BRIEFING\Boyz II Men forming new label with Sony.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The members of Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown , Motown's soulful soul·ful adj. Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional. soul  ful·ly adv. foursome from
Philadelphia, are forming a new label with Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records, Inc. for $2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name, and Sony renamed the label , and
will produce existing Sony artists as part of the deal.
The formation of Philadelphia-based Stonecreek Recordings signals the end of the mega-platinum vocal group's relationship with PolyGram-owned Motown. The group owes Motown at least four albums, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources, which will keep them at the venerable r&b imprint until well into the 21st century. Their next album isn't due until 1997. Boyz II Men at first offered Motown the custom label, but reportedly were turned down by former Motown president Jheryl Busby. That gave the group the green light to shop the deal. At a news conference in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , members of the group cited the opportunity to work in a "different creative atmosphere" and their relationship with Sony Music president and chief executive officer Thomas Mottola as the reason they formed a label with Sony rather than with Motown. Bergman back: Ingmar Bergman Noun 1. Ingmar Bergman - Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918) Bergman , 78, who officially retired from filmmaking after having delivered "Fanny & Alexander" in 1982, again will stand behind the camera in September when he directs "Larmer Och Goer Sig Til" (roughly "Making Noises and Throwing Himself Around") from his own screenplay. "Making Noises" has been in the writing stage since November. Bergman confirmed the production but will not speak about the film's content. KCRW KCRW Kansas City Roller Warriors (women's roller derby league; Kansas City, Missouri) scores: For the second straight year, public radio station KCRW-FM topped $1 million in its 10-day winter subscription drive, a rare fund-raising accomplishment for a single radio station. The Santa Monica-based National Public Radio affiliate also brought in an additional $480,000 so far through a direct-mail campaign that started in December. The drive, which ran from Jan. 31 to last Friday, brought in $1.04 million from 13,000 subscribers. |
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