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Manhaton Records is a British independent record label which was formed in 1999. It was started by musician
Eric Bibb Eric Charles Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is a Grammy-nominated American-born blues singer and songwriter. Biography Bibb's father, Leon, was a musical theatre singer, who made a name for himself as part of the 1960s New York folk scene; his ...
and his then manager, Alan Robinson, who had previously run Code Blue Records for Warner Music along with Mike Vernon and Tony Engle. Apart from
Eric Bibb Eric Charles Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is a Grammy-nominated American-born blues singer and songwriter. Biography Bibb's father, Leon, was a musical theatre singer, who made a name for himself as part of the 1960s New York folk scene; his ...
, the label's roster has included
Robin Trower Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band. Biography Robin Trowe ...
,
Aynsley Lister Aynsley Lister (born 14 November 1976 in Leicester, England) is a British blues-rock guitarist/singer and songwriter. Biography Lister started playing guitar at 8 and played his first concert in a bar band at the age of 13. He had learned g ...
, King King, Ben Poole, Sari Schorr, and Stevie Nimmo. UK chart successes for the label have included King King's ''Exile and Grace'' (number 31 in the
UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...
), Eric Bibb's ''Home To Me'' (number 19 in the Jazz & Blues chart) and Robin Trower's ''Something's About To Change'' (number 3 in the Jazz & Blues chart).


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