Little Richard: Turning Up The Volume
Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Macon, Georgia, on December 5th in 1932, the third of twelve children. His father...
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Golden World, Ric-Tic, Wingate and J&W Records
Ed Wingate and JoAnne Bratton formed their first record company in 1961, after rejecting a suggestion from Berry Gordy that...
Correc-Tone Records
The company was set up in the early sixties by Wilbert Golden, a local Detroit businessman who ran a very...
The Hi Records Session Musicians
Willie Mitchell had joined Hi Records in 1960 as a trumpeter. He had quickly built up an orchestra that provided...
Goldwax Records
Quinton Claunch, who had co-founded Hi Records in 1957, sold his share of the company in 1959. Five years later,...
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