Chris Blackwell
Business Person, Business Executive, and Producer
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music...world to widespread critical acclaim. Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has released the film in North America and the Caribbean and Lightning Entertainment is handling the foreign release of the film. Tom Dowd died in 2002, shortly after... In this article: Tom Dowd, Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, Atlantic Records, Ray Charles, Raelettes, John Coltrane, Grammy Award, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Chris Blackwell |
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Wikipedia | May 27, 2009
Axiom (record label)
...well, with most of the catalog falling out of print since then. When Blackwell started up his new venture, Palm Pictures, Laswell and the Axiom imprint were once again reactivated. Unfortunately, Palm has since scaled back it's involvement in...
In this article: Axiom, Bill Laswell, Island Records, Universal Music Group, PolyGram, Material, Palm Pictures, Karsh Kale, and Simon Shaheen
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PR Newswire | October 02, 2007
Jamaica Dogsled Team Documentary SUN DOGS to Premiere at Canada's ReelWorld Film Festival April 12, 2007
Palm Pictures was founded in 1998 by Chris Blackwell, an innovator in the entertainment business who founded Island Records, Island Pictures and Island Outpost, and who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Palm...
In this article: Jamaica, Palm Pictures, Dog, Toronto, and Jimmy Buffett
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Trevor Wyatt
...releases, and also found many alternate takes and demos for box sets by Nick Drake and Sandy Denny. After The Universal takeover, Trevor followed Chris to Palm Pictures, where he worked for some years. He's now an independent artist manager.
In this article: Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Palm Pictures, and St Peter's Square
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Producers of Crash & Alpha Dog Agree to Be Brought on as Managing Partners of Palm Pictures
...producers Crash, Alpha Dog) have agreed to come on as managing partners and entertainment industry legend/Palm Pictures' Founder, Chris Blackwell will assume a more involved role in the future growth of the company as Chairman. "We're...
In this article: Alpha Dog, Palm Pictures, Emmy Award, Showtime, DVD, and Flashbacks of a Fool
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Rykodisc
...titles. In 1998, Chris Blackwell left Island Records and bought Rykodisc for a reported $35 million as a means of acquiring music marketing and distribution expertise for his new venture, a media company called Palm Pictures. In 1999, one...
In this article: Rykodisc, Frank Zappa, Warner Music Group, and Mission of Burma
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Billboard News - Daily | August 29, 2007
Stipe, Lanois On Board For New 1 Giant Leap Projects
...activist parents. He is currently recording a reggae album with her that will be billed as Aluta and the Mystics and he reports that Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures is already interested in releasing the project. Catto is co-writing the...
In this article: Jamie Catto, 1 Giant Leap, Daniel Lanois, Michael Stipe, Hilly Kristal, Johannesburg, CBGB, DVD, and Lung cancer
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Chris Franck
...musical influences include Samba, Bossa, Afro, folk, funk, rock. Chris Franck co-wrote and produced 2 albums for Chris Blackwell's "Palm Pictures" label with the band DaLata. The first album was called "Songs From the Tin" and the second was...
In this article: Smoke City, Da Lata, Palm Pictures, Patrick Forge, Carlinhos Brown, and Batu
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Independent.co.uk - Music | April 30, 2009
Island: The record label that changed the world
...he commented. Blackwell left to form Palm Pictures and run a chain of boutique hotels in Miami and the Caribbean, including the very exclusive Goldeneye estate, once the Jamaican home of Bond creator Ian Fleming. Now 72, Blackwell...
In this article: Bob Marley, London, Steve Winwood, Grace Jones, Island Records, Jamaica, and Jackie Edwards
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Davey Ray Moor
...Moor recruited Cousteau and the band recorded a collection of his songs. In 2001, Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures released the recordings as a self-titled album. With baritone Liam McKahey singing all but two of the songs (Moor leads the...
In this article: Davey Ray Moor, Cousteau, Telepathy, MTV, Channel 4, Cristina Dona, Europe, Ident, The Church, and The Guardian
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Chris Blackwell (born June 22, 1937) is the founder of Island Records. Born in London to an Irish father and a Costa Rican-born Sephardic Jewish mother. Blackwell spent his childhood in Jamaica. He was sent to England to continue his education at Harrow School. Deciding not to go to university, he returned to Jamaica to become ADC to the Governor of Jamaica Sir Hugh Foot. After Sir Hugh Foot was transferred to Cyprus, he left Kings House and pursued a career in real estate and other businesses which brought him into contact with the Jamaican music community. He formed Island Records in 1959 and was one of the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska music. In 1962, he returned to England and sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community. His business grew substantially, culminating in recognition as one of the most influential persons in the British music industry.
- Birth Date:
- June 22, 1937
- Occupation:
- Record label founder and owner
- Record Label:
- Island Records
- Years Active:
- 1959 onwards
- Website:
- http://www.islandrecords.com
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