The other Harvey subsidiary other than H.P.C. was Message Records. It was a Gospel/Spiritual label. It had several issues released, but I don't have a discography of the label. I do know that one of the 45s was #1234. We had some scans of some of its releases posted on a thread on the Old SDF, but, unfortunately, those threads [[along with many others) have been lost [[due to the transfer). I believe that that label was founded in 1962 and ran through 1963 [[until the Hardye operations were folded into Motown). I would guess that there were more than 5 but less than 10 records released on it. It might be that The Jordan Harmonizers were one of them, as they recorded for Tri-Phi Records in 1961, before Message Records was started up.
H.P.C.'s artists were Clyde Wilson [[AKA Steve Mancha) and Wilbur Jackson [[as The Two Friends). Everyone wondered if Steve Mancha ever worked for Motown. He DID! After Hardye Producing Corp. was folded into Motown, his contract was one that was brought in. He wrote a few songs for Jobete Music, and, I believe, made a recording or two. But He was not re-signed, when deciding he had been overlooked there, and would have a better chance to get his songs on the radio and to get recorded, himself, at other companies. He signed with Don Davis BEFORE the latter set up Groovesville Records.
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