Giant Records was launched as a joint-venture with Warner Bros. Records in 1990 when Irving Azoff sold his companies to MCA Records for $15.7 million. In 1996 he launched a subisidiary Revolution Records. Warner Bros. ... The Music Corporation of America, commonly known as MCA, is a United States based corporation in the music business. ...
Giant had some huge hits with Color Me Badd. Later he also signed Steely Dan on Giant and Brian Wilson on Revolution. Color Me Badd is a male R&B vocal group which was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942, in Hawthorne, California) is an American pop musician, best known as a founding member of and the main producer, composer, and arranger for The Beach Boys. ...
GiantRecords was launched as a joint-venture with Warner Bros. Records in 1990 withIrving Azoff who had sold his companies to MCA Records for $15.7 million.
Giant had some huge hits with such acts as Tara Kemp, Color Me Badd, Jade and teen pop star Jeremy Jordan.
In 1993 Giant became unsatisfied with the way Warner was handling their international affairs and subsequently struck up a deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) to distribute their records outside of the U.S..