Moby Dick Records was a small record label founded by Bill Motley and Craig Morey in 1981. Its headquarters were located in San Francisco, California. It was known for "The Moby Dick Sound". Its famous acts included Boys Town Gang

Boys Town Gang

The Boys Town Gang were a San Francisco based disco and hi-NRG band. Their popularity peaked in the 1980s, when the group reached number 5 on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart with the single "Cruisin' the Streets", and number 4 in the UK Singles chart and number 1 in the Netherlands with their...

, Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer who performed for four years in the first cast of Jesus Christ Superstar...

 and Patrick Cowley

Patrick Cowley

Patrick Joseph Cowley was an American disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music.-Early life:Patrick Cowley was born in Buffalo, New York to...

. Moby Dick also distributed C & M Records.

Moby Dick Records folded in 1984 after seven of its ten core employees died of AIDS.

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