King Records Heritage Project in Cincinnati, Ohio

[nativeNY63]

Wasn't Martha Washington a part of the JB/King Records family?

[robb_k]

Wasn't Martha Washington a part of the JB/King Records family?

Marva Whitney was. I don't remember a Martha Washington among his productions. There was an Albert Washington on a Cincinnati Record label [[Fraternity Records) that was distributed by King. I stopped listening to the radio in late 1966, but I still bought Soul records until mid 1972, when I moved to The Netherlands. But, James Brown moved from King to Polydor near the end of the '60s, when King shut down their new production, and was sold, when Syd Nathan died. So, I was in USA most of the year [[all but 3 months), every year that James Brown worked for King. And I was working part time at a Soul record store in Southwest L.A., so If there was a Martha Washington having records released on King, produced by James Brown, I should remember her.

I know she couldn't have been George's wife, she'd have had to be 200 years old! And she was a secret Soul music fan? - something like Barbara Billingsley????

I see that Martha Wash [[of The Two Tons Of Fun and The Weather Girls) was a backup singer for James Brown. But she wasn't born until 1953, so, she was too young to have worked with him while he was still with King Records. She started singing professionally in the mid 1970s, some years after Brown moved over to Polydor). Was her original [[birth) name Washington?

[nativeNY63]

That's who I was thinking about Robb!
Martha Wash! Thanks for the correction.

[woodward]

I just discovered that a King Records Legacy Foundation is getting involved in the restoration of the Evanston HQ of King Records. The story indicates that King was the sixth largest record company in the late 1950's and employed 400 people. Fascinating isn't it?

https://www.citybeat.com/news/the-ki...-hits-13808034

[Motown Eddie]

I just discovered that a King Records Legacy Foundation is getting involved in the restoration of the Evanston HQ of King Records. The story indicates that King was the sixth largest record company in the late 1950's and employed 400 people. Fascinating isn't it?

https://www.citybeat.com/news/the-ki...-hits-13808034

Fascinating Indeed! Thanks for sharing this article about the King Records Legacy Foundation. As others already pointed out, King was a major label in the '50s & 60s that had many of the Greatest Artists in R&B, Doo Wop, Country & Soul Music.