 In 1980 the label was sold to PolyGram along with Casablanca, which are now part of Universal Music Group; in 1983 Chocolate City Records went out of business and Cecil Holmes left Casablanca Records & Filmworks and went on to be the VP of Black music for CBS Records.The label's first group were The New York City Players, who later changed their name to "Cameo", with singles "Find My Way" and "Rigor Mortis".The next groups to sign for Chocolate City were Brenda & the Tabulations, with their slow jam entitled "Home To Myself", and Blacksmoke, whose self-titled debut "Blacksmoke" featured the two singles "Your Love Has Got Me Screaming" and "There It Is".