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Spar Records was founded in 1961 by record men Alan Bubis and William Beasley. They had been partners in the Tennessee and Republic labels in the 1950s and had eventually gotten into record distribution as well. The Spar imprint was soon followed by budget labels Giant, Kenilworth, Caravelle, Tunes For Tots and Country & Western Hits. These releases used the finest of Nashville's singers, songwriters and musicians. Bobby Russell, Buzz Cason, Herbert Hunter, Freddie North, Thomas Henry, The Avons, Peggy Gaines, Boots Randolph, Bill Justis, Mac Gayden, Jimmy Buffett, Wayne Moss, Charlie McCoy, Pete Drake, Earl Gaines, and many other legendary musicians appear on the Spar releases. By the late 1960s Spar had gotten into the LP market with its Sterling, Spar Premiere, Plantation House, Nashville Sound and eventually the Spar 8 track tape line of releases. By the late 1960s they had launched Top Pop Hits label, but it was short lived. The Spar label went out of business in the mid 1970s, but left behind this wonderful legacy of classic Nashville music.

Spar Records also owned the very successful Hit (45s) and Modern Sound (LPs) labels. These releases are not owned by Bluesland Productions.

9005A AIN'T THAT A SHAME
Credited To: The Belles
Lead Vocals: Bobby Russell & /Buzz Cason

9005B IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY
Lead Vocals: Herbert Hunter with Bobby Russell & Buzz Cason

9006A LITTLE BAND OF GOLD
Credited To: Johnny Ralls
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9006B REVEREND MR BLACK
Credited To: The Merry Men
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9007A PUFF
Credited To: Woody, Buddy & Berta

9007B DON'T BE AFRAID LITTLE DARLING
Credited To: John Dunn

9008A FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL
Credited To: The Kittens
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe

9008B STILL
Credited To: Dave Howell
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9009A DA DOO RON RON
Credited To: The Carrolls
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe

9009B LOSING YOU
Credited To: Betty Ware
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers
Comment: Bill Justis, the arranger on this session was also a trumpet player. It maybe Justis on the trumpet solos.

9010A I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
credited to: Charlie Wayne

9010B IT'S MY PARTY
credited to: Sylvia Richards

9011A ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT
credited to: Jim Porter
lead vocal: John Aikins (Aikins was in the group "The Chellows" with Jimmy Fran. They recorded for Poncello)

9011B 18 YELLOW ROSES
credited to: George Killebrew
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9012 UNKNOWN

9012A LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER - BOB JOHNSON

9012B BLUE ON BLUE - LARRY DEXTER

9013A HELLO STRANGER
Credited To: Sylvia Richards
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe

9013B SUKIYAKI
Credited to The Music City Orchestra Featuring Sadsaciyaki
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9014A EASIER SAID THAN DONE
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe
Credited to: Mary Merry

9014B SURF CITY
Lead Vocals: Bobby Russell and Buzz Cason
Credited to: Johnny Wrigley

9015A TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT
Credited to: Jack McShane
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9015B MEMPHIS
Credited to: The Chords
Instrumental

9016A SO MUCH IN LOVE
Creited to: Frank Carr
Lead Vocal: Thomas Henry

9016B NO ONE
Credited To: Frank Carr

9017A RING OF FIRE
Credited to: Charlie Wayne
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9017B ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI
Credited to: Charlie Wayne
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9018A DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Credited To; Johnny Wrigley
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9018B BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Vocals: Bobby Russell, Bergen White & Connie Landers
Credited to: Buddy, Woody & Bertha

9019 JUDY'S TURN TO CRY
Credited To: Betty Ware
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers

9019B WIPE OUT
Credited To: The Music City Five
Instrumental (guitar probably Wayne Moss or Mac Gayden)

9020A CANDY GIRL
Credited To: The Chords

9020B HELLO MUDDAH HELLO FADDAH
Credited To: Larry Dexter
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9021A TWIST IT UP
Credited To: Bob Johnson
Lead Vocal: Herbert Hunter

9021B MY WHOLE WORLD IS FALLING DOWN
Credited To: Betty Ware
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers

9022A HEY GIRL
Credited to: Leroy Jones
Lead Vocal: Freddie North

9022B IF I HAD A HAMMER
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9023A MONKEY TIME, THE
Lead Vocal: Thomas Henry

9023B MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe

9024A SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe
Background Vocals: The Avons

9024B BE MY BABY
Vocals By: The Avons

9025A CRY BABY
Credited To: The Chords
Lead vocal: Thomas Henry

Giant Records 45 9025B MICKEY'S MONKEY
Credited To: The Chords
Lead vocal: Thomas Henry

9026A THEN HE KISSED ME
Credited To: The Chords
Lead Vocal: Alpha Zoe (with The Avons)

9026B SURFER GIRL
Credited To: The Music City Five
Vocals: Bobby Russell, Buzz Cason & Bergen White

9027A BLUE VELVET
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9027B YOU CAN NEVER STOP ME LOVING YOU
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

The number series now changes for at least two releases to the 300 series. This may have been a typo and intended to be 9085, etc.

