seitz named King studio engineer – Billboard – May 22, 1961

Billboard ad — May 22, 1961

• Reviews = Otis Williams (‘Just Forget About Me’) & Five Keys 45s (‘Stop Your Crying’) – Cash Box – May 27, 1961
• “King Offers Buy-1-Get-1 Plan” – Cash Box – June 3, 1961
• “King Extends Deals” – Cash Box – July 8, 1961
• “King Records Sets Guaranteed Singles-LPs Exchange Policy” – Billboard – July 10, 1961
• Roulette’s Henry Glover writes ‘The Mule’ in answer to ‘The Pony’ – Cash Box – July 22, 1961
• ‘You’re the Reason’ by Joe South (Fairlane) – a Best Bet – Cash Box – July 22, 1961
• ‘San-Ho-Zay’ by Freddy King – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – July 29, 1961
• Mickey & Sylvia 45 on new King-distributed Willow label – Cash Box – Aug. 5, 1961
• ‘The Secret’ by Otis Williams – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 7, 1961
• “King Inks Rep Deal with England’s Ember” – Cash Box – Oct. 21, 1961

• ‘Masquerade’ by Joe South (Fairlane) – a Best Bet ” – Cash Box – Oct. 28, 1961
• ‘Darling (I Miss You So)’ – B side of Mickey & Sylvia ‘Best Bet’ Willow 45 – Cash Box – Nov. 4, 1961
• Ray Pennington & Sonny Thompson – 2 of 35 songwriters given BMI award– Cash Box – Nov. 4, 1961
• Hank Ballard’s ‘Let’s Go Again’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Dec. 16, 1961

1962

• Joey Dee soundtrack scored by Henry Glover – Cash Box – Jan. 6, 1962
• ‘Fever (with Strings)’ by Little Willie John & ‘Dark Glasses’ by Billy Joe Royal (Fairlane) – Best Bets – Cash Box – Jan. 20, 1962
• Syd Nathan & Henry Glover @ 10th Annual BMI Award Dinner– Cash Box – Feb. 3, 1962

• “Syd Nathan, King Record Chief Exec, Sounds Off on Touchy Disk Topics” – Billboard – Feb. 24, 1962
• Review = ‘Do the President Twist’ by Lula Reed & Freddy King – Cash Box – Mar. 17, 1962
• ‘Why Does Everything Happen to Me’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 24, 1962
• “King Now Owns Bethlehem 100%” – Cash Box – June 16, 1962
• Hank Ballard’s ‘Twistin’ Fools’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – July 14, 1962
• “King [& Bethlehem] Set New Bonus Plan” – Cash Box – Aug. 4, 1962
• “King Records’ New Bonus Plan Offers Dealer 1st Edition Singles & Albums” – Billboard – Aug. 4, 1962
• “Nathan Resigns Post at Beltone” – Cash Box – Aug. 18, 1962
• “King Extends LP-Singles Deal” – Cash Box – Sep. 8, 1962
• “King Signs [Hawkshaw] Hawkins in Move to Expand Its C&W Catalog” – Billboard –Sep. 22, 1962
• “Hawkins Back on King in Country Build-Up” – Cash Box – Sep. 29, 1962
• “Beltone Sues King for $3,000,000” – Cash Box – Oct. 6, 1962
• “King Announces Fall Sound Festival” – discounts – Cash Box – Oct. 6, 1962
• “King Cuts Prices 15% for October” – Billboard – Oct. 6, 1962
• “King offering 12.5% discount on King, Bethlehem & Audio Lab” – Cash Box – Nov. 3, 1962
• “King Expands Premium, Promotion Disk Biz with Bob Weems at Helm” – Billboard – Nov. 24, 1962
• “Franny Jenson Scores a Coup” = Milwaukee youngster to record ‘Don’t Wait Till the Night Before Christmas’ on Bob Kames’ recommendation – Billboard – Nov. 24, 1962

1963

• “King’s Happy New Year to Dealers – 15% Off” – Billboard – Jan. 12, 1963
• “King Greets New Year With 15% Off Program; Nathan – ’62 Looks Good” – Cash Box – Jan. 12, 1963
• ‘Like a Baby’ by James Brown – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Jan. 19, 1963
• “King Celebrates 20th Anniv with Big Country Music Sale” – Cash Box – Mar. 9, 1963
• ‘That Low Down Move’ by Hank Ballard & Midnighters – Award o’ the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 9, 1963
• Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins & Patsy Cline die in plane tragedy – Cash Box – Mar. 16, 1963
• Reviews = ‘Out of Control’ by Lattie Moore (King) + Dave Dudley’s ‘Six Days on the Road’ – Cash Box – Apr. 20, 1963
• ‘Memphis’ by Lonnie Mack + ‘I Found Out’ by Bobby Byrd- Best Bets – Cash Box – May 11, 1963
• ‘One Hundred Years’ by Freddy King – a Best Bet – Cash Box – May 11, 1963
• “Peak Handles Oriole & King [in New Zealand] – Billboard – May 25, 1963
• Lonnie Mack = bio for DJs – Cash Box – June 15, 1963
• ‘Memphis’ by Lonnie Mack – a Sure Shot – Cash Box – June 15, 1963
• ‘Roulette’s (Morris) Levy & (Henry) ‘Grover’ Buy Half Interest in United Music – Cash Box – Aug. 17, 1963
• ‘Wham’ by Lonnie Mack – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 17, 1963
• Full-page ad for 1st Lonnie Mack LP – Cash Box – Oct. 12, 1963

Virtually all of Lonnie Mack’s 1960s recordings were made at King Studios

• Lonnie Mack’s ‘Wham of That Memphis Man’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Oct. 19, 1963
• Syd Nathan referenced in 1963’s highlights of a big year in “Country & Western” – Music Reporter – Nov. 2, 1963
• ‘Where There’s a Will’ by Lonnie Mack – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 9, 1963
• Bios of Lonnie Mack and other ‘leading artists‘ of 1963 – Cash Box – Dec. 28, 1963

Cash Box (Dec. 28, 1963)

