ATCO Records
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
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| Founded | 1955 |
| Founder | Herb Abramson |
| Distributor(s) |
Rhino Entertainment (in the U.S.) WEA International Inc. (outside the U.S.) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Official website | www |
ATCO Records is an American record company and label founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who had returned to the company from military service. It was also intended as a home for acts that did not fit the format of Atlantic, which was releasing blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and soul. The Atco name is an abbreviation of ATlantic COrporation. Atco also provided distribution for other labels, including RSO Records, Volt, Island, Modern, Ruthless, and Rolling Stones Records.
For most of its history, Atco was known for pop music and rock and roll, but during its early years it produced some jazz albums. These included Harry Arnold, Betty Carter, King Curtis, Herb Geller, Roland Hanna, and Helen Merrill.
Atco's rock era began with Bobby Darin and The Coasters. In the early 1960s Atlantic began to license material from international sources, leading to instrumental hit singles from Jorgen Ingmann, Acker Bilk, and Bent Fabric. Starting in the mid-1960s, Atco moved into rock and roll with Sonny and Cher, Buffalo Springfield, Vanilla Fudge, and Cream.
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