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American. Dot was founded in 1950 by Randolph Wood, in Gallatin, Tennessee, as an extension of his Mail Order / Record Store business.  Wood started off recording R'n'B, Gospel and Country; he moved the company to Hollywood in 1956 and concentrated on straight Pop.  Dot became part of the Gulf + Western group in 1968.  It drifted towards Country music over the years, and was more or less exclusively a Country label when it was absorbed into ABC Records in 1974.  The label was discontinued in 1977 in the USA; it had bitten the dust in 1973 in Britain.   Dot appeared on these shores in the early 60s, with distribution by Pye and numbers in the DS-16000s; previously its products had been licensed by Decca and released on the London label, using a HLD prefix.  After its acquisition by Gulf + Western it was distributed by EMI, as were the other G + W labels.  The move prompted a change of label design and the introduction of a DOT-100 numerical series.  At some point in late 1971 or early 1972 the Paramount part of the logo disappeared from the label, though it remained on the company sleeve.  Thanks to Robert Lyons for the info.

  

A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE DOT USA & UK DS 16000 SERIES 1960-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
           

68	American Breed	Green Light	DOT	DOT	101
68	Mills Brouthers	Fortuosity	DOT	DOT	102
68	Schifrin Lalo Orchestra	Mission Impossible	DOT	DOT	103
68	Liberace	Happy Bearfoot Boy	DOT	DOT	104
68	Kim Andy	Are You Ever Coming Home	DOT	DOT	105
68	American Breed	Ready Willing And Able	DOT	DOT	106
68	Mills Brothers	My Shy Violet	DOT	DOT	107
68	Boone Pat	By The Time I Get Phoenix	DOT	DOT	108
68	Martingale Wink	Deck Of Cards	DOT	DOT	109
68	Peppermint Trolley Company	Nine O'Clock Business Man	DOT	DOT	110
68	Nesmith Michael	Don'T Cry Now	DOT	DOT	111
68	Kim Andy	Shoot 'Em Up Baby	DOT	DOT	112
68	Colours	Bad Day At Black Rock Baby	DOT	DOT	113
68	Roman Lyn	Just A Little Lovin'	DOT	DOT	114
68	Mount Rushmore	Stone Free	DOT	DOT	115
68	Farrow Mia	Lullaby From Rosemary'S Baby	DOT	DOT	116
68	Mills Brothers	Oi' Race Track	DOT	DOT	117
69	Kim Andy	Resurrection	DOT	DOT	118
69	Hyland Brian	Tragedy	DOT	DOT	119
69	Sammes Mike Singers	Life Is A Precious Thing	DOT	DOT	120
69	Justine	Leave Me Be	DOT	DOT	121
69	Illusion	Did You See Her Eyes	DOT	DOT	122
69	Doyle Danny	Ballad Of Jack Shepherd	DOT	DOT	123
69	Hyland Brian	Million To One	DOT	DOT	124
69	Kim Andy	Baby I Love You	DOT	DOT	125
69	Clark Roy	Yesterday When I Was Wrong	DOT	DOT	126
69	Kerr Anita	On Days Like These	DOT	DOT	127
69	Hyland Brian	Stay & Love Me All Summer	DOT	DOT	128
69	Ryder Mitch	Sugar Bee	DOT	DOT	129
69	Playhouse	You Don'T Know It	DOT	DOT	130
69	Clark Roy	September Song	DOT	DOT	131
69	Kim Andy	So Good Together	DOT	DOT	132
70	Illusion	Together	DOT	DOT	133
70	Kim Andy	Friends In The City	DOT	DOT	134
70	Kim Andy	How'D We Ever Get This Way	DOT	DOT	135
70	Mcnamara Robin	Lay A Little Lovin' On Me	DOT	DOT	136
71	Illusion	Let'S Make Each Other Happy	DOT	DOT	137
71	Mcnamara Robin	Got To Believe In Love	DOT	DOT	138
71	Clark Roy	Thank God And Grayhounds	DOT	DOT	139
71	Trask Diana	Stronger Hand To Hold	DOT	DOT	140
72	Boone Pat	Friendly Persuasion	DOT	DOT	141
72	Fargo Donna	Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa	DOT	DOT	142
73	Overstreet Tommy	Baby'S Gone	DOT	DOT	143
73	Fargo Donna	Funny Face	DOT	DOT	144
74	Stampley Joe	Soul Song	DOT	DOT	145
73	Fargo Donna	Forever Is As Far As I Could Go	DOT	DOT	146
74	Fargo Donna	Just A Friend Of Mine	DOT	DOT	147

 

65	Hester Carolyn	Come On Back	DOT	DS	26750
65	Hester Carolyn	What Does It Get You	DOT	DS	26751
67	Boone Pat	As Tears Go By	DOT	DS	26752
67	Martindale Wink	Shifting Whispering Sands	DOT	DS	26753
66	Surfaris	Wipe Out	DOT	DS	26756
66	Chantays	Pipeline	DOT	DS	26757

65	Wink Martindale	Deck Of Cards	DOT	DEP	20000
65	Pat Boone	Pat Boone Hits	DOT	DEP	20001
65	Jimmie Rodgers	In An English Country Garden	DOT	DEP	20002
65	Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra	Lawrence Welk Plays Music From The Greatest Films	DOT	DEP	20003
65	Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra	The Great Billy Vaughn	DOT	DEP	20004
65	Pat Boone	Pat Boone Hits Vol. II	DOT	DEP	20005
65	Wink Martindale	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	DOT	DEP	20006
65	Jimmie Rodgers	Jimmie Rodgers Favourites	DOT	DEP	20007
65	Pat Boone	Hey Baby	DOT	DEP	20008
65	Eddie Fisher	Eddie Fisher Today!	DOT	DEP	20009
66	Pat Boone	I Believe	DOT	DEP	20010

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Donna Fargo

The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA

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