Peerless Records

Peerless Records was a record label based in Mexico.

Peerless was founded in 1921 in Mexico City by E. Baptista. Early pressings of their gramophone record were made under contract by Gennett Records. By 1933, Peerless was pressing its own records in Mexico. The Peerless label mostly released popular Mexican music; some popular dance bands and tunes from the United States of America also appeared on Peerless in the 1920s.

In addition to Mexico, Peerless Records were sold in other parts of Latin America and in some communities in the Southwest United States. The labels sometimes have text in both English and Spanish.

Peerless was considered a "major label" in Mexico during the 1940s and 1950s.^[1]

Peerless issued long-playing vinyl records starting in 1951.^[2] During the years, Peerless has been the record label for many well-known artists, such as Vianey Valdez,^[3]Pedro Infante, Lola Beltran,^[4]Los Apson, Los Baby's, and David Záizar. It also secured Mexican distribution for some artists from beyond Mexico, such as Los Corraleros de Majagual, Celia Cruz, Tom Jones and The Rolling Stones. Peerless remained an independent label until 2001, when it merged with its subsidiary MCM (Metro Casa Musical), becoming Peerless-MCM S.A. de C.V., which was later bought by Warner Music Mexico.

Peerless Records would also have some Azteca Records recordings released in Mexico on its label.^[5]

Según informó The Cash Box en su edición del 29 de abril de 1961, Peerless anunció nuevos contratos con los artistas José Venegas y Betty Meléndez, quienes ya grababan para el sello. El ex artista de Tizoc Records, Luis G. Roldán, también se unió a Peerless. ^{[ 6 ]} En ese momento, el artista de Peerless, Juan Mendoza, ocupaba el puesto número 2 en la lista de los más vendidos de México con "Crei", y Lola Beltrán , también de Peerless, se encontraba en el puesto número 4 de la misma lista con "El Caballo Blanco". ^{[ 7 ]}

Según la edición del 5 de junio de 1965 de Cash Box , Vianey Valdez, La Prieta Linda y Ricard Jimenez dejarían Peerless Records y firmarían con otros sellos discográficos. ^{[ 8 ]}

• Fundación Arhoolie - Discografía inigualable de Discos
• Mainspring Press, 23 de noviembre de 2024 - Discos para el mercado mexicano-estadounidense: Los productores independientes (1928–1950), DISCOS PEERLESS, SA

• Esmeralda (cantante)
• Lista de sellos discográficos

• Discografía de Peerless Records en Discogs