Pathé
Pathé, founded 1895: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Artists on Pathé
François Deguelt
1932–2014 · French singer (1932-2014)
Annette Hanshaw
1901–1985 · American singer (1901-1985)
Léo Marjane
1912–2016 · French jazz singer and actor (1912-2016)
Lee Morse
1897–1954 · American singer (1897-1954)
Nick Lucas
1897–1982 · American jazz musician (1897–1982)
Bessie Brown
1895–1955 · American classic blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
Label profile
French label launched in 1894 by brothers Émile and Charles Pathé.
Label Code: LC 0300 / LC 00300
Established in France, the label's territory expanded to the US (in 1914), the UK and even Asia (see for Chinese language releases).
On early releases (Pathé Discs, 1910s/1920s -- 90 rpm (1905 to 1916), 80 rpm (1916 to 1930)), the label logo reads as "Disque Pathé".
Prior to 1931 the label went through major ownership changes. First, Emile Pathé sold the Pathé label and companies outside of the US to the Marconi Company owned by physicist Guglielmo Marconi in 1924. This included the Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres which the brothers Pathé had established in 1919 (this company controlled all of their phonographic activities including the factory at Chatou). In 1928 the acquired Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres, the following year Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres acquired the Marconi Company.
In 1931 (EMI) was formed through the merger of the Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. and , which in 1936 effected a merger of (subsidiary of The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) and Compagnie Générale de Etablissements Pathé Fréres to for
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