What is ABC Dunhill Records?
[[ABC Records]] purchased Dunhill Records in 1966, forming '''ABC Dunhill Records'''.<ref>John Broven, ''Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009), p. 445</ref> They purchased Don Robey's [[record label]]s on May 23, 1973. These included Duke Records, Peacock Records, Back Beat Records and Song Bird Records. Later on, they also purchased the Famous Music record labels from Gulf and Western in 1974. These included Dot Records and Blue Thumb Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abcstory.html |title=ABC-Paramount Records Story |author=David Edwards, Patrice Eyries, and Mike Callahan |date=30 July 2004 |publisher=Both Sides Now Publications |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> With the Famous [[wikt:acquisition|acquisition]], ABC gained a [[distribution]] deal with Sire Records. ABC distributed (through Sire) the first releases by punk band the [[Ramones]]. Sire switched to [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] distribution in 1977, being sold to WB a year later. == References == {{reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:American record labels]]