Dan Penn: From Muscle Shoals to Memphis
Wallace Daniel Pennington was born in a small farming community called Molloy in 1941. In 1957 his family moved to...
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Recorded In Hollywood Records
The “Recorded In Hollywood” label was founded in Los Angeles in 1948 by John Dolphin, a Black record store entrepreneur....
Roy Milton and Miltone Records
Roy Milton was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, in 1907. His grandmother was a Chickasaw native American; Milton grew up on...
Z.Z. Hill in Muscle Shoals
Arzell Hill was born in Naples, Texas, in 1935. He was a member of the Spiritual Five Gospel group in...
Norala, Quinvy and Broadway Sound
Visitors to Quinvy in 1970 included Tony Borders, Buddy Causey and Lynyrd Skynyrd, who came to cut a few demos...
Edwin Starr: The Route to War
Edwin Starr was born in Nashville in 1942 but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His first steps into a career...
Sam Cooke: The Posthumous Releases
During the two years following Sam Cooke’s tragic death in December 1964, RCA Victor released two studio albums, two compilation...
The Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke
When Sam Cooke joined the Highway QCs in 1945, he was fourteen years old. He had been singing Gospel in...
Two Surprising Percussionists at Motown: Brokensha and Hall
John Joseph Brokensha, known as Jack, was probably the most surprising of the arrivals at Motown. He was born in...
The Four Tops: Three Albums in 1967
Following the three excellent singles of 1966, the Four Tops released three albums in 1967 (two studio recordings and a...
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