Vivian Carter and James Bracken formed Vee-Jay Records in 1953 to produce the “good music” that listeners of Vivian’s radio broadcasts and customers of her record store in Gary, Indiana, wanted to hear. By “good music,” her audience—largely southern-born African American migrants to the Chicago region—didn’t mean classical or pop. They hungered for electric blues, […]
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The Chicago Loop’s sole hit featured guitar legend Mike Bloomfield
The Chicago Loop never outdid their first 45, despite a wild psychedelic single in 1968 that holds up great today.