Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas

Winnie, Texas

Winnie is a census-designated place in Chambers County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,914 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Winnie is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.-Historical development:The town plat was filed in...

 in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux

Huey P Meaux

Huey Purvis Meaux was an American record producer and recording studio owner .Meaux was born in Wright, Louisiana...

. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career.

In 1964 Meaux moved his Tear Drop label and his Crazy Cajun Enterprises to Conroe, Texas where he partnered with a seasoned record producer, Foy Lee. They not only continued to release new Tear Drop material but also started subsidiary labels including Capri Records

Capri Records

Capri Records was a short-lived but influential rock and roll record label established in Conroe, Texas by Huey P Meaux and Foy Lee in the early 1960s...

, Tribe Records, Eric Records and others. Together Meaux and Lee produced many chart singles on the Tear Drop label. They became nationally distributed by Jay Gee Records (J/G) which was owned by Jamie Records

Jamie Records

Jamie Records was a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957 by Harold Lipsius.Their first 45rpm single, "It's Great To Fall In Love"/"Truly" by Marian Caruso , was issued in 1957. However, they really hit the big-time in 1958 with the release of Duane Eddy's "Rebel...

 of Philadelphia. Tear Drop's biggest hit was "Talk To Me

Talk to Me

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" by Sunny & The Sunglows which broke into Billboard's Top 100. Sunny was actually Sunny Ozuna who was based out of San Antonio, Texas. He had recorded a regional hit in 1962 titled "Golly Gee" under the group name of Sunny & The Sunglows. Meaux & Lee also scored another hit in 1964 by Gene Summers

Gene Summers

Gene Summers is an American rock/rockabilly singer and entertainer. Some of his classic recordings include "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds"...

 & The Tom Toms titled "Big Blue Diamonds

Big Blue Diamonds

"Big Blue Diamonds" is a song written by Earl J. Carson in 1950 and published by Lois Music, BMI. It was first recorded by Red Perkins and originally issued as a 78rpm single on King Records #903 b/w "Rag Man Boogie" in 1950...

" on their newly-formed Capri Records

Capri Records

Capri Records was a short-lived but influential rock and roll record label established in Conroe, Texas by Huey P Meaux and Foy Lee in the early 1960s...

 label and later released Summers' rockabilly classic "Alabama Shake" also on Capri.

In the 1970s Meaux re-activated his Crazy Cajun record label and began to produce records by early '60s rocker Freddy Fender

Freddy Fender

Freddy Fender , born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados...

. This time he hit the big jackpot when Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls

Before the Next Teardrop Falls

Before The Next Teardrop Falls is an album by Freddy Fender. His first album, it was released in 1974. The album includes the Number One hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."- Track listing :...

" broke through all chart boundaries and went Platinum. By this time Meaux had purchased the SugarHill Recording Studios in Houston and he and Foy Lee had also taken over the old TNT pressing plant in San Antonio.

Tear Drop Records discography

(Compiled by record number order)

Discography 33 RPM

• 2000 Sunny & The Sunliners - Talk To Me
• 2001 Sunny & The Sunliners - Las Vegas Welcomes
• 2003 Sunny & The Sunliners - Carino Nuevo
• 2005 Rudy Tee & The Reno Bops - Un Ratito
• 2006 Sunny & The Sunliners - Las Ciudades
• 2008 Sunny & The Sunliners - Tear Drop Presents
• 2009 Roy Montelongo - Brindo Por Ti
• 2011 Los Muchachos - Frijolitos Pintos
• 2012 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - The Two Sides Of Rocky Gil & The Bishops
• 2013 Roy Montelongo - Adios Chiquita
• 2014 Los Monarcas - Perlita
• 2015 The Starlight's - Triste Payaso
• 2016 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - El Fantastico
• 2017 Los Fabulosos Dominos - Nada Contigo
• 2018 Sunny & The Sunliners - From The Past
• 2019 Los Stardusters - All Night Worker
• 2020 Gilbert & The Blue Notes - Yo Soy Aquel
• 2021 Los Muchachos - El Bomberito
• 2022 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Soul Party
• 2023 Los Pablos - Dame Un Poco De Ti
• 2026 The Jives - Espera Un Tantito
• 2027 Jives - The Jives
• 2028 Jives - Making Time
• 2030 Rudy Tee Gonzales Y Sus Reno Bops - "Country"

