Chocolate City Records
Chocolate City Records bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ nke Casablanca Record na FilmWorks. Ọ malitere na afọ 1975 site n'aka Cecil Holmes, onye mmekọ Neil Bogart na Casablanca. N'afọ 1980, e rere akara ahụ na PolyGram tinyere Casablanca, nke bụzi akụkụ nke Universal Music Group; n'afọ 1983, Chocolate City Records kwụsịrị azụmahịa na Cecil Holmes hapụrụ Casablanca Records & Filmworks wee gaa n'ihu bụrụ VP nke egwu Black maka CBS Records.
| Chocolate City Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Casablanca Records |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Status | Defunct since 1982. |
| Distributor(s) | The Island Def Jam Music Group |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | US |
| Location | US |
Akụkọ ihe mere eme
dezieNdị otu mbụ nke akara ahụ bụ The New York City Players, bụ ndị mechara gbanwee aha ha ka ọ bụrụ Cameo, na egwu "Find My Way" na "Rigor Mortis".
Ndị ọzọ bịanyere aka na Chocolate City bụ Brenda & the Tabulations, na nwayọ ha akpọrọ "Home To Myself", na Blacksmoke, onye akpọrọ Blacksmoke nke mbụ ya gosipụtara egwu abụọ "Your Love Has Got Me Screaming" na "There It Is".
N'afọ 1977, ma Cameo na Brenda & The Tabulations dekọrọ abọm mbụ ha maka Chocolate City Records. Cameo kpọrọ abọm mbụ ha Cardiac Arrest . Abụọ bụ "Funk Funk" na "Post Mortem". Abọm mbụ Brenda & The Tabulations bụ I Keep Coming Back For More, nke e si na ya wepụta egwu "Let's Go All The Way (Down) " na "Superstar". N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke afọ 1977, Cameo kpọrọ abọm nke abụọ ha We All Know Who We Are . Egwú anọ ahụ bụ "C On The Funk", "Why Have I Lost You?", "Anyị niile maara onye anyị bụ" na "Ọ dị oke njọ".
N'afọ 1978, ndị omenkà ọhụrụ abụọ bịanyere aka na Chocolate City Records: onye na-agụ egwu Vernon Burch, na Townsend, Townsend , Townsend & Rogers. A kpọrọ abọm Burch Love-A-Thon, ya na egwu "Brighter Days" na "Love Is"; Townsend, Townsend", Townsend & Rogers' album nwere aha onwe ya ma tinye egwu "Bring It Down To The Real" nke Dave Rogers na Ed Townsend dere.
Ìgwè anọ ọhụrụ bịanyere aka na akara ahụ na afọ 1980. Randy Brown, onye bịanyere aka na Parachute Records, wepụtara abọm mbụ ya n'okpuru Chocolate City Records: Midnight Desire . Abụọ ndị a gụnyere na abọm a bụ "We Outta Be Doin' It" na "It's The Next Best Thing (To Being There) (7th Wonder, nke a bịanyere aka na Parachute, wepụtara abọm mbụ ha n'okpuru Chocolate City Records: Thunder. Abọm ahụ gụnyere egwu "The Tilt" na "I Enjoy Ya". Starpoint wepụtara abọm mbụ ha akpọrọ onwe ha. Egwú atọ sitere na abọm ahụ bụ "I Just Wanna Dance With You", "Get Ready, Get Down" na "Gonna Lift You Up". Kevin Moore wepụtara abọm akpọrọ Rainmaker, nke nwere egwu egwu "The Way You Hold Me".
Na Jenụwarị, na afọ 1976, otu ọzọ a na-akpọ Funkateers bịanyere aka na Chocolate City. Ha dèrè egwu ha akpọrọ, "Give What You Got".