Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti. Their first success was releasing albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett, and later helped launch the careers of "Weird Al" Yankovic and Survivor. They also signed James Brown to a recording contract in the mid-1980's. State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Ben Scotti is a former American football athlete. ... Leif Garrett (born November 8, 1961) is an American singer and actor, who for a short time during the 1970s was a teen idol. ... Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is a Grammy award winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Survivor is a rock band formed in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. ... James Brown, known variously as Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ...

Scotti Brothers went through a long line of distributors during the time it was in operation. Atlantic Records originally handled the label's distribution, then they moved to CBS Records in the early '80s. This partnership lasted until 1991, when they entered into an agreement with BMG. By 1996, they were back in the WEA distribution system. Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. ... The Wea were a Native American tribe of the Ohio Country, sometimes considered a subdivision of the Miami tribe. ...

The label, as well as the Scotti brothers themselves, ran a motion picture production company of the same name, and was associated with the television syndication company All American Television (which later became All American Communications after becoming involved in the production and distribution of Baywatch) since the company's inception. After Pearson purchased All American in 1997, the Scotti Brothers contracts and masters were bought by Zomba Records' Volcano Entertainment subsidiary. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Baywatch was a popular American television show about lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County. ... Pearson plc is a London-based media conglomerate. ... Zomba Records was started in 1977 by Clive Calder as a book publishing venture and moved into the recording business in 1981. ... Volcano Records is a subsidiary of Zomba Records. ...

See also

• List of record labels