AL BELL
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Chairman and Co-Owner of Stax Records, 2nd largest Minority-owned business in America at the time
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President of Motown - Largest minority-owned business in America for 10 consecutive years
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167 Hits on the Billboard Top 100 Pop Chart
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243 Hits on the Billboard R&B Chart
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Key player in the careers of Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Johnnie Taylor, Sam & Dave, and the Staple Singers
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Chairman and Owner of Bellmark Records and responsible for Tag Team’s four-million-selling single "Whoomp! (There It Is)") and Duice along with the two-million-selling single "Dazzey Duks"
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Bell & Gordy collaborated with Prince to produced and market the world wide number one smash hit “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”, The largest selling single in Prince’s career
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Theme from Shaft earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song
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Record Executive of the Year (1994) and voted #5 in the 30 All-Time Greatest Executives in Black Music, by Impact Magazine
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GRAMMY Trustees Award, 2011
· Living Legend Award, Urban Network
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On April 9, 2013, Stax artists performed for President and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House: Memphis Soul
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Stax and Al Bell inducted into the R&B Hall of Fame, June 2015
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Stax Music Academy, Stax Charter School, Stax Museum.