Tickets to this event are $15 and include one drink ticket and light hors d'oeuvres at the exhibit dedication after the interview. Rock Hall members can purchase tickets starting at 10am on Wednesday, January 30. Non-members can purchase tickets starting at 10am on Thursday, January 31. Click here for tickets.
On Thursday, February 28, the Rock Hall's Library & Archives will host an official dedication of the exhibit with 1997 Inductee Bootsy Collins, who will participate in a live interview. Collins began his illustrious music career as a session player at King Records, where James Brown first heard him and recruited him into his celebrated backing band, the J.B.’s. From 1943 to 1971, King Records and its subsidiaries, including Queen, DeLuxe, and Federal, revolutionized the ways in which popular music was recorded, manufactured, distributed, and promoted. Under the leadership of 1997 Inductee Syd Nathan, King became a major independent record label, with nearly 500 singles on the R&B, country, and pop charts, and 32 songs making it to Number One. Over 20 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees recorded at King Records, including Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Dave Bartholomew, James Brown and the Famous Flames, Bootsy Collins, the “5” Royales, Little Willie John, Freddy King, and Professor Longhair. In 2008, King Records was officially designated as a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame landmark.