1964

• ‘California Sun’ written by Henry Glover – Cash Box – Jan. 11, 1964
• “Fraternity Re-Services Lonnie Mack Vocal Deck” – Cash Box – Jan. 25, 1964
• News – Chuck Seitz leaves King for RCA Victor – Billboard – Feb. 8, 1964
• ‘Lonnie on the Move’ – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 15, 1964
• ‘Easy Talk’ by Hank Marr – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Mar. 21, 1964
• ‘I’ve Had It’ by Lonnie Mack – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Apr. 18, 1964
• News = Mary Lou Smith, Syd Nathan’s long-time secretary and foreign publishing-licensing expert, died following heart attack – Billboard – May 9, 1964
• B+ review for Prince Buster & the Ska Busters – Cash Box – May 23, 1964
• ‘Sa-Ba-Hoola’ by Lonnie Mack + ‘Out of Sight’ by James Brown – Best Bets – Cash Box – July 25, 1964
• ‘Out of Sight’ by James Brown = ‘Regional Breakout’ in Baltimore, St. Louis & NYC – Billboard – Aug. 8, 1964
• Review = ‘Last Kiss’ by Wayne Cochran – Cash Box – Aug. 15, 1964
• Morris Levy buys Doris Gee Music, previously jointly owned by Levy & Henry Glover – Cash Box – Aug. 22, 1964
• “The James Brown Case” [King vs. Mercury lawsuit] from Bob Rolontz’s ‘Man About Music’ column – Music Business – Aug. 22, 1964
• Front-page ad = ‘Out of Sight’ by James Brown – Billboard – Sep. 5, 1964
• ‘I Found a Love – Oh What a Love’ by Jo Ann (Campbell) and Troy (Seals) – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Oct. 24, 1964
• “King Wins [James] Brown Suit” – Billboard – Oct. 24, 1964
• “Hal Neely Joins Starday” – Record World – Oct. 24, 1964
• “Hal Neely Named Gen. Mgr. of Starday” – Cash Box – Oct. 24, 1964
• “Music City Recorders – Ray Pennington” – Nashville Tennessean – Nov. 1, 1964
• “King Sellling LPs, 45s Under Consignment Deal” – Cash Box – Nov. 21, 1964
• “Consignment Policy at King” – Record World – Nov. 28, 1964
• Canada News = regional buzz around ‘A Love Oh What a Love’ by Jo Ann (Campbell) & Troy (Seals) – Cash Box – Dec. 19, 1964
• “Mercury, Handelman Making Bid for King-Lois” – Billboard – Dec. 26, 1964

Recordings, publishing + King plant for a reported $1,250,000

1965

• News = Syd Nathan back at the helm after ‘siege’ of illness – Billboard – May 29, 1965
• “Syd Nathan Takes Hold Again of King” – Billboard – July 3, 1965
• James Brown’s ‘Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag’ = popular with juke box ops – Cash Box – July 10, 1965
• Full-page ad = James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” – Billboard – July 31, 1965

• “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” by James Brown = #1 R&B hit – Billboard – Aug. 14, 1965
• “Baldwin Buys [Berns Guitars] Firm” – Billboard – Oct. 23, 1965 [Baldwin also acquired Gretsch in 1967]

1966

“I Got You” by James Brown — #3 Billboard pop hit (1/1/66)

• “Henry Glover Returns to Roulette as VP” – Cash Box – Jan. 29, 1966
• “James Brown Sets James Crawford Production Deal with A&M + Omen” – Cash Box – Jan. 29, 1966
• Lonnie Mack (‘Are You Guilty’) & Norma Tanega (‘Walking My Cat Named Dog’) – Best Bets – Cash Box – Feb. 12, 1966
• ‘Honest I Do’ by James Crawford (Omen production) – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Feb. 19, 1966
• “King Reinks [Charlie Moore & Bill Napier]” – Record World – April 16, 1966

• James Brown in Paris to promote ‘Brand New Bag’ – Cash Box – Apr. 30, 1966
• James Brown on the cover of Cash Box – Cash Box – May 7, 1966

• “Ron Lenhoff – New Gateway A&R Chief” – Record World – May 14, 1966
• News = Mexican artist who covers JB’s ‘Brand New Bag’ – Cash Box – July 9, 1966
• ‘Wildwood Flower’ by Lonnie Mack – a Best Bet – Cash Box – July 23, 1966
• ‘Presenting the James Brown Show’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Nov. 5, 1966
• ‘Christmas Tears’ by Freddy King – a Christmas pick – Cash Box – Dec. 10, 1966
• News = Syd Nathan has hired Bill ‘Bunky’ Sheppard – Record World – Dec. 24, 1966

1967

• “William (Bunky) Sheppard Heads King A&R” – Record World – Jan. 28, 1967
• ‘Think’ by James Brown & Vicki Anderson – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Feb. 25, 1967
• “Trinity Distributes King in NY” – Record World – Apr. 1, 1967
• ‘Stone Fox’ by James Crawford – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Apr. 22, 1967
• ‘Save Your Money’ by Lonnie Mack – a Pick of the Week’ – Cash Box – May. 27, 1967
• “Columbia to Release Two R&B & Country LP’s From King” – Billboard – July 8, 1967
• ‘Cold Sweat‘ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – July 15, 1967

Cash Box — July 15, 1967

• ‘Tears of Joy’ by Vicki Anderson – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – July 15, 1967
• ‘Cold Sweat’ by James Brown – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Aug. 19, 1967
• James Brown’s ‘Cold Sweat’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Aug. 26, 1967
• “King Offers 100% Dollar Exchange on JB ‘Cold Sweat’ hit” – Cash Box – Sep. 16, 1967
• ‘Cold Sweat’ by James Brown = #1 R&B hit – Billboard – Sep. 16, 1967
• ‘If You Love Me’ by Marva Whitney – a ‘Newcomer Pick’ – Cash Box – Sep. 23, 1967
• ‘Funky Soul #1’ by Bobby Byrd & The Dapps – one of ‘Best Bets’ – Cash Box – Sep. 30, 1967
• ‘I’ll Work It Out’ by James Crawford – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Nov. 4, 1967
• “Bob Shreve – Cincinnati’s Most Entertaining Bartender” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 7, 1967
• Review – ‘She Cried Just a Minute’ by Charles Spurling – Cash Box – Dec. 2, 1967
• ‘Cold Sweat’ by James Brown – #6 R&B hit of 1967 – Cash Box – Dec. 23, 1967

1968

• Marva Whitney’s ‘Unwind Yourself’ – one of ‘Best Bet’ 45s + ‘Pretty’ Purdie – Cash Box – Jan. 13, 1968
• ‘Bringing Up the Guitar’ by The Dapps – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Feb. 3, 1968
• Review = ‘That Woman’ by Charles Spurling – Cash Box – Feb. 3, 1968
• ‘There Was a Time’ by James Brown = #2 R&B hit – Record World – Feb. 10, 1968
• James Brown’s ‘Show of Tomorrow’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Feb. 17, 1968
• ‘Shout Bamalama’ by Otis Redding (King) – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Feb. 24, 1968
• Full-page ad = Marva Whitney + “James Brown Production Pushes Marva, Bobby Byrd & Dapps” – Record World – Feb. 24, 1968

• Obituary = Syd Nathan – American Israelite – Mar. 4, 1968
• “Country Music King Dies of Heart Ailment” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Mar. 6, 1968
• “Services Thursday for Sydney Nathan” – Cincinnati Post Times-Star – Mar. 6, 1968
• “James Brown in Africa Concert” – Record World – Mar. 9, 1968
• Obituary = Syd Nathan – Billboard – Mar. 16, 1968
• Obituary = Syd Nathan – Cash Box – Mar. 16, 1968
• Obituary = Syd Nathan – Record World – Mar. 16, 1968
• “James Crawford Appointed to Promo Post @ Duke-Peacock” – Cash Box – Mar. 16, 1968
• ‘You’ve Got the Power’ by Vicki Anderson & James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 30, 1968
• “King to Stay Under Same Reign” – Billboard – Apr. 27, 1968
• “K & S [Recording] Studios Bow in Cincy” – Record World – May 25, 1968

