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Lofton Creek Records Founded 1999 Founder Harold Shafer, Vicky Shafer, Mike Borchetta, Martha Borchetta Genre Country Country of origin U.S. Location Nashville , Tennessee
Lofton Creek Records was an American independent country music record label. The label is notable for releasing "I Loved Her First ", a number-one single for the band Heartland .
History [ edit ]
Harold Shafer and his wife Vicky founded Lofton Creek Records in Nashville, Tennessee , in 1999. Three years later, Mike Borchetta (father of record executive Scott Borchetta [1] ) and his wife Martha joined as business partners.[2] [3] The label was based in Nashville, Tennessee . In 2003, they also distributed the Big Al label, which was founded by country singer J. Michael Harter .[4] By 2004, the Borchettas owned a twenty percent stake in Lofton Creek, and the label had just signed Jeffrey Steele .[5] The label had its first chart entry in 2004 with Keith Bryant 's "Ridin' with the Legend", a tribute song to Dale Earnhardt .[6] This song charted at number 47 on Billboard Hot Country Songs in late 2004.[7]
The label achieved a number-one single on the same chart in 2006 with Heartland 's "I Loved Her First ".[8] The label signed Gwen Sebastian in 2009.[9] American Idol finalist Carmen Rasmusen also recorded for the label.[1] Mark Chesnutt signed with Lofton Creek in 2007 and released his album Rollin' with the Flow that year.[10] Gwen Sebastian signed with Lofton Creek in 2009 prior to her becoming a contestant on The Voice .[11]
Harold Shafer died in 2011 after complications from a stroke. The label had no releases after this.[6]
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References [ edit ]
^ "Borchettas click with Lofton Creek Records" . Wilson Post. September 28, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .
^ Stark, Phyllis (2004-03-11). "J. Michael Harter Bows Big Al" . Billboard . Retrieved 2008-09-06 .
^ Jeanne Anne Naujeck (May 23, 2004). "A bumper crop" . The Tennessean . pp. 1E, 2E. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .
^ a b "Industry Ink: Dierks, Lifenotes, HealthTrust Dinner" . MusicRow. August 29, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017 . Record Research, Inc. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8 .
^ Morris, Edward (2006-11-13). "Heartland Scores a No. 1 Its First Time Out" . CMT.com . Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved 2008-02-07 .
^ "Lofton Creek Debuts New Acts" . MusicRow . November 3, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .
^ "Mark Chesnutt Signs to Lofton Creek" . CMT . June 28, 2007. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
^ "Gwen Sebastian to play the Belle" . The Bismarck Tribune . October 31, 2014. pp. 1C. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .
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