Chart Records was a

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of the 1960s, best known for turning

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into a major country star. It was owned by

Slim Williamson Bradley L. Williamson, (November 21, 1927 – December 25, 2013) known professionally as Slim Williamson, was an American record executive who owned several record labels. He purchased the Chart label in 1964 from Gary Walker for $350.00. He di ...

. The label was founded in 1964. Among the artists who recorded at one time for the label were Kenny Vernon,

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, Junior Samples, Del Wood, Maxine Brown,

Jim Nesbitt Jim Nesbitt (December 1, 1931 – November 29, 2007) was an American country music singer. He had his first hit with "Please Mr. Kennedy" in 1961. It was released on Dot Records and became a number 11 hit on the Billboard charts. His bigge ...

, Connie Eaton,

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, Billy "Crash" Craddock,

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and Doug Koempel. Many of the labels' vocalists were quite young, teenagers or in their early twenties, quite unusual during the 1960s for a country music label. Chart was distributed by

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for several years during the 1960s and early 1970s. Today, Gusto Records owns the Chart Records catalogue except for the recordings by Lynn Anderson, which is owned by

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(the current owner of RCA Records), and has reissued a number of the recordings on CD. The publishing arms of Chart Records were Yonah Music (BMI) and Peach Music (SESAC).

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fansite for Chart Records
Record labels established in 1964 American country music record labels Defunct record labels of the United States {{US-record-label-stub

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