DESIGNER
Designer is probably the label with the most gospel 45s released in the 1970s. Somewhere between 400 and 500 singles were released between 1968 and 1978. There were about 15 Designer albums released.
Style Wooten and Charles Bowen were the men in charge of Designer. Memphis,Tennessee was Designer's hometown. Most of the artists on Designer were from Memphis and the Mid-South of the USA. Designer put some small ads in (local) newspapers "for $ 425 you can become a star". One record session for two songs and 500 pressed 45s was what you got for $ 425.
We've included, where known, the name of the lead singer as printed on the label, because it makes it from time to time a lot easier to establish whether the same (or almost identical named) group made another record for Designer or another label. The discography isn't complete. Additions, doesn't matter how small, are very welcome.
Designer 6900-6999 Designer 7000-7099 Designer 7100-7199 Designer 7200-7299
| Designer 6786 | Pat Walker | Down from His glory | ||
| The Holy City | ||||
| Designer 6788 | Royal Harmonizers | The morning prayer | ||
| Running for the Lord | ||||
| Designer 6789 | Spiritual Consolators | Dr King we sing (part 1) (Robert Sims) | 1968 | |
| Dr King we sing (part 2) (Rev. Robert Berry) | ||||
| Designer 6791 | Five Voices | My soul is so happy | 1968 | |
| I've been with Jesus | ||||
| Designer 6792 | Shaw Singers | I made a promise to the Lord | 1969 | |
| Life will soon be over | ||||
| Designer 6793 | George Shields & His Gospel Singers | Stand by me (Evelyn McGlown) | 1969 | |
| God's word will never pass away (Evelyn McGlown & George Shields) | ||||
| Designer 6795 | Southland Singers | When the gates swing open (S. Maxwell) | ||
| What God is to me (J.Patterson & W. Tucker) | ||||
| Designer 6797 | Gospel Melodies (white) | Are you expecting Jesus | 1969 | |
| One more valley | ||||
| Take up thy cross | ||||
| It takes courage | ||||
| Designer 6798 | Annie Lee Aikins & Henry Thomas | The common touch | ||
| This little light of mine | ||||
| Designer 6799 | Dixie Land Singers of Jackson, TN | Land beyond the river (Sammie Cox) | 1969 | |
| Old landmark | ||||
| Designer 6800 | Shaw Singers | God has done much for me | ||
| Must Jesus bear the cross alone | ||||
| Designer 6801 | Oakville Harmonizers | Little wooden church (Charles Irving) | 1969 | |
| Don't know what I would do without the Lord (Charles Irving) | ||||
| Designer 6802 | Gospel Consolaters | People of the world are so easy to forget (Elige Brown) | 1969 | |
| A long journey home (Gordie Watkins) | ||||
| Designer 6803 | Royal Harmonizers | Search heaven (Nathan Boyd Jr.) | 1969 | |
| Savior don't pass me by (Nathan Boyd Jr.) | ||||
| Designer 6804 | Sensational Spiritual Consolators | The greatest creator (Robert Berry) | 1969 | |
| Ring the message out (Robert Sims) | ||||
| Designer 6807 | Memphis Spiritual Four | Here am I (Otis Phillips) | 1969 | |
| By and by I'll see Jesus (Otis Phillips) | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6812 | Gospel Souls | O when my Jesus comes (Walter Boone) | 1969 | |
| I got the holy ghost (Walter Boone) | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6813 | Shaw Singers | Waiting for my child to come home | 1969 | |
| Since He touched me | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6815 | Silver Leaf Harmonizers | He's sweet I know (Eddie Sason & E.L. Smith) | 1969 | |
| The family prayer (E.L. Smith) | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6816 | Willie "Little" Patterson | New born soul | 1969 | |
| Letter from Jesus | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6817 | Rev. Levon Ozier | I'm promised a discharge from this war | 1969 | |
| Don't let my life be in vain | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6818 | Crowns of Harmony | O Lord I'm waiting on you (Otha Lee Miller) | 1969 | |
| Got to find my soul a resting place (Walter Fields) | 1969 | |||
| Designer 6821 | Spiritual Crusaders | The Lord cares for me (Billy White) | 1970 | |
| You've been so good (Leroy Anthony) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6822 | Arthur Strong & the Pearl Gospel Singers | He's bigger than you and I (Arthur Strong) | 1970 | |
| We use to have a good time (Ralph Washington) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6823 | Famous South Land Singers & Laura Bradley Taylor | How good | 1970 | |
| How far the Lord brought me | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6824 | Jubilee Hummingbirds | Something within me (Rev. E.L. Whitaker) | 1970 | |
| Stand by me (Rev. Al Banks) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6826 | Silvertone Singers of Wynne Arkansas | Where Jesus is (Lonnie Harris Jr.) | 1970 | |
| Go back to God (Joe Harris) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6827 | Mighty Gospel Shepherds | Higher ground (Daniel Ireland) | 1970 | |
