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{{Short description|Defunct American record label}}
{{for|Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Sony Records
| founded = 1963
| genre = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| defunct = 
| founder = Ike & Tina Turner
| status = Defunct
| location = Los Angeles, California
| distributor = CIRCA distributing firm
| country = United States
}}

'''Sony Records''' was a [[record label]] founded by R&B duo [[Ike & Tina Turner]] in 1963.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=February 16, 1963|title=CIRCA Handling I&T Turner's label|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-02-16.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=35}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|date=February 16, 1963|title=Music As Written: New York|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-02-16.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=14}}</ref> It was not affiliated with [[Sony|Sony Group Corporation]].

[[Ike Turner]] produced singles by members of the [[Kings of Rhythm]] and [[the Ikettes]] on Sony Records.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/takinbackmynamec00turn|title=Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner|last=Turner, Ike|date=1999|publisher=Virgin|others=Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-|isbn=1852278501|location=London|oclc=43321298}}</ref> Records on the label were distributed by CIRCA distributing firm.<ref name=":0" /> CIRCA (Consolidated International Record Company of America) was formed in 1962 to operate as a releasing company for [[Independent record label|independent labels]] by working with various distributors around the US.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 24, 1962|title=Forming CIRCA Label for Canada|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-03-24.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=34}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Catalog No.
!Release date
!'''Single (A-side, B-side)'''
!Writer
!Artist
|-
| rowspan="2" |111<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 2, 1963|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-03-02.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=28}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Feb 1963
|A: "Lonely Soldier"
|[[Curtis Mayfield]]
| rowspan="2" |Bobby John
|-
|B: "The Bad Man"
|Ike Turner
|-
| rowspan="2" |112<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=May 4, 1963|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-05-04.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=40}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Apr 1963
|A: "You're Still My Baby"
|[[Chuck Willis]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Venetta Fields]]
|-
|B: "I'm Leaving You"
|Ike Turner
|-
| rowspan="2" |113
| rowspan="2" |1963
|A: "Remove My Doubts"
| rowspan="2" |Ike Turner
| rowspan="2" |[[Stacy Johnson (singer)|Stacy Johnson]]
|-
|B: "Don't Believe 'Em"
|-
| rowspan="2" |114
| rowspan="2" |1963
|A: "What's That You've Got"
| rowspan="2" |Ike Turner
| rowspan="2" |[[Ernest Lane (musician)|Ernest Lane]]
|-
|B: "Need My Help"
|}

== See also ==

* [[Sonja Records]]
* [[Innis Records]]
* [[Teena Records]]
*[[Prann Records]]
* [[List of record labels]]

== References ==
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{{Ike Turner}}
{{Ike & Tina Turner}}{{The Ikettes}}

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[[Category:Rhythm and blues record labels]]
[[Category:Pop record labels]]
[[Category:Ike Turner]]
[[Category:Ike & Tina Turner]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1963]]
[[Category:Vanity record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels based in California]]
[[Category:Defunct record labels of the United States]]


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