FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 8, 2018

DEAR JERRY: You have listed auction and sales results of the most collectible records by amounts fetched, but never by label. Can you name some U.S. singles getting the most money in record auctions for each label?
—Kirk Robertson, Jacksonville, Fla.

DEAR KIRK: For this intriguing project, we'll list the labels alphabetically, with selection number, rounded amount realized, title (with notes when needed), artist, and year of issue.

The minimum amount for this purpose is $500, and that's why some of the more common labels are not included. The collectibles market is ever changing, so sales reflected here may vary from past or future results.

APOLLO 1184: $3,400 "My Reverie" (cerise vinyl) - The Larks, 1951
APPLE 47663: $1,300 "Happy Xmas" (promo only) - John & Yoko & the Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir, 1971
ARGO 5510: $950 "Strange Change" - Herb Ward, 1965
ARVEE 5029: $1,500 "Let's Start a Romance" - Little Joe Hinton, 1961
ATCO 7013: $1,225 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" - Genesis, 1975
ATLANTIC 981: $2,100 "A Beggar for Your Kisses" - The Diamonds, 1952
BLACK PATTI 8002: $16,800 "Gang of Brown Skin Women" (78 rpm) - Long "Cleve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull (The Down Home Boys), 1927
BLAST 219: $600 "Step Right Up" - The Montereys, 1965
BRUNSWICK 7149: $4,450 "Lonesome Midnight Dream" (78 rpm) - Willie Harris, 1930
CADENCE 1347: $500 "Rumble" (red vinyl) - Link Wray, 1958
CADET 5692: $1,000 "Ordinary Joe" Terry Callier, 1972
CAPITOL 2637/2638: $3,300 "Music City KFWBEATLES"/"You Can't Do That" (giveaway promo), 1964
CARLTON 510: $575 "Tum-Ba-Lov" - Linda Powers, 1959
CHAMPION 50023: $10,000 "M&O Blues" (78 rpm) - Willie Brown, 1935
CHANCE 1155: $2,900 "Now She's Gone" - J.B. [Hutto] & His Hawks, 1954
CHECKER 800: $5,200 "How Could You Hurt Me So" (red vinyl) - The Teasers, 1954
CHESS 1734: $1,250 "Bad Girl" (green vinyl) - The Miracles, 1959
COED 500: $875 "Good Gravy" - O. Jay Oliver with the Groove Riders, 1958
COLPIX 631: $2,400 "What Did They Do Before Rock "N' Roll" (with picture sleeve) - Shelley Fabares & Paul Petersen, 1962
COLUMBIA 45864: $4,500 "Spirit in the Night"/"For You" - Bruce Springsteen, 1973
CORAL 61651: $1,100 "Tear It Up" (78 rpm) - Johnny Burnette, 1956
DECCA 7078: $2,000 "Ticket Agent Blues" (78 rpm) - Blind Willie McTell, 1935
DELUXE 6013: $2,400 "My Dear" - The Crystals, 1953
DOOTONE 325: $580 "It's Xmas" - The Bonaires & Ernice Tavares Trio, 1952
DORE 783: $6,300 "Gone With the Wind" - Rita & the Tiaras, 1967
DUKE 473: $680 "Long Walk on a Short Pier" - Rhonda Davis, 1972
EPIC 9255: $1,800 "My Life for Your Love" - The Four Lovers (later the 4 Seasons), 1957
EXCELLO 2044: $3,000 "Be Bop Baby" - The Peacheroos, 1954
FAME 580: $2,000 "Be-Boppin' Daddy" - Mack Banks & His Drifting Troubadours, 1959
FEDERAL 12064: $2,400 "Every Beat of My Heart" - The Royals (later the Midnighters), 1952
FORTUNE 871: $4,000 "Pretty Mama Blues" - Arthur Griswold, 1965
HERALD 415: $2,000 "Foolish One" (red vinyl) - The Rocketeers, 1953
IMPERIAL 5335: $1,450 "Are You Forgetting Me" The Kidds, 1955
JOSIE 1000: $530 "Baby, I Need You" - T.J. Williams & Two Shades of Soul, 1968
JUBILEE 5104: $17,500 "Stormy Weather" (78 rpm) - The Five Sharps, 1954
KAPP 802: $860 "I'm Coming Home" - September Jones, 1966
KELLMAC 1010: $9,100 "She's Fire" - The C.O.D.'S, 1966
KING 6106: $17,100 "Try Me for Your New Love" (promo only) - Junior McCants, 1967
LA LOUISIANNE 8133: $1,900 "Monkey in a Sack" - Lil Buck & Top Cats, 1969
LAURIE 3330: $600 "You Better Move" - The Tropics, 1966