| Hold on (Oliver Edwards) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6828 | Happy Time Singers (white) | Lost sheep (Jay Smith) | 1970 | |
| If you pray and believe (Jay Smith) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6830 | Breckenridge Singers | Ticket to heaven (Nathaniel) | 1970 | |
| God is a ruler from above (Ora Lee) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6831 | Spiritual Choralettes Singers | Need prayer (J.C. Wilborn) | 1970 | |
| Don't let it be too late (Debbie Brown) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6832 | Claudell Brown Jr. | I won't turn back | 1970 | |
| He's my everything | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6833 | Gospel Tornados | Everlasting arms (Arthur Knox) | 1970 | |
| The bible is being fulfilled (Lewis McGhee) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6834 | Ambassadors Choir | You must be born again | 1970 | |
| There is power in the blood | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6834 | Ambassadors Trio | I'm looking for Jesus | 1970 | |
| I thank God I'm free | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6835 | Alphonzo "The Fantastic" Thomas | The day is past and gone | 1970 | |
| I'm on my way | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6836 | Famous South Land Singes & Mrs Odell Knox | The faith of Martin Luther King | 1970 | |
| I have a dream | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6837 | Holy City Travelers & Leon Hamner | He won't deny me (Arther Watson) | 1970 | |
| Only Jesus knows (Rev. Leon Hamner) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6838 | E.L. Burtis | Sweet home | 1970 | |
| Walking through the city | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6839 | Dixie Jubilees | I come to praise his name (Arthur Boyd) | 1970 | |
| Leaning on Jesus (Arthur Boyd) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6840 | Fannie Clark Singers & Ann "Dynamite" Milan | My christian experience | 1970 | |
| See what the end's going to be | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6841 | Faithful Aires | Mary don't you weep (C.H. Clark) | 1970 | |
| Prayer is the key (David Taylor) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6842 | Dixie Land Singers of Jackson TN | Nobody's fault but mine (James Bond) | 1970 | |
| Lord guide my hand (Sammie Cox) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6845 | Rev. Earnest Washington & Shilo Baptist Church Choir | Lord give the power, I got to stand | 1970 | |
| Oh, its amazing the Lord provide | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6847 | Sullivan Specials | More power (Ruby Stearns) | 1970 | |
| Just a little talk with Jesus (Beverly Parker) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6848 | Gennessee Gospel Travelers | I am going to the city (Robert Blackshear) | 1970 | |
| Lord laid his hands on me (Paul Gray) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6849 | Dobbins Sisters | I've got Jesus (Dorothy May Dobbins) | 1970 | |
| Move them stumbling blocks (Martha Dobbins) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6850 | Sermons Gospel Singers | Jesus is everything to me (Madison Slocum Jr.) | 1970 | |
| Jesus is taking control (Jesse Talton) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6851 | O'Neal Dean & the Dean Brothers | the ABC's (Cleotha Dean Jr.) | 1970 | |
| I'm going home (Cleotha Dean Jr.) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6852 | Mosby Family Singers | Strive on children (Rochelle Mosby) | 1970 | |
| Couldn't hear nobody pray (A.L. Mosby) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6854 | Pearly Gate Singers | Let Jesus fix it (James Carter) | 1970 | |
| Let me lean on you (Willie B. Warren) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6855 | Stars of Faith | He's real (Larry Gatewood) | 1970 | |
| In the land where Jesus lived (Larry Gatewood) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6856 | Southern Harmonizers | Too far to turn around (Y.W. Mays) | 1970 | |
| Just a stranger (Y.W. Mays) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6857 | Mighty Blytheville Aires | It may be your last (Lelar King) | 1970 | |
| Get right with Jesus (R.J. Banks) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6858 | Alphonzo "The Fantastic" Thomas | Just keep still | 1970 | |
| Just over the hill | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6859 | Sensation Family Singers | Call him up (Gilford Edwards) | 1970 | |
| I went to the church (Gilford Edwards) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6860 | Zion Travelers | Wake me (Odell Young) | 1970 | |
| I'm going home | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6862 | Original Gospel Aires of East St Louis IL | Ain't gonna die | ||
| God has done so much for me | ||||
