Mr. Finch was passionate about music. He was a machinist by day at General Electric - for 34 years. At night and on the weekends, he made records at his small studio - Finch Record Publishing Co.
The studio was originally at Forest and Harvey avenues in Avondale. He later moved it to the West End.
Mr. Finch ran one of several small studios in Cincinnati that recorded the works of now highly regarded artists such as H-Bomb Ferguson - who recorded "She Don't Want Me" at Finch Records in 1957. Groups Mr. Finch recorded included the Al Franklin Combo.
Today, these records made by Mr. Finch are rare - and collectible. They are Mr. Finch's legacy to Cincinnati's music culture.
Mr. Finch died Nov. 10 at Jewish Hospital. He was 83.
He didn't make much money off his records. He charged the artists what it cost to produce them. He marketed them by stocking jukeboxes around Cincinnati. He didn't sell many.
"I just did it for the love of it," he said in an interview last year.
Mr. Finch made the first Albert Washington recording in 1962. Washington went on to become a renowned blues guitarist and singer. Mr. Finch also recorded songs by the Impossibles, the Cruisers and Five Chances.
He was born to Penbroke and Lucille Finch on Dec. 19, 1921, in Washington, Ga. After founding the Finch Music Publishing Co. in 1955, he continued to produce sound and video recordings until the mid-1990s.
Mr. Finch was a member of Union Baptist Church.
His son, Howard Steven Bell Finch, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Mattie B. Allen Finch; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Spring Grove
The studio was originally at Forest and Harvey avenues in Avondale. He later moved it to the West End.
Mr. Finch ran one of several small studios in Cincinnati that recorded the works of now highly regarded artists such as H-Bomb Ferguson - who recorded "She Don't Want Me" at Finch Records in 1957. Groups Mr. Finch recorded included the Al Franklin Combo.
Today, these records made by Mr. Finch are rare - and collectible. They are Mr. Finch's legacy to Cincinnati's music culture.
Mr. Finch died Nov. 10 at Jewish Hospital. He was 83.
He didn't make much money off his records. He charged the artists what it cost to produce them. He marketed them by stocking jukeboxes around Cincinnati. He didn't sell many.
"I just did it for the love of it," he said in an interview last year.
Mr. Finch made the first Albert Washington recording in 1962. Washington went on to become a renowned blues guitarist and singer. Mr. Finch also recorded songs by the Impossibles, the Cruisers and Five Chances.
He was born to Penbroke and Lucille Finch on Dec. 19, 1921, in Washington, Ga. After founding the Finch Music Publishing Co. in 1955, he continued to produce sound and video recordings until the mid-1990s.
Mr. Finch was a member of Union Baptist Church.
His son, Howard Steven Bell Finch, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Mattie B. Allen Finch; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Spring Grove
Mr. Finch was passionate about music. He was a machinist by day at General Electric - for 34 years. At night and on the weekends, he made records at his small studio - Finch Record Publishing Co.
The studio was originally at Forest and Harvey avenues in Avondale. He later moved it to the West End.
Mr. Finch ran one of several small studios in Cincinnati that recorded the works of now highly regarded artists such as H-Bomb Ferguson - who recorded "She Don't Want Me" at Finch Records in 1957. Groups Mr. Finch recorded included the Al Franklin Combo.
Today, these records made by Mr. Finch are rare - and collectible. They are Mr. Finch's legacy to Cincinnati's music culture.
Mr. Finch died Nov. 10 at Jewish Hospital. He was 83.
He didn't make much money off his records. He charged the artists what it cost to produce them. He marketed them by stocking jukeboxes around Cincinnati. He didn't sell many.
"I just did it for the love of it," he said in an interview last year.
Mr. Finch made the first Albert Washington recording in 1962. Washington went on to become a renowned blues guitarist and singer. Mr. Finch also recorded songs by the Impossibles, the Cruisers and Five Chances.
He was born to Penbroke and Lucille Finch on Dec. 19, 1921, in Washington, Ga. After founding the Finch Music Publishing Co. in 1955, he continued to produce sound and video recordings until the mid-1990s.
Mr. Finch was a member of Union Baptist Church.
His son, Howard Steven Bell Finch, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Mattie B. Allen Finch; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Spring Grove
The studio was originally at Forest and Harvey avenues in Avondale. He later moved it to the West End.
Mr. Finch ran one of several small studios in Cincinnati that recorded the works of now highly regarded artists such as H-Bomb Ferguson - who recorded "She Don't Want Me" at Finch Records in 1957. Groups Mr. Finch recorded included the Al Franklin Combo.
Today, these records made by Mr. Finch are rare - and collectible. They are Mr. Finch's legacy to Cincinnati's music culture.
Mr. Finch died Nov. 10 at Jewish Hospital. He was 83.
He didn't make much money off his records. He charged the artists what it cost to produce them. He marketed them by stocking jukeboxes around Cincinnati. He didn't sell many.
"I just did it for the love of it," he said in an interview last year.
Mr. Finch made the first Albert Washington recording in 1962. Washington went on to become a renowned blues guitarist and singer. Mr. Finch also recorded songs by the Impossibles, the Cruisers and Five Chances.
He was born to Penbroke and Lucille Finch on Dec. 19, 1921, in Washington, Ga. After founding the Finch Music Publishing Co. in 1955, he continued to produce sound and video recordings until the mid-1990s.
Mr. Finch was a member of Union Baptist Church.
His son, Howard Steven Bell Finch, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Mattie B. Allen Finch; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Spring Grove
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