I bought a box of records last summer (what, who me buy a box of 45s) and their were 2 copies of this in there. I immediately zeroed on to the the Motown Recod Corp on the label and talk about bewilderment when I listened to it. I knew that Motown had subsidery labels but had no clue that in 1964 Motown one of their subsideries put out a country record. I would have loved to have heard the Barry Gordy and the the Motown production team discuss releasing this. I would love to read a definitive history of Motown...is there such a book? Looks like I need to do some research. I also found another country 45 on this label yesterday and hope it is as good as this one.
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If I'm not mistaken Mel-O-Dy was Motown's country outlet. They recorded several country artists on that label, including Dorsey Burnette (I think). Mullins, whose real name was Dwight Mullinax, also recorded a few 45s for Mel-O-Dy. He had started his career in the 1950s as one of of the duo "Dee & Patty" with Patsy Timmons. They were active in Texas and guested on some of the more popular radio shows, including the Big D Jamboree and the Louisiana Hayride. They also recorded for Starday/Dixie in the 1950s and, after disbanding, both recorded for Pappy Daily's D label (after Daily split from Starday).
Thanks for the info. I would have loved to have listened to the round table discussions regarding this label, especially knowing how involved Barry Gordy and the Motown production team was in deciding releases. I am happy for the Motown diversity
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