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1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, principally as a R&B label. ...
The Kingsmen were a rock band from Milwaukie, Oregon who rose suddenly to fame with their recording of Richard Berrys Louie Louie. ...
For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...
Sylvia Rhone began her music career in 1974 with Buddha Records. ...
Under Rhone's leadership, EastWest shot to mega success with a slew of multiplatinum acts, such as: Simply Red, En Vogue, Pantera, Yo-Yo, Das EFX, Snow, Gerald Levert, AC/DC, Missy Elliot and MC Lyte. Brussels December 22nd 2003 Simply Red is a British band currently composed of Mick Hucknall (lead singer) and various backing musicians. ...
En Vogue on the cover of their 1990 debut album Born To Sing En Vogue is a Grammy-nominated African American all-female R&B, club/dance, and soul vocal quartet assembled by the hit music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, formerly of the disco group Club Nouveau. ...
Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 1982. ...
The yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally-sized discs of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, around which a string is wound. ...
A fresh snowfall in Colorados (USA) high forests. ...
Gerald Levert is a pop singer, one of several from the musical Levert family. ...
AC/DC is an Australian hard rock band. ...
Missy Elliott on the cover of her album Missy Elliott (born Melissa Arnette Elliott on July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), formerly known as Missy Misdemeanor Elliott, is the first female hip hop superstar, known for a long series of hits including The Rain, Shes A Bitch, Get Ur...
MC Lyte (born Lana Michele Moorer on October 11, 1971 in Queens, New York) is a female rap artist. ...
EastWest also distributed other imprints, such as: Interscope Records, Motor Jams Records, Mecca Don Records and The Gold Mind. Interscope Records is a record label which was started in 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field with financial support from Atlantic Records (who owned 50% of the label). ...
In 1991, EastWest merged with its Atlantic sister label Atco Records, briefly calling itself Atco/EastWest Records. The following year, Atco's name was dropped and the company continued to operate under the EastWest name. Atco Records was a United States based subsidary label of Atlantic Records. ...
In 1994, Rhone was appointed CEO/Chairman of Atlantic's sister label Elektra Records. At the time, EastWest, with most of its roster, also broke away from the Atlantic umbrella to continue to operate under Rhone at Elektra. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ...
By the new millennium, budget cuts at Warner Music Group forced Elektra to deactivate EastWest Records, dropping some of its acts while others were shifted over to Elektra itself. In 2004, Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to private investors. Subsequently, more budget cuts were made, this time resulting in Elektra Records to be absorbed into Atlantic. Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels. ...
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In 2005, WMG reactived the EastWest imprint as an in-house "indie" rock label.
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