Big Al Pavlow

As shared on the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Historical Archive, Allan “Big Al” Pavlow [1938–2016] obituary, “Big Al was internationally known for his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and was the author of several books on the music business and record collecting, most notably the best-selling “The R&B Book: A Disc-History of Rhythm & Blues.” He ran the Big Al’s Records and Cheap Records shops in downtown Providence in the 1960s and ‘70s and was a record producer of note scoring major regional hits with The Ascots on his Super Records imprint and enjoyed a national release with Deviled Ham for Buddah Records. In the early 2000s, he was one of the driving forces behind the Rhode Island Popular Music Archive, a website dedicated to preserving and celebrating the Ocean State’s rich musical heritage.” (Read more)

Big Al was also a longtime collaborator and close friends with the Mad Peck. (MORE RELEVANT TEXT TO COME.)