| Designer 6863 | Gospel Soul Brothers & Rev. T.T. Adams | I want to be ready (Henry January) | 1970 | |
| Let Jesus fix it for you (Nancy January) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6866 | Gospel Stars | I got the spirit of the Lord all over me (John Lee Dowdy) | 1970 | |
| Jesus is calling me (Willie James Johnson) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6867 | Traveling Stars | Marching home to Jesus (Johnny Jones) | 1970 | |
| Beautiful mansion (Johnny Jones) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6868 | St Peter Missionary Baptist Choir | I must tell Jesus (Leanna Sykes) | 1970 | |
| How I got over (Joe Sidney Ingram) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6871 | Claudell Brown Jr. | I'm giving my life to you | 1970 | |
| Wait on the Lord | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6872 | Templeairs | I have done the best I can (Willie Kie) | 1970 | |
| Lord search my heart (James Robinson) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6873 | Dynamic Twin Spirituals, the & Gospel Willie | Someone is knocking at your door (Willie Baker) | 1970 | |
| There is no time to lose (Willie Baker) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6874 | Victory Aires Singers | Father I stretch my hand to thee (Rev. Henry Allen) | 1970 | |
| Living for my Jesus (Louis Williams) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6875 | Shaw Singers | Life will be over soon | 1970 | |
| I made a promise to the Lord | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6876 | Harps of David | I don't know why I have to cry sometime (Jessie Davenport) | 1970 | |
| It's me standing in the need of prayer (Raymond Ellis) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6877 | Heavenly Echoes & W.M. Andrews | The old rugged cross (Madam Andrews) | 1970 | |
| Blessings (Madam Andrews) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6879 | Harmoniers Of Newton Miss | God is real (James L. Evans) | 1970 | |
| Just a little while to stay | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6880 | Shaw Singers | God has done much for me | 1970 | |
| Must Jesus bear the cross alone | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6881 | Jubilee Hummingbirds | I'm living for Jesus (Rev. Al Banks) | 1970 | |
| Where could I go (Rev. Al Banks) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6882 | Spirit of West Point,MS | The narrow way is the only way (Homer Ryland) | 1970 | |
| What kind of man is this (Howard Ballard) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6883 | Greater Abyssinia Choir | He will see you through | 1970 | |
| I can depend on Jesus (Bobby Shipp & Zola Hayes) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6884 | Elizabeth King | Testify for Jesus | 1970 | |
| Walk with me | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6885 | Joe Townsend | Going over the hill | 1970 | |
| If I could not say a word | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6886 | Golden Five | Nobody's fault but mine | 1970 | |
| Do what the Lord say do (Lucious Isaac) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6887 | Johnsonaires | He's coming to judge the world (Manuel Smith) | 1970 | |
| Come to Jesus (Van Jones) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6889 | Golden Travelers | Too close to turn around (Lee Futrell) | 1971 | |
| I know for myself I been borned again (Joe Powell) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6890 | Gospel Crusaders of Clarksdale,Miss | Thank you Jesus (Robert Johnson) | 1970 | |
| What can I do (Nathaniel Johnson) | 1970 | |||
| Designer 6891 | Leroy Lidell & the True Gospel Singers | What shall I do Lord (part 1) | 1971 | |
| What shall I do Lord (part 2) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6893 | Holy City Travelers | Had it not been for Him (Rev. Leon Hamner) | 1971 | |
| I've got the love of Jesus (Rev. Leon Hamner) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6895 | Mighty Gospel Shepherds | Walk out (Jessie Nard) | 1971 | |
| Prayer for today (Elliot Calvert) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6896 | Gospel Souls | It's amazing what God can do (part 2) (Elizabeth King) | 1971 | |
| It's amazing what God can do (part 1) (Elizabeth King) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6897 | Morris Sisters of Clarksdale, Miss | We will answer (Annie Mae Morris) | 1971 | |
| Be like Jesus (Alice Landhair) | 1971 | |||
| Designer 6898 | Pattersonaires | I found the answer (Willie Gordon, Randell Catron) | ||
| Old landmark (Willie Neal) | ||||
| Designer 6899 | Young Adult Fellowship Choir | I'll trade a lifetime (Dorothy Campbell) | 1971 | |
| He'll fight my battles (Maggie Sanders) | 1971 |
Additional Sources:
R&B Indies, John Glassburner, Alan Young, Al Blaazar, Jim Dunn, David Evans, Nikki Gustafson, Cedric Hayes, Bob Marovich, Guido van Rijn, Robert Sacre, Rober Laughton