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Record Row was a collaboration of independent record companies. Record Row was located in Chicago on South Michigan Avenue and gets its name for being a block full of different record companies. Notable companies like Chess Records, Vee-Jay Records, Brunswick, and Curtom Records were all notable companies apart of Record Row. It was responsible for popular black music in the 1950s and the 1970s.
Brunswick was founded in 1916 and specialized in Jazz, Blues, and Gospel.
Artist:
Jackie Wilson
Willie Henderson
Barbara Acklin
Eugene Record
Vaughan Mason & Crew
Lavern Baker
The Mills Brothers
Chess Records was founded in 1950 and specialized in Blues and R&B.
Artist:
Muddy Waters
Willie Dixon
Howlin Wolf
Etta James
The Moonglows
Jimmy Rodgers
Chuck Berry
Curtom Records was founded in 1968 and specialized in Soul and Disco.
Artist:
Holly Maxwell
Leroy Hutson
The Natural Four
The Impressions
Major Lance
The Staple Singers
Donny Hathaway
Vee-Jay Records was founded in 1953 and specialized in Blues, Jazz, R&B, and Rock and Roll.
Artist:
The Beetles
Dee Clark
Jerry Butler
El Dorados
The Dells
Jimmy Reed
John Lee Hooker
The Spaniels
Stax Records
Stax Records was founded in 1957 in Memphis Tennessee. Stax Records can best be known for producing some of the most popular soul music in American History. Many artist careers were sparked through Stax Records like Otis Redding, Booker T & The MGs’. Soul music was also popular among Record Row especially in Curtom Records and Vee-Jay Records. However the style of Soul music differed from Stax records and Record Row. In Record Row the sound of soul was heavily influenced by gospel music. Which can be heard in artisit like Dee Clark, Jerry Butler and more artist of the label. The soul sound of Stax records was more upbeat and can be described as “toe tapping” music as heard through artist like Booker T & The MGs’.
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