Champion Records (6)

Company credit for the Champion (5) record label. (Appears near the bottom center of the label on Champion (5) releases.) Champion Records was a record company in Richmond, Indiana, founded in 1925 by the The Starr Piano Co. as a sub-division of Gennett Records, also in Richmond. Champion released cheaper versions of discs on the Gennett label. Its issues included race records and jazz. In 1934 Champion closed and the trademark was sold to Decca Records, which brought the label back from 1935 to 1936.