Bill Farrell was a recording artist in the 1950s on the MGM and TEL

TEL

- Acronyms :TEL is a three-letter acronym for:* Tetra-ethyl lead, a gasoline additive to make leaded gasoline* Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer* Transporter erector launcher, a mobile missile launch platform...

 record labels, with songs that have been covered by many artists over the millennia.

MGM released "Shrimp Boats

Shrimp Boats

"Shrimp Boats" was a popular song in the 1950s.It was written by Paul Mason Howard and Paul Weston and published in 1951.Charting versions were recorded by Jo Stafford and Dolores Gray. It was also recorded by Claude Gray in 1963, and by Pete Fountain, Abdullah Ibrahim, The Orioles, and Buddy Tate...

" b/w "Cry

Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)

"Cry" is the title of a 1951 popular song written by Churchill Kohlman. The song was first recorded by Ruth Casey on the Cadillac label. The biggest hit version was recorded in New York City by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads on October 16, 1951....

" in October 1951 on the 45-rpm disc K11113.
This particular 45 rpm print was issued shortly after the decision was made to make available to the general public 45 rpm records, and discontinuing the 78 rpm records in favor of the size, weight and packaging.

TEL released "If" b/w "You Were Only Fooling" in late 1951 on the 45 rpm disc C1000.
This is (reportedly) the first 45 rpm print released by a division of United Telefilm Records

United Telefilm Records

United Telefilm Records was a record label.It was the mother label of Warwick Records....

, Inc.