"The Rocket Record Company The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song ""Rocket Man"". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to (after 1976). The first artist who signed to the label was Stackridge, who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka (whose"
"The Rockets (band) The Rockets are an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan founded by guitarist Jimmy McCarty and drummer Johnny ""Bee"" Badanjek, both former members of the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Along with slide and rhythm guitarist Dennis Robbins, bass guitarist John Fraga, and lead vocalist David Gilbert, The Rockets reached their pinnacle of success in 1979 with a Top 40 hit, a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song ""Oh Well"", and an appearance on the TV series ""The Midnight Special"". The Rockets were formed in 1972 by former Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels members"
"series, discussing the making, recording, and popularity of the album through concert and home video footage including interviews. John formed his own label named The Rocket Record Company (distributed in the US by MCA and initially by Island in the UK) and signed acts to it – notably Neil Sedaka (John sang background vocals on Sedaka's ""Bad Blood"") and Kiki Dee, in whom he took a personal interest. Instead of releasing his own records on Rocket, he opted for a $8 million contract offered by MCA. When the contract was signed in 1974, MCA reportedly took out a $25 million"
"Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün (); ( – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist. Ertegun was best known as the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records and for discovering and championing many leading rhythm and blues and rock musicians. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs. In addition he served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Ertegun has been described as ""one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry."" In 2017 he was inducted into Rhythm &"
"Rikki Rockett Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for glam metal band Poison. The band has sold more than 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one ""Every Rose Has Its Thorn"". Richard Allan Ream was born on August 8, 1961 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of two children of Norman and Margaret Ream."
"Rockets (band) Rockets were a French space rock band that formed in Paris in 1974. Some of the former members had played together since 1970 in a local band called Crystal. In their most successful era (1977–1982) the line-up comprised vocalist Christian Le Bartz, bassist and vocalist ""Little"" Gérard L'Her, guitarist and keyboardist Alain Maratrat, drummer and percussionist Alain Groetzinger, and keyboardist Fabrice Quagliotti. The band went through a number of name changes, being known as the Rocket Men and Rok-Etz, among others. In the year 2000, Fabrice Quagliotti decided to reform the band (initially with the name Rockets N.D.P.),"
"three most successful U.S. mid-1970s albums were on Rocket), Colin Blunstone, the Hudson Brothers, Blue, Kiki Dee, Judie Tzuke, The Lambrettas, Junior Campbell, Brian & Brenda Russell, and the Dutch band Solution. John offered to sign Iggy Pop & The Stooges to the label, but they declined. After John left his British label, DJM, in 1976, his records were also released by The Rocket Record Company on both sides of the Atlantic. The label also attempted to attract talent from all over the UK and submitted an advertisement to ""Melody Maker"" for bands to record their sound of today and"
"opened a record production company called This Productions, formed DJM Records in 1969. Stephen instigated Dwight's adoption of a new stage name - Elton John - and oversaw his first recording contract. All of John's releases up to 1976 were issued on the DJM record label. The label also carried Jasper Carrott, RAH Band and John Inman. John formed his own Rocket label in 1976, but in 1982, he was involved in a court case with James about royalties. In June 1985, the British music magazine ""NME"" reported that John was suing James over the rights to his earlier material"
"Jay Rock Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr., (born March 31, 1985), better known by his stage name Jay Rock, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Watts, California. Rock ultimately chose to pursue a career as a rapper over a life of street crime, after Anthony Tiffith, the founder and CEO of the independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), found Rock in 2005 and signed him to his label. In 2007, alongside TDE, Rock secured a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records and later Asylum Records, but after both mergers fell through, the label signed with Strange"
"played by Tayfun Bademsoy. Musician Frank Zappa named his son Ahmet after Ertegun, who played an important role in Zappa's early career. In 2017, Dorothy Carvello alleged that Ertegun tried to remove her underwear and groped her under her shirt at a public event in 1987. Her forthcoming book ""Anything for a Hit"" tells of her experiences. Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün (); ( – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist. Ertegun was best known as the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records and for discovering and championing many leading rhythm and"
"to independent label Vagrant Records and began work on the album ""Group Sounds"", with Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster filling in on drums. Partway through the recording process they recruited San Diego drummer and professional skateboarder Mario Rubalcaba as their full-time drummer, giving him the stage name ""Ruby Mars."" The addition of Rubalcaba gave the band renewed energy, and ""Group Sounds"" was released in 2001 to positive reviews. Some touring followed, but band members drifted into other projects and Rocket became less the focus. In 2002 Rocket released what would prove to be their final studio album, ""Live From Camp X-Ray"","
