Dakar Records

CTL-E-0509 · Institution · label · 1967–1976

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Dakar Records was founded in 1967 by Carl Davis as a Brunswick subsidiary imprint, becoming the home of Tyrone Davis's hit 'Can I Change My Mind' and the label's deep-soul roster. Dakar's roster included Tyrone Davis, Hamilton Bohannon, and other Chicago soul artists, anchoring the city's late-1960s/early-1970s soul sound before Davis moved on to Chi-Sound.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001, BMI-002; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BMI-002:dakar-records, CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-005; source research type(s): label. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar_Records
https://www.discogs.com/label/10023-Dakar

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