1952, Robey gained control of the Duke Records label of Memphis, Tennessee, and formed Duke-Peacock Records. Peacock also had a very successful gospel...

songwriter, and record producer. As the founder of Peacock Records and the eventual owner of Duke Records, he was responsible for developing the careers...

the end of 1963 as a gospel music subsidiary of Houston, Texas-based Duke/Peacock Records.[citation needed] Significant artists on Song Bird included the...

issued on Duke R-1, later amended to R-101. After forming a partnership with Mattis in the summer of 1952, Don Robey (founder of Houston's Peacock Records)...

boosted when he attended a concert by T-Bone Walker in Don Robey's Bronze Peacock Houston nightclub in 1947; Walker became ill, and Brown took up his guitar...

com. Retrieved 8 June 2021. "Duke/Peacock/Back Beat Album Discographies". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Duke/Peacock Records: an illustrated history...

state's R&B recording industry was based in Houston with labels such as Duke/Peacock, which in the 1950s provided a base for artists who would later pursue...

by Big Mama Thornton on August 13, 1952, in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in late February 1953, "Hound Dog" was Thornton's only hit record...

The state R&B recording industry was based in Houston with labels like Duke/Peacock, which in the 1950s provided a base for artists who would later pursue...

for Bill Harvey's Orchestra. He had worked as a session musician for Duke and Peacock Records, until 1962, when he moved to New York City to work as a session...