Prann Records
Prann Records | |
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Founded | 1963 |
Founder | Ike Turner |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | CIRCA distributing firm |
Genre | R&B |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Prann Records was a record label founded by musician Ike Turner in 1963.[1] Turner used this label to release singles by artist he was producing outside of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.[2] Records on Prann were distributed by CIRCA distributing firm. CIRCA (Consolidated International Record Company of America) was formed in 1962 to operate as a releasing company for independent labels by working with various distributors around the US.[3]
Artists
Singer-songwriter George Jackson released his first single on Prann Jackson started writing songs while in his teens, and in 1963 introduced himself to Ike Turner at a concert. Turner took him to Cosimo Matassa's studios in New Orleans to record for Prann.[1] Singer Fontella Bass recorded for Prann early in her career when she was a member of Oliver Sain's band.[4] Turner also recorded for Prann under his alias Little Bones.
Discography
Catalog No. | Release date | Single (A-side, B-side) | Writer | Artist |
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5001[5] | Feb 1963 | A: "What I Say" | Ray Charles | Little Bones |
B: "Ya Ya" | Lee Dorsey, Morgan Robinson | |||
5002[6] | Apr 1963 | A: "Cott'n Pickin'" | Ike Turner | The Turnabouts |
B: "Gettin' Away" | ||||
5003 | 1963 | A: "Won't Nobody Cha-Cha With Me" | George Jackson | George Jackson and The Vanlon |
B: "Who Was That Guy" | ||||
5004[7] | May 1963 | A: "Doin' The Thing" | Ike Turner | Jerry Wilson |
B: "Spilled Tears" | ||||
5005[8] | Jun 1963 | A: "I Love The Man" | Oliver Sain | Fontella Bass |
B: "My Good Loving" | ||||
5006[2] | 1963 | A: "Going To The River" | Little Bones | |
B: "I Know" |
See also
- Sonja Records
- Innis Records
- Teena Records
- Sony Records
- List of record labels
References
- ^ a b Farley, Charles (2011). Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi. p. 233. ISBN 9781604739206. OCLC 708067743.
- ^ a b Turner, Ike (1999). Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner. Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-. London: Virgin. ISBN 1852278501. OCLC 43321298.
- ^ "Forming CIRCA Label for Canada" (PDF). Billboard. March 24, 1962. p. 34.
- ^ "Fontella Bass | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 56. March 9, 1963.
- ^ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 12. May 4, 1963.
- ^ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 25, 1963.
- ^ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 8. June 22, 1963.
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- Audrey Madison Turner
- Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance (1962)
- Rocks the Blues (1963)
- A Black Man's Soul (1969)
- Strange Fruit (1972)
- Blues Roots (1972)
- Bad Dreams (1973)
- The Edge (1980)
- Here and Now (2001)
- Risin' with the Blues (2006)
- I Like Ike! The Best of Ike Turner (1994)
- The Sun Sessions (2001)
- The Bad Man: Rare & Unreissued Ike Turner Produced Recordings 1962–1965 (2004)
- His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries (2004)
- Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles of 1958–1960 (2011)
- "Rocket 88" (1951)
- "Boxtop" (1958)
- " Box Top" (1959)
- "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1972)
- "Father Alone" (1974)
sideman
- "How Many More Years" (1951)
- "Moanin' at Midnight" (1951)
- "3 O'Clock Blues" (1951)
- "No More Doggin'" (1952)
- "Shake It Up and Go" (1952)
- "You Know I Love You (1952)
- "Double Trouble" (1959)
- "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" (1959)
- "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong" (1961)
- Howling Wolf Sings the Blues (1962)
- Sweet Black Angel (1969)
- There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
- "First Degree" (1997)
- "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" (2005)
- Prann Records
- Sony Records
- Teena Records
- Sonja Records
- Innis Records
- Ike Turner discography
- Songs written by Ike Turner
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Ike & Tina Turner discography
- The Ikettes
- Bolic Sound
- Club Imperial
- Club Manhattan
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
- Takin' Back My Name (1999)
- The Road to Memphis (2003)
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