Sims Records
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Sims Records was a country music
record label
in the 1950s and 1960s.
Russell Sims had been associated with Country music in the late 40s and early 50s and became a sort of touring manager for T.Texas Tyler who was a Four Star Records
artist. A meeting with Fabor Robison in 1951 allowed Sims to witness the birth of Robison's Abbott and Fabor labels and gave him the desire to start his own record company.
Sims Records began in Los Angeles
in the early 50s with a financial grant from Robison who was already successful with Jim Reeves
ánd began to record local Country musicians.
After an unsuccessful start, Sims relocated to Nashville
in the early 60s and began to add Black Gospel
and R&B musicians to his roster. One of his releases by The Kelly Brothers sold well, but by the late 1968 Sims was running short of money and the company was put in "Mothballs"
In 1999 Sims re-opened his label with a multi-disc set of Bob Wills music.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in the 1950s and 1960s.
Russell Sims had been associated with Country music in the late 40s and early 50s and became a sort of touring manager for T.Texas Tyler who was a Four Star Records
Four Star Records
4 Star Records is the name of a record label that recorded many well-known country music acts in the 1950s. The label, founded after World War II, was home to singers such as Hank Locklin, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Rose Maddox, Webb Pierce and T. Texas Tyler...
artist. A meeting with Fabor Robison in 1951 allowed Sims to witness the birth of Robison's Abbott and Fabor labels and gave him the desire to start his own record company.
Sims Records began in Los Angeles
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in the early 50s with a financial grant from Robison who was already successful with Jim Reeves
Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves , better known as Jim Reeves, was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well-known for being a practitioner of the Nashville sound...
ánd began to record local Country musicians.
After an unsuccessful start, Sims relocated to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
in the early 60s and began to add Black Gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and R&B musicians to his roster. One of his releases by The Kelly Brothers sold well, but by the late 1968 Sims was running short of money and the company was put in "Mothballs"
In 1999 Sims re-opened his label with a multi-disc set of Bob Wills music.