MAM Records

MAM Records

MAM Records was a record label launched in 1970 by the management company Management Agency & Music Ltd. (MAM). It was founded by Gordon Mills, Tom Jones and Gerry Dorsey (a.k.a. Engelbert Humperdinck) and distributed by London Records. Artists on the label included Gilbert O'Sullivan and Dave Edmunds.

The company was one of the most successful record companies in the United Kingdom throughout the early 1970s. it diversified into Slot Machines and Airlines but by the end of the 1970s it was losing ground to American companies like RCA Victor.

The company was sold in the eighties to Chrysalis Records.

See also

* List of record labels


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