• ‘Things Got to Get Better’ by Marva Whitney – a ‘Best Bet’ – Cash Box – June 8, 1968
• ‘There Was a Time’ by The Dapps Featuring Alfred Ellis – a Best Bet – Cash Box – June 15, 1968
• “James Brown, Joey Bishop – ‘Man to Man'” + Marva Whitney & The Dapps – Record World – Aug. 17, 1968
• ‘I’ll Work It Out’ by Marva Whitney – a ‘Best Bet’ – Cash Box – Aug. 24, 1968
• ‘I’m Tired I’m Tired I’m Tired’ by Marva Whitney – a ‘Best Bet’ – Cash Box – Oct. 12, 1968
• “Starday Buys King Records” – Nashville Tennessean – Oct. 19, 1968
• “Tennessee Firm Buys King Records” – Cincinnati Post – Oct. 22, 1968
• “James Brown’s Bag” by Ira Gitler – Downbeat – Oct. 31, 1968
• “Starday Buys King – James Brown, Staff Stay” – Record World – Nov. 2, 1968
• “King Sold to Starday – James Brown Part of New Setup” – Cash Box – Nov. 2, 1968
• “King Records Sold Again” – Cincinnati Post – Nov. 14, 1968
• “Lin Acquires Two Recording Firms” – Shreveport Journal – Nov. 14, 1968
• “Lin Broadcasting Buys Starday-King for $5 Mil; Execs, Policy Retained” – Billboard – Nov. 23, 1968
• Lin Broadcasting Buys Starday for est. $5 Million – Henry Glover, NY manager – Cash Box – Nov. 23, 1968
• Review = James Brown & Dapps Madison Square Garden (11-22-68) show – Cash Box – Dec. 7, 1968
• “Ray Pennington Signs Monument Pacts as Artist & Producer” – new acts include Troy Seals – Cash Box – Dec. 14, 1968
• Bios of James Brown & other ‘leading artists of 1968‘ – Cash Box – Dec. 28, 1968

Cash Box (Dec. 28, 1968)

1969

• “March Is James Brown Month” [below] – Record World – Feb. 1, 1969
• Starday-King announces payouts of $380,000 to 22 employees following sale to Lin Broadcasting – Cash Box – Mar. 29, 1969
• “King Holds Sales Meets” – James Brown & Hal Neely – Record World – Mar. 29, 1969
• “Starday-King 1st Qtr Net Hits $250,000” + Henry Glover named VP – Cash Box – May 17, 1969
• ‘The Popcorn’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – May 17, 1969
• “Henson Cargill to Host [Avco’s] Midwestern Hayride” – Cash Box – May 31, 1969
• ‘Mother Popcorn’ by James Brown – a pick of the week – Cash Box – June 7, 1969
• ‘Where the Soul Trees Grow’ by Arthur Prysock – Choice Programming – Cash Box – June 21, 1969
• ‘Just a Phone Call Will Do’ by Don Reno & Bill Harrell – a Best Bet – Cash Box – June 28, 1969
• James Brown & Marva Whitney @ Newport Jazz Fest – Cash Box – July 19, 1969
• “Los Angeles Honors James Brown for Civic & Philanthropic Work’ – Cash Box – July 19, 1969

• “Avco to Air Midwestern Hayride Special” with new host Henson Cargill – Cash Box – Aug. 2, 1969
• ‘Mother Popcorn’ by James Brown – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Aug. 9, 1969
• James Brown’s ‘Lowdown Popcorn’ – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 16, 1969
• ‘One Woman’ by Pat Lundy – ‘Choice Programming’ – Cash Box – Aug. 16, 1969
• Henry Glover quoted in “Flipside = Blacks Sing Country Music” by Arnold Shaw – Billboard – Aug. 16, 1969
• James Brown’s ‘Popcorn’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Sep. 20, 1969
• ‘I Made a Mistake’ by Marva Whitney – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 27, 1969
• James Brown’s ‘Lowdown Popcorn’ – #30 R&B hit + “Black Panther LP Set for Release” – Cash Box – Oct. 4, 1969
• James Brown’s ‘Let a Man Come In & Do the Popcorn’ – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Oct. 4, 1969
• “New Wayne Cochran Firm for TV-Film Vehicles” – Cash Box – Oct. 11, 1969
• “Starday-King Gets It Together in Big Way” – Record World – Oct. 18, 1969
• “Independent Fledging Giants” [including Starday-King] – Billboard – Oct. 18, 1969 [World of Country Music supplement]

Starday-King sales executive, Tina Drake, with Hal Neely & Jim Wilson

• ‘Ain’t It Funky Now’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 8, 1969
• Starday-King flies 30 guests for Wayne Cochran @ Flamingo, Las Vegas – Cash Box – Nov. 8, 1969

• “Mike Kelly Starday-King Eastern Promo Director” – Record World – Nov. 15, 1969
• “Tuning In On … WLW-Cincinnati Image Shattering” – Cash Box – Nov. 22, 1969

