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- career of Brown
- In James Brown
…the artists-and-repertoire man for the King label, brought the group to Cincinnati, Ohio, to record for King Record’s subsidiary Federal. The label’s owner, Syd Nathan, hated Brown’s first recording, “Please, Please, Please” (1956), but the record eventually sold three million copies and launched Brown’s extraordinary career. Along with placing nearly…
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- King Records in the Queen City
- In King Records in the Queen City
Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio River from more rural, Southern-oriented Kentucky, Nathan recorded country acts who came to town to play on WLW’s Midwestern Hayride and the touring black singers and bands…
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