TRA-Star Records

TRA-Star Records
Founded	July, 1987
Founder	Mark Carman, Frank Scherman
Status	defunct
Distributor(s)	MCM-Nashville, The Corbit Company
Genre	Country, gospel, Latin
Country of origin	United States
Location	Nashville, Tennessee

TRA-Star Records was an independent American record label established in July 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded by singer-songwriter and producer Mark Carman and his longtime friend and business associate, Frank Scherman. At the time of the label's foundation, it was one of the few independent country music labels to have significant chart success, most notably in 1989, when the label released Heartland's "New River", the only independently released single on the Billboard country charts at the time of its release.^[1] The label lasted until 2007, having numerous Top 40 successes with Heartland's "Keep the Faith" and "Making Love to Dixie". TRA-Star also released a string of Top 40 hits by other artists including Billy Walker, Patsy Cole, and Rebecca Holden.

Roster

• Heartland^[1]
• Heath Locklear
• Rebecca Holden
• Smokey and The Impossibles
• Billy Walker
• Terry McMillan
• Lariat
• Michael Lee Young
• Cal Smith
• Eddie Lee Carr
• Patsy Cole
• Country Overdrive

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