Yambo Records

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Yambo Records
Founded1960s
FounderWillie Dixon
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)Summit
GenreBlues
Country of originU.S.
LocationChicago, Illinois

Yambo Records was a blues record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by arranger and composer Willie Dixon in the late 1960s after he left Chess Records. Yambo Records also had two subsidiary labels, Spoonful and Supreme. The label was based at 7711 South Racine Avenue in Chicago, along with Dixon's related companies Blues Factory and Soul Productions. It was distributed by Summit Distributors in Skokie, Illinois.[1] Dixon recorded and released his 1971 album Peace? on Yambo. He also released several singles, including the hit "1, 2, 3, 4" by five-year-old Lucky Peterson.[2] The label closed in the mid-1970s.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Artist Title Number Notes
1970 E. Rodney Jones Might is Right! 77701 side 1
1970 Lafayette Leake Trio Soul Wrinkles 77701 side 2
1971 Willie Dixon Willie Dixon's Peace? 77715 also numbered 77716

Singles[edit]

Year Artist Titles Number Notes
1970 Koko Taylor "A Mighty Love" / "Instant Everything" 107/108
1970 Margie Evans "29 Ways" / "When I Make Love" 109/1010 with the Chicago Blues All Stars
1971 Honey Duo Twins "Come On Baby" / "Kiss Me" 8915-01 A/B with the Chicago Blues All Stars
1971 Lucky Peterson "1, 2, 3, 4" / "Good Old Candy" 777-03/04 with the Lucky Peterson Blues Band
1971 James Peterson "All On Account of You" / "Sing the Blues Till I Die" 777-05/06 with the Lucky Peterson Blues Band
1972 Quantrells "Can't Let You Break My Heart" / "Show Me the Game of Love" T-15 compiled on The Numero Group NUM016, 2007
1972? Modern Times "Baby Just Maby"(sic) / "Why Must I Live Such a Lonely Life" 777-12/13
1973 Willie Dixon "You Got to Move" / "Petting the Baby" 777-14/15 with the Chicago Blues All Stars
1973 The Satagans "Smokin" / "Lovers to Friends" 777-110/111
1974 McKinley Mitchell "That Last Home Run" / "All Star Bougee" 777-20/21, 1011
1974 J.J.Taylor "I'm Not Tired Yet" / "Tell Me the Truth" 1011A/B
197? Buster Benton "Spider in my Stew" / "Dangerous Woman" 1004/1005 with the Chicago Blues All Stars
197? McKinley Mitchell "Good Time Baby" / "All Star Bougee" Spoonful 777-26 with the Chicago Blues All Stars

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Yambo Records (advertisement)". Billboard Magazine. 85 (25). Nielsen Business Media: 22. June 23, 1973. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Dixon, Willie; Snowden, Don (1989). I Am the Blues. Da Capo Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-306-80415-8.
  3. ^ "Yambo Label Discography". 45cat.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.


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