Dunhill Records

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Dunhill Records was started by Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts in 1964 as Dunhill Productions, originally for the purpose of releasing Johnny Rivers recordings on Imperial Records. It became a record label in 1965 and was distributed by ABC Records. The first Dunhill single released (catalog #4001) was "My Prayer/Pretty Please" by Shelley Fabares, who was Adler's wife at the time. Adler sold his shares to ABC Records in the summer of 1967, this created ABC Dunhill Records. Afterwards Adler launched Ode Records.

A later independent reissue label called Dunhill Compact Classics was formed in 1986 to reissues recording on the new compact disc format. The Alfred Dunhill Company, a British tobacco company, sued the company because of the use of the Dunhill name, forcing the company to rename itself DCC Compact Classics.