Millennium Records
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Millennium Records is a defunct record label run by record producer Jimmy Ienner from 1976 to 1983. During its RCA-distributed years, a significant portion of its output was content licensed from Canadian record labels.[1][2][3][4]
Hits
The label's best-selling artist was electronic music pioneer Meco, whose disco cover of John Williams' "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" cues from Star Wars was a number 1 hit in 1977.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1978, Meco followed up with two more movie-inspired hits for the label: a number 25 hit "Theme From Close Encounters" and a number 35 hit "Themes From The Wizard of Oz".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1981, Don McLean had three hits on the Millennium label: "Crying" which peaked at number 5; a number 23 song, "Since I Don't Have You" and a number 36 song, "Castles in the Air".[5]
Between 1981 and 1982, the band Franke & the Knockouts had three top 100 hits on Millennium: "Sweetheart" at number 10, "You're My Girl" at number 27, and "Without You" at number 24.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Millennium is noteworthy for having passed on signing Madonna in 1981.[6]
Artists
- Brooklyn Dreams
- Chilliwack
- Daniel Conti
- Johnny Destry
- Bruce Foster
- Bruce Cockburn
- Franke & The Knockouts
- The Godz
- Tommy James
- Lori Lieberman
- Don McLean
- Meco
- Rose
- Rodway
- Joey Travolta
- Yipes!
References
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- ↑ "Chart info from The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition - Meco Pg 420 and Don McLean Pg 418"
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