Abbott Records

Abbott Records was an independent American record company, the 1951 Fabor Robinson ( born November 3, 1911 in Beebe, Arkansas, † September 1986 in Minden, Louisiana) was established in Hollywood / California. The company was successful in the first half of the 1950s, especially in the field of country music.

The company was named after the co-partner, a pharmacist who had Robinson financially supported at the foundation of the company. Originally Robinson had founded the company in order to promote the career of Johnny Horton. So the first ten produced in the years 1951 and 1952 singles were all of Horton. However, Johnny Horton succeeded on Abbott not a hit. 1952 appeared otherwise only three more singles from unknown hillbilly musicians. The economic breakthrough Robinson 1953, when he took Jim Reeves under contract, whose second single for Abbott Mexican Joe was a number-one hit on the country charts. The single was the sixth most successful country single of the year 1953. During the same year, Abbott Records was titled Caribbean by Mitchell Torok another number one hit on the country charts.

In October 1953 Robinson bought all the other shareholders shares and became the sole owner of Abbott Records. At the same time, he founded a second record company: Fabor Records.

Numerous musicians with whom Robinson produced records, were at the radio station KWKH in Shreveport and the Louisiana Hayride been sent from there show under contract. Many later stars were initially at Abbott under contract before they were successful in other labels. Among other things, Floyd Cramer and Smiley Burnette began their careers at Abbott. Dorsey Burnette and also the De Castro Sisters produced until the mid- 1950s singles for Abbott Records.

1954 reached the song Bimbo Jim Reeves on Abbott Records once again number one in the country charts. The successful young singer Jim Reeves was born in 1955, as well as Floyd Cramer, bought out by RCA Records from the Abbott contract. In the spring of 1957 Abbott ceased production of records.

Since 1954, Robinson had its main activities focused on his second label Fabor Records. Recordings with The Browns and Ginny Wright were in country area successfully. The duet of Ginny Wright with Tom Tall Are You Mine debuted at number 17 of the top selling Country Singles of the Year 1955. He acquired his own studio in Southern California to make his record company independent and committed well-known musicians of the West Coast as a studio band. 1956 RCA Records bought his most successful performers, The Browns, under the contract with Fabor Records out. Fabor Records produced until 1966, inter alia, with artists such as Ned Miller and Bonnie Guitar, numerous singles.