KIRSHNER
RECORDS
Independent American label: Kirshner Records was Owned by
publisher / producer Don Kirsher, the man behind the Brill Building songwriting
team as well as the Monkees and the Archies, the Kirshner label had a longer
life in the USA than it did over here. It appeared in the States in 1969
and kept going until 1980; over here it only came on the scene in
1977. Before that time its products had been licensed to other
companies: to RCA until 1974, and to CBS / Epic from then until 1977.
Under its own name it only entered the British Singles Charts once, with 'Carry
On Wayward Son', by Rock group Kansas (KIR-4932; 1978), which had been issed the
year before on Epic (EPC-4932). Kirshner's singles, of which there weren't
many, had a KIR prefix, and they shared their numbering with the singles of the
other CBS-group labels. British Kirshner made its exit at the same time as
its American counterpart, when Don Kirshner retired from the music
scene. Distributed By CBS Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
78
Kansas
Carry On Wayward
Son
KIRSHNER
S KIR
4932
77
Kansas
Point Of No Return
KIRSHNER
S KIR
5820
78
Kansas
Dust In The Wind
KIRSHNER
S KIR
6205
79
Dash Sarah
Sinner Man
KIRSHNER
S KIR
6973
78
Kansas
People On The South Winds
KIRSHNER
S KIR
7426
82
Kansas
Play The Game
KIRSHNER
S KIR
2408