Creole Records
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Creole Records was a UK
record label
that found most of its success in the disco
and reggae
genres in the mid 1970s to early 1980s.
Creole released the debut singles
of both Boney M. ("Baby Do You Wanna Bump") and Amanda Lear
("Trouble") in 1975. Other artists included Sugar Minott
, Ruby Winters
, Peter Green
, Liquid Gold
("Dance Yourself Dizzy"), Maxine Singleton, Ken Gold, Danish reggae band Laid Back
("Sunshine Reggae") Chubby Checker
, Sylvester
, Frankie Vaughan
, City 19 and Enigma who had a hit in 1981 with "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
that found most of its success in the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
genres in the mid 1970s to early 1980s.
Creole released the debut singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
of both Boney M. ("Baby Do You Wanna Bump") and Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....
("Trouble") in 1975. Other artists included Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.-Biography:...
, Ruby Winters
Ruby Winters
Ruby Winters is an American female soul singer, whose records made the singles charts in both the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and career:...
, Peter Green
Peter Green (musician)
Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
, Liquid Gold
Liquid Gold
Liquid Gold was an English disco group, from Brackley in Northamptonshire. Their biggest success came in 1980 with Dance Yourself Dizzy, which peaked at number two on the UK chart.-Career:...
("Dance Yourself Dizzy"), Maxine Singleton, Ken Gold, Danish reggae band Laid Back
Laid Back
Laid Back is a Danish Post-punk group formed in Copenhagen by John Guldberg and Tim Stahl in 1979...
("Sunshine Reggae") Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist"...
, Sylvester
Sylvester
Sylvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in...
, Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL was an English singer of traditional pop music, who issued more than 80 recordings in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits.-Life and career:...
, City 19 and Enigma who had a hit in 1981 with "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".