Caltex Records ( fa, کلتکس رکوردز) is a

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the prod ...

based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1980 by

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immigrant Mehrdad Pakravan. The label focuses on

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. In 1994, the label represented 75% of Persian musical artists in the world in part due to the exodus of musicians from Iran after the government banned popular music.

Notable artists

Artists and bands who have recorded with Caltex Records include: *

Andranik Madadian Andranik Madadian ( fa, آندرانیک مددیان, hy, Անդրանիկ Մադադյան; born April 22, 1958), better known by his stage name, Andy ( fa, اندی, hy, Անդի) is an Iranian-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor. He imm ...

Andy & Kouros Andy & Kouros ( Persian: اندی و کورس) were an Iranian pop duo formed together in 1985, composed of Andranik "Andy" Madadian and Kouros Shahmiri Kouros Shahmiri ( fa, کوروس شاهمیری), also known by the mononym "Kouros" (Pe ...

Aref Arefkia Aref Arefkia ( fa, عارف عارف‌کیا), known as Aref (; also Romanized as ''Āref'', born August 10, 1940) is an Iranian pop music singer and former actor. He is known as "The king of hearts" and "The legend of pop" in Iran. He gradua ...

Artashes Avetyan Artashes Avetyan ( hy, Արտաշես Ավետյան; Persian: آرتاشس آودیان; born 14 August 1942) mostly known as Artoush is an Iranian Armenian singer and musician. Biography Avetyan was born in Tehran, Iran. At a young age, he ...

* Bijan Mortazavi *

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Dariush Eghbali Dariush Eghbali ( fa, داریوش اقبالی ), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer. Biography Childhood and Youth Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his early years in Mi ...

Delkash Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( fa, عصمت باقرپور بابلی ; 26 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash ( fa, دلکش ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice. Biography Delkas ...

Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi ( fa, اِبراهیم حامدی, also Romanized as "Ebrāhim Hāmedi"; born 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (Persian: ), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran, gaining fame as part of a ban ...

Faramarz Aslani Faramarz Aslani ( fa, فرامرز اصلانی; born July 13, 1954) is an Iranian singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and music producer. Biography Faramarz Aslani was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduate of London University's College ...

Fereydoun Farrokhzad Fereydoun Farrokhzad ( fa, فریدون فرخزاد; October 7, 1938 – August 3, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show ''The Silv ...

Gholam-Hossein Banan Gholām-Hossein Banān ( fa, غلامحسين بنان; 5 May 1911 – 27 February 1986) was an Iranian musician and singer. One of the most prominent Iranian singers of the 20th century, he was renowned for the quality of his voice. Biography ...

Googoosh Faegheh Atashin ( fa, فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh ( fa, گوگوش, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over ...

Hassan Sattar Abdolhassan Sattarpour ( fa, عبدالحسن ستارپور; born 19 November 1949), better known simply as Sattar ( fa, ستار), is an Iranian singer with specialization in both Persian pop and classical music. He had gained fame before the ...

* Hayedeh * Homeyra * Kourosh Yaghmaei *

Leila Forouhar Leila Forouhar ( fa, لیلا فروهر, ''Leilâ Foruhar'') (born 23 February 1959) is an Iranian pop and classical singer. She was a child star, acting from the age of 3. She relocated to next door Turkey in 1986, then to Paris, before emigrat ...

Mahasti Eftekhar Dadehbala), and others Eftekhar ( fa, افتخار). ( fa, افتخار دده‌بالا; 16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti ( fa, مهستی), was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop ...

Mansour Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), m ...

* Marzieh *

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Morteza Barjesteh Morteza Barjesteh ( fa, مرتضی برجسته), best known by his stage name Morteza (), is an Iranian pop singer-songwriter and composer who gained fame in Iran during the 1980s. Early life Morteza was born in Tehran and spent his early yea ...

* Pyruz *

Shahram Shabpareh Shahram Shabpareh ( fa, شهرام شب‌پره) is an Iranian Pop singer and songwriter. Career He started his career as a drum player in the early 1960s when he was 13. In the mid 1960s at the age of 17, he formed a band of his own named "R ...

* Shahrum Kashani * Shakila *

Shohreh Solati Fatemeh Solati Nayebi ( fa, فاطمه صولتی نایبی), better known by her stage name Shohreh ( fa, شهره), is an Iranian singer. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, she has continued her music career in exile. Biography Shohreh ...

* Siavash Ghomayshi *

Siavash Shams Siavash Shams ( fa, سیاوش شمس) (also known as Siavash Sahne ( fa, سیاوش صحنه) due to his hit song ''Sahneh'') (born 26 January 1963) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers ...

Susan Roshan Susan Roshan ( fa, سوزان روشن) (born 23 September 1967) is an Iranian singer, who currently lives in California, United States. After the Iranian Revolution, she moved to the United States with her parents and brother at the age of t ...

Viguen Viguen (born Viguen Derderian, fa, ویگن دردریان, ''Viguen Derderyân''; hy, Վիգէն Տէրտէրեան, ''Vigen Tērtērian''; 23 November 1929 – 26 October 2003), known as "King of Iranian pop" and the "Sultan of Jazz", was an ...

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