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unusual facts about record deal



Feel My Power

In the mid-80s while rapping in small venues and after a record deal went sour, Hammer borrowed $20,000 each from former Oakland A's players Mike Davis and Dwayne Murphy to start a record label business called Bust It Productions.

Hammer and Tongs

Parlophone sold the band's record deal to Radioactive Records and MCA, who released Hammer and Tongs in the United Kingdom in early 1991 and encouraged the band to record a new song "Now We Are Married" to promote the release.


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10.000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures

Copies of the EP sold out quickly and boosted the band's reputation into gaining a record deal with Trisol Music Group.

Following the release of 10,000 Watts, Dope Stars Inc. immediately signed a record deal with Trisol Music Group to produce two albums.

12 Stones

The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana, a small suburb north of New Orleans, and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records.

Alex Suarez

The song was featured on the soundtrack for the film Snakes on a Plane and the band was offered a record deal from Pete Wentz's Fueled By Ramen Records imprint, Decaydance.

Ashton Holmes

According to the Coheed and Cambria documentary Neverender: Children of The Fence Edition, in which Holmes appears, it was Holmes who eventually earned them their first record deal with Equal Vision Records.

Bernie Shaw

The band was managed by Deep Purple manager John Coletta but they still had problems getting a record deal.

Brian Tatler

The success of the first album led to a record deal with MCA Records in 1981, and they released the Four Cuts EP.

Dean Fasano

He got a record deal with Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label, however, before they got to put out an album, Led Zeppelin's drummer, John Bonham died, and the label disbanded, as would the band later.

Emerson Hart

In February 2007, Hart signed a solo record deal with EMI/Manhattan Records to release his debut solo effort Cigarettes and Gasoline.

Fallingice

The new enthusiasm, shared intentions and common musical influences gave new life to Fallingice that signed a record deal with Ukdivision Records, an indie label based in the UK, for the release of their debut album Meatsuit in July 2010 with a worldwide distribution.

Halcyon Days EP

After a positive EP review in an issue of TNS Zine, the Manchester zine started a record label TNSrecords and offered the band a one-off split record deal with two of their roster bands.

Handsome Boy Records

Although the band never had worldwide success they did realize their dreams, they got a record deal, worked with Moe Berg, made videos and went on tour.

Heidi Brühl

In 1959, Brühl obtained a record deal with the Philips label, and her first single "Chico Chico Charlie" reached #5.

Hell Razah

In 1995, the group adopted the moniker Sunz of Man, and signed a record deal with Wu-Tang/Priority Records.

Hits Volume 1

The final two tracks are listed as only available on the Limited Founder's Edition, but following The Piano Guys' record deal with Sony Masterworks, no other version of the album was released.

Illdisposed

Only one year later, the band hit the studio again with a new record deal on Massacre Records, after Roadrunner dissolved the contract to the band.

Ivyrise

Ivyrise signed a record deal in France with My Major Company/Warner in 2010 and went to Sonic Ranch in Texas with Jason Perry in February 2011 to record their first LP.

Joe McElderry discography

McElderry rose to fame after winning The X Factor and signing a million pound record deal with Simon Cowell's company Syco, His debut single "The Climb" debuted at number two selling over 450,000 copies in its first week of release.

Joni Anwar

Anwar started his career by doing television commercials for Ovaltine, Bata, Krissadanakorn and others before he signed a record deal with RS Promotion.

Josh Ostrander

ECC came about when the two members, formally of Laguardia, left their first major label record deal with Universal Republic only to sign back to the Universal family via Geffen Records after the two released a self produced EP called The Southampton Collection under the ECC moniker.

Kim Cesarion

In 2011, Cesarion got a record deal with Aristotracks after meeting Arnthor Birgisson and Linus Andreen.

Kristen Henderson

In 2003, Antigone Rising signed a major label record deal with Jason Flom at Lava Records/Atlantic Records and on May 11, 2005 their major label debut From the Ground Up was released in conjunction with Starbucks Hear Music label.

