DAILY, HAROLD PAPPY
(1902–1987)
DAILY, HAROLD PAPPY (b. Yoakum, Tex., February 8, 1902–December 5, 1987) Famed as a country entrepreneur, Daily cofounded Starday Records and helped launch the career of GEORGE JONES. A successful Houston-based businessman who had served in the Marines in World War I, Daily established a jukebox and pinball distribution and service business in the 1930s. On the side he distributed records for the boxes, recorded local talent and then sold the masters to various small labels, and ran a country…