Roy Ames

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Roy Clifton Ames (April 8, 1937 – August 14, 2003) was an American record producer and convicted child pornographer. As a producer, Ames was prominent in the Texas blues scene and was most famous for signing musician Johnny Winter in the mid-1960s. As a criminal, Ames was arrested multiple times for producing and distributing child pornography involving young boys. He was also known for his alleged ties to serial killer Dean Corll and some of his victims. During a 1977 United States Senate subcommittee hearing, gay rights activist and sex offender Guy Strait testified that Ames was one of four major producers of child pornography in the 1970s. Roy Clifton Ames was born on April 8, 1937, to Raymond and Valorie Ames in Beaumont, Texas. He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1955 and initially worked at his father's car dealership. Ames entered the music industry in 1959 as the Texas sales manager for King Records, eventually moving on to the Motown label. A few years later, he became a promoter and distributor for Duke Records. Ames founded his own label, Aura Records, in the mid- to late-1960s; the names of his record labels changed throughout the latter half of the decade, with his most well-known being Clarity Music.