In 1961 Stax records was founded by Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton. The two made the name Stax by getting the first two letters in there last name and putting them together STewart/AXton = Stax. Stax records was a famous recording studio in Memphis Tennessee that recorded a lot of famous songs like Gee Whiz, Look At His Eyes” by Carla Thomas, Gee Whiz (1961) and Green Onions” by Booker T. & the MGs,(1962) but in 1963 Stax studios officially became a tourist attraction and museum.