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'''Select-O-Hits''' is an American [[independent record label]] distributor of music based in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], United States. They have been in business for almost 60 years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/24/record-select-o-hits-marks-50-years-turbulent-musi/|title=Memphis Commercial Appeal: For the record: Select-O-Hits marks 50 years in turbulent music industry|website=Commercialappeal.com|accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> and distribute artists that include [[Johnnie Taylor]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Three 6 Mafia]], [[Colt Ford]], [[Diana Reyes]], and [[The Texas Tenors]].
 
==Company history==
===The early years===
Select-O-Hits, which is owned by Sam W. Phillips and John Phillips, was co-founded in 1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2002/09/16/focus2.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article|title=Phillips' family business still rolling in music industry|website=Memphis.bizjournals.com|accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> by their father, Tom Phillips, and uncle, [[Sam Phillips]], the founder of [[Sun Records]].
 
Tom Phillips began his career in music as [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]' road manager for a number of years. He had invested all of his savings into an upcoming 1958 European tour when news of Lewis' marriage to his [[Myra Gale Brown|13-year-old cousin]] hit the front pages. Lewis' career came to a sudden, although temporary, halt. The tour was cancelled, and Tom was broke. Sam helped by giving him a job in the Sun Records warehouse and allowing Tom to live with him while his family stayed behind in Mobile, Alabama. Eventually, Tom saved enough money to send for his family in 1960.
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===1970s to 1990s===
In the mid-1970s, Select-O-Hits began to concentrate more on distributing and less on retail and one-stops.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ACQEAAAAMBAJ|quote=tom phillips select-o-hits.|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=25 January 1986|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The retail store closed in the mid-1980s, and the one-stop followed a few years later.
 
Select-O-Hits has formed a number of successful record labels, such as Avenue, Icehouse, SOH, Brutal Records, Basix Music, Blues Works and Prophet. In 1997 half of the company was sold to [[Malaco Records|Malaco]] of Jackson, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2004/12/27/smallb1.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article|title=Holiday hit : Cash registers ringing with sales of Select-O-Hits CDs|website=Memphis.bizjournals.com|accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2018}} </ref>
 
===Recent===
In 2005, Select-O-Hits and Malaco acquired Atlanta International Records of Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=select-o-hits,+malaco,+AIR&source=bl&ots=yF35AgV9Fx&sig=qHl3TWymfXJ6-zGwCedl8pKpVEs&hl=en&ei=1vFzTMPlDsOclgfRxZnICA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=select-o-hits,%2C+malaco,%2C+AIR&fpg=falsePA10|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=16 July 2005|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> While all genres of music are represented in the family of labels Select-O-Hits distributes, Rap, Blues, Soul and Gospel are still the largest portion of the business.
 
Today with sales staff in Memphis, New York, Sacramento, Miami, and Dallas, Select-O-Hits is one of the largest independent record distributors in the country, providing services for over 300 independent vendors to all key US music traditional "brick and mortar" retailers, as well as digital media sites such as [[iTunes]] and [[eMusic]].
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* [[Prophet Entertainment]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.selectohits.com/}}
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