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  1. Columbia Phonograph Company of Canada did not survive the Great Depression, so CBS made a distribution deal with Sparton Records in 1939 to release Columbia records in Canada under the Columbia name. During the 1940s, Columbia had a contract with Frank Sinatra .

  2. Mar 18, 2017 · Columbia Records did move into the growing folk music market. Bob Dylan was signed to the label and released his first album in 1962. Simon and Garfunkel was added to the artist lineup soon after. Barbra Streisand became a pop mainstay for the company when she was signed in 1963. Mitch Miller left Columbia Records for MCA in 1965, and it was ...

    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?1
    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?2
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  3. On February 25, 1925, Columbia began recording with the electric recording process licensed from Western Electric. “Viva-tonal” records set a benchmark in tone and clarity unequaled on commercial discs during the 78-rpm era. The first electrical recordings were made by Art Gillham, the “Whispering Pianist”.

    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?1
    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?2
    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?3
    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?4
    • When did Columbia Records become CBS Records?5
  4. 1947. In 1947, the company was renamed Columbia Records Inc. and founded its Mexican record company, Discos Columbia de Mexico. 1948. One can infer that Columbia was pressing the first LPs for distribution to their dealers for at least 3 months prior to the introduction of the LP on June 21, 1948.

  5. Jun 21, 2010 · 1948: Columbia Records puts the needle down on history’s first successful microgroove plastic, 12-inch, 33-1/3 LPs in New York, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age ...

  6. CBS Corporation. In CBS Corporation: Origins. …of long-playing records by its Columbia Records division. In 1938 CBS acquired the American Recording Corporation, which later became Columbia Records. Peter Goldmark of CBS laboratories invented high-fidelity long-playing records, and the Columbia record label introduced them to the public in 1948.

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  8. CBS Records becomes the first U.S. record company to pass $1.2 billion in worldwide sales. 1988: Sony Corporation acquires CBS Records to become Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; CBS/Sony becomes Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. 1994: Sony reorganizes into four labels: Columbia Records, Epic Records, Relativity Records, and Sony Classical. 1998:

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