Discography 45 RPM

• 3001 Jerry (Count) Jackson - The Band Doll/Where Can You
• 3002 Kenny James - A Woman's Gonna Have Her Way/Please Mr Sandman
• 3005 Jimmy Donley - Honey, Stop Twistin'/Hello Remember Me
• 3006 Hub Brando - Easy/Free Loader
• 3007 Jimmy Donely - Think It Over/Santa Don't Pass Me By
• 3009 Jimmy Donley - Lovin' Cajun Style/Baby Heaven Sent Me
• 3012 T.B. Fisher - Don't Worry About Me/Don't Change Your Mind
• 3014 Sunny & The Sunglows - Talk To Me/ Every Day Every Month Every Year
• 3015 Mark Hansom - Sugar Gay/A Long Time
• 3016 Sunny & The Sunliners - Carino Nuevo/Sufriendo Y Piensando
• 3017 Jimmy Donley - You're Why I'm lonely/Let Me Told You
• 3018 Joey Long - I Should Need You/You Can’t Give Back The Love
• 3019 Mark James - She's Gone Away/River Of Tears
• 3021 Jimmy Donley - Santa Please Don't Pass Me By/Santa's Alley
• 3022 Sunny & The Sunliners - Rags To Riches/Not Even Judgement Day
• 3023 Jerry Starr & The Clippers - Hearts Of Stone/I'm Confessin'
• 3024 The Hitchhikers - Goin' To L.A./Wimpey's Blues
• 3025 Sunny & The Sunliners - Cuando El Destino/Emocion Pasajera
• 3026 Jimmy Donley - I Really Got The Blues/Just A Game
• 3027 Sunny & The Sunliners - Out Of Sight Out Of Mind/No One Else Will Do
• 3029 Dale McBride - Guess Who/Lovely Little One
• 3030 Champagne Brothers - It's Raining/Robin
• 3033 Steve Tyrell - Stand By Me/I'm Losing You
• 3034 Jimmy Donley - I'm Lonesome Without The Blues/Forget The Past
• 3035 Sunny & The Sunliners - It's Too Late/You Gave Me A True Love
• 3036 Kirby St. Romaine - Oh, Baby Doll/Summertime Fun
• 3037 Sunny & The Sunliners - Dime Como Le Haces/Tu Nueva Vida
• 3038 Rudy & The Reno Bop’s - Rudy’s Monkey/Together Again
• 3039 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - El Tejano Enamorado/Un Ratito
• 3040 Sunny & The Sunliners - You Send Me/His Greatest Creation
• 3041 Dale McBride - Barbara/I Can't Ever Free My Mind
• 3043 Margo White - If Only You Were Here/I've Got A Right
• 3045 Sunny & The Sunliners - Something’s Got A Hold On Me/Not A Fool Anymore
• 3045 Sunny & The Sunliners - Something’s Got A Hold On Me/Teenage Promise
• 3047 The Stardusters - La Bola Negra/No Me Tengas Compacion
• 3048 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Sufres Porque Quieres/Fuiste Tu Me Destino
• 3049 Perry Salinas - Sorpresa/Un Poco Mas
• 3050 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Do The Jerk Like Me/Once A Day
• 3051 Jimmy Donley - Love Bug/I'm To Blame
• 3052 Rod Bernard - My Jole Blon/You're The Reason I'm In love
• 3053 The Stardusters - Alma Sin Rumbo/Amor De Todos
• 3054 Sammy Jay & The Tiffanaires - Come Closer To Me/La Tentacion
• 3056 Sunny & The Sunliners - Hey Little Dancing Girl/Token Of Love
• 3057 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - All I Could Do Was Cry/Have Faith
• 3058 Ivory Joe Hunter - Heart Don’t Love Her Anymore/I’ve Asked You For The Last Time
• 3059 The Champagne Brothers - Raining In My Heart/Old Enough To Break A Heart
• 3060 Rod Bernard - No Money Down/Little Green Man
• 3063 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - It Was Just An Illusion/The Phillie
• 3064 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Adios Dolores(Goodbye Heartaches)/Era Domingo
• 3065 Ivory Joe Hunter - One Of A Kind/Most Of All(I Need Your Love)
• 3066 Sunny Ozuna/Sunliners - El Taconazo/Las Ciudades
• 3067 Sunny & The Sunliners - Hitch Hike/That Night In San Antonio
• 3071 Sunny & The Sunliners - Too Young/The Very Thought Of You
• 3072 Denny Ezba - Raining In My Heart/Cindy
• 3074 Him - It's A Man Down There/4 AM
• 3075 Sunny & The Sunliners - Podre Del Podre/Aguanta Corazon
• 3076 Carlos & His Guitar - Mr Bolero/The Beach
• 3077 Dale McBride - Prissey Missey/Two Steps From The Blues
• 3079 Gilbert Guerra & The Skylighters - You're So Fine/Ramona
• 3080 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - La Palma/Ya No Quiero
• 3081 Sunny & The Sunliners - Trick Bag/Cheatin' Traces
• 3083 Denny Ezba - Society 4-F/Wisdom Of A Fool
• 3084 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Tell Me What You Gonna Do/Only You(Can Break My Heart)
• 3087 Bobby & The Starlights - Mi Soldita/La Media Vuelta
• 3088 Gilbert Guerra & The Skylighters - Cada Vez Que Te miro/Antononico
• 3091 Dale McBride - What's Happening Baby/Haunted Hungry Heart
• 3093 Denny Ezba - It Ain’t That Way With Our Love/Think Of The Good Times
• 3094 Sunny & The Sunliners - Short, Short, Shorty/Fly Me To The Moon
• 3096 Sunny Ozuna & The Sunliners - Triste Y Lastimado/Tu Boda
• 3097 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - In The Palm Of Your Hand/The Tables Have Turned
• 3099 Starlights - Bootleg/My Special Angel

