GMV Nashville is a digital record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 based in Nashville, TN

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, founded by Jeff Walker in 2007.

History

Walker founded the label primarily to release digital versions of classic releases from Con Brio Records

Con Brio Records

Con Brio Records was a record label active from 1975 to 1979 based in Nashville, Tennessee. Jeff Walker was co-founder and Vice President of the label with his father Bill Walker. It was named Billboard Magazine's "Best New Country Label of the Year" in 1977. The main focus of the label was Country...

, which was founded by Walker and his father, Bill Walker

Bill Walker (music director)

William “Bill” Walker was born in Sydney, Australia on May 28, 1937. He attended Sydney University's Conservatorium of Music before moving to South Africa....

. Con Brio Records was active from 1975 to 1979 and won Billboard Magazine's "Best New Label Of The Year" in 1977.

GMV Nashville's first releases included out-of-print material from Con Brio artists Terri Hollowell

Terri Hollowell

Terri Hollowell , is an American singer. She had five nationally charted singles between 1978 and 1980, has toured internationally, and has appeared on numerous nationally televised programs.- Career :...

, Dale McBride

Dale McBride

Dale McBride was an American country music singer. In the 1970s, he charted several singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Top 40 hits on the Con Brio Records label. His son is Terry McBride, who fronted the 1990s country band McBride & the Ride and has written singles for Brooks &...

, Lori Parker, and Don King

Don King

Donald "Don" King is an American boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality. His career highlights include promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". He also had a long association with Mike Tyson...

. It later expanded its catalog to include contemporary artists such as Lane Brody

Lane Brody

Lane Brody is an American female singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit, "The Yellow Rose" , and for the Oscar nominated song "Over You" from the film "Tender Mercies". She is the first female in country music to have an...

, a special release from the Charlie Daniels Band

Charlie Daniels

Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...

, Toy Caldwell

Toy Caldwell

Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He was a member of the band from 1973 to 1983.-Early life:...

's only solo album, and compilations such as the This Is My America collection.

Artists

• Deborah Allen
  Deborah Allen
  Deborah Allen is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued 12 albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied" which reached #4 on the country charts and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also...
  
  
• Lacy Green
• Lane Brody
  Lane Brody
  Lane Brody is an American female singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit, "The Yellow Rose" , and for the Oscar nominated song "Over You" from the film "Tender Mercies". She is the first female in country music to have an...
  
  
• Toy Caldwell
  Toy Caldwell
  Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He was a member of the band from 1973 to 1983.-Early life:...
  
  
• John Daly
  John Daly (golfer)
  John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...
  
  
• Charlie Daniels Band
  Charlie Daniels
  Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...
  
  
• Chelsea Field
  Chelsea Field (singer)
  Chelsea Elizabeth Field is a country artist from Marion, Ohio. Field was signed to Moxy Records in February 2010 and began work on her self-titled debut album which will be released Spring 2011. The album is being produced by Trey Bruce...
  
  
• Terri Hollowell
  Terri Hollowell
  Terri Hollowell , is an American singer. She had five nationally charted singles between 1978 and 1980, has toured internationally, and has appeared on numerous nationally televised programs.- Career :...
  
  
• Jan Howard
  Jan Howard
  Lula Grace Johnson , known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained moderate success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s...
  
  
• Don King
  Don King (musician)
  Donald Alan "Don" King is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and trumpeter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he recorded a total of four major label albums, and charted more than fifteen hit singles on the Billboard country music charts.-Early career:His first job was at a Quality Inn Hotel club in...
  
  
• Chester Lester
• Daisy Mallory
  Daisy Mallory
  Daisy Mallory is a country music singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.-Early life:Daisy Mallory grew up in Cave Creek, Arizona. She started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of nine...
  
  
• Dale McBride
  Dale McBride
  Dale McBride was an American country music singer. In the 1970s, he charted several singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Top 40 hits on the Con Brio Records label. His son is Terry McBride, who fronted the 1990s country band McBride & the Ride and has written singles for Brooks &...
  
  
• Lori Parker
• Luke Reed
• Scott Summer
• Sisters Wade
• Sheila Tilton
• Bill Walker
• Jeanine Walker
• This Is My America compilation featuring Dolly Parton
  Dolly Parton
  Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
  
  , Billy Dean
  Billy Dean
  William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search...
  
  , and Kathy Mattea
  Kathy Mattea
  Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot...
  
  
• Country Hits You Missed series