Plantation Records was a country music

Country music

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 record label

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 started by Shelby Singleton

Shelby Singleton

Shelby Singleton was an American record producer and record label owner.-Early Life:...

. The label is best known for the Jeannie C. Riley

Jeannie C. Riley

Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" , which missed becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time...

 45rpm

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 single

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, "Harper Valley P.T.A." which was a number one pop record in 1968.

The label established Riley as one of the major country female vocalists of the late 1960's and early 1970's but had less success with other acts such as Ray Pillow

Ray Pillow

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. In the 1970's the label signed a number of veteran country performers to the label including Webb Pierce

Webb Pierce

Webb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...

, Jimmie Davis

Jimmie Davis

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, Jimmy C. Newman

Jimmy C. Newman

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, Hank Locklin

Hank Locklin

Lawrence Hankins Locklin , better known as Hank Locklin, was an American country music singer-songwriter...

, and Roy Drusky

Roy Drusky

Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound. His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.-Early life and...

 though few of these records charted. Broadway star Carol Channing

Carol Channing

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 also recorded two albums for the label in duet performances with Pierce, Newman, and Locklin.

Singleton established at least two other labels (SSS International and Amazon), and helped comedian

Comedian

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 Bill Cosby

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 form a short-lived label, Tetragrammaton Records

Tetragrammaton Records

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, in the late 1960s. He purchased Sun Records

Sun Records

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 from Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips

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 in 1969.

Other Notable Plantation Records

• PL 28 Harlow Wilcox
  Harlow Wilcox
  Harlow Wilcox was an American session musician from Norman, Oklahoma. In 1969 he released an instrumental single on Plantation Records called "Groovy Grubworm", which hit #30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart late that year. Two albums followed...
  
   & the Oakies - "Groovy Grubworm
  Groovy Grubworm
  "Groovy Grubworm" is a single by American session musician Harlow Wilcox. Released in 1969, it was the only single from his album Groovy Grubworm and Other Golden Guitar Greats. The song peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in...
  
  " / "Moose Trot"
• PL 43 Clark Bentley - "The Ballad of Archie Who?" / "One Way Tracks"
• PL 58 Robbie Harden - "Still Wanting You" / "The Service"
• PL 62 Col. Tex Herring, Auctioneer and Johnny Moore (Vocal) - "Sold to the Highest Bidder" / "Sold to the Highest Bidder"
• PL 73 C. Company featuring Terry Nelson
  Terry Nelson (musician)
  Terry Nelson Skinner was an American disc jockey from Russellville, Alabama. Together with a group of studio musicians, Nelson released a single in 1971 on Plantation Records under the name C. Company featuring Terry Nelson. The single, entitled "Battle Hymn of Lt...
  
  - "Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley"
• PL 100 Sandy Cooper "Sweetheart"/"The Simple Way of Living"
• PL 144 Rod Hart - "C. B. Savage"/"Better Off Gone"