{"product_id":"shake-your-hips-the-excello-records-story-9781947026223","title":"Shake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe electrifying sounds of groovin' jump blues, Southern-fried rock 'n' roll, fervent black gospel, and the simmering sounds of the Louisiana swamp came bursting out of Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1950s courtesy of Excello Records and its sister Nashboro label.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperating out of Ernie's Record Mart (\"the Record Center of the South!\"), Excello forged a partnership with 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station WLAC. The influential station's dusk-to-dawn broadcasts of rhythm \u0026amp; blues boomed through the stratosphere, captivating millions of teenagers and crossing racial boundary lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unusual partnership paid huge dividends as Ernie Young transformed his shop into one of the largest mail-order record retailers in the world. With his built-in distribution network, Ernie's own label releases by Slim Harpo, Arthur Gunter, Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, and more landed in record collections across the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1960s, Excello releases were reaching the shores of the UK, where they inspired young Brits such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton to launch their own R\u0026amp;B combos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extensive research and interviews, \u003ci\u003eShake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tale of one of the most unusual labels to emerge from the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShedding new light on Nashville's rich history as much more than a country music town, author Randy Fox takes readers deep behind the scenes of the rise and fall of an inimitable label whose contributions to blues and R\u0026amp;B continue to reverberate today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bmg Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947026223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 6.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Randy Fox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576553140405,"sku":"9781947026223","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8d62a75-c70d-414b-92e3-248a066e44bc.jpg?v=1724175716","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shake-your-hips-the-excello-records-story-9781947026223","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}