1970

• Marva Whitney (King) & James Duncan (Federal) 45s – ‘Choice Programming’ – Cash Box – Jan. 10, 1970
• “Starday-King Signs 4 Names for Emerging Adult Market” – Cash Box – Jan. 24, 1970
• “8 From Starday-King” (including Redd Foxx + ‘Honky Tonk Popcorn’ by Bill Doggett) – Cash Box – Feb. 14, 1970
• James Brown’s ‘Ain’t It Funky’ LP – a Pop Pick – Cash Box – Feb. 21, 1970
• Marva Whitney (King) & Pat Lundy (DeLuxe) 45s – ‘Choice Programming’ – Cash Box – Feb. 21, 1970
• News = Tokyo Happy Coats record tracks at Cincinnati’s King Studio – Cash Box – Feb. 28, 1970
• News = Carolyn Blakey 45 for James Brown Productions – Cash Box – Mar. 7, 1970
• ‘Prove It’ by Pat Lundy – ‘Choice Programming’ – Cash Box – Mar. 14, 1970
• ‘Gonna Leave You Alone’ by James Duncan (Federal) – Choice Programming – Cash Box – Mar. 21, 1970
• Polydor News = Warped’s Elliott Mazer & Kenny Buttrey produce latest by Troy Seals of the ‘funk-rock’ school – Cash Box – Mar. 21, 1970
• “Starday-King Artist Roster Expands” – Tokyo Happy Coats – Record World – Mar. 28, 1970
• “Starday-King Sets 29 LPs” – Cash Box – Mar. 28, 1970
• “Starday, King Still Changing” – Billboard – April 25, 1970 (special Nashville supplement)
• “Starday-King Realigns NY Operations” – Henry Glover – Cash Box – May 23, 1970
• “Starday-King Signs The Establishment” – Record World – May 23, 1970
• “Wayne Cochran Complex to Aid Ghetto Youth” – Cash Box – June 6, 1970
• News = Wayne Cochran filmed scene for ‘CC Riders’ movie with Joe Namath – Cash Box – June 13, 1970
• News = Mayf Nutter to Record for Starday-King for two years under special arrangement with (Zappa’s) Straight Records – Billboard – June 30, 1970
• ‘I’m Your Special Fool’ by Pat Lundy – ‘Choice Programming’ – Cash Box – June 27, 1970
• ‘Sex Machine’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – July 11, 1970
• News = Kenny Price is new host of ‘Midwestern Hayride’ replacing Henson Cargill – Cash Box – July 25, 1970
• ‘Sex Machine’ by James Brown – #2 R&B hit – Cash Box – Aug. 8, 1970
• “Don Pierce Exits Starday” – Billboard – Aug. 8, 1970
• “Jim Tarbell – He Still Has Rock In His Head” by Jim Knippenberg – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 9, 1970
• “Thinking About Bud Hobgood” by Dennis Wholey – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 9, 1970
• “Don Pierce Exits Starday-King” – Record World – Aug. 15, 1970
• “Don Pierce Exits Starday-King” – Cash Box – Aug. 15, 1970
• “Starday-King, Trend Setter” – Record World – Aug. 22, 1970
• James Brown = 1970’s Top R&B Male Vocalist – Cash Box – Aug. 22, 1970
• ‘Sex Machine‘ by James Brown – #1 R&B hit – Cash Box – Aug. 22, 1970

• Photo = Arthur Prysock & Hal Neely – Nashville Tennessean – Sep. 8, 1970
• “Midnight Show @ Playhouse in Park with the Midnighters” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 10, 1970

1971

• “Carlson’s Fraternity” by Tom McElfresh – Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb. 7, 1971
• “Bob Patton of James Brown Organization joins Starday-King” – Cash Box – Feb. 20, 1971
• Music Hall concert salute to Harry Carlson of Fraternity” + Henry Glover flies tapes of Tony & Carol’s debut single to Cincinnati – Cash Box – Feb. 20, 1971

• “King Coleman to Join James Brown Organization” – Cash Box – Mar. 13, 1971
• “Starday-King Forms Agape, a New Label” – Billboard – Mar. 20, 1971
• “James Brown Album [Grodeck Whipperjenny] Aimed at Underground” – Cash Box – Mar. 20, 1971
• News = Henry Glover co-produced Drew David session in Nashville with Hal Neely – Billboard – Mar. 27, 1971
• Photo = Hal Neely & Myrna March (Agape) & Boots Randolph – Cash Box – Apr. 17, 1971
• “Starday-King to Handle New Pride Label” – Cash Box – Apr. 17, 1971
• ‘Touch & Understand Love’ by Myrna March (Agape) – Choice Programming – Cash Box – Apr. 17, 1971
• ‘I Cried’ by James Brown – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 24, 1971
• ‘Soul Sauce’ = Polydor in negotiations for Starday-King – Billboard – July 3, 1971
• “Brown to Polydor in 5 Year Pact; Buys Pub” +”Starday-King Undergoing Revamping; Personnel Pared” – Billboard – July 24, 1971
• ‘Soul Sauce’ column = King keeps ‘Hot Pants’ & ‘Escapism’ – Polydor gets the rest – Billboard – July 24, 1971
• “James Brown to Polydor” – Cash Box – July 24, 1971
• ‘Hot Pants’ by James Brown = #1 Soul hit – Billboard – Aug. 7, 1971
• “Starday-King Sold by Lin by $1.4M” – Nashville Tennessean – Sep. 22, 1971
• “Starday-King Music Complex Acquired by Four Music Men [Leiber, Stoller, Neely & Bienstock]” – Cash Box – Oct. 2, 1971
• “Starday-King Pubs Sold for $1.4 Mil” – Billboard – Oct. 2, 1971
• ‘I’m a Greedy Man’ by James Brown – Top 60 Pop Spotlight – Billboard – Nov. 6, 1971
• “Coasters Back on King Label” – ‘Love Potion’+’DW Washburn’ 1st single – Cash Box – Nov. 13, 1971
• Full-page ad = ‘Love Potion #9‘ by The Coasters – Cash Box – Nov. 13, 1971

• News = Bobby Smith adding 16-track board at Macon, GA Starday-King studio – Record World – Nov. 20, 1971
• ‘Mother Popcorn’ by James Brown – #8 R&B song of 1969 – Cash Box – Dec. 25, 1971
• “King of the Blues Pt. 1” by Steve Tracy – Blues Unlimited – December 1971

1972

• “King of the Blues Pt. 2” by Steve Tracy – Blues Unlimited – January 1972
• Leiber, Stoller, Bienstock buy material for their Hudson Bay song catalog – Cash Box – Jan. 22, 1972
• “International Copyright to Hudson Bay” – Billboard – Jan. 22, 1972
• News = “acceptance is at hand” for new Starday-King distributed label, Mpingo – Billboard – Jan. 22, 1972
• “James Brown Moves Hdqtrs to Augusta GA Home Town” – Cash Box – Jan. 29, 1972
• “King of the Blues Pt. 3” by Steve Tracy – Blues Unlimited – Feb- Mar 1972
• Ad = King equipment for sale (pressing, printing, etc) – Billboard – Feb. 5, 1972

• “Billy Ward & the Dominoes” – Big Town Review – Feb/Mar 1972 (vol. 1, no. 1)
• Polydor announces James Brown ‘Soul Classics’ 45 series – Cash Box – Mar. 4, 1972
• “Starday-King Wraps Up Ross Distribution Deal” – Billboard – Mar. 11, 1972
• “Starday to Distribute Hopi [New Label]” – Billboard – Apr. 1, 1972
• ‘Cool Jerk’ by The Coasters – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Apr. 8, 1972
• “Starday-King Broadens Activities” – Cash Box – Apr. 15, 1972
• “Starday-King Reshapes” = Cincinnati phased out + new labels (Hopi, Mandala, Good Medicine, Mpingo) – Billboard – Apr. 15, 1972
• “Mandala Records Goes Thru Starday-King” – Cash Box – Apr. 29, 1972
• “Starday-King Mandala Deal” – Billboard – Apr. 29, 1972
• “Starday-King’s 7 New Distributors” – Billboard – Apr. 29, 1972
• ‘Jealous’ by Little Royal (Tri Us) – Choice Programming – Cash Box – May 6, 1972
• “Rock & Roll … From the Beginning” – Billboard – June 17, 1972
• “Buck Ram and the Platters” by Steve Wasserman – Bim Bam Boom – July 1972
• Full-page James Brown promotional ad [above] with Lyn Collins, Bobby Byrd, Hank Ballard & (the new single by) the James Brown Soul Train – Cash Box – July 1, 1972

