BEA & BABY RECORDS DEFINITIVE COLLECTIONLABEL: EARWIG MUSICRELEASE DATE: AUGUST 16, 2019
When you think of historic Chicago blues and R&B labels, Chess, Vee-Jay, Brunswick, and
Delmark probably first come to mind. However, the city’s famous black music scene spawned
many indie labels, and Bea & Baby Records ranks among the very best of them. Founded by the
ever-colorful Chicago entrepreneur Narvel “Cadillac Baby” Eatmon, Bea & Baby Records — along
with its subsidiaries and subsidiary labels Key, Keyhole, Miss and Ronald — put out an impressive
selection of blues, gospel, doo-wop, soul, hip-hop, and comedy releases between 1959 and1989.
Now, a comprehensive retrospective, “Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive
Collection,” is set for release August 16, 2019 by Chicago-based blues label Earwig Music
Company.
