Jaxyson Records was founded by Black entrepreneur Jesse Jaxyson in 1948 in Oakland, California, at 1606, 7th Street. He and...

Norman Whitfield’s career merits a special mention. He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and as...

In the wake of Motown’s success, a number of entrepreneurs set up small record labels in Detroit. There are some...

To make a fair comparison of how Whitney Houston and Taylor Swift became the “number one artist in the world”,...

Jimmy Liggins decided in 1958 to set up his own label, Duplex Records, with a few partners. He had been...