Aristocrat Records
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Aristocrat Records was a late-1940s Chicago-based independent blues and jazz label that helped launch the recording career of Muddy Waters and later evolved into Chess Records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristocrat Records canonical | 3 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues record label
ⓘ
independent record label ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Muddy Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfHeadquarters | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat | 78 rpm records ⓘ |
| evolvedInto | Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus | African-American music ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1940s ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| helpedLaunchCareerOf | Muddy Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | predecessor of Chess Records ⓘ |
| independentOf | major record companies ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| locationCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locationState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Chicago blues recordings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early recordings of Muddy Waters ⓘ |
| operatedAs | independent label ⓘ |
| product |
phonograph records
ⓘ
shellac records ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Chicago blues scene ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
jazz
ⓘ
urban blues ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.