| Sire Records | |
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Founder | Seymour Stein Richard Gottehrer |
| Distributing label | Warner Bros. Records (US) WEA International (Non-US) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Official website | sirerecords.com |
Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records
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Label history
Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Seymour Stein (born 1942 in Brooklyn New York) is an entrepreneur in the music industry who has been a part of the business since getting his first job as a clerk for Billboard Richard Gottehrer is an American Songwriter, Record producer and Record label executive Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Events January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Seymour Stein (born 1942 in Brooklyn New York) is an entrepreneur in the music industry who has been a part of the business since getting his first job as a clerk for Billboard Richard Gottehrer is an American Songwriter, Record producer and Record label executive Its early releases as a record label were issued in 1968, distributed by London Records. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin From the beginning, Sire introduced obscure British bands to the American market. Early releases included the Climax Blues Band, Barclay James Harvest and proto-punks The Deviants. The Climax Chicago Blues Band based in Stafford, England was formed in late 1968 Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences The label was distributed by Polydor Records from 1970 until 1971, during which time the now-famous logo was introduced, and then by Famous Music from 1972 to 1974, during which the progressive rock band Focus charted with their 1972 hit "Hocus Pocus. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Events Charles Wuorinen, aged 32 becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall Famous Music was the worldwide music publishing division of Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom. Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported Focus is a Dutch Progressive rock band It was founded by classically trained organist / Flautist " Hocus Pocus " is a 1971 song from Moving Waves, the second album by Dutch rock group Focus. " In the seventies, Sire released a number of compilation LPs, including the 3 volume "History Of British Rock" series, and diverse artists such as The Turtles, Duane Eddy, The Small Faces, and Del Shannon. The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award -winning American Guitarist. Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. For Dell Shannon, the pen name of a police procedural novelist see Elizabeth Linington. The UK signing policy was vindicated when Climax Blues Band scored a Top 40 hit in 1977 with "Couldn't Get It Right," Also in 1977 Stein, who had worked with the group in the 1960s, convinced the Shangri-Las to reform and return to the studio. The Shangri-Las were a Girl group, an American pop group of the 1960s But the trio was unhappy with the quality of material it recorded, and the trio opted out of its contract. Those tracks have yet to be released.
Acquisition by Warner
In the later 1970s, Sire transformed itself into a successful independent record label and went on to sign artists from the burgeoning punk rock and New Wave scenes, including the Ramones, the Dead Boys and Talking Heads. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The Dead Boys were an American Punk rock band from Cleveland Ohio. Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 ABC Records, which had inherited the original Famous Music distribution arrangement, was sold to MCA Records, leading to the acquisition of Sire by Warner Bros. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc Records in 1978. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon During the 1980s, Sire achieved mainstream status after having launched the recording careers of Madonna and Ice T—who were signed to the label in 1982 and 1986 respectively—as well as with Depeche Mode and The Cure. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 Into the 1990s the label had continued commercial success with acts such as Seal, k.d. lang, Tommy Page, and A House. Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London) is a British soul Singer and kd lang, OC (born Kathryn Dawn Lang, November 2, 1961) is a Grammy Award -winning Canadian Singer and Tommy Page (born Thomas Alden Page on May 24, 1970 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Singer, best A House were an Irish band from the 1980s to the 1990s The single "Endless Art" is one of their charting successes
In 1994, Sire left Warner Bros. to operate under its sister label Elektra Records where Stein was appointed president under newly appointed CEO Sylvia Rhone. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Sylvia Rhone (born March 11 1952 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania began her music career in 1974 with Buddha Records. Sire later left the Elektra umbrella, but remained at Warner Music Group. In 2000, Sire Records and the US division of London Records (not London Classics USA) were merged to become London-Sire Records. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. London-Sire Records was an American -based Record label owned by Warner Music Group, created in 2000 with the merging of Sire Records This partnership dissolved in April 2003, at which point the company went back to being called Sire Records, and it returned to the Warner Bros. Records fold.
See also
This is a list of current and former artists that have recorded for Sire Records. 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 alsoDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic