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Curtom Records

CTL-E-0167 · Institution · label · 1960s–1970s

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Curtis Mayfield's Chicago soul label, home of the Impressions

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Record CTL-E-0167 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BMI-002, MUSIC-001.
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From the Archive

The archive in pictures

Black Chicago’s musical record, kept frame by frame. Photographs from the CultureTechLens research record — rights-cleared, credited, and cited like everything else here.

The band at the Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
The band at the Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Muddy Waters performing, 1976
Muddy Waters performing, 1976Photo: Lionel Decoster, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Howlin’ Wolf performing, 1972
Howlin’ Wolf performing, 1972Photo: Doug Fulton, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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