| Chi-Sound Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Status | active |
| Distributor(s) | United Artists Records (1976 - 1978) 20th Century-Fox Records (1978 - 1981) Independent (1982 - 1983, 1989 - 1990, 2007 - present) |
| Genre | various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Official website | Chi-Sound |
Chi-Sound Records is an independent record label set up in 1976 by established Chicago record producer Carl Davis.[1] He had been involved in the music industry since the early 1960s working with locally based record labels, including Vee-Jay and Okeh, a subsidiary of the major Columbia Records. He produced the number one hit by Gene Chandler, "Duke of Earl" for Vee-Jay. Later, as A&R chief for Okeh, he produced a run of hits with writer/singer Curtis Mayfield, for another Chicago artist, Major Lance, including "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um".[2] Davis left Okeh after it was merged with Epic Records in a dispute with Epic management over side projects outside Epic/Okeh.
- ^ Pruter, Robert (1992). Chicago Soul. University of Illinois. p. 350.
- ^ Sisario, Ben (17 August 2012). "Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.