Finley Duncan

Finley Duncan (died 1989) was a music industry executive associated with numerous independent record labels in Florida.

Career Duncan began in the music business as a jukebox operator. He distributed jukeboxes and was a nightclub owner on Florida's Emerald Coast. He also worked at a variety of small record labels for almost 30 years beginning in the 1950s.

Allen's recordings were to be distributed by the Shelby Singleton Corporation. Herb Shucher founded Minaret before leaving to join Shelby Singleton's SSS organization, which took over the label a few years later in 1967. Jim Lancaster from Memphis worked with Duncan beginning in 1970.

Duncan established Playground Records with Shelby Singleton in Valparaiso, Florida on the Florida Panhandle near Alabama in 1969. The studio recorded singles for Duncan's Minaret Records label Mike Quinn recorded with Duncan's Emerald Coast Records. Duncan's recordings did not sell well in their era, but many have been rerecorded and rediscovered among fans of the Southern genres.