Contents
FOREWORD BY AL. KOOPER / VII 
PREFACE / IX 
INTRODUCTION: LITTLE LABELS AND THE AMERICAN BEAT, 1920 - 1970 / XIII
One / Gennett Records 1 
Two / Paramount Records 20 
Three / Dial Records 38 
Four / King Records 56 
Six / Sun Records 89 
Seven / Riverside Records 106 
Eight / Ace Records 124 
Nine / Monument Records 139 
Ten / Delmark Records 156 
LITTLE LABELS ON REISSUE ANTHOLOGIES / 175 
NOTES / l8l 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / 187 
INDEX / 189