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Archives of African American Music and Culture

About Archives of African American Music and Culture

The majority of the image collections at the AAAMC consist of publicity and other historic photographs documenting the role of Black performers, disc jockeys, and executives in the radio and music industries. Image collections available here include:

The AAAMC Black Radio Collection, which includes photographs documenting the influences and activities of Black radio personalities as well as the history of stations KYOK and KCOH in Houston, WERD in Atlanta, WKVO in Columbus (OH), WMBM in Miami, and WEDR in Birmingham, Alabama, among others.

Established in 1991, the AAAMC is a repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. In addition to housing extensive materials documenting Black radio, the AAAMC’s collections highlight popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop.

Information about the AAAMC, its collections, and programs is available on its website at http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.

Collections

Teresa Hairston Collection

The Teresa Hairston Collection includes thousands of materials created or collected by Hairston during her career in the gospel music industry. The photographs from the collection include artist publicity photographs, as well as many photographs from industry conferences and awards shows. Additional materials in the collection include magazines, videos, and sound recordings. Please contact the AAAMC for more details about accessing the full collection.

Michael Nixon Collection

Michael Nixon is a veteran of the Black music and entertainment industry with over 40 years of experience in marketing and promotion. After working in radio, television and the record industry—including stints at WHUR-FM, WBLS, WEA Distribution, Elektra, RCA, and HBO—Nixon shifted to music industry magazines. In 1988, he was hired as advertising director for the magazine Black Radio Exclusive (BRE), while also pursuing acting roles in television. By the following year, Nixon was on the cutting edge of marketing for the emerging hip hop scene. He created the music industry's first weekly radio rap chart for the San Francisco based publication The Gavin Report, then assisted with the creation of Rap Sheet, possibly the world's first hip hop newspaper. From 1993-1994, Nixon worked as an account executive for Billboard magazine, where he had accounts with many of the major record labels and radio stations The Michael Nixon photographs date between approximately 1977 and 2006, including time spent by Nixon at Howard University through his professional career in the music industry.

Logan H. Westbrooks Collection

Logan H. Westbrooks is widely recognized as one of the central figures responsible for opening the doors of the music industry to black artists and executives. In addition to his pioneering role as the Director of Special Markets at CBS Records in the 1970s, Westbrooks is known for his work as an educator, international business consultant, author, real estate entrepreneur, pastor and philanthropist. The photographs in this collection primarily document Westbrooks’ work in the music industry from the mid-1960s on, including his interactions with other top-level executives, artists, and radio personalities affiliated with WVON (Chicago), WDIA (Memphis), Capitol Records, CBS, Mercury, MCA, Stax, Philadelphia International Records, Soul Train Records, and Westbrooks’ own company, Source Records. Events include sales and NATRA conventions, receptions, concerts, lectures, award presentations, PUSH Expos, Black Caucus meetings, and Westbrooks’ business trips to West Africa. Also represented are political figures from the United States, Senegal, and Nigeria; religious leaders from the early history of the Church of God in Christ; and events at the Helping Hands Home for Boys in Los Angeles, founded by Westbrooks. The collection also contains a number of artifacts, including posters and music industry awards received by Westbrooks. Extensive manuscript and print materials are also available as part of Westbrooks’ collection. For more information about this collection or a copy of the full finding aid, contact the Archives of African American Music and Culture.

Information about the AAAMC, its collections, and programs is available on its website at http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.

AAAMC Black Radio Collections

The AAAMC Black Radio Collections consist of a number of collections documenting the history of Black radio. Many of these collections also contain print and audiovisual materials. If you would like to access the collection finding aids, contact the AAAMC staff.

Jack "The Rapper" Gibson Collection (SC 14)

Documents the activities of Black radio pioneer "Jockey Jack" Gibson and other radio personalities with stations across the country as well as Gibson's Family Affair conventions. Also includes publicity photographs of R&B artists. Accompanied by an interview transcript with Gibson's descriptions of each photograph.

Katherine Lewis Collection (SC 86)

Documents radio station WERD in Atlanta, including the interior and exterior of the studio as well as photographic images of several WERD publications and advertisements.

Ed Castleberry Collection (SC 87)

Documents the career of Ed Castleberry and includes publicity shots of disc jockeys, radio stations, and events sponsored by black radio stations, including WKVO (Columbus, OH), WMBM (Miami, FL), and WEDR (Birmingham, AL).

Rick Roberts Collection (SC 88)

Documents the career of Houston deejay Rick Roberts and includes publicity shots of disc jockeys, musicians, and events sponsored by Black radio stations, primarily KYOK in Houston. Accompanied by an interview cassette and transcript with Robert’s descriptions of each photograph.

George Nelson (SC 89)

Documents the career of Houston deejay George Nelson and includes publicity shots of disc jockeys, musicians, and events sponsored by KYOK in Houston.

Skipper Lee Frazier Collection (SC 95)

Documents the career of well-known Houston deejay Skipper Lee Frazier at KCOH in Houston. Accompanied by an interview transcript with Fraziers’s descriptions of each photograph.

Travis Gardner (SC 96)

Documents events and personnel at Houston radio station KCOH from the 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an interview transcript with Gardner’s descriptions of each photograph.

Mickey Tucker Collection

This collection includes materials created during Mickey Tucker's career as a jazz pianist and composer from 1957-2021. Photographs in the collection span the years from 1948-2020 and feature Tucker on tour and in the studio with other jazz musicians, as well as family gatherings. For more information about the other materials in the collection, please see the collection finding aid.

Eddie Gilreath Collection

A veteran of the music industry, Eddie Gilreath held executive level marketing and sales positions with record labels such as Motown, Warner Bros., Elektra Entertainment, Geffen, and MCA/Universal Distribution, promoting major artists across multiple genres. The photographs in Gilreath's collection document his career working with performing artists and other people in the music industry.

Phyl Garland Collection

The Phyl Garland Collection consists primarily of personal papers, including original typescripts for Garland's columns in Ebony and Stereo Review, and related research and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of over 900 files, including photographs and/or press releases and clippings, on individual artists in all genres, though the bulk represents jazz and rhythm and blues musicians. The photographs from these files are represented here in Image Collections Online.

The full collection finding aid is accessible at: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAC2130

Archives of African American Music and Culture Collections

The Archives of African American Music and Culture Collections consists of the AAAMC's general photograph collection, as well as a number of smaller archival collections. The general photograph collection is almost entirely publicity photographs. The smaller archival collections contain images covering a variety of subjects. Please see the descriptions below for more information about these collections.

Information about the AAAMC, its collections, and programs is available on its website at http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.

Blondell Hill Gospel Music Collection (SC 158)

Photographs and postcards related to Hill's life in Michigan and participation in the Petoskey, Michigan Volunteer Gospel Choir. The Blondell Hill Gospel Music Collection consists of gospel song books and sheet music, song texts, photographs, and other ephemeral material related to Blondell Hill’s participation with choirs in Richmond, Indiana, Petoskey, Michigan, and Harbor Springs, Michigan. For the full archival collection finding aid, please visit: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAD4793

Charles Coleman Papers (SC 9)

A portrait photograph of Charles Coleman. The Charles Coleman Papers collection consists of printed and manuscript scores of music by Charles Coleman, including sacred and secular choral works, as well as ephemeral materials related to the composer. For the full archival collection finding aid, please visit: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAD4977

Vy Higginsen Collection (SC 28)

Two publicity photographs from a press kit for Mama, I Want to Sing, a musical written by Higginsen. The Vy Higginsen Collection consists primarily of materials related to the gospel musicals Mama, I Want to Sing; Mama, I Want to Sing II; and Born to Sing! Mama 3. It includes scripts, programs, promotional materials, posters, photographs, videos, and sound recordings. Records of the Mama Foundation include programs, press clippings, publicity, and posters. For the full archival collection finding aid, please visit: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAD7619

Nelson George Collection

The photographs in the Nelson George Collection consist primarily of materials collected during research for Nelson George's book Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (St. Martin's Press, 1985). Other materials in this collection include interviews (audiocassettes and transcripts), newspaper clippings, magazines, photocopies of legal documents, manuscripts, and correspondence. The full collection finding aid is accessible at: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAD5161.

Johnny Otis Collection

The Johnny Otis photographs are part of the Johnny Otis archival collection at the Archives of African American Music and Culture. The photographs include images, both candid and promotional, from Otis's professional life as a performer, band leader, and artist manager. Also included are photographs from Otis's personal life, showing a more intimate side of the artist spending time with family and band members off-stage.

Karen Shearer Collection

Karen Shearer began her career as a publicist for Capitol Records before moving to the Westwood One Radio Network circa 1980 where she worked for the next decade as a producer on several popular music programs including Special Edition, a weekly program featuring the music of popular black recording artists. Featured here are photographs from the Special Edition series of Shearer’s collection, which consist primarily of artist publicity portraits of African American musicians from across a range of popular genres (rap, R&B, jazz, soul, rock, funk, etc.). Shearer’s collection also includes additional artist publicity materials as well as radio transcripts for Special Edition, That’s Country Music, Rock Chronicles, My Top Ten, History of Rock ‘n Roll, and various specials, including programs on Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones. The full collection finding aid is accessible at: purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAB9514.

For more information, visit the Archives of African American Music and Culture.

