Chrysalis Music is a British independent music publisher. The company's roots started in west

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in 1967 when Chris Wright and Terry Ellis formed the Ellis-Wright Agency. It was formed to manage and book the bands Ten Years After, and

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, as well as other blues groups. Ten Years After was managed by Wright, while Clouds was managed by Ellis. In 1968, they made a deal with

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and very soon

Chrysalis Records Chrysalis Records () is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Ag ...

, an amalgam of Wright's first name and Ellis' last name, was founded. In the early 1970s the label had hits with rock groups such as Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Procol Harum, etc, Racing Cars with the wonderful voice of Mal Pope, had a hit - "They Shoot Horses Don't They", Brian Protheroe with "Pinball Wizard". Later the label signed The Two Tone Label, The Specials new wave. In 1975 Ann Munday was hired as Chrysalis Music's Professional Manager (she had been General Manager with Elton John and Bernie Taupin). In 1980 she subsequently became General Manager. Ann was moved to California to develop, what eventually, Ann named The Chrysalis Music Group, USA. She was eventually promoted to Senior Vice President and General Manager, working out of the Los Angeles office and signing punk acts including

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and Blondie, Jack Lee, and signed some songs by Joey Alkes and Chris Fradkin, Huey Lewis And The News, Blondie, Billy Idol, Eric Troyer, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo (a fine rock guitarist, songwriter and eventually married Pat), Simon Climie, Leo Sayer, Rory Gallagher, Ten Years After. (new on the charts Vol7 no12 published by Lenny Kalikow). Ann moved to New York, when Terry Ellis decided to move the company there. Ann is the first woman and first non-American to be nominated to join The ASCAP Board of Directors. After buying out Terry Ellis in 1985, Chris Wright sold

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in 1991. He retained the music publishing business Chrysalis Music Ltd until 2010 when it was sold to

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for £107 million. Chrysalis’ songwriters included most former Echo and

artists, Grant Lee Buffalo,

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, Senses Fail,

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, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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