Mercury Records
American company
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association with Philips
- In Philips: The postwar years: Expansion in the home consumer and media markets
…the Philips record label, acquired Mercury Records in 1960, and continued to invest in record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and Motown through its PolyGram subsidiary (sold in 1998). Philips was much less successful in entering the computer business. By the time the company released its P-1000 mainframe system…
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role of Jones
- In Quincy Jones: Shift from jazz to pop
…in trade jargon) director for Mercury Records. In 1964 he was named a vice president at Mercury, thereby becoming one of the first African Americans to hold a top executive position at a major American record label. In the 1960s Jones recorded occasional jazz dates, arranged albums for many singers…
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