Polydor
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Polydor Records is a record label headquartered in Germany. It was originally an independent branch of Deutsche Grammophon, later a subsidiary of PolyGram and currently one of the many labels of Universal Music Group.
In the early 1960s orchestra leader Bert Kaempfert signed unknowns Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers to Polydor. The Beat Brothers, of course, were actually The Beatles, and less than two years later, with a new drummer and new haircuts and now signed to Parlophone, became the one of the biggest and most influential groups the world has ever seen. According to the film The Filth and the Fury, Polydor was also one of the companies that took interest in the Sex Pistols in 1976, but lost to EMI.
Artists signed to Polydor include the Bee Gees, ABBA, Cole Porter, Plácido Domingo, The Who, Gloria Gaynor, Cream, Petula Clark, Toots Thielemans, Bill Deal, Shocking Blue, The Allman Brothers Band, Gwen Guthrie, Bananarama, Double, Powderfinger, Paul Anka, Peaches & Herb, Jean-Michel Jarre, Eric Clapton, The Cure, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, The Fat Boys and Julio Iglesias.
Today though, the label holds acts such as Snow Patrol, Gwen Stefani, Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens amongst others.
See also: List of record labels