Tom Draper Collection

Tom Draper was hired as a salesman by RCA in 1970 while still in business school. He worked his way up to promotions in the company’s newly established black music division and eventually became vice president of A&R. In 1975, he was hired to do marketing and promotion for Warner Bros. Records. During his tenure there, from 1975 to 1987, Warner Bros. Records’ black artist roster not only flourished but surpassed those of all the other major labels. Draper's collection documents the career of an African American music executive and covers his tenures at RCA Records and Warner Bros. Records. The bulk of the collection consists of 80 publicity photographs taken during music industry events. Also included is correspondence, press clippings and programs for concerts produced by Draper.

The full collection finding aid is accessible at: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/aaamc/VAD5057.

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- Craig Seymour Collection [19]
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- Arnold, Billy Boy [2]
- Arnold, Cynthia [1]
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- Arnold, Larkin [1]
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- Arrington, Steve [2]
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- Arthur, Theodore [1]
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- Ashanti [1]
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- Atkins, Chet [1]
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- Avant, Clarence, 1931- [1]
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- Axelrod, David A. [3]
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- Bailey, Alphonzo [1]
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- Bailey, Philip, 1951- [4]
- Bailey, Phillip, 1951- [3]
- Baker, Anita [5]
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- Banfield, William C., 1961- [7]
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- Bates, Ralph [17]
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- Bee, Jimmy [1]
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- Belafonte, Harry [1]
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- Bell, Al [1]
- Bell, Al, 1940- [5]
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- Belle, Regina [3]
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- Bennett, Shelbra [2]
- Bennett, Wayne [1]
- Benson, Al [1]
- Benson, George [7]
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- Bentley, Gladys [1]
- Benton, Brook [1]
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- Benét, Eric [1]
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- Berkeley, Shirley [1]
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- Berry, Chuck [10]
- Berry, Ingrid, 1950- [1]
- Berry, Richard, 1935-1997 [1]
- Best, Willie, 1916-1962 [1]
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- Bethel, Stanley, d. 2010 [8]
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 [1]
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- Bird, Virgil [1]
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- Bishop, Elvin [3]
- Bishop, Jimmy [2]
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- Blade, Brian [1]
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- Blair, Sallie [2]
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- Blake, Bishop Charles [2]
- Blakey, Art [4]
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- Blanchard, Terence [2]
- Blanchard, Terrence [1]
- Bland, Bobby [4]
- Blayton, Jesse B., 1897-1977 [1]
- Bleu, Mikki [1]
- Blige, Mary J. [3]
- Blind Blake, 1915-1986 [2]
- Blondell, Joan [1]
- Blondy, Alpha [1]
- Blondy, Alpha, 1953- [1]
- Bloomer, George [1]
- Blount, Tanya [1]
- Blow, Kurtis [3]
- Blu, Peggi [2]
- Blue, Mikki [1]
- Bo Diddly, 1928-2008 [1]
- Bo, Eddie [1]
- Board, Johnny [1]
- Bobbettes [1]
- Bofill, Angela [8]
- Bogguss, Suzy [1]
- Bohannon, Hamilton [1]
- Bolden, George [1]
- Boles, Lamont [1]
- Bolton, Michael [5]
- Bond, Julian [3]
- Bond, Julian, 1940- [4]
- Bondu, Dave, 1920-1979 [1]
- Bondu, Mayme C., 1924-2008 [1]
- Bonilla, Marc [2]
- Bonner, Marita [1]
- Bonner, Stephanie [1]
- Boo, Betty, 1970- [1]
- Booker T., 1944- [2]
- Bootee, Duke [2]
- Booth, Tony, 1943- [1]
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- Bosley, Thad [2]
- Bostic, Earl [1]
- Bostic, Earl, 1913-1965 [1]
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- Bowie, Lester [2]
- Bowlegged Lou [1]
- Bowles, Thomas "Beans" [3]
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- Boyd, Eddie,1914-1994 [1]
- Bracken, Jimmy [1]
- Bradford, Carmen [2]
- Bradley, Tom [2]
- Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 [1]
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- Braithwaite, Yvonne [1]
- Branch, Billy [1]
- Branch, Vivian [1]
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- Braxton, Anthony [1]
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- Brazier, Benita [3]
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- Children [90]
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- Correspondence [1]
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- Daggers & swords [1]
- Dance [4]
- Dance floors [6]
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- Dining tables [4]
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- Disco music [1]
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- Disco singers [3]
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- Djmebe [1]
- Document signings [5]
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- Flutes [3]
- Flügelhorn [7]
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- Food [3]
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- Fund raising [6]
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- Funk musicians [193]
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- Fur coats [4]
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- Go, Johnny Go! (Motion Picture) [2]
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- Governors [9]
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- Models [1]
- Money [2]
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- Nature [1]
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- Nigerians [26]
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- Oceans [4]
- Office buildings [21]
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- Radio [1]
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- Singers [581]
- Singing [1]
- Ska (Music) [11]
- Skateboards [1]
- Skeletons [1]
- Skirts [8]
- Skulls [2]
- Skyscrapers [1]
- Sleeping [1]
- Slippers [1]
- Smoking stands [1]
- Snakes [1]
- Sneakers [7]
Corporate Name
- Source Records (Firm) [117]
- KYOK (Radio station : Houston, Tex.) [112]
- Indiana University [75]
- CBS Records (Firm) [65]
- Smithsonian Institution [39]
- Crenshaw Square Shopping Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) [32]
- K&K Mime [28]
- Mercury Record Corporation [28]
- Church of God in Christ [25]
- Helping Hands Home for Boys (Los Angeles, Calif.) [24]
- "D" Train (Musical group) [1]
- 2 Deep [1]
- 2 Deep (Musical group) [1]
- 2 Live Crew [1]
- 20th Century Fox Records [2]
- 24-7 Spyz [1]
- 3 Grand (Musical group) [2]
- 3rd Bass (Musical Group) [1]
- 3rd Bass (Musical group) [1]
- 3rd Level [1]
- 4 by Four (Musical group) [1]
- 5 Royales [2]
- 52nd Street (Musical group) [1]
- 5th Ward Boys [1]
- 7A3 (Musical group) [1]
- 9.9 [1]
- A Tribe Called Quest [1]
- A&M Records (Firm) [1]
- A-Town Players (Musical groups) [1]
- ABC Records [1]
- ARC [1]
- AZ [5]
- Above the Law [1]
- Above the Law (Musical group) [1]
- Absolute (Musical group) [1]
- Ace Spectrum (Musical groups) [1]
- Adioa [1]
- African Music Festival for Education in Africa (Dakar, Senegal) [14]
- After 7 [1]
- Aftershock (Musical group) [3]
- Air (Musical groups) [1]
