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52-574: [REDACTED] Look up prt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PRT may refer to: Arts and media [ edit ] PRT Records , a 1980s British record label PRT Company Limited (formerly Prime Media Group ), Australia Poor Righteous Teachers , an American hip hop group Power Rangers Turbo , the fifth season of the Power Rangers TV series Parahuman Response Team,

104-603: A Canadian artist whose first English-language album (largely recorded in England) was issued on UK Pye, and Jackie McAuley, whose lone solo album was originally issued on UK Dawn. In 1974, Pye established an American version of its record label. The label was not a success, however, and closed its US operations in 1976. The head of the US division, Marvin Schlachter , then started Prelude Records , named after one of Pye's acts of

156-470: A direct British tax on oilfields Prison Reform Trust , a British campaigning charity Provincial Reconstruction Team , form of US-led unit in Afghanistan and Iraq Technology [ edit ] Platinum resistance thermometer Precomputed Radiance Transfer , a technique for computer graphics Puerto Rico Telephone Company Transport [ edit ] Personal rapid transit ,

208-756: A fictional agency in the Worm web series Government and politics [ edit ] Political parties [ edit ] Partido Revolucionario de los (y las) Trabajadores (in Spanish) Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina) Revolutionary Workers' Party (Mexico) Workers' Revolutionary Party (Nicaragua) Workers' Revolutionary Party (Peru) Workers' Revolutionary Party (Portugal) (Portuguese: Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores ) Other uses in government and politics [ edit ] See also: § Transport Portugal (ISO 3166: PRT ) Petroleum Revenue Tax ,

260-551: A late renaissance when in 2000 he appeared on Van Morrison 's album The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast 1998 , an acclaimed album featuring him singing with Morrison and Chris Barber, with a guest appearance by Dr John . Donegan also played at the Glastonbury Festival in 1999, and was made an MBE in 2000. Donegan also appeared at Fairport Convention 's annual music festival on 9 August 2001. His final CD

312-597: A mode of transport Pittsburgh Regional Transit , an American state agency Prestatyn railway station , Wales (CRS code: PRT) Other uses [ edit ] Pain reprocessing therapy , a treatment method for curing pain Pivotal response therapy , for autism Prerequisite Tree , a thinking process in the Theory of Constraints Preterite , a tense–aspect in grammar See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing PRT Topics referred to by

364-466: A revival of the 1920 musical Mr Cinders . More concert tours followed, with a move from Florida to Spain. In 1992 he had further bypass surgery following another heart attack. In 1994, the Chris Barber band celebrated 40 years with a tour with both bands. Pat Halcox was still on trumpet (a position he retained until July 2008). The reunion concert and the tour were on CD and DVD. Donegan had

416-479: A son and a daughter (Anthony and Juanita) with his second wife, Jill Westlake (divorced 1971), and three sons (Peter, David and Andrew) with his third wife, Sharon whom he married in 1977. Lonnie Donegan died on 3 November 2002, aged 71, after having a heart attack in Market Deeping , Lincolnshire mid-way through a UK tour, and before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with

468-672: A tea-chest bass, with " John Henry " on the B-side . It was a hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs , released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s), but because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money beyond his session fee. It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and it reached the Top Ten in

520-692: A variety of acts alongside its eponymous founder, including actress Caroline Munro . Postman Pat songs and music, from the television series of the same name, were recorded at PRT Studios. PRT's parent company ACC was purchased by The Bell Group of Australia in 1982. In 1988, the Bell Group was purchased by the Bond Corporation . However, the Bond Corporation was suffering financial problems itself and proceeded to quickly sell off most of its assets. PRT's record and cassette factory

572-474: A version of Handel 's " Music for the Royal Fireworks " in 1959. This featured the conductor Charles Mackerras who made other recordings on the label, including a Janacek compilation. Golden Guinea Collector was closed in the 1970s and replaced by Marble Arch Records , selling at an even lower price. A full-price subsidiary, Piccadilly Records , was for new pop acts, including Joe Brown &

