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Stax Museum of American Soul Music Mural, Soulsville U.S.A. Sign at the Stax Records Museum of Music in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and blues recordings.