The Impressions at ABC-Paramount
The Impressions signed for ABC-Paramount in New York, after the group left Vee-Jay Records in 1961. Everything started brilliantly, with...
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Benjamin Wright Jr. (Part 3)
By the end of 1983 work with SOLAR Records was winding down, so Benjamin concentrated instead on the links that...
Ardent Recording Studios
John Fry’s interest in electronics began in the late fifties, when he and a couple of friends started to record...
Three Singles of the Same Song: (All by the Pips!)
In 1961 the Pips released a single “Every Beat of My Heart” on Vee-Jay. It was their second single, after...
Betty Everett: Making Her Mark at Vee-Jay
Betty Everett was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in 1939, where she started to sing in church and to play the...
Broome Special Phonographic Company
George Wellington Broome was born in New York probably in 1868. As an adult, he relocated with his family to...
Wade Flemons at Vee-Jay Records
Wade Flemons was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1940. His career in music started in 1958, when he signed to...
Gene Chandler at Vee-Jay Records
Gene Chandler was born in Chicago in 1937. His real name was Eugene Drake Dixon. Whilst still at school, he...
Jerry Butler at Vee-Jay Records
Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, in 1939. Three years later, his family moved north, in search of work,...
Stevie Wonder: Laying The Foundations
Stevie Wonder led the way again, releasing “Castles In The Sand”, co-written by Frank Wilson, Hal Davis, Marc Gordon and...
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