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624-462: A while on Chiswick Mall in Middlesex . As a child growing up in the early 1940s Donegan listened mostly to swing jazz and vocal acts, and became interested in the guitar. Country & western and blues records, particularly by Frank Crumit and Josh White , attracted his interest and he bought his first guitar at 14 in 1945. He learned songs such as " Frankie and Johnny ", " Puttin' On

676-663: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages PRT Records The new Pye Records has begun to release new albums on vinyl: ‘Race The Sun’ from the Tony Currie Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Sutherland (principal guest conductor for the English National Ballet), and Callum Au. 'Race the Sun' was conceived to pay tribute to the pop orchestras of

728-672: Is shown in the (entirely fictional) final scene generously allowing her to make one last appearance on stage. Most of the above records were accredited to Lonnie Donegan; except, as follows: † Billed as the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group ‡ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group ¶ Billed as Lonnie Donegan meets Miki & Griff with the Lonnie Donegan Group ↑ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Group ↓ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and Wally Stott's Orchestra ♠ Billed as Miki and Griff with

780-530: The Dan Burley Skiffle Group of the 1930s. In 1954 Colyer left and the band became Chris Barber's Jazz Band. With a washboard , tea-chest bass , and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan played folk and blues songs by artists such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie . This proved popular and in July 1954 he recorded a fast version of Lead Belly's " Rock Island Line ", featuring a washboard but not

832-783: The Royal Festival Hall they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson . Donegan adopted his first name as a tribute. He used the name at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 June 1952. In 1953 cornetist Ken Colyer was imprisoned in New Orleans for a visa problem. He returned to Britain and joined Chris Barber's band. They changed the name to Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and made their first public appearance on 11 April 1953 in Copenhagen . The following day, Chris Albertson recorded Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and

884-576: The " Deep South " of Brighton and finds an "obscure folk song hidden at the top of the American hit parade", re-records it and reaches number one in the UK. David Letterman pretended to try to remember Jimmy Fallon 's name during the Tonight Show conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien , calling Fallon "Lonnie Donegan." In the 2019 movie Judy , the actor John Dagleish portrays Lonnie Donegan, who replaces an ill Judy Garland . He

936-657: The Bruvvers, Clinton Ford , the Rockin' Berries , Sounds Orchestral , the Sorrows , The Bystanders , Jackie Trent and, later on, the Ivy League . In 1969, Pye launched a less mainstream label for folk , jazz , blues and progressive acts, Dawn Records . The label artists included Mungo Jerry , Man , Donovan , Comus , Titus Groan and Trifle. Beginning in 1971, Pye issued a series of "4D Stereo" LP recordings in

988-562: The Monty Sunshine Trio—Sunshine, Barber, and Donegan—for Storyville Records . These were amongst Donegan's first commercial recordings. While in Ken Colyer 's Jazzmen with Chris Barber , Donegan sang and played guitar and banjo in their Dixieland set. He began playing with two other band members during the intervals, to provide what posters called a "skiffle" break, a name suggested by Ken Colyer's brother, Bill, after

1040-454: The Pye/PRT classical music catalogue and controls it via Warner Classics . Pye Records was a sister company to the better-known ATV Music Publishing. This company, which owned Beatles publisher Northern Songs , was bought by Michael Jackson in 1985 and later merged with Sony to form Sony/ATV Music Publishing . Starting with the " British Invasion " of 1964, Pye placed their artists in

1092-702: The Quality label. Its earliest Pye Canada releases such as Lonnie Donegan 's "My Old Man's A Dustman" were distributed by Astral Music Sales. Around 1963, distribution shifted to Allied Record Corporation. In 1968 distribution shifted to Phonodisc. (including the US labels that issued records by the artists during the time they were on Pye) Other artists who recorded for Pye during their careers include Jimmy Young , Dickie Valentine , Russ Conway , Emile Ford , Val Doonican , Jackie Trent , Tony Hatch and Tony Hancock . Lonnie Donegan Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002)