• ‘Think’ by Lyn Collilns – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 12, 1972
• ‘Good Foot’ Goes Gold + James Brown on tour with JB’s – Cash Box – Sep. 30, 1972
• Boudleaux Bryant reminisces about jamming in Cincinnati [below] with WLW’s Homer, Jethro & Chet Atkins – Cash Box – Oct. 7, 1972

• ‘You’ll Lose a Good Thing’ by Little Royal (Tri Us) – Choice Programming – Cash Box – Nov. 11, 1972
• ‘Me & My Baby’ by Lyn Collins – a Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Nov. 11, 1972
• “Starday Old King Gold R&B Set” – Cash Box – Nov. 18, 1972
• “Starday-King 2^nd Oldies Set Issued” – Billboard – Nov. 28, 1972
• “Starday-King Promo for Hard Rock Group Boot on Agape Subsidiary” – Cash Box – Dec.  2, 1972
• “Starday-King Bows Oldies, Gospel Series” – Cash Box – Dec. 9, 1972
• “Bio LPs Plug Mandala [dist. by Starday-King]” – Billboard – Dec. 16, 1972
• “Red Sovine Returns to Starday-King” – Cash Box – Dec. 23, 1972

1973

• Chappell ad = 10 Top 100 singles from 1972 are by James Brown artists – Cash Box – Jan. 20, 1973
• “Atlantic Inks Troy Seals to Long-Term Exclusive Contract” – Cash Box – Jan. 20, 1973
• “Nashville Publishers:  Creative Forces” – King’s catalog “a strong one” with over 35,000 copyrights [“some 15,000 of them country”] – Billboard – Jan. 27, 1973
• “Merle Kilgore Heads Starday-King Pub Companies” – Cash Box – Feb. 10, 1973
• “King, Polydor Renew Pact” – Billboard – Feb. 17, 1973
• James Brown’s ‘Black Caesar’ – a Pop Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Mar. 3, 1973
• ‘Black Caesar’ by James Brown doing record-breaking box office – Cash Box – Mar. 10, 1973
• ‘There’s a Honky Tonk Angel’ by Troy Seals – a Best Bet – Cash Box – Mar. 17, 1973
• “Starday-King Expands Via Reconstruction” – Cash Box – Apr. 14, 1973
• “QCA Releases Lonnie Mack—Rusty York LP” – Cash Box – Apr. 21, 1973

• “Shepherd Heads Starday-King National Pop Promo” – Cash Box – May 12, 1973
• “Polydor Sets 5 LP Release” + JB’s 2nd solo LP – Cash Box – July 7, 1973
• “James Brown’s [‘Doing It To Death’ by Fred Wesley & the JB’s] Single Certified Gold” – Cash Box – Aug. 4, 1973
• JB’s hilarious promotional stunt for ‘Slaughter’ LP – Cash Box – Aug. 18, 1973

• Fred Wesley & the JB’s ‘If You Didn’t Get It the First Time, Back Up and Try Again’ 45 – Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Sep. 23, 1973
• “Hal Neely on Starday-King (Tenuous) Relationship” – Cash Box – Sep. 29, 1973
• “King-Starday Adds Progressive Label [Good Medicine]; Reshuffling Executives” – Billboard – Oct. 20, 1973

1974–1979

• “Cincinnati Boogie Woogie” by Steve Tracy – Living Blues – Summer 1974
• “Gusto Leases King & Starday Masters” – Cash Box – Apr. 12, 1975
• Henry Glover produces Muddy Waters at Woodstock LP – Cash Box – May 3, 1975
• Lyn Collins’ take on Lowman Pauling’s ‘Baby Don’t Do It’ – Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Aug. 9, 1975
• “Red Sovine Re-Signs with Starday – Listeners Demand ‘Phantom’ Re-release” – Cash Box – Dec. 20, 1975
• Brief history of Syd Nathan’s business partnership with Henry Stone – Cash Box – Mar. 27, 1976
• Executive news = Judy Kreimer, former secretary to King’s Syd Nathan & Hal Neely, to join Cincinnati’s QCA overseeing publishing, royalties – Billboard – May 1, 1976
• “Gusto Continues to Expand” – Cash Box – Oct. 16, 1976
• Photo = RCA’s newly-signed artist, Roger Troy – Cash Box – Nov. 13, 1976
• Full-page ad = Roger Troy’s debut solo LP – Cash Box – Nov. 20, 1976

• Review = Roger Troy’s debut solo LP – Cash Box – Nov. 20, 1976
• ‘Don’t Put the Blame on Me’ by Roger Troy – a Single Pick of the Week – Cash Box – Dec. 4, 1976
• “Clinton’s P-Funk + Bootsy’s Rubber Band” – Dayton OH Daily News – Mar. 10, 1977
• “David Houston Inks Exclusive Deal with Gusto-Starday” – Cash Box – Apr. 23, 1977
• “QCA Opens New 24-Track Studio” – Chuck Seitz + Truck Driver’s poem – Cash Box – July 30, 1977
• “Chuck Seitz named QCA’s VP for A&R” – Cash Box – Nov. 5, 1977
• “Moe Lytle, Don Pierce, Tommy Hill & Starday-King” – Cash Box – Feb. 18, 1978
• Henry Glover (et al) – BMI writers of 1977’s 100 most performed songs – Cash Box – Jun. 24, 1978
• “UK’s Charly Records in Deal with Gusto of US” – Billboard – Aug. 19, 1978
• “Gusto Records Continues to Diversify in Many Directions” – Cash Box – Oct. 21, 1978
• “Cincinnati Rockabilly” by Peggy Ligon with Ray Pennington – Goldmine – January 1979 (no. 32)
• Bootsy & Devo – ‘Ohio Weirdos’ in “Rock Oddities:  Are They Here to Stay?” – Charlotte Observer – Oct. 22, 1979

1980s

• “James Brown’s ‘Live & Lowdown’ LP – Play It Once a Year’ – Louisville Courier-Journal – Nov. 16, 1980
• “When King Was King” by Randy McNutt & Steve Rosen – Cincinnati Enquirer – July 5, 1981
• “Mr. Love Talks About Mr. Blues:  Preston Love on Wynonie Harris” by Dan Kochakian – Whiskey, Women and … – March 1982
• “A DeLuxe and Regal Feast:  DeLuxe Records 1944-1949 (pt. 1)” by Bill Daniels – Whiskey, Women and … – July 1982
• “Queen Records” by Bill Daniels – Whiskey, Women and … – June 1983
• “The Saga of Lovin’ Dan:  A Study in the Iconography of Rhythm & Blues Music of the 1950s” by Mark J. Zucker –  Journal of Popular Culture – Fall 1982
• ‘Honky Tonk’ by Bill Doggett one of BMI ‘Million-Airs’ honored – Cash Box – Sep. 22, 1984
• “Bob Shreve – Late Night TV King Dethroned” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 13, 1985
• “BIll Doggett & the Hit That Started in Lima OH” – Chicago Tribune – June 6, 1986
• “James Brown Still Shining” – Louisville Courier-Journal – June 7, 1986
• “’The Twist’ Turns 30” by John Swenson – UPI – Nov. 23, 1988
• “Troy Seals, Eddie Setser & Oak Ridge Boys” – Nashville Tennessean – June 25, 1989
• “Paul Gayten” by Billy Vera – Whiskey, Women and … – Fall 1989

