Solid Gold: Solid Gold was the preeminent Canadian independent record label during the 1980's. The label features the hit recordings of Chilliwack, the Headpins, Toronto and others and includes such titles as "My Girl, Gone, Gone, Gone", "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Don't It Make Ya Feel", and "Turn It Loud", all of which made the U.S. charts. "Your Daddy Don't Know", "Looking For Trouble", "Girls Night Out" and "Mine All Mine" each topped Canadian charts and received significant airplay in numerous foreign territories. For a number of years recordings by The Headpins, Chilliwack, Toronto and others were unavailable to the public. They have now been re-released into the market by Solid Gold. Titles such as "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)" and "Don't It Make Ya Feel" are classic recordings that find new popularity with each new generation. Casablanca Kids: Casablanca also controls one of the premiere kids music recording collections in North America featuring live children's performing artists Sharon Lois & Bram, Fred Penner, Norman Foote, Al Simmons and David Suzuki. In addition, Casablanca is the licensing agent for many other children's performing artists including Bob McGrath (from Sesame Street), Jack Grunsky, and Bob King (who wrote "Brother For Sale" made famous by Mary Kate and Ashely Olsen). Many of these performers are known throughout North America and have been featured in television series airing in both Canada and the United States. Sharon Lois & Bram, for example, have created and starred in two popular TV series: the long-running "Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show" on CBC and Nickelodeon and the current hit series "Skinnamarink TV" on The Learning Channel in the U.S. and CBC in Canada. Fred Penner has chalked up an impressive thirteen albums, record sales of over the million mark, eight home videos, and a popular television program in Canada and the United States: "Fred Penner's Place". Trax Records: Largely responsible for the establishment of House Music throughout the world, Trax Records burst on the scene in the early 1980âs with a unique sound that earned the moniquer ãHouseä because of its warehouse roots. A string of classic dance hits followed including Move Your Body, Baby Wants To Ride, Washing Machine, Can U Feel It, House Nation, Acid Trax, Your Love, We are Phuture, and U Used to Hold Me. These songs, and a host of others, became soundtrack for the entire House Generation and put legendary artists like Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Farley Jackmaster, Adonis, Larry Heard and others on the map. Almost 20 years have passed since its inception and the legendary Trax Label has expanded its catalogue to over 2000 titles and continues to stay as fresh and vital as ever. Trax continues to release new dance titles each month with some of the most dynamic innovators in the dance genre today. Trax Records has also established a brand new division, Phat Trax, one of the hottest underground urban/hip hop dance labels, working with such dynamic artists as Kool Moe Dee, Jazzy Jay, Grand Wizard Theodore, Huck, Nemesis, Doug E Fresh, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Oran ãJuiceä Jones and many others. << [top] |
