Excello Records was started by Ernie Young in Nashville in 1953 as a subsidiary of Nashboro, a gospel label. It was a blues label and recorded such artists as Lonnie Brooks, Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo, Charles Sheffield, Roscoe Shelton, Lazy Lester, the Kelly Brothers, Lonesome Sundown, Martin Luther King, Arthur Gunter and Maceo & The King's Men. Gunter recorded an answer song to Eddie Arnold's country and western song "I Wanna Play House with You". His song, "Baby, Let's Play House" was covered by Elvis Presley.[1]
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- ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll ((2nd Ed.) ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
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