''For other record labels named Impact Records, see

Impact Records (disambiguation) Impact Records is an American record label, once a subsidiary of MCA Records. Impact Records may also refer to: * Impact Records (California), a California-based label that released surf music in the 1960s * Impact (record label), a New Zealand re ...

'' Impact was a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

record label which released records by, among others,

Erana Clark Erana Clark is an Australian singer and vocal coach originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Background Her work as a vocal coach started with ''Popstars''. Then she spent seven years with ''Australian Idol''. She also coached for ''X-Factor'', t ...

Ray Columbus Raymond John Patrick Columbus (4 November 1942 – 29 November 2016) was a New Zealand Benny Award-winning singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. As the lead singer of Ray Colum ...

Allison Durbin Allison Ann Giles, who performed as Allison Ann Durbin (born 24 May 1950), is a former New Zealand Australian singer, known for her success in the late 1960s and 1970s as the " Queen of Pop". Durbin's visual trademark at that time was her lustrou ...

Gerry Merito Gerald Kereti Merito (b Whakatane, August 16, 1938, married twice, d Waihoa, January 26, 2009), was a New Zealand singer and guitarist, and one of the original members of the Howard Morrison Sir Howard Leslie Morrison (18 August 1935 – 24 S ...

, Lew Pryme,

Bunny Walters Bunny Te Kokiri Miha Waahi Walters (31 May 1953 – 14 December 2016) was a New Zealand singer who had a number of New Zealand hits during the 1970s. He is best known for the hits "Brandy" and "Take the Money and Run". Background Of Ngāi Te Ra ...

Ray Woolf Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (gr ...

Larry's Rebels Larry's Rebels were a garage rock band, formed in Ponsonby, New Zealand, in 1964. The band had a relatively stable lineup, and had several nationally charting singles in New Zealand and Australia. Their musical genres ranged from blues rock ...

and Golden Harvest. The label started releasing records in 1966 and continued throughout the 1970s.

Background

The idea of the label was conceived by Russell Clark while he was still at school. It was founded in 1966 by Clark and

Benny Levin Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard. People Bennie Given name * Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine o ...

, who had just left

Zodiac Records Zodiac Records has been the name of at least six different record labels: *Zodiac Records (New Zealand), an Auckland, New Zealand label of Stebbing Recording and Sound *Zodiac Records, a New York City, United States company in the 1950s *Zodiac Re ...

, was the first artist to be signed. According to the edition of 1 January 1966 of ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

'', after Columbus, two other acts were to have releases. They were the group

and the singer

. One of the artists it would have a lot of success with was

. Walters who had 12 singles released on the label had 5 charting hits with the label, the last being " The Nearest Thing To Heaven which made #10 in 1974.''Billboard'', 7 September 1974 �
Page 55 Billboard Hits of the World, New Zealand
/ref>

References

{{Authority control New Zealand independent record labels 1966 establishments in New Zealand