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1144-515: The Rolling Stones . He had cardiac problems since the 1970s and several heart attacks. Mark Knopfler released a tribute to Lonnie Donegan titled "Donegan's Gone" on his 2004 album, Shangri-La , and said he was one of his greatest influences. Donegan's music formed a musical starring his two sons. Lonnie D – The Musical took its name from the Chas & Dave tribute song which started

1196-614: The Style " single was number one in the UK in July 1957, when Lennon first met Paul McCartney . His Skiffle rendition of Hank Snow's Country song " Nobody's Child " was also the inspiration for Tony Sheridan 's blues version which he recorded with the Beatles as his backing band. Donegan went on to successes such as " Cumberland Gap " and " Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) ", his biggest hit in

1248-539: The Style ", and " The House of the Rising Sun " by listening to BBC radio broadcasts. By the end of the 1940s he was playing guitar around London and visiting small jazz clubs. Donegan first played in a major band after Chris Barber heard that he was a good banjo player and, on a train, asked him to audition. Donegan had never played the banjo but he bought one for the audition and succeeded more on personality than talent. His stint with Barber's trad jazz band

1300-565: The UK. These were designed for playback in 4-channel quadraphonic sound. The records were encoded in the QS Regular Matrix system which was licensed from Sansui in Japan. Pye also marketed its own line of consumer electronics used for decoding quadraphonic records. These products were not especially successful. The last LP release in this series was in 1977. When the rights to the name Pye (then owned by Philips ) expired in 1980,

1352-611: The US mostly on labels that they distributed in the UK: the Kinks to Cameo Records and then to Reprise Records , David Bowie , the Sorrows and Petula Clark to Warner Bros. Records , Donovan to Hickory Records , the Searchers to Mercury Records , Liberty Records , and finally Kapp Records , and Status Quo to Chess Records (which issued their records on their newly created Cadet Concept Records label). From 1969 to 1971, Pye

1404-556: The US, on Dot . He turned to music hall style with " My Old Man's a Dustman " which was not well received by skiffle fans and unsuccessful in America on Atlantic in 1960, but it reached number one in the UK. Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generally Denny Wright or Les Bennetts, playing lead guitar and singing harmony, Micky Ashman or Pete Huggett—later Steve Jones—on upright bass , Nick Nichols—later Pete Appleby, Mark Goodwin, and Ken Rodway on drums or percussion, and Donegan playing acoustic guitar or banjo and singing

1456-581: The United States and had quadruple bypass surgery. He returned to attention in 1978 when he recorded his early songs with Rory Gallagher , Ringo Starr , Elton John , and Brian May . The album was called Putting on the Style . A follow-up featuring Albert Lee saw Donegan in less familiar country and western vein. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and another album with Barber followed. In 1983, Donegan toured with Billie Jo Spears , and in 1984 he made his theatrical debut in

1508-712: The United States on the Perry Como Show and the Paul Winchell Show . Returning to the UK, he recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase , in summer 1956, with songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr , plus " Ramblin' Man " and " Wabash Cannonball ". The LP sold hundreds of thousands. The skiffle style encouraged amateurs and one of many groups that followed was the Quarrymen , formed in March 1957 by John Lennon . Donegan's " Gamblin' Man "/" Puttin' On

1560-624: The United States. The Acoustic Music organisation made this comment about Donegan's "Rock Island Line": "It flew up the English charts. Donegan had synthesized American southern blues with simple acoustic instruments: acoustic guitar, washtub bass, and washboard rhythm. The new style was called 'Skiffle'.... and referred to music from people with little money for instruments. The new style captivated an entire generation of post-war youth in England." His next single for Decca , "Diggin' My Potatoes",

1612-474: The broader UK skiffle movement. Donegan had 31 UK top 30 hit singles , 24 were successive hits and three were number one. He was the first British male singer with two US top 10 hits. Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995 and in 2000 he was made an MBE . Donegan was a pivotal figure in the British Invasion due to his influence in the US in the late 1950s. Donegan

