Cat Records

Cat Records was a short-lived subsidiary of Atlantic Records, specializing in rhythm and blues music.

[1] The label was founded in April 1954 to cash in on the popularity of R&B records among white teenager which were called "cat" records in the South, hence the name of the label.

records, over nearly two years before the label was discontinued.

[2] Its biggest hit was "Sh-Boom" by The Chords.

[3] Other artists on the label included "Little" Sylvia Vanderpool and Mickey Baker, Floyd Dixon, Rose Marie McCoy, and Margie Day.