Boardwalk Records is a

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founded by Neil Bogart in 1980, after

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acquired Casablanca Records from him.

History

The label had hit acts with Joan Jett and

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. Other artists on the Boardwalk label included, Invisible Mans Band, produced by Alex Masucci and Clarence Burke Jr.

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, Ohio Players, Richard "Dimples" Fields, Chris Christian, Night Ranger,

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, Sunrize, Mike Love, Get Wet, Phil Seymour, Tierra, Carole Bayer Sager, and the soundtrack to the 1982 film '' Megaforce''. Boardwalk Records also released the soundtrack for the 1980 film version of '' Popeye'', which starred

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and Shelley Duvall. Throughout its existence,

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served as Boardwalk's distributor in Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Austria. Chris Christian was the first artist signed to Boardwalk. In late 1981, "I Want You I Need You" became a #37 Top 40 ''Billboard'' pop hit and Top 10 A/C hit for Christian. Robert Kardashian,

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's father, was Christian's manager and was responsible for signing Christian to Boardwalk. Kardashian bought Christian's album from the estate, and it is currently owned by YMC Records. A year after Bogart died of cancer in 1982, the label eventually closed down. The Boardwalk catalog was purchased by Tom Ficara from W. Jersey Bank, which held the mortgage to the titles prior to the Boardwalk bankruptcy. Boardwalk Records was relaunched as part of The Boardwalk Entertainment Group in 2010 by Neil Bogart's sons, Evan Kidd Bogart and Timothy Bogart, and their partner, Gary A. Randall. Boardwalk's current roster includes ZZ Ward,

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, and Nova Rockafeller In October 2019, Boardwalk sold the Ricky Reed catalogue to Anthem Entertainment.

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