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Capricorn Records was an independent record label founded by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia. Capricorn Records is often credited by music historians as creating the southern rock genre.
Phil ended up selling the Capricorn catalog in 2000 for $13 million to Volcano Records and started a company called Velocette. Phil died of cancer in 2006, aged 66, with no less than Little ...
After declaring bankruptcy in October 1979, the initial iteration of Capricorn Records folded a year later. Redding's death in a 1967 plane crash was a huge blow to Walden, who had enjoyed a close friendship with the singer since adolescence. He suffered another devastating loss in 1971, when Duane Allman died in a motorcycle crash.
Wet Willie put out several albums on Capricorn Records between 1971 and 1977. [3] Along with a "Greatest Hits" album released on Polydor Records , they also released two more final studio albums on Epic Records, although some hits collections and further live recordings have been released as recently as 2006.
Capricorn Records earned five gold single awards, nine platinum album awards, 17 gold albums and the credit of sparking integration within the music business. But the successes alone could not ...
In a story Dec. 3 about Mercer Music at Capricorn, The Associated Press reported erroneously that one of the co-founders of Capricorn Records was Frank Fenton. ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia music ...
Stillwater was an American band, based in Warner Robins, Georgia, that played Southern rock and was active from 1973 to 1984. They released two albums on Capricorn Records, Stillwater (1977) (the self-titled debut contains "Mind Bender," which peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1978), [1] and I Reserve the Right (1978), before the label folded in 1979.
Topics about Capricorn Records albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the Capricorn Records label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .