Impala Records

My road map of the various Impala labels

(and Google is my co-pilot)

Nine Impala and one Impalla

Such explosion of Impala labels in the late fifties and in the sixities is probably explained by the success of the Chevrolet model, with the possible exception of the Mable Weathers Agency's Impala subsidiary who were apparently the only one to think marvel of nature rather than future bucket of bolts  :

The Chevrolet Impala is a full-size automobile built by the Chevrolet division of General Motors introduced for the 1958 model year. Deriving its name from the southern African antelope, Chevrolet's most expensive passenger model through 1965 had become the best-selling automobile in the United States, competing against the Ford Galaxie 500 and the Plymouth Fury when full-size models dominated the market. [Wikipedia]

  

1958

 Los Angeles, Calif

Owner : Mable Weathers

Tornado Pub. Co. BMI

 

1958

Orlando, Florida
RCA press

1958

Pittsburgh, Pa.
Owner : George Bodner
Donnator Music, BMI

1959-1963

reactivated in 1966

 

2915 C Street Philadelphia, PA

Owner Franny Williamson

Ethel Mae Music, BMI

Center Music, ASCAP

Label founded in 1958

Corpus Christi, Texas
Main artist (and owner) : Oscar Martinez

Chicago, Ill.
Artist (and owner?) : Carl Bonafede

Sheldon press

1964

Impalla

Chicago mid-sixties

Chkaren Music BMI
RCA press

1970

Realtone Recordings

Blacksburg, S.C.
Rite press

Mid-sixties?

Asheville, N.C. ?

Curtis Watkins  and Balsom Mountain Boys

Kay Bank press