Like Lena’s life, Stax was a tale of triumph & tragedy
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The Herald / The Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland)
Author/Byline:
Drew Allan
Page:
25
Section:
News
Words:
1381
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It may not quite rank as the greatest commercial mistake of all time – Decca turning down the Beatles takes the title – but the coolest and most influential record label, Stax, knocking back Aretha Franklin for 10-year-old Lena Zavaroni is right up there.
Scottish singer and television host Lena Zavaroni (1963 - 1999), UK,. 8th November 1977. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive)
MEMPHIS - AUGUST 8: Guitarist Steve Cropper of the R&B band Booker T. & The MG's in the control booth at Stax Records on August 8, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives)