J.O.B. Records was a Chicago based record label, founded by businessman Joe Brown and bluesman St. Louis Jimmy Oden in 1949. It specialized in Southern Blues and city based R&B. In 1952, the label's recording of "Five Long Years" by Eddie Boyd became a hit and reached number one in the R&B chart. In 1953, JOB had a temporary collaboration with Chance Records. The company sparingly recorded until 1972 when it sold its catalogue to Jewel Records. JOB's last single in was released in 1974.
Artists recording for JOB were among others: Eddie Boyd, Willie Cobbs, Floyd Jones, King Kolax, J. B. Lenoir, Snooky Prior, Johnny Shines, Sunnyland Slim,
There was a similarly named but unrelated label located in Louisiana in 1950.