Fever Records was the New York City

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New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 freestyle record label

Record label

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 of the 80s, founded by promoter Sal Abbatiello

Sal Abbatiello

Sal Abbatiello is a record executive in the music business. His career goes back to the early 1970s and he is still one of the biggest concert promoters and record executives in the New York City area. Abbatiello created and produced the Freestyle, Urban/Dance-Pop trio, The Cover Girls, whose hits...

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The label was marketed and distributed by Sutra Records until the latter went under, which precipitated a distribution deal with Russel Simmons

Russel Simmons

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's RAL division of Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

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Fever Records is best known for the recording artists the Cover Girls

The Cover Girls

The Cover Girls is a New York City-based freestyle-urban-dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, Lissette Melendez and Lil Suzy, to name a few. The releases distributed by Sutra are now controlled by Warlock Records

Warlock Records

Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

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