William Robinson, the lead singer of the Miracles, was born into a poor family in the North End area of Detroit in...

The Supremes were formed in Detroit in 1959, when four girls from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project decided to set...

When Roy Brown recorded his song “Good Rockin’ Tonight” for DeLuxe records in 1947, he was no doubt dreaming that...

As Allen Toussaint took over as leading producer in New Orleans, the initial wave of session men from Dave Bartholomew’s...

Born in 1938, Allen Toussaint grew up in a shotgun house in New Orleans. He learned piano as a child,...

In 1965, the first promotional trip was organized for Stax artists. Although record sales were good, the company felt that...

The Memphis Horns was a duo formed in 1969 by two members of The Mar-Keys horn section at Stax. The...

Willie Hightower was born in Gadsden, Alabama, in 1940. He started singing in church choirs aged six and later joined...

Leo Graham was a singer/songwriter who came to Brunswick as a songwriter in 1970. He was a good lyricist, who...

Spencer Wiggins was born in Memphis, in the same part of town as James Carr and Bobby Bland. He grew...