''For other record labels named Impact Records, see
Impact Records (disambiguation)''
Impact was a
New Zealand
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record label which released records by, among others,
Erana Clark,
Ray Columbus,
Allison Durbin,
Gerry Merito,
Lew Pryme
Lew or LEW may refer to:
People
* Lew (given name)
* Lew (surname)
Places
* Lew, Oxfordshire, England
* River Lew, in Devon, England
Transport
* LEW Hennigsdorf, a rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany
* Lew (locomotive), a British narro ...
,
Bunny Walters,
Ray Woolf,
Larry's Rebels 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.
Ray Columbus, who had just left
Zodiac Records, was the first artist to be signed. According to the edition of 1 January 1966 of ''
Billboard'', after Columbus, two other acts were to have releases. They were the group
Larry's Rebels and the singer
Gerry Merito. One of the artists it would have a lot of success with was
Bunny Walters. 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
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References
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New Zealand independent record labels
1966 establishments in New Zealand