RAK Records is a Britishrecord company, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. RAK was home of artists like Suzi Quatro, Mud, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, The Arrows, and Kim Wilde. RAK records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which finally bought the company and its master recordings in 1979. Most kept the company name and his RAK recording studio. The record industry (or recording industry) is the industry that manufactures and distributes mechanical recordings of music. ... Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes (June 20, 1938 - May 30, 2003), successful record producer notably with a string of Number 1 hit singles with his own RAK Records label and acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan and Suzi Quatro. ... Menara International Airport (IATA Airport Code: RAK) in Marrakech, Morocco, is a small international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arabian nations. ... Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatrocchio on June 3, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan. ... Mud were a British glam rock band formed in 1968, best remembered for their single Tiger Feet which was 1974s UK best seller. ... Hot Chocolate was a British band of the 1960s and 1970s formed by Errol Brown (a Briton born in Jamaica). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The Arrows were a three piece Anglo-American band, based in London, England. ... Kim Wilde and Michael Jackson on the cover of fanclub magazine in 1988. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith in London, in the United Kingdom. ...
RAK music publishing now has the copyrights to such classic popular songs as "You Sexy Thing" composed by Hot Chocolate singer Errol Brown and "I Love Rock N Roll" written by the band The Arrows, both acts were produced by Most.
RAK was eventually sold to EMIRecords in 1983 but revived in 1988.
Most was one of the first producers to own the rights to his own records and his RAK Studios, opened in 1976 in St John's Wood, remains active.
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