Johnny Otis was born in Vallejo, California, in 1921. His parents Alexander J. Veliotes and Irene Veliotes (nee Kiskakes) were...

Ann Lee Peebles was born in Kinloch, Missouri, in 1947, one of eleven children. She grew up singing in her...

Stax/Volt Records went into decline after the golden years and was declared bankrupt on December 19, 1975, finally closing down on January...

Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis in 1942, but grew up in Detroit, where her father, C.L. Franklin, was a...

Charlie Reynolds had remained at the Flash Record store at 623, East Vernon Avenue, in Los Angeles after Leroy Hurte...