Ping Record Co.

1950s jazz and R&B label from Chicago, Illinois. "Founded in 1956 by Frank Evans, who owned a record store at 4648 South Cottage Grove in Chicago, and owned and serviced jukeboxes. The tiny operation was run out of the back of the store. It survived no more than a year. Ping releases (all singles) ran from 1000 to 1007. Six releases have been documented. There is no evidence that Ping 1004 or 1006 were ever issued. Meanwhile we know four more sides were supposedly recorded for Ping that were never released; two of these survive on test pressings." -Robert L. Campbell and Leonard J. Bukowski