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Estelle Axton
American record executive (1918–2004)
Musical artist
Estelle Axton (néeStewart; September 11, 1918 – February 24, 2004) was an American record executive and co-founder of Stax Records, along with her brother Jim Stewart.
Biography
Born in Middleton, Tennessee, Estelle Stewart grew up on a farm. Some of her earliest musical experiences came from playing the organ and piano in church, as well as playing in a quartet with her sister, father, and uncle.[1] She moved to Memphis as a school teacher, married Everett Axton, and was working in a bank when, in 1958, her brother Jim Stewart asked for help to develop Satellite Records, which he had set up to issue recordings of local country and rockabilly artists.
She convinced her husband that they should remortgage their house and, in 1959, joined Satellite as an equal partner.[2] The following year, Axton and Stewart turned the Capitol Theatre, in a black Memphis neighborhood, into a recordi