Cobra Records
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Cobra Records was an independent record label that operated in Chicago from 1956 to 1959 and launched the careers of Chicago blues artists Otis Rush, Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, a new generation who pioneered the West Side Sound.Template:Sfn
Cobra was started on Chicago's West Side in 1956 by Eli Toscano, a record store- and television repair shop owner, with help from promoter Howard Bedno.Template:Sfn When his previous record label, Abco Records, failed to generate much interest, Toscano approached Willie Dixon about working for him.Template:Sfn Dissatisfied with his arrangement with Chess Records, Dixon joined Cobra and served as a talent scout, producer, arranger, songwriter and bassist, becoming "the artistic vision behind Cobra Records".Template:Sfn
First to record for Cobra was Otis Rush. His single "I Can't Quit You Baby" became a hit, spending six weeks in the Billboard R&B chart, where it reached number six in 1956.Template:Sfn Rush recorded another seven singles for Cobra, described as "defining moments of Chicago blues."Template:Sfn In 1957, Magic Sam recorded his signature song "All Your Love" and released four singles on Cobra. Buddy Guy released two singles in 1958 on Cobra's Artistic Records subsidiary.
From 1956–1958 Cobra issued singles by a variety of acts, including Ike Turner and several blues veterans. However, by 1959 financial troubles overtook the company and it went out of business. The Cobra catalogue was subsequently purchased by Stan Lewis of Jewel/Paula/Ron Records. Most of the Cobra (and Artistic) recordings (57 tracks, including several alternate and outtakes) were released on The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock and Blues 1956–1958 by Capricorn Records in 1993.Template:Sfn In 2013, 40 songs from the Cobra catalogue were released on a two-CD set, titled Double Trouble: The Cobra Record Story.Template:Sfn
Discography
Cobra Records
| Catalogue number | Artist | Title (A-side / B-side) | Year released |
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "I Can't Quit You Baby" / "Sit Down Baby" | 1956 |
5001 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Rock and Roll Boogie" / "I Do" | |
5002 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Have a Good Time" / "Need My Baby" | |
5003 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Fine Girl" / "Mambo Fiesta" | |
5004 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Combo | "One More Dance" / "You Eat Too Much" | |
5005 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "Violent Love" / "My Love Will Never Die" | |
5006 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Sunnyland Slim | "It's You Baby" / "Highway 61" | 1957 |
5007 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Fishin' in My Pond" / "I'll Just Keep Walkin'" | |
5008 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "I Need a Man" / "For You and Only You" | |
5009 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Duke Jenkins Orchestra | "Something Else" / "The Duke Walks" | |
5010 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Groaning the Blues" / "If You Were Mine" | |
5011 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Crying the Blues" / "Little Girl" | |
5012 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Messed Up" / "I Don't Care Who Knows" | |
5013 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Magic Sam | "All Your Love" / "Love Me with a Feeling" | |
5014 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Born with Rhythm" / "Lonely Lonely Village" | |
5015 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Love That Woman" / "Jump Sister Bessie" | |
5016 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Changing Love" / "Don't Leave Me" | |
5017 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Guitar Shorty | "You Don't Treat Me Right" / "Irma Lee" | |
5018 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Stop for the Red Light" / "Satisfied" | |
5019 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "My Life Depends on You" / "My Love" | |
5020 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Duke Jenkins Orchestra | "Where Can My Loved One Be" / "Shake It" | |
5021 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Magic Sam | "Everything Gonna Be Alright" / "Look Whatcha Done" | 1958 |
5022 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort"., Willie Dixon Band | "She Knocks Me Out" / "A Heart (Filled with Pain)" | |
5023 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". with Willie Dixon Orchestra | "Three Times a Fool" / "She's a Good 'Un" | |
5024 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Ain't Gonna Cry" / "Killer Diller" | |
5025 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Magic Sam | "All Night Long" / "All My Whole Life" | |
5026 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "I Cry for You" / "Betty Jean" | |
5027 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "It Takes Time" / "Checking on My Baby" | |
5028 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Jimmy & Kelly the Rock-a-Beats | "Little Chickie" / "Bonnie" | |
5029 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Magic Sam | "Easy Baby" / "21 Days in Jail" | |
5030 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "Double Trouble" / "Keep on Loving Me, Baby" | |
5031 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & Willie Dixon Band | "I'll Weep No More" / "Tell Me, Darling" | |
5032 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" / "My Baby's a Good 'Un" | |
5033 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort".'s Kings of Rhythm | "Walking Down the Aisle" / "Box Top" | 1959 |
Artistic Records
| Catalogue number | Artist | Title (A-side / B-side) | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|
1500 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & Willie Dixon Band | "Row Your Boat" / "Hidden Charms" | 1958 |
1501 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "Sit and Cry (The Blues)" / "Try to Quit You Baby" | |
1502 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & Willie Dixon Band| | "Roll Your Moneymaker" / "Call Me if You Need Me" | |
1503 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Band | "This Is the End" / "You Sure Can't Do" | 1959 |
1504 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort".'s Kings of Rhythm | "(I Know) You Don't Love Me" / "Down and Out" |
Abco Records
| Catalogue number | Artist | Title (A-side / B-side) | Year released |
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100 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "I'll Always Remember You" / "Meet Me Half Way" | 1956 |
101 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Herby Joe | "Smoke Stack Lightning" / "Dreamed (Last Night)" | |
102 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Zona Sago's Modern Sounds | "Short Order" / "Jivin' at Random" | |
103 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & the Aces | "Can't This Be Mine" / "Playin' Hard to Get" | |
104 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". & the Aces | "Just Whaling" / "Bluesy" | |
105 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Rip-Chords | "I Love You the Most" / "Let's Do the Razzle Dazzle" | |
106 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Screaming and Crying" / "Maybe Blues" | |
107 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". | "When I Find My Baby" / "Please Let It Be Me'" | 1957 |
References
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- ↑ Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby" was also issued as Chief 8000 in 1956. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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