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Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US , the label had offices in New York City and Chicago .
This is a list of artists who have once recorded for Jive Records. Listed in parentheses are names of Jive-affiliated labels, if applicable, under which the artist recorded. Contents:
Jive Afrika - Created in 1984 for release of South African material (most prominently, Hugh Masekela). Jive House - Formed in the mid-nineties for house music. Pepper Records - Formed in the late nineties. Violator Records - Purchased by Jive in 2003. New York hip-hop label run by Chris Lighty and Mona Scott.
By early 2008, the BMG Label Group was said to consist of RCA Records, Jive Records, J Records, LaFace, Arista, Volcano Entertainment, Verity, GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul. [3] [4] In April 2008, Jive head Barry Weiss was promoted to chairman and CEO of the whole BMG Label Group, a position he still held since the groups rebranding.
During Shaquille O’Neal’s ascent to professional basketball legend status, he was also a rapper with a multimillion-dollar record deal. In the 1990s, the four-time NBA championship ring holder ...
Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-British billionaire record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records. As of October 2021, Calder has an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion.
A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls - JIVE HOP 201; Tight Fit - Tight Fit - JIVE HIP 2; Zinc - Street Level - JIVE HOP 202; Willesden Dodgers - JIVE Rhythm Trax - JIVE HOP 203; Various Artists - Dangerous Dance Music - JIVE HOP 204; Q-Feel - Q-Feel - JIVE HOP 206; Willesden Dodgers - More JIVE Rhythm Trax - JIVE HOP 207
A team at Mercury Records also passed on Spears, which just left Jive Records, where only a handful of execs liked her demo tape. "It was in the wrong key," Steve Lunt, an A&R executive for Jive ...