FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE AND KICKING Cast Album Gets 11/27 Release

DRG Records Incorporated was formed by Hugh Fordin in 1977. Its first recording was "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green," recorded live on May 1, 1977. Since then, Mr. Fordin has produced and recorded over three hundred and fifty Broadway cast albums (including one - "The Producers" produced for SONY Music Entertainment - for which Mr. Fordin received a Grammy Award. In addition, DRG Records has received sixteen of its own Grammy Award nominations through the years.

The DRG Records catalog currently contains three hundred twenty-seven studio albums of jazz or popular recording artists including Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Grammy Award winner Cleo Laine, Grammy Award winner Shirley Bassey, Hadda Brooks, Ruth Brown, Grammy Award winner Patti Page, Grammy Award winner Gerry Mulligan, Annie Ross, Grammy Award nominee Barbara Cook, Karen Akers and many others. DRG has also reissued over forty-seven studio and motion picture soundtrack albums under licenses with Capitol Records, SONY BMG Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records.

In 1991, Michael Koch purchased a major interest in DRG Records and DRG was made a part of Koch Distribution in the United States and Canada. In January, 2006, Koch Entertainment was purchased by EntertainmentOne (eOne), a publically traded Canadian company. In June 2009, Koch Distribution U.S. legally changed its name to eOne Entertainment U.S. Though part of the eOne Entertainment family, DRG Records remains autonomous and apart from eOne, and Mr. Fordin remains as its president. DRG Records continues to work internationally through its network of direct worldwide licensees and affiliates which include JVC and Victor in Japan; RSK in England; Universal in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg; Nuba/Karonte in Spain; Shock in Australia; and Gallo in South Africa and other English speaking territories.

The DRG Records website/mail order division (which is fulfilled by eOne) currently comprises nearly twenty percent of DRG's retail sales volume. DRG distributes its product digitally under a direct agreement with Itunes and also distributes product digitally on the eOne website.

For more information, visit www.drgrecords.com.

Forbidden Broadway: ALIVE AND KICKING, The UN-Original Cast Album
DRG Records - Available on November 27, 2012
Produced by Hugh Fordin
Featuring: Natalie Charlé Ellis, Scott Richard Foster, Jenny Lee Stern and Marcus Stevens, with David Caldwell on Piano.