DJ Films was founded by Damian Jones, who is a BAFTA winning English producer. Mr Jones’ credits include Adulthood, The History Boys, Welcome to Sarajevo, Gridlock’d, Millions and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. DJ Films’ most recent film is ‘The Iron Lady’, which is a portrayal of Margaret Thatcher (played by Meryl Streep).

The new agreement will run for 18 months, with an option to extend for a further 36 months. Patricia is cooperating with DJ films to make a feature film about her life story, in which she discovers the healing power of song whilst nursing her dying father. Patricia is spearheading a revival of songs from the early 1900s.

Her recently released CD, ‘Our Lovely Day’ was described by Sir Michael Parkinson as “a music box of vintage treasures beautifully performed by a remarkable woman”.

Sunday Best is the British music company founded and run by BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank. Its primary business is as a record label but it also stages regular club nights and is the flagship organisation behind the UK music festival Bestival, which takes place on the Isle of Wight each September.

Skinny Lister are an up and coming band who topped the PRS’s recent poll for number of festivals played in 2011, gracing the stages of no less than 30 festivals, including Sunday Best’s Bestival. Confirming the signing, Sunday Best chief Rob Da Bank said “Skinny Lister are a hot new band with a growing fan base. I’m really excited about them becoming part of the Sunday Best family. They are destined for big things”.

Skinny Lister’s manager Paul Carey added: “Skinny Lister were rightly heralded as ‘the hardest working band in Britain’ by the London Evening Standard and crowned the busiest band of 2011 earning the PRS for Music’s Most Festival Appearances accolade. With Sunday Best’s backing and the release of their debut album in the summer, this is going to be the year of Skinny Lister”.

Nathan Graves, CEO of Imperial said “The relationship (recordings only) with Sunday Best will give maximum publicity to Skinny Lister ahead of their USA visit to perform as invitees to the coveted ‘South by South West (SxSW) Music Festival’ at Austin, Texas in March”.

The Company announced on 21 September 2010, that Patricia Hammond signed an exclusive recording, publishing and management contract with the Company for an initial term of 5 years, renewable with the consent of both parties.

Patricia Hammond is British-Canadian mezzo-soprano, who studied singing in Canada and Switzerland before moving to the UK in 2001. She has appeared as an oratorio soloist in Europe and North America, as well as London’s Queen Elizabeth and Royal Festival Halls under Ivan Fischer and Sir Simon Rattle with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and recently performed in Geneva’s Victoria Hall as part of the Fête de la Musique. In opera, Patricia has appeared at the Wexford Festival, Covent Garden’s Linbury Theatre and the Herodus Atticus Theatre in Athens. She has been featured on BBC Radio 3 and BBC4 Television, and Radio 4’s “Midweek” with Libby Purves in April 2010. “Le Charme”, her CD of French song, was Editor’s Choice in the American Record Guide in 2007, and she has just released “One Day When We Were Young” on a Sony compilation of nostalgic favourites. In addition to her work in classical music, she is a fervent researcher of popular songs from bygone eras, and sings with the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, one of the UK’s best 1930s-style dance bands.

Her recently released CD ‘Our Lovely Day’ has been described by Sir Michael Parkinson as “a music box of vintage treasures beautifully performed by a remarkable woman”.

The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for this announcement.

Only the collective ‘X-Factor’ show played at more “major venues” than Murs and JLS this year, while Skinny Lister played the most festival sets and The Merseybeats the most concert hall shows.

Here are the ten most active live acts in each of those categories this year, according to the PRS stats:

Most performances at festivals: Skinny Lister, Ed Sheeran, Example, Lucy Ward, Pilgrims Way, Dry The River, Yasmin, Rachel Sermanni, Bellowhead, Katy B.