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Jean Knight, Who Struck Platinum With ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ Dies at 80
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Knight, Jean (1943-2023) Mr. Big Stuff (Song) New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Rhythm and Blues (Music) Stax Records

Jean Knight, Who Struck Platinum With ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ Dies at 80

Her anthem of female strength topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached No. 2 on the pop chart in 1971. Its appeal has endured.
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Posted by By Richard Sandomir
Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92
Posted inBlack People Deaths (Obituaries) Memphis (Tenn) Nineteen Hundred Sixties Rhythm and Blues (Music) Stax Records Stewart, Jim (1930-2022)

Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92

His background was in country music. But Stax, the label he founded with his sister, achieved a level of success with Black artists that rivaled Motown’s.
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Posted by By Bill Friskics-Warren

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