- Air Jordan [1]
- Akido (Musical groups) [1]
- All God's Children [2]
- All-Star Hallelujah Chorus [1]
- Almighty RSO [1]
- Ambassador Records (Kumasi, Ghana) [2]
- American Hot Wax [1]
- Amuzement Park Band [1]
- And Why Not? [1]
- Anheuser-Busch Companies [1]
- Anthony & The Camp (Musical group) [1]
- Apocalypse now (Motion picture) [2]
- Apollo Theater [2]
- Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street) [12]
- Apollo Theatre [1]
- Apollo Theatre (New York, N.Y.) [1]
- Arctic Records [1]
- Arista Records [1]
- Art Ensemble of Chicago [1]
- Asanté (Musical groups) [1]
- Ashford & Simpson (Musical group) [4]
- Aswad [1]
- Atlantic Recording Corporation [1]
- Atlantic Records [7]
- Atlantic Starr [1]
- Atlantic Starr (Musical group) [5]
- Aunt Monk (Musical groups) [1]
- B Sharp Jazz Quartet [1]
- B. B. King Blues Band [1]
- B.G & The Chopper City Boyz [1]
- BMI (Firm) [2]
- BRE (Firm) [7]
- Baby Sitters (Musical group : Baby Huey) [1]
- Backtrack Blues Band [1]
- Bad Boy [1]
- Bad Boys (Motion Picture) [1]
- Ballin' Jack (Musical groups) [1]
- Band (Musical groups) [1]
- Band of Gold [1]
- Bangles (Musical groups) [1]
- Bar-Kays (Musical group) [4]
- Barrett Sisters [2]
- Basic Black (Musical group) [2]
- Batman & Robin [1]
- Be-Bop Deluxe (Musical groups) [1]
- Beastie Boys [2]
- Beatles [1]
- Beatmasters (Musical group) [1]
- Bee Gees [1]
- Bell Biv DeVoe [1]
- Bell Biv DeVoe (Musical group) [1]
- Benny Green Trio [1]
- Beverley Connection Mall [4]
- Bhundu Boys [2]
- Big Mountain (Musical groups) [2]
- Billboard [1]
- Billboard (Cincinnati, Ohio : 1963) [8]
- Black Caesar (Motion Picture) [1]
- Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association [1]
- Black Flames (Musical group) [1]
- Black Heat (Musical groups) [2]
- Black Radio Magazine [1]
- Black Rock Coalition [2]
- Blackbyrds (Musical groups) [3]
- Blakasaurus Mex [1]
- Blaque (Musical groups) [1]
- Blaze (Musical group) [2]
- Bloodstone [1]
- Bloodstone (Musical groups) [4]
- Blue Magic (Musical group) [1]
- Blue Magic (Musical groups) [2]
- Blue Notes (Musical group : U.S.) [9]
- Blue Pearl (Musical group) [1]
- Body (Musical group : Michigan) [2]
- Body Count [2]
- Bone Thugs-n-harmony (Musical group) [1]
- Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. [1]
- Boogie Boys [1]
- Boogie Down Productions [2]
- Boogie Down Productions (Musical group) [1]
- Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group) [1]
- Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tenn.) [8]
- Boston Pops Orchestra [1]
- Boys (Musical group : Calif.) [1]
- Boys (Rap group) [1]
- Boys Town (Neb.) [4]
- Boyz (Musical group) [4]
- Boyz II Men (Musical group) [1]
- Boyz of Paradize (Musical group) [5]
- Brand Nubian (Musical group) [1]
- Brass Construction [1]
- Brass Construction (Musical group) [1]
- Breakdown [1]
- Breakfast Club (Musical group) [1]
- Brenda & the Big Dudes (Musical group) [1]
- Brent Jones and the TP Mobb [3]
- Brick [1]
- Bridges of Madison County [1]
- Brooks Farm [11]
- Brothers Johnson [2]
- Buckshot LeFonque (group) [1]
- Buckwheat Zydeco [1]
- Budweiser [1]
- Buffalo Soldiers (Musical group) [1]
- BulletBoys (Musical groups) [1]
- Burger King Corporation [2]
- Burning Spear [1]
- Bus Boys (Musical group) [1]
- Bush Babees (Musical groups) [1]
- C + C Music Factory (Musical group) [1]
- C + C Music Factory (Musical groups) [1]
- C.E.B. (Musical group) [1]
- CBS Record (Firm) [1]
- CBS Records (Firm) [65]
- CEMA Distribution [1]
- CLC Youth Choir [2]
- Cab Calloway Orchestra [1]
- Cabo Frio (Musical group) [1]
- Cadillacs (Musical group) [1]
- California State University, Los Angeles [15]
- Cameo [2]
- Cameo (Musical group) [5]
- Capitol Records, Inc. [22]
- Capitol-EMI [1]
- Caravan (Musical groups) [1]
- Carling Brewing Company [1]
- Casablanca Records [3]
- Cash Box (Firm) [1]
- Cephas & Wiggins [1]
- Champaign (Musical group) [1]
- Chanson (Rhythm and blues group) [1]
- Chapter 8 (Musical group) [1]
- Charles Connor's Upsetters [1]
- Charms [1]
- Checkmates Ltd. (Musical groups) [1]
- Chess Records [1]
- Chevrolet [2]
- Chi-Lites (Musical group) [4]
- Chic [1]
- Chicago Gangsters (Musical group) [1]
- Chicago Public Library [1]
- Chicago defender [1]
- Chimes (Musical group : Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)) [1]
- Chocolate Genius [1]
- Choice (Musical group) [1]
- Choice Four [1]
- Chops [1]
- Church of God in Christ [25]
- Cinema (Musical group) [1]
- Circle o' Fire (Musical group) [1]
- Clark College [1]
- Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra [1]
- Clovers (Musical Group) [1]
- Club Nouveau (Musical group) [3]
- Club Nouveau (Musical groups) [1]
- Co.mpany [1]
- Collage [1]
- Collage (Soul group) [1]
- College Boyz (Musical group) [1]
- Color Me Badd [2]
- Color Me Badd (Musical groups) [1]
- Columbia [1]
- Columbia Records [3]
- Columbia Records, Inc. [1]
- Commodores [1]
- Commodores (Musical group) [4]
- Con-Funk-Shun [2]
- Con-Funk-Shun (Musical group) [1]
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation [4]
- Contours [1]
- Controllers [1]
- Controllers (Musical group) [3]
- Coors Brewing Company [1]
- Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues [1]
- Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose [2]
- Cotillion Records [1]
- Cotton Club [1]
- Crenshaw High School [2]
- Crenshaw Square Shopping Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) [32]
- Crown Heights Affair [1]
- Crowns [1]
- Crusade (Musical groups) [1]
- Crusaders [2]
- Crusaders (Musical group) [3]
- Crusaders (Musical groups) [2]
- Cult Jam (Musical group) [6]
- Culture [2]
- Culture Club (Musical groups) [1]
- Curtie and the Boombox [1]
- Cypress Hill (Musical groups) [2]
- D.O.A. (Dead On Arrival) [1]
- DC Talk [3]
- DFC (Musical group) [1]
- Da Muzicianz [1]
- Damian Dame (Musical group) [1]
- Dan Reed Network (Musical group) [1]
- Dan Reed Network (Musical groups) [1]
- Das EFX (Musical group) [1]
- Dazz Band [5]
- De La Soul [2]
- DeBarge [1]
- DeBarge (Musical group) [1]
- Deele (Musical group) [1]
- Def Con 4 (Musical group) [1]
- Def Jam [1]
- Def Jam; Tower Records [1]
- Def Jef [1]
- Dells (Musical group) [1]
- Dells (Musical groups) [1]
- Derek & Cyndi [1]
- Derek & Cyndi (Musical group) [1]
- Destiny (Musical group) [1]
- Destiny's Child [2]
- Digital Underground [4]
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band [1]
- Disc & That (Musical group) [1]
- Disciples (Musical group) [2]
- Discovery [1]
- Do or Die [1]
- Doc Box & B. Fresh (Musical group) [2]
- Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope [1]
- Doobie Brothers [1]
- Dr. Hector & the Groove Injectors (Musical group) [1]
- Dramatics (Musical group) [2]
- Drifters (Musical group) [1]
- Drifting Cowboys [1]
- Dukes of Dixieland [1]
- Dynasty [1]
- Dynasty (Musical group) [1]
- E Street Band [1]
- E.U. (Musical group) [1]
- EA Sports [1]
- EPMD [1]
- Earl Klugh Trio [1]
- Earth, Wind & Fire [6]
- Earth, Wind & Fire (Musical group) [3]
- Earth, Wind & Fire (Musical groups) [3]
- Earth, Wind, and Fire (Musical group) [1]
- Ebony Jet Entertainment (Firm) [2]
- Elektra [2]
- Emotions (Musical group) [4]
- Emotions (Musical groups) [1]
- En Vogue (Musical group) [1]
- En Vogue (Musical groups) [1]
- English Patient (Motion Picture) [1]
- Entice [1]
- Epic Records [5]
- Eramus Hall [1]
- Eramus Hall (Musical group) [1]
- Eric B. & Rakim [1]
- Esperanto (Musical groups) [1]
- Esquires (Musical group) [1]
- Essence magazine [2]
- Eternal Word Graduate School (Carson, Calif.) [1]
- Everyday People (Musical group) [1]
- Ex Girlfriend [1]
- Ex Girlfriend (Musical groups) [1]
- F.S. Effect [1]
- FU-Schnickens [1]
- Face Mob [1]
- Fairfield Four [2]
- Faith Temple Church of God in Christ (Azusa, Calif.) [2]
- Family Affair (Musical group) [3]
- Family Touch (Musical group) [1]
- Farmer-Golson Jazztet [1]
