Gallo Record Company, the Glossary
Gallo Record Company is the largest (and oldest independent) record label in South Africa.[1]
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35 relations: Arena Holdings, Billboard (magazine), Brunswick Records, Capitol Records, Dark City Sisters, EMI, Gallo Record Company, Gallotone Champion Guitar, Hilda Tloubatla, Hugh Masekela, Johannesburg, Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Letta Mbulu, List of Warner Music Group labels, Lucky Dube, Mahlathini, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Mahotella Queens, Makgona Tsohle Band, Marabi, Mbaqanga, Miriam Makeba, Motown, Record label, Solomon Linda, Sony Music, South Africa, Spokes Mashiyane, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Supremes, Warner Music Africa, Warner Music Group, West Nkosi, Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
- 1926 establishments in South Africa
- Culture of Johannesburg
- Record labels established in 1926
- Record labels established in 1939
- South African record labels
Arena Holdings
Arena Holdings, formerly known as Tiso Blackstar Group, Johnnic Communications, Avusa and Times Media Group, is a media company in South Africa. Gallo Record Company and Arena Holdings are Companies based in Johannesburg.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Brunswick Records
Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916.
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Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. Gallo Record Company and Capitol Records are IFPI members.
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Dark City Sisters
The Dark City Sisters were a South African female vocal group formed in 1958 by music producer Rupert Bopape.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. Gallo Record Company and EMI are IFPI members.
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Gallo Record Company
Gallo Record Company is the largest (and oldest independent) record label in South Africa. Gallo Record Company and Gallo Record Company are 1926 establishments in South Africa, Companies based in Johannesburg, Culture of Johannesburg, IFPI members, record labels established in 1926, record labels established in 1939 and south African record labels.
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Gallotone Champion Guitar
The Gallotone Champion Guitar was an acoustic guitar manufactured in South Africa by the country's largest record company, Gallo Africa, during the 1950s and '60s.
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Hilda Tloubatla
Hilda Semola Tloubatla (born 1942) is a South African mbaqanga singer, and the lead singer of the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens.
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Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz".
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
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Joseph Shabalala
Bhekizizwe Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1940 – 11 February 2020) was a South African singer and musician who was the founder and musical director of the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube.
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Letta Mbulu
Letta Mbulu (born 23 August 1942) is a South African jazz singer who has been active since the 1960s.
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List of Warner Music Group labels
Warner Music Group (WMG) owns, has a joint share, or is associated with the record labels listed here.
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Lucky Dube
Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced duu-beh;, luckydubemusic.com, Retrieved 19 October 2007 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian.
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Mahlathini
Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde (1937 or 1938 – 27 July 1999) was a South African mbaqanga singer.
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Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (also known as Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo and Mahlathini and the Girls of Mgqashiyo) were a South African mbaqanga supergroup made up of the three musical acts linked together by talent scout and record producer Rupert Bopape at the Gallo Recording Company in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1964.
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Mahotella Queens
The Mahotella Queens is a South African female band formed in 1964 by music producer Rupert Bopape, consisting of Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu, and Amanda Nkosi.
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Makgona Tsohle Band
The Makgona Tsohle Band was a South African instrumental band that is noted for creating the mbaqanga music style.
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Marabi
Marabi is a style of music and dance form that evolved and emerged in South Africa between the 1890s and 1920s.
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Mbaqanga
Mbaqanga is a style of South African music with rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today.
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Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist.
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Motown
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.
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Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
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Solomon Linda
Solomon Popoli Linda OIG (19098 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name),Gilmore, Inigo,, The Telegraph (UK), 11 June 2000.
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Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. Gallo Record Company and Sony Music are IFPI members.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Spokes Mashiyane
Johannes "Spokes" Mashiyane (born Vlakfontein (Mamelodi), Pretoria 20 January 1933; died at Baragwanath Hospital of cirrhosis of liver 9 February 1972) was regarded as one of the greatest pennywhistle artists who graced the South African kwela music scene from the 1950s to (approximately) the 1970s.
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and first recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube", through South African Gallo Record Company.
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The Supremes
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
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Warner Music Africa
Warner Music Africa (formerly Warner Music South Africa) is a music corporation of the global record label Warner Music Group, founded on 5 December 2013.
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Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. Gallo Record Company and Warner Music Group are IFPI members.
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West Nkosi
West Nkosi (born Mkhubatseli West Nkosi, 1940 – 8 October 1998) was a South African music producer, saxophonist and songwriter.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Yvonne Chaka Chaka OIS (born Yvonne Machaka on 18 March 1965) is a South African singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher.
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See also
1926 establishments in South Africa
- Colenso Power Station
- Gallo Record Company
- Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck
- Kruger National Park
- Livingstone High School
- South African National Parks
- The Cenotaph, Durban
Culture of Johannesburg
- 1020 Cartel
- 340ml
- Ambitiouz Entertainment
- CCP Records
- Dear Reader
- Family Tree Records
- Film Resource Unit
- Gallo Record Company
- Gimme Hope Jo'anna
- Gold Reef City
- Joburg Ballet
- Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Johannesburg Youth Orchestra
- Kalawa Jazmee Records
- Khalil (band)
- Live 8 concert, Johannesburg
- Live Earth concert, Johannesburg
- Museums in Johannesburg
- Nu Metro
- Photo:
- Soweto Blues
- Soweto Gospel Choir
- Ster-Kinekor
- The Bassline (club)
- The Real Housewives of Johannesburg
Record labels established in 1926
- Gallo Record Company
- Madison Records (Grey Gull)
- Romeo Records
- Sterno Records
Record labels established in 1939
- Blue Note Records
- CNR Music
- Gallo Record Company
- Topic Records
South African record labels
- CCP Records
- Cashtime Life
- Def Jam Africa
- Gallo Record Company
- Kalawa Jazmee Records
- Mountain Records
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo_Record_Company
Also known as Eric Gallo, Gallo Music, Gallo Record Co, Gallo Records, Gallo Studios, Mavuthela, Mavuthela Music.