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1664-446: The company. Pye Nixa became Pye Records in 1959, and ATV acquired 50% of the label. ATV bought the other half of the business in 1966. Under the management of Louis Benjamin , the company entered the budget-priced album market in 1957, reissuing older Pye material on Pye Golden Guinea Records , priced at a guinea (one pound and one shilling). A series of classical recordings was released on Golden Guinea Collector; for example,

1716-653: The label changed its name to PRT, which stood for Precision Records and Tapes, via a brief flirtation with Precision. At that time, it had sub-labels such as Fanfare Records , a late 1980s and early 1990s UK-based Hi-NRG label issuing records by Sinitta ; R&B Records , a 1980s disco/electro label featuring Imagination ; and Splash Records, which featured Jigsaw and the Richard Hewson Orchestra/RAH Band . PRT provided manufacturing and distribution for Gary Numan 's label Numa Records, founded in 1984, which went on to release two dozen singles by

1768-564: The label's catalogue from 2007 to 2013, controls the catalogue of reissues from Pye/PRT artists' releases on Sanctuary's behalf after BMG assigned UMG to distribute them in October 2023. Previously, it was distributed by Warner Music Group through its Alternative Distribution Alliance division from 2017 to 2023. WMG owns Pye's American former distributors Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. Records) and Reprise Records . With its acquisition of EMI Classics' catalogue in 2013, WMG now owns

1820-518: The lead. His last hit single on the UK chart was his cover version of " Pick a Bale of Cotton ." His fall from the chart coincided with the rise of The Beatles and the other beat music performers whom he inspired. Donegan recorded sporadically during the 1960s, including sessions at Hickory Records in Nashville with Charlie McCoy , Floyd Cramer , and the Jordanaires . After 1964 he

1872-539: The original Chris Barber band for a concert in Croydon in June 1975. A bomb scare meant that the recording had to be finished in the studio, after an impromptu concert in the car park. The release was titled The Great Re-Union Album . He collaborated with Rory Gallagher on several songs, notably "Rock Island Line" with Gallagher performing most of the elaborate guitar work. He had his first heart attack in 1976 while in

1924-629: The original Pye Records. The revived label has also released 'Harvest Gold' by the London-based singer-songwriter Andrea Black. Pye Records was best known for artistes such as Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherhood of Man (1975–1979). The label changed its name to PRT Records (distributing as Precision Records & Tapes ) in 1980, before being briefly reactivated as Pye Records in 2006. In September 2024, Pye

1976-603: The recordings of the former's daughter, Petula Clark. Pye merged it with Nixa Records to form Pye Nixa Records . In 1958, Pye International Records was established. The company licensed recordings from American and other foreign labels for the United Kingdom market, including Chess , Disques Vogue (France), A&M , Kama Sutra , Colpix , Warner Bros. , Buddah , Cameo , 20th Century , Casablanca Record and Filmworks and King . It also released recordings from British artist Labi Siffre which were produced outside

2028-500: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PRT . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PRT&oldid=1254787389 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Articles containing Portuguese-language text Short description

2080-570: The show. Subsequently, Peter Donegan formed a band to perform his father's material and has since linked with his father's band from the last 30 years with newcomer Eddie Masters on bass. They made an album together in 2009 titled Here We Go Again . Lonnie Donegan's eldest son, Anthony, also formed his own band, as Lonnie Donegan Junior, who also performed "World Cup Willie" for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. On his album A Beach Full of Shells , Al Stewart paid tribute to Donegan in

2132-480: The song "Katherine of Oregon". In "Class of '58" he describes a British entertainer who is either Donegan or a composite including him. In a 2023 video interview with Steve Houk, Stewart described 'Rock Island Line' as a record "that completely changed the complexion of English society, and changed my life and everybody else's". Peter Sellers recorded Puttin' on the Smile featuring "Lenny Goonagain", who travels to

