Stamps-Baxter Music

In 1924, Virgil Oliver Stamps found­ed the V. O. Stamps Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. In 1926, Jesse Randall Baxter bought part of the Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny. It became one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Also credited as Stamps Baxter Music & Printing Co., Stamps-Baxter Music Co., Stamps-Baxter, Stamps-Baxter Music Publ. Co., Stamps Baxter Music & Printing, and Stamps-Baxter.