Candix Records

Candix Records
Founded	1960
Founder	Robert Dix Richard Dix William Canaday Silva
Defunct	1962
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	7060 Hollywood Boulevard #221, Los Angeles, California

Candix Records was an independent American record label known primarily for releasing The Beach Boys' first single, "Surfin'". Candix A&R man Joe Saraceno and Buckeye Distributors' Russ Regan are attributed with renaming The Pendletones as The Beach Boys, in an attempt to make them more marketable.

Incorporated on 26 August 1960, with an office at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard #221 in Los Angeles, the name Candix derives from its founders Robert Dix (December 4, 1915 – November 6, 2006), his twin brother Richard (died April 7, 1999) and William Canaday Silva (d. 1978).

The record label reportedly went bankrupt in May 1962 (although as it was still releasing records in August, this seems unlikely), just five months after The Beach Boys released "Surfin". The label's 'cash flow' problems became a source of some bitterness in the Beach Boys' camp, the group having only received a total of $990 in royalties from a record that had made the top 5 in Los Angeles and San Bernardino County, become a top hitpick in San Francisco, and made the national charts for some weeks.

Discography

No.	Artist	Titles	Rel.
300	(unknown)	?/?[nb 1]	9/60
301	Ethan Du Veaux	Undertow/Magnifique	9/60
302	Johnny MacRae	Betcha Johnny Knows/The Lonely Years	9/60
303	Russ Regan and The Rowdies	The Waterboy/Night Search	10/60
304	Lanny Duncan	Romeo's Teacher/Why Did We Say Goodbye	10/60
305	Lou Rawls	In My Little Black Book/Just Thought You'd Like To Know	?/60
306	The Sensationals	Once In A While/Snow White Winter	11/60
307	The Hi-Tones	I've Never Seen A Straight Banana/The Special Day	?/60
308	Solid Jackson	East LA/Speedy Gonzalez	?/60
309	Don and Marty	Mandolin Rock/Fidel And Raul	?/60
310	Faye Reis	Don't'cha Break My Heart/How Much Longer	12/60
311	Theola Kilgore	The Sound Of My Man/Later I'll Cry	12/60
312	Lou Rawls	80 Ways/When We Get Old	1/61
313	Sue Black	It Doesn't Matter Anymore/Take Me	1/61
314	The Frogmen	Underwater/The Mad Rush [#44]	3/61
315	Eddy Drake	Passing Time Between Heartaches/Learning To Live Alone	?/61
316	Lanny Duncan	Tummy Tickles/Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me	?/61
316	Lanny Duncan	Tummy Tickles/Why Did We Say Goodbye	?/61
317	Faye Reis	My Lover Boy/Your Fool	6/61
318	Eddie Lamaire	You And I Against The World/I Want You	?/61
319	The Sensationals	The City Sleeps/It Wouldn't Be The Same (Without You)	?/61
320	Cole Younger	School Of Love/Broken Hearted Song	?/61
321	Ralph	I've Got It/Rugged Ralph The Rapid Rabbit	?/61
322	Marc Cavell	Hide And Seek/That's All I Want	?/61
323	Bobby Williams	Wonder If My Baby's Coming Home/Can't Let You See Me	?/61
324	Jim Mitchum	Lonely Birthday/Oh, What A Wonderful Feeling	?/61
325	The Kelly Four	Annie Had A Party/Sweet Angelina	?/61
325	Big Daddy Deerfield and The Kelly Four	Annie Had A Party/Sweet Angelina	?/61
326	The Frogmen	Beware Below/Tioga	?/61
327	Sonny Wilson	I Ain't Givin' Up Nothin'/Troubled Time	?/61
328	Lanny Duncan	Don't Be Afraid To Cry/Thank You For Your Love	?/61
329	Marc Cavell and The Classmates	I Didn't Lie/I See It	?/61
330	Bill Lyons	That's All Right/Little Fool	?/61
331	The Beach Boys	Surfin'/Luau [#75][nb 2]	11/61
332	Faye Reis	Red Haired Sally/Perfect Love	1/62
333	Gene Anderson	You Got Something/Old Folks Party	?/62
334	Bobby Lloyd	Left All Alone / Our Love	?/62
335	The Moongooners	Moon Goon Stomp/The Long Trip	5/62
336	Skip Sodor Band	Begin The Beguine/Work Out	5/62
337	(unknown)	?/?	?/62
338	Andy Belvin	Walking The Blues/Prettiest Girl	?/62
339	David Box	If You Can't Say Something Nice/I've Had My Moments	8/62
340	Curtis Byrd	Pretty Woman/Turn Some More Lights On	?/62
341	Dean Beard	The Day That I Lost You/Villa Acuna	?/62

Notes

1. It's entirely possible that this release never existed.
2. "Surfin'" was also released in January 1962 on Candix 301: this was due either to a clerical error or to maintain continuity with the intervening X301 release of December 1961.