Russ Ballard
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
Biography
Russ Ballard’s music career started when he was only 14 years old and he wrote a tune, which was recorded by the Shadows, appearing on their album, ‘The Sound Of The Shadows’ in 1964. He went on to write for many others and has given us some of the greatest rock classics like “ Since You Been Gone ” (Rainbow), “ God Gave Rock’n’Roll To You ” (Argent and Kiss), “ So You Win Again ” (Hot Chocolate), “ New York Groove ” (Hello and Ace Frehley ) – just to name a few. As a singer and instrumentalist, he first found fame with The Roulettes, who started out as Adam Faith’s band in the 60s. After a stint with Unit 4+2, he went on to be front man of Argent in the early 70s. Since he left Argent, he has followed a solo career. On his first solo album, Russ Ballard, he played all the instruments himself. Later, on America’s recording of his song, ‘You Can Do Magic’, he did the same again – except the strings.
Short biography only; no full biography is published for this artist.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/russ-ballard/ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 1 post
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-12 | SINGER AND SONGWRITER RUSS BALLARD PARTNERS WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC SINGER AND SONGWRITER RUSS BALLARD PARTNERS WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC THE DEAL INCLUDES A STAKE IN BALLARD’S MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG, AS WELL AS THE SONGWRITER’S WRITER’S SHARE AND WRITER’S SHARE OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE SONGS INCLUDE “NEW YORK GROOVE,” “YOU CAN DO MAGIC,” “SO YOU WIN AGAIN,” “SINCE YOU’VE […] | tag+title | high | 604 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
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No Spotify playlist is embedded on this artist's page. 108 of 178 artists have one.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Ballard | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.