[2] Domino Records was formed in 1957 by eleven classmates of a night-school course in music marketing, each of whom contributed a weekly sum of five dollars for corporate expenses.
[1] The 1958 single "You Cheated" was a hit in Texas and drew the attention of much larger labels interested in national distribution.
[1] In 1959, the label put out a call to young artists local to Austin, hoping to find additional new talent.
These three, Anne Miller, Kathy Parker and Lora Jane Richardson, decided to re-start the label in 1960 and expand into new genres.
[1] This decision led to an infusion of funds when The Fleetwoods covered the Slades' first recording "You Mean Everything to Me" as the B-side of "Mr.