Editing Hi Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label featuring R&B and soul music}}
{{Infobox record label
 | image = [[Image:hirecords.jpg|center]]
 | parent = [[ABS Entertainment Inc.]]
 | founded = 1957 
 | founder = Ray Harris, Joe Cuoghi, Bill Cantrell, [[Quinton Claunch]]
 | distributor = [[Fat Possum Records]] (in the US, Canada, Australia)<br>[[Demon Music Group|Crimson Productions]] (in the UK)
 | genre = [[Rhythm & blues]], [[soul music|soul]]
 | country = [[United States|US]]
 | url = {{URL|http://hirecords.com}}
}}
[[File:Royal Recording Studios.jpg|thumb|The Royal Recording Studios and Hi Recording Studio]]
'''Hi Records''' is an American [[soul music]] and [[rhythm & blues]] label founded in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], in 1957 by singer [[Ray Harris]], record store owner Joe Cuoghi, Bill Cantrell and [[Quinton Claunch]] (formerly [[record producer|producer]]s for [[Sun Records]]), and three silent partners, including Cuoghi's lawyer, Nick Pesce.<ref name="RecordedSound">[[Colin Escott|Escott, Colin]]; Frank W. Hoffmann [ed.]. ''The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Vol. 1''. 2nd edn [[Routledge]], p. 491. {{ISBN|0-415-93835-X}}</ref>