Talk:Sharon Tandy

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NOT the first white artist at Stax

Sharon Tandy was demonstratably NOT the first white artist to record for Stax. Sharon Tandy's Stax session took place in 1966, and I can find no evidence that it was ever released on Stax. (It came out on Atlantic, I believe.) Meanwhile, the label's very first release in 1961 was by the all-white band The Mar-Keys, albeit the band was augmented by black session musicians.

A little while later, still in 1961, Macy Skipper recorded a weird sort of comedy sketch/rockabilly number; Nick Charles (a white DJ) recorded two singles for the label in 1962; white teenage sisters Cheryl & Fam Johnson recorded a Stzx single in 1963.

I've deleted the reference in the article. 172.164.212.12 (talk) 02:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are already reliable sources cited in the article for this, and to counter it, you need to cite equally valid, reliable sources. We don't go on personal knowledge here, because it fails verifiability. Please feel free to cite references in support of your contentions. Rodhull andemu 02:49, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Source is Rob Bowman's liner notes for "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles" 1959-1968" (copyright 1991 by The Atantic Recording Corporation). This 64-page booklet gives fairly detailed commentary single-by-single, with release dates. The Mar-Keys' "Last Night" is discussed on pages 2-3; Skipper and Charles are discussed on page 5; the Johnson Sisters on page 10. Actual release dates for these singles are covered in the discography, pgs 43-62.

Tandy does not appear in Bowman's discography, nor in the singles discographies for the Stax/Volt box sets covering later years; nor can I find her in various on-line Stax album discographies. It would appear the material she recorded at Stax was released on Atlantic -- this also happened with Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett and others. However, recording at the Stax studios is not the same as being signed to the Stax label.

So, as far as I can determine, Tandy was not only NOT the first white singer signed to Stax, she wasn't even a Stax artist. (Nor was she the first white singer to record in the Stax studios.) Rob Bowman, of course, went on to write "Soulsville USA", the definitive history of Stax. Tandy is not mentioned in this volume as being the first white artist on Stax.

None of this takes away from the quality of Tandy's music, of course! 172.162.19.211 (talk) 15:29, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]