Doug Harrell

Colonial Records Colonial Records American record label Colonial Records was a Chapel Hill, North Carolina–based record label that provided the springboard for artists Andy Griffith, George Hamilton IV, John D. Loudermilk, and Billy "Crash" Craddock. Quick facts Founded, Founder ... Colonial Records Founded 1948 Founder Orville Campbell Distributor(s) ABC-Paramount Records, London Records, Tollie Records Genre Various Country of origin US Close Origin Colonial Records was a record label founded in 1948 by Orville Campbell, a journalist and newspaper publisher in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1] Its first release was "All The Way Choo Choo," by the Bell Tones, which Campbell composed with partner Hank Beebe in 1949, about UNC football star Charlie Justice.[2] A recording of the song by bandleader Johnny…

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