Joe Von Battle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joe Von Battle

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1915

Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1973

Profession: composer, record producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joe Von Battle (born Joseph Battle, April 3, 1915 – March 27, 1973) was an American record store owner and pioneer black record producer in Detroit, Michigan, between the 1940s and 1960s.
He set up the J.V.B.
and Battle record labels, was one of the first independent black record producers, the first to record Rev.
C.
L.
Franklin and his daughter Aretha Franklin, and influential in the career of John Lee Hooker and other blues musicians.