Minaret Records was a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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in
Valparaiso,
Florida
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.
[Record Makers and Breakers]
Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers By John Broven pages 292, 294, 522 The label released recordings of
Big John Hamilton. In 1973, Kim Jones of
Nashville
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signed an exclusive recording contract with
Finley Duncan (who started out as
Jukebox
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operator) of Minaret Records. Her recordings were to be distributed by the Shelby Singleton Corporation.
Billboard Nov 17, 1973 Herb Shucher founded Minaret before leaving to join Shelby Singleton
Shelby Sumpter Singleton, Jr. (December 16, 1931 – October 7, 2009) was an American record producer and record label owner.
Early life
He was born Shelby Sumpter Singleton, Jr. in Waskom, Texas. His parents were Shelby Sumpter Singleton, Sr. an ...
's SSS organization, which took over the label a few years later in 1967.[
]
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American record labels