Steeltown Records
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Steeltown Records was a short-lived record label active from 1966 to 1972. The record company was founded by William Adams (aka Gordon Keith), Ben Brown, Maurice Rogers, Willie Spencer, and Ludie Washington in Gary, Indiana, United States. It is best known as the label that first signed The Jackson 5 in 1967 before Motown signed the group in 1969.
Two Jackson 5 singles were recorded and produced in Chicago by Keith who signed "The Jackson Five" to a separate contract with him (each co-owner discovered, signed, and was responsible for their own groups) on November 23, 1967 during their short tenure with Steeltown — "Big Boy"/"You Changed" and "We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (to Fall in Love)"/"Some Girls Want Me For Their Lover";[1][2] "Big Boy" was released on January 31, 1968, and became a local hit.[3] Keith himself a vocalist at the time, sang backup harmony with co-owner Washington and another recording artist on "Big Boy", which was written by Chicago musician Eddie Silvers.
Brown moved to Los Angeles, California, after the Jacksons moved there in 1969, and became the president of Jackson Records partnering with Joe Jackson, the father of The Jackson Five. In January 2015, Brown's son Dwayne Joseph Brown and his son's business partner, Alicia Barber (songwriter and author whom wrote "Born Rejected"), came together to launch SteelTown Los Angeles.
See also
Notes
- ^ Taraborrelli, p. 36–37
- ^ "Early Jackson Five". Classicurbanharmony.net. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ Big Boy, 40th Anniversary http://www.jackson5abc.com/steeltown/
References
- Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2004). The Magic and the Madness. Terra Alta, WV: Headline. ISBN 0-330-42005-4.
- Neely, Tim (2000). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1950-1975 2nd Ed. Iola, WI: Krause. ISBN 0-87341-934-0.
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