- Country
- United States
- Active
- from 1942
- Comments
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Founded as the first west coast–based record label of note in the US in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. The label's circular headquarters building is a recognized landmark of Hollywood, California.
In 1956, EMI bought Capitol Records and established it as one of their main labels. Upon EMI's being split in 2012, Vivendi (the French owner of Universal Music), bought the Capitol Records part and integrated it into Universal. - Related labels
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2101 Records Sublabel
Allegiance Records Sublabel
Anthem [CA] Capitol was Anthem's marketing partner 1978 to 1989
Bust It Records Sublabel
CAP Latino Sublabel
Capitol Jazz Sublabel
Capitol Pops Sublabel
Capitol Records Nashville Sublabel
Capitol Records [JP]
Crazy Horse Sublabel
Creative Products Sublabel
EMI Parent label (1956-2012)
EMI America Sublabel
EMI Manhattan Sublabel
EMI USA Sublabel
Enigma Distributed by Capitol
Hi or Hey Records Imprint
MTM Records Acquired by Capitol (1988)
Manhattan [US1] Sublabel
Metro Blue Sublabel
Prep Records Sublabel
SBK Distributed by Capitol
Sinter Brazilian afiliate
The Hot Biscuit Disc Company Sublabel
The Right Stuff Sublabel
Tower [US2] Sublabel
Universal Music Parent company (as of 2012)
- Related artists
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B.G. DeSylva Co-founder
Johnny Mercer Co-founder