385A SUGAR SHACK
Credited To: Bob Johnson
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

385B HELLO HEARTACHE GOODBYE LOVE
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers
credited to: Mary Merry

386A WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!
Credited to: Frank Carr
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

386B I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU
Credited to: Kathy Taylor
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers

The Giant record series number changes again, back to 9000 series with the individual release numbers in the series consistent with the Hit Records label numbering.

9087A DONNA, THE PRIMA DONNA
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell
Credited to Bill Austin

9087B WASHINGTON SQUARE
Instrumental
Credited to The Music City Five

9088A DON'T THINK TWICE ITS ALRIGHT
Credited To: Buddy, Berta & Woody
Vocals: Bobby Russell, Bergen White, and Connie Landers

9088B THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER
Credited To: Bob Johnson
Lead vocal: Bobby Russell

9089A I'M LEAVING IT UP TO YOU
Credited to: Pat & Dee
Lead Vocals: Bobby Russell and Connie Landers

9089B (DOWN AT) PAPA JOE'S
Credited to: The Franklins
Lead Vocals: The Margie Singleton Singers

9090A IT'S ALRIGHT

9090B SHE'S A FOOL
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers

9091A MARIA ELENA
Instrumental
Credited To: The Texas Guitars

9091B MATADOR
Credited To: Fred York
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9092A 500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9092B WALKING PROUD
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell & Richard Williams

9093A DOMINIQUE (THE SINGING NUN)
lead vocal: Connie Landers?

9093B SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9094A WONDERFUL SUMMER
Lead Vocal: Connie Landers

9095B BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL
Vocals: Bobby Russell, Buzz Cason & Bergen White

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Very few of the Giant Country and Western series survive. Possibly some of the releases listed as "unknown" were not issued at all.

9501A ACT NATURALLY
credited to: Bob Houston

9501B STILL
credited to: Bob Houston

9502A LONESOME 7-7203

9502B UNKNOWN

9503A WE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF OUR MINDS

9503B ROLL, MUDDY RIVER

9504A TAKE A LETTER MISS GRAY
TOM KEATON

9504B GONE
TOM KEATON

9505A SATISFIED MIND

9505B SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
credited to: Bob Driver

9506 UNKNOWN

9507A RING OF FIRE
credited to: Johnny Wrigley
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9507B OLD SHOWBOAT
credited to: Johnny Wrigley

9508A CANDY KISSES

9508B WHY DON'T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME

9509A DON BRANCH - Fool Number One

9509B DON BRANCH - Wings Of A Dove

9510A ABILENE
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9510B DETROIT CITY
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9511A DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES

9511B AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET

9512A SANDS OF GOLD

9512B TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS

9513A BEST YEARS OF OUR LIFE, THE

9513B BORN TO LOSE

9514A 8 X 10

9514B JUST OUT OF REACH

9515A TIPS OF MY FINGERS, THE

9515B YOU'RE THE ONLY STAR IN MY BLUE HEAVEN

9516A MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY

9516B HAPPY TO BE UNHAPPY

9517A TROUBLES BACK IN TOWN

9517B CRAZY ARMS

9518A YOU COMB HER HAIR

9518B MINUTE YOU'VE GONE, THE

9519A LOOSE TALK - JACK GADSDEN

9519B IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW - JACK GADSDEN

Number series change to 9200 to match the Country & Western Hits label 200 series.

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9223A FADED LOVE

9223B FOOLIN' AROUND

9224A DON BRANCH LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE

9224B WAYNE BAKER WATERLOO

9225A CALL ME MR. BROWN

9225B A FALLEN STAR

9226A TELL HER SO

9226B SWEETHEARTS OR STRANGERS

9227A THANKS A LOT

9227B I MISSED ME

9228A MOUNTAIN OF LOVE

9228B NO LETTER TODAY

9229A NINETY MILES AN HOUR (DOWN A DEAD END STREET)

9229B DON'T WORRY

9230A COWBOY BOOTS
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9230B EL PASO
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9231A THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS

9231B I WALK THE LINE
Lead Vocal: Bobby Russell

9232A ONE HAS MY NAME THE OTHER HAS MY HEART

9232B IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY, I'VE GOT THE TIME

Giant 9232 is the last known release.

