Cleveland International Records

Cleveland International Records
Founded	1977
Founder	Steve Popovich
Genre	Rock, Polka
Country of origin	United States
Location	Willoughby, Ohio

Cleveland International Records is an independent record label formed in 1977 by Steve Popovich. One of the first albums the label released was Bat Out of Hell (1977) by Meat Loaf which has sold over 40 million copies worldwide. They have also released recordings by Ronnie Spector, B. J. Thomas, [[Slim Whitman}} and The Irish Rovers, among others.

The label won a lawsuit in 2005 when Sony Music produced copies of the Bat Out of Hell CD without the Cleveland International logo. In 2007, a court ordered Sony to pay Cleveland $5 million.

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