Millennium Records
{{Short description|Record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Millennium Records
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| founded = 1976
| founder = Jimmy Ienner
| defunct = 1983
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| distributor = Casablanca Records (1976-1979)
RCA Records (1979-1983)
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| country = USA
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Millennium Records is a defunct record label run by record producer Jimmy Ienner from 1976 to 1983. During its RCA-distributed years, a significant portion of its output was content licensed from Canadian record labels.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20phZjb8Tb4C|last1=Davis|first1=Clive|last2=DeCurtis|first2=Anthony|title=The Soundtrack of My Life|pages=356|date=February 19, 2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781476714783|accessdate=December 15, 2018|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJguDwAAQBAJ|last=Romanowski|first=William|title=Risky Business: Rock in Film|date=July 28, 2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351492843|accessdate=December 15, 2018|via=Google Books}}{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06o9AQAAIAAJ|title=News Briefs|journal=Stereo Review |volume= 48|pages=76|date=1983|publisher=CBS Magazines|accessdate=December 15, 2018|via=Google Books}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ0EAAAAMBAJ|last=Christman|first=Ed|title=Lenner Ascends at Restructured Sony Music|magazine=Billboard |volume=115 |issue=17 |pages=4|date=April 26, 2003|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=December 15, 2018|via=Google Books}}
Hits
The label's best-selling artist was electronic music pioneer Meco, whose disco cover of John Williams' "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" cues from Star Wars was a number 1 hit in 1977.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} In 1978, Meco followed up with two more movie-inspired hits for the label: a number 25 hit "Theme From Close Encounters" and a number 35 hit "Themes From The Wizard of Oz".{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
In 1981, Don McLean had three hits on the Millennium label: "Crying" which peaked at number 5; a number 23 song, "Since I Don't Have You" and a number 36 song, "Castles in the Air"."Chart info from The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition - Meco Pg 420 and Don McLean Pg 418"
Between 1981 and 1982, the band Franke & the Knockouts had three top 100 hits on Millennium: "Sweetheart" at number 10, "You're My Girl" at number 27, and "Without You" at number 24.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Millennium is noteworthy for having passed on signing Madonna in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/a9d7e634-e60a-42fb-9381-51b3e9561ef4|title=8 rejection letters that will inspire you to not give up|website=BBC|date=October 9, 2017|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}
Artists
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/label/31434-Millennium Millennium Records at Discogs]
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Category:Hip-hop record labels
Category:Record labels based in California
Category:Defunct record labels of the United States
Category:Record labels established in 1977
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