The King Records legacy At its peak, King was the nation’s sixth-largest record company, according to the Ohio History Service Corps. In all, from 1943 to 1971, King artists racked up 461 hits.

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Of those, 32 went to No. 1 on the country, pop and R&B charts. A King secondary label launched the career of James Brown. King Records closed in 1971, three years after the death of founder Syd ...