Producer, talent scout and publisher, Lester Melrose had a hand in nearly all of the Blues that emerged from pre-World War II Chicago. He developed a signature sound, 'the Melrose sound' from the artists that [...]

Sam Phillips was often greeted crudely by the citizens of Memphis who couldn't understand the traffic of black musicians in and out of his recording studio. Back in the early days of his Memphis Recording [...]

1996 marked the 25th anniversary of Chicago-based Alligator Records. Bruce Iglauer founded the label in 1971 with a $2,500 inheritance fueled with a huge dose of youthful enthusiasm and a strong dose of sheer determination. [...]

Besides being one of the three pioneering African-American men of early pro football, the multi-talented J. Mayo Williams managed to have a long career of 35 years in the record business beginning in the late [...]