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Pye Records is a British record label. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music In its first incarnation, Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956-69), Petula Clark (1957-71), The Searchers (1963-67), The Kinks (1964-71), and Brotherhood Of Man (1975-79). Lonnie Donegan MBE ( 29 April 1931 &ndash 3 November 2002) was a Skiffle musician possibly the most famous of them all Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits The Searchers are a British rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Brotherhood of Man are a British pop groupwho won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 with " Save Your Kisses for Me " The label changed its name in 1980 but was reactivated in 2006.

The Pye Company originally sold televisions and radios. This article is about the electronics company Pye Ltd. For other uses of Pye see Pye (disambiguation. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. It entered the record business when it bought Nixa Records in 1953. Nixa Record Company Ltd was founded in 1950 by F H B Nixon. Nixa was the second company after Decca, in Britain to release LP records. In 1955, the company acquired Polygon Records, a label that had been established by Petula Clark's father to control distribution of her recordings, and merged it with Nixa Records to form Pye Nixa Records. Polygon Records was one of the first British Independent record labels. In 1959, the name was changed to Pye Records and ATV acquired 50% of the label. Associated TeleVision Limited, best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981 ATV bought the other half of the business in 1966. Two subsidiaries were created during the sixties, Pye Golden Guinea Records and Piccadilly Records. Pye Records formed Pye Golden Guinea Records in the early 1960s as an outlet for new acts This page refers to the record label For other uses see Piccadilly (disambiguation Piccadilly Records was formed by Pye Records In 1970, it launched a less mainstream label for folk, jazz, blues and progressive acts, Dawn Records, the most successful Dawn act being Mungo Jerry. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active 1970 - 75, it was set up largely as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label a rival of the EMI Mungo Jerry are an English folk/classic rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing

When the rights to the name Pye expired in 1980, the label changed its name to PRT Records. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Pye Records is a British Record label. In its first incarnation Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956-69 Petula Clark (1957-71 Its back catalogue was later acquired by Castle Communications. Castle Communications is a British Record label, Subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, specialising in the back catalogue of folk and folk-rock

In 1958, Pye International Records was started. Pye International Records was a Record label founded in 1958. The company licensed recordings from American and other foreign labels in the UK including Chess Records, A&M Records, Kama Sutra Records, Colpix Records, Buddah Records, 20th Century Records, and King Records. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Chess Records was an American Record label based in Chicago Illinois. A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions a production Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures - Screen Gems. Buddah Records (now known as Buddha Records 20th Century Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century-Fox Records, began in 1958 was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. King Records is an American Record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio. It also released recordings from British artist Labi Siffre which were produced outside the company. Labi Siffre (born 25 June 1945 is an English Poet, Songwriter and Singer most widely known as the writer and singer of (Something Inside

The company entered the budget-priced record market in the 1960s, with Marble Arch reissuing older Pye material.

In July 2006, it was announced that Scottish alternative rock group Idlewild would sign to Pye Records, which was being reactivated by the music group Sanctuary for bands that were seen to be more indie and alternative than the 'heritage acts' that were signed to their main label. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Idlewild are a Scottish rock band originally based in Edinburgh. Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

Pye in the U. S.

In 1974, Pye established a American version of its record label. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The label was not a success, however, and closed its U. S. operations in 1976. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The head of the U. S. division, Marvin Schlachter, then started Prelude Records, named after one of Pye's acts of the time, Prelude; its initial LP and 45 catalogue series were carried over from the ill-fated U. Prelude Records was a New York -based dance Independent record label, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s Prelude are an English based folk trio, who in their most famous line-up consisted of Brian Hume ( Vocals, Guitar) his wife Irene S. Pye label (with the catalogue prefix changed from PYE- to PRL-), and Prelude would have a string of disco and dance music hits into the early 1980s. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

Artists on Pye Records

See also

Clem Curtis (born 28 November 1940, Trinidad) is a Singer and former lead vocalist of sixties British soul group soul group The Foundations Joseph "Joe" Francis Robert Dolan ( October 16 1939 &ndash December 26 2007) was an Irish Singer of Lonnie Donegan MBE ( 29 April 1931 &ndash 3 November 2002) was a Skiffle musician possibly the most famous of them all Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist Carl Douglas (born 1942 is a Jamaican-born Singer, most famous for his Song " Kung Fu Fighting " which hit number one on The Flying Machine was a British studio band, which was assembled in 1968 from the ashes of a previously studio based outfit The Foundations were a British soul band active from 1967 to 1970 Alfred Hawthorne Hill ( 21 January 1924 &ndash 19 April 1992) better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English The Honeycombs were an English Beat / pop group of the 1960s Their most distinguishing mark was their female Drummer, Honey Lantree Idlewild are a Scottish rock band originally based in Edinburgh. The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Gerald Masters born Gerald Watkiss (February 17 1955 - February 5 2007 was a musician solo artist and songwriter achieving fame during Mungo Jerry are an English folk/classic rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing Maxine Nightingale (born 2 November 1952, Wembley, London) is a British R&B and Soul music Singer Desmond Bernard O'Connor, CBE (born as Conrad Desmondson on 12 January 1932 is a well-known veteran English Television personality. The Real Thing were a UK pop group, formed in Liverpool in the early 1970s Joan Regan, born 19 January 1928 in Romford Essex England of Anglo-Irish descent is a Popular music singer and Actress, Background The Remo Four were a 1950s-1960s rock band from Liverpool, England. The Searchers are a British rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich on 26 February 1947) was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s Labi Siffre (born 25 June 1945 is an English Poet, Songwriter and Singer most widely known as the writer and singer of (Something Inside Pye International Records was a Record label founded in 1958. The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal Freakbeat band. Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" Tommy Steele OBE (born 17 December 1936 in London England) is an English entertainer Frankie Vaughan, CBE ( 3 February 1928 - 17 September 1999) was a Singer of Traditional pop music in the Geno Washington (born William Francis Washington December 1943) is an American R&B singer born in Evansville Indiana, who released five albums with The Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band were a British soul band active from 1965 to 1968 This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also
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