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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Solar Records is an American discographic label, founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey. Griffey and Don Cornelius founded Soul Train Records In 1975, but Griffey only controlled control from 1977 and renamed the company. Solar publishes artists Disco, Funk and Gospel.          (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsSoul Train Records [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Solar Records [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Genesis [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Development [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Diversification [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Reissue [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Soul Train Records [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Don Cornelius, presenter and producer of variety issuance Soul Train , and Dick Griffey, which is part of the program’s production team, founded the discographic label Soul Train Records in 1975. They signed a distribution agreement with RCA. Their first production is the theme of the show, Soul Train ’75 by soul train gang. The label also publishes an album from The Whispers [ first ] , but experienced his first successes with two singles disco, I Gotta Keep Dancin\u2019 by Carrie Lucas and Uptown Festival de shalamar [ 2 ] . Solar Records [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Genesis [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Aged by his television show, Don Cornelius withdrew from the case and leaves control of the label in Griffey [ 3 ] . In 1977, he renamed him Solar, an acronym of Sound of Los Angeles Record. The label, which invests in different musical genres, recruits the Funk Lakeside group, as well as Gospel training. Development [ modifier | Modifier and code ] While disc majors invest in black music, weakening the position of independent labels by recruiting artists and producers, Solar is one of the few labels belonging to members of the African-American community to win on the market. He is nicknamed the “Motown of the 1980s” [ 4 ] . In 1981, its turnover was $ 40.7 million [ 5 ] . The company signs a distribution contract with Elektra [ 2 ] .        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Griffey focuses on the services of composers and producers like Leon Sylvers, Terry Lewis, the Brothers Reggie and Vincent Calloway, L.A. Reid and Kenneth Edmonds [ 3 ] . The label prosperous, even if he has never produced a world -wing tube [ 2 ] . Among the albums published by Solar during the 1980s and certified “gold disc” were Eye of a Stranger you Grouphe the share (in) , Big Fun And Three for Love de shalamar [ 3 ] , as well as the eponymous album of Whispers, whose sales reached 1.5 million copies in 1982. At that time, the singles The Second Time Around from Shalamar and And the Beat Goes On Whispers have also exceeded one million copies [ 5 ] . Solar inaugurates a new head office, located on Cahueng Boulevard in Los Angeles. The building hosts the offices, as well as the recording studio and the label rehearsal premises [ 6 ] . Diversification [ modifier | Modifier and code ] The Constellation Records subsidiary is founded in 1983. Its catalog, distributed by MCA Records, includes artists like Klymaxx (in) et Carrie Lucas [ 7 ] . Griffey, who started as a turner ( tour promoter ), is convinced that the scenic performances of label’s artists are as important as their records to build a career and is responsible for organizing their tours. His company is diversifying in artistic management with the creation of Griff-Co Management, in the publishing ( music publishing ) with Spectrum Seven and Hip Trip, which manages the rights to the works, and in audiovisual production with Dick Griffey Productions. He also launches a stable of racing horses called Solar Stable [ 8 ] . Reissue [ modifier | Modifier and code ] The last success of the label is the soundtrack of the film Deep Cover , released in 1992, on which artists like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg appear [ 9 ] . After closing the label, Emi acquired the Solar catalog [ ten ] . The 20 It is Anniversary of the birth of the label was celebrated in 1997. On this occasion, The Right Stuffs Records (in) , a subsidiary of EMI specializing in re -editions, remasters and reissues most of the albums in the Solar catalog, and publishes compilations Best of as well as a box of three discs entitled The Solar 20th Anniversary Collection . This includes Shalamar songs, Midnight Star, Klymaxx (in) , The share (in) et The Whispers [ 3 ] . : document used as a source for writing this article. (in) Darnell Hunt et Ana-Christina Ramon, Black Los Angeles\u00a0: American Dreams and Racial Realities , New York University Press, 2010 , 448 p.  (ISBN\u00a0 978-0-8147-7306-2 , read online ) , p. 266-282 .  (in) John N. Ingham et Lynne B. Feldman, African-American Business Leaders\u00a0: A Biographical Dictionary , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994 , 806 p.  (ISBN\u00a0 978-0-313-27253-0 , read online ) , p. 307-312 .  \u2191 John N. Ingham et Lynne B. Feldman, p. 308  \u2191 A B and C John N. Ingham et Lynne B. Feldman, p. 309  \u2191 A B C and D (in) J.R. Reynolds , ‘ Solar Plans Hot Reissues \u00bb , Billboard , vol. 109, n O 9, first is mars 1997 , p. 9, 74 (ISSN\u00a0 0006-2510 , read online )  \u2191 Darnell Hunt et Ana-Christina Ramon, p. 266-267  \u2191 a et b (in) Stephen Gayle , ‘ Solar Empire Strikes Gold \u00bb , Black Enterprise , vol. twelfth, n O 12, July 1982 , p. 36-40 (ISSN\u00a0 0006-4165 , read online )  \u2191 Darnell Hunt et Ana-Christina Ramon, p. 277  \u2191 Darnell Hunt et Ana-Christina Ramon, p. 276  \u2191 John N. Ingham et Lynne B. Feldman, p. 310  \u2191 Darnell Hunt et Ana-Christina Ramon, p. 279  \u2191 (in) Brandon I. Brooks, ‘ Black Music Month: Dick Griffey & SOLAR Records \u00bb , Los Angeles Sentinel , June 24, 2010         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki32\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki32\/solar-records-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Solar Records \u2014 Wikipedia"}}]}]