Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lewis, Stan, 1927-
- Abstract:
- Selection of 45rpm singles issued in the 1960s-1980s on record labels owned by Stan Lewis in Shreveport, Louisiana. Includes rhythm and blues, blues, and gospel music on Jewel Records and Stan's Record Division subsidiary labels Ronn Records, Paula Records, Susie Q Records, and Head.
- Extent:
- 83 Audio Discs (45 rpm; 7 in.)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Stan Lewis Collection of 45 rpm Records, SC 48, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Stanley Lewis was born in 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1948, he established Stan's Music Shop where he began distributing rhythm and blues records from independent labels. In 1954, he began producing R&B and Rock n' Roll records and by 1964, he founded and began releasing records on Jewel Records, soon followed by subsidiary labels, Paula and Ronn. The combined labels released over 1,000 releases over the next twenty years from artists usch as John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Soul Stirrers, and Ike and Tina Turner. During 1972, he sold over 2.5 million singles and over 470,000 albums. Lewis was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2009 and remained in Shreveport until his death in 2018.
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains about eighty 45 rpm records from Stan Lewis' personal collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Stan Lewis in 1992.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in one series:
- Series 1: 45rpm discs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Rhythm and blues music
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.
For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Stan Lewis Collection of 45 rpm Records, SC 48, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu