In the mid-60s, Davis took over creative control of Brunswick Records (at that time a subsidiary of Decca Records) and oversaw many hits for that label and another label Davis founded, Dakar Records, over the next five to six years for Chicago artists like The Chi-Lites, Tyrone Davis (no relation), Barbara Acklin, The Artistics, Young-Holt, and Gene Chandler, as well as Jackie Wilson.
[1] Originally distributed as a custom label by United Artists Records,[3] the output, including several albums by Walter Jackson, was moderately successful.
In 1978, it switched its distribution to 20th Century-Fox Records, which saw Davis signing up other previously successful Chicago-based artists.
Gene Chandler recorded the #3 Billboard R&B hit, "Get Down", a huge disco hit in 1978/79, and Davis then brought on board The Chi-Lites (with lead vocalist and producer Eugene Record also taking an executive post), The Dells and The Impressions.
When the Fox deal ended in 1981 (at the same time was sold to PolyGram in 1981 and absorbed into Casablanca Records), Chi-Sound was wound down with Davis using independent distribution for spasmodic releases for 2 years.