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| Barnaby Records | |
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| Founded | 1963 (1963) |
| Founder | Andy Williams |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | CBS,MGM,GRT |
| Genre | Pop |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
Barnaby Records was an Americanrecord company founded by singerAndy Williams in 1963 with his purchase of soon-to-be-liquidatedCadence Records. It held the rights to work by a number of popular music performers including Williams' work before he was withColumbia Records.
Williams got control of the Cadence master tapes in the 1960s but limited releases to that of himself and another former Cadence artist, Lenny Welch. This material was released on Williams's label at the time, Columbia Records.
In 1970, Williams created the Barnaby label (named after his beloved dog Mr. Barnaby) to release the rest of the long unreleased Cadence archive, principally that ofThe Everly Brothers, which had been long out of print but in continued great demand. In 1971 Williams became the sole owner of the label when he bought out partner Alan Bernard.[1] Barnaby also released new material by artists such asRay Stevens, who scored Top Ten hits with his singles "Everything Is Beautiful" and "The Streak", some early LPs byJimmy Buffett as well as a few LPs byClaudine Longet, who was Williams's wife at the time.
Barnaby had several distributors includingCBS, thenMGM, and finallyGRT in 1974. Once Barnaby ceased operating as a working record company at the end of the 1970s, Williams licensed the old Cadence and Barnaby material to various other labels such asVarèse Sarabande andRhino, andTime-Life after 1980, and he also leased some of the same material toHip-O beginning in 1996.
Performers signed to Barnaby include:
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