Record Row Questions
1. What, Where, and why was "Record Row"?
Record Row was Located in Chicago during the 50s when Jim Crow laws were placed on both black and whites separating the both of them. Record Row was a record label that black people were able to make music in piece with out disturbance. Music became most popular during this time because night clubs began to become more popular and just like any other time this was how African Americans expressed them selves and have fun.
Companies on Record Row
- One-derful
- Chance
- King
- Constellation
- Brunswick
- Dee-Jay
- Okeh
- Marvelous
- Mercury
- ABC Paramount
Artists and their labels
Chess Records:
Muddy Waters
Etta James
Willie Dixson
Dee Ray- Records
The Beetles
Jerry Butler
Gee Butler