List of Stax Records artists, listed alphabetically with photos when available. This Stax Records roster includes both past and present artists. Popular Stax ...
Stax Records: Written in Their Soul (Part 1 of 2) By Bill Kopp compilation, interview, new release, r&b, soul Most listeners never get to hear demo recordings. Created by songwriters as a guide for recording artists, those demos aren’t meant to be shared with the public. But they...
spawning the careers of recording artists, songwriters and producers such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the MG's, The Staple Singers, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, The Bar-Kays, Sam & Dave, William Bell, David Porter, Shirley Brown, The Mar-Keys, Steve Cropper,...
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story: Directed by Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville. With Samuel L. Jackson, Jim Stewart, Estelle Axton, Deanie Parker. Spectacular rise & disgraced collapse of Memphis' socially-conscious, neighborhood-based Stax Records,
The article deals with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Stax Records, a music recording company devoted to soul music. A concert in Memphis, Tennessee is being planned by Concord Records which acquired the Stax label in 2005. The concert will feature Stax artists such as I...
‘Jabbo’ Phillips was previously a member of the Stax Records recording group the Temprees. Despite accompanying Memphis-bred disco queen Anita Ward on tour in support of her smash-hit “Ring My Bell,” neither Kilo’s single nor their album impressed on the charts. The brief period at ...
Located on the original site of the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, the Stax Museum pays special tribute to the artists who recorded there, as well as other American soul legends, with interactive exhibits, films, stage costumes, musical instruments, vintage recording equipment used at...
formingStax Records, one of America's most influential creators of Black music. At the peak of its success,Staxartists commemorated the Watts Rebellion by playing to over 100,000 African Americans at the 1972 benefit concert Wattstax. During an era of major social turbulence, systemic inequity,...
Stax was functionally nonexistent. The company fell victim not only to Atlantic and Warner’s corporate treachery and an unfavorable distribution deal with CBS Records, but also the tendency of artists to start their own entertainment companies and become immediate successes based on talent and origin...
“Concord’s support of SMA mirrors that of Stax Records’ investment in us some 60 years ago, when Booker T. Jones, Carla Thomas, Steve Cropper, and Otis Redding were just budding artists. The Stax Music Academy is 20 years old this year and already their achievements are myriad. ...