John Dolphin operated the label out of his record shop, before selling it to Starday's Don Pierce.
[1] Pierce found near immediate success with Linda Hayes and her song "Take Me Back", which sold 150,000 copies.
[1] As a result, Hollywood sold Christmas records by Lowell Fulson, Charles Brown and Mabel Scott, which moved tens of thousands of copies on a perennial basis.
[5] Hollywood also issued the first Ray Charles LP from his early Swing Time sessions.
Although Pierce was president of Starday Records simultaneously, the two labels were run independently from each other.