After the owner, Ray Pate, suddenly passed away, his family decided to have a liquidation sale at the record store, at 7051 N. Clark St.Chicago First Alert Weather: Clearing Skies And Warming Up
A Block Club Chicago report indicated that Chicago Ray Records opened only in August 2020. Pate had previously owned RPM Music at 1839 W. Irving Park Rd. in Ravenswood, and in the past had also owned bars in Wrigleyville in Ravenswood.