MEMPHIS DID NOT JUST HAVE THE SUN, IT HAD THE MOON TOO
DATELESS NIGHT - ALLEN PAGE
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MOON RECORDS
3331 Scenic Highway, Memphis, Tennessee
Moon records began in 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Owner Cordell Jackson had previously recorded demos with Sam Phillips at
Memphis Recording Service and Sun Studios. She is credited as the first woman
to record, promote, engineer and produce music on her own independent record
label and is revered as an early rock-a-billy/roots pioneer. Nashville producer
and recording artist Chet Atkins provided advice to Jackson concerning the
formation of her new label, Moon Records. Moon Records early stable of artists
included Barney Burcham, Johnny Tate, Joe Wallace, Alan Page and Earl
Patterson.
She was born Cordell Miller in Pontotoc, Mississippi on July 15, 1923.
Cordell received encouragement from her father who played fiddle in a string
band called the Pontotoc Ridge Runners. She learned piano, stand-up bass and
guitar and by her twelfth birthday had performed with her father’s band on a
Tupelo, Mississippi radio show. Jackson also played mandolin, harmonica and
banjo but is best known as an electric guitar player. In 1943 she married
William Jackson and moved to Memphis. In 1947 Cordell purchased recording
equipment from Kabakoff Radio and Appliance in Memphis and began writing and
taping songs as well as jamming with other musicians.
Jackson began recording and releasing product in the late
70’s when she realized there was a demand for the early Moon singles. Her
career received a boost from the rock-a-billy craze in Europe which
brought her international attention. Tav Falco’s Panther Burns covered
“She’s The One That’s Got It” and “Dateless Nights” and she began performing
with the band between sets. An appearance in the movie “Great Balls of Fire”,
Budweiser commercials, Late Night with David Letterman and Regis & Kathy
Lee helped spread her image as the “rockin’ granny” twanging on her red
Hagstrom electric guitar. Interviews with Billboard, Spin Magazines, MTV and
Entertainment Tonight and others showcased her spitfire playing and
personality. She marketed her own video singles through her label in the 1990’s,
including Dan Roses’ production of “The Split”. Jackson is also featured in the
film entitled Wayne County Ramblin’ by Dan Rose. Memorabilia and
information concerning Cordell Jackson and Moon Records are included in the
Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum.
MOON RECORDS 45's
300 Johnny Tate with the Volunteer Quartet
Kind & Gentle/Keeping Your Memories 1958
301 Allen Page & The Crowns with the
Moonbeams - Honeysuckle/High School Sweetheart 1958
302 Allen Page & The Deltones - Dateless
Night/I Wish You Were Wishing
303 Allen Page - She’s The One
That’s Got It/Sugar Tree
304 Joe Wallace & All Woody’s Owls - Leopard
Man/My Teenage Dream 1959
305 Earl Peterson with the Darts - Nightmare
Hop/Ready For Love 1959
306 The Big Four - All Keyed Up/Outa
Tune 1959
307 Allen Page with Sandy & Sue and
the Big Four - Oh! Baby/I Wish You Were Wishing 1959
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308 Johnny Tate with the Volunteer Quartet
- Bop With Me Baby/ 1959
Recorded 1956 released in 1958?
Released 1957?
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