- Fat Boys (Musical group) [2]
- Fat Larry's Band [2]
- Fatback [2]
- Field Mob [1]
- Fire & Rain (Musical groups) [1]
- First Choice (Musical group) [1]
- Fishbone (Musical group) [1]
- Fit (Musical group) [1]
- Five Blind Boys of Mississippi [1]
- Five Keys [1]
- Five Special (Musical group) [1]
- Five Star [1]
- Five Star (Musical group) [1]
- Flamingos (Musical group) [1]
- Flecktones (Musical groups) [2]
- Flip Wilson Show (Television program) [1]
- Floaters (Musical group) [1]
- Force M.D.'s [1]
- Force M.D.'s (Musical group) [4]
- Ford [3]
- Fort Apache Band [2]
- Foundation [1]
- Four Tops [1]
- Four Tops (Musical group) [2]
- Four Tops (Musical groups) [1]
- Fourplay [1]
- Fourplay (Musical groups) [2]
- Frankie Beverly's Raw Soul [1]
- Fraternity of Record Executives (FORE) [1]
- Free Spirits (Musical groups) [1]
- Freedom Of Speech [1]
- Frontera [1]
- Fugees (Musical groups) [2]
- Full Force (Musical group) [5]
- Funk Brothers [1]
- Funk, Inc. (Musical groups) [1]
- Funkadelic [2]
- Furious Five [1]
- G-Wiz [1]
- GMC [1]
- GMWA Choir [1]
- GMWA Women of Worship [1]
- GQ (Musical group) [1]
- Gablz (Musical groups) [1]
- GaimBoiz [1]
- Ganksta NIP [1]
- Gap Band [3]
- Gene and Billy [1]
- General Caine [1]
- General Caine (Musical group) [1]
- George Duke Band [1]
- Georgia Mass Choir [1]
- Get Shorty (Motion Picture) [1]
- Gettovetts (Musical groups) [1]
- Girl 6 (Motion picture) [1]
- Glades Records [1]
- Gladys Knight and the Pips [5]
- Go, Johnny Go! (Motion Picture) [2]
- Gods Property [1]
- Gold Money [1]
- Good Girls (Musical group) [2]
- Good Question (Musical groups) [1]
- Good-2-go [1]
- Gospel today [1]
- Graham Central Station [1]
- Graham Central Station (Musical group) [1]
- Graham Central Station (Musical groups) [2]
- Grambling State University [1]
- Grandmaster Flash [1]
- Grazing in the Grass (Musical group) [1]
- Greenwood Farm [4]
- Greenwood School [1]
- Greenwood Store [1]
- Greyhound Lines [4]
- Groove Collective (Musical groups) [1]
- Grooverider [1]
- Ground Zero (Musical group) [1]
- Guesss (Musical groups) [1]
- Guinn (Musical group) [1]
- Guns N' Roses [1]
- Gutterboy (Musical group) [1]
- Gyrlz (Musical group) [1]
- HQH Posse [1]
- Hall and Oates (Musical groups) [4]
- Handshake Record Company [1]
- Hard Boyz (Musical group) [1]
- Harlem World (Musical groups) [1]
- Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes [1]
- Heatwave [2]
- Heavy D. & the Boyz [1]
- Hedzoleh Soundz (Musical groups) [1]
- Helping Hands Home for Boys (Los Angeles, Calif.) [24]
- Hen-Gee & Evil E (Musical group) [1]
- Hi-Five [1]
- High Energy [1]
- Hilltak Records [2]
- Hiroshima (Musical groups) [3]
- Hodges, James & Smith [1]
- Hofheinz Pavilion (Houston, Tex.) [5]
- Holly Cole Trio [1]
- Homework (Musical group) [1]
- House of Assembly [1]
- House of Music [2]
- Howard Theatre (Washington, D.C.) [2]
- Howard University [7]
- Hues Corporation [1]
- Hunt's Determination Band [1]
- I.N.D. (Musical group) [1]
- Iam Siam (Musical groups) [1]
- Ice Cream Tee [1]
- Ice Man's Band [1]
- Ike and Tina Turner Revue [1]
- Ill Al Skratch [1]
- Images (Electronica group) [1]
- Imagination [1]
- Immature [1]
- Impressions (Musical group) [1]
- Impressions (Musical groups) [1]
- Incognito [2]
- Incorporated Thang Band [1]
- Indiana University [75]
- Indiana University, Bloomington [8]
- Ink Spots [2]
- Inner City (Broadway musical) [1]
- Instant Funk (Musical group) [1]
- Intensive Heat [1]
- Intergalactic Soul Messengers Band [1]
- International Dairy Queen, Inc. [1]
- Interstate Barbacue [1]
- Isley Brothers [8]
- Isley Jasper Isley (Musical groups) [1]
- J.J. Fad [1]
- Jack the Rapper's Family Affair [19]
- Jackie Brown (Motion Picture) [1]
- Jackson 5 (Musical group) [9]
- Jackson Brewing Company (New Orleans, La.) [2]
- Jackson Family [2]
- Jacksons [1]
- Jacksons (Musical groups) [1]
- Jade [1]
- Jade (Musical groups) [2]
- Jade (Rhythm and blues group) [1]
- Jagged Edge [2]
- Jamaica Boys (Musical group) [2]
- Jamiroquai [1]
- Jan Hammer Group [1]
- Janice (Musical groups) [1]
- Jazz M.C. (Musical group) [1]
- Jelly's Last Jam (Broadway musical) [1]
- Jet Magazine [1]
- Jets (Musical group) [2]
- Jodeci (Musical group) [1]
- Joe Public (Musical group) [1]
- Johnnie and Joe [1]
- Johnny Moore's Three Blazers [1]
- Johnny Otis Band [4]
- Johnny Otis Orchestra [2]
- Johnny Otis Show (Musical group) [7]
- Johnny Otis Show (Television program) [1]
- Johnson & Johnson [1]
- Jon Butcher Axis (Musical group) [1]
- Jones Girls (Musical group) [2]
- Joneses (Musical groups) [1]
- Jonzun Crew [2]
- Jonzun Crew (Musical group) [1]
- Jordan High School (Los Angeles, C.A.) [1]
- Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. [1]
- Joyful Christmas (Album) [1]
- Jungle Brothers [2]
- Juvenile Committee (Musical groups) [1]
- K&K Mime [28]
- K-Ci & JoJo [1]
- K-Stone (Musical group) [1]
- KABC [1]
- KALI (Radio station : Pasadena, Calif.) [1]
- KATZ (Radio station : St. Louis, Mo.) [3]
- KC & the Sunshine Band [1]
- KCOH (Radio station : Houston, Tex.) [22]
- KFOX (Radio station: Long Beach, C.A.) [3]
- KGBC (Radio station : Galveston, Tex.) [2]
- KGRM (Radio station : Grambling, La.) [1]
- KJLH (Radio station : Los Angeles : Calif.) [2]
- KJLH (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) [2]
- KMJQ (Radio station : Houston, Tex.) [1]
- KPRC-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) [1]
- KPRS (Radio station : Kansas City, MS) [2]
- KRTH [4]
- KTLA-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.) [4]
- KTTV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.) [1]
- KWBR (Radio station : Oakland, CA) [2]
- KYOK (Radio station : Houston, Tex.) [112]
- Kassav' (Musical group) [1]
- Kay Gees [1]
- Kay-Gees (Musical group) [1]
- Keep It Real [1]
- Ketama [1]
- Keynotes [1]
- Kiara (Musical group) [1]
- Kid 'N' Play (Musical group) [1]
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Musical group) [4]
- King Cole Trio [1]
- King Records [2]
- Kinsman Dazz (Musical group) [1]
- Kirk Franklin and the Family [1]
- Kleeer [1]
- Klique [1]
- Klique (Musical group) [1]
- Klymaxx [1]
- Klymaxx (Musical group) [5]
- KoKo-PoP (Musical group) [1]
- Kolorz [1]
- Kool & the Gang [14]
- Kool Krew [1]
- Kool Skool (Musical group) [1]
- Kris Kross (Musical group) [1]
- Kris Kross (Musical groups) [1]
- Krystol (Musical groups) [1]
- Kurt Carr Singers [13]
- L'Trimm (Musical group) [1]
- L.A. Boppers (Musical group) [1]
- L.A. Dream Team (Musical group) [1]
- L.T.D. [1]
- L.T.D. (Musical group) [1]
- LSG (Musical groups) [1]
- LTG Exchange (Musical groups) [1]
- LaBelle (Musical groups) [1]
- Lace (Musical group) [1]
- Lady Sings the Blues [3]
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo [1]
- Lakeside (Musical group) [1]
- Lakeside (Musical groups) [1]
- Lamora Park Young Adult Choir [1]
- Lawrence, Donald, and the Tri-City Singers [1]
- LeVert (Musical group) [2]
- LeVert (Musical groups) [1]
- Leftfield (Musical groups) [1]
- Legacy (Musical group) [1]
- Legendary Blues Band [1]
- Libre (Musical groups) [1]
- Lifers Group [1]
- Lighter Shade of Brown (Musical groups) [1]
- Lijadu Sisters [1]
- Lil' Ed and The Imperials [1]
- Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.) [1]
- Little Charlie and the Nightcats [2]
- Living Colour [1]
- Living Colour (Musical group) [2]
- Living Single (Television show) [1]
- Loketo [1]
- Loose Ends [1]
- Loose Ends (Musical group) [2]
- Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Children's Services [2]
- Los Angeles Railway Company [1]
- Los Angeles Urban League [1]
- Love Unlimited [1]
- Loving Sisters (Musical groups) [1]
- Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra [1]
- Lé Gent [2]
- Lō-Key? [1]
- MCA New Ventures [1]
- MCA Records, Inc. [13]
- MCA Universal [1]
- MN8 [1]
- Mad Flava [2]
- Madame X (Musical group) [1]
- Made in U.S.A. [1]
