Supreme Records (Grey Gull subsidiary)

For other record labels with the Supreme name, see Supreme Records (disambiguation).
Supreme Records
Parent companyGrey Gull Records
Founded1926 (1926)
Defunct1929 (1929)
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.

Supreme Records was a record label subsidiary of Grey Gull Records of Boston, Massachusetts, from 1926 to 1929. A different Supreme Records label was started in 1947 by Al Patrick to issue race records. Its catalog included Jimmy Witherspoon, Fletcher Henderson, Jay McShann, and Buddy Tate. After a lawsuit against Decca, this label closed in 1950.[1]

See also

Sources

  • Allan Sutton: Directory of American Disc Record Brands and Manufacturers, 1891-1943 (Westport & London, 1994)

References

  1. ^ Rye, Howard (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2 ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 688. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.


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