User:Rwlesses/record labels

Record Labels
Warner Bros.
 * Atlantic Records 1947 1967 acquired by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
 * Elektra Records 1950 1970 acquired by Kinney National Company
 * Seven Arts Productions 1957 → 1967 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
 * Warner Bros. Records 1958 1967 acquired by Seven Arts Productions → 1967 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts 1972 acquired by Kinney National Company → 1972 Warner Communications → 1972 Warner Music Group
 * Reprise Records 1960 1963 acquired by Warner Bros. Records
 * Sire Records 1966 1976 acquired by Warner Bros. Records
 * Asylum Records 1971 1972 acquired by Warner Communications

Universal Music Group
 * Deutsche Grammophon 1898 1941 acquired by Siemens created 1962 Gramophon-Philips Group → 1972 PolyGram
 * Music Corporation of America 1924
 * Decca Records (UK) 1929 1980 acquired by PolyGram
 * Decca Records (US) 1934 1962 acquired by Music Corporation of America → 1973 MCA Records → 1995 Universal Music Group
 * Mercury Records 1945 1962 acquired by Gramophon-Philips Group
 * MGM Records 1946 1972 acquired by PolyGram
 * Chess Records 1947 1985 acquired by MCA Records
 * Philips Phonografische Industrie 1950 created 1962 Gramophon-Philips Group → 1972 PolyGram 1998 acquired by Universal Music Group
 * ABC-Paramount Records 1955 → 1965 ABC Records 1966 → ABC Dunhill Records 1979 acquired by MCA Records
 * Verve Records 1956 1961 acquired by MGM Records 1972 acquired by PolyGram
 * Motown Records 1959 1988 acquired by MCA Records 1993 acquired by PolyGram
 * Island Records 1959 1989 acquired by PolyGram
 * A&M Records 1962 1989 acquired by PolyGram
 * Dunhill Records 1965 1966 acquired by ABC Records
 * Casablanca Records 1973 1977 acquired by PolyGram
 * Geffen Records 1980 1990 acquired by MCA Records
 * GRP Records 1982 1990 acquired by MCA Records