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Jim Stewart (record producer)
Jim Stewart | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Frank Stewart |
| Born | July 29, 1930 Middleton, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 2022 (aged 92) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Soul |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1957–1975 |
| Labels | Stax |
James Frank Stewart[1] (July 29, 1930 – December 5, 2022) was an American record producer and executive who in 1957 co-founded Stax Records with his sister Estelle Axton. Stax was one of the leading recording companies during soul and R&B music's heyday.[2][3] The label also scored many hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart, and internationally, during this time.[4][5]
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nytwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Grace Lichtenstein, "U.S. Details Payola Plot Of $406,737", New York Times, August 22, 1973. Retrieved 6 December 2022
- ^ Bowman, Rob (1995). "The Stax Sound: A Musicological Analysis". Popular Music. 14 (3): 285–320. doi:10.1017/S0261143000007753. JSTOR 853127. S2CID 162379706.
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rs1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, who helped produce the "Memphis sound," is dead at 92", Music Times, 7 December 2022, retrieved 8 December 2022,
Stax's 15 years of service led the company to push more than 167 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
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