Squirrel Records is a UK-based record company based in
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
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, founded in 1994 by
Simon Squirelle
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, former manager of the 1990s artists
Candyman,
The U-Krew
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, and the
Funhouse
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presenter
Pat Sharp
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.
Squirrel Records was declared bankrupt in 1997, following the unsuccessful re-release of the single "
Walking on Sunshine" by
Katrina and the Waves
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History Pre-history (1975–1980)
The band's earliest inc ...
, which charted at number 53 in the
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, but reached the number 1 chart position for seven weeks in
Turkmenistan
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English record labels
Record labels established in 1994
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