• 3102 Ralph & The Moonlighters - Corazon De Mi Amor/La Mula Bronca
• 3106 Los Stardusters - All Night Worker/Forever
• 3109 Rudy Tee Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Those Long lonely Nights/La Bamba
• 3111 Sunny & The Sunliners - Que Sera Mi China/Por Si Mi Olvido
• 3113 The Stardusters - We’re Just Lonely/El Papalote
• 3116 Roy Montelongo - Adios Chiquita/La Chupasera
• 3117 Rod Bernard - Recorded In England/This Should Go On Forever
• 3118 The Lancers - Me Despido De Ti/La Que Sea
• 3119 Jimmy Donley - My Forbidden Love/Strange Strange Feeling
• 3120 The Stardusters - Como Fue/Nunca As De Volver
• 3121 Roy Montelongo - El Malquerido/Brindo Por Ti
• 3122 Little Joe & Latinaires - Hey Pretty Baby/Don’t Look Back
• 3123 Sunny & The Sunliners - No One Else Will Do/Cheatin’ Traces
• 3124 Clifton Chenier - Oh, Lucille/You Know That I Love You
• 3131 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Tengo Ganas/No Quiero Darte Rasones
• 3132 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - El Vasilon/Nuestro Dia Vendra
• 3133 Los Muchachos - Desconsolado/Ordinaria
• 3136 Warren Storm - Tennessee Waltz/Don’t Let It End This Way
• 3138 Rudy "Tee" Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Cuando Vuelvas A Mi/La Tierra Donde Naci
• 3143 The Stardusters - Oi Tu Voz/El Punto Roto
• 3146 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Traetare De Olvidar/Despues De Nuestra Boda
• 3148 Danny & The Tejanos - Oiga Compadre/Por Tu Dulce Amor
• 3149 Roy Montelongo - Man Of Action/No Letter Today
• 3150 Rocky Gill & The Bishops - Dancing In The Streets/I’m So Cruel
• 3151 Royal Knights - I Need You/I Can't Please You
• 3152 Los Monarcas - Te Traigo En Mi Cartera/Entre Nos
• 3155 Sunny & The Sunliners - Yo/Malagradecida
• 3156 Los Stardusters - Mama Didn't Know/Dream Of Our future Tonight
• 3158 Danny & The Dreamers - Think Nothing About It/Ask The Lonely
• 3160 The Royal Knights - Busca Otro Amor/Que Linda Eres
• 3164 Danny & The Tejanos - My Love/Mustard Greens
• 3165 Gilbert & The Blue Notes - Amigo Amigo/Dimelo De Frente
• 3166 Rocky Gil - La Justicia de Amore/El Cisne
• 3171 Simon Rays - People Laugh At Me/Make Believe
• 3172 Bobby Morales & Los Stardusters - La Novia/Potpurri De Polka
• 3174 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Buscando Un Carino/Al Pie De Un Crucificio
• 3175 Little Joe & Latinaires - Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/Cold Cold Heart
• 3178 Bobby Russell - El Loco/Vuela Vuela Palomita
• 3179 Roy Montelongo - Piedad (Mercy Mercy)/
• 3181 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - It’s Not The End/Everyday Of My Life
• 3183 Sunny & The Sunliners - Wonderful Girl/Talk That Trash
• 3189 The Brother-In-Laws - Hush Broken Heart/Wanderlust
• 3190 Little Joe & The Latinaires - Fever/Mr Sandman
• 3193 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Polytechnic Mambo/ blank side (promo copy)
• 3199 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Soul Party/After Party

