Victor Talking Machine Company

Victor Talking Machine Company, founded 1901: jazz artists and albums on the label.

The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it merged with the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America. Established in Camden, New Jersey, Victor was one of the largest and most prestigious recording companies in the world, best known for its iconic "His Master's Voice" trademark, the design, production and marketing of the popular "Victrola" line of phonographs and the company's extensive catalog of operatic and classical music recordings by world famous artists on the prestigious Red Seal label. After Victor merged with RCA in 1929, the company maintained its eminence as America's foremost producer of records and phonographs until the 1960s.

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Artists on Victor Talking Machine Company

George Gershwin 1898–1937 · American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

Original Dixieland Jass Band 1916– · American jazz band

The Boswell Sisters American musical group; sibling trio popular during the…

Bennie Moten 1894–1935 · American musician (1894–1935)

Nick LaRocca 1889–1961 · American jazz musician (1889–1961)

Zez Confrey 1895–1971 · American composer and pianist (1895–1971) Huey Long 1904–2009 · American musician (1904–2009) Armand J. Piron 1888–1943 · American musician (1888–1943)

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The Victor Talking Machine Company was created in 1900 as The Consolidated Talking Machine Company by Eldridge Johnson with Leon F. Douglas. Its name was changed to The Victor Talking Machine Company on October 3, 1901 following a court case victory over patents with The Columbia Graphophone Company. For the next three decades the company was a leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world. It was headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

In 1929 it was acquired by the Radio Corporation Of America (RCA). The company was renamed Victor Talking Machine Division - Radio-Victor Corporation Of America. In 1930, it was changed to RCA Victor Company, Inc. (1930-1935) and later to RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. (1935-1943).

Formally dissolved on October 26, 1934.