United Artists Records is an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein (from United Artists in 1958, originally to distribute soundtracks [1] [2] . The new company gained its first fame in 1959 when it released Forest of the Amazons ”, the cantata of the Brazilian composer Eitor Villa-Lobos , based on his own music for the film“ Green Mansions ” [3] .
| United artists records | |
|---|---|
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| basic information | |
| Owner | TransAmerica |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Founders | Max E. Youngstein |
| Abolished | |
| Distributor | Emi |
| Genre | music for films pop country jazz |
| A country |  USA |
| Location | |
In the 1960s, soundtracks for Beatle films as well as James Bond films were released on United Artists. The company had several branches: Ascot Records , Musicor Records , Unart Records, Veep Records .
In 1969, UA was merged with Liberty Records (and Imperial Records , a subsidiary of the latter), and in 1979, after going under the roof, EMI was renamed Liberty and as such existed until 1986.
List of Performers
- The Animals (Jet)
- The angels (ascot)
- Paul Anka
- Shirley Bassey
- The beatles
- Bad Boy [4]
- Buzzcocks
- Can
- Cher
- Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- The D-Men (Veep & United Artists)
- Spencer davis group
- The easybeats
- Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists & Jet)
- The exciters
- Ferrante & teicher
- Crystal gale
- Bobby Goldsboro
- Bill haley & his comets
- Leroy Holmes
- The highwaymen
- Jay and the americans
- Marv Johnson
- George Jones
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Little Anthony & The Imperials (DCP, Veep & United Artists)
- Manfred Mann (Ascot & United Artists)
- Don Maclean
- Maxine Nightingale
- Gene Pitney (Musicor)
- Jerry Rafferty
- Chris ri
- Johnny rivers
- Kenny rogers
- Dusty Springfield
- The stranglers
- The tammys
- Traffic
- Ike & tina turner
- The ventures
- War (Far Out Productions)
Notes
- ↑ Max E. Youngstein: Obituary at NYT . query.nytimes.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 16, 2012.
- ↑ The Last Days of ... . musicindustrynewswire.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 16, 2012.
- ↑ United Artists . www.nationmaster.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 16, 2012.
- ↑ Bad Boy - The Stuff Legends Are Made Of . Badboyrock.com. Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived December 27, 2012.