Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas (the band's manager and Jerry Butler's former driver) in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name (Curtis) and Thomas' surname (Thomas). Curtis had previously made attempts at a record label with the "Mayfield" and "Windy C" labels. It is noted for being one of the first ever record labels owned by an African-American recording artist. Sam Cooke was the first African-American recording artist to start his own record label, SAR. Curtom was located in Chicago's old RCA studio, acquired by Mayfield for cutting demos. Along with the Impressions'...