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44 unusual facts about Mercury Records


A Story Untold

This recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70634.

Art Ward

He had also been director of public relations for Vitacoustic Records from September 1947 to March 1948 and a radio announcer for WBOC.

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love

The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records.

Brook Benton

Later he went on to the Mercury label, which would eventually bring him larger success.

Carl Riseley

He was signed by Mercury Australia, and an album of cover versions, titled The Rise, was released on 26 April 2008, debuting and peaking at #5 on the Australian albums chart.

Caulfield Sisters

While Pee Shy had released two albums on Mercury Records, Wheeler has since referred to her experience with the major label as "Mercury poisoning," and the Sisters have recorded and released their music independently.

Ce soir je t'attendais

At the time she was signed to the French subsidiary of Mercury Records.

Circle Jerks discography

A long period of inactivity ended in 1994, when the Circle Jerks reunited and signed a major label deal with Mercury Records, a move that had a few business complications: Hetson was still with Bad Religion, who had signed a long-term contract with Atlantic Records, while Schloss had been part of a band contracted to Interscope.

De-Lite Records

In 1985, De-Lite was absorbed into PolyGram sublabel Mercury Records, Kool and the Gang transferred to.

Downset.

signed a deal with Mercury Records, a subsidiary of Polygram Records, and released their self-titled effort in the same year.

Electribe 101

Electribal Memories (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1990 UK #26 - reissued as The Best of Electribe 101 featuring Billie Ray Martin in 2002.

FabricLive.27

# Ellen McIlwaine - Toe Hold (Live At The Bitter End, New York) - Mercury

Flowers on the Wall

The Statler Brothers re-recorded the song in 1975 for their first greatest hits album for Mercury Records, The Best of The Statler Brothers.

Ford Auditorium

When first opened, the auditorium had a state-of-the-art recording system, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Paul Paray made a number of recordings in the venue for Mercury Records.

Giddy Up a Ding Dong

The song was written in 1953 by Freddie Bell and his friend Pep Lattanzi, but was not recorded until three years later after the group had signed to Mercury, and were spotted by film producer Sam Katzman.

Gorky 5

It was their last album for Mercury Records and features the singles "Let's Get Together (In Our Minds)" and "Sweet Johnny".

Green on Red

A major-label deal with Phonogram/Mercury followed, with the EP No Free Lunch and the album The Killer Inside Me, produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent Studios in Memphis.

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

After spending a few years as a boxer in the army’s 101st Airborne Division, an amateur boxer in Las Vegas, and a stint as the bassist for Texas-based Mercury Records artist Tablet, Damron relocated to Portland, Oregon in the late 90's and began performing as a singer/songwriter.

I Like What I Like

Their first major label album, it was released in 1997 on Mercury Records.

I'm Spinning

The Johnson lead group released the single at the same time as the original group did on Mercury Records.

Intrepid Records

Intrepid Records (US), a short-lived American imprint owned and operated by Mercury Records

Is This Whatcha Wont?

The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on March 19, 1996 by Mercury Records.

Johnnie Mae Matthews

McLaughlin brought Matthews to the attention of Mercury Records’ new Blue Rock subsidiary, where he eventually produced both of her singles for that label, "Baby, What's Wrong", and "My Man (The Sweetest Man in the World)".

Klover

They released only one album, "Feel Lucky Punk?" and an EP, "Beginning To End" on Mercury Records in 1995 and disbanded after the subsequent tour.

La Mujer

Issued on the Mercury Records label with the catalogue number Mercury 4127, this single did not chart.

Legendary Stardust Cowboy

The song gained some regional popularity and was picked up by a major label, Mercury Records, eventually entering the Billboard Top 200.

Les Djinns Singers

Les Gam's issued one disc on the Vogue label, then signed with Mercury Records for subsequent releases, their repertoire consisting almost exclusively of covers of American songs, and they enjoyed some success.

Lesley Gore: It's My Party

Lesley Gore: It's My Party is a five disc box set from Bear Family Records released June 21, 1994, that includes every Mercury Records release by Gore between 1963 and 1969.

Oh Baby Don't You Weep

In response, Brown formed a production company, Fair Deal Record Corporation, and accepted an offer from Mercury Records to release new recordings on their Smash subsidiary.

Oklahoma Girl

Oklahoma Girl is the twenty-first album, a double-disc 40-track retrospective of Reba McEntire's early years on Mercury Records.

Puggy

The band has released three albums and is signed to Mercury Records

Red Top Young

He recorded an album for Quincy Jones on the Mercury Label in the 60s, prior to that he recorded the song Tequila for Charlie and Opal Lanze (Lanso Records).

Return to Eden, Vol. 1: The Early Recordings

As the title suggests, this compilation concerns itself with the songs which the band produced under its own Eden label prior to being signed by Mercury in 1987.

Whilst many of these song titles also appear on their first studio album, these early versions are, for the most part, very different in arrangement and style from the renditions which would eventually appear on the Mercury Records studio album.