"Russell Solomon Russell Malcolm ""Russ"" Solomon (September 22, 1925 – March 4, 2018) was an American entrepreneur and art collector. He was the founder of the worldwide music store empire, Tower Records. Russell Solomon was born in Sacramento, California and grew up there during the Great Depression. His father owned a small but successful business called Tower Cut Rate Drug Store, where Solomon worked from the age of 13, absorbing lessons from his father. He had little interest in school, and had a record of both showing up late as well as leaving early. He said in a January 2011"
"MTV Movie Awards Image Awards Adult Video News Awards News & Documentary Emmy Award All Def Movie Awards Ice-T Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician, rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer, record executive and author. He began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album ""Rhyme Pays""; the second hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker after Slick Rick's ""La Di Da Di"". The following year, he founded the record label Records (named"
"Lorna, a division of Autumn Records. The Rockets (album) The Rockets is the sole release by The Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"". They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young renamed them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to"
"Carter's acquisition of the rights to the recordings, most of the NRC releases have been remastered and released on CD. The future of NRC is uncertain at present due to Johnny Carter's death from a heart attack at age 69 on July 26, 2016. National Recording Corporation National Recording Corporation was incorporated in Atlanta in 1958. Founders were Bill Lowery, at the time the number one Country Music disc jockey and already a successful music publisher, and Boots Woodall, whose band recorded for Capitol, King, and Bullet Records and performed on Atlanta TV. A group of businessmen headed by Ray"
"Bullet Records At least five record labels with the name Bullet Records have existed. The earliest Bullet Records was a record label based in Nashville, United States, which was started in 1946 by Jim Bulleit and C.V. Hitchcock. Bulleit was an early partner in Sun Records. Its only national hits were by orchestra leader Francis Craig. The pop hit ""Near You"" made in early 1947 was a monster, topping the charts for seventeen weeks and having a chart run of twenty-five weeks. Craig also made the charts at #3 with ""Beg Your Pardon"", but no further hits were forthcoming. Despite"
"Roy Thomas Baker Roy Thomas Baker (born 10 November 1946) is an English record producer, songwriter, arranger, and Recording Academy governor, who has produced pop and rock songs since the 1970s. Baker began his career at Decca Records at the age of 14. Encouraged by music producer Gus Dudgeon, he soon moved to Trident Studios, where he worked with Dudgeon, Tony Visconti, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Frank Zappa as well as recording artists like The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Gasolin', Nazareth, Santana, The Mothers of Invention, Be Bop Deluxe, Free and T. Rex. After co-founding Neptune (Trident's"
"The Rockets (album) The Rockets is the sole release by The Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"". They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young renamed them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to a strict practice schedule (although the"
"Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album) Rocket is the Primitive Radio Gods' debut album, released on June 18, 1996 by Columbia Records. Their best known hit single from this album, ""Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"", helped launch the band's career. Despite the critical acclaim surrounding the lead single, the album as a whole received negative reviews from critics. Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote ""With its loping, unthreatening hip-hop beats and its looped B.B. King sample, ""Standing"" had all the appeal of an adult novelty for most listeners—it was something that was out of the"
"own Rocket Record Company label, starting with ""Blue Moves"" in 1976. Music journalist Paul Gambaccini wrote the liner notes to the original LP, which were included in the booklet that came with the 1995 remastered edition. This album was also released under the titles Here and Now and London & New York. MCA Records released ""Love Song"" as a promotional single to radio in the U.S. For the 1995 CD reissue, original producer Gus Dudgeon remixed both shows and expanded the original single LP's song list for a two-CD set. While ""Take Me to the Pilot"" and ""Your Song"" appear"
"Rolling Stones Records Rolling Stones Records was the record label formed by the Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970, after their recording contract with Decca Records expired. The label was initially headed by Marshall Chess, the son of Chess Records founder Leonard Chess. It was first distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco Records. Beginning in 1973 it signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records for the United States until 1984. In the UK, it was distributed by WEA Records from 1971 to 1977 and by EMI"
"Gennessee Lewis Gennessee Lewis (born January 23, 1974), primarily known by his stage name Gennessee, is an American record producer, songwriter and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Noble House Music Group, also having produced records for and overseeing the careers of many rappers such as Dogwood Speaks and Haji Springer. As a producer he is credited as producing for Mac Dre, Baby Bash, Frankie J, One Block Radius, and Paul Wall. In 2008, he produced ""Choc-O-Lat"" for One Block Radius and spent one week on the ""Billboard"" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, at number 86.[1]After the"