1990s

• “Listening to History (Syd Nathan, et al)” – Boston Globe – Jan. 13, 1991
• “Syd Nathan – King of the Vinyl” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 5, 1991
• “King’s Ruler Led His Vinyl Empire Into History Books” – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 6, 1991
• Obituaries = Henry Glover & Leo Fender & Roger ‘Jellyroll’ Troy – Rolling Stone – May 16, 1991
• “Bob Krasnow Mentions King Records” – Dayton OH Daily News – July 21, 1991
• “Roots of Rock and Roll:  Henry Glover at King Records” by John W. Rumble – Journal of Country Music – vol. 14, no. 2 – 1992
• “Plenty of Inspiration for Indie Hopefuls” – Ray Pennington (Step One Records) says he learned the music business from indie pioneer, Syd Nathan – Billboard – May 30, 1992
• “Little Willie John’s ‘Fever’ Rides Charts” – Staunton VA News – Aug. 28, 1992
• “The Majestic Sound of the Five Royales” by Eddie Huffman – Goldmine – Feb. 18, 1993
• “Rhino [King series] Unearths Some R & B Royalty” by Joel Selvin – San Francisco Chronicle – Mar. 13, 1994
• “Rhino Records Reissues King (Rodney Dangerfield of labels)” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Apr. 19, 1994
• “Record Label Reissues a Treasured Collection of Rhythm-and-Blues” by Peter Watrous – NY Times – June 9, 1994
• “King-Sized-Dreams” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 6, 1994
• “Royal Legacy – Five Cincinnati Labels Follow Lead of King” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 7, 1994
• “Rock & Roll Hall Ignores Session Musicians (& Syd Nathan)” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 14, 1996
• “Music Just Part of New [R&B] Box Set on King Records” by Chris Morris – Billboard – Mar. 9, 1996
• King R&B Box Set – Robert Hilburn review – Los Angeles Times – June 14, 1996
• “Rock Hall to Induct Local Men” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 20, 1996
• “King Records’ Totals Add Up to City History” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 14, 1996
• “King Records Plant Touches Soul in City” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 21, 1996
• Joel Selvin’s ‘Q&A with Charles Brown’ – San Francisco Examiner – Dec. 15, 1996
• “King Records Rocks Into History” by Rick Kennedy – Cincinnati Magazine – January 1997
• “King Exhibit @ Rock & Roll Hall” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 24, 1997
• “The Precarious Position of the African-American Entrepreneur in Post-WWII American Pop Music by David Sanjek – American Music Journal – Winter 1997 (vol. 15, no. 4)
• “The Man Who Was King” by Darren Blase – CityBeat – March 19, 1997
• “Rock Hails a King” by Rick Bird – Cincinnati Post – May 2, 1997
• “Bootsy Collins’ King-Sized Break” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 4, 1997
• “King of Cincinnati Sound – Sydney Nathan Enters Rock and Roll Hall” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 4, 1997
• “Syd Nathan to Get Spot in Rock Hall” – Columbus Dispatch – May 4, 1997
• “Ohio Legend in Rock & Roll Hall” – Richmond IN Palladium-Item – May 4, 1997
• “Bootsy @ Rock & Roll Hall” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 7, 1997
• “Hall of Fame Inductions Emphasize Unity” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 7, 1997
• “James Brown to Visit King Site” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – June 5, 1997
• “King Visit Soul Shocks Brown” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – June 6, 1997
• “James Brown Wants to Re-Open King” – Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune – June 6, 1997
• “Rhythm-and-Jews:  The Story of the Blacks and Jews Who Worked Together to Create the Magic of R&B” by Mark Lisheron – CommonQuest:  The Magazine of Black-Jewish Relations – Summer 1997 (vol. 2, no. 1)
• “R&R Hall Faces Money, Growth & Integrity Issues” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 31, 1997
• Seymour Stein acknowledges Sire as a tribute to “Syd Nathan and King Records” in “The Album Network’s 120 Influential People” by Kevin Stapleford – Album Network – July 1, 1998
• Review – ‘James Brown – Say It Live & Loud’ + Psychodots Official Bootleg – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 2, 1998
• Review – Randy McNutt’s ‘Little Labels, Big Sound’ – Cincinnati Enquirer – Apr. 11, 1999
• Randy McNutt’s ‘Little Labels, Big Sound’ – book review – San Francisco Examiner – July 25, 1999
• Skyline Chili’s 50th Anniversary Music Mix – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 10, 1999

2000s

• Ralph Stanley profile by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 25, 2001
• “James Brown Replaces Isleys @ Taste Fest” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 25, 2001
• James Brown @ Apollo II album – Larry Nager’s review – Cincinnati Enquirer – July 22, 2001
• “Funk Legend Bootsy Chills in Rural Ohio Studio” – Windsor [Can.] Star – Aug. 28, 2001
• “Bootsy Collins – Living Legend” – Southtown Star [Chicago] – Sep. 9, 2001
• “Musicians Sought for King CD” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 17, 2001
• “Dick Clark Mentions Syd Nathan” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 6, 2002
• “Cammys to Feature King Tribute” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Jan. 20, 2002
• “King of the Session Drummers (Philip Paul)” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Mar. 8, 2002
• “Mr. Brown“: 20-pg James Brown profile by Philip Gourevitch – New Yorker – July 28, 2014
• “Proposed Marker for King” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Aug. 1, 2002
• “Mayersons Philanthropy – Hidden Treasures Project” – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Aug. 29, 2002
• “Famous Flames Reuniting”  by Hal Lamar – Atlanta Voice – Sep. 21, 2002
• “King CD – A Worthy Tribute” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Oct. 13, 2002
• “The Label That Would Be King” by Barry Mazor – No Depression – Jan/Feb 2003
• “Cammy Awards – King History” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Mar. 9, 2003
• “Otis Williams Charmed Life” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Apr. 10, 2003
• “King’s Memory May Be Preserved in Museum” – Coshocton OH Tribune – Apr. 27, 2003
• “Fans Want to Rescue King Building” – Lancaster OH Eagle-Gazette – May 4, 2003
• James Brown Live @ Apollo LP – ‘Celebrating NYC’s Musical Heritage’ – New York Daily News – Apr. 5, 2004
• “Henry Glover – The Man Behind the Scenes” by Stephen Koch – Arkansas Times – Mar. 3, 2005
• “Bootsy Collins Working on King Records Documentary” by CE Hanifin – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Apr. 15, 2005
• “Thousand Tears Too Late” – Cincinnati Soul exhibit at Contemporary Arts Ctr. – Cincinnati Magazine – Oct. 1, 2005
• “Students & Bootsy Help Shelter Get Back on Beat” by Jennifer Mrozowski – Cincinnati Enquirer  – Mar. 27, 2005
• “Shining a Light on Cincy Soul” = Kenny Smith profile by Brian Baker – City Beat – May 17, 2006
• Obituary = James Brown by Gregory Korte – Cincinnati Enquirer – Dec. 26, 2006
• Obituary = James Brown by Cliff White – The Guardian – Dec. 26, 2006
• Obituary = James Brown by Jon Pareles – New York Times – Dec. 26, 2006
• ‘The Payback‘ – An Oral History (featuring Bootsy, et al) – Entertainment Weekly – c. 2006