Riverside Girls

They were signed to Mercury Records in 1997 and started work on their first self-titled studio album.

Shelley Looney

The letter was later transcribed and released as a single by Mercury Records in March 1980, under the title "(This Is My Country) Thank You, Canada".

Shootyz Groove

Within two years the band had a record deal with Mercury Records and released a live EP (recorded in Queens) in 1994, with their first full length album, Jammin' in Vicious Environments (J.I.V.E.), released a year later on vinyl and CD.

Sundae Club

Their debut album, Technostalgia appeared in 2004, and they have also contributed music for the Histoires Naturelles album by Nolwenn Leroy, released in France by Mercury Records in December 2005.

The Classics

The follow-up, "Angel Angela", also narrowly missed the national charts, and the 1961 single "Life Is But a Dream" hit the lower regions of the Black Singles chart when Mercury Records picked it up for national distribution, but it wasn't until they released the single "Blue Moon" with Herb Lance on lead vocals that they charted a hit.

The Little Shoemaker

The recording by the Gaylords, with the chorus sung in both English and Italian, was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70403.

The Velaires

They would follow “Roll Over Beethoven” with eight more releases on such labels as Jamie Records, Mercury Records, Palm Records, Ramco Records and Brent Records.

Titus Turner

He had a spell with Mercury Records's imprint, Wing, but was not commercially successful until 1955, when Little Willie John recorded Turner's "All Around the World".

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack to the 1997 Twentieth Century Fox film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie it was released by Mercury Records on March 18, 1997 on Audio CD and Compact Cassette.

Wheat Chiefs

The Wheat Chiefs received a seven-figure recording contract offer from Mercury Records, but rejected this in anticipation of a better deal, which they never received.


All the Roadrunning

The concert on 28 June 2006 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles was recorded and released as a live album and DVD, Real Live Roadrunning, on 14 November 2006 by Mercury Records and Universal Music internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

At Yankee Stadium

At Yankee Stadium is the sixth studio album from NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet), released in 1978 on Mercury Records.

Buddy Johnson

His orchestra remained a major touring attraction through the late 1940s and early 1950s, and continued to record in the jump blues style with some success on record on the Mercury label like "Hittin' on Me" and "I'm Just Your Fool".

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (later released as Cannonball & Coltrane in 1964, on Limelight) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his final release on the Mercury label, featuring performances by Adderley with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.

Eddie Blazonczyk

Before becoming a polka artist, and founding Chicago-based Bel-Aire Records in 1963, Eddie Blazonczyk recorded under the name Eddy Bell for Mercury Records and Lucky Four Records, both labels also based in Chicago.

Eddie Hubbard

Hubbard was married to Jackie Smith (née Alice Jacqueline Hartman), first publicity director of Mercury Records, and the mother of Conrad Robert Falk, who would later become actor Robert Conrad.

Go on with the Wedding

The recording by Patti Page was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70766.

Grégory Lemarchal discography

After winning the fourth season of Star Academy France in 2004, Lemarchal released his debut studio album, Je deviens moi (2005) on Mercury Records, which peaked at number one in France.

Minimum Serious

Mercury Records offered them a contract and sent the band to record a new album with producer David Salsedo and engineer Clive Martin.

Moon Faced and Starry Eyed

Moon Faced and Starry Eyed is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, featuring vocalist Abbey Lincoln on two tracks, recorded in 1959 and released on the Mercury label.

Phillips Recording

Sun Records' many artists recorded there until 1969, when the label was sold to Mercury Records producer Shelby Singleton of Nashville.

Pocket Universe

Pocket Universe is the ninth studio album by the Swiss band Yello, released on February 24, 1997 through Mercury label.

Rex Allen

In 1948 he signed with Mercury Records where he recorded a number of successful country music albums until 1952, when he switched to the Decca label where he continued to make records into the 1970s.

Skeets McDonald

He made his first recordings for Fortune Records in 1950 with Johnnie White and his Rough Riders, and cut records for London and Mercury Records as Skeets Saunders.

The Gap Band III

Although they had been signed to Total Experience Records since 1977, their first three albums were released by Mercury Records.

The King of the Gospel Singers

A gospel album from sessions he recorded for the Mercury Records label, it is generally regarded as being a better recording than his two albums with the Goldner label.

The Pixies Three

Having performed in local shows since 1955, the Hanover, Pennsylvania trio of Midge Bollinger (lead vocals), Kaye McCool (low vocals), and Debra Swisher (high vocals) were signed to Mercury Records in 1963 by producers/songwriters John Madara and Dave White, who had discovered the group at a show in Philadelphia (among the group’s previous successes were two appearances on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour).

Veteranz' Day

Although it managed to earn a distribution deal with Mercury Records by way of Joan Jett's and Kenny Laguna's Blackheart Records, which was acting as a boutique distribution outlet for independent labels from 1998 to 2000, The Label folded almost shortly after the release of Veteranz' Day.

What a Dream

The recording by Patti Page was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70416.