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The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. In October 1904, A.P. Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. [3] [4] In October 1928, Giannini created a holding company that he named the Transamerica Corporation, which owned Bank of America, Bank of Italy, Bancitaly Corporation, National Bankitaly Company, California Joint Stock Land Bank, and Banca d'America e d'Italia [], which gave ...
U.S., UK. Official website. universalmusic.com. Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.
United States. Location. New York City, New York, U.S. Los Angeles, California, U.S. London, England, UK. United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists [1] in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. [2] The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B.
Genre. R&B, Soul. Country of origin. United States. Location. New Orleans. Minit Records was an American independent record label, originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak in 1959. [1] Ernie K. Doe, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and Benny Spellman were early artists on the label. [2] Later artists included Bobby Womack and Ike ...
He became president and chairman of the board of Transamerica Corporation in 1960 when it was a little-known holding company. He was CEO of Transamerica Corp. for 23 years, until 1983, he transformed it from an anonymous holding company into a major, diversified, operating company that became a household name.
Transamerica Pyramid. The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. [5] Located at 600 Montgomery Street between Clay and Washington Streets in the city's Financial District, it was the tallest building in San ...
Founded. 1965. Founder. Liberty Records. Defunct. 1970. Status. Defunct. Sunset Records was a record label started in 1965 as the budget album subsidiary of Liberty Records to reissue and issue material originally recorded for Liberty, Imperial, Minit and other Liberty subsidiaries as well as leased material from other entities.
Andrew Lauder (born 1947, Hartlepool, County Durham, England) is a record company executive and former A&R manager. Initially noted for his adventurous signings of bands as diverse as Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Can, Hawkwind and Brinsley Schwarz to Liberty Records and United Artists Records in the 1960s and 70s, he went on to form numerous independent labels including Radar Records, F-Beat ...