Records such as diaries can be kept.

Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists such as Astro & Glyde, Brancaccio & Aisher, Steve Lawler, Shmuel Flash, Steve Porter, Guy J, and Jerry Bonham.

Notable examples of such releases include the albums Golden Country Origins by Grassroots Records of Australia and Hillbilly Haley by the British label, Rollercoaster, as well as the aforementioned German release by Hydra Records.

The written history of China can be found as early as the Shang Dynasty ( c. 1700 – 1046 BC ), although ancient historical texts such as the Records of the Grand Historian ( ca.

The Xia Dynasty of China ( from c. 2100 to c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals.

These companies are often children of or partially owned by general market labels such as Warner, EMI, and Capitol Records, giving successful artists an opportunity to " cross over " into mainstream markets.

The early disco sound was largely an urban American phenomenon with producers and labels such as SalSoul Records ( Ken, Joe and Stanley Cayre ), West End Records ( Mel Cheren ), Casablanca ( Neil Bogart ), and Prelude ( Marvin Schlachter ) to name a few.

They took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub and gained great popularity touring college campuses, recording a series of albums with such titles as Jazz at Oberlin ( 1953 ), Jazz at the College of the Pacific ( 1953 ), and Brubeck's debut on Columbia Records, Jazz Goes to College ( 1954 ).

The Egyptian Lover also established his own record company, Egyptian Empire Records, which included artists such as Rodney O & Joe Cooley.

MicMac Records, who as one of the pioneer record labels in freestyle brought artists such as Johnny O, Cynthia, Nyasia, Tiana, Soave and Clear Touch to the scene, relaunched in 2004 and released new freestyle music on the successful Then and Now CDs.

Records such as " Let Me Be the One " by Safire, " I Remember What You Like " by Jenny Burton, " Running " by Information Society, " Give Me Tonight " by Shannon and " It Works For Me " by Pam Russo enjoyed heavy New York radio airplay.

Katas ' record label Futura Records was an incubator for artists such as Linear, who achieved international success after a move from Futura to Atlantic Records.

He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums ( such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin ' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice ' n ' Easy ).

Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records in 1961 ( finding success with albums such as Ring-a-Ding-Ding !, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim ), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy.

The future looks encouraging thanks to entities such as Green Ozone, DogmaTone Records, Eastern Fare Music Foundation, that are dedicated to promoting and supporting Indian rock.

That year, Brown also launched, under King auspices, Try Me Records, releasing records off singers such as Tammy Montgomery, Johnny & Bill and the Poets, the latter group confirmed to be that of Brown's backing band.

The band's own Dischord Records released material by many bands from the Washington, D. C., area, such as Government Issue, Void, Scream, Fugazi, Artificial Peace, Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, and Dag Nasty, and has become a respected independent record label.

Inspired by Crass, its Dial House commune, and its independent Crass Records label, a scene developed around British bands such as Subhumans, Flux of Pink Indians, Conflict, Poison Girls, and The Apostles that was concerned as much with anarchist and DIY principles as it was with music.

As of 2008, such records are listed as " Archival " by the National Archives and Records Administration meaning they have been transferred from the custody of the military and can no longer be loaned and transferred for retroactive medals determination.

The 2 Tone genre was named after 2 Tone Records, a Coventry, England record label that featured bands such as The Specials, Madness and The Selecter.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

After moving to London, Vangelis signed with RCA Records, set up his own studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of electronic albums, such as Heaven and Hell ( 1975 ), Albedo 0. 39 ( 1976 ), Spiral ( 1977 ), Beaubourg ( 1978 ), and China ( 1979 ).

They secured a record contract with Capitol Records, but Hooper left the band before the remaining trio moved to Los Angeles to record their debut album.

He left RCA in 1982 and signed with Columbia Records, for whom he produced a debut album in 1983.

They released their self-titled debut album in 1995 on Y Records, followed in 1998 by " Anthem " on Immortal / Epic and later " These Days " on Good-Ink.

He soon signed with A & M Records, but after several unproductive sessions he canceled his intended solo debut in early 1971.

The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their House of Pain debut album ( 1992 ) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single " Jump Around ".

He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays, the first hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker.

* 1954 – Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, " That's All Right.

In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs (" Urge for Going ," " Chelsea Morning ," " Both Sides, Now ," " The Circle Game ") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968.

Two years after their final studio recording for SST, 1989's Monsters, the trio released its major-label debut, Forbidden Places, on the indie-friendly London Records.

That April, the Ramones ' debut album was released by Sire Records ; the first single was " Blitzkrieg Bop ", opening with the rally cry " Hey!

In 1994, the Presidents signed with the tiny Seattle label PopLlama Records and released their self-titled debut in the following year.

She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single, " You've Got That Somethin '", in Sweden.

Virgin Records was scheduled to release a box-set entitled Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 on 6 August, celebrating 40 years since the release of the band's debut album in 1972.

At Chess Records in the spring of 1955, Bo Diddley's debut record " Bo Diddley "/" I'm A Man " climbed to # 2 on the R & B charts and popularized Bo Diddley's own original rhythm and blues clave-based vamp that would become a mainstay in rock and roll.

In 1959, two black-owned record labels, one of which would become hugely successful, made their debut: Sam Cooke's Sar, and Berry Gordy's Motown Records.

The band's debut album, REO Speedwagon, was released on Epic Records in 1971.

A & M Records re-released Sheryl's debut album, " Tuesday Night Music Club " as a deluxe version 2CD / DVD set on November 17, 2009.

They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, " Wannabe " in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30 countries and helped establish the group as a global phenomenon.

On April 13, 1999, Staind released its major label debut Dysfunction on Flip Records.

In 1978, A & M Records released Curry's debut solo album, Read My Lips.

Molded into a professional act by manager Bill Ham, they were subsequently signed to London Records and released their debut album.

* April 8 – The punk band The Clash's debut album The Clash is released in the UK on CBS Records.

In mid-1994, Supergrass issued their debut single " Caught by the Fuzz " on the small independent local label Backbeat Records.

In 1974, Shepherd released her debut studio album Cybill Does It ... To Cole Porter for MCA Records and again teamed with Peter Bogdanovich for the title role in Daisy Miller, based on the Henry James novella.