Description
The postwar explosion of independent rhythm and blues record companies included an extremely important group of African American-owned firms that played hardball with the big boys long before Berry Gordy established Motown. Heading the list were Vee-Jay Records in Chicago, Don Robeys hard-boiled Duke/Peacock empire in Houston, and Bobby Robinsons Harlem-based Fury and Fire logos. Bobby Marchan, Buster Brown, Tarheel Slim & Little Ann, Johnny Acey, Dee Dee Ford, Paul Perryman, Don Gardner, Wilbert Harrison, Elmore James, Arthur Crudup and more.
