One-derful Records was a company set up by people who had helped Carter and Bracken launch Vee-Jay. The two brothers...

Westbound Records was founded late in 1968 by Armen Boladian (at the suggestion of Mike Hanks) and became active in...

Holland, Dozier and Holland left Motown in 1968, following a dispute with Berry Gordy over royalty payments. The trio had...

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,...