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Universal Music Group
- EMIMarch 1931 marked the birth of Electric and Musical Industries in London. Two giants, Columbia Graphophone Company and Gramophone Company, merged to form a…
- Mercury RecordsChicago, 1945. The year Mercury Records opened its doors, the music industry was dominated by giants like RCA Victor and Capitol Records.
- Capitol RecordsOn the 2nd of February 1942, songwriter Johnny Mercer met with Glenn Wallichs at a restaurant in Hollywood to discuss an investment from Paramount Pictures.
- Interscope RecordsJimmy Iovine stood in a Westwood office building on 10900 Wilshire Boulevard in late 1990 and declared that music was about to change.
- Universal Music GroupThe American branch of Decca Records opened its doors in September 1934. This date marks the true beginning of what would become Universal Music Group.
- Polydor RecordsOn the 2nd of April 1913, German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG founded Polydor Records in Leipzig. The label began as a mechanical music box manufacturer called…
- Capitol Music GroupCapitol Music Group emerged in February 2007 as a merger of Capitol Records and Virgin Records America. EMI orchestrated this union to restructure operations…