ABC RECORDS

'ABC Records' started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records, the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc.), formed in New York City in 1955. In addition to producing records directly, ABC licensed finished masters from independent producers and purchased regionally- released records for national distribution. The corporate name of Am-Par Record Corporation was changed to ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. in 1962, and then to ABC Records, Inc. in 1967.
In 1965, ABC-Paramount Records changed its name to ABC Records. They distributed Dunhill Records until this label was purchased to form ABC-Dunhill Records. They also distributed Sire Records and U.K-based Anchor Records. ABC Records was sold in 1979 to MCA Records, which dissolved the ABC label. The better selling albums in the ABC Records catalog were reissued on the MCA label.

Contents

Sub-labels and Acquisitions

Types of Output

Artists associated with ABC Records and its labels

Labels associated with ABC Records

See also

External links

Sub-labels and Acquisitions

ABC Records sub-labeled Apt Records to release singles. In the early 1960s, they purchased the Westminster Records classical music label and started Impulse Records to distribute jazz releases. Several years later, Bluesway Records was created to distribute their blues releases.
ABC Records purchased Dunhill Records in the summer of 1967, forming "ABC Dunhill Records." In 1979, ABC Dunhill was acquired by MCA Records.
They purchased Duke Records and Peacock Records on May 23, 1973. Afterwards, they also purchased the Famous Music record labels from Gulf and Western in 1974 (these included Dot Records and Blue Thumb Records).
In addition to sub-labels, ABC Records purchased all labels from Enoch Light in October, 1959. ABC acquired Audition Records, Command Performance Records, Colortone Records and Waldorf Music Hall Records.

Types of Output

★ Pop

★ Country music

★ Jazz

★ Rhythm and Blues

★ Rock and Roll

★ Children's

★ Ethnic music (including Irish)

★ Polka

★ Calypso

★ Flamenco and Hawaiian

★ Spoken Word

Artists associated with ABC Records and its labels

★ Blood, Sweat and Tears

★ Amazing Rhythm Aces

★ Paul Anka

★ Florence Ballard

★ Joe Bennett

★ Art Blakey

★ Charles Brown

★ Roy Brown

★ Brownie McGhee

★ Sonny Terry

★ Jimmy Buffett

★ Carl Carlton

★ Betty Carter

★ Ray Charles

★ Ornette Coleman

★ John Coltrane

★ Billy "Crash" Craddock

★ Jim Croce

★ Crosby and Nash

★ Danny and The Juniors

★ The Dells

★ Fats Domino

★ Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

★ The Dramatics

★ The Elegants

★ Frank Fontaine

★ The Four Tops

★ Ferrante & Teicher

★ The Fifth Dimension

★ Eydie Gormé

★ Coleman Hawkins

★ Isaac Hayes

★ Roy Head (The Story of Roy Head and The Traits)

★ Eddie Holman

★ John Lee Hooker

★ Freddie Hubbard

★ James Gang

★ The Impressions

★ B. B. King

★ Yusef Lateef

★ Steve Lawrence

★ Shelly Manne

★ Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

★ Mighty Clouds of Joy

★ Charles Mingus

★ The O'Kaysions

★ Paxton Brothers

★ Poco

★ The Poni-Tails

★ Lloyd Price

★ Cliff Richard

★ Jimmy Reed

★ Tommy Roe

★ Sonny Rollins

★ Royal Teens

★ Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

★ Jimmy Rushing

★ Soupy Sales

★ Archie Shepp

★ Bobby Scott

★ Beverly Sills

★ Steppenwolf

★ Shirley Scott

★ Otis Spann

★ Dusty Springfield

★ Joe Stampley

★ Steely Dan

★ Three Dog Night

★ B.J. Thomas

★ Tom & Jerry

★ Joe Turner

★ Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson

★ Bobby Vinton

★ T-Bone Walker

★ Kracker

★ Joe Walsh

★ Josh White

★ Chico Williams

★ Jimmy Witherspoon

Labels associated with ABC Records

★ Addison Records

★ Anchor Records

★ Apt Records

★ Back Beat Records

★ Bigtop Records

★ Bluesway Records

★ Blue Thumb Records

★ Boom Records

★ Buluu Dunhill Records

★ Chancellor Records

★ Cimarron Records

★ Command Records

★ Colonial Records

★ Dot Records

★ Dunhill Records

★ Duke Records

★ Equinox Records

★ Fargo Records

★ Grand Award Records

★ GTO Records

★ Hickory Records

★ Hot Buttered Soul Records

★ Hunt Records

★ Impulse Records

★ Jerden Records

★ LHI Records

★ Montel Records

★ Myrrh Records

★ Oliver Records

★ Passport Records

★ Peacock Records

★ Probe Records

★ Senate Records

★ Shelter Records

★ Sire Records

★ Song Bird Records

★ Tangerine Records

★ 20th Century Fox Records

★ Westminster Records

★ Wren Records

See also

★ List of record labels

External links

★ The ABC story

★ Art label design at www.collectable-records.ru

★ The Story of Roy Head and The Traits