Lyric Street Records

{{Infobox record label

| name =Lyric Street Records

| image =Lyric Street Records logo.svg

| parent =Disney Music Group

| founded = {{start date|1997}}

| founder =Randy Goodman

| defunct = {{end date|2010}}

| status = Defunct

| genre = Country

| country = U.S.

| location = Nashville, Tennessee

| website = {{URL|www.lyricstreetrecords.com}}

}}

Lyric Street Records was the Disney Music Group's country music record label, founded in 1997 by Randy Goodman. The label had its first successes in 1998 with singles by Lari White and Aaron Tippin, both formerly of RCA Records. Other artists who recorded for the label included SHeDAISY and the label's most successful act, Rascal Flatts. A subsidiary label, Carolwood Records, existed between 2008 and 2009. Lyric Street Records was closed in 2010, with most of the former acts moving to other labels or exiting music entirely.

History

President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the original unnamed label in June 1997 as a division of Hollywood Records and started operations on August 1.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2007/10/15/daily21.html?jst=s_cn_hl |title=Lyric Street Records chief to lead CMA board |access-date=2008-05-31 |date=2007-10-18 |work=Nashville Business Journal}}{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Deborah Evans|title=Lyric Street Looking to the Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22lyric+street%22+%22lari+white%22&pg=PA33|access-date=March 9, 2015|work=Billboard Magazine|issue=49|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=December 6, 1997|volume=109|pages=30, 33}} Its first act was Lari White, who was formerly signed with RCA. Aaron Tippin, also then with RCA, and Violets, originally performing as the Osborne Sisters, were also in discussions about signing with the label as of December 1997. Goodman's plan for the company includes having no in-house producers and rely on Artists and repertoire division. Lyric Street Records was incorporated on {{dts|1998|5|19}}.{{cite web|url = http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|title = California Secretary of State - Business Search|page = (Search for Lyric Street Records)|no-pp = y|access-date = 2013-04-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150315010639/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|archive-date = 2015-03-15|url-status = dead}}

SHeDAISY signed with the label in 1999 followed by Rascal Flatts. Rascal Flatts debuted with Lyric Street in 2000 with the single "Prayin' for Daylight" and soon replaced SheDAISY as the company's flagship act.{{cite news|title=Covington, Fowler, Dickerson Follow Rascal Flatts to Disney Music Group|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1637143/covington-fowler-dickerson-follow-rascal-flatts-to-disney-music-group.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514093818/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1637143/covington-fowler-dickerson-follow-rascal-flatts-to-disney-music-group.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2010|access-date=3 December 2012|newspaper=CMT|date=April 15, 2010}} In December 2006, Lyric Street signed Bucky Covington, an American Idol finalist.{{cite news|last=Sarles|first=Judy|title=Nashville Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2007/01/01/story1.html?page=all| access-date=3 December 2012|newspaper=Nashville Business Journal|date=December 27, 2006}}

The label launched a subsidiary label, Carolwood Records, in October 2008.{{cite news|title=Biz Bits: Disney casts wider net with new sister record label to Lyric Street|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/10/20/tidbits1.html?page=all|access-date=4 December 2012|newspaper=Nashville Business Journal|date=October 19, 2008}} Jessica Andrews was the first artist signed to this subsidiary label, followed by Trent Tomlinson (who was formerly signed to Lyric Street proper) and Love and Theft. Carolwood was shuttered in November 2009, with most of its staff being transferred back to Lyric Street.{{cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091103/BUSINESS01/91103025/Carolwood+Records+|title=Carolwood Records "functionally" shuttered|last=Lee|first=Wendy|date=2009-11-03|work=The Tennessean|access-date=2009-11-03}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Love and Theft, Ruby Summer, Trent Tomlinson, and The Parks were moved to Lyric Street.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2009/11/lyric-street-shutters-carolwood-imprint/|title=Lyric Street Shutters Carolwood Imprint|date=2009-11-03|author=David M. Ross|work=Music Row|access-date=2009-11-03}}

On April 14, 2010, Disney Music Group announced the closure of the Lyric Street label. This announcement also stated that Bucky Covington, Kevin Fowler, Tyler Dickerson, and Rascal Flatts would be transferred to other branches of Disney Music Group. Buxton, Love and Theft, and The Parks were dropped altogether with the closure of Lyric. By August, Rascal Flatts had signed with Big Machine Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1644689/rascal-flatts-sign-with-big-machine-records.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731133623/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1644689/rascal-flatts-sign-with-big-machine-records.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2010|title=Rascal Flatts Sign With Big Machine Records|date=29 July 2010|work=CMT|access-date=29 July 2010}} In 2011, Love and Theft signed with RCA Nashville.

Notable artists

=Artists on Carolwood=

References

External links

[http://www.lyricstreetrecords.com/ Official site]

Category:American country music record labels

Category:Record labels established in 1997

Category:Defunct record labels of the United States

Category:American independent record labels

Category:Record labels disestablished in 2010

Category:Disney Music Group