- Magic Lady (Musical group) [1]
- Mahogany [3]
- Mai Tai (Musical group) [1]
- Main Attraction (Musical group) [1]
- Main Ingredient [1]
- Major Bank [1]
- Malaco Records [1]
- Malemen (Musical group) [1]
- Mandrill (Musical groups) [1]
- Manhattans [1]
- Manhattans (Musical group) [4]
- Manhattans (Musical groups) [1]
- Mannish [3]
- Mantronix (Musical group) [2]
- Marano & Monteiro [1]
- Martha Reeves & the Vandellas [1]
- Marvelows (Musical group) [1]
- Mary Mary [1]
- Mary Mary (Musical group) [1]
- Mary Mary (Musical groups) [1]
- Mary's Danish (Musical Group) [1]
- Material (Musical groups) [1]
- Mazarati (Musical group) [1]
- Maze [3]
- Maze (Musical group) [4]
- McCrarys (Musical group) [1]
- Meditations [1]
- Meeks [2]
- Memphis Horns [1]
- Mental Afro [1]
- Mercury Record Corporation [28]
- Mercury Records [2]
- Merging Traffic Band (Musical group) [1]
- Messenjah [1]
- Michael Hill's Blues Mob [2]
- Mickey & Sylvia [1]
- Midnight Star [1]
- Midnight Star (Musical group) [5]
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Motion picture) [2]
- Midnighters (Musical group) [1]
- Mighty Clouds of Joy [1]
- Miles Davis Tribute [1]
- Milestone Jazzstars (Musical group) [2]
- Mills Brothers [1]
- Mingus Dynasty (Musical group) [1]
- Mint Condition [1]
- Mint Condition (Musical groups) [1]
- Miracle Man [1]
- Miracles (Musical group) [2]
- Mission (Musical group) [1]
- Mississippi Blues Band [1]
- Mississippi Mass Choir [3]
- Moonbeams (Musical group) [1]
- Moonglows [1]
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) [1]
- Mother's Finest (Musical group) [1]
- Motown Record Corporation [5]
- Motown Records [1]
- Motown Records Corporation [1]
- Moulin Rouge (Musical group) [1]
- Movement Ex (Musical group) [2]
- Mr. Wonderful Production Band [2]
- Mr. X [2]
- Mtume [1]
- Mtume (Musical groups) [1]
- Musical Youth [2]
- Musical Youth (Musical group) [1]
- N Phase [1]
- N.W.A. [1]
- N5 [2]
- NAIS [1]
- NARM (Firm) [1]
- Naniah Dancers [2]
- Nastyboy Klick [1]
- Nat Cole Trio [1]
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [2]
- National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center [5]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [2]
- National Association of Television and Radio Announcers (NATRA) [8]
- National Medical Association (U.S.) [1]
- Natural Four (Musical groups) [1]
- Naughty by Nature [1]
- Neville Brothers [3]
- New Birth (Musical groups) [1]
- New Edition [1]
- New Edition (Musical group) [5]
- New Style (Musical group) [1]
- New York Knickerbockers (Basketball team) [1]
- New York Knicks (Basketball team) [2]
- Nicholas [2]
- Nike [3]
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [1]
- No Self Control and The Band [1]
- Nu Flavor (Musical groups) [1]
- Nu Soul Habits (Musical group) [1]
- Nu Tradition [1]
- Nu-Sounds [1]
- Nu-Sounds (Musical group) [1]
- Nubian M.O.B. [1]
- Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra [1]
- Nuttin' Nyce [1]
- O'Jays [2]
- O'Jays (Musical group) [8]
- O'Jays (Musical groups) [1]
- O'Neal Twins [1]
- O'Yaba (Musical groups) [1]
- Oaktown's 3-5-7 (Musical group) [1]
- Oaktown's 3.5.7 [1]
- Ohio Players [1]
- Ohio Players (Musical group) [3]
- Ohio Players (Musical groups) [2]
- Omni (Musical group) [1]
- Omni (Musical groups) [1]
- One Cause One Effect (Musical group) [1]
- One Way [1]
- One Way (Musical group) [5]
- Onyx (Musical group) [1]
- Opus Seven (Musical group) [5]
- Originals (Musical group) [1]
- Originals (Musical groups) [1]
- Orioles [1]
- Orioles (Musical Group) [2]
- Orioles (Musical group) [1]
- Osborne Association [15]
- Otisettes [1]
- Otisettes (Musical group) [1]
- Out Of Eden [2]
- Out UV Kontrol (Musical group) [1]
- Out of Eden [1]
- Outloud (Musical group) [1]
- Outstanding Memphians [1]
- Ovations [1]
- Ozone [1]
- P.O.V. (Musical groups) [1]
- PUSH Foundation (Chicago, Ill.) [6]
- Pacific Southwest Airlines [2]
- Pan American World Airways [1]
- Parlet [1]
- Pasadenas (Musical group) [1]
- Peaches (Soul group) [1]
- Peaches and Herb (Musical group) [1]
- Peacock Records, Inc. [1]
- Penguins (Musical group) [2]
- Perfect Gentlemen (Musical group) [1]
- Perfect Gentlemen (Musical groups) [1]
- Perrí (Musical group) [1]
- Persuaders (Musical groups) [1]
- Phajja (Musical groups) [1]
- Pharao (Musical groups) [1]
- Phat Farm [1]
- Philadelphia International Records [12]
- Philly Devotions (Musical group) [2]
- Pic & Bill (Musical group) [1]
- Pieces of a Dream (Musical group) [2]
- Pilgrim Auditorium (Houston, Tex.) [2]
- Pips (Musical group) [2]
- Pizzazz (Night club : Houston, Tex.) [1]
- Planet Patrol [1]
- Plateau (Musical group) [1]
- Pleasure [1]
- Pleasure (Musical group) [1]
- Pleasure (Musical groups) [1]
- Poet Society [1]
- Pointer Sisters [8]
- PolyGram Records, Inc. [1]
- Polydor Records [1]
- Pontiac [1]
- Pop's Cool Love (Musical groups) [1]
- Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits [1]
- Prestige Records [1]
- Preston, Billy [1]
- Pretty in Pink (Musical group) [1]
- Prime Time [1]
- Princess & Starbreeze [1]
- Process & the Doo Rags (Musical group) [1]
- Progressive Amateur Boxing Association (Houston, Tex.) [1]
- Public Enemy [2]
- Public Enemy (Musical group) [2]
- Public Radio International [1]
- Puzzle (Musical groups) [1]
- Quartet West [2]
- R.J.'s Latest Arrival (Musical group) [1]
- RCA Records [8]
- RCA-Victor Company [1]
- Radical For Christ [1]
- Radio Smithsonian [1]
- Radioscope [1]
- Rage Against the Machine (Musical group) [1]
- Ramsey Lewis Trio [1]
- Rance Allen Group [2]
- Randy's Record SHop, Inc. [4]
- Rapper's Sweethearts [1]
- Rappinstine [1]
- Rara Machine [1]
- Raw Breed (Musical groups) [1]
- Ray, Goodman & Brown (Musical group) [2]
- Raydio (Musical group) [1]
- Ready for the World [1]
- Ready for the World (Musical group) [2]
- Ready to Wear (Motion Picture) [1]
- Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan Quintet [1]
- Reddings (Musical groups) [1]
- Reebok [1]
- Relativez [1]
- Repercussions (Musical groups) [1]
- Richard Smallwood Singers [1]
- Ricky Dillards's New Generation Chorale [1]
- Ricky Grundy Chorale (Musical group) [1]
- Riff (Musical group) [1]
- Right Choice (Musical group) [1]
- Righteous Brothers [1]
- Rivingtons (Musical group) [1]
- Roachford (Musical group) [1]
- Robert Cray Band [2]
- Rock Hard Delegation (Musical group) [1]
- Rodney O.-Joe Cooley (Musical group) [1]
- Rolling Stones [1]
- Rolling Stones, The [1]
- Rolls-Royce [3]
- Romeo Void (Musical groups) [1]
- Rose Royce [1]
- Roulette Records, Inc. [1]
- Royal Crown Revue (Musical groups) [2]
- Royalty (Musical group) [1]
- Ruffnexx Sound System (Musical groups) [1]
- Rufus [1]
- Rufus (Musical group) [1]
- Run-D.M.C. (Musical group) [1]
- S'Express (Musical groups) [1]
- S.O.S. Band [2]
- Saffire [4]
- Salt & Pepper [1]
- Sam & Dave [2]
- Sam Houston Coliseum (Houston, Tex.) [3]
- Santana (Musical groups) [1]
- Savuka (Musical group) [3]
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [1]
- Scoob & Scrap [1]
- Score [1]
- Seals & Crofts [1]
- Sears, Roebuck and Company [1]
- Sensational Nightingales (Musical groups) [1]
- Sequence [1]
- Serious-Lee-Fine (Musical group) [1]
- Sesame Street [1]
- Shaft [1]
- Shakespeare & Lumberjack [1]
- Shalamar [1]
- Shalamar (Musical group) [3]
- Sharp (Musical group) [1]
- Sho-Nuff (Musical group) [1]
- Shomari (Musical groups) [1]
- Showcase Nightclub (Houston, Tex.) [1]
- Side FX (Musical group) [1]
- Silent Partners [1]
- Silk Tymes Leather (Musical group) [1]
- Silver Convention (Musical groups) [1]
- Singsation Gospel Choir Competition [11]
- Sire Records Group [1]
- Sister Cantalope [1]
- Sister Cantaloupe [1]
- Sister Sledge [1]
- Sister Sledge (Musical group) [1]
- Sister Sledge (Musical groups) [1]
- Sisters of Glory (Musical groups) [1]
- Six One Dog (Musician) [1]
- Skatalites [2]
- Skillet and Leroy [1]
