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Polydor Records was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig and registered on 25 July 1914 (Nr. 316613). The label was founded as Firma Brachhausen & Riesener in 1887 by Gustav Adolf Brachhausen and Ernst Paul Riessner, for manufacturing their new mechanical disc-playing music box Polyphon, invented in 1870. [3]
Fascination Records is a United Kingdom-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as an imprint of Polydor Records. The label was launched in spring of 2006, and is managed by former TOTP Magazine editor Peter Loraine.
The All-American Rejects (Polydor UK) The Allman Brothers Band; María Conchita Alonso; All Time Low (Polydor UK) The Amboy Dukes; Thomas Anders; Jon Anderson; Angels and Airwaves (Polydor UK) Die Antwoord (Polydor UK) Paul Anka; Army of Lovers (Polydor UK) Art of Noise (China/Polydor) Appleton; Asia; Athlete (Polydor UK) Atlanta Rhythm Section ...
Mojo Records is a British record label that was formed in 1971 as a subsidiary of Polydor Records. [1]The label provided UK releases for some of the best contemporary US soul and R&B recordings.
Fiction Records was founded in the late 1970s by Polydor A&R man, and longtime The Cure manager Chris Parry, [3] alongside music publisher Fiction Songs Ltd, and who went on to found Radio X (then XFM) and both were subsidiaries of Polydor Records, and based in London at 97 Charlotte Street and eventually maintained a satellite office in New York City at 850 7th Ave. Fiction was also home to ...
Loog Records is a UK-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as an imprint of Polydor Records. The label was launched in 2003 and managed by former NME editor James Oldham. It is named after former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
It was initially released by Starr as a single in the United States in January that year on Ric-Tic Records. [2] The track was released on Polydor Records in the UK in April 1966. [3] The track was produced by co-writer Richard Morris and Al Kent, using the popular elements of the Motown Sound. [4]
In 1984, he was managing director of Polydor Records UK. [2] Preston was the managing director of RCA Records UK from 1985 to 1989, and chairman of BMG from 1989 to 1998. [1] Preston chaired the UK Labour Party's Rock the Vote campaign for Tony Blair. [1] Preston worked with musicians including Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, M People and Take ...