Cat Records
US record label owned by Atlantic Recording Corporation
title: "Cat Records" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["atlantic-records", "defunct-record-labels-of-the-united-states", "record-labels-established-in-1954", "rhythm-and-blues-record-labels"] description: "US record label owned by Atlantic Recording Corporation" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Records" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary US record label owned by Atlantic Recording Corporation ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cat Records |
| type | Conglomerate |
| industry | record label |
| foundation | April 1954 |
| United States | |
| location | United States |
| :: |
|name = Cat Records |type = Conglomerate |industry = record label |foundation = April 1954 United States |location = United States Cat Records was a short-lived subsidiary of Atlantic Records, specializing in rhythm and blues music. The label was founded in April 1954 to cash in on the popularity of R&B records among white teenagers which were called "cat" records in the South, a word coined by Atlantic executive Jerry Wexler until the term rock and roll took hold, hence the name of the label. A total of 18 singles were released, on both 78 r.p.m. and 45 r.p.m. records, over nearly two years before the label was discontinued. Its biggest hit was "Sh-Boom" by The Chords. Other artists on the label included "Little" Sylvia Vanderpool and Mickey Baker, Floyd Dixon, Rose Marie McCoy, and Margie Day.
References
References
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- Selvin, Joel. (2014-04-15). "Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues". Counterpoint.
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