Soul City Records is an American record label founded by the singer

Johnny Rivers Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is an American musician. His repertoire includes pop, folk, blues, and old-time rock 'n' roll. Rivers charted during the 1960s and 1970s but remains best known for a string of hit sing ...

in 1966. The most notable acts on Soul City were

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and Rivers himself. The label was distributed by

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, which is now part of

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and

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. With the help of

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,Tom King, ''The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood'', p. 126, Broadway Books (New York 2001). Rivers sold the label (but not the rights to the name) to

Bell Records Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny ...

in 1970. Rivers' 1977 hit "Swayin to the Music (Slow Dancin')" on

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bore the Soul City logo. Rivers reactivated the label in 1988 to issue his own recordings, hence making Soul City a private label. To date, Rivers is its only recording artist.

References

External links

Official web site
{{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 1966 Record labels disestablished in 1970 Record labels established in 1988 Re-established companies Soul music record labels