Pappy Daily was born in Yoakum, Texas at the beginning of the 20th century.
10 Facts About Pappy Daily
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Pappy Daily's mother remarried soon after Daily's father died when Daily was a child and the family relocated to Houston.
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Pappy Daily entered the country music scene in the early 1930s, although he had no previous professional background in music and was not an accomplished musician or singer himself.
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Pappy Daily did not rise to prominence, though, until helping found Starday in 1953.
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Pappy Daily founded Starday Records with Jack Starnes and grew into one of the most successful independent labels from Texas in the 1950s.
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In 1961, Pappy Daily and Pierce ended their partnership and at the end of 1961, Pappy Daily left Starday and Mercury to go to United Artists, becoming their country and western director.
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Pappy Daily founded the Musicor Records label in the 1960s with Art Talmadge, and George Jones was their biggest name.
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Pappy Daily founded a label with the unusual one-letter name "D" Records focusing on Texas acts, but none of them matched his previous success.
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In 1967, on the recommendation of Kitty Wells and Roger Miller, Pappy Daily teamed young guitarist Zane Ashton with United Artist country singer Kathy Dee, who had just hit "Don't Leave Me Lonely Too Long".
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Pappy Daily died December 5,1987, in Houston and is buried in the city.