written in innercircle of vinyl A-side:
RC'D BY JEFF SMITH'S TEXAS SOUND STUDIOS - SA            W0049

written in innercircle of vinyl B-side:
JEFF SMITH'S TEXAS SOUND STUDIOS      5927A-1        WA507A-1
[same text & layout as on WARRIOR 507]

excerpt from the liner notes on DOUG SAHM - SAN ANTONIO ROCK (NORTON CED-274):

As 1959 rolled into 1960, the West Side Sound was gaining momentum. The Lyrics' Oh Please Love Me  and the Royal Jesters' My Angel Of Love - teen torch ballads supreme - were both local hits on Harlem, and bands were popping up everywhere. Next in line was Doug (now a graduating senior in high school), who recorded Why, Why, Why at Texas Sound Studios in early 1960 with the great tenor saxophonist Rocky Morales and his band, the Mar-Kays. Morales believes the Mar-Kays at this date included, besides himself and Doug, Umberto Reyes (guitar), Clifford Steen (piano), James Kelly (bass), and Eddie Valdez (drums). Mastered on April 29, 1960, and pressed shortly afterwards as Harlem 107, Why, Why, Why (with the Warrior master of If You Ever Need Me on the flip) outsold both the Lyrics and the Royal Jesters, surprising Henke and Joe Anthony, who promptly made it #1 on KMAC's R & B chart. Of the record's local impact, E.J. simply says it was "the big one that broke out Doug."
"Why, Why, Why was the first big hit," Doug told to Deron Bissett. "Funky record, I love it. It was goin' up the charts when school was out. It bugged me 'cause then I couldn't go to school to say, 'Hey, look at me, boy' . . . cruise around the drive-in and say, 'Hey, I got a hit! What are you doing?'"
"Like most of his early records, Why, Why, Why was a West Side hit, bought mostly by the Chicano majority of San Antonio," Chet Flippo wrote in 1971. "After it broke locally, Doug took off for a while in his '56 Oldsmobile. He went to California, Chicago, and New York." According to E.J., Doug also stopped in Philadelphia, where he appeared on American Bandstand doing the song, although Doug never mentioned this in any interviews.

(complete liner notes)

only locally distributed (Houston & San Antonio, Texas)

the reissue on SWINGIN' 45-625 had a more widely distribution over the US

written in innercircle of vinyl A-side:
HH-6022     E-6579

written in innercircle of vinyl B-side:
H-6023       E-6580

written in innercircle of vinyl A-side:
LH 8636

written in innercircle of vinyl B-side:
LH 8637

same vinylpressing as the 1973 reissue.

written in innercircle of vinyl A-side:
LH 8636

written in innercircle of vinyl B-side:
LH 8637