![]() He claimed to have brought the first Capitol record into Texas in 1942. Undaunted, Daily gathered as many records as he could and opened a record store in Houston. ![]() Shellac rationing during World War II restricted the production of jukeboxes and records. Although he never read sheet music or played an instrument, Daily developed an ear for country music by listening to the records in his jukeboxes. Before long he had his own jukebox distributing company, known as South Coast Amusement Company, in Houston. In 1933, he borrowed $250 from a Southern Pacific coworker to open a store. At first he kept his job with the railroad and worked part-time distributing jukeboxes. He soon found it in the amusement-machine business. When the Great Depression forced the Southern Pacific to lay off many of its workers, Daily sought a job with more security. From the mid 1920s until 1931, he dabbled in baseball management and even launched a new baseball team called the Freeport Tarpons. ![]() Around the same time he began playing baseball. Discharged after two years, he began working for the Southern Pacific Railroad. At age sixteen he left Central High School to join the Marine Corps. His mother soon remarried and moved the family to Houston. His father died when Daily was still a child. Harold Westcott (Pappy) Daily, record producer, music publisher, and promoter of Texas music, was born in Yoakum, Texas, on February 8, 1902.
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