Esther Edwards

Esther Edwards – Esther Gordy Edwards was Berry Gordy’s eldest Sister and part of ‘Berry Gordy’s Sisters’. She managed the administration at Motown. Esther also organised the Motown Tours of  the USA, England and Japan in 1965. In England the Motown tour was featured on the TV show Ready Steady Go, which devoted an entire … Read more

Berry Gordy Sisters

Berry Gordy Sisters Berry Gordy had four brothers and four sisters: Gwendolyn, Esther, Anna and Loucye Gwendolyn set up a record company with her sisters and with help from her husband: Harvey Fuqua And the Chess brothers – the label was Anna-Tri-Phi Records. This label distributed Barret Strong‘s Money which became a hit after this … Read more

Correc Tone Records

Correc Tone Records – Soul Tracks 501-WILSON PICKETT-LET ME BE YOUR BOY/MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU (1) (backing on this track was by The Supremes) 502-JAMES VELVET-BOUQUET OF FLOWERS/WHEN I NEED YOU 503-GINO WASHINGTON-GINO’S COWARD/PUPPET ON A STRING (2) 3178-YVONNE VERNEE-DOES HE LOVE ME ANYMORE/SO MUCH IN LOVE 3476-PACESETTERS-THE MONKEY WHIP/AROUND THE WORLD 3807-BOBBY DOWNS-DARLING/IT … Read more

CHESS Records

The Chess brothers, Phil and Leonard Chess started Chess Records. 2120 South Michigan Avenue is now a City Tourist Landmark.Marshal Chess inherited the company. Now recognised for its value to R ‘ n B, Soul and especially the blues. When the Rolling Stones turned up in the early sixties to visit Howlin’ Wolf the place was not well known. … Read more

CHESS at 50

CHESS at 50 – This release was the largest release of R ‘ n B, Blues and Soul, recordings at one single time. Of course, who else could do this but CHESS! Mainly Blues artists – but this is the real foundation of Soul and Northern Soul music. Every artist has been re-released at the … Read more

Carla Records

Carla Records – Discography Carla 2526 A Deon Jackson Love Makes The World Go Round Jan-66 First issue on the Carla label. 25XX series distributed by Atco Records. Carla 2526 B Deon Jackson You Said You Loved Me Jan-66 Carla 2526 B Deon Jackson Hello Stranger (Instrumental) Jan-66 Released with two different B-sides. “Hello Stranger” … Read more

Cameo Parkway

Cameo Parkway records were based  in Philadelphia and help to make what became known as the Philly Sound. Cameo had many fine soul artists, and writers such as Kenny Gamble. The company was founded in 1956 in Philadelphia by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann. Dave Appell joined the label early as A & R director. … Read more

Thelma Gordy

Thelma Gordy – Thelma Records were formed by Berry Gordy‘s first wife, Thelma Coleman who  set up her own record label after her divorce from Berry. One of their best known artists was Emanuel Laskey. Some of the Thelma Records Artists/Tracks:- EMANUEL LASKY-I NEED SOMEBODY/TOMORROW THE MONKEY/WELFARE CHEESE CRAZY/WELFARE CHEESE LUCKY TO BE LOVED (BY … Read more

Tamla Motown

In the UK it was Fontana Records who first released Tamla Motown singles. This was followed by Oriole, Stateside and finally Motown in its own right through EMI. In the early 1960’s it was Oriole Records that pressed and distributed all the Tamla Motown recordings. John Schroeder was an executive at Oriole Records in London. Apparently … Read more

STAX RECORD COMPANY

Started By Al STewart and Estelle AXton, the combination of their names made the word STAX. STAX RECORD COMPANY – STAX records, any STAX recordings that we could find were played at the Blue Note Club in Manchester. it specialised in a wide range of mainly black American soul music and with particular emphasis on … Read more