Supreme Records (Grey Gull subsidiary)

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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

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Sources

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

References

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  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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