16th Avenue Records

Independent record label 16th Avenue Records Apple Productions 1981 Stan Campbell, Veronica Mataseje 1990 Defunct Country Canada, U.S. Toronto, Nashville 16th Avenue Records was an independent record label specializing in country music. The first 16th Avenue label was founded in Toronto in May 1981 by Apple Productions Corporation principals Stan Campbell and Veronica Mataseje. In May 1984, 16th Avenue Records moved to Nashville, Tennessee. In 1987 the Opryland Music Group assumed the 16th Avenue Records name with Jerry Bradley as President. The label's first signee was Charley Pride, whose 1987 single "Have I Got Some Blues for You" was the label's first release. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ej4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rgYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6937,5908155&dq=16th-avenue-records&hl=en New Label Has 'Pride' 10 February 1987 Ocala Star-Banner 14 March 2010 Other artists who recorded for 16th Avenue included Vicki Bird, Canyon, Lane Caudell, John Conlee, Neal McCoy, Robin & Cruiser, John Wesley Ryles, and Randy VanWarmer. The label closed in November 1990.Gaylord Buys Word's Music Companies Price Deborah Evans Billboard https://books.google.com/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90 7 December 1996 Nielsen Business Media 90– References Category:American country music record labels Category:American independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1986 Category:Record labels disestablished in 1990 Category:Defunct record labels of the United States Category:Record labels based in Nashville, Tennessee Category:1986 establishments in Tennessee