- Legacy Recordings
infobox record label
parent =Sony Music Entertainment
founded = 1990
distributor =Sony BMG Music Entertainment
genre = Various
country = U.S.
url = http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Legacy Recordings is
Sony 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 ofColumbia 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 asSony BMG Nashville .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
*Avril Lavigne (The Best Damn Thing )
*The Clash
*Delta Goodrem (Delta)
*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
*New Kids On The Block
*Jefferson Airplane
*Billy Joel
*Robert Johnson
*Journey
*Kansas
*Cyndi Lauper
*Taj Mahal
*Barry Manilow
*Johnny Mathis
*Glenn Miller
*Charles Mingus
*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 L. Williams
*Teddy Pendergrass
*Lou Rawls
*Patti Smith
*Joe Satriani
*Pink (Funhouse)ee also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.legacyrecordings.com/ Official Site]
* [http://blogs.legacyrecordings.com/ Company Blog]
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