The Blues Foundation Podcast - Season 1: Blues Hall of Fame
Gatemouth Brown once said of Don Robey, “He pulled off something in America that no one else ever pulled off. We had the only world-renowned black recording company.”
That “recording company” included the legendary Peacock and Duke record labels, boasting stars like Johnny Ace, Bobby Blue Bland, Little Richard, and Big Mama Thornton. It also included chains of retail record stores, pressing plants, print shops, a booking agency, and a circuit of nightclubs. It was a giant musical eco-system all under Don Robey's ruthless thumb.
Don Robey launched the careers of countless stars and shaped the business side of rhythm and blues music for generations.
This is his story.
Don Robey inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2014.
026 - Dinah Washington
025 - Bukka White
024 - Bessie Smith
023 - Charley Patton
022 - Ma Rainey
021 - Son House
020 - Honeyboy Edwards
019 - Ray Charles
018 - Fats Domino
016 - Rufus Thomas
015 - Sam Phillips
014 - John Lee Hooker
013 - Roy Brown
012 - Muddy Waters
011 - Louis Jordan
010 - Skip James
009 - Little Richard
008 - Memphis Minnie
007 - W.C. Handy
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