Back Beat

1950s-1970s label from Houston, Texas, launched in August 1957 by Don Robey.
Also appears as "Backbeat." See also BackBeat Records

For any unofficial / bootleg copies of this label, please use Back Beat.

Shut down in 1974 by ABC Records (which bought Robey's labels two years earlier; some acts, including Carl Carlton, were transferred to the parent ABC label) and later renamed ABC Back Beat.


45 RPM Catalog Number, Date and Label Identification:
500 through 530 (1957–1959): White label.
531 and higher (1960 forward): Red "drum" label.
The label name is often shown as one word, "Backbeat."