Creole Records
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| Creole Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Disco, reggae |
| Country of origin | UK |
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Creole Records was a UK record label that found most of its success in the disco and reggae genres in the mid-1970s to early 1980s.[1]
Bruce White and Tony Cousins, who used the collective pseudonym Bruce Anthony, originally set up Commercial Entertainments in 1965 as a booking and management agency. Desmond Dekker, Max Romeo, the Ethiopians and many other Jamaican groups and artists were handled by the agency who were joined by Dick Mills as a booker. They first released records on the Creole label, established as a subsidiary of Trojan Records, in 1971, and started a new Creole label in 1975.[2]
Creole released the debut singles of both
Enigma
who had a hit in 1981 with "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ^ "Dua Lipa and AJ Tracey mixer brings The Pinkees back for the streaming age". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ Creole Records at 45-sleeves.com. Retrieved 20 December 2013