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Caravelle Records2000A SNAP YOUR FINGERS
Credited to: Richard Moore
Lead vocal: Benny Lattimore

2000B THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Credited to: Bob Lester
Lead vocal: Buzz Cason

2001A IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN'
Credited to: Bob January
Lead vocal: Bobby Russell

2001B MOON RIVER
Credited to: Bob January

2002A THAT'S OLD FASHIONED
Credited to: The Shaw Brothers
Vocal: Buzz Cason (overdubbed harmony vocal)

2002B PLAYBOY
Credited to: Betty White
Lead vocal: Peggy Gaines with The Avons

2003A A STEEL GUITAR AND A GLASS OF WINE-Wally Adams

2003B WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN-Charlie Shaw

2004A LOCO-MOTION
Lead vocal: Alpha Zoe with The Avons
Credited to Peggy Thompson

2004B THINGS
Lead vocal: Tom Walls
Credited to Bert Barnett

2005A HEART IN HAND
Lead vocal: Connie Landers

2005B BRING IT ON HOME TO ME
Lead vocal: Herbert Hunter

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101A WALK LIKE A MAN
Credited to: The Loopers
Lead vocal: Bobby Russell

101B SEND ME SOME LOVIN'
Credited to: Johnny Pearson
Lead vocal: Art Mayes

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1969 brought a new year and apparently a reorganization of the Spar Record Company. This reorganization also brought a change in labels, as the Hit imprint was retired and the Top Pop Hits label was launched. To date only 24 releases have been found on the Top Pop Hits label. Sales were apparently slow and therefore few have survived. All copies found were packaged in standard Hit Records 39 cent sleeves indicating they were either using up old sleeve stock or no new sleeve was designed for the new label name.

1A THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE WITH YOU
Credited To Kathy Shannon

1B TRACES
Credited To: The Chords

Top Pop Hits 2A PROUD MARY
Credited to: Steve Miller

2B DIZZY
Credited To: Bobby Sims

3A GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Lead vocal: Bobby Russell

3B INDIAN GIVER
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

4A BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
Credited To: The Fantastics

4B SWEET CREAM LADIES
Credited To: The Chords

5A ROCK ME
Credited To: The Chords

5B IT'S YOUR THING
Credited To: The Classmates

6A YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

6B NO NOT MUCH
Credited To: The Fantastics

7A GALVESTION

7B PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

8A TIME OF THE SEASON
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

8B KAY
Credited To: Bobby Sims
Lead Vocal by Jimmy Elledge

9A IN THE GHETTO
Credited to Bobby Sims

9B GOOD MORNING STARSHINE
Credited to: The Chords

10A AQUARIUS /LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Credited To: The Fantastics

10B BAD MOON RISING
Credited To: Jalopy Five

11A LOVE THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET
Credited to Music City Orchestra

11B OH HAPPY DAY
Credited to: Kathy Shannon

12A HAIR
Credited To: The Classmates

12B GET BACK
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

13A SUSPICIOUS MINDS
Credited To: Bobby Sims

13B A BOY NAMED SUE
Credited To Ed Hardin

14A GRAZING IN THE GRASS
Credited To: The Chords

14B HONKY TONK WOMAN
Credited To: The Chords

15A JEAN
Credited To: Bobby Sims

15B LOVE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY
Credited To: Jalopy Five

16A SUGAR SUGAR
Credited To: The Fantastics

16B THESE EYES
Credited To: The Classmates

17A COME TOGETHER
Credited To: The Jalopy Five
Lead vocal Bobby Russell, background vocals include: Jimmy Buffett

17B DOWN ON THE CORNER
Credited To: The Chords
Lead vocal Bobby Russell, background vocals Include: Jimmy Buffett

18A SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER
Credited To: Kathy Shannon and the Fantastics

18B NA NA HEY HEY (KISS HIM GOODBYE)
Credited To: The Classmates
background vocals include Jimmy Buffett

19A UNKNOWN

19B UNKNOWN

20A UNKNOWN

20B UNKNOWN

21A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Credited To: The Classmates

21B THE RAPPER
Credited To: The Chords

22A INSTANT KARMA
Credited To: Bobby Sims
lead vocal Bobby Russell

22B LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES)
Credited To: The Fantastics

23A LET IT BE
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

23B CELEBRATE
Credited To: The Chords

24A A B C
Credited To: The Jalopy Five

24B THANK YOU
Credited To: The Chords

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Tunes For Tots
  • God Loves Little Children - The Story of Noah and the Ark
  • Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep - Story of David and Goliath
  • Jesus Loves Me - Other Sacred Songs for Children
  • Ten Little Indians: Little Miss Muffet: Three Blind Mice
  • Jack and Jill: Little Jack Horner: Song of Sixpence
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • Humpty Dumpty: Little Bo-Peep: The Old Woman in the Shoe: Jack Be Nimble: and other Nursey Rhymes
  • The Alphabet Song - The Counting Song
  • Mary Had A Little Lamp: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: The Farmer in the Dell
  • Happy Birthday: Three Little Kittens: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
  • Pinocchio
  • Little Boy Blue: Old King Cole: Hickory Dickory Dock: Little Red Hen
  • Old McDonald Had A Farm: Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush: London Bridge
  • The Gingerbread Man: The Three Billy Goats Gruff and other Nusery Rhymes
  • Henry The Choo Choo Train - The Fire Engine Song
  • Cinderella
  • Peter Rabbitt
  • Hanzel and Gretal
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • The Legend of Daniel Boone/Sam Tarpley - The Ballad of Daniel Boone/Bobby Russell
  • Patriotic Songs

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