R.I.P. Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in 1957 (along with his sister Estelle Axton, the "AX" in "StAX"). It was called "Satellite Records" till 1961. He died Dec 5th, at age 92. All STAX /VOLT // Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin; check out the links at your leisure
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Time:
5:00
Artist:
Ray Charles [Full billing: 'Ray Charles And His Orchestra']
Song:
What'd I Say [Full title: 'What'd I Say (Part 1)']
* -... Despite the title, 'Nobody's Darling' was NOT included on this CD, because they couldn't track down a copy of the original 45 to dub / Click on link above, left, to view the original single
Time:
5:18
Artist:
Donna Rae [Full billing: 'Donna Rae And The Sunbeams']
Song:
Little Fool [the 4th single on the Satellite label; B-side of 'Whisper Your Love']
The Anita Kerr, who was born 'Anita Grilli', recently died October 10th, at age 94. Her vocal harmony groups sang on hundreds of sessions, starting in 1950 with Red Foley on 'Our Lady of Fatima'. They sang on sessions for Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Brenda Lee, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Faron Young, and many other artists. // Click on the Link above, left, to view the original Satellite single
Personnel: Marvell Thomas - piano / Booker T Jones {his 1st recording session} - baritone sax / Wilbur Steinburg - bass / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
Time:
5:38
Artist:
Carla and Rufus [Carla Thomas, with her father Rufus Thomas]
Personnel: Marvell Thomas - piano / Booker T Jones {his 1st recording session} - baritone sax / Wilbur Steinburg - bass / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
[Original single (prod by Chips Moman):] • (Satellite, Oct 1960)
Comment:
* - although nationally it was picked up by Atlantic Records in Nov 1960, and first charted in Jan 1961. It made the Top-10, and was her biggest hit. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original album
* - although nationally it was picked up by Atlantic Records in Nov 1960, and first charted in Jan 1961. It was her biggest hit. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original album
Time:
5:44
Artist:
The Chips [Became 'The Astors' on their next 4 singles {all on Stax}]
Also released on Stax records, starting in Oct 1961 // WHY? - Co-founder Estelle Axton: "a company out in California told us, "We gonna sue you 'cause you got a Satellite label, and we have, too, and we had ours first." Well, we had already started plans to have Stax as a subsidiary of Satellite, so what we did was just drop the name (we never much liked it anyway) right in the middle of 'Last Night' - so half of it is on Satellite, half of it is on Stax {Records}".
Also on Stax records, starting in Oct 1961 // WHY? - Co-founder Estelle Axton: "a company out in California told us, "We gonna sue you 'cause you got a Satellite label, and we have, too, and we had ours first." Well, we had already started plans to have Stax as a subsidiary of Satellite, so what we did was just drop the name (we never much liked it anyway) right in the middle of 'Last Night' - so half of it is on Satellite, half of it is on Stax {Records}".
Released 2 months later on Stax Records, July 1962 / * - they didn't have another Pop Top-40 hit for nearly 5 years and 10 singles later: 'Hip Hug-Her', March 1967
"Barbara" = Barbara Brown // "The Browns" = her sisters Roberta, Betty + brother Maurice /+/+/+/ Click on link above, left, to view the original local single, which was picked by Stax in March 1964, and eventually became a (minor) national Pop hit, in the period when Billboard published no separate "R&B" chart
Jenkins in now known mainly as the leader of the Pinetoppers, whom Otis Redding sang for in the very early 1960s. As Jenkins did not have a driver's license, Redding also served as his personal driver. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