• “Prairie Home Companion in Cincinnati (King Records)” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Dec. 31, 2006
• Russ Solomon (Tower Records) = “Ahmet Ertegun invented the record business with people like Syd Nathan at King Records and the Chess Bros and the Greenes at Mercury” – Billboard – Feb. 24, 2007
• “Frank Wood – The Rebellion Began 40 Years Ago – The Story of WEBN” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Gentlemen – Jul/Aug 2007
• “Blues Fest Tribute to King Records” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 5, 2007
• “The King Is Dead – Long Live the King” by Larry Nager – Cincinnati Magazine – Mar. 2008
• “Shellac In My Veins” – Seymour Stein @ King Records – Cincinnati Magazine – Mar. 2008
• “Ed Conley & Philip Paul” by Rick Bird – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 4, 2008
• “King Records 65th Anniversary Events” – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 7, 2008
• “King Records – Cincinnati Legacy exhibition @ Library” – Cincinnati Enquirer – July 30, 2008
• “King Records to Finally Get Its Due” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 9, 2008
• “The King of Them All” [historic marker] by Rick Bird – CityBeat – Nov. 19, 2008
• “King Honored with Historic Marker” by Cliff Radel – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 24, 2008
• “Rocking Cincinnati’s R&B Cradle – Syd Nathan & King Records” by R.J. Smith – New York Times – Jan. 23, 2009
• “A Blast From the Past” – Dave Alvin on King Records” by Bill Thompson – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 12, 2009
• “King of the Queen City” – feature article – Sacramento Bee – Sep. 7, 2009
• “Cincinnati Pops – King Tribute” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 13, 2009
• “King of the Queen City” – book review – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 16, 2009
• “Singing Bootsy’s Song” by Lauren Bishop – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 8, 2009
• “Herzog Studio Is Sacred Ground” (historical marker) by Rick Bird – CityBeat – Nov. 16, 2009
• “Moving Toward a King Record Museum” by Steven Rosen – CityBeat – Dec. 16, 2009
• Obituary = Hal Neely (“His Influence Is on Your iPod“) – Tampa Bay Times – Dec. 31, 2009
• Obituary = Phelps ‘Catfish’ Collins by Patrick Doyle – Rolling Stone – Aug. 9, 2010
• Obituary = Phelps ‘Catfish’ Collins by Garth Cartwright – The Guardian – Sep. 14, 2010
• “The 50 Greatest Pop Songs Recorded in Cincinnati” by Chris Varias – Cincinnati Magazine – Nov. 2010
• “Seymour Stein – Shellac In His Veins” – Billboard – Jan. 28, 2012
• James Brown ‘Live at the Apollo’ – A Tribute by James Maycock – Guardian – Oct. 24, 2012
• “Funk Legend Bootsy Visits Coliseum” – Newport News VA Daily News – Feb. 1, 2013
• “Playwright KJ Sanchez Q&A – King Records” – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 5, 2013
• “The Lonesome Ballad of Cowboy Copas” by Darren Blase – Cincinnati Magazine – Aug. 2013
• “King Records 70th Anniversary @ Library” – Indian Hill Journal – Sep. 19, 2013
• “Chuck Seitz – The Man Who Fixed ‘James Brown Live @ the Apollo’ LP” by Rich Shivener – Cincinnati Magazine – Dec. 2013
• “The ‘Q’ Stands for ‘Quality’:  How Queen City Album (QCA) Got Its Groove Back” by Maria Seda-Reeder – City Beat – Apr. 16, 2014
• “King Records Goes Ska” – 1967 Princess Buster/Byron Lee 45 on King – Zero to 180 – Aug. 11, 2014
• Obituary = Henry Stone by Bruce Weber – New York Times – Aug. 13, 2014
• “James Brown:  An Oral History From His Bandmates” by Michael Dunaway – Paste Magazine – October 2014
• “Charles Brown’s Christmas Classic” by Steven Rosen – Cincinnati Enquirer – Dec. 21, 2014
• “Planning Commission Approves Historic Designation for King Records Buildings” by Tana Weingartner – WVXU – Aug. 20, 2015
• “Supporters:  King Records Deserves Landmark Status” by Bowdeya Tweh – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 21, 2015
• “Step Towards Landmark Status for King” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Aug. 22, 2015
• Charles Spurling history event @ Main Library – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 6, 2015
• “Cincinnati Council to Vote on King Records Historic Designation” by Jay Hanselman – WVXU – Oct. 5, 2015
• “King Records Now a City Landmark” by Bowdeya Tweh – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 6, 2015
• “King Records Site Up for Landmark Vote” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Oct. 7, 2015
• “Cincinnati Council Gives Former King Records Site Historic Designation” by Jay Hanselman – WVXU – Oct. 7, 2015
• “What Will It Take to Save King Records?” by R.J. Smith – Cincinnati Magazine – Jan. 5, 2016
• “King Artists Honored for Black History Month” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Mar. 12, 2016
• “Enquirer Throwback – King Records” – Cincinnati Enquirer – June 9, 2016
• The State Ex Rel. Dynamic Industries, Inc., Appellant, v. The City of Cincinnati – Justia US Law – submitted Aug. 30, 2016; decided November 10, 2016 [case no. 2016-0231]
• “Cincinnati – First in Funk” by Carol Motsinger – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 25, 2016
• “Court Refuses to Consider Demolition Permit for Historic Cincinnati Record Company” – CourtNewsOhio – Nov. 10, 2016
• “Ohio Supreme Court Blocks King Records Demolition” by John Keisewetter – WVXU – Nov. 10, 2016
• “King Records Gets Reprieve from Ohio Supreme Court” by Mark Urycki – Ideastream – Nov. 10, 2016
• “King Records Gets Reprieve – For Now” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 11, 2016
• “Court Spares King Records For Now” – Hamilton OH Journal News – Nov. 15, 2016
• “Cincinnati R&B, Rock & Roll Landmark Lives to See Another Day” by Todd Dykes – WLWT – Jan. 17, 2017
• “City Could Seize King Building” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Jan. 20, 2017
• Obituary = Clyde Stubblefield – Rolling Stone – Feb. 18, 2017
• “The Fight to Preserve King Records’ Legacy” by Sharon Coolidge – Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb. 25, 2017
• “King Records – Will It Spin Again” by Sharon Coolidge – Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb. 26, 2017
• “Decision on Fate of Cincinnati’s King Records Gets Delayed” by J March – WXIX – Mar. 5, 2017
• “Marty Stuart’s Cincinnati Connections” by Chris Varias – Cincinnati Enquirer – Mar. 17, 2017
• “King Records Could Be a Monument to the City” by Byron McCauley – Cincinnati Enquirer – Apr. 21, 2017
• “Here’s What a Rehabilitated King Records Building Could Look Like” [slide show] by Chris Wetterich — Cincinnati Business Courier — Apr. 26, 2017
• “They’ve Taken It All Away – The Only Thing Here is Me: The Struggle to Preserve the King Legacy” by Charles Lester – Public Historian – May 2017
• “The Blasters’ Phil Alvin Talks King Records” by Chris Varias – Cincinnati Enquirer – May 17, 2017
• “City Moves to Seize King Site” – Cincinnati Enquirer – June 27, 2017
• “Future of King Records Building Still Uncertain” by Richard Chiles – WLWT – Aug. 28, 2017
• “King Records Month” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 3, 2017
• “Before ‘Hee Haw’ There Was ‘Midwestern Hayride’” by Greg Gaston – Cincinnati Enquirer – Sep. 17, 2017
• “City of Cincinnati, Company [Dynamic] May Have Struck Deal on Former King Records Building” by Chris Wetterich – Cincinnati Business Courier – Mar. 9, 2018
• “King Records’ Former Headquarters Could Be in City Hands Soon” by Mike Breen – CityBeat – Mar. 9, 2018
• Obituary = John ‘Jabo’ Starks – Rolling Stone – May 2, 2018
• “Before Bunbury Jack White Visits King Site, Gets Key to City” by Mike Breen – CityBeat – June 4, 2018
• “Jack White Pays Homage to King Records Cincinnati Before Bunbury” by Chris Mayhew – Cincinnati Enquirer – June 4, 2018
• “Yesterday Was Proclaimed ‘Les Claypool Day’ in Cincinnati after Primus Frontperson Visits King Records” by Mike Breen – CityBeat – June 13, 2018
• “Ultrasuede Recording Studio Ends Its Quarter-Century-Plus Run on Spring Grove Avenue” – City Beat – June 13, 2018
• “Seymour Stein and the King Records-Ramones Connection” by Steven Rosen – City Beat – June 27, 2018
• “City Unites to Celebrate Music Institution King Records’ Crucial Legacy While Also Considering Its Future Potential” by Steven Rosen – City Beat – Aug. 21, 2018
• “Celebrate the King:  The Gala Kicks Off Cincinnati’s King Records Month in Style at Over-the-Rhine’s Memorial Hall” by Mike Breen & Steve Rosen – City Beat – Aug. 23, 2018
• “King Records Gets the Stage Treatment at the Playhouse in the Park’s World Premiere of ‘Cincinnati King’” by Rick Pender – City Beat – Oct. 29, 2018

