Stafford Avenue in Memphis is scheduled to get a new name on April 24: James E. Alexander Avenue James Alexander, the last surviving member of The Bar-Kays band that backed soul music star Otis ...

You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax Records, like this one by Booker T. and the M.G.s, who played on a lot of other Stax recordings, including this beauty from Otis Redding.

“I’ll stay in Memphis,” Elvis Presley famously declared. The Southern city, a hotbed for blues, gospel, and soul, has been revered by everyone from Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin to Otis Redding and ...

You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax records, like this one by Booker T. and the M.G.s, who played on a lot of other Stax recordings, including this beauty from Otis Redding.