Prann Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = Prann Records

| founded = 1963

| genre = R&B

| defunct =

| founder = Ike Turner

| status = Defunct

| location = Los Angeles, California

| distributor = CIRCA distributing firm

| country = United States

}}

Prann Records was a record label founded by musician Ike Turner in 1963.{{Cite book|title=Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland|last=Farley, Charles|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2011|isbn=9781604739206|location=Jackson, Miss.|pages=233|oclc=708067743}} Turner used this label to release singles by artist he was producing outside of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/takinbackmynamec00turn|title=Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner|last=Turner, Ike|date=1999|publisher=Virgin|others=Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-|isbn=1852278501|location=London|oclc=43321298}} 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.{{Cite magazine|date=March 24, 1962|title=Forming CIRCA Label for Canada|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-03-24.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=34}}

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. Singer Fontella Bass recorded for Prann early in her career when she was a member of Oliver Sain's band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fontella-bass-mn0000179764/biography|title=Fontella Bass {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}} Turner also recorded for Prann under his alias Little Bones.

Discography

class="wikitable"

!Catalog No.

!Release

date

!Single (A-side, B-side)

!Writer

!Artist

rowspan="2" |5001{{Cite journal|date=March 9, 1963|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-03-09.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=56}}

| rowspan="2" |Feb 1963

|A: "What I Say"

|Ray Charles

| rowspan="2" |Little Bones

B: "Ya Ya"

|Lee Dorsey, Morgan Robinson

rowspan="2" |5002{{Cite journal|date=May 4, 1963|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-05-04.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=12}}

| rowspan="2" |Apr 1963

|A: "Cott'n Pickin'"

| rowspan="2" |Ike Turner

| rowspan="2" |The Turnabouts

B: "Gettin' Away"

rowspan="2" |5003

| rowspan="2" |1963

|A: "Won't Nobody Cha-Cha With Me"

| rowspan="2" |George Jackson

| rowspan="2" |George Jackson and The Vanlon

B: "Who Was That Guy"

rowspan="2" |5004{{Cite journal|date=May 25, 1963|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-05-25.pdf|journal=Cash Box}}

| rowspan="2" |May 1963

|A: "Doin' The Thing"

| rowspan="2" |Ike Turner

| rowspan="2" |Jerry Wilson

B: "Spilled Tears"

rowspan="2" |5005{{Cite journal|date=June 22, 1963|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-06-22.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=8}}

| rowspan="2" |Jun 1963

|A: "I Love The Man"

| rowspan="2" |Oliver Sain

| rowspan="2" |Fontella Bass

B: "My Good Loving"

rowspan="2" |5006

| rowspan="2" |1963

|A: "Going To The River"

| rowspan="2" |Little Bones

B: "I Know"