ABC Records
ABC Records, fondazione 1955: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.
L'ABC Records è stata una casa discografica nata nel 1955, fondata a New York col nome "ABC-Paramount Records", casa discografica della Am-Par Record Corporation, sussidiaria della American Broadcasting Company, che mutò il nome nel 1965. Distribuiva il materiale della Dunhill Records, della Sire Records e della Anchor records, sotto il nome "ABC-Dunhill Records". Una sua affiliata, la Probe, tra il 1968 ed il 1970 si specializzò nella produzione di album di rock progressivo di alcuni artisti tra i quali i Soft Machine ed i Rare Bird. A causa di problemi finanziari l'etichetta fu venduta alla MCA Records nel 1979.
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Artisti di ABC Records
Ornette Coleman
1930–2015 · sassofonista e compositore statunitense
Toots Thielemans
1922–2016 · armonicista belga
Cab Calloway
1907–1994 · cantante e musicista statunitense
Cándido Camero
1921–2020 · percussionista e polistrumentista cubano (1921-2020)
Mike Ratledge
1943–2025 · tastierista e compositore britannico (1943-2025)
Profilo dell'etichetta
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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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