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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Soul label Stax Records couldn’t break through to white America

    A new HBO docu-series looks at the rise of Stax Records. The label that boasted Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes couldn’t survive the cut-throat music industry.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 21, 2024 • 1 min read

    A new HBO docu-series looks at the rise of Stax Records. The label that boasted Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes couldn’t survive the cut-throat music industry.

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    Behind the celebrity murder trial that led to US anti-stalking laws
    1. 0:00As the defense rests its case, Trump’s NY trial nears a close
    2. 11:10The presidential election fight over Nevada’s conservative Latino voters
    3. 21:48Murder of LA actress led to country’s first anti-stalking laws
    4. 31:59Soul label Stax Records couldn’t break through to white AmericaYou’re reading this
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