ABC Records
ABC Records, gegründet 1955: Jazzkünstler und Alben des Labels.
Künstler bei ABC Records
Ornette Coleman
1930–2015 · amerikanischer Jazz-Musiker und -Komponist
Toots Thielemans
1922–2016 · belgischer Komponist und Jazzmusiker
Cab Calloway
1907–1994 · US-amerikanischer Jazz-Sänger und Bandleader
Cándido Camero
1921–2020 · kubanischer Perkussionist
Mike Ratledge
1943–2025 · britischer Keyboarder und Komponist
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In 1955, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters, Inc. formed a subsidiary company called which began to release pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, children's and spoken word records under the label name ABC-Paramount. The corporate name of Am-Par Record Corporation was changed to ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. in 1962.
ABC-Paramount became one of the major players in the North American music industry in the 1950s and 1960s, signing many early rock & roll artists including Paul Anka, Lloyd Price and the Poni-Tails; it also launched and would acquire many labels including Impulse!, Apt Records, Bluesway, Audition, Command, Grand Award, Dunhill, 20th Century Fox Records, Duke, Peacock Records, and Back Beat (2) among others.
In July 1965, the label began to move away from the "ABC-Paramount" branding by adopting the logo of parent company American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. In 1966, Paramount was formally dropped from the label's name and it was officially renamed to ABC Records with the corporate name changing in 1967 again into ABC Records, Inc..
The Seventies saw ABC having success with
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