Arthur Strong On Designer

[Kris Holmes]

anyone got this & can give me a rundown of the label credits?

Designer 6822 - Brother Arthur Strong & The Pearl Gospel Singers - He's Bigger Than You & I/We Used To have A Good Time

[Roburt]

I have some Designer 45's but not too many considering how many were issued.

BACKGROUND INFO from JUST MOVING ON website ...........

.... Designer is probably the label with the most gospel 45s released in the 1970s. Somewhere between 400 and 500 singles were released between 1968 and 1978. There were about 15 Designer albums released.

Style Wooten and Charles Bowen were the men in charge of Designer.

Memphis,Tennessee was Designer's hometown. Most of the artists on Designer were from Memphis and the Mid-South of the USA.

Designer put some small ads in (local) newspapers "for $ 425 you can become a star".

One record session for two songs and 500 pressed 45s was what you got for $ 425.

The early releases were in 1968, the one you're after info on was a 1970 release.

I'll ask a gospel expert I know if he has this 45 (my guess is that he will have it). If so, I'll pass along the info.

Edited March 31, 2012 by Roburt

[Kris Holmes]

thanks, just trying to work out the chronology of the Designer & Landra releases of this 45.