Dolton Records was a record label based in Seattle that was originally known as Dolphin Records. It was owned by Bob Reisdorf and Bonnie Guitar. Success for the label came early with "Come Softly To Me" by The Fleetwoods. Reisdorf was then informed that there was another Dolphin Records in circulation (which was a subsidiary of Laurie Records), so he changed the name to Dolton. The new label retained the fish symbols on the logo associated with t...
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Dolton Records was a record label based in Seattle that was originally known as Dolphin Records. It was owned by Bob Reisdorf and Bonnie Guitar. Success for the label came early with "Come Softly To Me" by The Fleetwoods. Reisdorf was then informed that there was another Dolphin Records in circulation (which was a subsidiary of Laurie Records), so he changed the name to Dolton. The new label retained the fish symbols on the logo associated with the Dolphin name. Other Dolton artists included The Ventures and Vic Dana. It was acquired in 1963 by Avnet and merged with its Liberty Records parent label in 1966. Liberty had distributed Dolton releases when "Come Softly To Me" became a hit. Bonnie Guitar also recorded for the label, recording singles like "Candy Apple Red". Guitar had her own recording career in the late 50s, best remembered for country-pop crossover hit "Dark Moon" in 1957.
Liberty discontinued the Dolton label in 1967, transferring its artists to the parent label. The...
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