Step One Records

Step One Records
Founded	February 1984
Founder	Ray Pennington
Status	defunct
Genre	Country
Country of origin	United States
Location	Nashville, Tennessee

Step One Records was an independent American record label established in February 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded by singer-songwriter and producer Ray Pennington with Curtis Potter, the former of whom had produced for Waylon Jennings. At the time of the label's foundation, it was one of the few independent country music labels to have significant chart success, most notably in 1991, when the label released Clinton Gregory's "(If It Weren't for Country Music) I'd Go Crazy", the only independently released single on the Billboard country charts at the time of its release. The label lasted into the mid 1990s, having Top 40 success again in 1996 with Western Flyer's "What Will You Do With M-E?". Other artists signed to the label included The Geezinslaws, Ray Price, Faron Young, and Pennington himself.^[1] The label closed in 1998 and the catalog is owned by Gusto Music.^[2]

Roster

• Matt Benson
• Sheryl Brewer
• Don Cox
• Buddy Emmons
• Dawnett Faucett
• The Geezinslaws
• Clinton Gregory
• The Kendalls
• Jerry Lansdowne
• Charlie McCoy
• Terry McMillan
• Ray Pennington
• Celinda Pink
• Ray Price
• Bryan Smith
• Cal Smith
• Gene Watson
• Western Flyer
• Faron Young

References

1. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. Michael McCall; John Rumble; Paul Kingsbury; Vince Gill (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780199920839.

• Kingsbury, Paul; et al. (2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Sourcebooks, Inc. p. 506. ISBN 9780195176087.