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King Records DX
True American Music

This is the website of King Studios, a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 as a collaboration of Xavier University and the Evanston Community Council. It commemorates the unique cultural and social contributions made by historic King Records in the neighborhood of Evanston in Cincinnati. King Studios aims to engage the Evanston community, especially young people, in educational programs that document Evanston’s history and the ways that King Records created a racially integrated workplace and a diverse set of musical traditions. King Studios supports the efforts of the King Legacy Committee. King Records DX website was created and is maintained through the generosity of Tim and Mary Riordan and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation.

Pioneering Racial Integration

Rock and Roll is Born

Women of King

“The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.”

James Brown
Godfather of Soul

 
“We gotta play music that’ll make them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table”

Moon Mullican
King of Hillbilly Piano

 
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Bill Beach

Wurlitzer Music Studios, U.S.A. Marine Corps. &
King Records “Peg Pants”

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Andy Leach

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum & Library + Archives

 

Otis Williams

This Charming Man

 

Philip Paul

Backbone of American music

 

Bootsy Collins

The Cincinnati Funk Original

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King Records 75th Anniversary

Celebrate the King at Memorial Hall, Cincinnati

King Studios Nonprofit

King Studio’s mission is to celebrate and educate the public about King Records' role in American history, specifically the history of post-World War II Evanston, Ohio.

King Records was the birthplace of racially inclusive Rock & Roll and a place with a diverse and integrated in-house business model that served as a recording studio, production house, and record distribution center.