HI Records

HI Records Pioneering Memphis soul label, Hi Records, was launched in late 1957 by former Sun Records artist Ray Harris, former Sun producers Quinton Claunch and Bill Cantrell, record store owner Joe Cuoghi, and three silent partners, including Cuoghi’s lawyer, Nick Pesce. Success came in 1959 with Bill Black’s Combo (led by Elvis Presley’s former bassist). In 1961, Black’s saxophonist, Ace Cannon, scored a major hit with “Tuff.” Quinton Claunch was forced out of the partnership in 1959, and…