auditorium in Shreveport and broadcast on station KWKH. Smith began to notice many Hayride artists were being offered recording contracts and others were looking for a place to record their music. Smith recognized the opportunity to open her own recording studio. Royal Audio Music, Ram Recording Co. In 1955, when Smith was 29, she acquired the building located at 2439 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport and turned it into Royal Audio Recording studio. She purchased a single track crown tape recorder, a Neumann U47 microphone, and a Rek-O-Kut acetate disc cutter. Her cousin, Alton Warwick, worked on the carpentry and attached egg crates to the walls as a soundproofing measure. To publicize her new recording services, she placed ads in the local papers and in Billboard magazine. RAM Records In 1955, a short time after opening the studio, Smith started her own record label, Ram Records. Smith discovered RCA made quality custom pressings for Indie labels and began to use their services. Smith scoured most of Louisiana and east Texas, crossing racial and genre boundaries in her search for talented artists. She recorded musicians performing Country, Rockabilly, Swamp Pop, and R&B. Ram recording artists included Linda Brannon, Margaret Lewis, Roy “Boogie Boy” Perkins, The Lonesome Drifter, Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs, Endom Spires, June Bug Bailey, Sonny (“Golden Boy”) Williamson II, Carol Williams, Larry Bamburg, James Heubert Wilson, Charlotte Ray Hunter, and many others. Smith utilized the talents of some of the best musicians in Shreveport, many of whom went on to sign contracts with major labels and become highly respected musicians, including James Burton Joe Osborn, Dale Hawkins, and Jerry Kennedy. Clif Records In 1957 Smith partnered with Cliff Hagin and they added Clif Records as a subsidiary record label. Clif Records' first success was with T.V. Slim (Oscar Wills) and his song “Flat Foot Sam” (Clif #103) written by his wife, Clara Wills. When it was reviewed by Billboard on July 7, 1957, the magazine gave it a 65 or less rating. However, Slim had connections with Leonard Chess and was able to get Checker Records to distribute the song across the nation. Under the Checker Records label (#870), Billboard gave the song a 77 rating. In 2005, Brian Setzer recorded a cover of "Flat Foot Sam" for his album Rockabilly Riot! Live From the Planet. Chico Chism & His Jetanairs also released “Hot Tamales and Bar-B-Que” on