In the collection
2 records
Played with
Dale Hawkins
2 records together
Eleanor Broadwater
2 records together
The Rolling Stones
1 record together
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1 record together
Andrew Loog Oldham
1 record together
Chuck Berry
1 record together
Jay McShann
1 record together
Walter Brown
1 record together
Nanker Phelge
1 record together
Norman Meade
1 record together
Jagger-Richards
1 record together
Bobby Womack
1 record together
About
July 5, 1927 - July 15, 2018. American producer, label and record store owner, and songwriter.
Older brother of Ronnie Lewis, father of Susan Lewis and Lenny Lewis.
He opened the “Stan’s Record Shop” in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 22, 1948. He set up an independent distribution network, distributing such labels as Chess (he had worked for Chess earlier), Atlantic, Checker, Specialty Records Inc., and Imperial. According to BMI he has written or co-written over 600 titles, including “Susie-Q”. In 1963, he founded Jewel Records to record R&B. In the late 1960s he also founded the Ronn Records and Paula Records imprints. He sold the catalogs in 1999. Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Born July 5, 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Died July 15, 2018 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA