Finish story here; 8 William Bell Songs to Revisit If You Love Old-School Soul.

Bell was one of the first artists signed to the Memphis label Stax Records and his debut single, “You Don’t Miss Your Water” in 1961, became a soul classic. He never reached the heights of ...

Stax Revue: Live in ’65! finally delivers the long-shelved, historic Stax concerts from Los Angeles and Memphis in a deluxe, newly remastered 2-LP, 2-CD, and digital package. Featuring William Bell, ...

"I can't turn you loose," sang soul stalwart William Bell, 79, at the end of his almost two-hour performance Saturday night at the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival.

That was on the revived Stax imprint, the initial home for Bell’s early ’60s classics, “You Don’t Miss Your Water,” “I Forgot to Be Your Lover,” and “Private Number,” among many ...

William Bell On World Cafe : World Cafe Bell tells stories of Stax Records' wildly productive years that's captured on a new box set called Stax '68: A Memphis Story.

A principal architect of the Stax sound, Memphis native William Bell helped catapult this signature soul sound to worldwide fame. Bell got his start in the 1950s backing Rufus Thomas, the ...

William Bell is a soul singer and songwriter whose distinctive sound is forever associated with the legendary Stax Records. ... He also co-wrote the classic song, ...

Stax Records was recently revived under the umbrella of the Concord Music Group, in a commendable gesture to acknowledge the southern soul artists on the legendary label. When Stax (formerly Satellite ...

This week we’ll hear from one of the architects of Memphis soul. While many of the Stax Records originators are gone, William Bell is still here. And the soulful, horn-driven Stax music and the ...

Stax Records veteran William Bell has earned numerous honors over the course of his career, including a Grammy and induction to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Last summer, the National Endowment ...

The legendary Stax Records gave the world some of the most important music of the 1960s and '70s — by the likes of Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MGs, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers ...