A&M ASSOCIATED LABELS
In 1996, PolyGram, the parent company of A&M Records and Polydor Records, made A&M Records the co-marketer and distributor of Polydor Records in the United States. PolyGram had merged Polydor and Atlas Records into its Polydor Records division in the U.S. before moving their distribution to A&M. The pairing of A&M and Polydor gave Polydor a Nashville presence under A&M Nashville. Elton John's Rocket Records joined Polydor in 1996 and together became A&M Associated Labels. Oversees distribution continued under PolyGram.
The other labels in A&M Associated Labels were Avatar Records, DV8 Records, 1500 Records and Savvy Records.
After PolyGram was merged into Universal Music Group in 1999, Universal realigned Polydor U.S. into its Motown Records Group.
POLYDOR RECORDS
Polydor held the PolyGram catalog and those of its affiliated and acquired labels including RSO Records.
POLYDOR ARTIST ROSTER
| A - F | G - M | N - Z |
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ABBA* Automatic 7* Badlees Ginger Baker* Beatles* Bee Gees Big Back Forty David Bowie* James Brown* Buffalo Tom Cast Eric Clapton* Cream* Davis Daniel Deadly Venoms Drill Dubster Fig Dish Connie Francis* Fretblanket |
Gloria Gaynor* Gene Goodfellaz Peter Gunz Hazeldine Hollowbodies Toby Keith Lutefisk Jono Manson Mister Jones Joya Mojo'son Monaco Moody Blues* J. Isaac Moore UNKLE Van Morrison |
Noise Therapy Orbit Paw Pharoahs Pretty Mary Sunshine Red Eye S Club 7 Silver Sun Sovory Soundtracks* Tonic Velvet Underground* Vibrolux Andrew Lloyd Weber* Zucchero |
* Back catalog artists
ROCKET RECORDS
Rocket Records/A&M biggest release was Elton John's CD single, "Candle in the Wind 1997," the tribute to the late Diana Princess of Wales. The single was A&M's third largest single of all time. Rocket also signed new artists Daniel Cartier, Cold, Ryan Downe and Gary Jules.
SOURCES:
1. www.amrecords.com (1996 site)
2. www.polydor.com (defunct)
2. www.rocketrecords.com
A&M ASSOCIATED LABELS STAFF
Thank you to all of the very talented members of the A&M Associated Labels family.
If your name does not appear in the list below, please send an
e-mail and let us include you in the credits. Photos for the A&M Family Photo Album are always welcome! When you write, please include the years you worked at A&M and your job title or the name of the department where you worked. This information is also used to validate your registration for our Employee Discussion areas--a forum available exclusively for A&M artists and staff.
| A - F | G - M | N - Z |
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David Barbis Johnny Barbis Dick Bozzi Andrew Brightman Mark Chotiner Dave Darus Katie Downey |
Nick Gatfield Billy Gilbert Kirk Greenberg Chuck Gullo JJ Jansen Mark Jaffe Patrick Jordan Jeff Matlow Bruce McDonald Denis McNamara |
John Rotella Kam Sangha Jay Schatz Tom Storms |
SOURCES:
1. A&M Records' 10th and 15th anniversary books
2. Billboard magazine articles
3. A&M Records employees