Zero Records is a record studio located in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The fallout from Jury Records resulted in the formation of Zero Records.

History

In the late 50’s, Don Grashey

Don Grashey

Don Grashey was a song writer and music producer, owner of Zero Records and Gaiety Records.-Early life:...

 met Charlie Chuck Williams (Chuck) in Thunder Bay. The pair later moved to Vancouver.

Ray Chamberlin was instrumental in persuading Norm Burley, a well-to-do, retired lumber industry executive from Sechelt to join the venture. With the financial help of Norm Burley and Art Phillips

Art Phillips

Arthur "Art" Phillips served as the 32nd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1973 to 1977. Prior to being elected to this post, he founded the Vancouver investment firm of Phillips, Hager & North. Phillips was instrumental in founding a reform-minded, centrist municipal-level...

, who would later become Mayor of Vancouver, Zero Records was formed.

Grashey would run the business as President, the A&R Department and the publishing company Trilite Music. Grashey would run the business as he saw fit, sign the acts he wanted to sign and record and promote them without interference from any of the other shareholders. He had check-signing privileges for the company bank account to prevent any recurrence of the fiasco of Jury Records.

Under the direction of Don Grashey

Don Grashey

Don Grashey was a song writer and music producer, owner of Zero Records and Gaiety Records.-Early life:...

, Zero Records produced and recorded singers like Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

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, Lucille Starr

Lucille Starr

Lucille Starr is a Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" .-Biography:...

, Myrna Lorrie

Myrna Lorrie

Myrna Lorrie is a Canadian country singer.Lorrie first sang publicly at age 12 on Fort William radio station CKPR. At age 14 she recorded the song "Are You Mine" with Buddy DuVall, which was released on Abbott Records...

, Buddy De Val, Bob Regan and recording star Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

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.