Died On This Date (June 8, 2008) Adalah Bennett Shaw / Industry Veteran; Owned Hi Records
themusicsover Adalah Bennett Shaw
August 23, 1952 – June 8, 2008
Adalah Bennett Shaw was a longtime music industry leader who followed in the footsteps of her father, Alvin Bennett, a former president of Liberty Records. Shaw moved from farming into the music business in the early ’90s when she purchased the Hi Records masters, which included those of Al Green, Ace Cannon and Ann Peebles. Shaw is credited with revitalizing the label through license deals with EMI Music in the US and Demon Music Group in Europe. Adalah Bennett Shaw passed away at the age of 55. Cause of death was not immediately released.