Cecil Holmes
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Cecil Holmes was a co-founder of Casablanca Records
and a founder of Chocolate City Records
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In 1986, while working at Columbia's black music division, he signed The New Kids on the Block to their first record contract.
Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...
and a founder of Chocolate City Records
Chocolate City Records
Chocolate City Records was a record label subsidiary of Casablanca Records & Filmworks. It was started in 1975 by Cecil Holmes, Neil Bogart's partner at Casablanca...
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In 1986, while working at Columbia's black music division, he signed The New Kids on the Block to their first record contract.