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Switching labels is not the answer. (Tilly).
I see our old friend George Michael is distressed and disillusioned after the mediocre success of his first single for ages, Freeek!. Well, George, it did make the Top 10 and your new company Universal gave it their best shot, but, despite all the hype and the expensive, over-the-top video, the record didn't really happen. Why? Because, to be truthful, it wasn't very good and, if it had not been by Mr Michael himself, probably wouldn't have made the Top 75.
I think George was -- and probably still could be -- one of the major talents the UK has produced over the past 20 years, but as long as he sits in his ivory tower away from reality, he will never make great records again. Without a doubt, Sony Records had his best years -- oh, for another Careless Whisper -- and George had the benefit of great advice from some of the luminaries of that era.
So, if our new younger star Robbie Williams is thinking, as reported, of leaving his record label EMI -- Robbie, don't do it. Those guys at EMI, together with his management ...
- Former Sony Records Executive Tries to Sell Start-Up Label.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Furman, Phyllis March 25, 1999 700+ words
...Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26 -- Ending a rocky attempt to forge a music industry comeback, former Sony Records chief Walter Yetnikoff is trying to strike a deal to sell his troubled record label, Velvel Records. Yetnikoff...
- UAE: SONY RECORDS 44 PERCENT SALES RISE.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database August 28, 2002 700+ words
According to Al-Ittihad newspaper (August 26, 2002), the Sony Electronics Company reported that its sales in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the rest of the Arabian Gulf states increased by 44 percent in the current year. As a result, Sony occupied a leading position in the region in terms of
- A fiddler on the route: Sony Records annoints klezmer
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post MICHAEL AJZENSTADT July 30, 1996 700+ words
MICHAEL AJZENSTADT Jerusalem Post 07-30-1996 IN 1990, when Mirel Reznic got a phone call from Sony in France inviting him to participate in a recording with the some of the greatest violinists in the world, he couldn't believe his ears. "I thought someone was pulling my leg," said the klezmer and
- Cover story: Out come the Freeeks!; How George Michael is enjoying success...
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) March 15, 2002 700+ words
...in the American TV interview George gave shortly after his arrest...media witchhunt destroy him, George turned it around, using it...protracted $7m legal battle with Sony Records. Shortly after the judge in...tune of Careless Whisper with George sadly intoning a new lyric...
- Three sleazy minutes that brought an idol's world crashing down; GEORGE...
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) April 9, 1998 700+ words
...Smith was arrested recently." George rents a salmon-pink walled...for brushing his animal." George is instead believed to be staying...joined after his release from Sony Records. His neighbour in Beverly...49, a contractor who built George's kidney-shaped swimming...
- Dr. George Butler, retired jazz record executive, dies.(CENSUS)
- Magazine article from: Jet Waldron, Clarence May 5, 2008 700+ words
Dr. George Tucker Butler Jr., retired senior vice president of jazz at Columbia/SONY Records who discovered Wynton Marsalis, recently...to Columbia Records. Marsalis told JET, "George Butler worked very hard to help create quality...
- George Michael returns `Older' but wiser
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Steve Morse, Globe Staff May 10, 1996 700+ words
...After a bitter lawsuit with his former record label, George Michael is revving up his career again. His first full...DreamWorks after it bought out his ill-fated contract with Sony Records. Michael had sued Sony to gain his freedom, claiming...
- Matthew Wright column: GEORGE Michael spotted kissing partner at...
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) Wright, Matthew November 14, 1998 700+ words
GEORGE Michael caused a stir when spotted kissing partner Kenny Goss in the back stage bar at the awards. Meanwhile, REM singer Michael Stipe also set tongues wagging when he arrived at Sony Records' party with an adoring mystery male friend.