 Charlie
Ammerman, throughout his musical
journey, has maintained a high level of respect
for the pure traditional sound of country music.
Early in his career, he managed Wynn Stewart, who
released the now iconic song, “It’s
Such A Pretty World Today,” as well as Bobby
Helms (Fraulein” and “My Special
Angel”), Johnny Paycheck (“Take This
Job And Shove It”) and Leon Everette
(“Hurricane”).  Being the man behind
Pretty World Records, he has been responsible for
releases by such notable artists ranging from
Wynn Stewart, Jack Greene, Leon Everette, Leona
Williams, John Long and Freddie Hart to
newcomers, Nathan Osmond and Robyn Young. While
his accomplishments in the music industry are
numerous, he has chosen to not rest on past
laurels, but to continue to produce and preserve
traditional country music.
Now with Pretty World Records running at full
speed and topping the indie charts on a regular
basis, Charlie began to detect a need beyond what
his jammed-packed label could handle. Seeing a
lot of young and talented but inexperienced
traditional country music artists on the horizon,
he decided to seize the opportunity to nurture
that familiar traditional country music sound in
the next generation of artists by reactivating
his record label, CBR Records. Originally formed
in 1976, the company was distributed by Columbia
Records and released music on artists like Jerry
Wallace and Curley Penrod. Over the years, while
Charlie worked on other projects, CBR Records
became dormant, but now as Charlie comments,
“It’s time to bring it back.”
Primarily a development label, Charlie plans on
eventually signing approximately six acts. When
asked if he would be producing any of these acts,
he notes, “When you do it all your life, you
don’t have any choice.” While most
record label execs cringe at the thought of
having to listen to unsolicited material, Charlie
has a different attitude believing that everyone
should have an opportunity to be heard.
 Pretty World Records will handle the
distribution for CBR Records and while both
labels have separate rosters and goals - one
thing is certain, Charlie vows, “We’ll
keep it traditional country…that’s for
sure!.”
When Charlie reactivated Pretty World Records a
few years ago, he found there were still a lot of
country stations out there willing to play
traditional country. Targeting that market has
worked well and now with the addition of CBR
Records and a new generation of artists,
traditional country should maintain a stronghold
in the hearts of country music fans worldwide for
a long time to come - thanks to people like
Charlie Ammerman who truly care about the music!www.PrettyWorldRecords.com
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