Great looking Label! It was started by Dave, Henry and Thomas Ruf in Kansas City in 1955 as an outlet for the Westport Kids, their sons and daughters. The Westport Kids were originally formed as a way "to occupy the leisure time of the younger generation" (of Rufs I suppose). They went on to perform on radio, television, stage and finally on record.
Back in the day you could have gottne an 8x10 lithograph picture of the Westport Kids if you'd mailed 10 cents to Westport Enterprises. Today, through the magic of the internet, if you paste the link into your browser you'll end up viewing an autographed picture they sent to President Harry Truman in 1952. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=20888
Reminds me a little bit of Hank Williams. Dallas was a member of the Cowtown Jubilee and a Kansas City based artist. He also had his own show in the late 1950s. He is now deceased I think.
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Oops, looks like the label scans got mixed. Would love to have "I'm No Good For You Anymore".
Thanks.
Great looking Label! It was started by Dave, Henry and Thomas Ruf in Kansas City in 1955 as an outlet for the Westport Kids, their sons and daughters. The Westport Kids were originally formed as a way "to occupy the leisure time of the younger generation" (of Rufs I suppose). They went on to perform on radio, television, stage and finally on record.
Back in the day you could have gottne an 8x10 lithograph picture of the Westport Kids if you'd mailed 10 cents to Westport Enterprises. Today, through the magic of the internet, if you paste the link into your browser you'll end up viewing an autographed picture they sent to President Harry Truman in 1952. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=20888
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Reminds me a little bit of Hank Williams. Dallas was a member of the Cowtown Jubilee and a Kansas City based artist. He also had his own show in the late 1950s. He is now deceased I think.
Derik, I Had Good Intentions to do these right! Links fixed thanks!
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