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Sue Records was also the name of a Louisiana-based record company which owned Jewel Records (Shreveport record label). Sue Records ("The Sound of Soul") was an American record label founded by Henry 'Juggy' Murray and Bobby Robinson in 1957. [1] Subsidiaries on the label were Symbol Records, Crackerjack Records, Broadway Records and Eastern ...
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Juggy Murray (November 24, 1923 – February 8, 2005) was an American record label owner, producer and singer-songwriter. [1] He co-founded Sue Records which launched the career of Ike & Tina Turner.
Among them were Whirlin' Disc Records in 1956, Fury Records and Everlast Records in 1957, Sue Records with Juggy Murray in 1957, Fire Records in 1959, and Enjoy Records in 1962. [4] He launched Fire and Fury as vehicles for rhythm and blues and rock and roll artists, most of which were produced by him in New York City , but some were produced ...
After three years with their first label Sue Records, Ike & Tina Turner began recording on Ike Turner's Sonja label in 1963. [12] While releasing singles, the duo also toured extensively. To make sure he always had a record out while on tour, Turner formed various labels to release singles such as Teena , Prann , Innis , Sony and Sonja Records.
Eastern Records was a subsidiary label of Sue Records, founded by Juggy Murray. [1] In 1965, the label released the singles "The Real Thing" by Tina Britt which reached #20 on the Billboard R&B chart, [2] and "Time Waits For No One" by Eddie & Ernie which reached #34 on the R&B chart in 1965.
Jimmy Thomas (January 20, 1939 – April 25, 2022) was an American soul singer and songwriter. He was best known as a vocalist for Ike Turner. [1] Thomas joined Turner's Kings of Rhythm in 1958, and remained with the band when the Ike & Tina Turner Revue was formed in 1960.
The Sue label, initiated in 1963, was a subsidiary to release black US-American music. The releases followed the catalogue numbers of Island's singles starting at number 300. The first 17 releases of the British Sue label were in fact related to Henry 'Juggy' Murray's New York based Sue label.