![]() While digging around the Internet, I found a forum where former Detroit audio engineer Bob Olhsson stated Jimmy Siracuse and his family “operated a music store and recording studio during the 1930s.” Olhsson told of Siracuse’s army service at the Paramount studios in Queens, New York, during World War II. The Universal record label issued records for only a few years, during the late 1930s and early 1940s. “Hamtramck Mama” first appeared on the Universal label, cut at Universal Recording Studios on the east side (miles away from the Second Avenue building of United Sound Systems). ![]() From what I could tell, these were made for the jukebox business. The Great Depression killed off most independent record companies, and it wasn’t until the York Brothers’ “Hamtramck Mama” of 1939 that country records began appearing on Detroit-based labels. My conundrum: While spending two decades researching the early history of Detroit country music, I was hard pressed to find evidence of records made by United Sound Systems during the 1930s. People who knew Jimmy Siracuse, the founder of United Sound Systems, have said Siracuse opened a studio during the 1930s (1933 is often cited as the year). Members of the Detroit Sound Conservancy are working with MDOT and the owners of United Sound Systems to save one of the oldest recording studios in the country. The Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, is moving forward with plans to upgrade the Interstate 94 expressway, and the United Sound Systems building appears to be in the way of the expansion.Ī few weeks ago, I attended a meeting of the Detroit Sound Conservancy and the current owners of the United Sound Systems building showed up. NEW RELEASE FROM BEN E KING FEATURES BOOTSEY COLLI.No doubt, the future of the legendary United Sound Systems recording studio on 2nd Avenue in Detroit is in question.Our thoughts and prayers are with Don's lovely wife Kiko and his three wonderful children. Read more hereĭon passed away after a brief illness yesterday.and more details will be released soon. Our friend John Neff who worked for Don back in the day has shared many stories about the amazing accomplishments of Don Davis. Doss Scholarship Foundation to launch The Don Davis Composition Scholarship Award, which assists Detroit's underprivileged students in their educational goals. Don left USS in Detroit and went to work at STAX in Memphis.He produced hits too numerous to list here.but you can see them on BlackRadioNetworkĭon was also a well known philanthropist, Davis partnered with the Lawrence P. He produced and/or played on numerous soul hits with the greatest soul artists of the 1960's and 1970s. Davis led First Independence Bank with $204 million in assets (as of December 31, 2013), and was ranked as one of the top ranked African American owned bank in the United States, according to Black Enterprise Magazine.ĭon Davis famous for his early work as a pioneering Motown session guitarist, then his historic work at United Sound Systems. Don Davis after a brief illness on Thursday, June 5th.ĭon Davis was CEO and chairman of First Independence Bank, Michigan’s only African-American owned and operated commercial bank, with multiple branches around the City of Detroit. Sad news tonight.Don "The Don" Davis perhaps the most successful business mogul in Detroit history passed away yesterday at 75.ĭETROIT (June 6, 2014) – The Wilmore Agency regrets to announce the passing of Detroit native Mr. The industry truly lost one of it's brightest stars. ![]() In 2009, he wrote "Fast Path to Blu-ray for Mac", published by The Digital Guy Press. Both books covered DVD authoring with Apple DVD Studio Pro in great depth. In 2006, he wrote "DVD Studio Pro 4 - The Complete Guide to Authoring with Macintosh", published by McGraw-Hill. In 2004, he wrote "DVD Studio Pro 2 - The Complete Guide to Authoring with Macintosh", published by McGraw-Hill. Many of the topics in the book are still relevant to today's digital recording process. The book and all artwork were created on an early Macintosh 128K using MacWrite and MacPaint, making it one of the first books printed from an electronic manuscript. In 1988, the textbook he had written for his university class "Recording and Electronic Techniques for Musicians" was published as " Recording Production Techniques for Musicians" by AMSCO Press. From 1985 to 1986, he was a contributing editor to MIX magazine, where he created "In Sync", a monthly column devoted to computerized music production, sequencing and MIDI. ![]() Bruce also had a long involvement with the written word. ![]()
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