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This continued until 1967, when its domestic pop artists moved to either Columbia Graphophone or Parlophone, and American performers were moved to Stateside Records, reserving HMV for classical recordings. [1] In July 1973, the Gramophone Company became EMI Records, with His Master's Voice continuing as a sub-label. [4]
His Master's Voice is a painting by Francis Barraud that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head, created in 1899. [1]In December 1899, the painting was sold to William Barry Owen of London's Gramophone Company (later a division of EMI), who would begin using the image as a trademark on its records in 1909.
This will be, following runs from 1921 to 2000 and 2013–2019, HMV's third stint at 363 Oxford Street. On 18 May 2023, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Irish market again with a shop on Dublin's Henry Street, in a unit previously occupied by the company during their first incarnation. The shop opened on 30 June 2023. [92] [93]
Topics about HMV albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the HMV label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions; 1: Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra "Wang Wang Blues" [4] Victor 18694: August 19, 1920 (): December 1920 (): US Billboard 1921 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, 457,000 sold 1921, later RCA Victor announced 1,000,000 [5]
Beatrice Harrison (9 December 1892 – 10 March 1965) [1] was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others, particularly the first recording of Elgar’s cello concerto in 1920 with the composer conducting.
[n 15] In 1917 the Gramophone Company (HMV) produced the first album of a complete Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Mikado, followed by recordings of eight more. [138] Electrical recordings of most of the operas were then issued by HMV and Victor , beginning in the late 1920s, supervised by Rupert D'Oyly Carte . [ 139 ]
The Virtuoso String Quartet was a British quartet, founded by the Gramophone Company (better known as HMV) in 1924, [1] being the first such quartet established specifically for recording. [2] In effect they displaced the Catterall Quartet from their position recording for HMV. [3] Marjorie Hayward led them for the 15 years of their life.