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Dunhill Records
Parent company Dunhill
Founded 1964
Founder Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts
Distributing label ABC Records
Genre Various
Country of origin US

Dunhill Records was started by Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts in 1964 as Dunhill Productions, originally for the purpose of releasing Johnny Rivers recordings on Imperial Records. Dunhill cigarettes are a luxury brand of cigarettes made by the British American Tobacco company Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American Record producer, manager and director Alvin S "Al" Bennett ( September 21, 1926 &ndash March 1989 from Joiner Arkansas was a record company executive who worked at Dot Records Pierre Cossette (b Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada on December 15 1923 is a TV Executive producer and Broadway producer ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American Record producer, manager and director Alvin S "Al" Bennett ( September 21, 1926 &ndash March 1989 from Joiner Arkansas was a record company executive who worked at Dot Records Pierre Cossette (b Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada on December 15 1923 is a TV Executive producer and Broadway producer Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella, 7 November 1942, in New York) is an American Rock and roll Singer This article is about the Imperial Records label currently owned by EMI. It became a record label in 1965 and was distributed by ABC Records. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 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 The first Dunhill single released (catalog #D-4001) was "My Prayer/Pretty Please" by Shelley Fabares, who was Adler's wife at the time. Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer known primarily for her roles on Movies Soap operas Adler sold his shares to ABC Records in the summer of 1967, this created ABC Dunhill Records. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Afterwards Adler launched Ode Records. Ode Records was a Record label, started by Lou Adler in 1967 after he sold Dunhill Records to ABC Records. ABC continued to release records on the Dunhill label until 1975, after which all remaining artists were absorbed into the ABC Records roster before MCA Records bought ABC Records in 1979. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc

An offshoot of the ABC/Dunhill days was the label Buluu Dunhill Records using (catalog #B-73001).

The Dunhill catalogue is today managed by Geffen Records. 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

A later independent reissue label called Dunhill Compact Classics was formed in 1986 to reissues recording on the new compact disc format. British American Tobacco, a UK tobacco company, sued the company because of the use of the Dunhill name, forcing the company to rename itself DCC Compact Classics. Dunhill cigarettes are a luxury brand of cigarettes made by the British American Tobacco company The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana.

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Dunhill label variations

Dunhill (ABC/Dunhill) Records artists

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