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and Dominic De Sousa were working for the label. Martin joined up as head of A&R and creative services. De Sousa was responsible for UK artists liaison. Geoffrey Everitt was the MD for the company at the time.
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was also a major recording artist with MAM; Gordon Mills was Engelbert Humperdinck's manager. While not scoring any hits, the label also released singles by
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The company was one of the most successful record companies in the United Kingdom throughout the early 1970s. It diversified into
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in 1991, many recordings previously owned by MAM were reissued by EMI. After the breakup of EMI in 2013, Chrysalis was sold to
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launched in 1970 by the management company Management Agency & Music Ltd. (MAM). It was founded by
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Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies by Sharon Davis, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh.
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signed with the label in 1972 and her run of hit singles on MAM started with "
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This article about a United Kingdom record label is a
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but, by the end of the 1970s, it was losing ground to
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Gordon Mills
Tom Jones
Decca Records
Dave Edmunds
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Nothing Rhymed
Himself
Back to Front
I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
Lynsey de Paul
Sugar Me
Surprise (Lynsey de Paul album)
compilation album
Engelbert Humperdinck
Frank Ifield
Johnny Nash
Leapy Lee

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