- Skipworth & Turner [1]
- Skool Boyz [1]
- Slave [1]
- Slim & the Supreme Angels [1]
- Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group) [1]
- Small Change (Musical group) [1]
- Smash (Musical group) [4]
- Smashing Pumpkins, The [2]
- Smithsonian Institution [39]
- SofTouch (Musical group) [1]
- Solar [1]
- Solid Hitbound [1]
- Somethin' for the People (Musical groups) [2]
- Something Special (Musical group) [1]
- Sony Records [1]
- Soul Assassins [1]
- Soul Children [4]
- Soul Searchers (Musical group : Washington, D.C.) [16]
- Soul Train [1]
- Soul Train Records [6]
- Soul train (Television program) [7]
- Soulganic [2]
- Souljahs [1]
- Souls of Mischief [2]
- Soulsonic Force [1]
- Sound Barrier [1]
- Sounds of Blackness [2]
- Source Records (Firm) [117]
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference [1]
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Tex.) [1]
- Spanish Fly (Musical groups) [1]
- Special EFX (Musical groups) [1]
- Spinners (Musical group : U.S.) [1]
- Spinners (U.S.) [2]
- Sporty Thievz (Musical groups) [1]
- Spring Records [2]
- Sprung (Motion picture) [1]
- Spunkadelic (Musical group) [1]
- Spyro Gyra (Musical group) [7]
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) [1]
- Stacye and Kimiko [1]
- Staple Singers [11]
- Staple Singers (Musical Group) [1]
- Staples (Musical group) [12]
- Stargard (Musical group) [1]
- Starluv (Musical group) [1]
- Starpoint (Musical group) [5]
- Stax Records [13]
- Steel (Motion picture) [1]
- Steel Pulse [1]
- Stepchild (Musical groups) [1]
- Stetsasonic [1]
- Stone City Band [1]
- Stylistics [1]
- Subdudes [1]
- Sugar Babes (Musical group) [1]
- Sun (Musical groups) [1]
- Supremes (Musical group) [1]
- Surface (Musical group) [3]
- Surrender to the Air (Musical groups) [1]
- Sway & King Tech [2]
- Sweet Inspirations [2]
- Sweet Inspirations (Musical group) [1]
- Sweet Soul Music [2]
- Sweet Thunder (Musical group) [2]
- Sweet sensation (Musical group) [1]
- Switch [1]
- Switch (Musical group) [4]
- Sylvers (Musical group) [1]
- Sylvers (Musical groups) [5]
- Sylvester [2]
- System (Musical group) [1]
- T-Connection (Musical group) [2]
- T-Square (Musical groups) [1]
- T.C.F. [3]
- T.C.F. Crew [1]
- T.C.F. Crew (Musical group) [1]
- T.D.F. (Musical groups) [1]
- T.J. Kirk (Musical groups) [2]
- T.K. Productions [1]
- TBTBT (Musical groups) [1]
- TKA [1]
- TKA (Musical group) [1]
- TNeck [1]
- Take 6 [8]
- Take 6 (Musical group) [1]
- Take 6 (Musical groups) [4]
- Tamla [1]
- Taste of Honey (Musical group) [2]
- Tavares (Musical group) [2]
- Tavares (Musical groups) [2]
- Teen Dream (Musical group) [1]
- Temptations [1]
- Temptations (Musical group) [3]
- Ten City (Musical groups) [1]
- Texas Southern University [5]
- The Anointed Pace Sisters [1]
- The Bar-Kays [1]
- The Blind Boys of Alabama [1]
- The Brides of Funkenstein [1]
- The Cats and the Fiddle [1]
- The Clark Sisters [1]
- The Coasters [1]
- The Cover Girls [1]
- The Cross Movement [1]
- The Dazz Band [1]
- The Dells [3]
- The Fifth Dimension [1]
- The Five Keys [2]
- The Flamingos [1]
- The Floaters [1]
- The Force M.D.'s [1]
- The Gap Band [1]
- The Givens Family [1]
- The Hawkins Family [1]
- The Hip Hop Countdown and Report [1]
- The Horny Horns [1]
- The Isley Brothers [3]
- The Last Poets [1]
- The Love Fellowship Choir Crusade [1]
- The Manhattans [1]
- The Marvelettes [1]
- The Moments [1]
- The Nutty Professor [1]
- The O'Jays [1]
- The Original Tempts [1]
- The Orioles [4]
- The Pips [2]
- The Platters [1]
- The Rance Allen Group [1]
- The Regals [4]
- The Shirelles [1]
- The Simpsons [3]
- The Soul Brothers Six [1]
- The Soul Children [1]
- The Soul Searchers [1]
- The Spaniels [7]
- The Spinners [2]
- The Staples [1]
- The Stylistics [1]
- The Sweat Band [1]
- The Sylvers [3]
- The System [1]
- The Temptations [1]
- The Texas Boyz [2]
- The Thompson Community Singers [1]
- The Three Degrees [1]
- The Time [2]
- The Treniers [1]
- The Upsetters [1]
- The Valentine Brothers [2]
- The Wailers [1]
- The Williams Brothers [1]
- The Winans [2]
- The Winans Family [1]
- Third World (Reggae group) [2]
- Three Degrees (Musical group) [2]
- Three Times Dope (Musical Group) [1]
- Three Tons of Joy (Musical group) [5]
- Three Tymes Luv (Musical group) [2]
- Three for Three (Musical group) [1]
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund [2]
- Tierra [1]
- Til Tuesday (Musical groups) [1]
- Time (Musical group) [1]
- Time Warner, Inc. [15]
- Today (Musical group) [4]
- Tonight show (Television program) [1]
- Tony Orlando and Dawn (Musical group) [1]
- Tony Williams Quintet [2]
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- Warner Bros. Records [186]
- Columbia Records, Inc. [156]
- MCA Records, Inc. [136]
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. [134]
- CBS Records (Firm) [117]
- Capitol Records, Inc. [112]
- Columbia Records [93]
- Verve Records [80]
- Motown Record Corporation [79]
- Reprise Records [79]
- 20th Century Fox Records [8]
- 20th Century Records [2]
- 3-J's Records [1]
- 40 Acres and a Mule Musicworks [1]
- 415/Columbia Records [1]
- 4th B' Way [1]
- 4th B'way/Island Trading Co. [1]
- 8th Avenue Records [1]
- A&M Records [31]
- A&M Records (Firm) [44]
- A&M Records Inc. [2]
- A&M Recores [2]
- ABC Associated Booking Corp. [2]
- ABC Dunhill Records [2]
- ABC Impulse [1]
- ABC Impulse Records [1]
- ABC Peacock [2]
- ABC Records [9]
- ABC/Dunhill Records [3]
- AEI Records [1]
- ARC [1]
- ATCO Records [1]
- Abby Hoffer Enterprises [1]
- Adventure One Records [1]
- After Hours Records [1]
- Alive [3]
- Alkatraz Productions [1]
- Alligator Records [59]
- Alligator Records (Firm) [1]
- Alpha International Records [1]
- Alston Records [1]
- Always Fresh Records [1]
- Ambient Sound Records [1]
- American [4]
- American Famous Talent Corp. [1]
- American Record Corporation [4]
- American Recording Company [1]
- Amour Records [1]
- Antilles Records [3]
- Antone's [1]
- Antone's Records & Tapes [3]
- Apollo Theatre Records [1]
- Apple Records [10]
- Ariola Records [4]
- Arista [10]
- Arista (Firm) [51]
- Arista GRP [1]
- Arista Records [10]
- Arista/GRP Records [1]
- Arista/Novus [1]
- Ark21 [1]
- Associated Artists Management [1]
- Associated Booking Corporation [1]
- Associated Booking Corps [2]
- Asylum [2]
- Asylum Records [3]
- Atco Records [4]
- Atlanta Records [1]
- Atlantic [2]
- Atlantic Recording Corporation [7]
- Atlantic Records [33]
- Atlantic Records/Downtown [1]
- Atlantic; Ashley Famous Agency [1]
- Atron Gregory [1]
- Attitude Records [1]
- Awesome Management [1]
- B Boy Records [1]
- B-Rite Music, Inc. [1]
- BNB Management Company [1]
- Backbeat Records (Houston, Tex.) [1]
- Bahamas Tourist News Bureau (Nassau, Bahamas) (New York, NY) [1]
- Bailey Broadcasting Services [1]
- Bandit Records [1]
- Bang Records [1]
- Barbara Hunt Associates (Cincinnati) [1]
- Bearsville Records [1]
- Becket Records [1]
- Believe in a Dream Records [1]
- Bellmark Records [6]
- Beracah Records [1]
- Bern Agency [1]
- Berry Gordon, Jr. [1]
- Big Oomp Records [1]
- Black Bull [1]
- Blackberry Records [4]
- Blind Pig Records [6]
- Blue Duke [1]
- Blue Horizon Records [2]
- Blue Note [2]
- Blue Note (Firm) [3]
- Blue Note Records [19]
- Blue Sky [1]
- Blue Thumb Records [5]
- Boardwalk Entertainment [4]
- Boardwalk Entertainment Co. [5]
- Bon Ami Records [1]
- Boston International Records [1]
- Brokaw Company [1]
- Bruce Jones [2]
- Brunswick (Sound recording label) [1]
- Brunswick Records [2]
- Bry-wek Productions [1]
- Bryant Records [2]
- Buddah Records [1]
- Buffalo Booking Agency (Houston, Tex.) [17]
- Bug [1]
- Bullseye Blues/Rounder Records [1]
- Bum Rush [1]
- CBS Associated [2]
- CBS Records [3]
- CBS Records (Firm) [117]
- CBS Records, Inc. [1]
- CTI Records [10]
- California Gospel Enterprises [2]
- Capital Entertainment [1]
- Capitol Records [60]
