Chappelle and Stinnette Records

Chappelle and Stinnette Records, sometimes known as C&S Records was a small independent United States record label founded in New York City around 1921. According to the label, Chappelle and Stinnette Records were manufactured "by C.& S. Phonograph Record Co.", which in turn was run by the husband and wife team of Thomas E. Chappelle and Juanita Stinnette Chappelle, noted African American entertainers of the time. Chappelle and Stinnette is notable as the third record company to be owned and operated by African Americans. (After Broome Records and Black Swan Records.) All but one of the 9 known C&S records feature one or both of the Chappelles singing.