United Artists Records
United Artists Records, founded 1957: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Artists on United Artists Records
Bing Crosby
1903–1977 · American singer and actor (1903–1977)
Michel Legrand
1932–2019 · French film score composer (1932–2019)
Connie Francis
1937–2025 · American singer and actress (1937–2025)
Charles Mingus
1922–1979 · American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader…
Dr. John
1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
Nelson Riddle
1921–1985 · American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator…
Steve Lawrence
1935–2024 · American singer and actor (1935–2024)
Morgana King
1930–2018 · American singer and actress (1930-2018)
Dakota Staton
1930–2007 · American jazz vocalist (1930-2007)
Don Costa
1925–1983 · American recording artist, conductor, record producer…
Irene Kral
1932–1978 · American singer (1932-1978)
B. J. Cole
b. 1946 · British musician
Label profile
Multinational label of US origin; also appears as "United Artists" or "UA" only. Label code: LC 0379 / LC 00379.
For all unofficial / bootleg release of this label please see .
For the record company see United Artists Records Inc., for the publishing company see United Artists Music Co., Inc.
History
1958: United Artists Records, a subsidiary of the United Artists film studio, was founded by movie producer Max E. Youngstein initially to distribute records of its own soundtracks. It soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.
1960: United Artists Ultra Audio, a label for special wide ranged stereo recording, was introduced. US mono releases commonly mention the Wall To Wall Sound series & the cat# prefix WW. US stereo releases Wall To Wall Stereo series and the WWS cat# prefix.
1967: In May the Transamerica Corporation acquired 95,7 % of United Artists Records, Inc., as mentioned on the front page of Billboard 30. Sept. 1967. The 'Unart' label was revived as a budget label in September.
1968: Liberty bought by Transamerica Corporation in June. Both labels got under one umbrella now.
1971: Liberty was shut down and merged into UA.
1979: After successful
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