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Dot Records was an American record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Events January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis Tennessee. Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. It was founded by Randy Wood. In Gallatin, Tennessee, Wood had earlier started a mail order record shop, known for its radio ads on WLAC in Nashville and its R&B (later black gospel) air personality Bill "Hoss" Allen. WLAC is a Clear channel Radio station based in Nashville Tennessee, operating at 1510 kHz on the AM dial Bill Allen (aka "Hossman" or "Hoss" born William Trousdale Allen III, December 3, 1922, Gallatin Tennessee The label was known to hire artists to record remakes of their previous hits.

The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee, in fact many of the older recording were recorded in radio station WHIN, which Wood owned at the time. Gallatin is a city located on a navigable tributary of the Cumberland River in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. WHIN (1010 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Country format In in 1956 the company moved to Hollywood, California. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In its early years, the label specialized in artists from around Tennessee. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Then it branched out to include musicians and singers from across the United States. It recorded a variety of country music, rhythm & blues, polkas & waltzes, gospel music, rockabilly, pop music, and early rock & roll. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. The polka is a fast lively Central European Dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African After the move to Hollywood, Dot Records bought up many recordings by small local independent labels and issued them nationally.

In 1957, Wood sold ownership of the label to Paramount Pictures, but he remained the president of the company for another decade. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. In 1958 Dot Records started a subsidiary label, Hamilton Records, for rockabilly and rhythm & blues. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hamilton Records was an American Record label started in 1958 as a subsidiary label of Dot Records. They distributed Jeff Barry's Steed Records and also distributed the only record from Carnival Records. Jeff Barry (born April 3, 1938) is an American pop music Songwriter, Singer, and Record producer. Steed Records was a Record label founded by Songwriter - Record producer Jeff Barry in 1967 in New York City. Carnival Records was a Record label started in 1961 by Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert. In addition Dot Records created two other subsidiary labels: Crystalette and Acta. In 1967 Dot Records acquired the DynoVoice label from Bell Records. DynoVoice Records was an American Record label, founded in 1965 by songwriter/producer Bob Crewe. This article is about the record label active in the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s In 1967 Randy Wood left to co-found the Ranwood Records label with Lawrence Welk. Ranwood Records was started in 1968 by Randy Wood (after he left Dot Records) together with Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk ( March 11, 1903 &ndash May 17, 1992) was a Musician, Accordionist Bandleader, and Television

Pat Boone recorded his most popular songs for the label, issued in the United Kingdom on the London label. Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1 1934) is an American Singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Both Boones albums and singles were very successful.

Eddie Fisher recorded some of his later albums for the label, Eddie Fisher Today was the most popular and included popular standards of the day, but he did not have a massive single hit of the label in his time with them.

In 1968, after Paramount was bought out by Gulf and Western, the Dot Records label was rebranded as a country music label under the umbrella of Famous Music Group. Gulf and Western Industries Inc, for a number of years known as Gulf+Western, was an American conglomerate. Famous Music was the worldwide music publishing division of Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom. This included the Paramount, Neighborhood, Blue Thumb and Sire labels. Paramount Records was a Record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures (then a unit of Gulf+Western) after acquiring the rights to the name Neighborhood Records (Neighborhood Music Pub Corp was a Record label founded by Melanie Safka and her husband Peter Schekeryk in 1971. Blue Thumb Records was an American Record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros In 1974 the label was bought by ABC Records, which discontinued the label in 1977. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays ABC Records itself was sold to MCA Records in 1979. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc The Dot/Paramount catalog is now owned by Universal Music Group, with Geffen Records (which absorbed MCA Records) managing the pop/rock back catalog, and MCA Nashville Records managing the country back catalog. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group 's Country music subsidiary

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