Terry Manning, Key Architect of Stax Records’ Memphis Sound, Dies at 77
Affiliated with Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and Big Star, the recording engineer and producer was also a noted photographer.
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Terry Manning, Key Architect of Stax Records’ Memphis Sound, Dies at 77
He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he quickly landed at Stax, the fledgling label founded in 1957 by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. A decade into their music business foray, Stax, which signed ...
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The Women of Stax: Five Unheralded Pioneers
In the late 50s, Estelle Axton was living in suburban Tennessee, raising two children and working in a bank, when her younger brother, Jim Stewart, raised the idea of starting a record label.
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The Packers
The Packers were an American soul group formed by tenor saxophonist Charles "Packy" Axton, who was the son of Stax Records part-owner Estelle Axton. Axton was a former member of the Mar-Keys; Leon ...
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Archduchess Estelle of Austria passes away at 46
The European aristocracy is in mourning following the sudden and unexpected passing of Archduchess Estelle of Austria, who died at the age of 46. The news was confirmed by her own family through a ...