Stax Records studio

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music landmark recording studio

Stax Records studio was a legendary Memphis recording studio and record label headquarters that became a cornerstone of Southern soul music and a major cultural hub for African-American artists in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Surface form Occurrences
Stax Recording Studio 5
Stax studio, Memphis, Tennessee 2
Soulsville U.S.A. studio 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music landmark ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
associatedWith Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFoundedBy Estelle Axton NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole major cultural hub for African-American artists ⓘ
demolished 1989 ⓘ
foundedBy Jim Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
functionedAs record label headquarters ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
genreSpecialty Southern soul ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
heritageDesignation important site in American music history ⓘ
houseBand Booker T. & the M.G.'s NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseHornSection The Mar-Keys NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Memphis Horns NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre Southern rock ⓘ
funk ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
knownFor collaborative, band-oriented production style ⓘ
live, raw recording aesthetic ⓘ
locatedIn Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Soulsville, USA neighborhood of Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor distinctive Memphis soul sound ⓘ
racially integrated house band and staff during the civil rights era ⓘ
originalName Satellite Records studio ⓘ
recordedArtist Albert King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carla Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eddie Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isaac Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otis Redding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam & Dave NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Staple Singers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilson Pickett NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedForLabel Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volt Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedHitSong "Dock of the Bay" (studio work related to Otis Redding recordings) NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Green Onions" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Soul Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Theme from Shaft" NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabelHeadquartersOf Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
siteNowOccupiedBy Stax Museum of American Soul Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialContext operated during the American civil rights movement ⓘ
streetAddressHistoric 926 East McLemore Avenue, Memphis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African-American history of Memphis → includesPlace → Stax Records studio ⓘ
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
I'll Play the Blues for You → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Recording Studio
Eddie Floyd → workedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Records studio in Memphis
Stax studio → alsoKnownAs → Stax Records studio ⓘ
Stax studio → alsoKnownAs → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Recording Studio
Stax studio → alsoKnownAs → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soulsville U.S.A. studio
Green Onions → recordingLocation → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Hip Hug-Her → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Recording Studio
Soul Dressing → recordingLocation → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Recording Studio
Let Me Be Good to You → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
Volt Records → associatedStudio → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax studio in Memphis
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
You Don't Know Like I Know → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax studio, Memphis, Tennessee
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads → recordedAt → Stax Records studio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Recording Studio