Excello Records

{{Short description|American record label}}

Excello Records was an American blues independent record label, started by Ernie Young in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, in 1953 as a subsidiary of Nashboro, a gospel label.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|pages=127/8}}

History

It recorded such artists as Louis Brooks, Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo, Roscoe Shelton, Lazy Lester, the Kelly Brothers, Lonesome Sundown,{{cite web |url=http://www.offbeat.com/2003/09/01/cornelius-green-lonesome-sundown/|author=Hannusch, Jeff |title=Masters of Louisiana Music: Cornelius Green, 'Lonesome Sundown' |date=September 2003 |publisher=Offbeat.com | access-date=28 October 2021}} Silas Hogan, Arthur Gunter, Marion James, Carol Fran, Warren Storm, Tabby Thomas, Guitar Gable, and a spoken word sermon by Martin Luther King Jr.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Remaining-Awake-Through-A-Great-Revolution/master/838641 |title=Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution |first=Martin Luther |last=King Jr. |author-link=Martin Luther King Jr. |year=1968 |publisher=Excello Records |access-date=2020-09-03}}

Arthur Gunter recorded an answer song to Eddy Arnold's country and western song, "I Wanna Play House With You". His song, "Baby Let's Play House", was covered by Elvis Presley.{{cite book | first=Charlie | last=Gillett | year= 1996| title= The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll| edition= (2nd Ed.)| publisher= Da Capo Press| location=New York| pages= 93–94| isbn= 0-306-80683-5}}

In 2018, a 170-page book written by Randy Fox, Shake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story was released, out-lining the entire history of the label. {{ISBN|978-1-947026-22-3}}

See also

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