PYE or Pye Records is an independent British record label. It was first established in 1955 and played a major role in shaping rock 'n' roll and pop music...
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Pye International Records was a record label founded in 1958, as a subsidiary of Pye Records. The company distributed many American labels in the UK, including...
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Marvin Schlachter (section Pye/Prelude Records)
number of high ranking roles at others such as GRT Records, Janus Records, Chess Records and Pye Records US. Schlachter is best known for his work nurturing...
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Long John Baldry (category Stony Plain Records artists)
lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death. He continued to make records there, and do voiceover work. Two of his best-known voice roles were as...
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Cavern Club. Sandon moved on in February 1962 and the band were signed by Pye Records in mid-1963 when the Beatles' success created demand for Liverpudlian...
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Kenny Ball (category Pye Records artists)
Ball – Pye Records – 1960 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen – Pye Jazz – 1961 Gary Miller and Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen – Gary on the Ball – Pye Records – 1961...
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1957. The Everly Brothers Career started in 1951. They signed to Cadence Records In 1957. Their first hit was "Bye Bye Love", which had been rejected by...
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Pye or PYE can refer to: Pye (electronics company), an electronics manufacturer Pye Records, a record label Pye International Records, its subsidiary...
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with him in Knightsbridge, London. She took photographs for some of the Pye record sleeves and was responsible for the sullen look affected by the band....
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Pye Ltd was an electronics company founded in 1896 in Cambridge, England, as a manufacturer of scientific instruments. The company merged with EKCO in...
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Warner Records Inc. (known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered...
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All-Stars (band) (section Pye Records)
the All-Stars as a trio. On 27 February, the All-Stars recorded their first single for Pye Records: the original compositions "Country Line Special" and...
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David Bowie (redirect from ISO Records)
in his transition to solo artist, helped secure him a contract with Pye Records. Publicist Tony Hatch signed Bowie on the basis that he wrote his own...
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attempting to promote 45 rpm records over 33 LP records). The record label, which traded as Nixa Records, was acquired by Pye Records in 1953. Nixon's stepson...
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International Records, a US division of UK-based Pye Records which had begun in 1974. The name was derived from the music group Prelude, which recorded for Pye at...
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The Honeycombs (category Pye Records artists)
Russell C. Brennan asked D'Ell, the Lantrees, and Pye to record "Live and Let Die", on the Future Legend Records compilation, Cult Themes from the '70s Vol....
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role in Potter (1980) with Arthur Lowe on the BBC. Corbett recorded multiple 45rpm records, most of which were novelty songs based upon the rag-and-bone...
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The Kinks (category Pye Records artists)
unsuccessfully auditioned for various record labels until early 1964, when Talmy secured them a contract with Pye Records. During this period they had acquired...
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The Searchers (band) (category Pye Records artists)
the Iron Door Club and it was there that they tape-recorded the sessions that led to a Pye Records recording contract with Tony Hatch as producer. The...
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venture of GRT and British label Pye Records. In its early years of operation the bulk of Janus' acts were U.S. issues of Pye product. Its first major hit...
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Jimmy Jones (comedian) (category Pye Records artists)
Albert Simmonds (born 9 February 1938), better known by the stage name Jimmy Jones, is a British stand-up comedian, with a reputation for being "outspoken"...
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Anita Harris (category Pye Records artists)
star-studded event augured well for her stardom. She made her label debut for Pye Records with the May 1965 release "Trains and Boats and Planes", although rival...
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record company. A&M releases were initially issued in the United Kingdom by EMI's Stateside Records label, and then under its own name by Pye Records...
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Pugwash. He also had a career as a singer, releasing singles on the Pye Records label and worked as a disc jockey for 194 Radio City in Liverpool. He...
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Donovan's Greatest Hits (category Epic Records compilation albums)
in the United States in January 1969 on Epic Records and in the United Kingdom in March 1969 on Pye Records. Donovan's Greatest Hits peaked at No. 4 on...
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late 1960s by British music publisher Dick James. It was distributed by Pye Records in the UK, and various other companies around the world, including the...
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The Alan Bown Set (category Pye Records artists)
When the band's Pye Records contract expired in 1967, Bown reformed the band as "The Alan Bown!" a psychedelic band on Verve Records, They finally released...
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the late 1970s, the Searchers were signed by Seymour Stein's Sire Records and recorded two modernised albums, including "The Searchers" and "Play for Today"...
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Donovan (category Pye Records artists)
in 1965. Having signed with Pye Records that year, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein for Hickory Records, scoring three UK hit singles:...
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Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active from 1969 to 1975, it was established as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label rivalling the EMI...
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