Galaxy Records was a subsidiary of
Fantasy RecordsFantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
. It was established in
1951-Events:*July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio. Freed uses the term rock and roll to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience....
and has been reactived several times. Its first incarnation was as a 1950s
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
labelIn the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. It was revived again in
1961-Events:*January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes*January 20 - Francis Poulenc's Gloria is premiered in Boston*February 12 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" becomes Motown's first million-selling single...
as a
gospelGospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and R&B label. It was last active from
1978-Events:*January to May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon. At one point, the album was selling 1 million copies per week....
until the mid
eightiesThe 1980s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989.The time period saw social, economic and general change as wealth and production migrated to newly industrializing economies...
.
Galaxy recorded jazz artists such as Tommy Flanagan and
Art PepperArt Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist.-Career:...
.
Galaxy Records has recently been founded under Galaxy Music Group (GMG).
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Galaxy Records was a subsidiary of
Fantasy RecordsFantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
. It was established in
1951-Events:*July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Cleveland, Ohio. Freed uses the term rock and roll to describe R&B, in an effort to introduce the music to a broader white audience....
and has been reactived several times. Its first incarnation was as a 1950s
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
labelIn the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. It was revived again in
1961-Events:*January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes*January 20 - Francis Poulenc's Gloria is premiered in Boston*February 12 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" becomes Motown's first million-selling single...
as a
gospelGospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and R&B label. It was last active from
1978-Events:*January to May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon. At one point, the album was selling 1 million copies per week....
until the mid
eightiesThe 1980s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989.The time period saw social, economic and general change as wealth and production migrated to newly industrializing economies...
.
Galaxy recorded jazz artists such as Tommy Flanagan and
Art PepperArt Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist.-Career:...
.
Galaxy Records has recently been founded under Galaxy Music Group (GMG). It is modeled to be the next Universal Music Group and now has a list of subsidiaries including a full line of entertainment and record companies. It is set to be announced in early 2010 and be effective in spring of that year.