Stevens Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = Stevens Records

| founded = 1959

| genre = R&B, rock and roll

| defunct =

| founder = Bill Stevens and Fred Stevens

| status = Defunct

| location = Granite City, Illinois, U.S.

}}

Stevens Records was a record label operated by father-and-son, Fred and Bill Stevens in Granite City, Illinois.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/features/article/Lucky-break-Rhythm-runs-through-renowned-Ike-12599377.php|title=Lucky break: Rhythm runs through renowned Ike & Tina guitarist's veins|last=Moon|first=Jill|date=August 24, 2016|website=The Telegraph}}{{Cite web|url=https://nationalroadmagazine.com/2015/03/05/a-bona-fide-blues-man-terre-hautes-johnny-t-rolling-stone-wright/|title=A Bona Fide Blues Man: Terre Haute's Johnny T. "Rolling Stone" Wright|date=March 6, 2015|website=National Road Magazine|language=en-US}} Fred Stevens, a painter and his son Bill Stevens, an R&B enthusiast, were inspired by the thriving music scene in St. Louis and the neighboring East St. Louis, but they felt there was a lack of artists recording locally so they started their own label in 1959. The label is best known for their recordings of musician Ike Turner, who recorded under the name Icky Renrut because he was still under contract with Sun Records.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsT3RQ9e58kC&q=stevens|title=Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture|publisher=Duke University Press|others=DeCurtis, Anthony|year=1992|isbn=0-8223-1265-4|location=Durham, N.C.|pages=33–34|oclc=26095859}}

Discography

class="wikitable"

!Catalog No.

!Release

date

!Single (A-side, B-side)

!Artist

!Notes

1001

|Mar 1959

|A: "Look At That Chick"

B: "Gotta Have You For Myself"

|Johnny Wright

|Cash Box review (Apr 4, 1959){{Cite journal|date=April 4, 1959|title=R&B Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/50s/1959/CB-1959-04-04.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=90}}

Billboard review (Apr 6, 1959){{Cite magazine|date=April 6, 1959|title=Reviews of New Pop Records|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1959/Billboard%201959-04-06.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=88}}

102

|Apr 1959

|A: "I Woke Up One Morning"

B: "Shirley Can't You See"

|Little Bobby Foster With The Premiers

|Cash Box review (May 2, 1959){{Cite journal|date=May 2, 1959|title=R&B Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/50s/1959/CB-1959-05-02.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=56}}

103

|May 1959

|A: "It's So Hard To Say Goodnite"

B: "Cherokee Rock"

|Chuck Wheeler

|Billboard reviews (May 11, 1959){{Cite magazine|date=May 11, 1959|title=Reviews of New Pop Records|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1959/Billboard%201959-05-11.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=51}}

Cash Box review (Jul 4, 1959){{Cite journal|date=July 4, 1959|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/50s/1959/CB-1959-07-04.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=16}}

104

|1959

|A: "Jack Rabbit"

B: "In Your Eyes Baby"

|Icky Renrut

105

|1959

|A: "Moving Slow"

B: "Evening Train"

|Little Cooper And The Drifters

106

|1959

|A: "Angel Of Love"

B: "Star Above"

|Bobby Foster And Orchestra

107

|Sep 1959

|A: "Ho–Ho"

B: "Hey–Hey"

|Icky Renrut

|Billboard review (Sep 7, 1959){{Cite magazine|date=September 7, 1959|title=Reviews of New Pop Records|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1959/Billboard%201959-09-07.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=45}}

References

Category:American record labels

Category:Rhythm and blues record labels

Category:Rock and roll record labels

Category:Record labels established in 1958

Category:Granite City, Illinois

Category:Music of St. Louis

Category:Music of Illinois

Category:Blues record labels

Category:Companies based in Madison County, Illinois

Category:Defunct record labels of the United States

Category:1958 establishments in Illinois