| Quin Ivy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 |
| Origin | Oxford, MS, USA |
| Genres | Pop, |
| Occupations | Record producer, songwriter, session musician |
| Years active | 1964–1991 |
| Labels | Atlantic, Quinvy, South Camp, Atco |
| Associated acts | Percy Sledge Shirley Scott Barbara Mandrell Wes Montgomery Yusef Lateef michael Bolton |
Quin Ivy (born 1937) is a former disc jockey turned songwriter crucial to the Muscle Shoals scene in the 1960s.
He was the son of a farmer who later moved to Oxford where he worked as a grocer. He was a DJ at WMPS in Memphis, WKDA in Nashville and WLAY in Muscle Shoals. He wrote songs with producer Rick Hall of Fame Recording Studios. Their output includes the singles "I'm Qualified" and "Lollipops, Lace and Lipstick" both recorded by Jimmy Hughes.
In 1965, Ivy opened his Quinvy recording studio. There he produced the Percy Sledge single When a Man Loves a Woman. It went to number one on the Billboard charts. He set up the Quinvy (independently distributed) and South Camp labels (distributed by Atlantic Records) before leaving the music business in the 1970s to gain an MBA degree from The University of Mississippi. He then taught accounting at the University of North Alabama until his retirement.