Stax Recording Studios

Stax Recording Studios is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, Memphis, 926 E. Studios McClemore at corner of McClemore & College Sts.

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On this site stood Stax Records, Inc. which boasted such stars as Otis Redding, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Albert King, the Bar~Kays, and many others. It relied upon its deep soul roots to carry it through, struggling from a back~street garage in 1957 to become a multi~million~dollar organization.

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Historical maps covering this location

1909 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1916 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1925 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1939 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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