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Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Parent company Warner Music Group
Founded March 19,1958
Distributing label Warner Bros. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Records (US)
WEA International Inc. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (outside US)
Genre Various
Country of origin United States
Location Burbank, California
New York, New York
Official website Official Web site of Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. The City of New York Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. 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 A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal It is internationally known as WEA International Inc. It is also affectionately known as the Bunny, based on the Bugs Bunny cartoons put out by Warner Bros. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is also the label's mascot

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History

Warner Bros. Records opened for business on March 19, 1958, above the film studio's machine shop at 3701 Warner Boulevard in Burbank, California. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prompting the labels creation was when Warner Bros. Pictures contract actor Tab Hunter scored a #1 hit in 1957 with "Young Love" for Dot Records. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931) is an American Actor and Singer who appeared in more than 40 major Feature films Dot Records was an American Record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. To Warners' chagrin, reporters were primarily asking about the hit record, instead of Hunter's latest Warner movie. The company quickly signed Hunter to the newly formed record division, and while his subsequent recordings for the label failed to duplicate the success that he had had with Dot, the fledgling Warner Bros. Records thrived.

In 1960, the company signed the Everly Brothers (who were previously on Cadence Records) with the first ever million-dollar contract in history. The Everly Brothers ( Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1 1937 Brownie Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Cadence Records was an American Record company based in New York City. The same year, they also released two albums by Bob Newhart, which both won Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year. George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor. The third Grammy Awards were held in 1961. They recognized musical accomplishments by the performers for the year 1960. The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys In 1963, Warner Bros. Records purchased Frank Sinatra's label, Reprise Records—the acquisition proved very lucrative, as Reprise remains in the WBR fold to this day, and has become its strongest imprint. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated

In 1964, the label negotiated with Disques Vogue for the right to distribute Petula Clark's recordings in the US, beginning with "Downtown. For the American record label see Vogue Records Disques Vogue was founded in France in 1947 Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits " Downtown " is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch following a first-time visit to New York City. " Eight years later, in 1972, Dionne Warwick was brought to the label after leaving Scepter Records in a deal that was the biggest contract at the time for a female artist. Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist Scepter Records is a record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. Warwick's five years at Warners would greatly pale in comparison to her tenure at Scepter, both personally and professionally. A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling Monarch, a prominent item of royal Regalia.

In 1967, Warner Bros. (including WBR) was sold for $85 million to Seven Arts Productions and renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Seven Arts Productions was founded in 1957 by Ray Stark and Eliot Hyman. Warner Bros-Seven Arts was formed in 1967, when Seven Arts Productions acquired Jack Warner 's controlling interest in Warner Bros Two years later, the company was sold to Kinney National Company (later renamed Warner Communications) and the label become Warner Bros. Kinney National Services Inc was formed in 1966 when the Kinney Parking Company and the National Cleaning Company merged Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Records again, reviving the WB shield as its logo. In 1971, Warner Communications established WEA; the pooling together of Warner Bros. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Records, Elektra, and Atlantic, to form a larger umbrella for its music entities under which they could operate. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock In 1990, Warner Communications merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner. Time Inc is a major subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990 Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. In 1991, WEA was renamed Warner Music. In 2000, Time Warner merged with AOL creating AOL Time Warner. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Finally, in March 2004, a group of private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr. bought the Warner Music Group from Time Warner. Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr (born May 16, 1955) formerly CEO of Seagram and vice-chairman of Vivendi Universal, has been CEO of Warner Music Today Warner Bros. Records remains one of Warner Music Group's most dominant labels, having exactly 121 artists on the label. However, Time Warner may still have some ownership in the label because the trademark is not licensed from its former parent.

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Artists

Main article: List of current Warner Bros. Records artists
Main article: List of former Warner Bros. Records artists

Company logos

The Warner Bros. Word Records is a Christian Record label based in Nashville Tennessee. Serjical Strike Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates under the Universal Republic Records Group 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings Autumn Records was a 1960s San Francisco -based pop Record label. Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Foghat, Halfnelson Capricorn Records is an independent Record label which was launched by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 Cold Chillin' Records was a producer-and-crew label that released many classic records in the late 1980s and early 1990s founded by manager Tyrone Williams and run by Len Fichtelberg Extasy Records is an Independent record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the group X Japan (then still named "X" 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 Giant Records was launched as a joint-venture in 1990 between Warner Bros Luaka Bop is a World music -oriented Record label established by David Byrne, former guitarist/singer/songwriter of the Art rock / new wave Artists Current artists 3 The Absence Aeon A Love Ends Suicide(Now Let's Fighting Paisley Park Records was Prince 's Record label, associated with and funded in part by Warner Bros Qwest Records is the Record label started by Quincy Jones in 1980 as a joint venture with Warner Bros Slash Records is a Record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and Punk rock bands Valiant Records was independent record company co-owned by Four Star Television which was sold in 1967 by Warner Bros Warner Alliance was a Contemporary Christian imprint of Warner Music Group. This is a list of artists who record for Warner Bros Records. This is a list of artists who used to record for Warner Bros Records. Records logo used 2002–present

W7 logo when the company was known as Warner Bros. -Seven Arts Records in 1968 and 1969

Logo used from the label's founding in 1958 until it was renamed Warner Bros. -Seven Arts Records in 1968. The shield logo was revived and used 1970–1974.

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External links

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