Chicago record labels
Illustration — "Bye and Bye" recorded in 1927 on the Black Patti Records label of The Chicago Record Company Chicago has supported independent record publishing since the 1920s, with local labels associated with blues, jazz, soul, folk, house, classical, dance, and electronic music. This list includes active and defunct record labels founded in Chicago or later based in the city. Fingers, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Phuture, Frankie Knuckles, Lidell Townsell, Jamie Principle • Underground Communique Records — Justin Schwier — 2004 — Punk, hardcore, indie — Shot Baker, Big D and the Kids Table, The Copyrights, Hellmouth, The Heat Tape, The Methadones, Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug • United Records — 1952 • USA Records — Founded by Jim Golden, owned by Paul Glass — 1960 — Blues, pop, R&B, garage band, Sound of Chicago horns and voice, rock, polka, comedy — Deltones, Rivieras, Willie Mabon, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, J.B. Lenoir, Bobby Whiteside, Buckinghams • Vee-Jay Records — Vivian Carter & James C. Bracken — 1953 — R&B, Soul — John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Reed • Wax Trax!
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Illustration — "Bye and Bye" recorded in 1927 on the Black Patti Records label of The Chicago Record Company Chicago has supported independent record publishing since the 1920s, with local labels associated with blues, jazz, soul, folk, house, classical, dance, and electronic music. This list includes active and defunct record labels founded in Chicago or later based in the city. Fingers, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Phuture, Frankie Knuckles, Lidell Townsell, Jamie Principle • Underground Communique Records — Justin Schwier — 2004 — Punk, hardcore, indie — Shot Baker, Big D and the Kids Table, The Copyrights, Hellmouth, The Heat Tape, The Methadones, Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug • United Records — 1952 • USA Records — Founded by Jim Golden, owned by Paul Glass — 1960 — Blues, pop, R&B, garage band, Sound of Chicago horns and voice, rock, polka, comedy — Deltones, Rivieras, Willie Mabon, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, J.B. Lenoir, Bobby Whiteside, Buckinghams • Vee-Jay Records — Vivian Carter & James C. Bracken — 1953 — R&B, Soul — John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Reed • Wax Trax!
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- 1.Clague, Mark. Record Publishing. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. 2005.
- 2.Fielding, Amy. Legendary Chicago house label DJ International Records relaunches. DJ Mag. January 18, 2021.
- 3.Bruce Kaplan; Founder of Flying Fish Records. Los Angeles Times. December 21, 1992.
- 4.Costello, Brian. HoZac Records Takes Underground Punk Acts to South by Southwest. WBEZ. March 15, 2010.
- 5.Hogan, Marc. How Chicago Label International Anthem Is Rewriting the Rules of Jazz. Pitchfork. January 14, 2020.
- 6.Heath, Harold. A history of Trax Records and the fight for Chicago's house pioneers' royalties. DJ Mag. March 7, 2023.
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