- Capitol Records, Inc. [112]
- Capricorn Records [1]
- Cardiac Records [1]
- Carlson Publishing, Inc. [2]
- Casablanca Record and Film Works [6]
- Casablanca Records [2]
- Cecil Holmes' Chocolate City [1]
- Chameleon Records [1]
- Champion Entertainment, Inc. [1]
- Chaos [1]
- Charisma Records [1]
- Chess Records (Firm) [3]
- Chi Sound Records [2]
- Chi-Sound Records [1]
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra [1]
- Chime Entertainment [1]
- Chocolate City [2]
- Chopper City Records [2]
- Chrysalis Music Group [2]
- Circle City Records [2]
- Class A Recordings [1]
- Classic Studio [1]
- Cold Chillin' [18]
- Cold Chillin' Records abd Video Inc. [4]
- Cold Chillin' Records and Video Inc. [1]
- Cold-Wave [3]
- Columbia [12]
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. [4]
- Columbia Records [93]
- Columbia Records, Inc. [156]
- Columbia/Legacy [3]
- Command Record [2]
- Command Recording [1]
- Command Records [9]
- Conceited Records [1]
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation [1]
- Constellation [5]
- Constellation Records [1]
- Contemporary [1]
- Contemporary Records [1]
- Cotillion [1]
- Cotillion Records [6]
- Creed Taylor Inc. Records [1]
- Crew La Poo [1]
- Curtom Records [4]
- Curtum Records [2]
- Cutting Records [1]
- D. Blackmon Bailey Advertising & Promotions [6]
- D.J.M. Records [1]
- DC Comics, Inc. [1]
- DJM Records [1]
- DRK Productions, Inc. [4]
- DVS Productions [1]
- Dash Records [1]
- David Leiken/Chad Debnam [1]
- De-Aire Management [1]
- De-Lite Records [9]
- Dean/KellGriff & Associates [1]
- Deborah Chessler [1]
- Dee-Mo Records [1]
- Def Jam Recordings [13]
- Delicios Vinyl [1]
- Delicious Vinyl [2]
- Denon Records [2]
- Dial Press [1]
- Dial Records [1]
- Dick Scott Entertainment [1]
- Dooto Records [2]
- Double T. Productions [1]
- Dre Force Records [1]
- Dreamworks LLC [1]
- Duke Records, Inc. [4]
- ECI [1]
- ECM Records [2]
- EMI Gospel [1]
- EMI Records [1]
- EMI Records Ltd. [11]
- EMI Records, Ltd. [3]
- EMI-Manhattan Records [4]
- ERG [1]
- Earthworks [1]
- Easetown Management [1]
- East West Records [2]
- Eastwest Records [3]
- Eastwest Records America [2]
- Easylee Records [1]
- Editions Makossa Records [3]
- Effect Records [1]
- Egyptian Empire Records [1]
- Elektra [15]
- Elektra Entertainment [13]
- Elektra Entertainment (Firm) [3]
- Elektra Records [3]
- Elektra Records (Firm) [27]
- Elektra/Asylum Records [2]
- Elmeria Records [1]
- EmArcy Records [1]
- Emergency Records and Filmworks [1]
- Emmett Cash III [1]
- Emperor Records [1]
- Enigma Records [2]
- Enterprise [1]
- Epic [15]
- Epic Portrait Associated [2]
- Epic Records [64]
- Epic/Legacy [1]
- Erect Records [1]
- Erisong Records [1]
- Exclusive Entertainment [1]
- F&P Talent Services [1]
- Family Biz Entertainment [1]
- Famous Artists Agency [1]
- Fantasy [5]
- Fantasy Records [51]
- Fantasy WMOT Records [1]
- Far Out Records [1]
- Fast Lane Productions [1]
- Fever Records [1]
- First Class, Inc. [1]
- First World Entertainment [1]
- Flying Dutchman [2]
- Flying Dutchman ; RCA [1]
- Folks Productions [1]
- Fontana [1]
- Forest Hamilton Management [1]
- Fortune Records [1]
- Fotofolio [1]
- Fred Nathan Public Relations [1]
- Full Force Productions [1]
- Funki Dreds [1]
- GRP Records [16]
- GRP Records, Inc. [1]
- Gabbe, Lutz and Heller [1]
- Galaxy [3]
- Galaxy Records [8]
- Gale Agency [3]
- Gale Agency, Inc. [1]
- Gale Inc. [3]
- Geffen Records [18]
- General Artists Corporation [2]
- George Treadwell [1]
- Gertrude M. Quinton [1]
- Gia Management [1]
- Giant Records [16]
- Giant/Reprise Records [1]
- Gift Horse [1]
- Gold City [2]
- Gold Mind Records [2]
- Gold Plate Records [1]
- Gordy Records [5]
- Gramavision Records [4]
- Great Scott Productions [1]
- Greensleeves Records [1]
- Groovemakers Entertainment Complex [1]
- Guy Thomas, Kragen & Company [1]
- Harmolodic/Verve [1]
- Harvest Records [1]
- Haven Records [2]
- Heads Up Records [3]
- Heads Up Records International [3]
- Herbert Barrett Management (New York, NY) [1]
- Hi Records [1]
- Hi Records/London [2]
- Hight Street Records [1]
- Hightone Records [1]
- Hill-Eubanks Group, Inc. & Moonlight and Magnolias, Inc. [1]
- Hip Rock Records [1]
- Hollywood Records [1]
- Hush Entertainment [1]
- Hush Productions, Inc. [1]
- I.R.S. Records [2]
- ICA Records [1]
- ICM [3]
- IMC; Gordy Recording Artists [1]
- IMC; Tamla Recording Artists [1]
- IPBN [1]
- IRS Records [2]
- Ice Records [1]
- Ichiban Records [34]
- Imperial [1]
- Impulse!/ABC Records [3]
- Independent A&R Productions [1]
- Indianapolis News [1]
- Indianapolis Opera Company [1]
- Integrity Music [2]
- Interface [1]
- Interscope Records [1]
- Interscope Records, Inc. [2]
- Intersound [3]
- Island [8]
- Island Records [6]
- Island Records Inc. [1]
- Island Trading Co. [3]
- J-Town Sound [1]
- J.B. Kargman & Co. [1]
- JB Management [1]
- JIVE [1]
- JMJ Records [1]
- JRS Records [1]
- JVC [1]
- Jack Whittemore [2]
- Jack Whittemore (NY) [1]
- Jeffrey Ross Music [1]
- Jellybean Productions [1]
- Jerry Schilling [1]
- Jesse Jones [1]
- Jive [11]
- Jive Afrika [1]
- Jive Records [7]
- Jobete Music Company [3]
- Joda Enterprises (New York, N.Y.) [1]
- Joe Glaser [3]
- John Levy Enterprises [1]
- Johnson Publishing Co. Inc [1]
- Juana Records [1]
- Julius Dixon & George Lee [1]
- Just Cash Records [1]
- Justin Venable & Associates [1]
- KCET [1]
- KQED/PBS [1]
- KUED [1]
- Kalista Records [1]
- Katherine Nici, Bahamas Tourist News Bureau (New York, NY) (Coral Gables, FL) [1]
- Keep A-Rockin' Records [1]
- King Jay Records [3]
- King Jay Records ; Reprise [1]
- King Record Company [2]
- King Snake Records [2]
- Kirshner [1]
- Koch Records [7]
- Kudu [4]
- Kudu Records [2]
- La Gren, Inc. [1]
- LaFace Records [1]
- LaVaba Group [1]
- Laface/Legacy [1]
- Laff Records [1]
- Landmark Records [10]
- Larc Records [1]
- Legacy [1]
- Legacy Recordings [2]
- Lethal Beat Records [1]
- Lew Platt [1]
- Lewra Productions [1]
- Liberty [1]
- Liberty Records [6]
- Lionel Hampton Enterprises [1]
- Lionhead, Ltd. [1]
- Lippin & Grant, Inc. [1]
- Livin' Large Records [3]
- Living Legends Foundation [1]
- Lloyd & Lloyd [1]
- Locked-In Productions [1]
- Logan H. Westbrooks [1]
- Logic Records [1]
- London Features International [1]
- London Records [9]
- London Records, Inc. [1]
- Loud Records [2]
- Louis Levin Management [1]
- Louis Oliver [1]
- Luaka Bop [1]
- Luke Records [3]
- Luke Skywalker Records [1]
- Lynn Coles Productions [1]
- MAC (Magna Artists Corp.) [1]
- MAMA Foundation [2]
- MCA [10]
- MCA Impulse! [1]
- MCA Records [15]
- MCA Records ; Sidney Seidenberg, Inc. [1]
- MCA Records Inc. [31]
- MCA Records, INC. [5]
- MCA Records, Inc. [136]
- MCA/GRP [1]
- MGM Records [1]
- Malaco Records [1]
- Malpaso Records [2]
- Mama Foundation [1]
- Mama Musical Archives Foundation [1]
- Management Associates [1]
- Mango [12]
- Mango Records [1]
- Manhattan [1]
- Manhattan Records [12]
- Manhattan/Blue Note [1]
- Manhattan/Blue Note Records [1]
- Manhattan/Capitol Records [1]
- Mannie Greenfield [1]
- Margie Gillis-Moss (Illinois) [1]
- Marina Sound Records [1]
- Marvic Productions [1]
- Mary Webb Davis [1]
- Masterworks [1]
- Maurice, Chicago [1]
- Maverick [1]
- Maverick Music Co. [2]
- Maverick Recording Company [5]
- Megatone Records [1]
- Meltone Records [1]
- Mercury [3]
- Mercury Record Corporation [35]
- Mercury Records [41]
- Mercury on Broadway [1]
- Midland International Records, Inc. [1]
- Mika Records [1]
- Milestone [16]
- Milestone Records [31]
- Milestone/Fantasy Inc. [1]
- Millennium Records [1]
- Milton Richman's Sport Parade [1]
- Mirage [3]
- MoJazz [2]
- Modern Records [1]
- Mogull Entertainment [1]
- Montrell Management [2]
- Monument Record Corp. [2]
- Motown [2]
- Motown Record Corporation [79]
- Motown Records [29]
- Motown/Soul Records [1]
- Mouth Almighty Records [1]
- Movin' Fast Records [1]
