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Other record stores purchased merchandise from Lewis, who became a distributor of independent record labels: Atlantic, Chess, Modern, Specialty, and Imperial. He started a mail-order operation, advertising on WLAC-AM in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], whose powerful signal could be heard at night in much of the country. In 1963, Lewis founded the Jewel label and thereafter the Paula and Ronn imprints. The roster included Ike & Tina Turner, the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, and Memphis Slim. Jewel also recorded for [[African-American]] singers Aretha Franklin, Fats Domino, Redd Foxx, and B. B. King. In the late 1960s, Lewis purchased Cobra Records from Eli Toscano. The Cobra roster included Harold Burrage and Magic Slim.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=191375243|title=Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lewis|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

Other record stores purchased merchandise from Lewis, who became a distributor of independent record labels: Atlantic, Chess, Modern, Specialty, and Imperial. He started a mail-order operation, advertising on WLAC-AM in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], whose powerful signal could be heard at night in much of the country. In 1963, Lewis founded the Jewel label and thereafter the Paula and Ronn imprints. The roster included Ike & Tina Turner, the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, and Memphis Slim. Jewel also recorded for [[African-American]] singers Aretha Franklin, Fats Domino, Redd Foxx, and B. B. King. In the late 1960s, Lewis purchased Cobra Records from Eli Toscano. The Cobra roster included Harold Burrage and Magic Slim.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=191375243|title=Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lewis|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Lewis worked with southern soul singers Carl Sims and Vickie Baker. Because of the difficulty of operating a competitive independent record label in a major-label dominated industry, Lewis offered Jewel Records for sale while retaining control of his music publishing companies and the Susie Q and Gospel Jubilee labels, which recorded Doug Kershaw and Ace Cannon. In 1999, EMusic.com purchased from Lewis the recording rights of the Jewel label. Lewis in his later years was a consultant for an Internet music business based in Redwood, [[California]].<ref name=findagrave/> KEEL Radio said that Lewis "did it all. Shreveport's rich musical history probably wouldn't be what it is without Stan and his work." In 2009, Lewis was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.<ref name=keel/>  

In the 1990s, Lewis worked with southern soul singers Carl Sims and Vickie Baker. Because of the difficulty of operating a competitive independent record label in a major-label dominated industry, Lewis offered Jewel Records for sale while retaining control of his music publishing companies and the Susie Q and Gospel Jubilee labels, which recorded Doug Kershaw and Ace Cannon. In 1999, EMusic.com purchased from Lewis the recording rights of the Jewel label. Lewis in his later years was a consultant for an [[Internet]] music business located in Redwood, [[California]].<ref name=findagrave/> KEEL Radio said that Lewis "did it all. Shreveport's rich musical history probably wouldn't be what it is without Stan and his work." In 2009, Lewis was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.<ref name=keel/>  

Lewis died in Shreveport nine days after his 91st birthday. Lewis was married to the former Pauline Taglavore (1927-2007), a daughter of Alfonso Tagliavore (1889-1952) ad the former Rosalie Carbone (1907-1989). In addition to daughter Susan, the couple had a son, Leonard Joseph "Lenny" Lewis (born July 4, 1951). The [[Roman Catholic]] couple is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19955578|title=Pauline Taglavore Lewis|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

Lewis died in Shreveport nine days after his 91st birthday. Lewis was married to the former Pauline Taglavore (1927-2007), a daughter of Alfonso Tagliavore (1889-1952) ad the former Rosalie Carbone (1907-1989). In addition to daughter Susan, the couple had a son, Leonard Joseph "Lenny" Lewis (born July 4, 1951). The [[Roman Catholic]] couple is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19955578|title=Pauline Taglavore Lewis|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref>