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Ralph Bass

RALPH BASS

YEAR

1991

INDUCTED BY

Seymour Stein

CATEGORY

Ahmet Ertegun Award

An eye for talent and an ear for hits.

The list of people Ralph Bass worked with is a roster of R&B greats: Etta James, Sam Cooke, James Brown and on and on. He changed popular music forever and for the better.

Ralph Bass

Ralph Bass

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Harry Weinger

Ralph Bass was a co-creator of some of the indisputable landmarks of rock & roll: producer of and/or witness to “Call It Stormy Monday” (T-Bone Walker), “Sixty-Minute Man” (the Dominoes), “Sleep” (Earl Bostic), “Work With Me, Annie” (Hank Ballard & the Midnighters), “Please Please Please” (James Brown), and so many more.

His life spans five decades of music and stints with such pioneering indie labels as Black & White, Savoy, King, and Chess.

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