Memphis

The only member of Booker T & the MGs who worked in the City of Memphis for the majority of the time was the late Al Jackson Jr....

Willie Mitchell had joined Hi Records in 1960 as a trumpeter. He had quickly built up an orchestra that provided the core of the session band that became...

Quinton Claunch, who had co-founded Hi Records in 1957, sold his share of the company in 1959. Five years later, in partnership with local pharmacist Rudolph V. Russell,...

Willie Mitchell signed Al Green to Hi Records in 1969. The first gold single of Green’s career was released two years later, selling a million copies. The door...

Quinton Claunch, who had co-founded Hi Records in 1957, sold his share of the company in 1959. Five years later, in partnership with local pharmacist Rudolph V. Russell,...

“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” was a massive hit in the UK for Dusty Springfield in 1966, but it was followed by a fallow year...

American Sound Studios was set up in 1964 at 827 Thomas Street, North Memphis, by producer Chips Moman and Don Crews. Moman had helped owner Jim Stewart develop Satellite Records...

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...

Hi Records was set up in Memphis in 1957 by singer Ray Harris, record store owner Joe Cuoghi, two Sun Records producers Bill Cantrell and Quinton Claunch, plus...

In 1957 Jim Stewart set up a company that he named Satellite Records, in a former garage in Memphis. Jim was a fan of Country music and was...