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2184-560: The time, Prelude ; its initial LP and 45 catalogue series were carried over from the ill-fated American Pye label (with the catalogue prefix changed from PYE- to PRL-), and Prelude had a string of disco and dance music hits into the early 1980s. Whilst Pye did not have its own operations in Canada, it arranged with Canadian record companies to issue Pye recordings on the Pye label in Canada. Before then, Quality Records issued Pye recordings on

2236-497: Was This Yere de Story . Peter Donegan started touring as his father's pianist when he was aged 18. In 2019, Peter appeared on the show The Voice as a contestant, and duetted with Tom Jones with the song " I'll Never Fall in Love Again ". Anthony Donegan also performs under the name, Lonnie Donegan Jr. Donegan married three times. He had two daughters (Fiona and Corrina) with his first wife, Maureen Tyler (divorced 1962),

2288-522: Was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the " King of Skiffle ", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Donegan began his career in the British trad jazz revival but transitioned to skiffle in the mid-1950s, rising to prominence with a hit recording of the American folk song " Rock Island Line " which helped spur

2340-409: Was a co-owner with GRT (General Recorded Tape) of Janus Records , which at the outset served as the US label for such Pye acts as Jefferson, Sounds Orchestral , Pickettywitch , Mungo Jerry and Status Quo, and also re-issued the early (pre-1966) recordings of Donovan. Pye sold its share of Janus back to GRT in 1971. In 1972, Bell Records set up a short-lived Pye label, featuring Michel Pagliaro ,

2392-517: Was a record producer for most of the decade at Pye Records. Justin Hayward was one of the artists with whom he worked. Donegan was not popular through the late 1960s and 1970s (although his " I'll Never Fall in Love Again " was recorded by Tom Jones in 1967 and Elvis Presley in 1976), and he began to play the American cabaret circuit. A departure from his normal style was an a cappella recording of " The Party's Over ". Donegan reunited with

2444-832: Was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow , Scotland, on 29 April 1931. He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary Josephine Deighan) and a Scots father (Peter John Donegan), a professional violinist who had played with the Scottish National Orchestra . In 1933, when Donegan was aged 2, the family moved to East Ham in Essex . Donegan was evacuated to Cheshire to escape the Blitz in the Second World War and attended St Ambrose College in Hale Barns . He lived for

2496-631: Was interrupted when he was called up for National Service in 1949, but while in the army at Southampton , he was the drummer in Ken Grinyer's Wolverines Jazz Band at a local pub. A posting to Vienna brought him into contact with American troops , and access to US records and the American Forces Network radio station. In 1952, he formed the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which played around London. On 28 June 1952 at

2548-533: Was reactivated by Sanctuary Records as an indie and alternative label, featuring artists such as Scottish alternative rock group Idlewild . However, plans for continued usage of the Pye name were abandoned when Universal Music Group bought Sanctuary in 2007. To fulfil conditions imposed by the European Commission following UMG's acquisition of EMI in 2012, Universal sold Sanctuary to BMG Rights Management in 2013. Universal Music Group, which owned

2600-714: Was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October 1954. Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at the Abbey Road Studios in London recording for EMI 's Columbia label. He had left the Barber band, and by spring 1955, signed a recording contract with Pye . His next single "Lost John" reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart . He appeared on television in

2652-578: Was relaunched by Currie, using a wind-powered pressing plant in Edinburgh to press its vinyl. The Pye Company originally manufactured televisions and radios with its main plant situated off what used to be Haig Road, in Cambridge . The company entered the record business when it bought Nixa Records in 1953. In 1955, the company acquired Polygon Records , a label that had been established by Leslie Clark and Alan A. Freeman to control distribution of

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2704-556: Was sold to another record manufacturer, Meekland. Most of the masters of PRT's catalogue (except classical music catalogue) were sold to Castle Communications , which eventually became Sanctuary Records (now a division of BMG Rights Management ). Precision Records & Tapes Ltd, formerly Pye Records Ltd, was officially liquidated in December 2013. At the same time, EMI acquired masters of PRT's classical music catalogue and assigned them to EMI Classics . In July 2006, Pye Records

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