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

Willie Mitchell was born William Lawrence Mitchell in 1928 in Ashland, Mississippi. He took up the trumpet at just eight years of age. He later moved to Memphis...

In 1973 Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn established the Sea-Saint recording studio in the Gentilly area of eastern New Orleans. Toussaint had originally joined forces with Sehorn after the completion of his...

Roe Erister Hall was born in 1932. His family were sharecroppers in Forest Grove, Mississippi. He acquired a nickname, Rick. His mother left home when he was only...

The majority of New Orleans landmark recordings came out of first J&M Studios and then the Cosimo Recording Studio, both owned by Cosimo Matassa, a key individual in...

First Published on July 8, 2020 Fred Hammond:A multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist for the soulful black gospel group Commissioned during the 1980s and ’90s, Fred Hammond also became...

List of Websites Teddy Pendergrass: www.teddypendergrass.com The O’Jays: www.theojayshomepage.com Gerald Levert: www.geraldlevert.com Patti LaBelle: www.pattisbutterflies.com Barry White: www.barrywhite.us Stevie Wonder: www.steviewonder.net The Dells: www.themightydells.com Lou Rawls: www.lourawls.com Al Green: www.algreenmusic.com Isaac Hayes: www.isaachayes.com Freda Payne: www.fredapaynes.com Millie Jackson: www.weirdwreckuds.com#...

on April 27, 2020 New York Community Choir “East Coast Sound” according to gospel, coming out of New York during the Disco period. “Make Every Day Count” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnBpnRMUfk “I’ll...

I would describe Bobby as a “Soul Folk Singer”. What I mean by that is that where other great Soul songs might include deep-rooted religious lyrics, whether to...

First published - July 3, 2020 A significant event occurred in the “Windy City” that will shape popular culture on an international level for decades to come! The late...