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Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label.
Zephire Andre Williams (November 1, 1936 – March 17, 2019) was an American R&B [1] musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. His most famous songs include the hits "Jail Bait", "Greasy Chicken", "Bacon Fat" (1957) and "Cadillac Jack" (1966).
Nathaniel Mayer (February 10, 1944 [1] – November 1, 2008) [2] was an American rhythm and blues singer, who started his career in the early 1960s at Fortune Records in his birthplace of Detroit, Michigan. [1] "
Fortune was focusing more of their attention on Strong, and not the Diablos group. In 1954, records showed "The Diablos Featuring Nolan Strong". Then billing changed to "Nolan Strong & the Diablos", and by 1962, when "Mind Over Matter" was climbing the charts, the label just read "Nolan Strong", although the Diablos were on the record, as ...
The Davis Sisters were an American country music duo consisting of two unrelated singers, Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick) and Betty Jack Davis.One of the original female country groups, they are best known for their 1953 No. 1 country hit "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" and the duo's debut single "Jealous Love" on Fortune Records.
In the late 1950s, he led an orchestra at Detroit's Fortune Records. [2] In 1967, he opened Artie Fields Productions [3] in the old Alhambra Theater at 9428 Woodward Avenue in Detroit [citation needed] as well as Top Dog Records, located in the same building. [4] Fields died in West Bloomfield, Michigan on October 14, 2009, at age 87. [5]
Eddie Kirkland (August 16, 1923 [1] [2] – February 27, 2011) [3] was an American electric blues [4] guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter.. Kirkland, known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" for his rigorous touring schedules, played and toured with John Lee Hooker from 1949 to 1962.
James "Jay" Johnson established himself as one of the top bass-baritone singers in the Detroit doo-wop and soul music scene during the pre-Motown years. He was a member of the Detroit group Nolan Strong & The Diablos and can be heard on the group's Fortune Records recordings from late 1956 on.