Al Bell Net Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell on March 15, 1940, in Brinkley, Arkansas, United States) is an American record producer, composer, and record executive who has worked in the music industry for almost four decades. For the better part of the label’s 19-year history, Bell is most known for being one of the main characters and co-owners of Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records during the latter half of that period. Bell, a former radio jockey in his birthplace of Little Rock, Arkansas, had an important role in the careers of Stax’s soul artists such as The Staples Singers and Isaac Hayes, as well as The Emotions, The Dramatics, Mel and Tim, among others. Bell’s advertising efforts propelled the “Memphis Sound” to worldwide prominence, and Stax Records became the second-largest African American-owned company in the United States throughout the 1970s. 

Bell was featured by the BBC in 2009, describing him as “one of the idols of soul music” and “the driving force behind Stax Records.” As a result of his time at Stax, Bell rose to the position of President of Motown Records Group during the company’s reorganisation in preparation for its sale to MCA and Boston Ventures Group. He subsequently established his own label, Bellmark, which released Tag Team’s song “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (1993). Bell is now involved in the Memphis indie music scene, as well as running an online music website and radio programme, Al Bell Presents, which can be found at AlBellPresents.com.

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