Chesapeake Records, Baltimore

[Roburt]

Is much known about this B'more based label and it's output ??

I know it operated in the early & mid 60's and released all sorts of stuff; white & black doo wop, soul, country, etc. so it doesn't have a high profile on the soul scene but a few decent soul 45's were released on the label.

The likes of the 5 strong (4 male + 1 female) Satisfactions were going strong in 1962, the group's lead singer and song writer was Charles Carrington I believe. Also signed to the label around that time were the Wonders & their 45 ("Oh Why") was re-issued some time later, so it must have had a few fans. 

Those outfit's efforts were followed by more soulful tracks from the likes of Gwen Porter and Monroe Taylor (with the Soul Masters).

Lots of the cuts were produced by song writer Ray Donahue but though he cut some soul stuff, his own main musical genre didn't seem to be soul related. 

Any help with regard to other good tracks released on the label and anything about it's ownership. Kenny Hamber recalls the label being owned by a local Italian American and big things being expected of their releases in 62/63 but the label just seemed to fizzle out without achieving much commercially.

The Monroe Taylor outing .................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn9YXoTXhWA

[Roburt]

Strangely, the DCSoul web site, that sets out to list every Washington, Baltimore & Maryland label soul 45 release doesn't even detail any outings on the label.

Not even this one ..............

Edited November 4, 2013 by Roburt