| Philips Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Distributing label | Decca Music Group |
| Genre | (historic) Various (current) Classical music |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Official website | http://www.decca.com |
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries (PPI) in 1950. Events January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis Tennessee. During much of the 1950s, it served to distribute recordings made by the US Columbia Records and Columbia Masterworks Records labels in the United Kingdom. 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 Columbia Masterworks Records was a Record label started in 1927 by Columbia Records. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the late 1950s Philips created a subsidiary label, Fontana Records. Fontana Records is a Record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. After Columbia formed its own international operations in 1961 adopting the name of its then parent CBS, Philips acquired Mercury Records. Events January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes January 20 - Francis Poulenc 's Gloria Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of In 1962 Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon were linked into the Phonogram Records joint venture. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
In the eighties Philips Classics Records was formed to distribute its classics artists, although classical recordings have also been issued on the regular Philips label. Philips Classics Records was started in the eighties as the new classics Record label for Philips Records.
In 1983, Philips became the first record label to issue compact discs, using digital recordings that went as far back as 1978. (The first digital recordings, however, were actually remastered versions of vintage recordings by the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, using the Soundstream process developed in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1975-76. Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer Soundstream Inc was founded in 1975 in Salt Lake City Utah by Dr Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U RCA Victor released vinyl versions of these reprocessed, historic recordings. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Philips was among the record labels to use the Soundstream process for modern digital recordings. )
Philips Records has been part of Universal Music since 1998. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. In 1999, Philips Classics was absorbed into the Decca Music Group. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Philips Records' pop music catalogue is managed by Mercury Records. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure
Recently, many of the Philips classical recordings have been reissued on the Eloquence label.
Selected Philips Records artists - with origin
- Blue Cheer - San Francisco, California, United States
- Teresa Brewer - Toledo, Ohio, United States
- Changin' Times
- Flame Dream (band)|Calatea - Lucerne,Kreins,Weggis,Switzerland(1978) (and 5 albums Vertigo Phonogram from 1986. Blue Cheer is a San Francisco -based rock group that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the present The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Teresa Brewer ( May 7, 1931 &ndash October 17, 2007) was an American pop and jazz Singer who was one of the most popular This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its Record label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with
- David Whitfield - Hull recorded his first album in years on Philips in 1975 called Hey There formally on Decca
- Val Doonican - Ireland (formerly on Decca till 1967, then on Pye)
- The Four Pennies - various, England
- The Four Seasons (also as The Wonder Who?) - Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Johnny Hallyday - Paris, France
- Bobby Hebb - Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- The Kaye Sisters - various, England
- Frankie Laine
- Los Paraguayos - Paraguay
- Luv' - Netherlands
- Susan Maughan - Consett, County Durham
- Paul Mauriat - Marseille, France
- Roger Miller - born Fort Worth, Texas; based Nashville, Tennessee, United States. David Whitfield ( 2 February 1925 — 16 January 1980) was a a popular British male tenor vocalist. Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927, in Waterford, Irish Free State) is an Irish Singer Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Pye Records is a British Record label. In its first incarnation Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956-69 Petula Clark (1957-71 The Four Pennies were an English, 1960s pop group, most notable for their 1964 UK chart topping song "Juliet" The Four Seasons (known off and on since 1967 as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - although not shown that way on any of their hit records is an American The Wonder Who? was a nom de disc of The Four Seasons for four single records released in 1965 and 1966 Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet on June 15, 1943 in Paris) is a French Singer and Actor. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Bobby Hebb (born Robert Von Hebb, 26 July 1938, Nashville, Tennessee) is an African American Singer and Songwriter Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio ( Chicago, March 30, 1913 – San Diego, February 6, 2007) Los Paraguayos is a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Luv' is a Dutch pop Girl group which scored a string of successful hit records in a large part of Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Susan Maughan (born Marion Susan Maughan, 1 July 1942, Consett, County Durham, England) is a English Singer Paul Mauriat ( Marseille, 4 March 1925 &ndash 3 November 2006 in Perpignan Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and (1968 to Mercury)
- Guy Mitchell
- Mouth & MacNeal - Netherlands
- Peters and Lee
- Johnnie Ray
- Jim and Jean - Greenwich Village, New York City, United States (1965)
- Richard and the Young Lions - Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Serendipity Singers - Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Nina Simone - Tryon, North Carolina, United States
- Dusty Springfield - West Hampstead, London
- The Springfields - London
- Frankie Vaughan - Liverpool, England. Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of Guy Mitchell ( February 22, 1927 - July 1, 1999) was a Croatian-American pop Singer, was successful in his homeland "I See A Star" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, performed in English (the first time the Dutch entry was not entirely Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s comprising Lennie Peters ( 1939 – 10 October 1992) and Dianne Lee (born 1950 John Alvin Ray ( January 10 1927 &ndash February 24 1990) was an American Singer, Songwriter, and Jim and Jean, Jim Glover and Jean Ray, were a Folk music duo who performed and recorded music from the early 1960s to the late 1960s The City of New York Richard and the Young Lions was a garage rock band from Newark New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. The Serendipity Singers were a 1960s American folk group similar to the New Christy Minstrels. Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time Tryon is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE ( 16 April, 1939 &ndash 2 March, 1999) professionally known as Dusty Springfield London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio in the early 1960s who had success in the UK USA and Ireland but are now best remembered as the launch pad for singer Dusty London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Frankie Vaughan, CBE ( 3 February 1928 - 17 September 1999) was a Singer of Traditional pop music in the Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary (Formerly on HMV till 1956, and on Columbia from 1967. His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest Gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. The moved to Pye in 1973 till 1978 when he recorded for a variety of labels including Ronco, Big V Records. This article is about the electronics company Pye Ltd. For other uses of Pye see Pye (disambiguation. For other uses see Ronco (disambiguation. Ronco is an American company that manufactures and sells a variety of items and devices most )
- The Walker Brothers - Los Angeles, California, United States; based in London from Feb. The Walker Brothers were a 1960s and 1970s Pop group, originally a Rock band, founded by three Californians who became most successful in the UK. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West 1965
- John Walker - New York, United States
- Scott Walker - Hamilton, Ohio, United States
- Marty Wilde - Greenwich, South London
- Cluster - Berlin, Germany
- KNT´Rock Club - Governador Valadares, Brazil
- 10cc - Stockport, England