Carrere Records
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Carrere Records | |
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Founded | 1962 (as Carrere Productions) |
Founder | Claude Carrere |
Defunct | 1993 |
Distributor(s) | Various |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Location | Paris |
Carrere Records (French: Disques Carrère,
Early days
Claude Carrere started working with
British record market
Claude Carrere decided to move into the British record market after the success of
In 1985, Carrere released "Move Closer", the only ballad from the label's Disco Queen Phyllis Nelson, and this number 1 song became the label's biggest selling single of all time in the UK. It is featured in over 300 compilations around the world. The same year, Carrere released Nana Mouskouri " Only You " that went to number 2 in the British charts and they released on the sub-label Stars Only Gloria Gaynor's single "My Love Is Music", produced by Didier Marouani.
Musical reach
Carrere UK went on to help develop album selling artists for the Carrere label worldwide with groups like Demon, Rage, and Jim Capaldi. Saxon, Rose Tattoo, The Church, Dokken and Debbie Bonham were launched by Carrere and are still performing today.
Other artists of note on the label were
Carrere UK closure
In June 1988, exactly 10 years after opening the label in the UK, Cannon departed and closed down Carrere UK. He joined
In 1993, Carrere closed down, but the Carrere family still has the rights for its catalogs. Claude Carrere died April 10, 2014. Carrere was the only French label to have multiple international successes worldwide, including a number one Adult Contemporary hit in the US[2] with "Friends and Lovers" by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson.[3]
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ^ "Carrere Album Discography". BSNPubs. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 310.
- ^ Vinyl Records Collectors Guide. "Rare Record Labels". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
External links
- Carrere Records discography at Discogs