LIBERTY 55070: $2,900 "Mean When I'm Mad" (with picture sleeve) - Eddie Cochran, 1957
LONDON 45-909: $17,100 "Street Fighting Man" (with picture sleeve) - The Rolling Stones, 1968
MERCURY 73173: $3,000 "Janine" - David Bowie, 1971
MONTGOMERY WARD 7173: $1,300 "Never Be Sweethearts Again" (78 rpm) - The Dixon Brothers, 1937
MOTOWN PR1: $1,800 "Young Train" (promo only) - The Originals, 1973
MUSICOR 400: $625 "Goodbye, Baby" - Bob Soprano, 1970
OKEH 8560: $9,500 "Frankie" (78 rpm) - Mississippi John Hurt, 1928
PARROT 811 (1950s): $4,000 "Aurelia" - The Pelicans, 1953
PARROT 3018 (1960s): $5,000 "The Silent Sun" (black label) - Genesis, 1968
PARAMOUNT 12950: $37,100 "Alcohol and Jake Blues" (78 rpm) - Tommy Johnson, 1930
PARKWAY 966: $2,000 "Country Girl" - Vickie Baines, 1966
PHIL-L.A. of SOUL 308: $3,000 "Someone Tell Her"- The Imperial C's, 1968
PHILLES 124: $3,250 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (blue or green vinyl) - The Righteous Brothers, 1964
POLYDOR 14154: $1,600 "Help the Man" - New World, 1972
PRESTIGE 709: $800 "Psychedelic Sally" - Eddie Jefferson, 1969
RAINBOW 202 (1950s): $3,000 "Keep It a Secret" (red vinyl) - The Five Crowns, 1953
RAINBOW 153 (1960s): $3,400 "You Made a Mistake" - James Lynn Marsh With Charles Johnson & Tornado Orchestra, 1965
RCA VICTOR 37-7992: $14,000 "Good Luck Charm" (Compact 33 Single with picture sleeve) - Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires, 1962
REPRISE 0967: $3,000 "Will You Go All the Way for the U.S.A.?" - Frank Zappa, 1970
ROULETTE 4742: $575 "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time" - The Third Bardo, 1967
SCEPTER 12112: $2,000 "I'm Stepping Out of the Picture" - Johnny Maestro & the Crests, 1965
SPARK 112: $800 "My Four Women" - The Sly Fox, 1955
SPECIALTY 472: $3,000 "That's Bad" - Gene Moore & the Metronomes, 1953
STARDAY 570: $1,250 "Find a New Woman" - Arnold Parker & the Southernaires, 1956
STATES 127: $8,500 "I Can't Believe" (red vinyl) - The Hornets, 1953
SUN 183: $20,000 "Greyhound Blues" - D.A. Hunt, 1953
SWING TIME 331: $700 "Deep in My Heart" (promo 78 rpm) - The Muskateers (sic), 1953
TAMLA 54021: $2,000 "Do the Very Best You Can" - Barrett Strong, 1960
TOLLIE 10001: $1,500 "Patience" - Rokk, 1976
TRUMPET 146: $500 "Dust My Broom" (78 rpm) - Elmo James, 1951
UNITED 0334 (S.C.): $7,000 "It's All Over" - United Sounds, 1976
UNITED 351 (Tenn.): $6,500 "Sha-La-La" - Mixed Feelings, 1976
UNITED ARTISTS 750: $1,200 "A Hard Day's Night" (with Beatles picture sleeve) - George Martin and His Orchestra, 1964
UNITED AUDIO 5982: $1,700 "Anyday, Anywhere" - The Es Shades, 1968
VEE-JAY 581: $9,000 "Please, Please Me" (promo only, with "The Record That Started Beatlemania" sleeve) -The Beatles, 1964
VERVE 10427: $5,000 "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1966
VICTOR 21409: $14,200 "Bye Bye Blues" (78 rpm) - Tommy Johnson, 1928
VICTOR MONARCH 994: $1,500 "All Going Out and Nothing Coming In" (single-sided 78 rpm) - Bert Williams, 1901
VOCALION 02651: $17,200 "Poor Me" (78 rpm) - Charlie Patton, 1934
VOLT 4042: $1,150 "Special Kind of Woman" - Paul Thompson, 1970
WARNER BROS - SEVEN ARTS 7258: $1,150 "Got to Find a Way" - Cajun Hart, 1969
WINLEY 1004: $1,325 "I Wan'na (sic) Talk to You" - The Creations, 1963
WINSTON 1026: $2,250 "Four O'clock Baby" - Darrell Rhodes, 1958

IZ ZAT SO? Tommy Johnson is the only artist to appear twice on this list, from 1928 on Victor ("Bye Bye Blues"), and in 1930 with "Alcohol and Jake Blues" on Paramount.

The Paramount single sold for $37,100, making it the most expensive record we've seen in recent years.

Sometimes, the Blues can really bring in the green.