Brunswick Records (Chicago era)

CTL-E-0523 · Institution · label · 1951–1975

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Brunswick Records operated a major Chicago R&B/soul division from the early 1950s, recording Jackie Wilson, the Chi-Lites, and the Artistics under producers Carl Davis and Eugene Record.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001, BMI-002; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BMI-002:brunswick-records, CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-009; source research type(s): label. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Chicago Magazine; Brunswick Records site
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Records
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Davis_(record_producer)

Record CTL-E-0523 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources · CTL research: MUSIC-001, BMI-002.
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