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By Sonja Mack | Published June 21, 2011 | Full size is 620 × 481 pixels

DICK GRIFFEY PRODUCTIONS: Dick Griffey, founder of SOLAR Records (1977) (pictured). SOLAR produced artists such as Shalamar, The Whispers, Lakeside, and The Deele. SOLAR was a spinoff of Soul Train Records, a label he and Don Cornelius, Soul Train TV show producer, started in 1975.

DICK GRIFFEY PRODUCTIONS: Dick Griffey, founder of SOLAR Records (1977) (pictured). SOLAR produced artists such…