Jive Records is a record label, based in New York City, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, and operates under the Zomba Label Group.
Jive Records was formed by Clive Calder in 1975 in London, on Willesden Street, which became the label's publishing company—and was launched in the United States as a branch of the Zomba Recording Corporation in 1981. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African music and dance. The labels ...
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