Correc-Tone Records
The company was set up in the early sixties by Wilbert Golden, a local Detroit businessman who ran a very...
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The Hi Records Session Musicians
Willie Mitchell had joined Hi Records in 1960 as a trumpeter. He had quickly built up an orchestra that provided...
Goldwax Records
Quinton Claunch, who had co-founded Hi Records in 1957, sold his share of the company in 1959. Five years later,...
AFO Records: An Interesting Experiment
The idea for All For One Records was slowly formulated by Harold Battiste in New Orleans during the late 1950s....
Minit Records and Instant Records
Joe Banashak worked in New Orleans. He ran A-1 Record Distributors. In 1959 he decided to set up a record...
Twinight Records
Twinight Records was founded in Chicago in 1967 by Peter H. Wright as Twilight Records. When he discovered that another...
Constellation Records and Bunky Records
Constellation Records was formed by Ewart Abner and his partners when Vee-Jay Records ceased trading in 1963. The two partners...
One-derful Records
One-derful Records was a company set up by people who had helped Carter and Bracken launch Vee-Jay. The two brothers...
Westbound Records
Westbound Records was founded late in 1968 by Armen Boladian (at the suggestion of Mike Hanks) and became active in...
Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant
Holland, Dozier and Holland left Motown in 1968, following a dispute with Berry Gordy over royalty payments. The trio had...
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