# Quin Ivy

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{{Short description|American record producer (1937–2022)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Quin Ivy
| image               =
| image_size          =
| caption             =
| background          = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name          = Quinon Ray Ivy 
| birth_place         =  [Banner, Mississippi](/source/Banner%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| birth_date          =  {{birth date|1937|06|03}} 
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2022|12|10|1937|06|03}} 
| death_place         = [Oxford, Mississippi](/source/Oxford%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| instrument          =
| genre               = [Pop](/source/Pop_music), [soul](/source/soul_music)
| occupation          = Record producer, songwriter, [session musician](/source/session_musician)
| years_active        = 1964–1991

| label               = [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records), Quinvy, South Camp, [Atco](/source/Atco_Records)
| associated_acts     = {{plainlist}}
*[Percy Sledge](/source/Percy_Sledge)
*[Shirley Scott](/source/Shirley_Scott)
*[Stephen Foster](/source/Stephen_Foster)
*[Barbara Mandrell](/source/Barbara_Mandrell)
*[Wes Montgomery](/source/Wes_Montgomery)
*[Lynyrd Skynyrd](/source/Lynyrd_Skynyrd)
*[Yusef Lateef](/source/Yusef_Lateef)
*[Michael Bolton](/source/Michael_Bolton)
{{endplainlist}}
| website             =
}}

'''Quinon Ray Ivy''' (June 3, 1937 – December 10, 2022) was an American [disc jockey](/source/disc_jockey) turned [songwriter](/source/songwriter) and [record producer](/source/record_producer), crucial to the [Muscle Shoals](/source/Muscle_Shoals%2C_Alabama) scene in the 1960s.

==Early life==
Ivy was born in [Banner, Mississippi](/source/Banner%2C_Mississippi), the son of a [sharecropper](/source/sharecropper).<ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/quin-ivy-mn0000380733 Biography by Ed Hogan at Allmusic]. Retrieved 12 April 2013</ref><ref name="Ward2003">{{cite book|last=Ward|first=Brian|title=Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm And Blues, Black Consciousness And Race Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01eDH_6_xkMC&pg=PA221|access-date=12 April 2013|date=20 May 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-21445-9|page=221}}</ref>  He started his career as a DJ in Oxford, followed by spells at [WMPS](/source/WMPS) in [Memphis](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee), WKDA in [Nashville](/source/Nashville) and [WLAY](/source/WLAY_(AM)) in [Muscle Shoals](/source/Muscle_Shoals), before settling in [Sheffield, Alabama](/source/Sheffield%2C_Alabama). There, he established a record store and began writing songs with producer [Rick Hall](/source/Rick_Hall) of [FAME Recording Studios](/source/FAME_Studios).<ref name=allmusic/>  Their output includes the singles "I'm Qualified" and "Lollipops, Lace and Lipstick" both recorded by [Jimmy Hughes](/source/Jimmy_Hughes_(singer)).<ref name="Fuqua2008_39">{{cite book|last=Fuqua|first=C. S.|title=Music Fell on Alabama: The Muscle Shoals Sound That Shook the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZhnvqZESt0C&pg=PA39|access-date=12 April 2013|date=30 July 2008|publisher=NewSouth Books|isbn=978-1-60306-039-4|page=39}}</ref><ref name="Larkin2006">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsKAQAAMAAJ|access-date=12 April 2013|date=20 November 2006|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=515}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1965, Ivy opened his Quinvy recording studio,<ref name=allmusic/> where he produced the [Percy Sledge](/source/Percy_Sledge) single "[When a Man Loves a Woman](/source/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(song))" which went to number one on the [Billboard charts](/source/Billboard_charts).<ref name="Campbell2008">{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Michael|title=Rock and Roll: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RK-JmVbv4OIC&pg=PA190|access-date=12 April 2013|year=2008|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-534-64295-2|page=190}}</ref>   He set up the Quinvy (independently distributed) and South Camp labels (distributed by [Atlantic Records](/source/Atlantic_Records)) before leaving the music business in the 1970s to gain an [MBA](/source/MBA) degree from [The University of Mississippi](/source/The_University_of_Mississippi). He then taught accounting at the [University of North Alabama](/source/University_of_North_Alabama) until his retirement.<ref name="Fuqua2008_44">{{cite book|last=Fuqua|first=C. S.|title=Music Fell on Alabama: The Muscle Shoals Sound That Shook the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZhnvqZESt0C&pg=PA44|access-date=12 April 2013|date=30 July 2008|publisher=NewSouth Books|isbn=978-1-60306-039-4|page=44}}</ref>

Ivy died on December 10, 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Quinon Ray Ivy |url=https://www.wallerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Quinon-Ray-Ivy?obId=26611824 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.wallerfuneralhome.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Category:1937 births
Category:People from Oxford, Mississippi
Category:Record producers from Mississippi
Category:University of Mississippi alumni
Category:Songwriters from Mississippi

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