Blue Sky Records was a custom record label created by
Steve Paul for
, featuring acts managed by Steve Paul, primarily blues-oriented performers
Johnny Winter
John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1 ...
,
Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American multi-instrumentalist, working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their pop ...
,
Rick Derringer
Richard Dean Zehringer (August 5, 1947 – May 26, 2025), known professionally as Rick Derringer, was an American musician, producer and songwriter. He gained success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, " Hang On Sloopy", ...
,
Dan Hartman,
David Johansen
David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Po ...
, and
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of moder ...
.
History
Blue Sky Records was started by Steve Paul in 1973. The executive vice president of the specialty label, promoted and distributed by Columbia Records, was
Rick Dobbis. Dobbis later became the president of
Sony Music International and senior vice-president at
Arista Records
Arista Records ( ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of Bertelsmann Music G ...
.
Background of Rick Dobbis
Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter. Retrieved 2011-01-22. Through the production activities of Johnny Winter, the label was instrumental in reviving the career of Muddy Waters. In 1983, when Winter departed from the label, the label largely ceased operations & was folded into Columbia.
Principal Blue Sky Records releases
*1973 Rick Derringer, '' All American Boy''
*1974 Johnny Winter, '' John Dawson Winter III''
*1975 Rick Derringer, '' Spring Fever''
*1975 Edgar Winter, '' The Edgar Winter Group With Rick Derringer''
*1975 Edgar Winter, '' Jasmine Nightdreams''
*1976 Johnny Winter, '' Captured Live!''
*1976 Dan Hartman, ''Who Is Dan Hartman?'' (Promo release)
*1976 Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter, '' Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live''
*1976 Dan Hartman, ''Images
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''
*1977 Muddy Waters, '' Hard Again''
*1977 Edgar Winter, '' Edgar Winter's White Trash - Recycled''
*1977 Johnny Winter, '' Nothin' But the Blues''
*1977 Rick Derringer, ''Live''
*1978 Muddy Waters, '' I'm Ready''
*1978 Johnny Winter, '' White, Hot and Blue''
*1978 Dan Hartman, ''Instant Replay
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Spo ...
''
*1978 David Johansen, ''David Johansen
David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Po ...
''
*1979 Muddy Waters, '' Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live''
*1979 Dan Hartman, ''Relight My Fire''
*1979 David Johansen, '' In Style''
*1979 Edgar Winter, '' The Edgar Winter Album''
*1980 Johnny Winter, '' Raisin' Cain''
*1981 Muddy Waters, '' King Bee''
*1981 Dan Hartman, ''It Hurts to Be In Love''
*1981 David Johansen, '' Here Comes The Night''
*1982 David Johansen, '' Live It Up''
References
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American record labels
Columbia Records