Vee-Jay Records: Inspired by Race Records?
Vivian Carter was born in 1921 in Tunica, Mississippi, during the year that saw the birth of Race Records at...
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The Birth of Stax
In 1957 Jim Stewart set up a company that he named Satellite Records, in a former garage in Memphis. Jim...
Rick Hall: The Birth of FAME
Roe Erister Hall was born in 1932. His family were sharecroppers in Forest Grove, Mississippi. He acquired a nickname, Rick....
Cosimo Matassa in New Orleans
The majority of New Orleans landmark recordings came out of first J&M Studios and then the Cosimo Recording Studio, both...
Icons of Detroit Part 2. An Introduction to American Soul and R&B. Volume 6
Icons of Detroit Part 2 continues the story of Motown, covering the years 1968-1972, up to Motown's departure from Detroit....
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