Millennium Records
Millennium Records is a defunct record label run by record producer Jimmy Ienner from 1976 to 1983. During its RCA-distributed years, a significant portion of its output was content licensed from Canadian record labels.
Millennium Records
- Name
- Millennium Records
- Founded
- 1977
- Headquarters
- United States
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Millennium Records is a defunct record label run by record producer Jimmy Ienner from 1976 to 1983. During its RCA-distributed years, a significant portion of its output was content licensed from Canadian record labels.
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• Name — Millennium Records • Founded — 1976 • Founder — Jimmy Ienner • Defunct — 1983 • Distributor — Casablanca Records (1976-1979) RCA Records (1979-1983) • Genre — various • Country — USA
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The label's best-selling artist was electronic music pioneer Meco, whose disco cover of John Williams' "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" cues from Star Wars was a number 1 hit in 1977. In 1978, Meco followed up with two more movie-inspired hits for the label: a number 25 hit "Theme From Close Encounters" and a number 35 hit "Themes From The Wizard of Oz". In 1981, Don McLean had three hits on the Millennium label: "Crying" which peaked at number 5; a number 23 song, "Since I Don't Have You" and a number 36 song, "Castles in the Air". Between 1981 and 1982, the band Franke & the Knockouts had three top 100 hits on Millennium: "Sweetheart" at number 10, "You're My Girl" at number 27, and "Without You" at number 24. Millennium is noteworthy for having passed on signing Madonna in 1981.
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Artists
• Brooklyn Dreams • Chilliwack • Daniel Conti • Johnny Destry • Bruce Foster • Bruce Cockburn • Franke & The Knockouts • The Godz • Tommy James • Lori Lieberman • Don McLean • Meco • Rose • Rodway • Joey Travolta • Yipes!
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- 1.Davis, Clive. The Soundtrack of My Life. Simon and Schuster. 356. February 19, 2013. 9781476714783.
- 2.Romanowski, William. Risky Business: Rock in Film. Routledge. July 28, 2017. 9781351492843.
- 3.CBS Magazines. News Briefs. Stereo Review. 48. 76. 1983.
- 4.Christman, Ed. Lenner Ascends at Restructured Sony Music. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 115. 17. 4. April 26, 2003.
- 5."Chart info from The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition - Meco Pg 420 and Don McLean Pg 418"
- 6.8 rejection letters that will inspire you to not give up. BBC. October 9, 2017.
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