Chart Records

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Chart Records was a small but successful country music record label of the 1960s, best known for turning Lynn Anderson into a major country star. It was owned by Slim Williamson.

The label was founded in 1964. Among the artists who recorded at one time for the label were Junior Samples, Del Wood, Maxine Brown, Jim Nesbitt, Connie Eaton, Red Sovine, Billy "Crash" Craddock, LaWanda Lindsey, and Anthony Armstrong Jones. 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 RCA Records for several years during the 1960s but Anderson's success allowed them to go it independently. Alas, Anderson left the label in 1970 and she was their only major star which caused the label to sink into considerably less importance on the country scene, eventually closing shop by the mid 1970s.

Today Gusto Records owns the Chart Records catalogue.