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Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. Arista was called Bell Records until 1975. it was acquired by Ariola Records at the end of the seventies and is now part of the BMG group.

Over the years Arista acquired Northwestside Records, Deconstruction Records, First Avenue Records and Dedicated Records in the UK. Arista starts a joint-venture with Antonio "LA" Reid : LaFace Records and another joint-venture with Sean " P. Diddy" Combs: Bad Boy Records. It distributed Heavenly Records and finally acquired LaFace Records in 1999.

This label has one of the most diverse lineups in the record industry. It has been home to Prince, Barry Manilow, Whitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963, Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She was one of the most popular and successful singers of the 1980s and 1990s. Early Years Houston grew up in a musical family: Her mother is Grammy awa, The Grateful Dead, Sarah McLachlanSarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician and singer. She is widely recognized for founding Lilith Fair, a tour which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s. Biography McLachlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Air SupplyAir Supply are a duo of pop musicians, Englishman Graham Russell and Australian Russell Hitchcock, who had a succession of soft-rock ballad hits throughout the English-speaking world through the late 1970s and early 1980s. The duo met in May, 1975, when p, Dionne WarwickDionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940 as Dionne Warrick was an American singer, best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters. She began singing gospel with her family. Her first solo single was 1962's "Don't Make Me Over"; her, ExposéExpos is a latin freestyle pop trio of the 1980s. Record producer and songwriter Lewis Martinee was largely responsible for their debut, Exposure ( 1986, 1986 in music), which was a massive success, with four Top Ten singles, including a #1, "Seasons Chan, Annie LennoxAnnie Lennox (born December 25, 1954) is a singer from Aberdeen, Scotland. As a child, she attended a school for the exceptionally intelligent. She also studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is best known for having been the four, Puffy Combs, Kenny G, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton and Patti Smith. Current stars include TLC, Dido, Avril Lavigne and Pink.



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