Arista Austin was used in the late 1990s as a country label. A country music division, Career Records, was merged into the Arista Nashville division in 1997. It distributed two other jazz labels, Arista Freedom, which specialized in avant-garde jazz and, until 1982, GRP Records, which specialized in contemporary jazz and what came to be known as smooth jazz. Subsidiary imprint labels Īrista had an imprint label in the 1970s called Arista Novus, which focused on contemporary jazz artists. Houston would become Arista's biggest-selling recording act and one of the best-selling acts in music history with sales of over 200 million records worldwide, according to the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA). The label's most significant acquisition came in 1983 when Davis signed Whitney Houston. In addition to Outlaws, Patti Smith, Eric Carmen, Air Supply, The Kinks, Lou Reed, Alan Parsons and Dionne Warwick, Arista signed Aretha Franklin in 1980, after her long relationship with Atlantic Records ended. The label was mentioned in the 1978 Nick Lowe song "They Called It Rock," in the lyric, "Arista says they love you/But the kids can't dance to this."Īrista signed the Grateful Dead in 1976, and the group released their only Top 40 pop hit, " Touch of Grey", on the label in 1987. The British Bell label kept that name for a couple of years before changing its name to Arista. Several Bell acts, such as Barry Manilow, the Bay City Rollers, and Melissa Manchester continued with Arista.
Others, such as Suzi Quatro and Hot Chocolate, were farmed out to the Bell/Arista-distributed label, Big Tree. In early 1975, most of the artists who had been signed to Bell were let go, except David Cassidy (who left for RCA Records), Tony Orlando and Dawn (who left for Elektra Records), and the 5th Dimension (which departed for ABC Records). The label was named after Arista, New York City's public secondary school honor society (of which Davis was a member at Erasmus Hall High School). With a $10 million investment by CPI, and a reorganization of the various Columbia Pictures legacy labels (Colpix, Colgems, and Bell), Davis introduced Columbia Pictures's new record division, Arista Records, in November 1974, ultimately owning 20 percent of the company. Davis's real goal was to reorganize and revitalize Columbia Pictures's music division. Shortly after his hiring by CPI, Davis became president of Bell Records, replacing the departing Larry Uttal. Logo used prior to Arista's 2018 relaunchĪfter being fired from CBS Records, Clive Davis was recruited by Alan Hirschfield, CEO of Columbia Pictures, in June 1974 to be a consultant for the company's record and music operations.
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