Axton, Estelle Stewart

Axton, Estelle Stewart
▪ 2005

      American music publisher (b. Sept. 11, 1918, Middleton, Tenn.—d. Feb. 24, 2004, Memphis, Tenn.), founded with her brother, Jim Stewart, Stax Records, a soul music label from Memphis that was second in influence only to Motown Records. Spurred into the business by witnessing the success of the company that launched the career of local legend Elvis Presley, she soon came to represent such artists as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, Sam and Dave, and Booker T. and the MG's, which was the label's house band. By the time the company closed in 1975, she had already left and helped found Fretone Records.

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