Key Significant Benchmarks in the African American Black Music industry (Part 3 ).

 Founded in 1976, Tyscot Records is longest running black own gospel label in America. It experienced tremendous growth and success during 1990s with John P. Kee, who’s 1999 release, “Not Guilty”, sold more than 500,000 copies and gave Tyscot Records their first RIAA certified Gold Record. Tyscot Records is now a multimedia company offering movies, documentaries , videos and music to the gospel community at large.

Music One Inc (a division of Radio One)

Cathy Hughes, major black power broker.

The imprint was founded by Cathy Hughes in 1999 to released series of instrumental albums by Harpist Jeff Majors which were recorded at legendary Gamble/Huff Recording Studios. The musicians featured on all the recording projects were mainly members of Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and additional musicians who were part of the famous “Philadelphia Signature Soul Sound” or “The Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s.Instrumental series of album featured the harp as the central instrument accompanied by the symphony orchestra.

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