Corona Records
{{Short description|American record label}}
Corona Records was a San Antonio-based label which helped establish the Tejano musical style.{{cite book |last=Untiedt |first=Kenneth L. |date=2013 |title=Cowboys, Cops, Killers, and Ghosts: Legends and Lore in Texas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-JgAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |publisher=University of North Texas Press |pages=120–121 |isbn=9781574415322}} It was formed by Manuel Rangel, Sr.{{cite book |editor1-last=Jasinski |editor1-first=Laurie E. |date=2012 |title=The Handbook of Texas Music |edition=2 |location=Denton, TX |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |page=504 |isbn=978-0-87611-252-6 }} Valerio Longoria made his first records for Corona in an electrical repair shop in 1947, which was also Corona's first release, and stayed for two years with several regional hits, before signing to Ideal Records.{{cite book |last=Ragland |first=Cathy |date=2009 |title=Música Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Temple University Press |page=68|isbn=978-1-59213-746-6}}{{cite book |last=Peña |first=Manuel |date=1999 |title=Música Tejana |location=College Station, Texas |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |page=99 |isbn=0-89096-877-2}}{{cite book |last=San Miguel |first=Guadalupe |date=2002 |title=Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century|location=College Station, Texas |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/tejanoproudtexme00sanm/page/53 53] |isbn=1-58544-159-7}} - [https://archive.org/details/tejanoproudtexme00sanm/page/53 Read online]{{cite book |editor1-last=Jasinski |editor1-first=Laurie E. |date=2012 |title=The Handbook of Texas Music |edition=2 |location=Denton, TX |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |page=371 |isbn=978-0-87611-252-6 }}{{cite book |editor1-last=Tejeda |editor1-first=Juan |editor2-last=Valdez |editor2-first=Avelardo |date=2001 |title=Puro Conjunto: An Album in Words and Pictures |location=San Antonio, TX |publisher=CMAS Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/puroconjuntoalbu00teja/page/292 292] |isbn=0-292-78174-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/puroconjuntoalbu00teja/page/292 }} Little Joe was signed to the label for a short time.{{cite book |editor1-last=Jasinski |editor1-first=Laurie E. |date=2012 |title=The Handbook of Texas Music |edition=2 |location=Denton, TX |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |page=365 |isbn=978-0-87611-252-6 }} Lydia Mendoza recorded several titles for the label between 1955 and 1966.{{cite book |last1=Strachwitz |first1=Chris |author-link1=Chris Strachwitz |last2=Nicolopulos |first2=James |date=1993 |title=Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography |location=Houston, TX |publisher=Arte Público Press, University of Houston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lydiamendozafami00mendo/page/381 381]-382 |isbn=1-55885-065-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/lydiamendozafami00mendo |url-access=registration }} The label recorded most San Antonio-based tejano artists of note, but the company kept no recording or sales ledgers.{{cite book |last1=Strachwitz |first1=Chris |author-link1=Chris Strachwitz |last2=Nicolopulos |first2=James |date=1993 |title=Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography |location=Houston, TX |publisher=Arte Público Press, University of Houston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lydiamendozafami00mendo/page/357 357]-358 |isbn=1-55885-065-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/lydiamendozafami00mendo |url-access=registration }} The label released several hundreds of records, and was active into the 1970s.