Musicor Records

For the Canadian record label that also used the Musicor name, see Disques Musicor.
Musicor Record
Founded1960 (1960)
FounderAaron Schroeder
Defunct1976 (1976)
StatusDefunct (catalog owned by Gusto Records)
DistributorsUnited Artists Records (1960–1964)
Independent (1964–1970)
RCA Records (1970–1976)
GenrePop, country, Latin, R&B, gospel
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York City, New York

Musicor Records was a New York City-based record label, active from 1960 to 1976 . The label was founded by songwriter Aaron Schroeder and distributed by United Artists Records. In 1965, UA employee and A&R man Arthur Talmadge (a co-founder of Mercury Records years earlier) started his own Talmadge Productions company and, along with fellow UA employee/A&R man Harold "Pappy" Daily, bought the Musicor label from UA.

In 1976, Art Talmadge sold Musicor to Springboard International Records. When Springboard went bankrupt, Gusto Records acquired the Musicor catalog in 1984, along with the Scepter and Wand catalogs. The Musicor catalog remains owned by Gusto Records today.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.