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Atco Records
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Parent company Warner Music Group
Founded 1955
Founder Herb Abramson
Distributing label Rhino Entertainment (US)
Genre Various. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Herbert C Abramson ( November 16, 1916 &ndash November 9, 1999) was an American record company executive and producer Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Country of origin US
Official website http://rhinorecords.com/

Atco Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group.

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Company History

Beginnings

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Atco Records was founded by Herb Abramson in 1955 as a sub label of Atlantic Records; operating as an outlet for acts that did not fit the format of Atlantic, which until 1968 was strictly blues, jazz, and R&B/soul. Herbert C Abramson ( November 16, 1916 &ndash November 9, 1999) was an American record company executive and producer Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock It also housed almost all of the company's non-African American artists (the main exception being The Young Rascals, who were considered a blue-eyed soul group. The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) were an American soul and rock group of the 1960s Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is a term used to describe R&B or Soul music performed by white artists ) The Atco name is simply an abbreviation of ATlantic COrporation.

In 1964 Atco released a single in the USA by the Beatles, "Ain't She Sweet" (flip side "Nobody's Child," with lead singer Tony Sheridan), which had been recorded in Hamburg in 1961. With lead vocal by John Lennon, "Ain't She Sweet" reached #19 on the Billboard chart in August 1964. Atco also released an album entitled Ain't She Sweet which featured the other two tracks by Sheridan and the Beatles from the Hamburg session and filled out by eight other songs (Beatles and other British Invasion numbers) covered by the Swallows. " Ain't She Sweet " is a song composed by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen in 1927

Atco went on to distribute other labels, such as: Robert Stigwood's RSO Records, Volt Records, Island Records, Rolling Stones Records, and Ruthless Records in the late 1980s. Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian -born Impresario and entertainment entrepreneur RSO Records was a Record label, formed by Rock and roll and Musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in 1973 Stax Records is an American record label founded in 1957 originally based out of Memphis Tennessee. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Rolling Stones Records is the record label formed by Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor Ruthless Records, pronounced roofless records is an Imprint Record label formed by Gangsta rapper Eazy-E with partner Jerry Heller

The twilight years

The last number one hit on Atco was "If Wishes Came True" by Sweet Sensation in 1990. " If Wishes Came True " is a song recorded by the R&B / dance group Sweet Sensation on their 1990 album Love Child. Sweet Sensation was the name of a female Dance music trio from the Bronx, New York, who specialized in freestyle from 1987 until In 1991, Atlantic merged Atco with its fledgling Eastwest Records label, and briefly operated the combination as "Atco/Eastwest Records. East West Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group. " By 1993, the Atco name was dropped and the label continued operating as Eastwest Records. Since then, the Atco name and logo have been seen only on reissues of old material. As of mid-2005, its most recent release (in a joint venture with Rhino Records) was the soundtrack to the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey and featuring Spacey's renditions of Darin classics. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert "Bobby" Cassotto, May 14 1936 &ndash December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director.

Revival

In 2006, Warner Music Group reactivated Atco Records in conjunction with Rhino Entertainment. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A Warner Music Group executive, Karen Ahmet, has recently been promoted to head of Atco. She is based in Los Angeles, California. Scarlett Johansson and Art Garfunkel were among the first artists signed to the label. Scarlett I Johansson (born November 22 1984 is an actress and Singer, of dual American and Danish citizenship Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and Actor of Romanian Jewish ancestry Garfunkel issued Some Enchanted Evening on January 30, 2007. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1] Johansson issued Anywhere I Lay My Head on May 20, 2008. Anywhere I Lay My Head is the debut Studio album by actress Scarlett Johansson, released through Atco / Rhino Records on May Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Atco Records artists

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