Stax Records was established in 1959 by siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, who created the company name out of the primary two letters of each of their last names. Stewart and Axton based the label in Memphis, Tennessee as …
Stax Records was established in 1959 by siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, who created the company name out of the primary two letters of each of their last names. Stewart and Axton based the label in Memphis, Tennessee as …