“I couldn’t see so why bother?”, this is Syd Nathan’s response to dropping out of school in the ninth grade. Nathan, a ninth-grade dropout would go on to found arguably the most influential record label in the United States and the genre of R&B. He launched the supposed country label in 1943, in Cinncinati, Ohio. However, in 1945, at the end of World War II, there was a serious need for the rhythm and blues and Syd Nathan was not going to miss out on an untapped market. In fact, Nathan would continue the trend of going where the money is by merging his business baby, Queen Records, and his shark, King Records. All of this is to say that although King Records had a humble beginning, majorly influenced by the Hillbilly population and country music; the biggest influence was always money.