Colossus Records was an American record label founded in 1969 by Jerry Ross, who had also founded Heritage Records the year before. Like Heritage, Colossus was distributed by

MGM Records MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films. It transitioned into a pop music label that continued into the ...

. In the autumn of 1969, Jerry Ross was in Europe looking for European hits for release in the United States, and he came across "

Ma Belle Amie "Ma Belle Amie" is a song by Tee-Set, released as a single from the album ''Ma Belle Amie''. It reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 3 in Australia and Canada in 1970, No. 1 in South Africa, and reached the Top ...

" by

Tee-Set Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo in Delft, Netherlands. The band is best-known for their single "Ma Belle Amie", which was a No. 5 hit in the United States. The band had a number of other hit songs in the Neth ...

, whom he then signed. He was also offered

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Shocking Blue Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in 1967 in The Hague. It was part of the music movement in the Netherlands that was generally known by the name Nederbeat. The band had a number of hits throughout the counterculture movement during ...

and "

Little Green Bag "Little Green Bag" is a 1969 song written by Dutch musicians Jan Visser and George Baker (born Hans Bouwens), and recorded by the George Baker Selection at the band's own expense. The track was released as the George Baker Selection's debut singl ...

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George Baker Selection George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag" and the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca". History In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the b ...

. "Venus" was released first and it reached No. 1 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1970. "Ma Belle Amie" was a Top 5 hit while "

" reached No. 21. Colossus also released an album in 1970 called ''DANKS'', a male/female duet which featured Stefanianna Christopherson, then best known for her voice work on ''

Here Comes The Grump ''Here Comes the Grump'' is an animated cartoon series produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970. It was later shown in reruns on Sci-Fi Channel's Cartoon Quest. Structured as a battle between good and evil, the ...

'' and ''

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on Septembe ...

''. The Chicago horn band The Mob released their first album under the guidance of Jerry Ross in 1970. Colossus Records closed in 1971.

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Colossus album discography from BSN Pubs509 F2d 930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc v. Ross B Heritage Records IncDiscography @ Discogs.comDiscography @ 45cat.com
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