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    Fontana Records is a record label that was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. The independent label distributor Fontana...
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  • HarperCollins Fontana Distribution, a record distribution company Fontana North, a Canadian record distribution company Fontana Records, a record label Fontana (drag...
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  • diverse roster of independent record labels and their artists. The company takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label; it was initially launched...
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  • and secured a recording contract with, coincidentally, Fontana Records. With the band, Fontana released his biggest single "The Game of Love" and after...
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    operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released rock, funk, R&B, doo wop, soul...
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    for Motown from 1960 to 1961. Fontana Records issued the releases for Motown from 1961 to 1962. Oriole American Records issued the releases for Motown...
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  • The Merseybeats (category Fontana Records artists)
    with Fontana Records and had their first hit single in 1963 with "It's Love That Really Counts", followed in 1964 by their million-selling record "I Think...
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    The Mindbenders (category Fontana Records artists)
    English beat group from Manchester. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British...
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    Kiki Dee (category Fontana Records artists)
    Leeds. A record scout liked her singing and invited her to London to do an audition. There, in 1963, she signed as a solo artist to Fontana Records. After...
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    Roger Whittaker (category Fontana Records artists)
    signed to Fontana Records, which released his first professional single, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", in 1962. (On the labels of the Fontana singles...
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  • Laid (song) (category Fontana Records singles)
    Fontana Records. 1993. 862 927-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Laid (UK CD2 liner notes). James. Fontana...
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  • Scott's club in London. Dearie recorded four albums in the United Kingdom during the 1960s that were released on the Fontana label, including a recording...
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    Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (category Fontana Records artists)
    back home". The group eventually gained a recording contract with Fontana Records. Ken Howard said that: "We changed their name to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky...
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    Jethro Tull (band) (category Fontana Records artists)
    band. They added Hammond on bass, who came with a collection of blues records. The group initially played as a three-piece at local clubs and venues...
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  • "The Game of Love" is a 1965 song by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, released in the United States as "Game of Love". The song reached No. 1 on the...
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    Moby (category Fontana Records artists)
    000. In 1993, Moby signed with Elektra Records, which lasted for five years. He secured a deal with Mute Records, a British label, to handle his European...
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    Millie Small (category Fontana Records artists)
    Indies Records Limited) Sings Fats Domino (1965, UK: Fontana, 1966, Canada: Stone Records) The Best of Millie Small (1967, UK: Island Records) Time Will...
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  • Laid (album) (category Fontana Records albums)
    British rock band James. It was released on 27 September 1993 through Fontana Records. The album's sound, which is "stripped-down" compared to their prior...
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  • album by British alternative rock band the House of Love, released on Fontana Records in 1990. It should not be confused with the band's debut album, which...
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    Tom Verlaine (category Fontana Records artists)
    Letter" (Paris Version) Fontana VLANE4 (1987) "Cry Mercy, Judge" / "Circling" Fontana FTANA2 (1987) "Shimmer" / "Bomb" Fontana VLANE5 (October 1989) "Kaleidoscopin'"...
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    James (band) (category Fontana Records artists)
    Rough Trade. A successful winter tour in 1989 attracted a deal with Fontana Records, and the band ended a difficult decade on an optimistic note. Gold...
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  • Gold Mother (category Fontana Records albums)
    album by English rock band James. It was released on 4 June 1990 on Fontana Records. With the addition of drummer David Baynton-Power, violinist/guitarist...
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    Manfred Mann (category Fontana Records artists)
    album for their new record label. Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, and the group switched labels to Fontana Records, where they were produced...
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  • Hey Jealousy (category Fontana Records singles)
    (notes) (link) Hey Jealousy (UK cassette single sleeve). Gin Blossoms. Fontana Records. 1992. GINMC-3, 580 363-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others...
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  • Wild Thing (The Troggs song) (category Fontana Records singles)
    the Troggs' single was available on two competing labels: Atco Records and Fontana Records. Because both pressings were taken from the same master recording...
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    Cocteau Twins (category Fontana Records artists)
    critically acclaimed album, Heaven or Las Vegas, the band left 4AD for Fontana Records, where they released their final two albums. Heaven or Las Vegas was...
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  • Seven (James album) (category Fontana Records albums)
    English rock band James. It was released on 17 February 1992, through Fontana Records. After writing new material in their practice space, the band began...
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  • Je t'aime... moi non plus (category Fontana Records singles)
    released on the Fontana label, but, after reaching number two, it was withdrawn from sale. Gainsbourg then arranged a deal with Major Minor Records, and on re-release...
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    Helen Reddy (category Fontana Records artists)
    landed a deal with Fontana Records, a division of major-label Chicago-based Mercury Records. Her first single, "One Way Ticket", on Fontana was not an American...
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    The Troggs (category Fontana Records artists)
    this was also their second and final dual-label release in the US, with Fontana retaining the rights to all subsequent releases), "Any Way That You Want...
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