The Capitol Records, Inc. company was founded by the songwriters Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva and record store owner Glenn Wallichs 1942 in Hollywood, California.
2001, EMI Group Plc merged Capitol Records label with the Priority Records label.
2012 Capitol Records was purchased by Vivendi S.A. (owner of the Universal Music Group)
Sublabels: 2101 Records, Allegiance, Amazing Maxi-Classics, Avatar Records, Blockbuster Summer Series, Capitol 33 Compact, Capitol Children's Series, Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol Criterion, Capitol Custom, Capitol Gold Cuts, Capitol International Series, Capitol Jax, Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz Classics, Capitol Library Services, Capitol Production Music, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Sings, Capitol Soul, Capitol Special Markets, Capitol Video, Chips, Convivencia Sagrada, Cornerstones, Country Classics, Crazy Horse, Creative Products, Crescent City Soul, Digitally Remastered Treasured Masters, Dimensions In Jazz, Double Shots, Electromagnetic Recordings, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets, EMI-Capitol Special Markets, EMI-Manhattan Records, Essential, Folk World, For Coin Operated Phonographs Only, Freeworld Entertainment, From The Capitol Vaults, Greatest!, Greenlight, Media Music, Media Music The Professional, Metro Blue, Música Argentina E Internacional S.R.L., Pacific Jazz Records, Pickwick Series, Pop Country Series, Priority Records, Regal Series, Rock Set, SBK Records, Shelter Recording Company Inc., Sidewalk, Special Hit Parade Series, The "6000" Series, The Best Series, The Capitol Disc Jockey Album, The Essential, The History Of Jazz, The Hot Biscuit Disc Company, The Star Line, Two On One, Virgin Records America, Inc., We Make Rock'n Roll Records, World Domination Recordings
Motherlabel: Capitol Music Group (-> Universal Music Group)
2001, EMI Group Plc merged Capitol Records label with the Priority Records label.
2012 Capitol Records was purchased by Vivendi S.A. (owner of the Universal Music Group)
Sublabels: 2101 Records, Allegiance, Amazing Maxi-Classics, Avatar Records, Blockbuster Summer Series, Capitol 33 Compact, Capitol Children's Series, Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol Criterion, Capitol Custom, Capitol Gold Cuts, Capitol International Series, Capitol Jax, Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz Classics, Capitol Library Services, Capitol Production Music, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Sings, Capitol Soul, Capitol Special Markets, Capitol Video, Chips, Convivencia Sagrada, Cornerstones, Country Classics, Crazy Horse, Creative Products, Crescent City Soul, Digitally Remastered Treasured Masters, Dimensions In Jazz, Double Shots, Electromagnetic Recordings, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets, EMI-Capitol Special Markets, EMI-Manhattan Records, Essential, Folk World, For Coin Operated Phonographs Only, Freeworld Entertainment, From The Capitol Vaults, Greatest!, Greenlight, Media Music, Media Music The Professional, Metro Blue, Música Argentina E Internacional S.R.L., Pacific Jazz Records, Pickwick Series, Pop Country Series, Priority Records, Regal Series, Rock Set, SBK Records, Shelter Recording Company Inc., Sidewalk, Special Hit Parade Series, The "6000" Series, The Best Series, The Capitol Disc Jockey Album, The Essential, The History Of Jazz, The Hot Biscuit Disc Company, The Star Line, Two On One, Virgin Records America, Inc., We Make Rock'n Roll Records, World Domination Recordings
Motherlabel: Capitol Music Group (-> Universal Music Group)
