Hey Ricky [SEP] record label
Hey Ricky
Hey Ricky is the title of the tenth album release by Melissa Manchester. It was issued on Arista Records in April 1982.
During the interim between the release of "Hey Ricky" and that of the precedent "For the Working Girl" in September 1980 Manchester had attempted to extricate herself from her recording contract, filing suit in May 1981 for contractual release from Arista. However it was announced that October that the singer and label had reached terms and the track "Race to the End" - a
to Superior Quality Recordings, a London based independent record label funded by the world's biggest record company Universal Music. Superior Quality Recordings was known for its success with The Bluetones. Ricky spent much of 2002's summer touring with The Bluetones. However, later that summer Universal severed their relationship with Superior Quality Recordings, leaving Ricky effectively without a record label. 
Ricky returned in March 2004 with another critically acclaimed, self-funded record, their debut album "The Summer Sun Still Echoes". The album received even greater