Willie Mitchell was born William Lawrence Mitchell in 1928 in Ashland, Mississippi. He took up the trumpet at just eight...

Hi Records was set up in Memphis in 1957 by singer Ray Harris, record store owner Joe Cuoghi, two Sun...

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...

Chi Sound Records was set up by Carl Davis in 1976, following the demise of Dakar Records amidst Brunswick’s legal...

Mercury Record Corporation was formed in Chicago in 1945. It released music covering a range of genres but covered mainly...