ABC-Paramount was a New York company that signed The Impressions in 1961, after the group left Vee-Jay Records. Everything started...

At Norala Studio, Quin Ivy spent most of 1966 organising sessions for Percy Sledge. Jerry Wexler was happy for the...

The roots of the unique body of music that was produced in New Orleans in the twentieth century can be...

Dave Bartholomew was born on December 24th, 1918, in Edgard, Louisiana. He was the son of Louis Bartholomew, a well-known...

Willie Mitchell signed Al Green to Hi Records in 1969. The first gold single of Green’s career was released two...

Quinton Claunch, who had co-founded Hi Records in 1957, sold his share of the company in 1959. Five years later,...

“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” was a massive hit in the UK for Dusty Springfield in 1966,...

American Sound Studios was set up in 1964 at 827 Thomas Street, North Memphis, by producer Chips Moman and Don Crews. Moman...

When the Swampers Session Band left FAME in 1969, they moved into a building at 3614 Jackson Highway. It was...

Quin Ivy was born in Oxford, Mississppi, in 1937. Like Rick Hall, he grew up in a share-cropping family. He...