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Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart , Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s.
Neil E. Bogart (born Neil Scott Bogatz, [1] February 3, 1943 – May 8, 1982) was an American record executive. He was the founder of Casablanca Records, which later became Casablanca Record and Filmworks. [2] [3]
Cecil Holmes (born July 29, 1937) is an American record executive who was a co-founder of Casablanca Records and a founder of Chocolate City Records. [1] Born in New York, New York, Holmes began his career in the music businesses as a member of a Brooklyn "doo-wop" group in the early 1950s before transitioning to record promotion with Colpix Records, a division of Columbia Pictures.
In a joint venture with Universal Music Group, Mottola revived the iconic Casablanca Records. Under this venture, he signed artists including Lindsay Lohan and Mika. [12] In January 2013, Mottola published his memoir, Hitmaker: The Man and His Music, co-written with Cal Fussman. The book offers insights into his career, the music industry, and ...
To call “Spinning Gold” a labor of love is an understatement completely uncharacteristic of its subject: the late Neil Bogart, the larger-than-life founder of Casablanca Records, the famously ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.. According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin ...
A loving tribute to the man behind Casablanca Records in the '70s, "Spinning Gold" idealizes its subject and leaves out any real drama.
Clinton actually claims that as Casablanca Records began to explode — launching some of the biggest superstars of the ‘70s (including KISS, Donna Summer, and the controversially omitted-from ...