Along
with musicians, vocalists, writers, producers, record producers and executives,
within the next few weeks Carl Davis will open his old headquarters at 1449 S.
Michigan. Helping him in this effort will be Gus Redmond and Jerry W. Williams
Sr.
Davis
will serve as president CEO of the Chi-Sound Records.
Davis was
blessed with the ability to blend music, talent and business for the benefit of
marketing people. He is the subject of the biography The Man Behind The Music,
and was instrumental in blazing a trail as one of the most significant musical
producers and record executives in the industry. His action mastered the art of
dealing with individuals that enabled him forge the Chicago sound from the
recording studio, the theaters such as the Regal, night clubs, radio, television, movies developing
superstars throughout the entire world.
Although
he is currently living in South Carolina we still remember the many stars he
helped to make such as Louis Armstrong, Sam Cook, Jackie Wilson, Gene Chandler,
The Chi-Lites, Major Lance, Walter
Jackson, Emma Franklin, Mary
Wells, Tyrone Davis, Billy Butler, Curtis Mayfield, The Vibrations, Chubby
Checker, Young-Holt Trio, Barbara Acklin, The Artistics, Elton John, The Dells,
Chuck Jackson, Muhammad Ali and Manchild and Eugene Record.
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2011 Chicago Defender
