Chelsea Records was an American-based record company founded by musician, songwriter, and record producer
Wes Farrell in 1972. Within the company's first four months, it released its first
gold single
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, ''
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast'' by
Wayne Newton.
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In addition to Newton, Chelsea featured a number of new and established artists like
Tommy Boyce
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Jim Gilstrap
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,
Lulu,
Jigsaw
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New York City, and
Rick Springfield.
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A sublabel, Roxbury Records, focused on the soul and R&B market and scored a million-selling hit with
William DeVaughn's ''
Be Thankful for What You Got'' in 1974.
RCA Records originally handled distribution for Chelsea, but Farrell switched to independent distributors in 1974,
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and later did its own distribution.
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Ultimately, RCA absorbed the label in 1977.
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MC Spice The Legendformed a new record label name
Roxbury Recordsno relation to the former label, which folded in 1977). MC Spice The Legend released his albu
"Grown Folk Hiphop"on Roxbury Records and distributed it through PayUp Records and
Empire Distribution.
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Defunct record labels of the United States
Record labels established in 1972
Record labels disestablished in 1977