A&M Recordings
| A&M Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder |
Herb Alpert Jerry Moss |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) |
Interscope Geffen A&M Records (US) Polydor Records (International) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Official website | Official website |
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent label by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was eventually acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK. Throughout its operations, A&M housed well-known acts such as Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, the Carpenters, Paul Williams, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx, Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, The Human League, The Police, CeCe Peniston, Soundgarden, Duffy and Sheryl Crow.
PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Universal Music Group in 1998, and A&M's operations were ceased in January 1999 when it was merged with Geffen Records and Interscope Records to form the record company Interscope Geffen A&M Records. In 2007, Interscope Geffen A&M announced that A&M was revived as trademark and brand and was to be merged with Octone Records to form A&M Octone Records, which operated until 2013, when A&M Octone was folded into Interscope. Today, A&M's catalog releases are managed by Verve Records, Universal Music Enterprises and Interscope.
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