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  2. Duke Reid - Wikipedia

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    Record producer, DJ, label owner. Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner. He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Trojan possibly named after the British-made trucks used to transport the equipment.

  3. Island Records - Wikipedia

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    Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, [1] and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another label recently acquired by PolyGram, were both at the time the largest independent record ...

  4. Stax Museum of American Soul Music - Wikipedia

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    The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records.Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett, Albert King, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Jean Knight, Mable ...

  5. Stax Records - Wikipedia

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    Funk. Prog rock. Location. Memphis, Tennessee. Official website. www.staxrecords.com. Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. [1] It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records.

  6. List of Island Records artists - Wikipedia

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    Jessie Ware. Jethro Tull (Chrysalis/Island) Jimmie's Chicken Shack (Rocket/Island) Jimmy Buffett (Margaritaville/Island) Jimmy Cliff. John Cale. John Martyn. Jon McLaughlin. Jim Capaldi.

  7. Island Records discography - Wikipedia

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    The history and the discography of the Island Records label can conveniently be divided into three phases: The Jamaican Years, covering the label's releases from 1959 to 1966. The New Ground Years, covering 1967 to approximately 1980. The Consolidation Years, covering 1980 onwards. In 1989, Chris Blackwell sold Island Records to PolyGram ...

  8. Mercury Records - Wikipedia

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    www.mercurykx.com. Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. [1] Mercury Records released rock, funk, R&B, doo wop, soul music, blues, pop, rock and roll, and jazz records.

  9. Soul music - Wikipedia

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    Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [2] It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. [3] Soul music became popular for dancing and listening, and U.S. record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were ...