King of the Queen City by Jon Hartley Fox HARDBACK 9780252034688

King of the Queen City\nby Jon Hartley Fox\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jon Hartley Fox\nTitle: King of the Queen City\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Music\nPublisher: MO - University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252034688\nISBN-10: 0252034686\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nKing of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history of American music. Founded by businessman Sydney Nathan in the mid-1940s, this small outsider record company in Cincinnati, Ohio, attracted a diverse roster of artists, including James Brown, the Stanley Brothers, Grandpa Jones, Redd Foxx, Earl Bostic, Bill Doggett, Ike Turner, Roy Brown, Freddie King, Eddie Vinson, and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. While .