| The Smith Brothers - It Was Worth It / Melancholy Me (1953) |  | | Details | | Price | $11.25 | | Format | 7" | | Genre | Pop | | Label | X | | Details | 4X-0003 | | Country | USA | | Packaging | Plain Cover/Sleeve | | Grade Cover/Vinyl | VG+ | | Type Grading | Play Grade - Very Good Sound | | Information | RCA Victor Records announced the formation of label "X" on April 20, 1953. It is a wholly owned subsidiary label of RCA, but will have its own independent distribution system. The head A & R man for the new label is Joe Carlton. The name is taken either from RCA Victor's mysterious "Project Madam X" which was the code name for the devepment of the 45 rpm record in the post war forties, or the name used by trade press reporters concerning RCA's hush hush approach to their new project. The rest of the year of 1953 was spent by establishing the position of the new label with RCA Victor as the main pop and classical label, a new R & B oriented label (soon to be called Groove Records) and the Camden label (named after the New Jersey city where RCA manufacturing headquarters is located). In early 1954 RCA announced the creation of Groove Records which originally was to use the label X distribution system, but later made the new label totally independent of label X. The label found a niche in the mid fifties by providing covers of R & B hits and quasi-R & B sides such as those by the Three Chuckles, Eddie Fontaine, and Louis Jordan, as a means of introducing the sound of R & B to mainstream America. By September of 1955, RCA discontinues the label X name, and replaces it with Vik Records which had its biggest hits with Mickey & Sylvia. | | | Track List | | |
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| 01 | It Was Worth It | Play | | | | | |
| 02 | Melancholy Me | Play | | | | | |
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