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Legacy Recordings

Parent company	Sony BMG
Founded	1990
Distributing label	Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Genre	Various
Country of origin	U.S.
Official website	http://www.legacyrecordings.com/

Legacy Recordings is Sony BMG Music Entertainment's catalog division. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records (renamed Sony Music in 1991) to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated labels. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Sony Music Entertainment is a major global Record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the "big four" record companies Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The division now additionally handles the archives of Sony BMG's RCA, J Records, Windham Hill, RCA Victor, Arista, Buddha Records, Philadelphia International Records, as well as Sony BMG Nashville. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. J Records is an American Record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and is distributed through the RCA Records Group. Windham Hill Records was an Independent record label, founded in 1976 by Guitarist and Carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the Buddah Records (now known as Buddha Records Philadelphia International Records is a Record label founded by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff in 1971. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group

List of notable artists

The most notable Legacy Recordings artists include:

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