Millennium Records | |
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Founded | 1976 |
Founder | Jimmy Ienner |
Defunct | 1983 |
Distributor(s) |
Casablanca Records (1976-1979) RCA Records (1979-1983) |
Genre | various |
Country of origin | USA |
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. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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] 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]
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". [5]
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]
Millennium is noteworthy for having passed on signing Madonna in 1981. [6]