Smile Records (United States)

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Smile Records is Los Angeles based powerpop independent record label founded in 1995 by musician-producer Tony Valenziano and Tansy Alexander. In 2001 Smile entered a distribution contract with video and DVD distributor Image Entertainment who wanted to enter the audio market. [1]

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References

  1. ENTERTAINMENT WIRE - 2 August 2001
  2. "Wondermints: Mind If We Make Love to You < PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21.
  3. Entertainment Today Feb 2002 By David Bash The Andersons, Family Secrets