The Bar-Kays were founded in Memphis in 1966, evolving from an earlier band called the Imperials. The founder members were...

Header Photo: Michael Jackson 1992 (Wikimedia Commons): Daniele Dalledonne

Elko Records was originally called Echo Records. The company was formed in 1949 by John R. Fulbright and Jack Jackson...

SAR was founded by Sam Cooke and J.W. Alexander in 1959, based at 3710, West 27th Street in Los Angeles....

Syl Johnson was born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1936. His family moved to Chicago in 1950, where...