was distributed by records who had a first refusal on anyStax recordings. The company issued other labels mainly, which had as the main artist with 17 singles.
EnterpriseKoKoRespectStax The Gospel TruthVoltWarrenWeisWe Produce Other Labels were / JOTIS had only 4 releases,all were soul gems starting with: Same Thing All Over Again/Do The Sloopy These records were produced byand. On the recording of "Same Thing All Over Again" by, can be heard singing towards the end of the record, it also has a haunting trombone solo. The session musicians wereand the brass section supplied by the. They played on hundreds of sessions over the years and had many a hit tune in the charts. The session musicians backed many artists whose records were not issued on but put out onrecords. Two such Artists wereand the soul classic "In The Midnight Hour "was recorded in May 1965. It was written by and Later in Junerecorded "See Saw"and "Sookie Sookie" both with the unmistakablesound, what a summer that was !!! Song writing was strong at,who had started with the company back in 1961, wrote "You Don't Miss Your Water", which made the pop chart that year. After several singles including "Any Other Way", formed a writing partnership with organist and in 1965 after leaving the army, the single "Crying All By Myself" was issued."Don't Stop Now" on the flip side remains an unknown brilliant dance record, which was picked up by the all nighters at the time. "Share What You Got" backed by "Marching Off To War" are superb examples of theStax Memphis Sound. Hits followed with the up tempo "Never Like This Before", the slower "Everybody Loves A Winner" and "Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday". In March 1968 "A Tribute To A King" was released, which was written a few days aftertragic death. It was issued on the B side of "Everyman Ought To Have A Woman" both very fine ballads with a string arrangement. went on to have many more hit records and today he still records and has his own record label and web site William Bell.com, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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