Home > ABC Records
ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount the recording arm of in 1955.In 1955 the American Broadcasting Company's parent company American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres started its recording arm as ABC-Paramount Records.
Early big selling artists in were Paul Anka, Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones , Lloyd Price, Eydie Gorme and Ray Charles (when he left Atlantic Records in 1960). An early licencing deal with British EMI meant exposure to European market on the HMV Records and Columbia Records labels.
In 1965, ABC-Paramount Records changes its name to ABC Records. They distribute Dunhill Records until this label is purchased to form ABC Dunhill Records. ABC Records was sold in 1979 to MCA Records (see Music Corporation of America) which dissolved the ABC label. The better selling albums in the ABC Records catalog were reissued on the MCA label.
1 See also
2 External links
Record labels
