Baltimore helped kick off the doo-wop group explosion in the 50's, had loads of fine soul acts in the 60's plus a great live soul club / theatre scene back then ..... BUT .... it struggled to set up / support local recording studios and record labels during those times and into the early 70's. Lots of local soul artists headed out to New York, Philly, DC and the like to sign record deals and cut tracks but a few stayed local to kick off their recording careers. Rufus Mitchell's Ru-Jac was the lo