Everloving Records was founded in
2003
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, having been Enjoy Records from 2000. With the success of
Jack Johnson's debut ''Brushfire Fairytales'' the original, though defunct, Enjoy Records phoned up to reclaim their moniker. Everloving began with Jack's album, which was produced by co-founder
J. P. Plunier. The company began when A&R veteran Andy Factor and Plunier partnered, after having worked together for
Ben Harper
Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live perfo ...
. Plunier is Harper's manager and Factor was his A&R man.
Shortly after "Brushfire Fairytales", Everloving had a hit with ''
Mad World
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'' from the film ''
Donnie Darko
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''. That was composed by Tears for Fears and arranged by
Michael Andrews and featured the vocals of
Gary Jules
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. It went #1 in the
UK at Christmas 2003, two years after the film had come out.
Additional forays into film brought the soundtrack to "
Dogtown and Z-Boys
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" and the score to "
Me and You and Everyone We Know
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"
Canadian
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band
Metric
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debuted on Everloving, as did
Lowell George
Lowell Thomas George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who was the primary guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and founder/leader for the rock band Little Feat.
Ear ...
's daughter
Inara George. Both were produced by Michael Andrews.
Everloving's most recent success has been with
Costa Mesa
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* Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
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psychedelic
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/
surf rock band
The Growlers
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. The Growlers have released five studio albums: ''Are You In Or Out?'' (2009), ''Hot Tropics EP'' (2010), ''
Hung at Heart'' (2013), ''Gilded Pleasures EP'' (2013), and ''
Chinese Fountain
''Chinese Fountain'' is the fourth studio album by the Southern California surf rock band The Growlers, released on September 23, 2014 by Everloving Records
Everloving Records was founded in 2003, having been Enjoy Records from 2000. With the ...
'' (2014).
Everloving also has management and consulting divisions.
See also
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List of record labels
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American record labels
Record labels established in 2003
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2003 establishments in the United States