Record Producers

Harvey Fuqua

Don’t Be Afraid To Love Harvey Fuqua was an original member of the Moonglows with Marvin Gaye in the late 1950’s. Harvey wrote many songs for Motown, e.g. 25 Miles (Edwin Starr) Yester Me Yester You (Stevie Wonder) The Harvey Label was started by him in the late 1950’s he signed lots of artists later … Read more

Herb Abramson

The founder of Atlantic records with Ahmet Ertegun. Herb Abramson sold the label to Jerry Blaine in September 1947. However, before Atlantic Herb owned Jubilee Records whose first success brought black artists to the white record buying public in 1953  with ‘Crying in the Chapel,’ by The Orioles.