Sound Stage 7 was an American, Nashville, Tennessee based record label of the 1960s and 1970s, noted mainly for its soul music releases.
Sound Stage 7 was founded specifically to house artists who were more oriented towards R&B, although in its very early years the label was also home to several pop acts.
Despite releasing singles by dozens of artists, for the first two years that the company was in operation, the only Sound Stage 7 musicians to reach the U.S. Top 40 were The Dixie Belles, who had a #9 U.S. pop hit in 1963 with "(Down At) Papa Joe's", and also scored a #15 pop hit with follow-up single "Southtown U.S.A." The Dixie Belles were produced by Bill Justis.
[1] Also working for JR Enterprises was the songwriter, co-producer and occasional recording artist, Allen Orange,[1][2] who was Richbourg's right-hand man until the late 1960s.
Richbourg's production deal with Sound Stage 7 ended in 1970, and Simon left the label the same year.
Sound Stage 7 was dormant until late 1971, when Richbourg resumed producing material for the label, albeit at a reduced rate.
Various compilation albums have been issued over the years of Sound Stage 7 material, almost all of it drawing on the recordings controlled by JR Enterprises.