in 1947, actor and singer ernst busch became allowed by the soviet military administration in germany to create a music publishing house, which was named lied der zeit gmbh ("song of the times"). this publishing company included the label amiga. in the 1950s, lied der zeit became veb deutsche schallplatten ("german records"), a state-owned company that had a monopoly on making records. veb deutsche schallplatten had multiple record labels, each for different genres; amiga releases included folk, jazz, pop, rock, schlager music, chanson, and children's music.