Liverpool College of Art

In 1975, Clive Langer, Steve Allen, Tim Whittaker, Sam Davis, Steve Lindsey, John Wood and Roy Holt a mix of Fine Art students and tutors at the college founded seminal 'art rock' band Deaf School and went on to sign a record deal with Warner Bros Records US after being 'discovered' by former Beatles publicist and head of Warner Bros UK at the time Derek Taylor.

Mark Balderas

A record deal with RCA Records in 1988 led to the EP "Hopes Prayers Dreams Heart Soul Mind Love Life Death" recorded in Wales and the LP Feel, both produced by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds.

Mike Kaufmann

He co-produced and funded the recording of the Hypothermia demo which caught the attention of Monte Conner and Roadrunner Records and landed them a record deal.

Mike Posner

Posner signed a record deal with J Records (RCA/Sony) in July 2009, after his Junior year at Duke.

Nikolai Alho

Nikolai was noticed by JVG and has signed a record deal with PME Records and WMG in December, 2013.

Nural

In early 2003, Nural signed their first Record deal with Hopeless Records.

Omar Regan

In 1999, they were offered a single record deal with Tommy Boy Records but turned it down in hope of a better contract.

Pop the Glock/Ready to Uff

Uffie recorded "Pop the Glock" in 2005 when she was only 17 years old and after showing it to Busy P, owner of French electronic label Ed Banger Records she was offered a record deal.

Rallia Christidou

Her name rose to fame when she took part in the second season of the television singing competition Fame Story in which she won the second place, just behind Kalomira, and a record deal with Heaven Music.

Recombo DNA

Unlike the Hardcore Devo compilations, which contained several demos from Devo's pre-record deal days, this collection spans throughout much of their career with Warner Bros. Records and Enigma Records.

Ruco Chan

Chan left TVB in 1998 after signing a record deal with PolyGram.

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.

Social Code

The band then landed a record deal with Interscope at the end of 2003, where they released their major label debut, A Year at the Movies In May 2004.

Steen Christensen

The Finnish rap musician Seppo Lampela originally chose Steen Christensen as his artist name, but changed it to Steen1 after getting his first record deal, because of too much controversy.

Synthetic Breed

The band signed a record deal with Faultline Records for the release of debut full-length album Catatonic.

Tabitha's Secret

Also that year, songwriter/producer and representative for Atlantic Records, Matt Serletic, approached the members of Tabitha's Secret concerning a long-term record deal with his production company, Melisma, which neither Jay Stanley nor John Goff were interested in, believing that it would be better to sign an album deal directly with the label and not with Serletic's company.

The Eclectic Moniker

The band shot to fame after appearing in 2011 in P3's KarriereKanonen, a music talent show on Danish DR P3 giving a chance for singers and bands who want to play their music and if they get enough attention, a possible record deal.

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary film about a Scottish hip-hop duo called Silibil N' Brains, who pretended to be Americans to secure a £250,000 record deal with Sony.

Timmy T

Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records, and "Time After Time" went on to peak at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Travon Potts

After completing a demo package and shopping to different record labels, Jackie Patillo, GM of Integrity Music/Sony signed Charles and Taylor to a record deal.

Tubelord

In 2009, the band signed a record deal with independent label Hassle Records and on 12 October 2009 they released their Debut Album Our First American Friends.

Volker Goetze

In 2007, he signed a record deal with ObliqSound, for a duo project with Ablaye Cissoko, a master Kora-player and singer from Senegal, which Goetze produced.

Wait for the Siren

Following the departure of bandmates Randy Torres and Stephen Dail, and the completed record deal with their label, singer Andrew Schwab turned to Kickstarter to fund the band's next album.

What Is This?

received a record deal with MCA Records and the Red Hot Chili Peppers received a joint deal with EMI America and Enigma Records.