Jim Stewart (record producer)

Jim Stewart
Jim Stewart
	Stewart c. 1960s
Background information
Birth name	James Frank Stewart
Born	July 29, 1930; Middleton, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	December 5, 2022 (aged 92); Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Soul
Occupation(s)	Record executive; record producer;
Years active	1957–1975
Labels	Stax

James Frank Stewart^[1] (July 29, 1930 – December 5, 2022) was an American record producer and executive who in 1957 co-founded Stax Records with his sister Estelle Axton. Stax was one of the leading recording companies during soul and R&B music's heyday.^[2]^[3] The label also scored many hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart, and internationally, during this time.^[4]^[5]

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^ Grace Lichtenstein, "U.S. Details Payola Plot Of $406,737", New York Times, August 22, 1973. Retrieved 6 December 2022
^ Bowman, Rob (1995). "The Stax Sound: A Musicological Analysis". Popular Music. 14 (3): 285–320. doi:10.1017/S0261143000007753. JSTOR 853127. S2CID 162379706.
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^ "Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, who helped produce the "Memphis sound," is dead at 92", Music Times, 7 December 2022, retrieved 8 December 2022, Stax's 15 years of service led the company to push more than 167 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

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[2] Grace Lichtenstein, "U.S. Details Payola Plot Of $406,737", New York Times, August 22, 1973. Retrieved 6 December 2022

[3] Bowman, Rob (1995). "The Stax Sound: A Musicological Analysis". Popular Music. 14 (3): 285–320. doi:10.1017/S0261143000007753. JSTOR 853127. S2CID 162379706.

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[5] "Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, who helped produce the "Memphis sound," is dead at 92", Music Times, 7 December 2022, retrieved 8 December 2022, Stax's 15 years of service led the company to push more than 167 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

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