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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING CARL H. DAVIS SR. AND CARL H. DAVIS JR.
WHEREAS, Carl H. Davis, Sr., Vice President of Brunswick Records and CEO of Chi-Sound Records, helped put Brunswick and Chi-Sound on the map and created the Chicago Sound; and
WHEREAS, Carl Sr. assisted in the overall success of hundreds of hit songs both locally, nationally and globally for record labels such as Brunswick, Chi-Sound Records, Al Bell’s Stax Records, DAKAR, and OKEH Records; and
WHEREAS, Carl Sr. is responsible for music business legends such as Mary Wells, The Chi-Lites, The Dells, Curtis Mayfield, The Artistics, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis, Walter Jackson, Major Lance, T.L. Williams and a host of others; and
WHEREAS, Carl Sr. was featured on the Grammy Awards and has been a guest on the Flip Wilson show and Don Cornelius’s Soul Train; and
WHEREAS, Carl Jr. has assisted his father with the music business industry and is currently the CEO of Chi-Sound Music Group; and
WHEREAS, Carl Jr. is an executive in Wealth Management Capital Markets’ Financial Services; and
WHEREAS, Carl Jr. has spent the past 25 years building startups, talent acquisition technology and supplying services to companies like Coca-Cola, Hallmark Cards, JPMorgan Chase and currently Mesirow Financial; and
WHEREAS, Carl Jr. will strive to make an impact in the music and business industry to further the legacy of his father; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, honor Carl H. Davis Sr. and Carl H. Davis Jr. and praise their essential contribution to the musical and cultural viability of Cook County.
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