• 3202 Los Muchachos - Quiero Que Sepas/Al Llegar Diciembre
• 3205 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Te Quiero Y Te Adoro/Carino Nuevo
• 3206 Chuck Price - Long Black Limousine/Especially You
• 3211 Gene Summers - Cloudy Day/World Of Illusion
• 3212 Dick Blevins - Same Time Same Booth/Pickin’ Um Up Layin’ Um down
• 3215 Johnny Reyes & The Delhearts - Ya Volvio La Palomita/Que Tal Si Te Compro
• 3216 Los Muchachos - Jambalaya/I Will
• 3218 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - La Medallita/Un Adobe y Cuatro Velas
• 3219 Bobby Butler & The Latinaires - Next Time You See Me/My World Is Empty Without You
• 3220 Ricky Ryan - You Can't Take Her Love/I Hear Wedding Bells
• 3225 Denny Ezba’s Gold - Queen Mary/It’s A Cryin’ Shame
• 3227 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Por Tu Amable Corazon/Ya No Chifles
• 3230 Los Twiliters de Fidel Barela - Sone De Ti/Por La Nada
• 3233 Los Muchachos - Hasta Luego Corazon/El Rebelde
• 3235 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Oily/Looking For A lover
• 3241 Tommy Hammond - I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darling)/The Blues Stepped In
• 3246 The Lovells - You're A Friend Of Mine/Tell Me The Truth
• 3252 Rocky Gil & The Bishops - Polytechnic Mambo/Las Gueras
• 3253 Jim Knight - Two Different Worlds/The Wrong Side Of Town
• 3254 Los Pablos - No Se Porque/Cachete A Cachet
• 3257 Los Pablos - Cocha Perdida/La NaveDel Olvido (vocal: Jose Emilio Fuentes)
• 3262 Los Stardusters - It Must Be The Girl/Peanuts
• 3267 The Jives-Love/I Want You
• 3270 Charlie y Los Jives - Lazos De Mi Amor/Amor Sin Fin
• 3273 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Mandame Tu Carino/Tal Vez
• 3274 Charlie y Los Jives - Cuidado Con La Mano/Tu Falso Amor
• 3278 Charlie & The Jives - Sad Girl/No Tengo Dinero (Ain’t Got No Money)
• 3279 Goyo Flores - San Buena/Corrido De San Antonio
• 3280 Kiko Alvarez - El Adios/El Vino No Mata
• 3285 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Together Again/Rosas Son Rosas
• 3287 Volunteers (JD & The El Dorados) - Sweet Dreams/You'll Lose A Good Thing
• 3291 Charlie & The Jives - Por Tal Que Seas Feliz/Sin Ley

• 3312 Juan Ramos Y Los Principes De Nueva Laredo - Carlos Zamudio/El Cobo Juan Antonio Robledo
• 3317 Henry Zimmerle - Ando Perdido/Enamore De Ti
• 3334 Denny Ezba - Lover's Rain/I Miss You
• 3335 Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops - Pledging My love/Jalisco
• 3358 Juan Ramos- Amelia
• 3361 Ray Solis - Gotta Find My Baby/ Just Because (Nomas Porque)
• 3367 Tom Wayne - Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life/Please Don’t Ever Stop
• 3383 Jimmy Velvit - Drinking Champagne/I Like Her There

• 3405 Gene Summers - Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Blue Baby)/One-sided promo
• 3405 Gene Summers - Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)/World Of Illusion
• 3421 Henry Balderrama - Vuelvo A Querer/Me Preguntaron Por Ti.
• 3486 Fast Buck - When The Moon Goes Down On Medina Lake/Best Game In Town

NOTE: Kenny James (#3002) is actually Jimmy Donley

Sources

"Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues"

Osborne's Record Guide

Texas Monthly Magazine

A Guide to the Huey Meaux Papers, 1940-1994

Texas Music Industry Directory (published by The Texas Music Office) Office of the Governor, Austin, Texas

Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of An American Culture-Ruben Molina; Copyright 2007 by Mictlan Publishing; 1st Edition.