The entire staff is dedicated to working with our rising artists – from music and video production, to touring, PR and licensing. We have our soul, blues, and gospel catalogs with both legacy and newer artists, and other current artists which are marketed under genres including Americana and modern country. Our new artists are marketed just as much as our legendary artists, whether they are known or not. You represent legendary copyrights but also rising artists. In addition to the Malaco label, the company also owns Savoy Gospel Records, Atlanta International Records, Apollo Records, Muscle Shoals Sound Records and several other smaller labels. Today Malaco is the largest gospel music company in the world, encompassing thousands of recordings and compositions. The Jackson Southernaires were our first major gospel group which led us to signing many other top gospel groups in the country. In the mid-1970s, Malaco started building its gospel catalog similar to how we developed our soul/blues artist base. Little Milton, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Johnnie Taylor, Latimore, Shirley Brown and Denise LaSalle all signed with Malaco. With this success, we were able to sign several national blues and soul artists which stabilized our artist roster base. Hill whose album “Down Home” was certified gold. A couple of years later we started releasing records on our own Malaco imprint and our first gold record was Dorothy Moore’s “Misty Blue”. Next came two gold records: King Floyd’s “Groove Me” and Jean Knight’s “Mr. Our first record of note was “I Do Not Play No Rock & Roll”, a Grammy nominated album by Mississippi Fred McDowell. We made records and leased them to major record companies, and were successful almost from the beginning. Malaco started out as a recording studio, modeled to a degree on what was going on in Memphis and in Muscle Shoals. The biggest challenge of the last several years has been the transition from physical to digital-based sales.Ĭan you talk us through Malaco’s rich musical heritage and roster, and the umbrella of companies in the Malaco group? The tornado did cause some hardships however, other than relocating while our campus was rebuilt, the business continued. From that point on, we just grew the business by building our music catalog. The management at Malaco has prevailed through many changes in the music industry, going through several feast to famine business cycles in the beginning until we established ourselves as a true independent record and publishing company. What’s the secret to Malaco’s success and longevity?
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and Film & TV Licensing Executive Director Louise Black, we chat survival, the business of soul and blues, and preserving the Malaco legacy for years to come…Ĭongratulations on Malaco’s 50th anniversary! The company has overcome tremendous adversity, from its early struggles to surviving a tornado.
In this Q&A with Malaco’s co-founder Tommy Couch, Sr. One of America’s foremost labels in the fields of southern soul, blues, and gospel, the Mississippi-based company celebrated its 50th Anniversary last year and shows no sign of slowing down. Whether on purpose or by accident, here are the most inappropriate outfits worn by Michelle Obama.Known as “The Last Soul Company”, our client Malaco Records has stood the test of time. It was a thin line to walk." A thin line that she crossed a few times. Michelle Obama discussed her first lady style in her book Becoming (per Elle), writing, "I tried to be somewhat unpredictable, to prevent anyone from ascribing any sort of message to what I wore. As Capricia Penavic Marshall, who served as the chief of protocol for the United States from 2009 to 2013, explained, "No one just decides one day that this is what I'm going to wear." Every item that ends up on a first lady's body, from T-shirts to earrings, is carefully chosen to be in line with etiquette and screened for potential cultural and political implications - but sometimes, someone makes a mistake. According to The New York Times, what the first ladies can and cannot wear is deeply entrenched in protocol. But not many people consider how tough it is being part of the first family of the United States - particularly the first lady. Everyone knows how tough it is being a royal, with all of the rules and etiquette requirements.