Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label formed in 1888. It is the oldest existing record company in the world.[2]
| Columbia Records | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | Edward D. Easton[1] |
| Status | Active |
| Distributing label | Columbia Records (In the U.S. and UK) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New york |
| Official website | columbiarecords.com |
Its parent company is now Sony Music Entertainment. Over the years, some of the artists and bands that have been signed to the label include Aretha Franklin, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Prince, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and hundreds of other artists.
Columbia Records Media
The original home of Columbia in Washington, D.C., in 1889; the company was named after the city.
A Columbia type AT cylinder graphophone produced in 1898
The American label of an electrically recorded Columbia disc by Art Gillham from the mid-1920s
The British label of an electrically recorded Columbia disc by Paul Whiteman
Columbia used this label for its 45 r.p.m. records from 1951 until 1958.
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References
- ↑ Brooks, Tim (1978). "Columbia Records in the 1890s: Founding the Record Industry" (PDF). ARSC Journal. 10 (1).
- ↑ "125 of Columbia Records". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
