Black-owned record companies in the 60s and 70s

[robb_k]

Here are some more:
Curtom/Mayfield[[Chi) - Curtis Mayfield & Eddie Thomas, Windy C - Curtis Mayfield Co-owned
Con-Lo Records[[Phil) - Jerry Butler co-owner
Double-L Records[[NY) - Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
T-Neck Records - The Isley Brothers
Sussex Records - Clarence Avant
Solar Records - Don Cornelius
Tri-City Records [[Saginaw, Mich) - Choker Campbell
Velgo Records [[Det.) - Roger Bass & Tom Wilson
Teek Records [[St.L) - Fred Bosley
Carrie, Ricare, Staff [[Det)- Rev. James Hendrix
LaBeat, Mary Jane, Cool School[[Det) - Lou Beatty
Fulton[[Det) - James Fulton
Rendezvous - Leon René
Excelsior - Otis René
Exclusive - Leon René
Spinit - Leon René
Class - Leon & Googie René
Maurci - Maurice Jackson

[ralpht]

Okay Rob.....now you're scaring me.

[Boogiedown]

I'm thinking of a couple: Cecil Holmes from Casablanca Records had this imprint:

Chocolate City:

[Boogiedown]

And Harvey Fuqua had Honey over at Fantasy Records:

[Boogiedown]

that's some funny stuff from Redd Foxx!

then there was Greg Carmichael's Red Greg label out of NYC that fiddled a lot with something new and developing in the music scene ; Synthesizers:

[Boogiedown]

Patrick Adams was very active at Red Greg , but also had his work pressed on his own P& P records which I believe represented the first initials of Patrick[[Adams) & Peter [[Brown):

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cool label!

[Boogiedown]

In 1967, Chicago's Carl Davis began his label DAKAR [[ Tyrone Davis, Bohannon, Barbara Aiken).

Its biggest hit was the #3 :

[robb_k]

In 1967, Chicago's Carl Davis began his label DAKAR [[ Tyrone Davis, Bohannon, Barbara Aiken).

Its biggest hit was the #3 :

Who is Barbara Aiken??? Did you mean Barbara Acklin?

[Boogiedown]

I do !! thank you! And maybe Barbara was on BRUNSWICK proper....

[Boogiedown]

HOW is it possible ! on a Motown fansite!!, that this one remains unnamed!!!

[Boogiedown]

then there's Logan Westbrooks' SOURCE records which right off the bat had a #1 [[four weeks) soul hit with:

[robb_k]

I forgot to list Mickey Stevenson's Stepp Records [[Detroit):

[Boogiedown]

Junior Records:

Established in Philadelphia in '57 by Kae Williams and prospered for about ten years:

[Boogiedown]

A year past the seventies, in 1980, Hamilton Bohannon's Phase II Records:

[BrendaNS]

Excellent point Robb. I certainly have Philly high on my list but figure it will take some time just to do a deep dive of LA/SF, Chicago, Detroit before I move on to the East Coast. Those cities were selected as a starting point due to the amount of initial data, and perhaps I'll make faster progress once cold weather sets in. As you can imagine, research on one label almost always uncovers additional labels. My Word doc dump has all of the second tier cities you mention, but mostly the more obvious labels.

[robb_k]

Excellent point Robb. I certainly have Philly high on my list but figure it will take some time just to do a deep dive of LA/SF, Chicago, Detroit before I move on to the East Coast. Those cities were selected as a starting point due to the amount of initial data, and perhaps I'll make faster progress once cold weather sets in. As you can imagine, research on one label almost always uncovers additional labels. My Word doc dump has all of the second tier cities you mention, but mostly the more obvious labels.

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Glad to learn that you'll include Philadelphia and other cities in your tabulation. By the way,...... are you originally from Nova Scotia? [[The NS in your moniker)

[BrendaNS]

Nope, not originally from Nova Scotia but opposite coast [[PNW). NS just initials.

[Graham Jarvis]

Thanks Robb, I had your list of Black Owned record companies, there are so many. However leaving aside Berry , my favourite is "Fat Jack Taylor" the owner of Rojac

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[BrendaNS]

Graham - thanks for that! Is the photo by any chance from Stuart Cosgrove's book, Harlem 69? I must find a copy after reading the description on 45cat.