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| Imperial Records |  | | Parent company | EMI | | Founded | 1947 | | Founder | Lew Chudd | | Distributing label | Capitol Music Group (In the US) | | Genre | (historic) various
(current) Urban | | Country of origin | United States | | Official website | http://www.imperialrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/imperialrecords | Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...
The earliest Imperial Records was a short-lived United States based company of the first decade of the 1900s, producing single-sided lateral cut gramophone records. ...
Imperial label of the red type used in the early 1930s. ...
For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...
Capitol Music Group is a major American record label, owned by EMI. It was formed in February 2007 as a merger of Virgin Records and Capitol Records in an effort by EMI to restructure and save an average of $217 million yearly. ...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
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See also: 2006 in British music Musical groups established in 2006 Record labels established in 2006 // January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ...
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The independent and Liberty Records years
Imperial was famous for recordings of rhythm & blues and early rock & roll like Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson. Imperial was licensed to London Records in the UK. In 1960 Lew Chudd bought Aladdin Records. Minit Records was acquired in 1963. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
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Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928) is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ...
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London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. ...
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Aladdin Records was a post-World War II United States record label, headquartered in Hollywood, California. ...
Minit Records was a record label originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak. ...
Later in 1963, after Imperial lost Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson to rival labels, Chudd sold the label to Liberty Records. Under Liberty's management, the label enjoyed success from such artists as holdover Irma Thomas as well as Johnny Rivers, Jackie DeShannon, Classics IV and Cher. Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. ...
A soul Queen from New Orleans. ...
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Traces Classics IV (1969) Classics IV were a pop rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1965. ...
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During the British Invasion years, Liberty (whose recordings were distributed by EMI in the UK) licensed artists including The Hollies, Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas and The Swinging Blue Jeans from EMI for release on the Imperial label. For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ...
Hollies redirects here. ...
Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, 19 August 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. ...
The Dakotas is a group of British invasion musicians, which initially convened as a backing band in Manchester, England. ...
The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their proto rave-up hit single, Hippy Hippy Shake. An album to the single Hippy Hippy Shake was released in 1964 by EMI on the HMV label. ...
By 1970 the label became part of Liberty's merger with United Artists, but was phased out shortly thereafter with its artists being transferred to United Artists. EMI now owns the Imperial Records catalogue. // Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ...
Label variations - Early to mid-50s -- Maroon label, IMPERIAL at top
- Late 50s-1963 -- Black label with stars under IMPERIAL at top
- 1964-1966 -- Black, white and magenta label. I-R logo in black box on left side, IMPERIAL shown under logo. Disclaimer at bottom of label shows "A SUBSIDIARY OF LIBERTY RECORDS"
- 1966-1969 -- Black and lime green label, I-R logo in red box on left side, IMPERIAL shown under logo, "A PRODUCT OF LIBERTY RECORDS" shown under IMPERIAL. Disclaimer changed to "A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS"
- 1970 -- Black and lime green label, I-R logo in red box on left side, IMPERIAL shown (in slightly larger letters than the previous label) under logo. Disclaimer reads "LIBERTY/UA, INC"
Revival Throughout the 90's, EMI released various CD compilations of Imperial artists. For nostalgia, the compact discs featured the various Imperial labels.
In June of 2006, EMI re-activated the Imperial Records imprint and announced that it will be the full-service Urban Music division of Caroline Distribution, part of Virgin Records, spearheaded by urban music veteran Neil Levine. Urban is in or having to do with cities, as distinct from rural areas. ...
Caroline Distribution is EMIs distributor of independent labels. ...
Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ...
The first signing to the imprint is Raptivism Records. Fat Joe has signed with Virgin Records and Imperial Records.
The revived Imperial is a full service label group that offers promotions, marketing and digital services for the independent urban music market. Imperial also provides additional resources for developing urban artists within EMI’s major labels including Capitol Records and Virgin Records which were merged on January 2007 into the Capitol Music Group. For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...
Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the...
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Traces Classics IV (1969) Classics IV were a pop rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1965. ...
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