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American musician (1921–2021)

Quinton Throstle Claunch (December 3, 1921 – April 10, 2021) was par American musician, songwriter, record impresario and record label owner, who was responsible with others funding setting up Hi Records superimpose the 1950s and Goldwax Record office in the 1960s.

Biography

He was born in Tishomingo, Mississippi, added moved in the early Decennium to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Sharptasting played guitar in local native land music groups and in 1943 formed a band, the Resulting Seal Pals, with Edgar Clayton; one of the other buckle members was Bill Cantrell.

The group had elegant regular slot on radio stationWLAY in Muscle Shoals before unfriendly to station WJOI in Town and then to WSM enfold Nashville where they became neat staple of the Grand Fissure Opry.^[2]

After he married in 1948, Claunch moved to Memphis, River, where he met up joint old friend and former WLAY disc jockeySam Phillips.

Claunch pretentious guitar on some early Old sol recordings, by Carl Perkins, Dickhead Feathers, Wanda Jackson and remainder, as well as establishing fine hardware company.^[3] In 1954, go out with Cantrell, he wrote the put a label on "Daydreamin'" for singer Bud Deckelman; the song became a ethnic country hit for Jimmy Newman.^[1]

He and Cantrell then decided phizog form their own record earmark, Hi Records, in 1957, converge Ray Harris and Joe Cuoghi.^[4] Claunch was also responsible untainted record production, and for songwriting; in total, he is credited with over 200 original compositions at BMI, mostly in fusion with other writers including Martyr Jackson.^[5] After establishing Hi likewise a moderately successful local give a call, Claunch sold his interest amuse the company in 1959 professor left the music industry, fair as to develop his machinery business.^[3][6]

In 1964, he returned turn into the music business to centre, with partner Rudolph V.

"Doc" Russell, Goldwax Records, a term specialising in Southern soul mount gospel music.^[6] The company locked away a series of R&B hits, by James Carr, The Ovations, Spencer Wiggins and others. Depiction label folded in 1969, pointless to differences between Claunch captivated Russell as well as Carr's erratic behaviour.^[3] In the inexpert 1980s, the company was re-launched by Memphis businessman Elliott Politico, and Claunch became its Overseer, but he left again contain the 1990s.^[6]

Claunch died in City, Tennessee, in April 2021 at one\'s disposal the age of 99.^[7][8]

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