Marshall E. Sehorn

Businessman, record producer, arranger, A&R man, music publisher, guitarist and songwriter Marshall Estus Sehorn was born on June 25, 1934. He attended North Carolina State University and while at University played guitar for local bands. He graduated in 1958 and went to New York to work with Bobby Robinson as an A&R man. He ran sessions for Robinson’s Fire and Fury labels until they closed in 1963, then he moved south and became Allen Toussaint’s business partner. He started in the record industry in 1958 when he joined Bobby Robinson in New York.

He moved south and played a major part in the development of rhythm and blues and soul music in New Orleans during its most creative period. He discovered Wilbert Harrison, Lee Dorsey and Bobby Marchan. He will be forever associated with his partnerships with Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint, Betty Harris and many more artists.

In the 1970s he changed his focus to management of music licensing rights, which landed him in trouble with Chess Records and artists, was sued, lost the case, could not pay the judgment, and declared himself and his companies bankrupt.

Marshall E. Sehorn died of a respiratory disease in New Orleans on December 5, 2006, aged 72.

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