Black Patti Records

Black Patti Records was a short-lived American record label based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded by Mayo Williams in 1927.

It was named after the black opera singer Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, who was called Black Patti because some thought she resembled the Italian opera singer Adelina Patti.

[1] The Black Patti peacock logo was used in the 1960s by Nick Perls for his Belzona and Yazoo labels.

When he left Paramount to start Black Patti, he had no equipment, only his Chicago office space.

The catalog included jazz, blues, sermons, spirituals, and vaudeville skits, most but not all by black entertainers.