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Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records , Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records .
Sony Music Canada was formed when Sony Music acquired Canadian assets of CBS Records in 1990 (itself formerly Columbia Records Canada in 1954). [ 74 ] Sony Music Canada is operated by Sony Canada , which evolved from General Distributors or Gendis, which had been founded in Winnipeg in 1954 by Albert D. Cohen , who had made a deal with Sony to ...
This is a list of record labels owned by, or associated with Sony Music Entertainment (SME).. According to the Sony Music official website, the main labels are Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Latin, Sony Masterworks, Provident Label Group, and Sony Classical, as well as the Nashville divisions of the first four named.
Sony Music UK Black Butter Records (49%) Columbia Records UK; Dream Life Records; Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group) Magic Star; Ministry of Sound; Music For Nations; RCA Label Group UK; Relentless Records; Since '93; Sony Commercial Group; Sony Music Legacy - UK; Sony Music Nashville UK; Global Podcast Division Neon Hum Media
The CBS Records label was officially renamed Columbia Records on January 1, 1991, worldwide except Spain (where Sony got the rights in 2004 by forming a joint venture with BMG [74]) and Japan. [75] CBS Masterworks Records was renamed Sony Classical Records. In December 2006, CBS Corporation revived the CBS Records name for a new minor label ...
Lawrence Cohn was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and as a child moved with his family to Bensonhurst in Brooklyn.He started listening to, and collecting, blues records as a child, continuing through his teens when he also started attending jazz and blues performances in New York City.
CBS Records may refer to: CBS Records, a former name of Sony Music, a global music company; CBS/Sony, a former name of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, a Japanese music company division of Sony; CBS Records International, a label for Columbia Records recordings released outside North America from 1962 to 1990
CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. formed in 1961 and launched in 1962. [1] [2] Previously, Columbia Records had licensed other record companies to manufacture and distribute Columbia recordings outside North America, such as Philips Records and its subsidiary Fontana (now part of the Universal Music Group) in ...