Champion Records
Illustration — Twin City Bellhops - Ain’t I Got Rosie, 1926 Champion Records was a record label in Richmond, Indiana, founded in 1925 by the Starr Piano Company as a division of Gennett Records, which was also in Richmond. Champion released budget versions of discs issued by Gennett. Its issues included race records and jazz.
Champion Records
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- 1920
- Founder
- Starr Piano Company
- Headquarters
- Richmond
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Illustration — Twin City Bellhops - Ain’t I Got Rosie, 1926 Champion Records was a record label in Richmond, Indiana, founded in 1925 by the Starr Piano Company as a division of Gennett Records, which was also in Richmond. Champion released budget versions of discs issued by Gennett. Its issues included race records and jazz.
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Champion Records is recorded as founded by Starr Piano Company.
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1920 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Starr Piano Company. Its recorded seat is Richmond.
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1920
Champion Records established.
1920
Champion Records is recorded from 1920.
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- 1.Rye, Howard. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. 418. 2002. 1561592846.
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