"Sizzy Rocket Sabrina Louise Bernstein (Sizzy Rocket) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. (Born April 16, 1992). In 2016, she released her debut album, “Thrills” and toured nationwide as direct support for ""Kitten."" In 2016, she started independent record label/brand Diet Punk Records through which her punk side project with The Kick-Drums, ""Shiny Wet Machine"", is released. Growing up in Las Vegas, Rocket knew she wanted to be a performer from the age of 7 and found an audience where she could, performing everywhere from strip malls to churches. In high school, she threw herself into her studies and"
"franchise player James Harden in 2012 has launched the Rockets back into championship contention in the mid-2010s. Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon and James Harden have been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player while playing for the Rockets, for a total of four MVP awards. The Rockets, under general manager Daryl Morey, are notable for popularizing the use of advanced statistical analytics (similar to sabermetrics in baseball) in player acquisitions and style of play. The Rockets were founded in 1967 in San Diego by Robert Breitbard, who paid an entry fee of US $1.75 million to join the NBA as an"
"Holiday Records Holiday Records was an American record label based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which was active in the early 1950s. Owned by Dave Miller, who also owned Essex Records, it is best known for releasing some of the earliest recordings widely identified as rock and roll, most notably ""Rocket 88"" by Bill Haley and His Saddlemen (later known as The Comets) in 1951. Dave Miller owned a radio station based in Chester, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He also owned the record labels, Holiday and Essex Records. In 1947, he hired a young musician named Bill"
"sometimes critical of John's work; for instance, in Elizabeth Rosenthal's book ""His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John"", Dudgeon called the 1974 ""Caribou"" album ""a piece of crap ... the sound is the worst, the songs are nowhere, the sleeve came out wrong, the lyrics weren't that good, the singing wasn't all there, the playing wasn't great and the production is just plain lousy"". Dudgeon and John, along with Bernie Taupin and Steve Brown, founded The Rocket Record Company in 1973. In 1995 Dudgeon remastered much of Elton's catalogue. Gus was also responsible for the mixing of the 80-plus"
"a Registered Trademark owned by Clark Enslin. Bullet Records At least five record labels with the name Bullet Records have existed. The earliest Bullet Records was a record label based in Nashville, United States, which was started in 1946 by Jim Bulleit and C.V. Hitchcock. Bulleit was an early partner in Sun Records. Its only national hits were by orchestra leader Francis Craig. The pop hit ""Near You"" made in early 1947 was a monster, topping the charts for seventeen weeks and having a chart run of twenty-five weeks. Craig also made the charts at #3 with ""Beg Your Pardon"","
"releases until 2007. The name was also resurrected in 2006 for the eponymous Platinum Weird album. In 2011, John formed a company named Rocket Music Entertainment Group. The label still exists today, but now just has three newer artists signed to it, as John himself has not released a studio album on Rocket since 2004's ""Peachtree Road"", although the 2010 one-off collaboration with Leon Russell, ""The Union"" has the Rocket logo from that time. Otherwise, Rocket is primarily a management company handling established artists such as Ed Sheeran and Squeeze's Chris Difford along with upcoming artists including Anne-Marie and Jake"
"has now been renamed ""Morning Sun"" and has been posted online. Rock Mafia Rock Mafia is an American record production/songwriting team, consisting of Tim James and Antonina Armato who have been active since the early 2000s. They have written and produced 38 top ten singles, and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. They have worked with artists such as: Demi Lovato, Diplo, Zedd, Gwen Stefani , Quavo, Yung Thug, Tiesto, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, No Doubt, Wyclef Jean, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Flo Rida, Ellie Goulding, Tokio Hotel, Bebe Rexha and Armin van Buuren. In 2008, Rock"
"Roget Romain Roget M. Romain (born September 7, 1966) is an American executive, producer, entertainment manager and entrepreneur. As a record executive for over 15 years, Romain worked with some of music’s top artists and has 8 RIAA certified gold and platinum plaques to his credit. In recent years, Romain has formed and developed several web-based corporations that specialize in media optimization, branding, online marketing, music and entertainment. He is best known for introducing Adina Howard to the music scene. Roget Romain was born in Brooklyn, New York to Marie Beaulieu Romain and Roger Romain. His mother was a nurse"
"Rocket Record Company, they did not achieve commercial success. He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label (label number MULT-SH-1, producer Ken McKenzie), recording two songs (""Girl"" and ""Green She Said"") from a school musical production written by teacher Dick Bradshaw, one traditional number (""A Blacksmith Courted Me"") and a song written by Dave and Brian (""Deep December""). After leaving Wearside Stewart then spent several years living in squats in London. In late 1976, he was introduced to Annie Lennox by Paul Jacobs. Soon, Stewart and Lennox became romantically involved. By 1977, the"
"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April 20, 1983, by Atlantic Records founder and chairman Ahmet Ertegun. In 1986, Cleveland was chosen as the Hall of Fame's permanent home. Founder Ahmet Ertegun assembled a team that included attorney Suzan Evans,"
"Rockwell (musician) Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American former musician and singer-songwriter who was signed to the Motown label. Kennedy William Gordy aka Rockwell is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy and Margaret Norton. His father named him Kennedy William after John F. Kennedy and William ""Smokey"" Robinson. To avoid the appearance of nepotism, he secured his record deal without his father's knowledge. Motown actually came up with the name Rockwell and the young Gordy agreed to the change because he believed he ""rocked well."" In"