• “King Records @ Cinti Playhouse” by David Lyman – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 4, 2018
• “R.I.P. Dave Davis, a Behind-the-Scenes Cincinnati Music Legend, Mastering Engineer” by Mike Breen – City Beat – Nov. 7, 2018
• “Bernard Purdie at King Records” – Zero to 180 – Jan. 19, 2019
• “Groups Working Together to Preserve King Records’ History” – WCPO – Feb. 18, 2019
• “Cincinnati Music Legend Bootsy Collins Celebrates James Brown Birthday with New Video and Remix of ‘JB – Still the Man’” by Mike Breen – City Beat – May 3, 2019
• “How the Soul Funk Label Colemine and Plaid Room Record Store Landed in Loveland” by Mike Breen – City Beat – Aug. 6, 2019
• “These Trading Cards Celebrate Cincinnati’s Musical Heritage” by Stuart Lindle – Cincinnati Magazine – October 18, 2019
• “Committee Formed to Plan Future of King Records, ‘Birthplace’ of Rock and Hip Hop” by Lauren Artino & Brian Planalp– WXIX – Oct. 31, 2019
• “Ray Benson Talks King Records” by Chris Varias – Cincinnati Enquirer – Nov. 1, 2019
• “Local Committee Moving Forward With Vision for King Records Building” by Lisa Smith – WCPO – Dec. 13, 2019
• “The Birth of The JB’s at King Records” – Zero to 180 – Feb. 20, 2020
• “Paul Shaffer on Cinti’s Music History” by Chris Varias – Cincinnati Enquirer – Mar. 6, 2020
• “All Aboard: The Long and Winding History of ‘Train Kept a-Rollin'” – profile of Philip Paul by Bill Furbee – Ugly Things – Spring 2020 (no. 53)
• “Top 20 Cincinnati Musicians – Honorable Mentions” – Cincinnati Enquirer – Apr. 17, 2020
• “The Dapps at King Records” – Zero to 180 – July 25, 2020
• “Sing a Song of Cincinnati” by Steven Rosen [inspired by Zero to 180’s “Cincinnati in Song”] – Cincinnati Magazine – December 2020
• “Otis Williams as Doo-Wop Pioneer, Midnight Cowboy, King Records Arranger & Resurrector” by Bill Furbee – Ugly Things – Winter 2020 (no. 55)
• “Hidden in Plain Sight: How King Records Carried on For Decades After Heyday” [What’s Next for Cincinnati Renowned Studio] – WXIX – Feb. 22, 2021

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NOTE: There are 4 King & 3 Federal releases listed in the Grammy Hall of Fame

+ “Good Rockin’ Tonight” by Wynonie Harris [King – 1948] — inducted 1994

+ “Blues Stay Away From Me” by Delmore Brothers [King – 1949] — inducted 2007

+ “Sixty Minute Man” by The Dominoes [Federal – 1951] — inducted 2015

+ “Please” by James Brown & Famous Flames [Federal – 1956] — inducted 2001

+ “Hideaway” by Freddy King [Federal – 1961] — inducted 1999

+ “Cold Sweat” by James Brown & Famous Flames [King – 1967] — inducted 2016

+ “I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine” by James Brown [King – 1970] — inducted 2014

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King’s same-day capacity — from recording to disk

“Aiding and abetting all of those aspiring producers were countless new independent studios and pressing plants.. Small studios like Sam Phillips’ Memphis Recording Service (which advertised, ‘We Record Anything, Anywhere, Anytime’) charged a mere $2 for a single-sided acetate, or $3 for a double.. King executive Jim Wilson recalled, ‘Theoretically, you could walk into King Records in the morning, record, then walk out of there with a dee-jay copy in your hand to take to radio stations.”

American Record Companies and Producers 1888-1950