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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Gennett Records | image = Dancin'Dan.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = | caption = | parent = | founded = {{start date|1917}} | founder = [[Starr Piano Company]] | defunct = 1947β48 | status = Inactive | distributor = | genre = [[Jazz]], [[blues]], [[country music|country]] | country = U.S. | location = [[Richmond, Indiana]], United States }} '''Gennett Records''' ({{IPAc-en|dΚ|Ι|Λ|n|Ι|t}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-are/guidelines-and-specifications/abc-book/|title=ABC Book|publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled|access-date=July 5, 2024}}</ref>) was an American record company and [[record label|label]] in [[Richmond, Indiana]], United States, which flourished in the 1920s and produced the Gennett, Starr, Champion, Superior, and Van Speaking labels. The company also produced some [[Supertone Records|Supertone]], [[Silvertone Records (1916)|Silvertone]], and [[Challenge Records (1920s)|Challenge records]] under contract. The firm also pressed, under contract, records for record labels such as Autograph, [[Rainbow Records|Rainbow]], Hitch, Our Song, and Vaughn. Gennett produced some of the earliest recordings by [[Louis Armstrong]], [[King Oliver]], [[Bix Beiderbecke]], and [[Hoagy Carmichael]]. Its roster also included [[Jelly Roll Morton]], [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], [[Charley Patton]], and [[Gene Autry]].
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