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Cotillion was a subsidiary label of Atlantic operating from 1968 to 1986. Its first significant artist was [a=Brook Benton], who had his biggest hit in 1970 with [i]Rainy Night In Georgia[/i]. It released the triple-LP [b]Woodstock[/b] soundtrack album that summer. The label soon after signed progressive rock legends [a=Emerson Lake & Palmer]. By the mid-Seventies, the label began signing the likes of funk bands [a=Mass Production] and [a=Slave], P-Funk splinter groups the [a=Brides of Funkenstein] and the [a=Horny Horns], [a28332] (briefly) and became the home of [a=Sister Sledge], who had been moved from sister label [b]Atco[/b] in 1978. The last active artists were [a=Johnny Gill], [a=Stacy Lattisaw], Slave and Sister Sledge, who were moved to the parent Atlantic label after it was deactivated. Lattisaw moved to Motown and Gill ultimately joined [a=New Edition]. Still used on certain reissues (i.e. the Woodstock soundtrack album and the [a39766]'s [b]Loaded[/b] album). This entry is also valid for "Published By" credits where it appears as such. LC 1078