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| Walt Disney Records | |
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| Parent company | Disney Music Group |
| Founded | February 4, 1956 (as Disneyland Records) |
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| Genre | Various, predominantly Pop and Soundtrack |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California |
| Official website | music |
Walt Disney Records is an American record label owned by the Disney Music Group. The label releases soundtrack albums from The Walt Disney Company's motion picture studios, television shows, theme parks and traditional studio albums produced by its roster of pop, teen pop and country artists.[2]
The music label was founded on February 4, 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed to a variety of other labels such as RCA, Decca, Capitol, ABC-Paramount, and United Artists. It was Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson who convinced Walt Disney’s brother Roy O. Disney that Disney, at time known as Walt Disney Productions should form their own record label.[3] It adopted its current name in 1988 and is currently distributed by Universal Music Group for physical releases outside of North America and digital releases globally.
- ^ "Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally," PR Newswire, March 20, 2013.
- ^ Hollis, Tim (2006). Mouse tracks : the story of Walt Disney Records. Greg Ehrbar (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-848-7. OCLC 61309354.
- ^ Johnson, Jimmy (2014). Inside the whimsy works my life with Walt Disney Productions. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-930-0. OCLC 1228606843.