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Along the way, King became a powerhouse in emerging niche markets such country music and rhythm and blues and helped to foster the emergence of rock ‘n roll in the 1950s. Many of these achievements are directly attributable to King’s prescient and visionary founder Syd Nathan, who broke down racial barriers in the workplace decades before such practices became common to the benefit of his employees and product. But the success of King also depended on a wide range of subcontractors, local distributorships, producers, promoters, imprints and agreements with other companies. This presentation will summarize the many-sided aspects of King, shed light upon some lesser-known details about the company’s history, and make a case for the importance of King Records as a major force in the mid-twentieth century American business, despite its local and distinctly Midwestern “Indie” status.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Nathan Georgitis"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCincinnati-based King Records began as a subcutaneous \u0026ldquo;Indie\u0026rdquo; in 1943 and by 1960 was the sixth largest record company in America. Somehow, King beat the odds, outlasting nearly all of the labels that began around it, and absorbing many of them as they failed. Along the way, King became a powerhouse in emerging niche markets such country music and rhythm and blues and helped to foster the emergence of rock \u0026lsquo;n roll in the 1950s. Many of these achievements are directly attributable to King\u0026rsquo;s prescient and visionary founder Syd Nathan, who broke down racial barriers in the workplace decades before such practices became common to the benefit of his employees and product. But the success of King also depended on a wide range of subcontractors, local distributorships, producers, promoters, imprints and agreements with other companies. This presentation will summarize the many-sided aspects of King, shed light upon some lesser-known details about the company\u0026rsquo;s history, and make a case for the importance of King Records as a major force in the mid-twentieth century American business, despite its local and distinctly Midwestern \u0026ldquo;Indie\u0026rdquo; status.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/689/small/open-uri20200922-6764-1cj6hcr_1600818560.jpg?1600804190","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/97689","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - open-uri20200922-6764-1cj6hcr.mp4"]},"duration":2092.608,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/689/small/open-uri20200922-6764-1cj6hcr_1600818560.jpg?1600804190","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/97689/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/97689/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/097/689/original/open-uri20200922-6764-1cj6hcr.mp4?1600804143","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":2092.608,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/97689","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/255783","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2016_Lewis2_audio.mp3"]},"duration":2075.14925,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/255783/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/255783/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/255/783/original/ARSC_conf_2016_Lewis2_audio.mp3?1730753932","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":2075.14925,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1145/collection_resources/29772/file/255783","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}