Scorpio Music
Scorpio Music is a well-known independent French music label.
The label
It was founded in 1976 by Henri Belolo , the co-founder of Ritchie Family and the Village People . Initially his music style was disco music , later rap and from the 1990s house and club . Numerous hits and performers appeared under this label such as 2 Unlimited , Gala , Eiffel 65 , Haddaway , Jay Dee , Black Legend , Moloko , Bellini , Bass Bumpers , Joan Jett , 20 Fingers , Ilona Mitrecey .
According to the company, the headquarters of the label, which has 10 employees, is in Paris . Independent production has continued since the 1990s - but sales are carried out by Polygram . The label is also a member of the French Record Manufacturers Association, Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF) , which brings together more than 800 independent labels.
swell
- ↑ Mention of the successful label Henri Belolo
- ↑ Own information from Scorpio Music
- ↑ Independently Wealthy , article in Billboard Magazine, Jan. 28, 1995, Issue 107, No. 4, Nielsen Business Media, p. 48.
literature
- Shapiro, Nat (Author), Pollock, Bruce (Editor): Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs: 1975-1979: 8 , Gale, 1984, ISBN 978-0810308466 , p. 79.