King Records of Cincinnati
Record details
- ISBN: 0738560790 :
- ISBN: 9780738560793 :
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Physical Description:
127 p : ill. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliography (p. 127). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Hillbilly boogie -- Blues on Brewster -- Evanston country -- James Brown, R&B, and jazz -- King's lost pop -- Daddy-o days -- Royalty -- Mr. Dynamite. |
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Subject: | Popular music Ohio Cincinnati History Sound recording industry Ohio Cincinnati History King Record Company History |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | K 781.64 K54m 2009 (Text) | 33126015666773 | Display | Available | - |
Independence Branch | K 781.64 K54m 2009 (Text) | 33126015666781 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Arcadia Publishing
Through stories of people, music, and dreams, King Records of Cincinnati tells the history of a recording company which launched countless musical careers.
Starting with a few songs and a dream in 1943, King Records--a leading American independent--launched musical careers from a shabby brick factory on Brewster Avenue in Cincinnati's Evanston neighborhood. Founder Sydney Nathan recorded country singers Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Wayne Raney, and others and later added black acts such as James Brown and the Famous Flames, Bull Moose Jackson, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Lonnie Johnson, and Freddy King. Meanwhile, King also explored polka, jazz, bluegrass, comedy, gospel, pop, and instrumental music--anything that Nathan could sell. Although King's Cincinnati factory closed in 1971, the company's diverse catalog of roots music had already become a phenomenon. Its legacy lives on in hundreds of classic recordings that are prized by collectors and musicians.