- MusicMasters [1]
- MyDisc Records [2]
- N/A [1]
- NBC [1]
- NET [1]
- NET and Humble Oil & Refining Company [1]
- NIP Magazine? [1]
- Nancy C. Pitts [1]
- Nastymix Records [3]
- National Public Radio [1]
- Neighborhood Watch Records [1]
- Nemperor Records [1]
- Network Records [1]
- Nickelodeon [1]
- Noo Trybe [1]
- Novus [1]
- Ocean Records [1]
- Okeh Records (Firm) [1]
- Olivia Records [1]
- Original Black Recordings [1]
- Original Dells Inc. [1]
- Orion Records [1]
- Orpheus (Sound recording label) [5]
- Orpheus Productions [1]
- Orpheus Records (Sound recording label) [1]
- Otis Jones [1]
- Outburst Records [1]
- PBS [60]
- PBS/Georgia Public TV [1]
- PBS/WETA/WNET [1]
- PBS/WGBH [1]
- PBS/WJCT [1]
- PBS/WKNO [1]
- PWL America [1]
- Pablo [1]
- Pablo Records [3]
- Pacific Artists [1]
- Paisley Park [2]
- Paisley Park Records (Firm : Chanhassen, Minn.) [9]
- Paisley Park/Warner Brothers [1]
- Pan American World Airlines, Inc. [1]
- Parachute [1]
- Paradise Records [1]
- Paramount Pictures [6]
- Peacock Records, Inc. [3]
- Pendulum [1]
- Perenchio/Artists' Representatives (Beverly Hills, CA) [1]
- Perspective Records [2]
- Peters' Records [1]
- Philadelphia International Records [12]
- Philadephia International Records [5]
- Philedelphia International Records [1]
- Philips Records [1]
- Philly Groove [1]
- Philly World Records [2]
- Phonogram, Inc. [2]
- Poe Boy Entertainment [1]
- Pointblank [2]
- Polaris [1]
- Poly Gram Records [1]
- PolyGram [1]
- PolyGram Records [7]
- PolyGram Records, Inc. [51]
- Polydor [1]
- Polydor (Firm) [9]
- Polydor Incorp. [4]
- Polydor Incorporated [1]
- Polydor Records [7]
- Polydor, Inc. [1]
- Polygram [1]
- Polygram Jazz [1]
- Polygram Records, Inc. [1]
- Portrait [4]
- Portrait Records [1]
- Posse Records [2]
- Power Artists [2]
- Prelude Records [2]
- Premeditated [1]
- Premium [1]
- Prestige Records [25]
- Prime Time Productions [1]
- Priority Records [4]
- Private I Records [5]
- Private Music [2]
- Pro Arts [1]
- Profile Records [2]
- Publicity portrait [1]
- Pure Springs Gospel/EMI Gospel [1]
- Push Play Records [1]
- QBC (New York, NY) [1]
- Quest [1]
- Quintet Assoc. [1]
- Quon Professional Management [1]
- Quon Professional Management, Inc. [1]
- Qwest [5]
- Qwest Records [57]
- Qwest Records Inc. [1]
- Qwest/Reprise [1]
- Qwest/Reprise Records [1]
- RCA Records [42]
- RCA Records and Cassettes [5]
- RCA Records and Tapes [11]
- RPM Records [1]
- RSO Records [3]
- RSO Records, Inc. [10]
- RadioScope [1]
- Raj [1]
- Rap-A-Lot Records [2]
- Rara Records [1]
- Reach Productions [1]
- Relativity [1]
- Reprise Records [79]
- Reprise Records (Firm) [52]
- Reprise/Warner Archives [1]
- Restless Records [2]
- Rhyme Cartel Records [4]
- Rhythm King [2]
- Ric Records [1]
- Richard Carpenter [1]
- Rick Roberts [2]
- Rick Taylor (The Memphis Company) [1]
- Roberts Public Relations [1]
- Rockville Productions [2]
- Rocky Road Records [1]
- Ron Rainey Management [1]
- Royalty Records [1]
- Ruff House Records [10]
- Ruffhouse Records [4]
- Rush Artist Management [3]
- Rush Associated Labels [1]
- Ruthless Records (Firm) [2]
- SBK Records [10]
- SDEG Records [1]
- SGR [1]
- SIRE Records [4]
- Salsoul Records [1]
- Sam J. Lutz (Hollywood, CA) [1]
- Samuel Gage, Jr. [1]
- San Francisco Opera [2]
- Sanders, Nichols, Weber [1]
- Sanjatom Group, Inc. [1]
- Scotti Bros [11]
- Scotti Bros. [1]
- Scotti Bros. Records [21]
- Sed-n-Dun Productions [1]
- Shanachie [30]
- Shanachie Entertainment [14]
- Shanachie Recording Artist [3]
- Shanachie Recording Artists [9]
- Shanachie/Cachet [1]
- Shaw Artists Corp. [6]
- Shaw Artists Corporation [1]
- Shelter Recording Company Inc. [1]
- Shephard Management [1]
- Sho Bidness [2]
- Si [1]
- Sight & Sound Management [2]
- Silas Records [2]
- Sire [1]
- Sire Records [12]
- Sire Records Company [10]
- Sire Records Group [1]
- So So Def [1]
- So So Def Records [1]
- So So Def Records, Inc. [2]
- So So Def Records/Sony Music [2]
- SoSo Def Recordings, Inc. [1]
- SoSo Def Records [2]
- Solar [18]
- Solar (Sound of Los Angeles Records) [2]
- Solar Records [2]
- Solar Sounds of Los Angeles [1]
- Solar Sounds of Los Angeles Records [5]
- Solid Gold Management [1]
- Solid Smoke Records [4]
- Song Records [1]
- Sony BMG/Legacy [1]
- Sony Music [29]
- Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. [23]
- Soul II Soul Records [1]
- Soul-Po-Tion Records [4]
- Sound Ideas Studio [1]
- Sound Stage 7 Records [1]
- Source Records [4]
- Source Records (Firm) [10]
- Southpaw Entertainment [1]
- Sparrow Media Relations [3]
- Specialty Records [2]
- Spirit Feel/Shanachie [1]
- Spring Records [6]
- Spring Records/Polydor [1]
- St. Phillip Publishing Co. [1]
- Star Trak Records [1]
- Stax [3]
- Stax Records [20]
- Stax Records Record Co. [1]
- Stellar Productions [1]
- Stevenson Organization [1]
- Stiff Records [2]
- Strong City Records [2]
- Sugarhill Records LTD. [2]
- Sunshine Records [2]
- Surefire [1]
- Susan Popkin Wadsworth (NY) [1]
- Syndicast Services [2]
- Syndicast Services Inc. [3]
- T C Management Inc. (Beverly Hills) [1]
- T-Neck [2]
- T-Neck Records [1]
- T.K. Productions [2]
- TNECK [2]
- TSOV Records [1]
- TV Keynote [1]
- TV Scout Previews [1]
- TVT Records [5]
- TWM Management Services [1]
- Tabu [5]
- Tabu Records [1]
- Tag Enterprises [1]
- Taj Records [4]
- Tamla [4]
- Tech Sound Ind. [1]
- Tent Records [1]
- Thalia [1]
- The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. [2]
- The Cameron Organization, Inc. [1]
- The Drifters, Inc. [1]
- The Muller Organization, Inc. [1]
- The New No Limit Records [1]
- The Sound of Philadelphia [1]
- Theodore Arthur & Associates [3]
- This Way Up (Firm) [1]
- Thom/Tay Management [1]
- Thunder [1]
- Thunder Records [1]
- Tin Pan Apple Records [1]
- Tneck [1]
- Tobu [1]
- Tommy Boy [29]
- Top Flight Productions [1]
- Total Experience Records [5]
- Triad Artists, Inc. [1]
- Tyscot [8]
- Ultrax Records [3]
- Uncle Jam [1]
- Uni Records [3]
- United Artists [2]
- United Artists Records [3]
- United Press International [2]
- United Press International, Inc. [1]
- Universal Attractions [4]
- Universal Attractions (Los Angeles, Calif.) [6]
- Universal City Studios, Inc. [9]
- Universal Records [1]
- Unlimited Gold Records & Tapes [1]
- Uptown Records [3]
- Urgent! [1]
- V2 Records [2]
- VUM/Ruff House/Columbia Records [1]
- Vanguard Records [1]
- Vee Jay Records [1]
- Vee-Jay Records [1]
- Verity [1]
- Verve [3]
- Verve Forecast [9]
- Verve Forecast/Talkin' Loud [1]
- Verve Records [80]
- Vintertainment [2]
- Virgin [8]
- Virgin Records [17]
- Virile Records [1]
- Viviane, Inc. [5]
- Volt [3]
- W.H.M. Enterprises [1]
- WCNY [1]
- WETA [2]
- WGBH [3]
- WGBH Boston [2]
- WJCT [2]
- WMOT Records [2]
- WNET/PBS [4]
- WNEW [1]
- WORD [1]
- WQED/Pittsburg & John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [1]
- WTG records [1]
- Walt Disney Productions [1]
- Warner Bros. [1]
- Warner Bros. Records [186]
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. [134]
- Warner Bros./Quest Records Inc. [1]
- Warren Lanier Enterprises [2]
- Weisner-DeMann Entertainment [1]
- West End Records [3]
- Westbrooks Management [1]
- Wide World Photos [1]
- Wild Dog Series [2]
- Willard Alexander, Inc. [1]
- William Morris Agency [2]
- Willkerr [1]
- Willow Records [1]
- Wing Records [2]
- Wing Records/Mercury [1]
- Wing Records/Polygram [1]
- Winterland productions, Rock Express [1]
- Word Records [4]
- Words of Wisdom [2]
- Work Records [2]
- World Pacific [1]
- World Pacific/Capitol Records [1]
- World Wide Entertainment Complex [1]
- Wrap Records [5]
- Zane Management [1]
- Zebra Records [3]
- Zomba Recording [6]
- Zomba Recording Corp [1]
- Zomba Recording Corparation [1]
- Zoo Entertainment [2]
- [Smithsonian reproduction] [34]
- [Total Experience Records] [1]
- j Records [1]

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