Jimmy Liggins’ Duplex Records
Jimmy Liggins decided in 1958 to set up his own label, Duplex Records, with a few partners. He had been...
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John Blackburn: Selective Records in Los Angeles
Selective was a Los Angeles label set up in 1949 by John Blackburn. It lasted less than a year but...
Motown Leaves Detroit: The End of an Era
The decision to move the Motown Corporation headquarters to Los Angeles was made public on 14th June 1972. The decision...
David Van DePitte: Motown’s Best Arranger?
David Van DePitte was born in Detroit in 1941. He went to California to study music at Westlake College in...
Nate McCoy: SotoPlay Records
Nate McCoy was a Black singer, songwriter, and record producer, who established five record labels in Los Angeles, starting with...
The Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays were founded in Memphis in 1966, evolving from an earlier band called the Imperials. The founder members were...
John R. Fulbright and Elko Records
Elko Records was originally called Echo Records. The company was formed in 1949 by John R. Fulbright and Jack Jackson...
Sam Cooke: SAR and Derby Records
SAR was founded by Sam Cooke and J.W. Alexander in 1959, based at 3710, West 27th Street in Los Angeles....
Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson was born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1936. His family moved to Chicago in 1950, where...
Who Were The Funk Brothers?
The Session Musicians at Motown are now famous as the Funk Brothers, but this was, in fact, a name that...
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