Pappy Daily

Harold W. Daily , better known as Pappy Daily, was an American country music record producer and entrepreneur who cofounded the Texasbased record label Starday Records. Daily worked with many of the wellknown artists in country music during the 1950s and 1960s especially George Jones, who looked upon him as a father figure as well as a business advisor. Other artists Daily worked with include Melba Montgomery , J. P. Richardson , and Roger Miller.

Daily was born in Yoakum, Texas at the beginning of the twentieth century. His mother remarried soon after Dailys father died when Daily was a child and the family relocated to Houston. After his military service, Daily was involved in many different lines of business including working on the railroads and the amusement machine business. Later he started his own venture distributing jukeboxes and it is during this period that he discovered his appreciation of country records from listening to the early hits being played on his own machines. During World Warhe opened his first record outlet in Houston.

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