Legacy Recordings

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Legacy Recordings
Parent company	Sony BMG
Founded	1990
Distributing label	Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Genre	Various
Country of origin	U.S.
Official website	http://www.legacyrecordings.com/

Legacy Recordings is Sony BMG Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records (renamed Sony Music in 1991) to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated labels. The division now additionally handles the archives of Sony BMG's RCA, J Records, Windham Hill, RCA Victor, Arista, Buddha Records, Philadelphia International Records, as well as Sony BMG Nashville.

[edit] List of notable artists

The most notable Legacy Recordings artists include:

• AC/DC
• The Allman Brothers Band
• Louis Armstrong
• Fred Astaire
• Teena Marie
• Chet Atkins
• The Bangles
• Tony Bennett
• Jeff Buckley
• Johnny Cash
• The Clash
• Miles Davis
• John Denver
• Donovan
• Bob Dylan
• Earth Wind & Fire
• Duke Ellington
• Kenny G
• David Gilmour
• George Clinton (funk musician)/P-Funk All-Stars
• Merle Haggard
• Hall and Oates
• Billie Holiday
• Iron Maiden
• The Isley Brothers
• Michael Jackson
• Jefferson Airplane
• Billy Joel
• Robert Johnson
• Journey
• Cyndi Lauper
• Taj Mahal
• Barry Manilow
• Johnny Mathis
• Glenn Miller
• Willie Nelson
• Harry Nilsson
• The O'Jays
• REO Speedwagon
• Roy Orbison
• Poco
• Perez Prado
• Pete Seeger
• Frank Sinatra
• Bessie Smith
• Luther Vandross
• Tammy Wynette
• Yo-Yo Ma
• Kris Kristofferson
• Ray Conniff
• Cheap Trick
• Mahalia Jackson
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Toto
• Bing Crosby
• Peter Tosh
• Babyface
• Dan Fogelberg
• The Charlie Daniels Band
• Eddie Money
• The Byrds
• Adam Ant
• Waylon Jennings
• Molly Hatchet
• Men at Work
• Fishbone
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Thelonious Monk
• Weather Report
• Dave Brubeck
• Sly & The Family Stone
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Janis Joplin
• George Gershwin
• Kenny Loggins
• Santana
• Leonard Cohen
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Barbra Streisand
• Run DMC
• Marvin Gaye
• Motörhead
• TLC
• Vanessa Williams
• Teddy Pendergrass
• Lou Rawls
• Patti Smith
• Joe Satriani

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Company Blog

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